Pa nyengo yiya Menahemu wangupoka Tapua, ndi wose wo ŵenga mukati mwake ndi chigaŵa cha charu kwamba pa Tirza kuya ku nthazi, chifukwa ŵengavi kuwujuliya iyo, chifukwa cho wanguwupoka, ndipo wangutumbuwa ŵanthukazi wose ŵenga mwenimo ŵakuŵa ndi nthumbo.
Ndipo so Manase wangudiska ndopa zinandi zambura kafukwa mpaka zinguzaza Yerusalemu kwamba ku chisongo ichi mpaka kuchisongo chiya, pamoza ndi ulakwi wo wangulakwiska nawo Yuda viyo kuti wanguchita uheni mu maso gha Ambuya.
Ndiŵarotokiyenge nge ndi chipembere yo waphangika ŵana ŵake, ndiparuwenge nganga yawo, ndipo nkhaŵarghanga nge ndi nkharamu, nge ndimo chikoko cha mu dondo chiparuriya.
Herode, pakuwona kuti wapusikika ndi ŵaukwi, wangukaripa ukongwa, ndipo wangutuma ndi wangukoso ŵana ŵanthurumi wose mu Betelehemu ndi mu mphaka zake zose, ŵa virimika viŵi ndi pasi pake, kwakulingana ndi nyengo yo ŵanguziya ŵaukwi wo.