II - Chapter 21

1Menashe was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Yerushalayim; his mother's name was Hephzibah.

ben-sh'-TEEM e-s'-REH sha-NAH m'-na-SHEH b'-mol-KHO va-cha-MEEM va-cha-MESH sha-NAH ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim v'-SHEM i-MO chef-TZI-vaH

אבֶּן־שְׁתֵּ֨ים עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה בְמׇלְכ֔וֹ וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וְחָמֵשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֥ם אִמּ֖וֹ חֶפְצִי־בָֽהּ׃

2He did what was displeasing to Hashem, following the abhorrent practices of the nations that Hashem had dispossessed before the Israelites.

vai-YA-as ha-RA b'-ay-NAY a-do-NAI k'-to-a-VOT ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-REESH a-do-NAI mi-p'-NAY b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL

בוַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה כְּתֽוֹעֲבֹת֙ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ הוֹרִ֣ישׁ יְהֹוָ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

3He rebuilt the shrines that his father Chizkiyahu had destroyed; he erected altars for Baal and made a sacred post, as King Achav of Yisrael had done. He bowed down to all the host of heaven and worshiped them,

vai-YA-shov vai-YI-ven et ha-BA-mot a-SHER i-BAD chiz-ki-YA-hu a-VEEV vai-YA-kem miz-B'-khot la-BA-al vai-YA-as a-SHE-ra ka-a-SHER a-SA a-KHA-av me-lekh yis-ra-AYL vai-YISH-ta-KHU l'-KOL t'-va ha-sha-MA-yim vai-YA-a-VOD o-TAM

גוַיָּ֗שׇׁב וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ אֶת־הַבָּמ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִבַּ֖ד חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ אָבִ֑יו וַיָּ֨קֶם מִזְבְּחֹ֜ת לַבַּ֗עַל וַיַּ֤עַשׂ אֲשֵׁרָה֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֗ה אַחְאָב֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ לְכׇל־צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד אֹתָֽם׃

4and he built altars for them in the House of Hashem, of which Hashem had said, “I will establish My name in Yerushalayim.”

u-va-NAH miZ-b'-KHOT b'-BAYT a-do-NAI a-SHER a-MAR a-do-NAI bi-ru-sha-LA-im a-SIM et sh'-MI

דוּבָנָ֥ה מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת בְּבֵ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה בִּירֽוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם אָשִׂ֥ים אֶת־שְׁמִֽי׃

5He built altars for all the hosts of heaven in the two courts of the House of Hashem.

vai-YI-ven miz-B'-KHOT l'-KOL t'-va ha-sha-MA-yim bi-s'-TAY khatz-ROT bayt-a-do-NAI

הוַיִּ֥בֶן מִזְבְּח֖וֹת לְכׇל־צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם בִּשְׁתֵּ֖י חַצְר֥וֹת בֵּית־יְהֹוָֽה׃

6He consigned his son to the fire; he practiced soothsaying and divination, and consulted ghosts and familiar spirits; he did much that was displeasing to Hashem, to vex Him.

v'-he-e-VIR et b'-NO ba-ESH v'-o-NAYN v'-ni-KHAYSH v'-a-SAH OV v'-yi-d'-O-NEEM, hir-BAH la-a-SOT ha-RA b'-ay-NAY a-do-NAI l'-ha-K'-is.

ווְהֶעֱבִ֤יר אֶת־בְּנוֹ֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְעוֹנֵ֣ן וְנִחֵ֔שׁ וְעָ֥שָׂה א֖וֹב וְיִדְּעֹנִ֑ים הִרְבָּ֗ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֛ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה לְהַכְעִֽיס׃

7The sculptured image of Asherah that he made he placed in the House concerning which Hashem had said to David and to his son Shlomo, “In this House and in Yerushalayim, which I chose out of all the tribes of Yisrael, I will establish My name forever.

