< 2 Kings 23 >

1 Then the king sent, —and there were gathered unto him, all the elders of Judah, and Jerusalem;
وَأَرْسَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ، فَجَمَعُوا إِلَيْهِ كُلَّ شُيُوخِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ.١
2 and the king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great, —and he read in their ears, all the words of the book of the covenant, which had been found in the house of Yahweh.
وَصَعِدَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَجَمِيعُ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَكُلُّ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ مَعَهُ، وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنَ ٱلصَّغِيرِ إِلَى ٱلْكَبِيرِ، وَقَرَأَ فِي آذَانِهِمْ كُلَّ كَلَامِ سِفْرِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ ٱلَّذِي وُجِدَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.٢
3 And the king took his stand by the pillar, and solemnised a covenant before Yahweh—to follow Yahweh, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all [their] heart and with all [their] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant, written in this book. And all the people took their stand in the covenant.
وَوَقَفَ ٱلْمَلِكُ عَلَى ٱلْمِنْبَرِ وَقَطَعَ عَهْدًا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ لِلذَّهَابِ وَرَاءَ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَلِحِفْظِ وَصَايَاهُ وَشَهَادَاتِهِ وَفَرَائِضِهِ بِكُلِّ ٱلْقَلْبِ وَكُلِّ ٱلنَّفْسِ، لِإِقَامَةِ كَلَامِ هَذَا ٱلْعَهْدِ ٱلْمَكْتُوبِ فِي هَذَا ٱلسِّفْرِ. وَوَقَفَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ عِنْدَ ٱلْعَهْدِ.٣
4 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the entrance-hall, to bring forth, out of the temple of Yahweh, all the vessels that had been made for Baal and for the Sacred Stem, and for all the army of the heavens, —and he burned them up outside Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel;
وَأَمَرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ حِلْقِيَّا ٱلْكَاهِنَ ٱلْعَظِيمَ، وَكَهَنَةَ ٱلْفِرْقَةِ ٱلثَّانِيَةِ، وَحُرَّاسَ ٱلْبَابِ أَنْ يُخْرِجُوا مِنْ هَيْكَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ جَمِيعَ ٱلْآنِيَةِ ٱلْمَصْنُوعَةِ لِلْبَعْلِ وَلِلسَّارِيَةِ وَلِكُلِّ أَجْنَادِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَأَحْرَقَهَا خَارِجَ أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي حُقُولِ قَدْرُونَ، وَحَمَلَ رَمَادَهَا إِلَى بَيْتِ إِيلَ.٤
5 and he put down the idol-priests, whom the kings of Judah had appointed, so that incense might be burned in the high places, in the cities of Judah, and round about Jerusalem, —them also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the army of the heavens;
وَلَاشَى كَهَنَةَ ٱلْأَصْنَامِ ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلَهُمْ مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا لِيُوقِدُوا عَلَى ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَمَا يُحِيطُ بِأُورُشَلِيمَ، وَٱلَّذِينَ يُوقِدُونَ: لِلْبَعْلِ، لِلشَّمْسِ، وَٱلْقَمَرِ، وَٱلْمَنَازِلِ، وَلِكُلِّ أَجْنَادِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ.٥
6 and he brought forth the Sacred Stem out of the house of Yahweh, outside Jerusalem, into the Kidron ravine, and burned it in the Kidron ravine, and crushed it to powder, —and cast the powder upon the graves of the sons of the people;
وَأَخْرَجَ ٱلسَّارِيَةَ مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ خَارِجَ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلَى وَادِي قَدْرُونَ وَأَحْرَقَهَا فِي وَادِي قَدْرُونَ، وَدَقَّهَا إِلَى أَنْ صَارَتْ غُبَارًا، وَذَرَّى ٱلْغُبَارَ عَلَى قُبُورِ عَامَّةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ.٦
7 and he brake down the houses of the male devotees, which were in the house of Yahweh, —where the women did weave houses to the Sacred Stem;
وَهَدَمَ بُيُوتَ ٱلْمَأْبُونِينَ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدَ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ حَيْثُ كَانَتِ ٱلنِّسَاءُ يَنْسِجْنَ بُيُوتًا لِلسَّارِيَةِ.٧
8 and be brought in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where, the priests, had burned incense, from Geba unto Beer-sheba, —and brake down the high places of the gates, that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the governor of the city, which were on one’s left hand, in the gate of the city;
وَجَاءَ بِجَمِيعِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ مِنْ مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا، وَنَجَّسَ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ حَيْثُ كَانَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ يُوقِدُونَ، مِنْ جَبْعَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ، وَهَدَمَ مُرْتَفَعَاتِ ٱلْأَبْوَابِ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَابِ يَشُوعَ رَئِيسِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ٱلَّتِي عَنِ ٱلْيَسَارِ فِي بَابِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ.٨
9 howbeit, the priests of the high places came not up unto the altar of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, save only that they did eat unleavened bread in the midst of their brethren;
إِلَّا أَنَّ كَهَنَةَ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ لَمْ يَصْعَدُوا إِلَى مَذْبَحِ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ بَلْ أَكَلُوا فَطِيرًا بَيْنَ إِخْوَتِهِمْ.٩
10 and he defiled Topheth, which was in the valley of the son of Hinnom, —so that no man might cause his son or his daughter to pass through the fire unto Molech;
وَنَجَّسَ تُوفَةَ ٱلَّتِي فِي وَادِي بَنِي هِنُّومَ لِكَيْ لَا يُعَبِّرَ أَحَدٌ ٱبْنَهُ أَوِ ٱبْنَتَهُ فِي ٱلنَّارِ لِمُولَكَ.١٠
11 and he did away with the horses, which the kings of Judah had devoted to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, near the chamber of Nathan-melech the courtier, which was in the suburbs, also, the chariots of the sun, burned he with fire;
وَأَبَادَ ٱلْخَيْلَ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاهَا مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا لِلشَّمْسِ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ عِنْدَ مُخْدَعِ نَثْنَمْلَكَ ٱلْخَصِيِّ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلْأَرْوِقَةِ، وَمَرْكَبَاتُ ٱلشَّمْسِ أَحْرَقَهَا بِٱلنَّارِ.١١
12 and, the altars which were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, also the altars which Manasseh had made, in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, did the king break down, —and hurried away from thence, and cast out the powder of them into the Kidron ravine;
وَٱلْمَذَابِحُ ٱلَّتِي عَلَى سَطْحِ عُلِّيَّةِ آحَازَ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَهَا مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا، وَٱلْمَذَابِحُ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَهَا مَنَسَّى فِي دَارَيْ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، هَدَمَهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَرَكَضَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَذَرَّى غُبَارَهَا فِي وَادِي قَدْرُونَ.١٢
13 and, the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of destruction, which Solomon king of Israel had built unto Ashtoreth—the abomination of the Zidonians, and unto Chemosh—the abomination of the Moabites, and unto Milcom—the disgusting thing of the sons of Ammon, did the king defile;
وَٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتُ ٱلَّتِي قُبَالَةَ أُورُشَلِيمَ، ٱلَّتِي عَنْ يَمِينِ جَبَلِ ٱلْهَلَاكِ، ٱلَّتِي بَنَاهَا سُلَيْمَانُ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِعَشْتُورَثَ رَجَاسَةِ ٱلصِّيدُونِيِّينَ، وَلِكَمُوشَ رَجَاسَةِ ٱلْمُوآبِيِّينَ، وَلِمَلْكُومَ كَرَاهَةِ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، نَجَّسَهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ.١٣
14 and he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Sacred Stems, —and filled their place with human bones:
وَكَسَّرَ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلَ وَقَطَّعَ ٱلسَّوَارِيَ وَمَلَأَ مَكَانَهَا مِنْ عِظَامِ ٱلنَّاسِ.١٤
15 moreover also, the altar that was in Bethel, the high place which Jeroboam son of Nebat made, wherewith he caused, Israel, to sin, —even that altar, and the high place, brake he down, —and burned the high place, crushing it to powder, and burned a Sacred Stem.
وَكَذَلِكَ ٱلْمَذْبَحُ ٱلَّذِي فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ فِي ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَةِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَهَا يَرُبْعَامُ بْنُ نَبَاطَ ٱلَّذِي جَعَلَ إِسْرَائِيلَ يُخْطِئُ، فَذَانِكَ ٱلْمَذْبَحُ وَٱلْمُرْتَفَعَةُ هَدَمَهُمَا وَأَحْرَقَ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَةَ وَسَحَقَهَا حَتَّى صَارَتْ غُبَارًا، وَأَحْرَقَ ٱلسَّارِيَةَ.١٥
16 And, when Josiah turned, and saw the graves which were there, in the mount, he sent and took the bones out of the graves, and burned upon the altar, and defiled it, —according to the word of Yahweh, which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
وَٱلْتَفَتَ يُوشِيَّا فَرَأَى ٱلْقُبُورَ ٱلَّتِي هُنَاكَ فِي ٱلْجَبَلِ، فَأَرْسَلَ وَأَخَذَ ٱلْعِظَامَ مِنَ ٱلْقُبُورِ وَأَحْرَقَهَا عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ، وَنَجَّسَهُ حَسَبَ كَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي نَادَى بِهِ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي نَادَى بِهَذَا ٱلْكَلَامِ.١٦
17 Then said he—What is yonder erection, which I do see? And the men of the city said unto him—The grave of the man of God, who came in out of Judah, and proclaimed these things, which thou hast done, concerning the altar of Bethel.
وَقَالَ: «مَا هَذِهِ ٱلصُّوَّةُ ٱلَّتِي أَرَى؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ رِجَالُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ: «هِيَ قَبْرُ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ ٱلَّذِي جَاءَ مِنْ يَهُوذَا وَنَادَى بِهَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلْتَ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ بَيْتِ إِيلَ».١٧
18 And he said—Let him rest, let, no man, disturb his bones. So they let his bones rest, with the bones of the prophet who came in out of Samaria.
فَقَالَ: «دَعُوهُ. لَا يُحَرِّكَنَّ أَحَدٌ عِظَامَهُ». فَتَرَكُوا عِظَامَهُ وَعِظَامَ ٱلنَّبِيِّ ٱلَّذِي جَاءَ مِنَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ.١٨
19 Moreover also, all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made, so as to provoke Yahweh to anger, did Josiah remove, —and he did to them according to all the doings which he had done in Bethel;
وَكَذَا جَمِيعُ بُيُوتِ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ ٱلَّتِي فِي مُدُنِ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَهَا مُلُوكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِلْإِغَاظَةِ، أَزَالَهَا يُوشِيَّا، وَعَمِلَ بِهَا حَسَبَ جَمِيعِ ٱلْأَعْمَالِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَهَا فِي بَيْتِ إِيلَ.١٩
20 and he sacrificed all the priests of the high places, who were there, by the altars, and burned human bones thereupon, —and returned to Jerusalem.
وَذَبَحَ جَمِيعَ كَهَنَةِ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ ٱلَّتِي هُنَاكَ عَلَى ٱلْمَذَابِحِ، وَأَحْرَقَ عِظَامَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.٢٠
21 Then did the king command all the people, saying, Keep ye a passover unto Yahweh, your God, —such as is written in this book of the covenant.
وَأَمَرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ جَمِيعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ قَائِلًا: «ٱعْمَلُوا فِصْحًا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي سِفْرِ ٱلْعَهْدِ هَذَا».٢١
22 Surely there had not been held such a passover as this, from the days of the Judges who judged Israel, —nor all the days of the kings of Israel, and the kings of Judah;
إِنَّهُ لَمْ يُعْمَلْ مِثْلُ هَذَا ٱلْفِصْحِ مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ ٱلْقُضَاةِ ٱلَّذِينَ حَكَمُوا عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَلَا فِي كُلِّ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا.٢٢
23 save only, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, when this passover was held unto Yahweh, in Jerusalem.
وَلَكِنْ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّامِنَةَ عَشْرَةَ لِلْمَلِكِ يُوشِيَّا، عُمِلَ هَذَا ٱلْفِصْحُ لِلرَّبِّ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.٢٣
24 Moreover also, them who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the household gods, and the manufactured gods, and the abominations which were to be seen in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, did Josiah consume, —that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of Yahweh.
وَكَذَلِكَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ وَٱلْعَرَّافُونَ وَٱلتَّرَافِيمُ وَٱلْأَصْنَامُ وَجَمِيعُ ٱلرَّجَاسَاتِ ٱلَّتِي رُئِيَتْ فِي أَرْضِ يَهُوذَا وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، أَبَادَهَا يُوشِيَّا لِيُقِيمَ كَلَامَ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ ٱلْمَكْتُوبَ فِي ٱلسِّفْرِ ٱلَّذِي وَجَدَهُ حِلْقِيَّا ٱلْكَاهِنُ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.٢٤
25 And, like him, was no king, before him, who turned unto Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, —neither, after him, arose one, like him.
وَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَبْلَهُ مَلِكٌ مِثْلُهُ قَدْ رَجَعَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِهِ وَكُلِّ نَفْسِهِ وَكُلِّ قُوَّتِهِ حَسَبَ كُلِّ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى، وَبَعْدَهُ لَمْ يَقُمْ مِثْلُهُ.٢٥
26 Howbeit, Yahweh turned not away from the glow of his great anger, wherewith his anger glowed against Judah—because of all the provocations wherewith, Manasseh, had provoked him.
وَلَكِنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ لَمْ يَرْجِعْ عَنْ حُمُوِّ غَضَبِهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ، لِأَنَّ غَضَبَهُ حَمِيَ عَلَى يَهُوذَا مِنْ أَجْلِ جَمِيعِ ٱلْإِغَاظَاتِ ٱلَّتِي أَغَاظَهُ إِيَّاهَا مَنَسَّى.٢٦
27 So Yahweh said: Even Judah, will I remove from my presence, as I have removed Israel, —and will reject this city, which I had chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house as to which I had said, My Name, shall be, there.
فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنِّي أَنْزِعُ يَهُوذَا أَيْضًا مِنْ أَمَامِي كَمَا نَزَعْتُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَرْفُضُ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ ٱلَّتِي ٱخْتَرْتُهَا أُورُشَلِيمَ وَٱلْبَيْتَ ٱلَّذِي قُلْتُ يَكُونُ ٱسْمِي فِيهِ».٢٧
28 Now, the rest of the story of Josiah, and all that he did, are, they, not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ يُوشِيَّا وَكُلُّ مَا عَمِلَ، أَمَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لِمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟٢٨
29 In his days, came up Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt, against the king of Assyria, unto the river Euphrates, —and, when King Josiah went against him, he slew him at Megiddo, as soon as he saw him.
فِي أَيَّامِهِ صَعِدَ فِرْعَوْنُ نَخْوُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ عَلَى مَلِكِ أَشُّورَ إِلَى نَهْرِ ٱلْفُرَاتِ. فَصَعِدَ ٱلْمَلِكُ يُوشِيَّا لِلِقَائِهِ، فَقَتَلَهُ فِي مَجِدُّو حِينَ رَآهُ.٢٩
30 And his servants conveyed him in a chariot, dead, from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre, —and the people of the land took Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made, him, king, in his father’s stead.
وَأَرْكَبَهُ عَبِيدُهُ مَيْتًا مِنْ مَجِدُّو، وَجَاءُوا بِهِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ. فَأَخَذَ شَعْبُ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَهُوآحَازَ بْنَ يُوشِيَّا وَمَسَحُوهُ وَمَلَّكُوهُ عِوَضًا عَنْ أَبِيهِ.٣٠
31 Twenty-three years old, was Jehoahaz when he began to reign, and, three months, reigned he in Jerusalem, —and, his mother’s name, was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah, of Libnah.
كَانَ يَهُوآحَازُ ٱبْنَ ثَلَاثٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ حَمُوطَلُ بِنْتُ إِرْمِيَا مِنْ لِبْنَةَ.٣١
32 And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his, fathers, had done.
فَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا عَمِلَهُ آبَاؤُهُ.٣٢
33 And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, —and he laid a fine upon the land, a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
وَأَسَرَهُ فِرْعَوْنُ نَخْوُ فِي رَبْلَةَ فِي أَرْضِ حَمَاةَ لِئَلَّا يَمْلِكَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَغَرَّمَ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِمِئَةِ وَزْنَةٍ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ وَوَزْنَةٍ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ.٣٣
34 And Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim son of Josiah king, instead of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, —and, Jehoahaz, took he away, so he entered Egypt, and died there.
وَمَلَّكَ فِرْعَوْنُ نَخْوُ أَلِيَاقِيمَ بْنَ يُوشِيَّا عِوَضًا عَنْ يُوشِيَّا أَبِيهِ، وَغَيَّرَ ٱسْمَهُ إِلَى يَهُويَاقِيمَ، وَأَخَذَ يَهُوآحَازَ وَجَاءَ إِلَى مِصْرَ فَمَاتَ هُنَاكَ.٣٤
35 And, the silver and the gold, did Jehoiakim give unto Pharaoh, howbeit he assessed the land, that he might give the silver at the bidding of Pharaoh, —every man, according to his assessment, exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, that he might give it to Pharaoh-necoh.
وَدَفَعَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ وَٱلذَّهَبَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَوَّمَ ٱلْأَرْضَ لِدَفْعِ ٱلْفِضَّةِ بِأَمْرِ فِرْعَوْنَ. كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ حَسَبَ تَقْوِيمِهِ. فَطَالَبَ شَعْبَ ٱلْأَرْضِ بِٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلذَّهَبِ لِيَدْفَعَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ نَخْوٍ.٣٥
36 Twenty-five years old, was Jehoiakim when he began to reign, and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem, —and, his mother’s name, was Zebudah daughter of Pedaiah, of Rumah.
كَانَ يَهُويَاقِيمُ ٱبْنَ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ زَبِيدَةُ بِنْتُ فِدَايَةَ مِنْ رُومَةَ.٣٦
37 And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, —according to all that, his fathers, had done.
وَعَمِلَ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا عَمِلَ آبَاؤُهُ.٣٧

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