Capítulo 33

¹Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

¹瑪拿西登基的時候年十二歲，在耶路撒冷作王五十五年。

²He did evil in the sight of the LORD according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

²他行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，效法耶和華在以色列人面前趕出的外邦人那可憎的事，

³For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he also erected altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

³重新建築他父希西家所拆毀的邱壇，又為巴力築壇，做木偶，且敬拜事奉天上的萬象，

⁴He built altars in the house of the LORD of which the LORD had said, 'My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.'

⁴在耶和華的殿宇中築壇─耶和華曾指著這殿說：我的名必永遠在耶路撒冷。

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

⁵他在耶和華殿的兩院中為天上的萬象築壇，

⁶He made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him [to anger].

⁶並在欣嫩子谷使他的兒女經火，又觀兆，用法術，行邪術，立交鬼的和行巫術的，多行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，惹動他的怒氣，

⁷Then he put the carved image of the idol which he had made in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, 'In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;

⁷又在神殿內立雕刻的偶像。　神曾對大衛和他兒子所羅門說：我在以色列各支派中所選擇的耶路撒冷和這殿，必立我的名直到永遠。

⁸and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them according to all the law, the statutes and the ordinances [given] through Moses.'

⁸以色列人若謹守遵行我藉摩西所吩咐他們的一切法度、律例、典章，我就不再使他們挪移離開我所賜給他們列祖之地。

⁹Thus Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel.

⁹瑪拿西引誘猶大和耶路撒冷的居民，以致他們行惡比耶和華在以色列人面前所滅的列國更甚。

¹⁰The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.

¹⁰耶和華警戒瑪拿西和他的百姓，他們卻是不聽。

¹¹Therefore the LORD brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze [chains] and took him to Babylon.

¹¹所以耶和華使亞述王的將帥來攻擊他們，用鐃鉤鉤住瑪拿西，用銅鍊鎖住他，帶到巴比倫去。

¹²When he was in distress, he entreated the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

¹²他在急難的時候，就懇求耶和華─他的神，且在他列祖的　神面前極其自卑。

¹³When he prayed to Him, He was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD [was] God.

¹³他祈禱耶和華，耶和華就允准他的祈求，垂聽他的禱告，使他歸回耶路撒冷，仍坐國位。瑪拿西這才知道惟獨耶和華是神。

¹⁴Now after this he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel [with it] and made it very high. Then he put army commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

¹⁴此後，瑪拿西在大衛城外，從谷內基訓西邊直到魚門口，建築城牆，環繞俄斐勒，這牆築得甚高；又在猶大各堅固城內設立勇敢的軍長；

¹⁵He also removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, as well as all the altars which he had built on the mountain of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem, and he threw [them] outside the city.

¹⁵並除掉外邦人的神像與耶和華殿中的偶像，又將他在耶和華殿的山上和耶路撒冷所築的各壇都拆毀拋在城外；

¹⁶He set up the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it; and he ordered Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

¹⁶重修耶和華的祭壇，在壇上獻平安祭、感謝祭，吩咐猶大人事奉耶和華─以色列的神。

¹⁷Nevertheless the people still sacrificed in the high places, [although] only to the LORD their God.

¹⁷百姓卻仍在邱壇上獻祭，只獻給耶和華─他們的神。

¹⁸Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh even his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are among the records of the kings of Israel.

¹⁸瑪拿西其餘的事和禱告他神的話，並先見奉耶和華─以色列　神的名警戒他的言語，都寫在以色列諸王記上。

¹⁹His prayer also and [how God] was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of the Hozai.

¹⁹他的禱告，與神怎樣應允他，他未自卑以前的罪愆過犯，並在何處建築邱壇，設立亞舍拉和雕刻的偶像，都寫在何賽的書上。

²⁰So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son became king in his place.

²⁰瑪拿西與他列祖同睡，葬在自己的宮院裡。他兒子亞們接續他作王。

²¹Amon [was] twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.

²¹亞們登基的時候年二十二歲，在耶路撒冷作王二年。

²²He did evil in the sight of the LORD as Manasseh his father had done, and Amon sacrificed to all the carved images which his father Manasseh had made, and he served them.

²²他行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，效法他父瑪拿西所行的，祭祀事奉他父瑪拿西所雕刻的偶像，

²³Moreover, he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done, but Amon multiplied guilt.

²³不在耶和華面前像他父瑪拿西自卑。這亞們所犯的罪越犯越大。

²⁴Finally his servants conspired against him and put him to death in his own house.

²⁴他的臣僕背叛，在宮裡殺了他。

²⁵But the people of the land killed all the conspirators against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

²⁵但國民殺了那些背叛亞們王的人，立他兒子約西亞接續他作王。