2 Chronicles 34
1 Josiah was eight years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 31 years.
[約史雅登極]約史雅登極時才八歲，在耶路撒冷作王凡三十一年。
2 He did things that were pleasing to Yahweh and conducted his life like his ancestor King David had done. He fully obeyed [IDM] all the laws of God.
他行了上主視為正義的事，走了他祖先達味所走的路，不偏左，也不偏右。[宗教改革]
3 When he had been ruling for almost eight years, while he was still a young man, he began to worship God like his ancestor [King] David had done. Four years later, he began to get rid of all the pagan shrines on hilltops in Jerusalem and in [other places in] Judah, and the poles to [honor the goddess] Asherah, and the carved idols and statues of gods.
他在位第八年，雖然年幼，就已經開始尋求他祖先達味的天主；在位第十二年，就已開始清潔猶大和耶路撒冷，除去高丘、木偶、彫像和鑄像。
4 While he directed them, his workers tore down the altars where people worshiped Baal. They smashed the altars that were near those altars, where people burned incense. They smashed the poles [honor the goddess] Asherah and the idols and statues. They smashed them to bits and scattered the bits over the graves of those who had offered sacrifices to them.
他看著人把巴耳的丘壇拆毀，他親自打碎丘壇上的香爐，將木偶、彫像和鑄像打碎，磨成粉末，撒在祭祀偶像的人的墳上；
5 They burned the bones of the priests [who had offered sacrifices]; they burned them on their own altars. In that way Josiah caused Jerusalem and other places in Judah to be acceptable places to worship Yahweh again.
在祭壇上焚燒了邪神司祭的骨骸，這樣潔淨了猶大和耶路撒冷。
6 In the towns in [the tribes of] Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far [north] as [the tribe of] Naphtali and in the ruins around all those towns,
他在默納協、厄弗辣因、西默盎、以迄納斐塔里各城和期周圍四郊，也行了同樣的事：
7 Josiah’s [workers] tore down the pagan altars and the poles to [honor the goddess] Asherah, and crushed the idols to powder. They also smashed to pieces all the altars for burning incense throughout Israel. Then Josiah returned to Jerusalem.
拆毀丘壇，將木偶和彫像打碎，將以色列全境內所有的太陽柱都砍倒；然後回了耶路撒冷。[重修聖殿]
8 When Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years, he [did something else to] cause the land and the temple to be acceptable places to worship Yahweh. He sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah and Maaseiah the governor of the city and Joah the son of Joahaz, who wrote on a scroll what happened in the city, to repair the temple of Yahweh.
約史雅在位第十八年，進行清潔各地和聖殿時，派阿匝里雅的兒子沙番，城尉瑪阿色雅和約阿哈次的兒子約阿黑御史，去修理他的天主上主的聖殿。
9 They went to Hilkiah the Supreme Priest and gave him the money that had been brought to the temple. That was the money that the descendants of Levi who guarded the doors of the temple had collected from the people of [the tribes of] Manasseh and Ephraim and [other places in northern] Israel, and also from all the people in Jerusalem and other places in the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
他們便去見大司祭希耳克雅，將獻於天主殿宇的銀錢當面交給他。這些銀錢是守門的肋未人，由默納協、厄弗辣因和以色列全體遺民，以及猶大、本雅明和耶路撒冷居民那裏收來的。
10 Then Hilkiah gave some of the money to the men who had been appointed to supervise the work of repairing the temple. The supervisors paid the men who did the repair work.
他們再轉交給監督上主殿內工作的人，這些人發給在上主殿內工作和修理殿宇的人，
11 They also gave some of the money to the carpenters and builders to buy the cut stones and the timber for the joists and the beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to decay.
即發給木匠和泥水匠，或購買鑿好的石頭和作木架及棟樑的木材，來修理歷代猶大王失修的建築。
12 The workers did their work faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah, who were descendants of [Levi’s son] Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, who were descendants of [Levi’s son] Kohath. All the other descendants of Levi, those who played musical instruments well,
這些工人都勤於操作，監管他們工作的監督是默辣黎族的肋未人雅哈特與敖巴狄雅，和刻哈特族的則加黎雅與默叔藍；尚有精於樂器的肋未人，
13 supervised all the workers as they did their various jobs. Some of the descendants of Levi were secretaries and some kept records and some guarded the gates [of the temple].
兼管搬運的人，督促做各種工作的人。肋未人中還有些作書記，作職員，作門丁的。[法律書的發現]
14 While they were giving to the supervisors the money that had been taken to the temple, Hilkiah the [Supreme] Priest found a scroll on which were written the laws that Yahweh had told Moses to give to the people.
人們將獻於上主殿宇的銀錢拿出來的時候，大司祭希耳克雅發現了上主藉梅瑟所頒布的法律書。
15 So Hilkiah said to Shaphan, “I have found in the temple a scroll on which are written the laws [that God gave to Moses]!” Then Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan.
希耳克雅告訴書記沙番說：「我在上主殿內發現了法律書。」遂將書交給了沙番。
16 Shaphan [took the scroll] to the king and said to him, “Your officials are doing everything that you told them to do.
沙番帶著那卷書去見君王，向君王回報說：「凡陛下命你僕人所辦的事，都已照辦了。
17 They have taken the money that was in the temple, and they have given it to the men who will supervise the workers who will repair the temple.”
