2 Setouknae 35
1 Josiah ni Jerusalem vah BAWIPA hanlah ceitakhai pawi a sak. Thapa yung pasuek, hnin hlaipali hnin vah, ceitakhai pawi hanlah a thei.
Josiah [commanded that the people should] celebrate the Passover Festival to honor Yahweh in Jerusalem. So they slaughtered the lambs for the Passover [Festival] at the end of March.
2 Vaihma hah thaw a poe teh, BAWIPA im dawk thaw tawk hanlah tha a poe.
Josiah assigned to the priests the tasks that they should perform at the temple and encouraged them to do their work well.
3 Isarelnaw kacangkhaikung lah Cathut hanlah hmoun e Levihnaw koe, Isarel siangpahrang Devit capa Solomon ni im a sak e dawk kathounge thingkong hah hrueng awh leih. Na loung hoi hrawm hanlah ngai mahoeh toe. BAWIPA na Cathut hoi a tami Isarelnaw thaw hah tawk awh leih.
The [other] descendants of Levi were the ones who taught all the Israeli people; they had been dedicated to serve Yahweh. Josiah said to them, “Put the Sacred Chest in the temple that [the workers of] David’s son [King] Solomon of Israel built. But [carry it on poles; ] do not carry it on your shoulders. And do your your work well for Yahweh your God and for his Israeli people.
4 Isarel siangpahrang Devit hoi a capa ni thut e patetlah imthungkhu kahrawikungnaw hoi kamcu lah ahuhu lahoi o hanlah kârakueng awh.
Divide yourselves into clans, obeying the instructions that King David and his son Solomon wrote.
5 Na hmaunawnghanaw imthungkhu kahrawikung hoi ka kamcu lah Levih taminaw hanlah hmuen ao e patetlah kathounge hmuen koe awm awh.
Then stand in the temple, with one group of the descendants of Levi to help each clan of the people [when they bring their offerings to the temple].
6 Ceitakhai pawi thuengnae hah thet awh nateh, kâthoung sak awh. Mosi hno laihoi BAWIPA ni a dei e patetlah sak thai awh nahan na hmaunawnghanaw hanlah kârakueng awh.
Slaughter the lambs for the Passover [Festival]. Perform the rituals to cause yourselves to be acceptable to Yahweh for doing this work. Prepare the sacrifices, doing what Yahweh told Moses to tell you that you should do.”
7 Josiah ni hote hmuen koe kaawm e taminaw han hoi ceitakhai pawi koe kaawm e tami pueng hanelah, saring dawk tu hoi hmaeca 30, 000 touh hoi maitotan 3, 000 touh a poe awh. Hotnaw teh siangpahrang hnopai dawk hoi e doeh.
Josiah provided [from his own flocks and herds] 30,000 sheep and goats for the Passover sacrifices.
8 Hahoi, kahrawikungnaw ni ma lungtho lahoi tamipueng hane, vaihma hane, hoi Levihnaw hanelah a poe awh. Cathut im kaukkung Hilkiah Zekhariah, Jehiel tinaw ni ceitakhai pawi hanelah tu hoi hmaeca 2,600 touh hoi maitotan 300 touh vaihma koe a poe awh.
His officials also voluntarily contributed animals for the people and the priests and the [other] descendants of Levi. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the officials who were in charge of the temple, gave to the priests 2,600 lambs and 300 cattle to be sacrifices for the Passover.
9 Konaniah hoi a nawngha Shemaiah, Nathanel hoi Levihnaw kaukkungnaw e kaukkung Hashabiah, Jeiel, Jozabad tinaw nihai, ceitakhai pawi hanlah Levihnaw hah tu hoi hmaeca 5, 000 touh hoi maitotan 500 touh a poe awh.
And Conaniah along with his [younger] brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the leaders of the [other] descendants of Levi, provided 5,000 lambs and 500 cattle for the other descendants of Levi, to be sacrifices for the Passover.
10 Hottelah thaw tawknae teh a kârakueng awh teh, siangpahrang ni kâpoe e patetlah vaihmanaw teh amae hmuen koevah, a kangdue awh teh, Levihnaw haiyah ahuhu lahoi a kangdue awh.
Everything [for the Passover] was arranged: The priests and the other descendants of Levi stood in their places in their groups, like the king had commanded.
11 Hote ceitakhai pawi hanlah a thei awh teh, vaihmanaw ni a thi hah a kathek awh. Levihnaw ni a pho hah a ho awh.
Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs. The priests sprinkled the blood [from the bowls] that were handed to them, while the [other] descendants of Levi removed the skins from the animals.
12 Mosi cauk dawk kaawm e patetlah a imthungkhu lahoi lengkaleng thaw a rei e patetlah BAWIPA koe poe hanelah hmaisawi han satheinaw hoi maitonaw hah a kârei awh.
They set aside the animals to be completely burned on the altar, in order to give them to the various family groups to offer to Yahweh, obeying the instructions that were written in the laws God gave Moses. They did the same thing with the cattle.
13 Hote ceitakhai pawi ca hanelah, aphung patetlah kahmin lah a pâeng awh. Hateiteh, poe e moi kathounge hah hlaam, arai kaawm hoeh e hlaam hoi sum hlaam dawk a thawng awh teh, taminaw koe a ceikhai awh.
Obeying those regulations, they roasted the lambs for the Passover over the fire. And they boiled the [meat of the] sacred offerings in pots and kettles and pans, and served the meat immediately to all the people [who were there].
14 Hathnukkhu, amamouh hoi vaihmanaw hanlah bout a kârakueng awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Aron e capa vaihmanaw teh hmaisawi thuengnae khoungroe dawk moi thaw hah poe hoi tangmin totouh a tawk awh. Hatdawkvah, Levihnaw ni amamouh hoi Aron e capa vaihmanaw hanlah bout rakung hanlah a ngainae doeh.
After that, they prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, because the priests were busy until nighttime, sacrificing the offerings to be completely burned and burning the fat parts of the offerings. So the [other] descendants of Levi prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, [the first Supreme Priest].
15 Hahoi, Devit, Asaph, Heman hoi siangpahrang profet Jeduthun naw ni kâ poe e patetlah la ka sak e Asaph capanaw teh amamae hmuen dawk a kangdue awh. Hote longkha karingkungnaw teh, longkha tangkuem koevah, ao awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a hmaunawngha Levihnaw ni a rakueng pouh dawkvah, a thaw hah ceitakhai awh han ngai hoeh.
The musicians, who were descendants of Asaph, stood in their places, as King David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet had commanded. The men who guarded the gates [of the temple] did not need to leave their places, because their fellow descendants of Levi prepared food for them to eat.
16 Hottelah, siangpahrang Josiah ni kâ poe e patetlah ceitakhai pawi sak han hoi, BAWIPA e khoungroe dawk hmaisawi thuengnae poe hanelah hote hnin dawk BAWIPA thaw tawknae hnonaw pueng hah a rakueng awh.
So on that day everything that needed to done for worshiping Yahweh was done. They celebrated the Passover [Festival], and they presented offerings to be completely burned on the altar, which was what Josiah had commanded.
17 Hote hmuen koe kaawm e Isarelnaw ni hote hnin dawk ceitakhai pawi hah a sak awh. Tonphuenhoehe vaiyei pawi haiyah hnin sari touh thung a hno awh.
The Israelis who were there celebrated the Passover [Festival] on that day, and for seven days they celebrated the Festival of [Eating] Unleavened Bread.
18 Profet Samuel se nahoi Isarel ram vah hot patetlah ceitakhai pawi sak awh boihoeh. Isarel siangpahrang apinihai Josiah, vaihmanaw, Levihnaw hoi Judah tami pueng hoi Isarelnaw ni a sak e patetlah sak awh boihoeh.
