2 Chronicles 34

1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.

١ كَانَ يُوشِيَّا فِي الثَّامِنَةِ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ إِحْدَى وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

٢ وَكَانَ مَلِكاً صَالِحاً سَارَ فِي طَرِيقِ جَدِّهِ دَاوُدَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَحِيدَ عَنْهُ يَمِيناً أَوْ شِمَالاً.

3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.

٣ وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ مِنْ مُلْكِهِ، وَهُوَ بَعْدُ فَتىً، ابْتَدَأَ يَعْبُدُ إِلَهَ جَدِّهِ دَاوُدَ. وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ عَشْرَةَ شَرَعَ يُطَهِّرُ أَرْضَ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ مِنَ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ وَتَمَاثِيلِ عَشْتَارُوثَ وَالأَصْنَامِ وَالْمَسْبُوكَاتِ.

4 And they broke down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images, that were on high above them, he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

٤ وَهَدَمَ رِجَالُهُ مَذَابِحَ الْبَعْلِ وَحَطَّمُوا تَمَاثِيلَ عِبَادَةِ الشَّمْسِ الْقَائِمَةَ فَوْقَهَا، وَكَسَّرُوا السَّوَارِيَ وَالتَّمَاثِيلَ وَالْمَسْبُوكَاتِ وَدَقُّوهَا وَذَرَّوْهَا عَلَى قُبُورِ الَّذِينَ قَرَّبُوا لَهَا.

5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

٥ وَأَحْرَقُوا عِظَامَ كَهَنَةِ الأَوْثَانِ عَلَى مَذَابِحِهِمْ وَطَهَّرُوا أَرْضَ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ.

6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their axes round about.

٦ وَكَذَلِكَ فَعَلَ فِي مُدُنِ أَسْبَاطِ مَنَسَّى وَأَفْرَايِمَ وَشِمْعُونَ حَتَّى نَفْتَالِي وَخَرَائِبِهَا الْمُحِيطَةِ بِها،

7 And he broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

٧ فَهَدَمَ السَّوَارِيَ وَدَقَّ الأَصْنَامَ نَاعِماً وَحَطَّمَ تَمَاثِيلَ الشَّمْسِ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

٨ وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ عَشْرَةَ لِمُلْكِهِ، بَعْدَ أَنْ قَامَ بِتَطْهِيرِ الْبِلادِ وَالْهَيْكَلِ بَعَثَ شَافَانَ بْنَ أَصَلْيَا، وَمَعَسِيَا مُحَافِظَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَيُوآخَ بْنَ يُوأَحَازَ الْمُسَجِّلَ لِيُرَمِّمُوا هَيْكَلَ اللهِ إِلَهِهِ.

9 And they came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the door, had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and they returned to Jerusalem.

٩ فَجَاءُوا إِلَى حِلْقِيَا رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ، وَأَعْطَوْهُ الْفِضَّةَ الَّتِي تَمَّ تَقْدِيمُهَا إِلَى هَيْكَلِ اللهِ الَّتِي جَمَعَهَا اللّاوِيُّونَ حُرَّاسُ بَابِ الْهَيْكَلِ مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ مَنَسَّى وَأَفْرَايِمَ وَسَائِرِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ وَأَهَالِي أُورُشَلِيمَ،

10 And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD gave it to mend and repair the house;

١٠ ثُمَّ أَوْدَعُوهَا عِنْدَ الْمُوَكَّلِينَ عَلَى الإِشْرَافِ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، الَّذِينَ دَفَعُوهَا بِدَوْرِهِمْ لِلْعَامِلِينَ عَلَى إصْلاحِ الْهَيْكَلِ وَتَرْمِيمِهِ.

11 even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

١١ وَكَذَلِكَ أَعْطَوْا مِنْهَا لِلنَّجَّارِينَ وَالْبَنَّائِينَ لِيَشْتَرُوا حِجَارَةً مَنْحُوتَةً، وَأَخْشَاباً لِلْوَصْلاتِ، وَعَوَارِضَ لِسُقُوفِ الْبُيُوتِ الَّتِي تَرَكَهَا مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا تَتَدَاعَى.

12 And the men did the work faithfully; and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to preside over it; and other of the Levites, all that had skill with instruments of music.

