2 Chronicles 35
1 Josiah [commanded that the people should] celebrate the Passover Festival to honor Yahweh in Jerusalem. So they slaughtered the lambs for the Passover [Festival] at the end of March.
OR Giosia fece la Pasqua al Signore in Gerusalemme; e quella fu scannata nel quartodecimo [giorno] del primo mese.
2 Josiah assigned to the priests the tasks that they should perform at the temple and encouraged them to do their work well.
Ed egli costituì i sacerdoti ne' loro ufficii; e li confortò al servigio della Casa del Signore.
3 The [other] descendants of Levi were the ones who taught all the Israeli people; they had been dedicated to serve Yahweh. Josiah said to them, “Put the Sacred Chest in the temple that [the workers of] David’s son [King] Solomon of Israel built. But [carry it on poles; ] do not carry it on your shoulders. And do your your work well for Yahweh your God and for his Israeli people.
E disse a' Leviti, che ammaestravano tutto Israele, [ed erano] consacrati al Signore: Lasciate pur l'Arca santa nella Casa, la quale Salomone, figliuolo di Davide, re d'Israele, ha edificata; voi non avete [più] a portar[la] in su le spalle; ora servite al Signore Iddio vostro ed al suo popolo Israele.
4 Divide yourselves into clans, obeying the instructions that King David and his son Solomon wrote.
E disponetevi per le case vostre paterne, secondo i vostri spartimenti, come Davide, re d'Israele, e Salomone, suo figliuolo, hanno ordinato per iscritto.
5 Then stand in the temple, with one group of the descendants of Levi to help each clan of the people [when they bring their offerings to the temple].
E state nel [luogo] santo, [per ministrare] a' vostri fratelli del popolo, divisi per case paterne; e ad una parte delle case paterne de' Leviti;
6 Slaughter the lambs for the Passover [Festival]. Perform the rituals to cause yourselves to be acceptable to Yahweh for doing this work. Prepare the sacrifices, doing what Yahweh told Moses to tell you that you should do.”
e scannate la Pasqua; e dopo esservi santificati, apparecchiatela a' vostri fratelli; acciocchè [la] facciano secondo la parola del Signore, [data] per Mosè.
7 Josiah provided [from his own flocks and herds] 30,000 sheep and goats for the Passover sacrifices.
E Giosia presentò al comun popolo, che si trovò [quivi], del minuto bestiame, agnelli, e capretti, in numero di trentamila, tutti per la Pasqua; e tremila buoi; i quali [erano] delle facoltà proprie del re.
8 His officials also voluntarily contributed animals for the people and the priests and the [other] descendants of Levi. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the officials who were in charge of the temple, gave to the priests 2,600 lambs and 300 cattle to be sacrifices for the Passover.
I suoi principali ufficiali fecero anch'essi liberalmente presenti al popolo, a' sacerdoti, ed a' Leviti. Ed Hilchia, e Zaccaria, e Iehiel, conduttori della Casa di Dio, donarono a' sacerdoti, per la Pasqua, duemila seicento [tra agnelli e capretti], e trecento buoi.
9 And Conaniah along with his [younger] brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the leaders of the [other] descendants of Levi, provided 5,000 lambs and 500 cattle for the other descendants of Levi, to be sacrifices for the Passover.
E Conania, e Semaia, e Natanael, suoi fratelli, ed Hasabia, e Ieiel, e Iozabad, capi de' Leviti, presentarono a' Leviti, per la Pasqua, cinquemila [tra agnelli e capretti], e cinquecento buoi.
10 Everything [for the Passover] was arranged: The priests and the other descendants of Levi stood in their places in their groups, like the king had commanded.
Così, essendo il servigio apprestato, i sacerdoti stettero [vacando] al loro ufficio; ed i Leviti, a' Loro spartimenti, secondo il comandamento del re.
11 Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs. The priests sprinkled the blood [from the bowls] that were handed to them, while the [other] descendants of Levi removed the skins from the animals.
Poi la Pasqua fu scannata; e i sacerdoti [ricevendo] il sangue dalle mani di coloro [che scannavano], lo spandevano; ed i Leviti scorticavano [gli animali].
12 They set aside the animals to be completely burned on the altar, in order to give them to the various family groups to offer to Yahweh, obeying the instructions that were written in the laws God gave Moses. They did the same thing with the cattle.
E, dandoli al comun popolo, diviso per case paterne, levavano l'olocausto, per offerir[lo] al Signore, secondo ch'è scritto nel libro di Mosè. Il simigliante [facevano] ancora dei buoi.
13 Obeying those regulations, they roasted the lambs for the Passover over the fire. And they boiled the [meat of the] sacred offerings in pots and kettles and pans, and served the meat immediately to all the people [who were there].
E poi cossero la Pasqua al fuoco, secondo ch'è ordinatò; ma cossero le [altre vivande] consacrate in caldaie, ed in pentole, ed in pignatte; e [le] mandarono prestamente a tutto il comun popolo.
14 After that, they prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, because the priests were busy until nighttime, sacrificing the offerings to be completely burned and burning the fat parts of the offerings. So the [other] descendants of Levi prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, [the first Supreme Priest].
E poi essi apparecchiarono per sè e per li sacerdoti; perciocchè i sacerdoti, figliuoli d'Aaronne, [furono occupati] infino alla notte in offerir gli olocausti ed i grassi; perciò, i Leviti apparecchiarono per sè, e per li sacerdoti, figliuoli d'Aaronne.
