1UManase waba yinkosi eleminyaka elitshumi lambili ubudala njalo wabusa eJerusalema okweminyaka engamatshumi amahlanu lanhlanu.
2Wenza ububi emehlweni kaThixo*, elandela imikhuba eyenyanyekayo yezizwe uThixo* ayezixotshile phambi kuka-Israyeli.
3Wavuselela izindawo zokukhonzela ezazibhidlizwe nguyise uHezekhiya; waphinda wakhela oBhali ama-alithare kanye lezinsika zika-Ashera. Wakhothamela zonke izinkanyezi zezulu wazikhonza.
4Wakha ama-alithare ethempelini likaThixo*, lona uThixo* ayekhulume ngalo wathi: “IBizo lami lizahlala eJerusalema kuze kube nininini.”
5Emagumeni womabili ethempeli likaThixo* wakhela izinkanyezi zezulu ama-alithare.
6Wanikela amadodana akhe emlilweni eSigodini saseBheni-Hinomu, wenza imilingo, ukuvumisa, lokuthakatha njalo wayahlahlula lakwabalamadlozi. Wenza okubi kakhulu phambi kukaThixo*, wamthukuthelisa.
7Wathatha isithombe ayesibazile wasibeka ethempelini likaNkulunkulu, lelo uNkulunkulu ayethe kuDavida lasendodaneni yakhe uSolomoni, “Kulelithempeli kanye laseJerusalema, engilikhethileyo ezizwaneni zako-Israyeli, ngizafaka iBizo lami kuze kube nininini.
8Angiyikuyekela inyawo zabako-Israyeli zisuke kulelilizwe engalabela okhokho babo, nxa bezananzelela benze konke engabalaya ngakho okwemithetho, izimiso leziqondiso ezaphiwa uMosi.”
9Kodwa uManase wakhokhelela abakoJuda labaseJerusalema ekulahlekeni, benza ububi okwedlula izizwe uThixo* azibhubhisa mandulo kokufika kwabako-Israyeli.
10UThixo* wakhuluma kuManase labantu bakhe, kodwa kabalalelanga.
11Ngakho uThixo* wabehlisela abalawuli bamabutho enkosi yase-Asiriya, abathumba uManase, bamfaka umkhala emakhaleni, bambopha ngamaketane ethusi bamusa eBhabhiloni.
12Ekuhlulukelweni kwakhe wacela umusa kaThixo* uNkulunkulu waboyise.
13Ngakho uthe esekhuleka kuThixo*, wezwa ukuncenga kwakhe walalela isicelo sakhe; wambuyisela eJerusalema ebukhosini bakhe. Ngalokho uManase wakwazi ukuthi uThixo* unguNkulunkulu.
14Ngemva kwalokho wakha kutsha umduli wangaphandle owoMuzi kaDavida, entshonalanga kwentombo yesigodini seGihoni, kusiya emangenelweni eSango leNhlanzi kubhoda uqaqa lwe-Ofeli; njalo wawakha waba mude kulakuqala. Wafaka abalawuli bamabutho kuwo wonke amadolobho alezinqaba koJuda.
15Wasusa bonke onkulunkulu bezizweni wasusa lesithombe ethempelini likaThixo*, lawo wonke ama-alithare ayewakhele eqaqeni lwethempeli kanye laseJerusalema; konke lokhu wakulahlela ngaphandle kwedolobho.
16Wavuselela i-alithari likaThixo* wenza iminikelo yobudlelwano leminikelo yokubonga phezu kwalo njalo watshela uJuda ukumkhonza uThixo*, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli.
17Kodwa abantu baqhubeka benikela imihlatshelo ezindaweni zokukhonzela, kodwa benikela kuphela kuThixo* uNkulunkulu wabo.
18Ezinye izehlakalo ngombuso kaManase, kanye lomkhuleko wakhe kuNkulunkulu wakhe lamazwi akhulunywa ngababoni kuye ngebizo likaThixo*, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, kulotshiwe embalini yamakhosi ako-Israyeli.
19Umkhuleko wakhe lokuthi uNkulunkulu wakwamukela njani ukuncenga kwakhe, lokona kwakhe konke, kanye lokungathembeki, lalezozindawo zokukhonzela ayezakhile lezinsika zika-Ashera lezithombe engakazehlisi ngokuzithoba, kulotshiwe konke emibhalweni yababoni.
20UManase waphumula labokhokho bakhe wangcwatshwa esigodlweni sakhe. U-Amoni indodana yakhe yathatha isikhundla sakhe.
21U-Amoni wayeleminyaka engamatshumi amabili lambili ubudala esiba yinkosi, njalo wabusa eJerusalema okweminyaka emibili.
22Wenza ububi phambi kukaThixo*, njengalokhu okwakwenziwe nguyise uManase. U-Amoni wakhonza njalo wanikela imihlatshelo kuzozonke izithombe ezazenziwe nguManase.
23Kodwa kenzanga njengoyise uManase, ngoba yena kazehlisanga phansi kukaThixo*; u-Amoni wenza amacala ngokuphindiweyo.
24Izikhulu zika-Amoni zathama icebo zambulalela esigodlweni sakhe.