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Domenica, 28 aprile 2024 - San Luigi Maria Grignion da Montfort ( Letture di oggi)

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BIBLIACATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Manasés tenía doce años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó 55 años en Jerusalén.1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
2 Hizo el mal a los ojos de Yahveh según las abominaciones de las gentes que Yahveh había expulsado delante de los israelitas.2 But he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all the abominations of the nations which the Lord overturned before the sons of Israel.
3 Volvió a edificar los altos que su padre Ezequías había derribado, alzó altares a los Baales, hizo cipos, se postró ante todo el ejército de los cielos y les sirvió.3 And turning away, he repaired the high places, which had been demolished by his father, Hezekiah. And he constructed altars to the Baals, and made sacred groves. And he adored the entire army of heaven, and he served them.
4 Construyó también altares en la Casa de Yahveh, de la que Yahveh había dicho: «En Jerusalén estará mi Nombre para siempre».4 Also, he built altars in the house of the Lord, about which the Lord had said, “My name shall be in Jerusalem forever.”
5 Edificó altares a todo el ejército de los cielos en los dos patios de la Casa de Yahveh,5 But he built these for the entire army of heaven, in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
6 e hizo pasar a sus hijos por el fuego en el valle de Ben Hinnom; practicó los presagios, los augurios y la hechicería, e hizo traer nigromantes y adivinos, haciendo mucho mal a los ojos de Yahveh y provocando su cólera.6 And he caused his sons to pass through fire in the Valley of the son of Hinnom. He observed dreams, followed divinations, served the occult arts, had with him magicians and enchanters, and worked many evils before the Lord, so that he provoked him.
7 Colocó la imagen del ídolo, que había fabricado, en la Casa de Dios, de la cual había dicho Dios a David y a Salomón, su hijo: «En esta Casa y en Jerusalén, que he elegido de entre todas las tribus de Israel, pondré mi Nombre para siempre.7 Also, he set up a graven image and molten statue in the house of God, about which God said to David, and to his son Solomon: “In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name forever.
8 Y no apartaré más el pie de Israel de sobre la tierra que di a vuestros padres, con tal que procuren hacer según todo lo que les he mandado, según toda la Ley, los decretos y las normas ordenados por Moisés».8 And I will not cause the foot of Israel to be moved from the land which I delivered to their fathers. Yet this is so, only if they will take care to do what I have instructed them, by the hand of Moses, with the entire law and the ceremonies and the judgments.”
9 Manasés desvió a Judá y a los habitantes de Jerusalén para que hicieran mayores males que las gentes que Yahveh había exterminado delante de los israelitas.9 And so Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil, more so than all the nations which the Lord had overturned before the face of the sons of Israel.
10 Habló Yahveh a Manasés y a su pueblo, pero no hicieron caso.10 And the Lord spoke to him and to his people, but they were not willing to pay attention.
11 Entonces Yahveh hizo venir sobre ellos a los jefes del ejército del rey de Asiria, que apresaron a Manasés con ganchos, le ataron con cadenas de bronce y le llevaron a Babilonia.11 Therefore, he led over them the leaders of the army of the king of the Assyrians. And they captured Manasseh, and they led him, bound with chains and fetters, to Babylon.
12 Cuando se vio en angustia, quiso aplacar a Yahveh su Dios, humillándose profundamente en presencia del Dios de sus padres.12 And after this, being in great anguish, he prayed to the Lord his God. And he did penance greatly before the God of his fathers.
13 Oró a él y Dios accedió, oyó su oración y le concedió el retorno a Jerusalén, a su reino. Entonces supo Manasés que Yahveh es el Dios.13 And he petitioned and begged him intently. And he heeded his prayer, and led him back to Jerusalem, into his kingdom. And Manasseh realized that the Lord himself was God.
14 Después de esto edificó la muralla exterior de la Ciudad de David al occidente de Guijón, en el torrente, hasta la entrada de la Puerta de los Peces, cercando el Ofel, y la elevó a gran altura. Puso también jefes del ejército en todas las plazas fuertes de Judá.14 After these things, he built a wall outside the City of David, to the west of Gihon, at the steep valley, from the entrance to the fish gate, circling around as far as Ophel. And he raised it up greatly. And he appointed leaders of the army in all the fortified cities of Judah.
15 Quitó de la Casa de Yahveh los dioses extraños, el ídolo y todos los altares que había erigido en el monte de la Casa de Yahveh y en Jerusalén, y los echó fuera de la ciudad.15 And he took away the foreign gods, and the idol from the house of the Lord, and also the altars which he had made on the mount of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem. And he cast all these things outside the city.
16 Reedificó el altar de Yahveh y ofreció sobre él sacrificios de comunión y de alabanza, y mandó a Judá que sirviese a Yahveh, el Dios de Israel.16 Then he repaired the altar of the Lord, and he immolated upon it victims, and peace offerings, with praise. And he instructed Judah to serve the Lord, the God of Israel.
17 Sin embargo, el pueblo ofrecía aún sacrificios en los altos, aunque sólo a Yahveh su Dios.17 Yet still the people were immolating on the high places, to the Lord their God.
18 El resto de los hechos de Manasés, su oración a Dios, y las palabras de los videntes que le hablaron en nombre de Yahveh, Dios de Israel, se encuentran escritos en los Hechos de los reyes de Israel.18 But the rest of the deeds of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and also the words of the seers who were speaking to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are contained in the words of the kings of Israel.
19 Su oración y cómo fue oído, todo su pecado, su infidelidad, los sitios donde edificó altos y donde puso cipos e ídolos antes de humillarse: todo está escrito en los Hechos de Jozay.19 Also, his prayer and its heeding, and all his sins and contempt, and the sites on which he built high places and made sacred groves and statues, before he repented, have been written in the words of Hozai.
20 Se acostó Manasés con sus padres, y le sepultaron en su casa. En su lugar reinó su hijo Amón.20 Then Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And his son, Amon, reigned in his place.
21 Amón tenía veintidós años cuando empezó a reinar, y reinó dos años en Jerusalén.21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem.
22 Hizo el mal a los ojos de Yahveh, como había hecho su padre Manasés. Amón ofreció sacrificios y sirvió a todos los ídolos que había fabricado su padre Manasés.22 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, just as his father Manasseh had done. And he immolated to all the idols that Manasseh had fabricated, and he served them.
23 Pero no se humilló delante de Yahveh, como se había humillado su padre Manasés; al contrario, Amón cometió aún más pecados.23 But he did not turn his face to the Lord, as his father Manasseh had turned himself. And he sinned much more grievously.
24 Se conjuraron contra él sus siervos, y le dieron muerte en su casa.24 And when his servants had conspired against him, they killed him in his own house.
25 Pero el pueblo de la tierra mató a todos los conjurados contra el rey Amón, y proclamó rey en su lugar a su hijo Josías.25 But the rest of the multitude of the people, having slain those who had struck down Amon, appointed his son, Josiah, as king in his place.