2 Chronicles 33

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

1 玛拿西十二岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政五十五年。

2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

2 他做耶和华视为恶的事，效法耶和华在以色列人面前赶走的外族人的可憎行径。

3 For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

3 他重建他父亲希西迦拆毁的丘坛，为巴力筑造祭坛，制造亚舍拉神像，并祭拜和供奉天上的万象。

4 Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”

4 耶和华曾指着祂的殿说：“我的名必永远在耶路撒冷，”他却在耶和华的殿内建造异教的祭坛。

5 In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.

5 他在耶和华殿的两个院子里为天上万象建造祭坛。

6 He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

6 他还在欣嫩子谷把自己的儿子烧死，献作祭物。他行邪术、占卜、观兆，求问灵媒和巫师，做了许多耶和华视为恶的事，惹耶和华发怒。

7 Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.

7 他雕刻神像，放在上帝的殿中。关于这殿，上帝曾对大卫和他儿子所罗门说：“我从以色列各支派中选择了这殿和耶路撒冷，我的名要永远立在这里。

8 I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”

8 只要以色列人谨遵我借着摩西颁给他们的一切法度、律例和典章，我就不再把他们从我赐给他们祖先的土地上赶走。”

9 So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

9 玛拿西诱使犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民作恶，比耶和华在以色列人面前所毁灭的各族更严重。

10 And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

10 耶和华警告玛拿西和他的百姓，他们却不肯听从。

11 So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

11 所以，耶和华就差遣亚述王的将领来攻击他们，他们捉住玛拿西，把他用钩子钩着、用铜链锁着押往巴比伦。

12 And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

12 在困苦中，玛拿西祈求他的上帝耶和华的帮助，并且在他祖先的上帝面前极其谦卑。

13 And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.

13 耶和华应允他的祷告，垂听他的恳求，使他返回耶路撒冷继续做王。玛拿西这才明白耶和华是上帝。

14 After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.

14 这事以后，玛拿西重建大卫城的外墙，从谷中基训泉的西边直到鱼门口，环绕俄斐勒，筑高城墙。他又派将领驻扎犹大各坚城。

15 He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.

15 玛拿西将偶像和外族人的神像从耶和华的殿中除去，又把他在圣殿山和耶路撒冷筑造的一切祭坛全部拆掉，扔在城外。

16 Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.

16 他重建耶和华的祭坛，在上面献平安祭和感恩祭，又吩咐犹大人事奉以色列的上帝耶和华。

17 Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.

17 然而，众人仍然在丘坛献祭，只是献给他们的上帝耶和华。

18 As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

18 玛拿西其他的事、他向上帝的祷告和先见奉以色列的上帝耶和华的名对他说的话，都记在《以色列列王史》上。

19 His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.

19 他的祷告，上帝的答复，他在谦卑下来之前的罪恶和不忠，他在哪里修筑丘坛以及设立亚舍拉神像和其他偶像的事，都记在《先知书》 上。

20 And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

20 玛拿西与祖先同眠后，葬在宫内，他儿子亚们继位。

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

21 亚们二十二岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政两年。

22 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,

22 亚们像他父亲玛拿西一样做耶和华视为恶的事。他祭拜和供奉他父亲玛拿西制造的一切偶像。

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

23 可是，亚们没有像他父亲玛拿西一样在耶和华面前谦卑下来。相反，他犯的罪越来越多。

24 Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed him in his palace.

24 他的臣仆谋反，在王宫里杀了他。

25 But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

25 民众杀死那些背叛亚们王的人，让他儿子约西亚接续他做王。