歷代志下

第 33 章

1. 瑪拿西登基的時候、年十二歲、在耶路撒冷作王五十五年。
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.
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．
He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
3. 重新建築他父希西家所拆毀的邱壇、又為巴力築壇、作木偶、且敬拜事奉天上的萬象。
He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had demolished; he also erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.
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。
He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever."
5. 他在耶和華殿的兩院中、為天上的萬象築壇。
In both courts of the temple of the LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts.
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。
He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced sorcery, divination and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger.
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．
He took the carved image he had made and put it in God's temple, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, "In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.
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。
I will not again make the feet of the Israelites leave the land I assigned to your forefathers, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them concerning all the laws, decrees and ordinances given through Moses."
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。
But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
10. 耶和華警戒瑪拿西和他的百姓、他們卻是不聽。
The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.
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。
So the LORD brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.
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。
In his distress he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
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．瑪拿西這纔知道惟獨耶和華是　神。
And when he prayed to him, the LORD was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
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。
Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and encircling the hill of Ophel; he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.
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。
He got rid of the foreign gods and removed the image from the temple of the LORD, as well as all the altars he had built on the temple hill and in Jerusalem; and he threw them out of the city.
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。
Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed fellowship offerings and thank offerings on it, and told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
17. 百姓卻仍在邱壇上獻祭、只獻給耶和華他們的　神。
The people, however, continued to sacrifice at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
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。
The other events of Manasseh's reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the seers spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, are written in the annals of the kings of Israel.
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。
His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself--all are written in the records of the seers.
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。
Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.
21. 亞們登基的時候、年二十二歲、在耶路撒冷作王二年。
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.
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。
He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped and offered sacrifices to all the idols Manasseh had made.
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。
But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble himself before the LORD; Amon increased his guilt.
24. 他的臣僕背叛、在宮裡殺了他。
Amon's officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace.
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。
Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.