II Reis, 21

1. Manassés tinha doze anos quando começou a reinar e reinou durante cinquenta e cinco anos em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Hafsiba.

1. Manas'seh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Heph'zibah.

2. Fez o mal aos olhos do Senhor, imitando as abominações dos povos que o Senhor tinha despojado diante dos israelitas.

2. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominable practices of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel.

3. Reconstruiu os lugares altos que seu pai Ezequias tinha destruído, erigiu altares a Baal, esculpiu um ídolo de madeira, asserá, semelhante ao que tinha feito Acab, rei de Israel. E prostrou-se diante de todo o exército dos céus, para adorá-lo.

3. For he rebuilt the high places which Hezeki'ah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Ba'al, and made an Ashe'rah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.

4. Construiu altares no Templo do Senhor, do qual o Senhor tinha dito: “O meu nome residirá em Jerusalém”.

4. And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem will I put my name."

5. Levantou altares a todo o exército dos céus nos dois átrios do Templo do Senhor.

5. And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

6. Fez passar pelo fogo seu próprio filho; entregou-se à magia, à astrologia, à necromancia e à adivinhação. Multiplicou as ações que ofendem o Senhor, provocando assim a sua ira.

6. And he burned his son as an offering, and practiced soothsaying and augury, and dealt with mediums and with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.

7. A imagem de Asserá, que ele havia talhado, colocou-a no Templo do Senhor, o templo do qual o Senhor dissera a Davi e ao seu filho Salomão: “Neste templo e na cidade de Jerusalém, que escolhi dentre todas as tribos de Israel, estabelecerei o meu nome perpetuamente.

7. And the graven image of Ashe'rah that he had made he set 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, I will put my name for ever;

8. Não mais permitirei que os israelitas errem fora da terra que dei aos seus pais, contanto que observem cuidadosamente os meus mandamentos e a lei que lhes prescreveu Moisés, meu servo”.

8. and I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave to their fathers, if only they will be careful to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them."

9. Eles, porém, não obedeceram, mas foram seduzidos por Manassés e fizeram pior ainda que os povos que o Senhor tinha aniquilado diante dos israelitas.

9. But they did not listen, and Manas'seh seduced them to do more evil than the nations had done whom the LORD destroyed before the people of Israel.

10. O Senhor falou, pois, pela boca de seus servos, os profetas:

10. And the LORD said by his servants the prophets,

11. “Porque Manassés, rei de Judá, cometeu essas abominações, procedendo ainda pior que tudo o que tinham feito outrora os amorreus e levando, além disso, Judá ao pecado da idolatria;

11. "Because Manas'seh king of Judah has committed these abominations, and has done things more wicked than all that the Amorites did, who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols;

12. por isso, diz o Senhor, Deus de Israel, vou fazer cair sobre Jerusalém e Judá calamidades tais que farão retinir os ouvidos dos que ouvirem falar delas.

12. therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such evil that the ears of every one who hears of it will tingle.

13. Passarei sobre Jerusalém o cordão de Samaria e o nível da casa de Acab. Limparei Jerusalém como um prato que se esfrega, virando-o de um lado para o outro.*

13. And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Sama'ria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

14. Abandonarei os restos de minha herança e os entregarei nas mãos dos seus inimigos, aos quais servirão de espólio e de presa,

14. And I will cast off the remnant of my heritage, and give them into the hand of their enemies, and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies,

15. porque fizeram o mal diante de mim e não cessaram de me irritar, desde o dia em que seus pais saíram do Egito até hoje”.

15. because they have done what is evil in my sight and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day."

16. Manassés derramou também tanto sangue inocente que inundou Jerusalém de uma extremidade à outra, sem falar dos pecados com que tinha feito pecar Judá, levando-o a fazer o mal aos olhos do Senhor.

16. Moreover Manas'seh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin which he made Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the LORD.

17. O restante da história de Manassés, seus atos e grandes feitos, os pecados que cometeu, tudo se acha consignado no Livro das Crônicas dos reis de Judá.*

17. Now the rest of the acts of Manas'seh, and all that he did, and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

18. Manassés adormeceu com seus pais e foi sepultado no jardim de seu palácio, no jardim de Oza. Seu filho Amon sucedeu-lhe no trono.

18. And Manas'seh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

19. Amon tinha vinte e dois anos quando começou a reinar e reinou dois anos em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Messalemet, filha de Harus, natural de Jeteba.

19. Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Meshul'lemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

20. Fez o mal aos olhos do Senhor, como seu pai Manassés.

20. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manas'seh his father had done.

21. Seguiu todas as pisadas de seu pai e adorou os ídolos que ele tinha adorado, prostrando-se diante deles.

21. He walked in all the way in which his father walked, and served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them;

22. Abandonou o Senhor, Deus de seus pais, e não andou no caminho do Senhor.

22. he forsook the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

23. Os servos de Amon conspiraram contra ele e o assassinaram em seu palácio.

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

24. O povo, porém, massacrou todos os conjurados e proclamou rei Josias, filho de Amon, em seu lugar.

24. But the people of the land slew all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josi'ah his son king in his stead.

25. O restante da história de Amon, seus atos e grandes feitos, tudo se acha consignado no Livro das Crônicas dos reis de Judá.

25. Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

26. Amon foi enterrado em seu túmulo, no jardim de Oza e seu filho Josias sucedeu-lhe no trono.

26. And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza; and Josi'ah his son reigned in his stead.