¹Duodecim annorum erat Manasses cum regnare cœpisset,Manasseh was twelve years old when he had begun to reign,et quinquaginta quinque annis regnavit in Jerusalem:and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.nomen matris ejus Haphsiba.The name of his mother was Hephzibah.

¹Duodecim annorum erat Manasses cum regnare cœpisset,Manasseh was twelve years old when he had begun to reign,et quinquaginta quinque annis regnavit in Jerusalem:and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem.nomen matris ejus Haphsiba.The name of his mother was Hephzibah.

²Fecitque malum in conspectu Domini,And he did evil in the sight of the Lord,juxta idola gentium quas delevit Dominus a facie filiorum Israël.in accord with the idols of the nations that the Lord destroyed before the face of the sons of Israel.

²Fecitque malum in conspectu Domini,And he did evil in the sight of the Lord,juxta idola gentium quas delevit Dominus a facie filiorum Israël.in accord with the idols of the nations that the Lord destroyed before the face of the sons of Israel.

³Conversusque est,And he turned away.et ædificavit excelsa quæ dissipaverat Ezechias pater ejus:And he built up the high places that his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed.et erexit aras Baal,And he erected altars to Baal,et fecit lucos sicut fecerat Achab rex Israël,and he made sacred groves, just as Ahab, the king of Israel,et adoravit omnem militiam cæli,had done. And he adored the entire army of heaven,et coluit eam.and he served them.

³Conversusque est,And he turned away.et ædificavit excelsa quæ dissipaverat Ezechias pater ejus:And he built up the high places that his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed.et erexit aras Baal,And he erected altars to Baal,et fecit lucos sicut fecerat Achab rex Israël,and he made sacred groves, just as Ahab, the king of Israel,et adoravit omnem militiam cæli,had done. And he adored the entire army of heaven,et coluit eam.and he served them.

⁴Exstruxitque aras in domo Domini,And he constructed altars in the house of the Lord,de qua dixit Dominus:about which the Lord said:In Jerusalem ponam nomen meum.“In Jerusalem, I will place my name.”

⁴Exstruxitque aras in domo Domini,And he constructed altars in the house of the Lord,de qua dixit Dominus:about which the Lord said:In Jerusalem ponam nomen meum.“In Jerusalem, I will place my name.”

⁵Et exstruxit altaria universæ militiæ cæli in duobus atriis templi Domini.And he constructed altars, for the entire army of heaven, within the two courts of the temple of the Lord.

⁵Et exstruxit altaria universæ militiæ cæli in duobus atriis templi Domini.And he constructed altars, for the entire army of heaven, within the two courts of the temple of the Lord.

⁶Et traduxit filium suum per ignem:And he led his son through fire.et ariolatus est,And he used divinations,et observavit auguria,and observed omens,et fecit pythones,and appointed soothsayers,et aruspices multiplicavit,and multiplied diviners,ut faceret malum coram Domino,so that he did evil before the Lord,et irritaret eum.and provoked him.

⁶Et traduxit filium suum per ignem:And he led his son through fire.et ariolatus est,And he used divinations,et observavit auguria,and observed omens,et fecit pythones,and appointed soothsayers,et aruspices multiplicavit,and multiplied diviners,ut faceret malum coram Domino,so that he did evil before the Lord,et irritaret eum.and provoked him.

⁷Posuit quoque idolum luci quem fecerat,Also, he set up an idol, of the sacred grove that he had made,in templo Domini, super quod locutus est Dominus ad David,in the temple of the Lord, about which the Lord said to David,et ad Salomonem filium ejus:and to his son Solomon: “In this temple,In templo hoc,and in Jerusalem,et in Jerusalem quam elegi de cunctis tribubus Israël,which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,ponam nomen meum in sempiternum.I will place my name forever.

⁷Posuit quoque idolum luci quem fecerat,Also, he set up an idol, of the sacred grove that he had made,in templo Domini, super quod locutus est Dominus ad David,in the temple of the Lord, about which the Lord said to David,et ad Salomonem filium ejus:and to his son Solomon: “In this temple,In templo hoc,and in Jerusalem,et in Jerusalem quam elegi de cunctis tribubus Israël,which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,ponam nomen meum in sempiternum.I will place my name forever.

⁸Et ultra non faciam commoveri pedem Israël de terra quam dedi patribus eorum:And I will no longer cause the feet of Israel to be moved from the land that I gave to their fathers:si tamen custodierint opere omnia quæ præcepi eis,if only they will take care to do all that I have instructed them,et universam legem quam mandavit eis servus meus Moyses.and the entire law that my servant Moses commanded to them.”

