4. Krallar 21

¹Manaşşe on iki yaşında kral oldu ve Yeruşalim'de elli beş yıl krallık yaptı; annesinin adı Opsiba'ydı.

²Ve İsrailoğullarının önünden RAB'bin söküp çıkardığı ulusların iğrençliklerine uyarak, RAB'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı.

³Babası Hizkiya'nın yıkmış olduğu yüksek yerleri yeniden inşa etmek üzere geri döndü; Baal için bir sunak dikti, İsrail Kralı Ahab'ın yaptığı gibi kutsal koruluklar yaptı, göğün tüm ordusuna tapındı ve onlara kulluk etti.

⁴RAB'bin, "Adımı Yeruşalim'e koyacağım" dediği RAB'bin evinde sunaklar inşa etti.

⁵RAB'bin evinin her iki avlusunda göğün tüm ordusu için sunaklar inşa etti.

⁶Oğullarını ateşte yaktı, kuşların uçuşuna bakarak kehanette bulundu, alametleri yorumladı, kutsal alanlar kurdu ve bilicileri çoğaltarak RAB'bin gözünde kötü olanı yapmakta ve O'nu öfkelendirmekte ileri gitti.

⁷RAB'bin Davut'a ve oğlu Süleyman'a, "Bu evde ve İsrail'in bütün oymakları arasından kendim için seçtiğim Yeruşalim'de adımı sonsuza dek yerleştireceğim" dediği o eve koruluğun oyma putunu koydu.

⁸"Kullarım, kulum Musa'nın kendilerine buyurduğu tüm yasalara ve emrettiğim her şeye uymaları koşuluyla, atalarına verdiğim bu topraklardan İsrail'in ayağını bir daha sarsmayacağım."

⁹Fakat dinlemediler; Manaşşe onları öyle saptırdı ki, RAB'bin İsrailoğullarının önünde yok ettiği uluslardan daha çok kötülük yaptılar.

¹⁰Ve RAB, kulları peygamberlerin eliyle şöyle konuşarak dedi:

¹¹"Yahuda Kralı Manaşşe, kendisinden önceki Amorluların yapmış olduğu her şeyden daha kötü olan bu iğrençlikleri yaptığı ve putlarıyla Yahuda'ya da günah işlettiği için,

¹²İsrail'in Tanrısı RAB şöyle diyor: 'İşte, Yeruşalim ve Yahuda'nın üzerine öyle felaketler getiriyorum ki, bunu her işitenin iki kulağı birden uğuldayacak.

¹³Yeruşalim'in üzerine Samiriye'nin ölçü ipini ve Ahab soyunun çekülünü gereceğim; kaymaktaşından bir kap nasıl silinip silinerek yüzüstü çevrilirse, Yeruşalim'i de öyle sileceğim.

¹⁴Mirasımın kalıntısını kendimden uzaklaştıracağım, onları düşmanlarının ellerine teslim edeceğim; tüm düşmanlarına yağma ve ganimet olacaklar.

¹⁵Çünkü atalarını Mısır'dan çıkardığım günden bu güne dek gözümde kötü olanı yaptılar ve beni sürekli öfkelendirdiler.'"

¹⁶Manaşşe, Yahuda'yı RAB'bin gözünde kötü olanı yapmaya sürüklediği günahın yanı sıra, Yeruşalim'i ağızdan ağıza dolduracak kadar çok suçsuz kanı döktü.

¹⁷Manaşşe'nin yaptığı diğer işler, bütün yaptıkları ve işlediği günah, Yahuda krallarının günlük olaylarının sözleri kitabında yazılı değil midir?

¹⁸Manaşşe babalarıyla birlikte uykuya daldı ve kendi evinin bahçesine, Uzza bahçesine gömüldü. Yerine oğlu Amon kral oldu.

¹⁹Amon yirmi iki yaşında kral oldu ve Yeruşalim'de iki yıl krallık yaptı; annesinin adı Yotba'dan Harus'un kızı Mesollam'dı.

²⁰Babası Manaşşe'nin yaptığı gibi, o da RAB'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı.

²¹Babasının yürüdüğü her yolda yürüdü, babasının kulluk ettiği putlara kulluk etti ve onlara tapındı.

²²Atalarının Tanrısı RAB'bi tamamen terk etti ve RAB'bin yolunda yürümedi.

