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Manasseh Da Judah King
(2 Kings 21:1-10, 17-18)
1 Manasseh twelve year ol wen he come king, an he stay king inside Jerusalem fifty-five year.
2 He do bad kine stuff, da way Da One In Charge see um. He stay do da same pilau kine stuff jalike da peopos wen do dat Da One In Charge wen throw outa da land wen da Israel peopo come dea.
3 He build up one mo time da sacrifice places on top da hills fo da idol kine gods, places dat his faddah Hezekiah wen wipe out. An he build altars fo da Baal kine gods, an put up tiki poses fo da wahine god Asherah. He go down in front all da star gods, an pray to dem.
4 He even build altars fo odda gods inside da Temple Fo Da One In Charge, no matta Da One In Charge wen tell dis bout da Temple: “Right hea inside Jerusalem, dis goin be fo show peopo who me, foeva.”
5 Inside da two open lanais aroun da Temple Fo Da One In Charge, Manasseh build altars fo all da star gods.
6 He make some a his boys da sacrifices inside da fire inside da Ben Hinnom Valley. He bring up da bad kine spirits fo tell him wat goin happen. He put kahuna on top peopo. He look fo signs bout wat goin happen. He get wahines an guys dat can talk to da mahke peopo. Da way Da One In Charge see um, he do plenny real bad kine stuff. Az why Da One In Charge come real huhu wit him.
7 Manasseh take one idol he wen tell his guys carve, an put um inside da Temple Fo Da One In Charge. Fo him, no matta God wen tell David an his boy Solomon, “Dis Temple, hea inside Jerusalem, I wen pick da place from all da Israel ohanas, I make dis da place fo know wat kine god me, foeva.
8 I wen tell yoa ancesta guys dat I no goin make da Israel peopo leave da land one mo time. But dass ony if dey make shua dey do eryting I wen tell dem fo do—dass all da Rules I wen give Moses fo teach dem, an da tings I tell dey gotta do fo judge da right way.”
9 But Manasseh lead da Judah an Jerusalem peopo da wrong way. Az why dey do even mo bad kine stuff den da odda peopos dat Da One In Charge wen wipe out wen da Israel peopo come dea.
10 Da One In Charge talk to Manasseh an his peopo, but dey neva lissen.
11 Az why Da One In Charge bring agains da Israel peopo da army leadas fo da Assyria king. Dey catch Manasseh, an make him prisona. Dey put one hook thru his nose, chain him up wit bronze metal leg chains, an make um walk all da way Babylon side.
12 Manasseh suffa plenny. So den, he go pray to his God, Da One In Charge. He tell God fo help him, an he come notting in front da God fo his ancesta guys.
13 Wen Manasseh pray to God lidat, Da One In Charge lissen wat Manasseh tell um fo do. So Da One In Charge bring him back Jerusalem side fo come king one mo time. Den Manasseh tell dat he know fo shua dat ony Da One In Charge, him da real God.
14 Afta dat, Manasseh guys build da outside wall aroun da David Town part a Jerusalem one mo time. Dat part a da wall go from da west side a da Gihon puka fo watta inside Kidron Valley, fo go da Fish Gate. He put da wall all aroun da Ofel hill, an make um real high dea. He put army officer guys inside all da odda Judah towns dat get strong wall too.
15 He throw out all da gods from da odda peopos, an take out da idol kine god from da Temple Fo Da One In Charge, an all da altars he wen build on top da Temple Hill an inside Jerusalem. An he throw dose gods outa da town.
16 Den he make da altar fo Da One In Charge okay fo use one mo time. He make da kine sacrifices dat show dat da peopo an Da One In Charge stay okay, an da sacrifices on top da altar fo tell Da One In Charge “Mahalo!” He tell da Judah peopo fo work fo Da One In Charge, da God fo da Israel peopo.
17 Da peopo still use da sacrifice places on top da hills, but dey ony use um fo dea God, Da One In Charge.
18 Get odda tings dat happen wen Manasseh stay king. He pray to his God. Get guys dat can see wass goin happen cuz dey talk fo Da One In Charge, da God fo da Israel peopo. Dem, dey write all dat inside da records fo da Israel kings.
19 Da guys dat can see wass goin happen, dey write um all down. Dey write wat Manasseh tell wen he pray, an how Da One In Charge lissen him. Dey write all da bad kine stuff he do wen he stay agains Da One In Charge. Dey write bout da sacrifice places he build on top da hills, an bout da tiki poses he put up fo da wahine god Asherah an da idol kine gods, befo he come notting in front Da One In Charge.
20 Manasseh mahke an go by his ancesta guys. Dey bury him inside his palace. An his boy Amon come king afta him.
Amon Da Judah King
(2 Kings 21:19-24)
21 Amon was twenny-two year ol wen he come king, an he stay king inside Jerusalem two year.
22 Da way Da One In Charge see him, Amon do bad kine stuff, jalike his faddah guy Manasseh wen do. Amon go down in front all da idol kine gods his faddah wen make, an make sacrifices fo um.
23 But he no make jalike his faddah Manasseh, cuz he no come notting in front Da One In Charge, so he get even mo blame.
24 Amon helpa guys make one plan agains him, an dey kill him inside his palace.
25 Den da peopo inside da land kill all da guys dat wen make da plan agains King Amon, an dey make Amon boy Josiah come king afta him.