⁸Et ultra non faciam commoveri pedem Israël de terra quam dedi patribus eorum:And I will no longer cause the feet of Israel to be moved from the land that I gave to their fathers:si tamen custodierint opere omnia quæ præcepi eis,if only they will take care to do all that I have instructed them,et universam legem quam mandavit eis servus meus Moyses.and the entire law that my servant Moses commanded to them.”

⁹Illi vero non audierunt:Yet truly, they did not listen.sed seducti sunt a Manasse,Instead, they were seduced by Manasseh,ut facerent malum super gentes quas contrivit Dominus a facie filiorum Israël.so that they did evil, more so than the nations that the Lord crushed before the face of the sons of Israel.

⁹Illi vero non audierunt:Yet truly, they did not listen.sed seducti sunt a Manasse,Instead, they were seduced by Manasseh,ut facerent malum super gentes quas contrivit Dominus a facie filiorum Israël.so that they did evil, more so than the nations that the Lord crushed before the face of the sons of Israel.

¹⁰Locutusque est Dominus in manu servorum suorum prophetarum,And so the Lord spoke, by the hand of his servants, the prophets,dicens:saying:

¹⁰Locutusque est Dominus in manu servorum suorum prophetarum,And so the Lord spoke, by the hand of his servants, the prophets,dicens:saying:

¹¹Quia fecit Manasses rex Juda abominationes istas pessimas,“Since Manasseh, the king of Judah, has committed these wicked abominations,super omnia quæ fecerunt Amorrhæi ante eum,beyond all that the Amorites before him have done,et peccare fecit etiam Judam in immunditiis suis:and also has caused Judah to sin by his defilements,

¹¹Quia fecit Manasses rex Juda abominationes istas pessimas,“Since Manasseh, the king of Judah, has committed these wicked abominations,super omnia quæ fecerunt Amorrhæi ante eum,beyond all that the Amorites before him have done,et peccare fecit etiam Judam in immunditiis suis:and also has caused Judah to sin by his defilements,

¹²propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël:because of this, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:Ecce ego inducam mala super Jerusalem et Judam,Behold, I will lead evils over Jerusalem and over Judah, such that,ut quicumque audierit, tinniant ambæ aures ejus.whoever will hear of these things, both his ears will ring.

¹²propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël:because of this, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:Ecce ego inducam mala super Jerusalem et Judam,Behold, I will lead evils over Jerusalem and over Judah, such that,ut quicumque audierit, tinniant ambæ aures ejus.whoever will hear of these things, both his ears will ring.

¹³Et extendam super Jerusalem funiculum Samariæ,And I will extend the measuring line of Samaria over Jerusalem,et pondus domus Achab:with the scale of the house of Ahab.et delebo Jerusalem,And I will erase Jerusalem,sicut deleri solent tabulæ:just as writing tablets are usually erased.et delens vertam,And after erasing,et ducam crebrius stylum super faciem ejus.I will turn it and repeatedly drag a stylus over its surface.

¹³Et extendam super Jerusalem funiculum Samariæ,And I will extend the measuring line of Samaria over Jerusalem,et pondus domus Achab:with the scale of the house of Ahab.et delebo Jerusalem,And I will erase Jerusalem,sicut deleri solent tabulæ:just as writing tablets are usually erased.et delens vertam,And after erasing,et ducam crebrius stylum super faciem ejus.I will turn it and repeatedly drag a stylus over its surface.

¹⁴Dimittam vero reliquias hæreditatis meæ,And truly,et tradam eas in manus inimicorum ejus,I will send away the remnants of my inheritance,eruntque in vastitatem,and I will deliver them into the hands of their enemies.et in rapinam cunctis adversariis suis:And they will be devastated and plundered by all their adversaries.

¹⁴Dimittam vero reliquias hæreditatis meæ,And truly,et tradam eas in manus inimicorum ejus,I will send away the remnants of my inheritance,eruntque in vastitatem,and I will deliver them into the hands of their enemies.et in rapinam cunctis adversariis suis:And they will be devastated and plundered by all their adversaries.

¹⁵eo quod fecerint malum coram me,For they have done evil before me,et perseveraverint irritantes me,and they have persevered in provoking me,ex die qua egressi sunt patres eorum ex Ægypto usque ad hanc diem.from the day when their fathers departed from Egypt, even to this day.

¹⁵eo quod fecerint malum coram me,For they have done evil before me,et perseveraverint irritantes me,and they have persevered in provoking me,ex die qua egressi sunt patres eorum ex Ægypto usque ad hanc diem.from the day when their fathers departed from Egypt, even to this day.

¹⁶InsuperMoreover,et sanguinem innoxium fudit Manasses multum nimis,Manasseh also has shed an exceedingly great amount of innocent blood,donec impleret Jerusalem usque ad os:until he filled Jerusalem even to the mouth,absque peccatis suis quibus peccare fecit Judam,aside from his sins by which he caused Judah to sin,ut faceret malum coram Domino.so that they did evil before the Lord.”

¹⁶InsuperMoreover,et sanguinem innoxium fudit Manasses multum nimis,Manasseh also has shed an exceedingly great amount of innocent blood,donec impleret Jerusalem usque ad os:until he filled Jerusalem even to the mouth,absque peccatis suis quibus peccare fecit Judam,aside from his sins by which he caused Judah to sin,ut faceret malum coram Domino.so that they did evil before the Lord.”

¹⁷Reliqua autem sermonum Manasse,Now the rest of the words of Manasseh,ut universa quæ fecit,and all that he did,et peccatum ejus quod peccavit,and his sin that he sinned,nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Juda?have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

¹⁷Reliqua autem sermonum Manasse,Now the rest of the words of Manasseh,ut universa quæ fecit,and all that he did,et peccatum ejus quod peccavit,and his sin that he sinned,nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Juda?have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

¹⁸Dormivitque Manasses cum patribus suis, et sepultus est in horto domus suæ,And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the garden of his own house,in horto Oza:in the garden of Uzza.et regnavit Amon filius ejus pro eo.And Amon, his son, reigned in his place.

¹⁸Dormivitque Manasses cum patribus suis, et sepultus est in horto domus suæ,And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the garden of his own house,in horto Oza:in the garden of Uzza.et regnavit Amon filius ejus pro eo.And Amon, his son, reigned in his place.

¹⁹Viginti duorum annorum erat Amon cum regnare cœpisset:Amon was twenty-two years old when he had begun to reign,duobus quoque annis regnavit in Jerusalem:and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem.nomen matris ejus Messalemeth filia Harus de Jeteba.The name of his mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.

¹⁹Viginti duorum annorum erat Amon cum regnare cœpisset:Amon was twenty-two years old when he had begun to reign,duobus quoque annis regnavit in Jerusalem:and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem.nomen matris ejus Messalemeth filia Harus de Jeteba.The name of his mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.

²⁰Fecitque malum in conspectu Domini,And he did evil in the sight of the Lord,sicut fecerat Manasses pater ejus.just as his father, Manasseh, had done.

²⁰Fecitque malum in conspectu Domini,And he did evil in the sight of the Lord,sicut fecerat Manasses pater ejus.just as his father, Manasseh, had done.

²¹Et ambulavit in omni via per quam ambulaverat pater ejus,And he walked in all the ways in which his father had walked.servivitque immunditiis quibus servierat pater ejus,And he served the unclean things that his father had served,et adoravit eas:and he adored them.

²¹Et ambulavit in omni via per quam ambulaverat pater ejus,And he walked in all the ways in which his father had walked.servivitque immunditiis quibus servierat pater ejus,And he served the unclean things that his father had served,et adoravit eas:and he adored them.

²²et dereliquit Dominum Deum patrum suorum,And he abandoned the Lord, the God of his fathers,et non ambulavit in via Domini.and he did not walk in the way of the Lord.

²²et dereliquit Dominum Deum patrum suorum,And he abandoned the Lord, the God of his fathers,et non ambulavit in via Domini.and he did not walk in the way of the Lord.

²³Tetenderuntque ei insidias servi sui,And his servants undertook treachery against him.et interfecerunt regem in domo sua.And they killed the king in his own house.

²³Tetenderuntque ei insidias servi sui,And his servants undertook treachery against him.et interfecerunt regem in domo sua.And they killed the king in his own house.

²⁴Percussit autem populus terræ omnes qui conjuraverant contra regem Amon,But the people of the land slew all those who had conspired against king Amon.et constituerunt sibi regem Josiam filium ejus pro eo.And they appointed for themselves Josiah, his son, as king in his place.

²⁴Percussit autem populus terræ omnes qui conjuraverant contra regem Amon,But the people of the land slew all those who had conspired against king Amon.et constituerunt sibi regem Josiam filium ejus pro eo.And they appointed for themselves Josiah, his son, as king in his place.

²⁵Reliqua autem sermonum Amon quæ fecit,But the rest of the words of Amon, which he did,nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Juda?have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

²⁵Reliqua autem sermonum Amon quæ fecit,But the rest of the words of Amon, which he did,nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Juda?have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

²⁶Sepelieruntque eum in sepulchro suo, in horto Oza:And they buried him in his sepulcher, in the garden of Uzza.et regnavit Josias filius ejus pro eo.And his son, Josiah, reigned in his place.

²⁶Sepelieruntque eum in sepulchro suo, in horto Oza:And they buried him in his sepulcher, in the garden of Uzza.et regnavit Josias filius ejus pro eo.And his son, Josiah, reigned in his place.