The Passover [Festival] had not been celebrated like that in Israel since the time that the prophet Samuel lived. None of the other kings of Israel had ever celebrated the Passover like Josiah did, along with the priests, the other descendants of Levi, and all [the other people of] Judah and Israel who were there with the people who lived in Jerusalem.
19 Josiah a bawinae kum 18 nah ceitakhai pawiteh a sak awh.
They celebrated this Passover Festival when Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years.
20 Hathnukkhu hoi Josiah ni bawkim be a pathoup hnukkhu, Izip siangpahrang Neko teh, Kakhemish tuk hanelah Euphrates palang a cei teh Josiah ni a tuk.
After Josiah had done all those things to [restore the worship at] the temple, King Neco of Egypt went [with his army] to attack Carchemish [city] alongside the Euphrates [River], and Josiah marched [with his army] to fight against them.
21 Hatei, ahni ni nang Judah siangpahrang kai hoi nang bangmaw kâtuk hanelah kaawm. Sahnin vah nang na tuk hanelah, ka tho hoeh bo. Ka tuk lahun e tuk hanelah doeh ka tho. Cathut ni na huerang hanelah kâ na poe. Kai koe lah kampang e Cathut hah taran hanh. Na raphoe payon vaih telah laicei a patoun.
Neco sent some messengers to Josiah, to tell him, “You are the king of Judah, and there is certainly no quarrel between you and me. My army is not attacking you people; we are attacking another army, [the army of Babylonia]. God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is for me. If you do not stop, God will get rid of you.”
22 Hatei, Josiah ni ban takhai hane ngai hoeh. A tuk thai nahan a meilam a kâthung teh, Cathut e a pahni dawk hoi ka tâcawt e Neko ni dei e hah tarawi ngai pouh hoeh. Megiddo tanghling vah, ahnimouh tuk hanelah a cei.
But Josiah would not pay attention to him. Instead, he disguised himself in order to be able to attack [the army of Egypt without anyone recognizing him]. He did not pay any attention to what God had told Neco to say. Instead, he [and his army] went to fight Neco’s army at the plain of Megiddo.
23 Licung kapatuemnaw ni Josiah hah a kâ awh teh siangpahrang ni a sannaw koevah, kai hah na cetkhai awh leih. Bangkongtetpawiteh, hmâ puenghoi ka ca toe telah a ti.
Some Egyptian archers shot King Josiah. He told his officers, “Take me away from here because I am badly wounded.”
24 A sannaw ni leng dawk hoi a la awh teh, alouke leng dawk a hruek awh. Jerusalem a ceikhai awh teh, a due hnukkhu a na mintoenaw e phuen dawk a pakawp awh. Judahnaw hoi Jerusalem kaawm e naw ni Josiah a khui awh.
So they took him out of his chariot and put him in another chariot that he had brought with him, and they took him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs where his ancestors [had been buried], and all [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah mourned for him.
25 Jeremiah ni Josiah hah a khui. La ka sak e napui tongpa naw ni a na minca totouh Josiah khuinae a dei awh rah. Isarel ram dawk phung a tawn awh teh, khenhaw! khuinae la dawkvah a thut awh.
[The prophet] Jeremiah composed a song to mourn for Josiah, and all the men and women singers in Israel still mourn for Josiah by singing that song. That became a custom in Israel; the words of that song are written in a scroll of funeral songs.
26 Josiah a kâroenae dawk hoi kaawm rae pueng BAWIPA e kâlawk dawk ao e patetlah hnokahawi ka sak e,
A record of the other things that happened while Josiah ruled, from the time he started to rule until he died, including how he faithfully honored God by obeying everything that was written in the laws of Yahweh, is in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’.
27 ahmaloe hoi a hnukteng e hai khenhaw! Isarel siangpahrang hoi Judah siangpahrang lairui thutnae cauk dawk thut e lah ao.
