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Manaxe ua vaajntxwv kaav Yuta
(2VKk. 33:1-20)
10Yawmsaub kuas cov xwbfwb cev Vaajtswv lug kws yog nwg cov tub qhe moog has tas,
11“Vem yog Yuta tug vaajntxwv Manaxe tau ua tej kev qas vuab tsuab hab ua phem heev dua le cov Amaulai kws nyob ua nwg ntej tau ua, hab nwg tej txoov daab ntawd tau ua rua cov Yuta ua txhum,
12vem le nuav Yawmsaub kws yog cov Yixayee tug Vaajtswv has le nuav tas, ‘Kuv saamswm yuav coj kev puam tsuaj luj kawg le lug rua Yeluxalee hab Yuta mas txhua tug kws nov yuav rhab qhov ntsej.
13Kuv yuav muab txuj hlua kws ntsuag lub nroog Xamali lawm lug hab swv lub qai hlau kws ntsuag Ahaj caaj ceg qhov kws ntseg lug dai ntsuag lub nroog Yeluxalee. Hab kuv yuav ntxuav Yeluxalee yaam nkaus le ntxuav lub phaaj hab muab khwb.
14Kuv yuav muab kuv qub txeeg qub teg kws tseed tshuav laim pov tseg hab muab puab rua huv puab cov yeeb ncuab txhais teg. Puab yuav raug luas txeeb hab lws taag nrho huvsw
15vem puab tau ua tej kws kuv pum tas phem kawg le hab ua rua kuv npau tawg txwj nub kws puab tej laug tawm huv Iyi tebchaws lug txug naj nub nwgnuav.’ ”
16Ntau dua le hov Manaxe tseed muab tej tuabneeg kws tsw txhum tua pov tseg coob kawg le rua huv Yeluxalee ntshaav lab vog puv nkaus rua txhua qhov. Nuav yog tej kev txhum kws luj tshaaj qhov kws nwg coj cov Yuta ua txhum puab txhad ua tej kws Yawmsaub pum tas phem kawg le.
17Lwm yaam num kws Manaxe ua hab txhua yaam kws nwg ua hab tej kev txhum kws nwg ua mas tub muab sau ca rua huv phoo ntawv kws has txug Yuta tej vaajntxwv le keeb kwm.
18Manaxe txawm tuag moog nrug nwg tej laug nyob. Puab muab nwg log rua huv lub vaaj kws nyob ntawm nwg lub tsev yog lub vaaj Usxa, mas nwg tug tub Amoo sawv nwg chaw ua vaajntxwv kaav.
Amoo ua vaajntxwv kaav Yuta
(2VKk. 33:21-25)
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Manasseh King of Judah
1Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.
2He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
3He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.
4He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my Name.”
5In the two courts of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts.
6He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.
7He took the carved Asherah pole he had made and put it in the temple, of which the Lord 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.
8I will not again make the feet of the Israelites wander from the land I gave their ancestors, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them and will keep the whole Law that my servant Moses gave them.”
9But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.
10The Lord said through his servants the prophets:
11“Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins. He has done more evil than the Amorites who preceded him and has led Judah into sin with his idols.
12Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.
13I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
14I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance and give them into the hands of enemies. They will be looted and plundered by all their enemies;
15they have done evil in my eyes and have aroused my anger from the day their ancestors came out of Egypt until this day.”
16Moreover, Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end—besides the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, so that they did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
17As for the other events of Manasseh’s reign, and all he did, including the sin he committed, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
18Manasseh rested with his ancestors and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.
Amon King of Judah
19Amon 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.
20He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done.
21He followed completely the ways of his father, worshiping the idols his father had worshiped, and bowing down to them.
22He forsook the Lord, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in obedience to him.
23Amon’s officials conspired against him and assassinated the king in his palace.
24Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.
25As for the other events of Amon’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
26He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. And Josiah his son succeeded him as king.