2 IZikhronike 33

33 ¹UManase wayeneminyaka eyishumi nambili ubudala lapho eba yinkosi, wabusa iminyaka engamashumi amahlanu nanhlanu eJerusalema. ²Wenza okubi emehlweni kaBaba wethu, njengezinto ezinengekayo zezizwe uBaba wethu azixosha phambi kwama-Israyeli. ³Waphinda wakha izindawo eziphakeme uyise uHezekiya ayezidilizile, wakha ama-altare oBhali, wenza izinsika zika-Ashera, wakhothamela lonke ibutho lasezulwini walikhonza.

⁴Wakha ama-altare endlini kaBaba wethu, lapho uBaba wethu athi khona: “EJerusalema igama lami liyohlala phakade.”

⁵Wakha ama-altare alo lonke ibutho lasezulwini emagcekeni omabili endlu kaBaba wethu. ⁶ESigodini sakwaBheni-Hinomu washisa amadodana akhe emlilweni, wenza ukubhula, ukubona imihlola, nobuthakathi, wabuza kwabangoma nakubapristi bemimoya. Wenza okubi okukhulu phambi kukaBaba wethu, wamvusa ulaka.

⁷Wabeka umfanekiso obaziweyo awenzayo endlini kaBaba wethu, uBaba wethu athi ngayo kuDavide nendodana yakhe uSolomoni: “Kule ndlu naseJerusalema, engalikhetha ezizweni zonke zakwa-Israyeli, ngiyakubeka igama lami phakade. ⁸Angiyikuphinda ngisuse u-Israyeli ezweni engalinika okhokho benu, uma nje begcina ngokuqaphela konke engabayala ngakho—wonke umthetho, izimiso, nemithetho ngoMose.”

⁹Kodwa uManase wadukisa uJuda nabantu baseJerusalema, benza okubi okwedlula izizwe uBaba wethu azibhubhisa phambi kuka-Israyeli.

¹⁰UBaba wethu wakhuluma kuManase nakubantu bakhe, kodwa abavumanga ukulalela. ¹¹Ngakho uBaba wethu wabalethela izinduna zempi zenkosi yase-Asiriya; zambamba uManase ngamazinga, zambopha ngamaketanga ethusi, zamusa eBhabhiloni. ^a a v11 Abanqobi basendulo babehola izithunjwa ngengwegwe noma ngesongo elalidatshuliswa emakhaleni noma odebeni. ¹²Ekucindezelekeni kwakhe, wafuna umusa kaBaba wethu, wazithoba kakhulu phambi kukaNkulunkulu wawoyise. ¹³Wakhuleka kuye, uBaba wethu, ethinteke ngesicelo sakhe, wezwa ukukhala kwakhe ecela isihe, wambuyisela eJerusalema, embusweni wakhe. Khona-ke uManase wazi ukuthi uBaba wethu unguNkulunkulu. ^b b v13 UManase wayeyinkosi embi kakhulu kunazo zonke zakwaJuda, kodwa kwathi lapho ezithoba uBaba wethu wamuzwa wambuyisela ekhaya—akukho mntwana owonile ngokweqa ukwamukelwa nguBaba.

¹⁴Emva kwalokho waphinda wakha udonga olungaphandle loMuzi kaDavide, entshonalanga yeGihoni esigodini kuze kube sesangweni lokungena leSango Lezinhlanzi, uhaqa i-Ofeli, waluphakamisa kakhulu. Wabeka izinduna zempi kuyo yonke imizi ebiyelweyo yakwaJuda. ¹⁵Wasusa onkulunkulu bezizwe nesithombe endlini kaBaba wethu, kanye nawo wonke ama-altare ayewakhile entabeni yethempeli naseJerusalema, wakulahla ngaphandle komuzi. ¹⁶Waphinda wakha i-altare likaBaba wethu, wanikela kulo iminikelo yokuthula neyokubonga, wayala uJuda ukuba akhonze uBaba wethu, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli. ¹⁷Kodwa abantu babesanikela ezindaweni eziphakeme, kodwa kuphela kuBaba wethu, uNkulunkulu wabo.

¹⁸Ezinye izenzo zikaManase, umkhuleko wakhe kuBaba wethu, namazwi ababoni abawakhuluma kuye egameni likaBaba wethu, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, asemilandweni yamakhosi akwa-Israyeli. ¹⁹Umkhuleko wakhe, nendlela uBaba wethu athinteka ngayo ngaye, zonke izono zakhe nokungathembeki, kanye nezindawo lapho akha khona izindawo eziphakeme, wamisa izinsika zika-Ashera, wenza nemifanekiso ebaziweyo ngaphambi kokuba azithobe—konke kulotshiwe emilandweni yababoni. ²⁰UManase wafa wangcwatshwa esigodlweni sakhe. Indodana yakhe u-Amoni yaba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.

U-Amoni wenqaba ukuzithoba

²¹U-Amoni wayeneminyaka engamashumi amabili nambili ubudala lapho eba yinkosi, wabusa iminyaka emibili eJerusalema. ²²Wenza okubi phambi kukaBaba wethu, njengoba uyise uManase ayenzile. U-Amoni wanikela kuyo yonke imifanekiso ebaziweyo uManase ayeyenzile, wayikhonza. ²³Ngokungafani noyise uManase, akazithobanga phambi kukaBaba wethu; kunalokho u-Amoni wandisa icala lakhe. ²⁴Izinceku zika-Amoni zamenzela uzungu zambulala esigodlweni sakhe. ²⁵Abantu bezwe babulala bonke ababemenzela uzungu inkosi u-Amoni, benza indodana yakhe uJosiya yaba yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.