١٢ فَقَامَ الرِّجَالُ بِعَمَلِهِمْ بِكُلِّ أَمَانَةٍ، تَحْتَ إِشْرَافِ يَحَثَ وَعُوبَدْيَا اللّاوِيَّيْنِ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ مَرَارِي، وَزَكَرِيَّا وَمَشُلّامَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ الْقَهَاتِيِّينَ. كَمَا أَشْرَفَ اللّاوِيُّونَ الْمَاهِرُونَ عَلَى الْعَزْفِ عَلَى الآلاتِ الْمُوسِيقِيَّةِ،

13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and presided over all that did the work in every manner of service; and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

١٣ وَعَلَى أَعْمَالِ الْحَمَّالِينَ، وَعَلَى سَائِرِ الْعُمَّالِ الْقَائِمِينَ بِمُخْتَلَفِ أَنْوَاعِ الْخِدْمَةِ، كَمَا كَانَ بَعْضُ اللّاوِيِّينَ كُتَّاباً، وَعُرَفَاءَ وَحُرَّاساً عَلَى الأَبْوَابِ.

14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the Law of the LORD given by Moses.

١٤ وَفِيمَا كَانُوا يُخْرِجُونَ الْفِضَّةَ الَّتِي تَمَّ إِدْخَالُهَا فِي مَخَازِنِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، عَثَرَ حِلْقِيَا الْكَاهِنُ عَلَى سِفْرِ شَرِيعَةِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي أَوْصَى بِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُوسَى.

15 and Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe: 'I have found the book of the Law in the house of the LORD.' And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

١٥ فَقَالَ حِلْقِيَا لِشَافَانَ الْكَاتِبِ: «قَدْ عَثَرْتُ عَلَى سِفْرِ الشَّرِيعَةِ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ». وَسَلَّمَ حِلْقِيَا السِّفْرَ إِلَى شَافَانَ.

16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word unto the king, saying: 'All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.

١٦ فَحَمَلَهُ شَافَانُ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ. وَقَدَّمَ لَهُ تَقْرِيراً قَائِلاً: «إِنَّ عَبِيدَكَ يُنَفِّذُونَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ عَهِدْتَ بِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ،

17 And they have poured out the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen.'

١٧ وَقَدْ أَفْرَغُوا الْفِضَّةَ الْمَوْجُودَةَ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ وَأَوْدَعُوهَا عِنْدَ الْمُوَكَّلِينَ بِالإِشْرَافِ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ، وَعِنْدَ الْعُمَّالِ».

18 And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying: 'Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book.' And Shaphan read therein before the king.

١٨ ثُمَّ أَطْلَعَ شَافَانُ الْكَاتِبُ الْمَلِكَ عَلَى السِّفْرِ قَائِلاً: «قَدْ أَعْطَانِي حِلْقِيَا الْكَاهِنُ سِفْراً». وَقَرَأَهُ شَافَانُ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ.

19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the Law, that he rent his clothes.

١٩ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْمَلِكُ نَصَّ الشَّرِيعَةِ مَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ،

20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying:

٢٠ وَأَمَرَ حِلْقِيَا وَأَخِيقَامَ بْنَ شَافَانَ وَعَبْدُونَ بْنَ مِيخَا وَشَافَانَ الْكَاتِبَ وَعَسَايَا خَادِمَ الْمَلِكِ:

21 'Go ye, inquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do according unto all that is written in this book.'

٢١ «اذْهَبُوا وَاسْأَلُوا الرَّبَّ عَمَّا يَكُونُ مَصِيرِي وَمَصِيرُ مَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا، بِنَاءً عَلَى مَا وَرَدَ فِي نَصِّ هَذَا السِّفْرِ الَّذِي تَمَّ الْعُثُورُ عَلَيْهِ، إِذْ إِنَّ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ الْمُنْسَكِبَ عَلَيْنَا عَظِيمٌ، لأَنَّ آبَاءَنَا لَمْ يُطِيعُوا كَلامَ هَذَا السِّفْرِ وَلَمْ يُمَارِسُوا كُلَّ مَا وَرَدَ فِيهِ».

22 So Hilkiah, and they whom the king had commanded, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe — now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter — and they spoke to her to that effect.

٢٢ فَانْطَلَقَ حِلْقِيَا وَمَنْ أَرْسَلَهُمْ مَعَهُ الْمَلِكُ، إِلَى خَلْدَةَ النَّبِيَّةِ، زَوْجَةِ شَلُّومَ بْنِ تُوقَهَةَ بْنِ حَسْرَةَ، حَارِسِ الثِّيَابِ الْمَلَكِيَّةِ، الْمُقِيمَةِ فِي الْمِنْطَقَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَخَاطَبُوهَا (بِمَا أَوْصَاهُمْ بِهِ الْمَلِكُ).

