2 Chronicles 33

33 ¹Manasseh be twelve years old wen e become king, and e rule for fifty-five years for Jerusalem. ²E do evil for our Papa eye, like di detestable things wey di nations wey our Papa drive comot before di Israelites bin dey do. ³E build back di high places wey im papa Hezekiah bin don pull down, e build altars for di Baals, e make Asherah poles, and e bow down give all di forces of heaven and worship dem.

⁴E build altars for inside our Papa house, wia our Papa bin talk say, "For Jerusalem my name go dey forever."

⁵E build altars give all di forces of heaven for di two courtyards of our Papa house. ⁶For di Valley of Ben-Hinnom e sacrifice im sons for fire, e dey do fortune-telling, omens, and witchcraft, and e go meet mediums and spiritists. E do plenty evil before our Papa, dey provoke im anger.

⁷E put di carved image wey e make inside our Papa house, di house wey our Papa bin tell David and im son Solomon say, "For inside dis house and for Jerusalem, wey I choose from all di tribes of Israel, I go put my name forever. ⁸I no go ever comot Israel again from di land wey I give una ancestors, if only dem go carefully keep everytin wey I command dem—di whole law, decrees, and rules through Moses."

⁹But Manasseh carry Judah and di people of Jerusalem waka comot for road, dey do more evil pass di nations wey our Papa destroy before Israel.

¹⁰Our Papa talk to Manasseh and im people, but dem no gree listen. ¹¹So our Papa bring di army commanders of di king of Assyria come against dem; dem catch Manasseh with hooks, tie am with bronze chains, and carry am go Babylon. ^a a v11 For those days, conquerors dey lead captives with hook or ring wey dem pass through di nose or lip. ¹²As trouble catch am, e begin seek our Papa favor, e humble imsef well-well before di God of im fathers. ¹³E pray to am, and our Papa, as im belle dey pain am for im plea, hear im cry for mercy, bring am back go Jerusalem, to im kingdom. Na den Manasseh know say our Papa na God. ^b b v13 Manasseh na di most wicked king for Judah, but wen e humble imsef our Papa hear am and carry am come house—no pikin fit sin pass di place wia di Papa welcome dey reach.

¹⁴After dat, e build back di outer wall of di City of David, for west of Gihon for di valley reach di entrance of di Fish Gate, round di Ophel, e raise am very high. E put army commanders for all di fortified cities of Judah. ¹⁵E comot di foreign gods and di idol from our Papa house, with all di altars wey e bin build for di temple mount and for Jerusalem, and e throw dem comot from di city. ¹⁶E build back di altar of our Papa, sacrifice peace and thank offerings for on top am, and e command Judah make dem serve our Papa, di God of Israel. ¹⁷But di people still dey sacrifice for di high places, but na to our Papa, dem God, only.

¹⁸Di oda things wey Manasseh do, im prayer to our Papa, and di words wey di seers talk to am for di name of our Papa, di God of Israel, dey inside di records of di kings of Israel. ¹⁹Im prayer, how our Papa belle bin dey pain am for am, all im sin and unfaithfulness, and di places wia e build high places, put up Asherah poles, and carve images before e humble imsef—everytin dey recorded inside di records of di seers. ²⁰Manasseh die and dem bury am for im palace. And im son Amon become king for im place.

Amon Refuse to Humble Imsef

²¹Amon be twenty-two years old wen e become king, and e rule for two years for Jerusalem. ²²E do evil before our Papa, like im papa Manasseh bin do. Amon sacrifice to all di carved images wey Manasseh make and e worship dem. ²³Unlike im papa Manasseh, e no humble imsef before our Papa; instead Amon add more to im guilt. ²⁴Amon servants plan bad against am and kill am for im palace. ²⁵But di people of di land kill all di people wey plan bad against King Amon and dem make im son Josiah king for im place.