2 Kings 21

1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

1 玛拿西十二岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政五十五年。他母亲叫谢西巴。

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 destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, 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，效法以色列王亚哈为巴力筑造祭坛，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, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.”

4 耶和华曾指着祂的殿说：“我的名必立在耶路撒冷，”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 own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

6 他烧死自己的儿子，献作祭物；他行邪术，占卜，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 Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD 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 他雕刻亚舍拉神像，放在耶和华的殿中。关于这殿，耶和华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 wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”

8 只要以色列人谨遵我对他们的一切吩咐和我仆人摩西交给他们的律法，我就不再把他们从我赐给他们祖先的土地上赶走。”

9 But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

9 可是他们不肯听从。玛拿西诱使他们作恶，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 through His servants the prophets, saying,

10 于是，耶和华借着祂的仆人——众先知宣告：

11 “Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,

11 “玛拿西王做的这些可憎之事，比以前住在这里的亚摩利人更严重，使犹大人祭拜偶像，陷入罪中。

12 this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.

12 所以，以色列的上帝耶和华说，‘我要在耶路撒冷和犹大降下大灾难，凡听见这事的人都必耳鸣。

13 I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.

13 我要像惩罚撒玛利亚和亚哈家一样惩罚耶路撒冷。我要洁净耶路撒冷，就像人擦净盘子后倒扣过来。

14 So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,

14 我要撇弃我剩余的子民，把他们交给敌人，任其掳掠。

15 because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt until this day.’”

15 因为从他们祖先离开埃及那天起直到今天，他们一直做我视为恶的事，惹我发怒。’”

16 Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

16 玛拿西不仅使犹大人犯罪，做耶和华视为恶的事，还滥杀无辜，使耶路撒冷血流遍地。

17 As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with all his accomplishments and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

17 玛拿西其他的事及一切所为，包括他犯的罪，都记在《犹大列王史》上。

18 And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

18 他与祖先同眠后，葬在他王宫的花园，即乌撒花园。他儿子亚们继位。

19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.

19 亚们二十二岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政两年。他母亲叫米舒利密，是约提巴人哈鲁斯的女儿。

20 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.

20 他像他父亲玛拿西一样做耶和华视为恶的事，

21 He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.

21 步他父亲的后尘，祭拜和供奉同样的偶像。

22 He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.

22 他背弃他祖先的上帝耶和华，没有遵行耶和华的教导。

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

23 他的臣仆谋反，在王宫里杀了他。

24 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.

24 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。

25 As for the rest of the acts of Amon, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

25 亚们其他的事都记在《犹大列王史》上。

26 And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.

26 他葬在乌撒花园内他的坟墓里，他儿子约西亚继位。