2 Cronica 33
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Paghahari ni Manase sa Juda(A)
33 Si Manase ay 12 taong gulang nang maging hari. Sa Jerusalem siya tumira, at naghari siya roon sa loob ng 55 taon. 2 Masama ang ginawa niya sa paningin ng Panginoon. Sumunod siya sa kasuklam-suklam na gawain ng mga bansang pinalayas ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ng mga Israelita. 3 Muli niyang ipinatayo ang mga sambahan sa matataas na lugar[a] na ipinagiba ng ama niyang si Hezekia. Nagpatayo rin siya ng mga altar para kay Baal at nagpagawa ng mga posteng simbolo ng diosang si Ashera. Sumamba siya sa lahat ng bagay sa langit. 4 Nagpagawa pa siya ng mga altar sa templo ng Panginoon sa Jerusalem, na ayon sa Panginoon ay ang lugar na kung saan pararangalan siya magpakailanman. 5 Inilagay niya ang mga altar sa dalawang bakuran ng templo ng Panginoon para sambahin ang lahat ng bagay sa langit. 6 Inihandog niya sa pamamagitan ng apoy ang kanyang mga anak[b], sa Lambak ng Ben Hinom. Ginawa rin niya ang mga ginagawa ng mga manghuhula at mangkukulam, at nagtatanong siya sa mga espiritista na nakikipag-usap sa kaluluwa ng mga patay. Napakasama ng ginawa niya at nakapagpagalit ito sa Panginoon.
7 Inilagay niya sa templo ang imahen na kanyang ipinagawa, kung saan sinabi ng Panginoon kay David at sa anak niyang si Solomon, “Pararangalan ako magpakailanman sa templong ito at sa Jerusalem, ang lugar na aking pinili mula sa lahat ng lugar ng mga lahi ng Israel. 8 Kung tutuparin lang ng mga mamamayan ng Israel ang lahat ng kautusan at tuntunin ko na ibinigay sa kanila ni Moises, hindi ko papayagang paalisin sila rito sa lupaing ibinigay ko sa kanilang mga ninuno.” 9 Pero hinikayat ni Manase ang mga mamamayan ng Juda at Jerusalem sa paggawa ng masama, at ang ginawa nila ay mas malala pa sa ginawa ng mga bansang ipinalipol ng Panginoon sa harap ng mga Israelita.
10 Kahit binalaan ng Panginoon si Manase at ang kanyang mga mamamayan, hindi pa rin sila nakinig sa kanya. 11 Kaya ipinalusob sila ng Panginoon sa mga sundalo ng Asiria. Binihag nila si Manase, nilagyan ng kawit ang kanyang ilong, kinadenahan, at dinala sa Babilonia. 12 Sa kanyang paghihirap, nagpakumbaba siya at nagmakaawa sa Panginoon na kanyang Dios, na Dios din ng kanyang mga ninuno. 13 At nang nanalangin siya, pinakinggan siya ng Panginoon. Naawa ang Panginoon sa kanyang mga pagmamakaawa. Kaya pinabalik siya ng Panginoon sa Jerusalem at sa kaharian niya. At napagtanto ni Manase na ang Panginoon ang Dios.
14 Simula noon, ipinaayos ni Manase ang panlabas na pader ng Lungsod ni David mula sa kanluran ng Gihon, sa may lambak hanggang sa pintuan na tinatawag na Isda, paliko sa bulubundukin ng Ofel. Pinataasan din niya ito. Pagkatapos, naglagay siya ng mga pinuno sa lahat ng napapaderang lungsod ng Juda. 15 Ipinaalis niya ang mga dios-diosan ng taga-ibang bansa at ang imahen sa templo ng Panginoon. Ipinaalis din niya ang mga altar na ipinatayo niya sa burol na kinatatayuan ng templo at ang mga altar sa ibang bahagi ng Jerusalem, at ipinatapon niya ito sa labas ng lungsod. 16 Pagkatapos, ipinaayos niya ang altar ng Panginoon, at pinag-alayan ng mga handog para sa mabuting relasyon at mga handog ng pasasalamat. Sinabihan niya ang mga mamamayan ng Juda na maglingkod sa Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel.