²³Amon'un hizmetkarları ona karşı komplo kurup kralı kendi evinde öldürdüler.

²⁴Fakat toprağın halkı, Kral Amon'a karşı komplo kuranların hepsini öldürdü ve yerine oğlu Yoşiya'yı kral yaptı.

²⁵Amon'un yaptığı diğer işler Yahuda krallarının günlük olaylarının sözleri kitabında yazılı değil midir?

²⁶Onu Uzza bahçesindeki kendi mezarına gömdüler. Yerine oğlu Yoşiya kral oldu.

¹ΥΙΟΣ δώδεκα ἐτῶν Μανασσῆς ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ πεντήκοντα καὶ πέντε ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ ᾿Οψιβά.

²καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου κατὰ τὰ βδελύγματα τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὧν ἐξῇρε Κύριος ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ,

³καὶ ἐπέστρεψε καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὰ ὑψηλά, ἃ κατέσπασεν ᾿Εζεκίας ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνέστησε θυσιαστήριον τῇ Βάαλ καὶ ἐποίησε τὰ ἄλση, καθὼς ἐποίησε ᾿Αχαὰβ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ προσεκύνησε πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἐδούλευσεν αὐτοῖς.

⁴καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε θυσιαστήριον ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, ὡς εἶπεν· ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ θήσω τὸ ὄνομά μου,

⁵καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε θυσιαστήριον πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐν ταῖς δυσὶν αὐλαῖς οἴκου Κυρίου

⁶καὶ διῆγε τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐν πυρὶ καὶ ἐκληδονίζετο καὶ οἰωνίζετο καὶ ἐποίησε τεμένη καὶ γνώστας ἐπλήθυνε τοῦ ποιεῖν τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου παροργίσαι αὐτόν.

⁷καὶ ἔθηκε τὸ γλυπτὸν τοῦ ἄλσους ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ, ᾧ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Δαυὶδ καὶ πρὸς Σαλωμὼν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ· ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ καὶ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, ᾗ ἐξελεξάμην ἐκ πασῶν φυλῶν τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ θήσω τὸ ὄνομά μου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα

⁸καὶ οὐ προσθήσω τοῦ σαλεῦσαι τὸν πόδα ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, ἧς ἔδωκα τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν, οἵτινες φυλάξουσι πάντα ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην κατὰ πᾶσαν τὴν ἐντολήν, ἣν ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς ὁ δοῦλός μου Μωυσῆς.

⁹καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσαν, καὶ ἐπλάνησεν αὐτοὺς Μανασσῆς τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου ὑπὲρ τὰ ἔθνη, ἃ ἠφάνισε Κύριος ἐκ προσώπου υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁰καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐν χειρὶ δούλων αὐτοῦ τῶν προφητῶν λέγων·

¹¹ἀνθ᾿ ὧν ὅσα ἐποίησε Μανασσῆς ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα τὰ βδελύγματα ταῦτα τὰ πονηρὰ ἀπὸ πάντων, ὧν ἐποίησεν ὁ ᾿Αμορραῖος ὁ ἔμπροσθεν, καὶ ἐξήμαρτε καί γε τὸν ᾿Ιούδαν ἐν τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν,

¹²οὐχ οὕτως, τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραήλ· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ φέρω κακὰ ἐπὶ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ ᾿Ιούδαν, ὥστε παντὸς ἀκούοντος ἠχήσει ἀμφότερα τὰ ὦτα αὐτοῦ,

¹³καὶ ἐκτενῶ ἐπὶ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ τὸ μέτρον Σαμαρείας καὶ τὸ στάθμιον οἴκου ᾿Αχαάβ· καὶ ἀπαλείψω τὴν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καθὼς ἀπαλείφεται ὁ ἀλάβαστρος ἀπαλειφόμενος καὶ καταστρέφεται ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ,

¹⁴καὶ ἀπώσομαι τὸ ὑπόλειμμα τῆς κληρονομίας μου καὶ παραδώσω αὐτοὺς εἰς χεῖρας ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔσονται εἰς διαρπαγὴν καὶ εἰς προνομὴν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐχθροῖς αὐτῶν,

¹⁵ἀνθ᾿ ὧν ὅσα ἐποίησαν τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς μου καὶ ἦσαν παροργίζοντές με ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας, ἧς ἐξήγαγον τοὺς πατέρας αὐτῶν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

¹⁶καί γε αἷμα ἀθῷον ἐξέχεε Μανασσῆς πολὺ σφόδρα, ἕως οὗ ἔπλησε τὴν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ στόμα εἰς στόμα, πλὴν ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτοῦ, ὧν ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ιούδαν τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου.