已將上主殿內所有的銀錢倒出來，交在監督和工人的手裏了。」
18 Then Shaphan said to the king, “[I have brought to you] a scroll [that] Hilkiah gave to me.” And Shaphan started to read it to the king.
書記沙番繼而向君王報告說：「大司祭希耳克雅還交給我一卷書。」沙番就在君王面前朗誦了那書。
19 When the king heard the laws [that were written in the scroll], he tore his clothes [because he was very dismayed/worried].
君王一聽了法律上的話，就撕裂了自己的衣服，
20 Then he gave these instructions to Hilkiah, to Shaphan’s son Ahikam, to Micah’s son Abdon, to Shaphan, and to Asaiah the king’s special advisor:
立即吩咐希耳克雅、沙番的兒子阿希甘、米加的兒子阿貝冬、書記沙番和君王的臣僕阿撒雅說：「
21 “Go and ask Yahweh for me, and for all his people who are still alive in Judah and Israel, about what is written in this scroll that has been found. Because [it is clear that] Yahweh is very angry with us because our ancestors disobeyed what Yahweh said; they did not obey the laws that are written on this scroll.”
你們快去為我，為以色列的遺民和猶大，詢問上主關於所發現的這書上的話，因為我們的祖先沒有遵守上主的話，未照這書上所記載的去行，所以上主才向我們大發憤怒。」[胡耳達女先知的神諭]
22 So Hilkiah and the others went to talk with a woman whose name was Huldah, who was a prophetess who lived in the newer part of Jerusalem. Her husband Shallum who was the son of Tikvah, took care of the robes that were worn [in the temple].
希耳克雅和君王所派的人，去見胡耳達女先知，她是掌管禮服的沙隆的妻子─沙隆是哈色辣的孫子，堤刻瓦的兒子。胡耳達住在耶路撒冷新區；他們對她說明來意，
23 [When they told her what the king had said, ] she said to them, “This is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says: ‘Go back and tell the king who sent you
她就回答他們說：「上主以色列的天主這樣說：你們回報那派你們來見我的人說：
24 that this is what Yahweh says: “Listen to this carefully. I am going to cause a disaster to strike Jerusalem and all the people who live here. I will cause them to experience the curses that were written in the scroll that was read to the king of Judah.
上主這意說：我必要使在猶大王前所讀的書中記載的災禍和一切詛咒，降在這地和這地上的居民身上，
25 I will do that because they have rejected me, and they burn incense to [honor] other gods. They have caused me to become very angry because of all the idols that they have made (OR, because of all the wicked things that they have done), [and my anger is like] a fire that will not be extinguished.
因為他們捨棄了我，向別的神焚香；他們所做的，無不惹我動怒，所以我的怒火要向這地方發作，總不熄滅。
26 The king of Judah sent you to ask what I, Yahweh, want. Go and tell him that this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israelis worship, say about what you read:
至於那派你們來求問上主的猶大王，你們要這樣對他說：上主以色列的天主這樣說：因為你聽了這些話，
27 “Because you heeded [what was written in the scroll], and you humbled yourself when you heard what I said to warn [about what would happen to] this city and the people who live here, and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you.
因為你一聽了我指著這地和這地上的居民所說的話，你的心就已感化，在上主面前自卑自賤，撕裂了你的衣服，在我面前痛哭，我也應允了你：上主的斷語。
28 So I will allow you to die and be buried peacefully. I will cause a great disaster to strike this place and the people who live here, but you will not [be alive to] see it.”’” So they reported her reply to the king.
我要使你與你祖先團聚，你要安歸你的墳墓；你的眼睛見不到我在這地上和這些居民身上要降的災禍。」他們回去，將她說的話報告給君王。[重立盟約]
29 Then the king summoned all the elders of Jerusalem and [other places in] Judea.
君王於是派人召集猶大和耶路撒冷所有的長老來；
30 They went up together to the temple with the leaders of Judah and many other people of Jerusalem and the priests and other descendants of Levi, from the least important to the most important ones. And while they listened, the king read to them everything that was in the scroll containing God’s laws that had been found in the temple.
君王同所有的猶大人，耶路撒冷的居民、司祭、肋未人、全體人民，不分貴賤，都上到上主的殿內，在上主殿內，將尋獲的約書上的一切話，讀給他們聽。
31 Then the king stood next to the pillar [at the entrance to the temple, where kings stood when they announced something important], and while Yahweh was listening, he repeated his promise to very sincerely and completely obey Yahweh and all his commands and regulations and decrees that were written on the scroll.
君王站在高台上，在上主面前立約，要全心全意服從上主，遵守他的誡命，他的典章和他的法律，履行這書上所載的盟約的話；
32 Then the king said that everyone who lived in Jerusalem and from [the tribe of] Benjamin should promise that they also would obey those laws. And they did that, agreeing that they would keep the agreement that God, whom their ancestors had worshiped, had made with them.
他使所有的耶路撒冷的人都接受這盟約。於是耶路撒冷的居民都按照上主，他們祖先天主的盟約而行。
33 Josiah [instructed his workers to] remove all the detestable idols from everywhere in the land of the Israeli people, and he commanded that all the people from Israel who were there should worship [only] Yahweh their God. And as long as Josiah was alive, the people did what was pleasing to Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
約史雅將以色列子民各地的一切可恥之物除去，使所有在以色列的人，都奉事上主他們的天主。約史雅王在世時，他們從未離棄上主，他們祖先的天主。