17 Ganoon pa man, naghahandog pa rin ang mga tao sa mga sambahan sa matataas na lugar, pero ang Panginoon lang na kanilang Dios ang hinahandugan nila. 18 Ang iba pang salaysay tungkol sa paghahari ni Manase, pati ang pananalangin niya sa Dios at ang mga sinabi ng mga propeta sa kanya sa pangalan ng Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel ay nakasulat sa Aklat ng Kasaysayan ng mga hari ng Israel. 19 Ang panalangin niya at ang sagot ng Panginoon sa kanya, pati ang lahat niyang kasalanan at pagsuway sa Panginoon ay nakasulat sa aklat ng mga Propeta. Nakatala rin dito ang mga lugar na pinatayuan niya ng mga sambahan, mga posteng simbolo ng diosang si Ashera at ng iba pang mga dios-diosan, bago pa siya nagpakumbaba sa Dios. 20 Nang mamatay si Manase, inilibing siya sa palasyo niya. At ang anak niyang si Ammon ang pumalit sa kanya bilang hari.
Ang Paghahari ni Ammon sa Juda(B)
21 Si Ammon ay 22 taong gulang nang maging hari. Sa Jerusalem siya tumira, at naghari siya roon sa loob ng dalawang taon. 22 Masama ang ginawa ni Ammon sa paningin ng Panginoon, gaya ng ginawa ni Manase na kanyang ama. Sinamba at hinandugan niya ang mga dios-diosan na ipinagawa ni Manase. 23 Pero hindi tulad ng kanyang ama, hindi siya nagpakumbaba sa Panginoon. Sa halip, dinagdagan pa niya ang kanyang kasalanan.
24 Nagplano ng masama ang mga opisyal ni Ammon laban sa kanya at pinatay siya sa palasyo niya. 25 Pero pinatay ng mga mamamayan ng Juda ang lahat ng pumatay kay Haring Ammon. At ang anak niyang si Josia ang ipinalit nila bilang hari.
2 Chronicles 33
New International Version
Manasseh King of Judah(A)(B)
33 Manasseh(C) was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. 2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord,(D) following the detestable(E) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. 3 He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had demolished; he also erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles.(F) He bowed down(G) to all the starry hosts and worshiped them. 4 He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “My Name(H) will remain in Jerusalem forever.” 5 In both courts of the temple of the Lord,(I) he built altars to all the starry hosts. 6 He sacrificed his children(J) in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums(K) and spiritists.(L) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.
7 He took the image he had made and put it in God’s temple,(M) 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 I will not again make the feet of the Israelites leave the land(N) I assigned to your ancestors, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them concerning all the laws, decrees and regulations given through Moses.” 9 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.(O)
10 The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. 11 So the Lord brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner,(P) put a hook(Q) in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles(R) and took him to Babylon. 12 In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled(S) himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. 13 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 Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon(T) spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate(U) and encircling the hill of Ophel;(V) he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah.
15 He got rid of the foreign gods and removed(W) 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 Then he restored the altar of the Lord and sacrificed fellowship offerings and thank offerings(X) on it, and told Judah to serve the Lord, the God of Israel. 17 The people, however, continued to sacrifice at the high places, but only to the Lord their God.
18 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.[a] 19 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(Y) himself—all these are written in the records of the seers.[b](Z) 20 Manasseh rested with his ancestors and was buried(AA) in his palace. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.
Amon King of Judah(AB)
21 Amon(AC) was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. 22 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 But unlike his father Manasseh, he did not humble(AD) himself before the Lord; Amon increased his guilt.
24 Amon’s officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace. 25 Then the people(AE) of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 33:18 That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 33:19 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts of Hozai
2 Chronicles 33
King James Version
33 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.
3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
4 Also he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
7 And he set a carved image, 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 before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.
10 And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
11 Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.
14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
16 And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel.
17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the Lord their God only.
18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
21 Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.
22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
23 And humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
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