II Livro das Crônicas 33

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1 Manassés tinha a idade de doze anos quando começou a reinar; reinou cinqüenta e cinco anos em Jerusalém.	1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
2 Fez o mal aos olhos do Senhor, imitando as práticas abomináveis das nações que o Senhor tinha expulsado de diante dos 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 Reconstruiu os lugares altos, que seu pai Ezequias tinha destruído, erigiu altares aos Baal, fez ídolos de madeira, asserás, e prostrou-se diante do exército dos céus ao qual prestou culto.	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 Chegou até a edificar altares no templo do Senhor, esse templo do qual tinha dito: Meu nome residirá em Jerusalém para sempre.	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 Construiu altares para todo o exército dos céus nos dois átrios do templo.	5 But he built these for the entire army of heaven, in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
6 Fez passar pelo fogo seus próprios filhos no vale de Beninom; entregou-se à astrologia, à adivinhação e à magia, praticou a necromancia e a bruxaria, e multiplicou os atos que desagradavam ao Senhor, provocando-lhe assim a ira.	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 O ídolo, feito por ele, erigiu-o no templo, do qual Deus tinha dito a Davi e a seu filho Salomão: Neste templo e na cidade de Jerusalém, que escolhi dentre todas as tribos de Israel, farei residir meu nome para sempre.	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 Jamais removerei o pé de Israel, do solo que dei a seus pais, contanto que ponham todo o cuidado em praticar meus mandamentos e a lei que lhes prescreveu Moisés, meu servo.	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 Manassés arrastou Judá e os habitantes de Jerusalém a exceder em malícia todas as nações que o Senhor tinha aniquilado diante dos 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 Falou, então, o Senhor a Manassés e a seu povo, mas eles não lhe deram atenção.	10 And the Lord spoke to him and to his people, but they were not willing to pay attention.
11 O Senhor fez, então, vir contra ele os generais do rei da Assíria, os quais puseram Manassés em ferros, prenderam-no com uma dupla cadeia de bronze e levaram-no para Babilônia.	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 Na sua angústia ele implorou ao Senhor, seu Deus, e se humilhou profundamente diante do Deus de seus pais.	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 Ele dirigiu-lhe uma prece e o Senhor ouviu sua oração, reconduzindo-o a Jerusalém sobre seu trono. Manassés reconheceu desse modo que o Senhor era verdadeiramente Deus.	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 Depois disso, construiu um muro exterior na cidade de Davi, a oeste, voltado para o Gião no vale, até a entrada da Porta dos Peixes. Essa muralha, muito elevada, cercava Ofel. Colocou também oficiais em todas as cidades fortes 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 Fez desaparecer do templo do Senhor os deuses falsos e o ídolo, assim como todos os altares que tinha há pouco tempo construído na montanha do templo e em Jerusalém, e atirou-os para fora da cidade.	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 Reconstruiu o altar do Senhor e ofereceu sacrifícios de ação de graças e louvor; e ordenou a Judá servir ao Senhor, Deus 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 O povo continuava, todavia, a sacrificar nos lugares altos, mas somente ao Senhor, seu Deus.	17 Yet still the people were immolating on the high places, to the Lord their God.
18 Os outros atos de Manassés, a prece que dirigiu a seu Deus e as palavras dos videntes que lhe falaram em nome do Senhor, Deus de Israel, tudo isso está consignado nos atos dos reis 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 Sua prece, a maneira como foi atendido, todas as suas faltas, suas revoltas, os sítios em que edificou lugares altos e erigiu asserás e outros ídolos, antes de se humilhar, tudo isso está consignado nas Atas de Hozai.	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 Manassés adormeceu entre seus pais e foi sepultado na sua casa. Seu filho Amon sucedeu-lhe no trono.	20 Then Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And his son, Amon, reigned in his place.
21 Amon tinha a idade de vinte e dois anos quando começou a reinar; reinou dois anos em Jerusalém.	21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem.
22 Fez o mal aos olhos do Senhor, como seu pai Manassés, sacrificando e rendendo culto a todos os ídolos levantados por seu pai.	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 Mas não se humilhou diante do Senhor como ele; pelo contrário, sempre multiplicou seus delitos.	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 Seus servos se conjuraram contra ele, e o mataram na sua própria casa.	24 And when his servants had conspired against him, they killed him in his own house.
25 Mas o povo da terra feriu os conjurados e proclamou rei em seu lugar, seu filho Josias.	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.