2 Kings 21

21 ¹Manasseh become king wen im dey twelve years, and e rule fifty-five years for Jerusalem. Im mama na Hephzibah. ²E do evil for our Papa im eye, as e follow di detestable tins wey di nations wey e drive comot before di people of Israel dey do. ³E build back di high places wey im papa Hezekiah don destroy, e build altars give Baal, and e make Asherah pole as Ahab king of Israel do, e bow give all di host of heaven and e serve dem.

⁴E build altars for our Papa im house, wey e talk say, “Na for Jerusalem I go put my name.”

⁵For di two courts of our Papa im house e build altars give all di host of heaven. ⁶E sacrifice im own pikin for fire, e dey do witchcraft and fortune-telling, and e go meet mediums and spirit-guides. E do plenty evil for our Papa im eye, e vex am well well.

⁷Di Asherah wey dem carve, wey e make, e set am up for di house wey our Papa don tell David and im pikin Solomon about: “For dis house and for Jerusalem, wey I choose from all di tribes of Israel, I go put my name forever. ⁸I no go make Israel im feet waka comot again from di land wey I give dem ancestors, if dem carefully obey all wey I command dem, and dem keep di whole Law wey my servant Moses give dem.”

⁹But dem no listen; Manasseh lead dem astray make dem do evil pass di nations wey our Papa destroy before di people of Israel.

¹⁰So our Papa talk through im servants di prophets:

¹¹“Bicos Manasseh king of Judah do dis detestable tins—wey bad pass all di Amorites wey dey before am—and e lead Judah make dem sin wit im idols, ¹²so our Papa, di God of Israel, talk say: I dey bring disaster come Jerusalem and Judah wey go make di two ears of everybody wey hear am dey ring.

¹³“Ontop Jerusalem I go stretch Samaria im measuring line and Ahab im house im plumb line; I go wipe Jerusalem as person dey wipe plate, I dey wipe am and turn am upside down. ¹⁴I go abandon di rest of my inheritance, I go hand dem give dem enemies—prey and plunder for all dem foes, ¹⁵bicos dem don do evil for my eye and dem don vex me since di day wey dem ancestors comot from Egypt reach today.”

¹⁶Manasseh pour plenty innocent blood wey e fill Jerusalem from one end reach di oda end, apart from di sin wey e lead Judah into, as e dey do evil for our Papa im eye.

¹⁷Di rest of Manasseh im tins, all wey e do, and di sin wey e commit—dem no write am for di Book of di Chronicles of di Kings of Judah? ¹⁸Manasseh rest wit im ancestors, dem bury am for im palace garden, di garden of Uzza. Im pikin Amon become king for im place.

Amon Rule and Comot Im Back Give our Papa

¹⁹Amon become king wen im dey twenty-two years, and e rule two years for Jerusalem. Im mama na Meshullemeth, di pikin of Haruz, from Jotbah. ²⁰E do wetin bad for our Papa im eye, as im papa Manasseh do. ²¹E follow all im papa im ways, e serve and bow give di idols wey im papa serve. ²²E abandon our Papa, di God of im ancestors, e no waka for di way of our Papa. ²³Amon im officials plan bad against am and dem kill di king for im own palace. ²⁴But di people of di land kill all di people wey plan bad against King Amon, and dem make im pikin Josiah king for im place. ²⁵Di rest of Amon im tins—dem no write am for di Book of di Chronicles of di Kings of Judah? ²⁶Dem bury am for im tomb for Uzza im garden, and im pikin Josiah rule for im place.