vai-YA-sem et PE-sel ha-a-she-RA a-SHER a-SA ba-BA-yit a-SHER a-MAR a-do-NAI el da-VID v'-el she-LO-mo b'-NO ba-BA-yit ha-ZEH u-vi-ru-sha-LA-im a-SHER ba-KHAR-tee mi-KOL shi-VE-tay yis-ra-AYL a-SIM et sh'-MI l'-o-LAM

זוַיָּ֕שֶׂם אֶת־פֶּ֥סֶל הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה בַּבַּ֗יִת אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־דָּוִד֙ וְאֶל־שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בְנ֔וֹ בַּבַּ֨יִת הַזֶּ֜ה וּבִירוּשָׁלַ֗͏ִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙ מִכֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אָשִׂ֥ים אֶת־שְׁמִ֖י לְעוֹלָֽם׃

8And I will not again cause the feet of Yisrael to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if they will but faithfully observe all that I have commanded them—all the Teachings with which My servant Moshe charged them.”

v'-LO o-SEEF l'-ha-NEED RE-gel yis-ra-AYL min ha-a-da-MAH a-SHER na-TA-tee la-a-vo-TAM RAK im yish-m'-RU la-a-SOT k'-KHOL a-SHER tzi-vee-TEEM UL-khol ha-to-RAH a-sher tzi-VAH o-TAM av-DEE mo-SHEH

חוְלֹ֣א אֹסִ֗יף לְהָנִיד֙ רֶ֣גֶל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לַאֲבוֹתָ֑ם רַ֣ק ׀ אִם־יִשְׁמְר֣וּ לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת כְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔ים וּלְכׇ֨ל־הַתּוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה אֹתָ֖ם עַבְדִּ֥י מֹשֶֽׁה׃

9But they did not obey, and Menashe led them astray to do greater evil than the nations that Hashem had destroyed before the Israelites.

v'-LO sha-MAY-u va-yat-EM me-na-SHEH la-a-SOT et ha-RA min ha-go-YIM a-SHER hi-SHE-mid a-do-NAI mi-p'-NAY b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL

טוְלֹ֖א שָׁמֵ֑עוּ וַיַּתְעֵ֤ם מְנַשֶּׁה֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת אֶת־הָרָ֔ע מִ֨ן־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ הִשְׁמִ֣יד יְהֹוָ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

10Therefore Hashem spoke through His servants the Neviim:

va-y'-da-BAYR a-do-NAI b'-yad a-va-DAV ha-ne-vee-EEM lay-MOR

יוַיְדַבֵּ֧ר יְהֹוָ֛ה בְּיַד־עֲבָדָ֥יו הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים לֵאמֹֽר׃

11“Because King Menashe of Yehuda has done these abhorrent things—he has outdone in wickedness all that the Amorites did before his time—and because he led Yehuda to sin with his fetishes,

ya-an a-SHER a-SA me-NA-sheh me-lekh y'-hu-DAH ha-TO-ot ha-E-leh he-RA mi-KOL a-SHER a-SU ha-e-MO-ri a-SHER l'-fa-NAV va-ya-cha-TEE gam-et y'-hu-DAH b'-gi-lu-LA-yav. (s)

יאיַ֩עַן֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֜ה מְנַשֶּׁ֤ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה֙ הַתֹּעֵב֣וֹת הָאֵ֔לֶּה הֵרַ֕ע מִכֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֥וּ הָאֱמֹרִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְפָנָ֑יו וַיַּחֲטִ֥א גַֽם־אֶת־יְהוּדָ֖ה בְּגִלּוּלָֽיו׃

12assuredly, thus said Hashem, the God of Yisrael: I am going to bring such a disaster on Yerushalayim and Yehuda that both ears of everyone who hears about it will tingle.

la-KHEN ko-ah a-MAR a-do-NAI e-lo-HAY yis-ra-AYL hin-NEE me-VEE ra-AH al y'-ru-sha-LA-im vi-y'-hu-DAH a-SHER kol [sho-m'-AH] (sho-mi-AV) ti-tzal-NAH sh'-tay a-z'-NAV

יבלָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִי֙ מֵבִ֣יא רָעָ֔ה עַל־יְרֽוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם וִֽיהוּדָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ כׇּל־[שֹׁ֣מְעָ֔הּ] (שמעיו) תִּצַּ֖לְנָה שְׁתֵּ֥י אׇזְנָֽיו׃

13I will apply to Yerushalayim the measuring line of Shomron and the weights of the House of Achav; I will wipe Yerushalayim clean as one wipes a dish and turns it upside down.

v'-na-TI-ti al y'-ru-sha-LA-im et KAV sho-M'-RON v'-et m'-sh'-KO-let b'-YIT a-KHAV u-ma-KHI-ti et y'-ru-sha-LA-im ka-a-SHER yim-KHEH et ha-tza-LA-khat ma-KHAH v'-ha-FAKH al-PA-ne-ha

יגוְנָטִ֣יתִי עַל־יְרוּשָׁלַ֗͏ִם אֵ֚ת קָ֣ו שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן וְאֶת־מִשְׁקֹ֖לֶת בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֑ב וּמָחִ֨יתִי אֶת־יְרֽוּשָׁלַ֜͏ִם כַּאֲשֶׁר־יִמְחֶ֤ה אֶת־הַצַּלַּ֙חַת֙ מָחָ֔ה וְהָפַ֖ךְ עַל־פָּנֶֽיהָ׃

14And I will cast off the remnant of My own people and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. They shall be plunder and prey to all their enemies

v'-na-TASH-tee ET sh'-AY-reeyt na-kha-LA-tee u-n'-ta-TEEM b'-YAD oy-VEY-hem v'-ha-YU l'-VAZ v'-lim-shi-SAH l'-KOL oy-VEY-hem

ידוְנָטַשְׁתִּ֗י אֵ֚ת שְׁאֵרִ֣ית נַחֲלָתִ֔י וּנְתַתִּ֖ים בְּיַ֣ד אֹיְבֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָי֥וּ לְבַ֛ז וְלִמְשִׁסָּ֖ה לְכׇל־אֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃

15because they have done what is displeasing to Me and have been vexing Me from the day that their fathers came out of Egypt to this day.”

ya-AN a-SHER a-SU et ha-RA b'-ay-NAI va-yi-HU mak-a-SEEM o-TEE min ha-YOM a-SHER ya-t'-U a-vo-TAM mi-mitz-RA-yim v'-ad ha-YOM ha-ZEH

טויַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֤וּ אֶת־הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינַ֔י וַיִּהְי֥וּ מַכְעִסִ֖ים אֹתִ֑י מִן־הַיּ֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצְא֤וּ אֲבוֹתָם֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וְעַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

16Moreover, Menashe put so many innocent persons to death that he filled Yerushalayim [with blood] from end to end—besides the sin he committed in causing Yehuda to do what was displeasing to Hashem.

v'-GAM, DAM na-KI sha-FAKH me-na-SHEH har-BEH me-OD, AD a-SHER me-LE et y'-ru-sha-LA-im PEH la-PEH, l'-VAD me-kha-ta-TO a-SHER he-khe-TI et y'-hu-DAH la-a-SOT ha-RA b'-ay-NAY a-do-NAI.

טזוְגַם֩ דָּ֨ם נָקִ֜י שָׁפַ֤ךְ מְנַשֶּׁה֙ הַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֔ד עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־מִלֵּ֥א אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם פֶּ֣ה לָפֶ֑ה לְבַ֤ד מֵֽחַטָּאתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶחֱטִ֣יא אֶת־יְהוּדָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

17The other events of Menashe's reign, and all his actions, and the sins he committed, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Yehuda.

v'-ye-TER di-v'-RAY me-na-SHEH v'-KOL a-SHER a-SA v'-kha-TA-to a-SHER cha-TA ha-LO ha-YEM k'-tu-VEEM al SE-fer di-v'-RAY ha-ya-MEEM l'-mal-khay y'-hu-DAH

יזוְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֤י מְנַשֶּׁה֙ וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וְחַטָּאת֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֑א הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

18Menashe slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his palace, in the garden of Uzza; and his son Amon succeeded him as king.

vai-YISH-kav me-na-SHEH im a-vo-TAV, vai-ki-ka-VAYR b'-gan b'-TO, b'-gan u-ZA, vai-YIM-lokh a-MON b'-NO ta-KH'-TO.

יחוַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב מְנַשֶּׁה֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר בְּגַן־בֵּית֖וֹ בְּגַן־עֻזָּ֑א וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָמ֥וֹן בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

19Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Yerushalayim; his mother's name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

ben-es-REEM u-sh'-TA-yim sha-NAH a-MON b'-mol-KHO u-sh'-TA-yim sha-NEEM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim v'-SHEM i-MO m'-shu-LEM-et bat-kha-ROOT min-YOT-va

יטבֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וּשְׁתַּ֤יִם שָׁנָה֙ אָמ֣וֹן בְּמׇלְכ֔וֹ וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ מְשֻׁלֶּ֥מֶת בַּת־חָר֖וּץ מִן־יׇטְבָֽה׃

20He did what was displeasing to Hashem, as his father Menashe had done.

vai-YA-as ha-RA b'-ay-NAY a-do-NAI ka-a-SHER a-SA me-na-SHEH a-VEE-u

כוַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה אָבִֽיו׃

21He walked in all the ways of his father, worshiping the fetishes which his father had worshiped and bowing down to them.

vai-YAY-lekh b'-KOL ha-DE-rekh a-SHER ha-LAKH a-VEEV, va-ya-a-VOD et ha-gi-LU-lim a-SHER a-VAHD a-VEEV, va-yish-TA-khu LA-HEM

כאוַיֵּ֕לֶךְ בְּכׇל־הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־הָלַ֣ךְ אָבִ֑יו וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֗ד אֶת־הַגִּלֻּלִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָבַ֣ד אָבִ֔יו וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ לָהֶֽם׃

22He forsook Hashem, the God of his fathers, and did not follow the way of Hashem.

vai-ya-a-ZOV et a-do-NAI e-lo-HAY a-vo-TAV v'-lo ha-LAKH b'-de-REKH a-do-NAI

כבוַיַּעֲזֹ֕ב אֶת־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֹתָ֑יו וְלֹ֥א הָלַ֖ךְ בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ יְהֹוָֽה׃

23Amon's courtiers conspired against him; and they killed the king in his palace.

vai-yik-sh'-RU av-DAY a-MON a-LAV, va-ya-MEE-tu et ha-ME-lekh b'-vay-TO

כגוַיִּקְשְׁר֥וּ עַבְדֵי־אָמ֖וֹן עָלָ֑יו וַיָּמִ֥יתוּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃

24But the people of the land put to death all who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made his son Yoshiyahu king in his stead.

vai-YAKH am-ha-A-retz et kol ha-ko-sh'-REEM al ha-ME-lekh a-MON, va-yam-li-KHU am-ha-A-retz et yo-shi-YA-hu b'-no ta-KH'-ta-YV

כדוַיַּךְ֙ עַם־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֵ֥ת כׇּל־הַקֹּשְׁרִ֖ים עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָמ֑וֹן וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּ עַם־הָאָ֛רֶץ אֶת־יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

25The other events of Amon's reign [and] his actions are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Yehuda.

v'-YE-ter di-V'-rei a-MON a-SHER a-SA ha-LO ha-YEM k'-tu-VIM al SE-fer di-V'-rei ha-ya-MEEM l'-mal-KHEI y'-hu-DAH

כהוְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י אָמ֖וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

26He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza; and his son Yoshiyahu succeeded him as king.

vai-yik-BOR o-TO bi-k'bu-RA-to b'-gan u-ZA, vai-yim-LOKH yo-shi-YA-hu b'-no ta-kh'-TA-v.

כווַיִּקְבֹּ֥ר אֹת֛וֹ בִּקְבֻרָת֖וֹ בְּגַן־עֻזָּ֑א וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