2 Kings 23
1 Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Mokonzi Joziasi abengisaki bampaka nyonso ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi epai na ye,
2 He went to the Lord's Temple with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, together with the priests and the Levites, all the people from the least to the greatest, and he read to them the whole Book of the Agreement that had been discovered in the Lord's Temple.
mpe akendeki na Tempelo ya Yawe elongo na bato nyonso ya Yuda, bavandi nyonso ya Yelusalemi, Banganga-Nzambe mpe basakoli, bato nyonso, kobanda na oyo aleki na se kino na oyo aleki na lokumu. Mokonzi atangelaki bango makomi nyonso ya buku ya Boyokani oyo emonanaki kati na Tempelo ya Yawe.
3 The king stood by the pillar and made a solemn agreement before the Lord to follow him and to keep his commandments, laws, and regulations with total dedication, and to observe the requirements of the agreement as written in the book. All the people entered into the agreement.
Mokonzi atelemaki na etemelo ya kolobela, asalaki boyokani oyo liboso ya Yawe: « Nalapi ndayi ete nakolanda Yawe, nakotosa mibeko, mitindo mpe malako na Ye, na motema mpe na elimo na ngai mobimba; mpe nakotosa maloba ya boyokani, oyo ekomama kati na buku oyo. » Bato nyonso bandimaki kotosa boyokani yango.
4 Then the king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of second rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the Lord's Temple everything made for Baal, Asherah, and the worship of sun, moon, and stars. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the Kidron fields and took their ashes to Bethel.
Mokonzi apesaki mitindo epai ya Ilikia, mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe, epai ya Banganga-Nzambe oyo balandi mpe epai ya bakengeli bikuke ya Tempelo ya Yawe, mpo ete balongola kati na Tempelo ya Yawe, biloko nyonso oyo esalema mpo na Bala, mpo na nzambe mwasi Ashera, mpe mpo na mampinga nyonso ya likolo. Mokonzi atumbaki yango libanda ya Yelusalemi, kati na bilanga ya lubwaku ya Sedron, mpe amemaki putulu na yango na Beteli.
5 He also dismissed the priests appointed by the kings of Judah to present burnt offerings on the high places of the towns of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, those who had sacrificed to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the powers of heaven.
Mokonzi alongolaki banganga-nzambe ya bapaya oyo bakonzi ya Yuda batiaki mpo na kotumba ansa na bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba ya bingumba ya Yuda mpe ya zingazinga ya Yelusalemi: bango nde bazalaki kotumba ansa mpo na Bala, mpo na moyi, mpo na sanza, mpo na minzoto mpe mpo na mampinga nyonso ya likolo.
6 He removed the Asherah pole from the Lord's Temple and took it to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. He burned it there, ground it into dust, and threw its dust over the graves of the ordinary people.
Alongolaki kati na Tempelo ya Yawe likonzi ya nzambe mwasi Ashera, mpe amemaki yango na lubwaku ya Sedron, libanda ya Yelusalemi, epai wapi batumbaki yango. Akomisaki yango putulu mpe asopaki yango na kunda epai wapi bakundaka bato ebele na libulu moko.
7 He also demolished the quarters of the cult prostitutes that were in the Lord's Temple, where the women used to weave tapestries for the Asherah.
Mokonzi abukaki kati na Tempelo ya Yawe, bandako ya mibali oyo bazalaki komipesa na kindumba ya bule, bandako epai wapi basi bazalaki kotonga banzambala mpo na nzambe mwasi Ashera.
8 Josiah brought to Jerusalem all the priests from the towns of Judah and defiled the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had sacrificed burnt offerings. He demolished the high places of the gates, near to the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the governor of the city, which was left of the town gate.
Joziasi abengisaki Banganga-Nzambe nyonso ya bingumba ya Yuda mpe bapanzaki bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba oyo ezalaki longwa na Geba kino na Beri-Sheba epai wapi banganga-nzambe wana bazalaki kotumba ansa. Abukaki mpe bisika ya bule oyo batonga pene ya bikuke ya bingumba: oyo ezalaki na ebandeli ya ekuke ya Jozue, moyangeli ya engumba, mpe oyo ezalaki na ngambo ya loboko ya mwasi ya ekuke ya engumba.
9 Though the priests of the high places did not serve at the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, they did eat unleavened bread with their brother priests.
Atako banganga-nzambe ya bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba bakokaki te kosala mosala na etumbelo ya Yawe kati na Yelusalemi, kasi bazalaki kolia mapa ezanga levire elongo na Banganga-Nzambe mosusu.
10 He defiled the Topheth altar in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
Mokonzi apanzaki etumbelo ya Tofeti, oyo ezalaki na Lubwaku ya Beni-Inomi mpo ete moto moko te asalela yango lisusu mpo na kotumba mwana na ye ya mobali to ya mwasi lokola mbeka epai ya Moloki.
11 He removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun from the entrance to the Lord's Temple. They were in the courtyard near the room of a eunuch named Nathan-melech. Josiah also burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.
