2 Chronicles · Chapter 33

[ edit] Of twelue ȝeer was Manaſſes, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen, and fyue and fyfty ȝeer he regned in Jeruſalem. Forſoþe he dide euyl before þe Lord aftir þe abomynacyouns of Gentilis, þe whiche þe Lord turnede vpſadoun before þe ſonus of Irael. And turnede he enſtored þe heeȝe þingus, þe whiche Ezechie, his fadir, hadde diſtruyede. And he ſette up auters of Baalym, and maad mawmete wodus, and honourede al þe knyȝþode of heuen, and heriede it. And he bilde up auters in þe hous of þe Lord, of þe whiche þe Lord hadde ſeyde, In Jeruſalem ſchal ben my name wiþout eend. Forſoþe he bilde up hem to al þe hooſt of heuen in þe two porchis of þe hous of þe Lord.

And he made his ſonus to paſſen þoruȝ fijr in þe valey of Hennon; and he weytide ſweuens, and he folowede deuynynge in briddes, and he enſeruede to enchauntyng craftis, and he hadde wiþ hym deuynours and enchaunters, and many euyls wrouȝt before þe Lord, þat he terre hym.

Grauen alſo and ȝoten tookne he putte in þe hous of þe Lord, of þe whiche God ſpac to Dauid, and to Salomon, his ſone, ſeyinge, In þis hous and in Jeruſalem, þat I chees of alle þe lynagis of Irael, I ſchal putte my name in to euermore; and I ſchal not maken to meuen þe fote of Irael fro þe lond þat I toke to þe fadirs of hem, ſo oonly ȝif þei kepyn to don þat I comaundide to hem, and al þe lawe, and cerymonyes, and domys, by þe hond of Moyſes. Þanne Manaſſes deceyuede Judam, and þe dwellers of Jeruſalem, þat þei diden euyl ouer alle Gentylis, þe whiche þe Lord ouerturnede fro þe face of þe ſonus of Irael. And þe Lord ſpac to hym, and to his puple; and þei wolden not taken heede.

Þerfore he ouerladde in to hem princis and hooſtis of þe kyng of Aſſiries; and þei tooken Manaſſen, and bounden wiþ cheynes and wiþ gyues þei brouȝten hym in to Babyloyne. Þe which aftir þat he was to gydre anguyſcht, he preyde þe Lord his God, and dide penaunce gretely before þe God of his fadirs. And he preyede hym, and halſende ententijfly; and he herde þe oriſoun of hym, and he brouȝte hym aȝein in to Jeruſalem in to his kyngdam; and Manaſſes knewȝ, þat þe Lord he is God.

After þes þingus he bilde a wal wiþoute þe cytee of Dauid, at þe weſt of Gyon, in þe grete valey, fro þe entre of þe ȝate of fiſchis, bi enuyroun vnto Ofel; and he enhauncide it hugeli; and he ſette princis of þe hooſt in alle þe ſtrengþed cytees of Juda. And he toke awey alien goddis and ſymulacres fro þe hous of þe Lord; þe auters alſo þat he hadde maad in þe hil of þe hous of þe Lord and in Jeruſalem, and al he þrewȝ aferre out of þe cite. Bot he enſtorede þe auter of þe Lord, and offrede vpon it ſlayn ſacrifices, and peſible, and preyſynge; and he comaundede to Jude, þat he ſchulde ſeruen to God of Irael. Neuer þe later ȝit þe puple offrede in heeȝe þingus to þe Lord his God.

Þe remnaunt forſoþe of þe dedis of Manaſſe, and þe obſecracioun of hym to his God, þe wordis alſo of þe ſeearis, þat ſpeeken to hym in þe name of þe Lord God of Irael, ben conteenede in þe wordis of þe kingus of Irael. Þe preyer alſo of hym, and heering, and alle þe ſynnes, and diſpitis, alſo þe places in þe whiche he bilde up heeȝe þingus, and maad mawmete wodis and ymagis, before þat he dide penaunce, ben writen in þe wordis of Ozai. Forſoþe Manaſſes ſlepte wiþ his faders, and þey birieden hym in his hous; and Amon, his ſone, regnede for hym. Of two and twenty ȝeer was Amon, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen; and two ȝeer he regnede in Jeruſalem.

And he dide euyl in þe ſiȝte of þe Lord, as hadde done Manaſſes, his fader; and to alle þe mawmetis, þat Manaſſes hadde forgide, he offride, and ſeruede. And he dradde not þe face of þe Lord, as dradde Manaſſes, his fadir; and manye more þingus treſpaſſide. And whanne his ſeruauntis hadden ſworn to gydre aȝeinus hym, þei ſlowen hym in his hous. But þe toþer multitude of þe puple, hem ſlayn þat hadden ſmyten Amon, þei ſetten Joziam, his ſone, kyng for hym.