23 And she said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me:

٢٣ فَقَالَتْ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: قُولُوا لِلرَّجُلِ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَكُمْ إِلَيَّ:

24 Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah;

٢٤ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: هَا أَنَا جَالِبٌ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ وَعَلَى أَهْلِهِ كُلَّ اللَّعَنَاتِ الْوَارِدَةِ فِي السِّفْرِ الَّذِي قُرِئَ أَمَامَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا،

25 because they have forsaken Me, and have offered unto other gods, that they might provoke Me with all the works of their hands; therefore is My wrath poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched.

٢٥ لأَنَّهُمْ نَبَذُونِي وَأَوْقَدُوا لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، لِيُثِيرُوا سَخَطِي بِمَا تَجْنِيهِ أَيْدِيهِمْ مِنْ آثَامٍ، فَيَنْسَكِبُ غَضَبِي الَّذِي لَا يَنْطَفِئُ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ.

26 But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,

٢٦ أَمَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا الَّذِي أَرْسَلَكُمْ لِتَسْتَشِيرُوا الرَّبَّ، فَهَذَا مَا تَقُولُونَ لَهُ: إِلَيْكَ مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: بِشَأْنِ مَا سَمِعْتَ مِنْ كَلامٍ:

27 because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest His words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself before Me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before Me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.

٢٧ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَنَّ قَلْبَكَ قَدْ رَقَّ، وَتَذَلَّلْتَ أَمَامَ اللهِ لَدَى سَمَاعِكَ مَا قَضَتْ بِهِ الشَّرِيعَةُ عَلَى هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ وَعَلَى أَهْلِهِ، وَتَوَاضَعْتَ أَمَامِي وَمَزَّقْتَ ثِيَابَكَ وَبَكَيْتَ فِي حَضْرَتِي، فَإِنَّنِي قَدِ اسْتَجَبْتُ لَكَ أَنَا أَيْضاً، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof.' And they brought back word unto the king.

٢٨ لِذَلِكَ هَا أَنَا أَتَوَفَّاكَ فَتُدْفَنُ فِي قَبْرِكَ بِسَلامٍ، وَلا تَشْهَدُ عَيْنَاكَ مَا سَأُنْزِلُ بِهَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ وَأَهْلِهِ مِنْ شَرٍّ». فَحَمَلَ الرِّجَالُ رَدَّهَا إِلَى الْمَلِكِ.

29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

٢٩ عِنْدَئِذٍ اسْتَدْعَى الْمَلِكُ إِلَيْهِ كُلَّ شُيُوخِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ،

30 And the king went up to the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

٣٠ وَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، يُرَافِقُهُ كُلُّ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَالْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ وَسَائِرُ الشَّعْبِ مِنْ صِغَارٍ وَكِبَارٍ، وَقَرَأَ فِي مَسَامِعِهِمْ كُلَّ كَلامِ سِفْرِ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّذِي تَمَّ الْعُثُورُ عَلَيْهِ فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.

٣١ وَوَقَفَ الْمَلِكُ عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ وَقَطَعَ عَهْداً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ أَنْ يَتْبَعَ الرَّبَّ وَيَحْفَظَ وَصَايَاهُ وَشَهَادَاتِهِ وَفَرَائِضَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ الْقَلْبِ وَالنَّفْسِ، وَيُطَبِّقَ كَلامَ هَذَا الْعَهْدِ الْمُدَوَّنِ فِي هَذَا السِّفْرِ.

32 And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

٣٢ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الْمَلِكُ عَهْداً عَلَى كُلِّ الْمَوْجُودِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَمِنْ رِجَالِ بِنْيَامِينَ أَنْ يَسْلُكُوا حَسَبَ عَهْدِ اللهِ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِمْ.

33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were found in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. All his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

٣٣ وَأَزَالَ يُوشِيَّا جَمِيعَ الرَّجَاسَاتِ مِنْ كُلِّ أَرَاضِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَطَالَبَ جَمِيعَ الْمَوْجُودِينَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ أَنْ يَعْبُدُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ، فَلَمْ يَزُغِ الشَّعْبُ عَنْ عِبَادَةِ الرَّبِّ طَوَالَ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِهِ.