2 Kings 23

1 Then the king sent, —and there were gathered unto him, all the elders of Judah, and Jerusalem;

Mokonzi Joziasi abengisaki bampaka nyonso ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi epai na ye,

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.

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 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.

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 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;

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 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;

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 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;

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 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;

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 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;

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 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;

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 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;

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 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;

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 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;

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 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;

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 and he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Sacred Stems, —and filled their place with human bones:

Joziasi abukaki mabanga ya bule, akweyisaki makonzi ya Ashera, mpe atondisaki esika yango na mikuwa ya bato.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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;

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 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.

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 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.

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 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;

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 save only, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, when this passover was held unto Yahweh, in Jerusalem.

Kasi tango Joziasi akokisaki mibu zomi na mwambe na bokonzi, basalaki lisusu feti ya Pasika mpo na Yawe, na Yelusalemi.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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?

Makambo mosusu oyo etali bokonzi ya Joziasi mpe misala na ye nyonso, ekomama kati na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Yuda.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his, fathers, had done.

Yoakazi asalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe ndenge bakoko na ye basalaki.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, —according to all that, his fathers, had done.

Yeoyakimi asalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe ndenge kaka bakoko na ye basalaki.