Alongolaki, wuta na ekuke kino na Tempelo ya Yawe, bampunda oyo bakonzi ya Yuda babonzaki na nzambe Moyi, oyo ezalaki na lopango pembeni ya shambre ya Netani-Meleki, soda oyo baboma mokongo. Mokonzi atumbaki bashar oyo bazalaki kosalela losambo ya nzambe Moyi.
12 He demolished the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars Manasseh had placed in the two courtyards of the Lord's Temple. The king smashed them to pieces and scattered them in the Kidron Valley.
Mokonzi abukaki bitumbelo oyo bakonzi ya Yuda batongaki na likolo ya shambre ya likolo ya Akazi, mpe bitumbelo oyo Manase atongisaki kati na mapango mibale ya Tempelo ya Yawe. Alongolaki yango wana, abukaki yango na biteni, mpe abwakaki yango na lubwaku ya Sedron.
13 The king also defiled the high places to the east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, the places which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh, the vile god of the Moabites, and for Molech, the vile god of the Ammonites.
Mokonzi apanzaki mpe bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba oyo ezalaki na este ya Yelusalemi, na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali ya ngomba ya Libebi, oyo Salomo, mokonzi ya Isalaele, atongaki mpo na Asitarite, nzambe mwasi ya makambo mabe ya bato ya Sidoni; mpo na Kemoshi, nzambe ya makambo mabe ya bato ya Moabi; mpe mpo na Moloki, nzambe ya makambo mabe ya bato ya Amoni.
14 He smashed the sacred stone pillars to pieces, chopped down the Asherah poles, and covered the places with human bones.
Joziasi abukaki mabanga ya bule, akweyisaki makonzi ya Ashera, mpe atondisaki esika yango na mikuwa ya bato.
15 He also demolished the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to dust, and burned the Asherah pole.
Joziasi abukaki mpe etumbelo oyo ezalaki na Beteli mpe esambelo ya likolo ya ngomba oyo Jeroboami, mwana mobali ya Nebati, atongaki mpo na kopengwisa bana ya Isalaele. Abukaki etumbelo yango mpe akomisaki yango putulu. Bongo atumbaki mpe likonzi ya Ashera.
16 As Josiah looked around he saw some tombs there on the hill. He had the bones taken from the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, just as the Lord had said through the man of God who had prophesied these things.
Tango Joziasi atalaki na zingazinga, amonaki bakunda oyo ezalaki na likolo ya ngomba; boye akundolaki mikuwa oyo ezalaki kuna mpe atumbaki yango na likolo ya etumbelo. Na nzela yango, abebisaki lokumu ya etumbelo yango kolanda Liloba na Yawe, oyo moto na Nzambe asakolaki.
17 Then he asked, “Whose gravestone is this that I see?” “It's the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed exactly what you have done to the altar of Bethel,” the townspeople replied.
Mokonzi atunaki: — Kunda oyo nazali komona ezali ya nani? Bato ya engumba bazongisaki: — Ezali kunda ya moto na Nzambe oyo awutaki na Yuda mpe asakolaki makambo oyo owuti kosala na etumbelo ya Beteli.
18 “Let him rest in peace,” said Josiah. “Don't anyone touch his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, together with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.
Mokonzi alobaki: — Botika yango, moto moko te asimba mikuwa na ye. Boye batikaki mikuwa na ye mpe mikuwa ya mosakoli oyo awutaki na Samari.
19 Josiah destroyed, just as he did at Bethel, all the shrines of the high places in the towns of Samaria that the kings of Israel had built that had angered the Lord.
Ndenge asalaki na Beteli, Joziasi abukaki bisika nyonso ya bule ya bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba oyo bakonzi ya Isalaele batongaki kati na bingumba ya Samari, oyo na tina na yango Yawe asilikaki makasi.
20 Josiah slaughtered all the priests who were there at the high places on the altars, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
Joziasi abomaki banganga-nzambe nyonso ya bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba oyo bazalaki kuna, abonzaki bango lokola mbeka na likolo ya bitumbelo na bango moko mpe atumbaki mikuwa ya bato na likolo ya bitumbelo yango. Bongo azongaki na Yelusalemi.
21 The king sent out an order to all the people, “Observe the Passover of the Lord your God, as it is written in this Book of the Agreement.”
Mokonzi apesaki mitindo epai ya bato nyonso: « Bosala feti ya Pasika mpo na Yawe, Nzambe na bino, kolanda ndenge ekomama kati na buku ya Boyokani. »
22 Such a Passover as this had not been observed from the days of the judges who ruled Israel on through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Feti ya Pasika ya lolenge wana etikalaki nanu kosalema te wuta na tango oyo bilombe bakambaki Isalaele to na tango nyonso ya bakonzi ya Isalaele mpe ya bakonzi ya Yuda.
23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was observed to honor the Lord in Jerusalem.
Kasi tango Joziasi akokisaki mibu zomi na mwambe na bokonzi, basalaki lisusu feti ya Pasika mpo na Yawe, na Yelusalemi.
24 In addition, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the disgusting practices that were present in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to fulfill the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the Lord's Temple.
Joziasi abomaki mpe bato oyo basololaka na milimo ya bakufi, bamoni makambo, bikilakila, banzambe ya bikeko, mpe biloko nyonso oyo ezalaki kati na mokili ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi. Asalaki bongo mpo na kokokisa mitindo oyo ekomama kati na buku oyo Nganga-Nzambe Ilikia amonaki kati na Tempelo ya Yawe.
25 Never before was there a king like him who committed himself to the Lord in all his thoughts and attitudes, and with all his strength, keeping all the Law of Moses. There was no king like him afterwards either.
Mokonzi moko te azongelaki Yawe lokola Joziasi, na motema na ye mobimba, na molimo na ye mobimba mpe na makasi na ye nyonso, kolanda mibeko nyonso ya Moyize. Mpe sima na ye, mokonzi moko te azalaki lokola ye.
26 However, the Lord had not given up his furious hostility, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to anger him.
Nzokande, Yawe atikaki te kanda makasi na Ye, oyo apeliselaki Yuda likolo ya mabe nyonso oyo Manase asalaki mpo na kopesa Ye kanda.
27 So the Lord announced, “I'm also going to banish Judah from my presence, just as I banished Israel. I will abandon this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the Temple regarding which I said, My name will be there.”
Boye Yawe alobaki: « Nakobengana mpe Yuda na miso na Ngai ndenge nabenganaki Isalaele; nakobwaka Yelusalemi, engumba oyo napona, elongo na Tempelo na yango, oyo na tina na yango nalobaki: ‹ Kombo na Ngai ekozala kuna. › »
28 The rest of what happened in Josiah's reign, and all he did, are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
Makambo mosusu oyo etali bokonzi ya Joziasi mpe misala na ye nyonso, ekomama kati na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Yuda.
29 While Josiah was still king, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, led his army to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah took his army to fight him at Megiddo, but when Neco saw Josiah he killed him.
Tango Joziasi azalaki mokonzi, Faraon Neko, mokonzi ya Ejipito, akendeki na ebale Efrate mpo na kosunga mokonzi ya Asiri. Mokonzi Joziasi akendeki kokutana na ye mpo na kokanga ye nzela, kasi Neko abundisaki ye mpe abomaki ye, na Megido.
30 His servants put his body in a chariot, brought him back from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land chose Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in succession to his father.
Basoda ya Joziasi bamemaki ebembe na ye na likolo ya shar, longwa na Megido kino na Yelusalemi epai wapi bakundaki ye kati na kunda na ye moko. Bato ya mokili bazwaki Yoakazi, mwana mobali ya Joziasi, bapakolaki ye mafuta mpe bakomisaki ye mokonzi mpo na kokitana na tata na ye.
31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for three months. His mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah. She came from Libnah.
Yoakazi azalaki na mibu tuku mibale na misato ya mbotama tango akomaki mokonzi, mpe akonzaki basanza misato na Yelusalemi. Kombo ya mama na ye ezalaki « Amutali. » Amutali azalaki mwana ya Jeremi, moto ya Libina.
32 He did what was evil in the Lord's sight, just as all his forefathers had done.
Yoakazi asalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe ndenge bakoko na ye basalaki.
33 Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath to stop him ruling in Jerusalem. He also imposed on Judah a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Faraon Neko atiaki ye na boloko mpe akangaki ye minyololo, na Ribila, kati na mokili ya Amati, mpo ete akonza lisusu te na Yelusalemi. Faraon Neko afutisaki na makasi mokili ya Yuda mpako ya nkoto misato nkama minei ya bakilo ya palata mpe bakilo tuku misato na minei ya wolo.
34 Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim, son of Josiah, king in succession to his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Jehoahaz to Egypt, where he died.
Faraon Neko akomisaki Eliakimi, mwana mobali ya Joziasi, mokonzi mpo na kokitana na Joziasi, tata na ye; abongolaki kombo na ye mpe akomisaki yango « Yeoyakimi. » Kasi akangaki Yoakazi mpe amemaki ye na Ejipito. Mpe Yoakazi akufaki kuna.
35 Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but in order to meet Pharaoh's demand he taxed the land and required payment of the silver and the gold from the people, each in proportion to their wealth.
Yeoyakimi afutaki epai ya Faraon Neko palata mpe wolo oyo asengaki. Mpo na kofuta yango, Yeoyakimi asengaki ete bato ya mokili bafuta mpako. Afutisaki bato mpako ya palata to ya wolo kolanda bozwi na bango.
36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother's name was Zebidah, daughter of Pedaiah She came from Rumah.
Yeoyakimi azalaki na mibu tuku mibale na mitano ya mbotama tango akomaki mokonzi, mpe akonzaki mibu zomi na moko na Yelusalemi. Kombo ya mama na ye ezalaki « Zebuda. » Zebuda azalaki mwana ya Pedaya, moto ya Ruma.
37 He did evil in the Lord's sight, just as his forefathers had done.
Yeoyakimi asalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe ndenge kaka bakoko na ye basalaki.