¹⁷καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Μανασσῆ καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησε, καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία αὐτοῦ, ἣν ἥμαρτεν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ τῷ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ιούδα;

¹⁸καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Μανασσῆς μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῷ κήπῳ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ, ἐν κήπω ᾿Οζά, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Αμὼν υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

¹⁹Υἱὸς εἴκοσι καὶ δύο ἐτῶν ᾿Αμὼν ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ δύο ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ Μεσολλὰμ θυγάτηρ ᾿Αροῦς ἐξ ᾿Ιετέβα.

²⁰καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, καθὼς ἐποίησε Μανασσῆς ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.

²¹καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν πάσῃ ὁδῷ, ᾗ ἐπορεύθη ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐλάτρευσε τοῖς εἰδώλοις, οἷς ἐλάτρευσεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτοῖς

²²καὶ ἐγκατέλιπε τὸν Κύριον Θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ὁδῷ Κυρίου.

²³καὶ συνεστράφησαν οἱ παῖδες ᾿Αμὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ἐθανάτωσαν τὸν βασιλέα ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ.

²⁴καὶ ἐπάταξεν ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς πάντας τοὺς συστραφέντας ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα ᾿Αμὼν καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς τὸν ᾿Ιωσίαν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

²⁵καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Αμών, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ιούδα;

²⁶καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ τάφῳ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ κήπῳ ᾿Οζά, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωσίας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

¹Manasses [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name [was] Apsiba.

²And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.

³And he built again the high places, which Ezekias his father [had] demolished; and set up an altar to Baal, and made groves as Achaab king of Israel [made them]; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

⁴And he built an altar in the house of the Lord, whereas he had said, In Jerusalem I will place my name.

⁵And he built an altar to all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

⁶And he caused his sons to pass through the fire, and used divination and auspices, and made groves, and multiplied wizards, so as to do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

⁷And he set up the graven image of the grove in the house of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I even place my name for ever.

⁸And I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I gave to their fathers, [even of those] who shall keep all that I commanded, according to all the commandments which my servant Moses commanded them.

⁹But they hearkened not; and Manasses led them astray to do evil in the sight of the Lord, beyond the nations whom the Lord utterly destroyed from before the children of Israel.

¹⁰And the Lord spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,

¹¹Forasmuch as Manasses the king of Juda has wrought all these evil abominations, beyond all that the Amorite did, who lived before [him], and has led Juda also into sin by their idols,

¹²[it shall] not [be] so. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I bring calamities upon Jerusalem and Juda, so that both the ears of every one that hears shall tingle.

¹³And I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measure of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Achaab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a jar is wiped, and turned upside down in the wiping.

¹⁴And I will reject the remnant of my inheritance, and will deliver them into the hands of their enemies; and they shall be for a plunder and for a spoil to all their enemies:

¹⁵forasmuch as they have done wickedly in my sight, and have provoked me from the day that I brought out their fathers out of Egypt, even until this day.

¹⁶Moreover Manasses shed very much innocent blood, until he filled Jerusalem [with it] from one end to the other, beside his sins with which he caused Juda to sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord.

¹⁷And the rest of the acts of Manasses, and all that he did, and his sin which he sinned, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

¹⁸And Manasses slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his house, [even] in the garden of Oza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

¹⁹Twenty and two years old [was] Amon when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name [was] Mesollam, daughter of Arus of Jeteba.

²⁰And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasses his father did.

²¹And he walked in all the way in which his father walked, and served the idols which his father served, and worshipped them.

²²And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.

²³And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his house.

²⁴And the people of the land slew all that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josias king in his room.

²⁵And the rest of the acts of Amon, [even] all that he did, behold, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

²⁶And they buried him in his tomb in the garden of Oza: and Josias his son reigned in his stead.