15 The musicians, who were descendants of Asaph, stood in their places, as King David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet had commanded. The men who guarded the gates [of the temple] did not need to leave their places, because their fellow descendants of Levi prepared food for them to eat.
I cantori ancora, figliuoli di Asaf, [stavano vacando] all'ufficio loro, secondo il comandamento di Davide, e di Asaf, e di Heman, e di Iedutun, veggente del re; e i portinai [stavano] in ciascuna porta; [e] non accadde loro rimuoversi dal lor ministerio; perciocchè i Leviti, lor fratelli, apparecchiavano loro.
16 So on that day everything that needed to done for worshiping Yahweh was done. They celebrated the Passover [Festival], and they presented offerings to be completely burned on the altar, which was what Josiah had commanded.
Così tutto il servigio del Signore fu in quel dì ordinato, per far la Pasqua, e per offerir gli olocausti sopra l'Altare del Signore, secondo il comandamento del re Giosia.
17 The Israelis who were there celebrated the Passover [Festival] on that day, and for seven days they celebrated the Festival of [Eating] Unleavened Bread.
Ed i figliuoli d'Israele, che si ritrovarono, celebrarono in quel tempo la Pasqua, e la festa degli Azzimi, per sette giorni.
18 The Passover [Festival] had not been celebrated like that in Israel since the time that the prophet Samuel lived. None of the other kings of Israel had ever celebrated the Passover like Josiah did, along with the priests, the other descendants of Levi, and all [the other people of] Judah and Israel who were there with the people who lived in Jerusalem.
E giammai non era stata celebrata in Israele Pasqua simile a questa, dal tempo del profeta Samuele; e niuno dei re d'Israele celebrò [giammai] Pasqua tale, qual celebrò Giosia, insieme co' sacerdoti, e co' Leviti, e con tutto Giuda ed Israele, che si ritrovò, e con gli abitanti di Gerusalemme.
19 They celebrated this Passover Festival when Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years.
Questa Pasqua fu celebrata l'anno diciottesimo del regno di Giosia.
20 After Josiah had done all those things to [restore the worship at] the temple, King Neco of Egypt went [with his army] to attack Carchemish [city] alongside the Euphrates [River], and Josiah marched [with his army] to fight against them.
DOPO tutte queste cose, quando Giosia ebbe ristabilito l'ordine della Casa del [Signore], Neco, re di Egitto, salì per far guerra in Carchemis, in su l'Eufrate; e Giosia gli andò incontro.
21 Neco sent some messengers to Josiah, to tell him, “You are the king of Judah, and there is certainly no quarrel between you and me. My army is not attacking you people; we are attacking another army, [the army of Babylonia]. God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is for me. If you do not stop, God will get rid of you.”
Ma [Neco] gli mandò messi, a dir[gli: ] Che [vi è egli] fra me e te, re di Giuda? io non [sono] oggi [salito] contro a te; anzi contro alla casa che mi fa guerra; e Iddio [mi] ha detto che mi affrettassi; resta d'[opporti a] Dio, il quale [è] meco; acciocchè egli non ti distrugga.
22 But Josiah would not pay attention to him. Instead, he disguised himself in order to be able to attack [the army of Egypt without anyone recognizing him]. He did not pay any attention to what God had told Neco to say. Instead, he [and his army] went to fight Neco’s army at the plain of Megiddo.
Ma Giosia non si volle storre [dal suo proponimento] di andare contro ad esso; anzi si travestì per dargli battaglia; e non attese alle parole di Neco, [procedenti] dalla bocca di Dio; e venne nella campagna di Meghiddo, per dargli battaglia.
23 Some Egyptian archers shot King Josiah. He told his officers, “Take me away from here because I am badly wounded.”
E gli arcieri tirarono al re Giosia. E il re disse a' suoi servitori: Toglietemi [di qui]; perciocchè io son gravemente ferito.
24 So they took him out of his chariot and put him in another chariot that he had brought with him, and they took him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs where his ancestors [had been buried], and all [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah mourned for him.
E i suoi servitori lo tolsero d'in sul carro, e lo misero sopra il suo secondo carro, e lo menarono in Gerusalemme; ed egli morì, e fu seppellito nelle sepolture de' suoi padri. E tutto Giuda e Gerusalemme fecero cordoglio di Giosia.
25 [The prophet] Jeremiah composed a song to mourn for Josiah, and all the men and women singers in Israel still mourn for Josiah by singing that song. That became a custom in Israel; the words of that song are written in a scroll of funeral songs.
Geremia fece anch'egli de' lamenti sopra Giosia. E tutti i cantatori e le cantatrici hanno mentovato Giosia ne' lor lamenti, fino ad oggi; e li hanno dati [a cantare] ad Israele per istatuto; ed ecco, sono scritti nelle Lamentazioni.
26 A record of the other things that happened while Josiah ruled, from the time he started to rule until he died, including how he faithfully honored God by obeying everything that was written in the laws of Yahweh, is in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’.
Ora, quant'è al rimanente de' fatti di Giosia, e le sue opere pie, secondo quello ch'è scritto nella Legge del Signore,
e i suoi fatti primi ed ultimi; ecco, queste [cose sono] scritte nel libro dei re d'Israele e di Giuda.
