2 Kings 23

1 The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi pea naʻa nau tānaki fakataha kiate ia ʻae kau mātuʻa kotoa pē ʻo Siuta mo Selūsalema.

2 The king went up to the LORD’s house, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him—with the priests, the prophets, and all the people, both small and great; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the LORD’s house.

Pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻae tuʻi ki he fale ʻo Sihova fakataha mo e kau tangata kotoa pē ʻo Siuta mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻo Selūsalema, mo e kau taulaʻeiki, mo e kau palōfita, mo e kakai kotoa pē, ʻae siʻi mo e lahi: pea naʻe lau ʻe ia ʻi honau telinga ʻae ngaahi lea kotoa pē ʻae tohi ʻoe fuakava ʻaia kuo ʻilo ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova.

3 The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people agreed to the covenant.

Pea naʻe tuʻu ʻae tuʻi ʻo ofi ki he pou ʻe taha, pea fai ʻe ia ʻae fuakava ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ke muimui ʻia Sihova, pea ke tauhi ʻene ngaahi fekau mo ʻene ngaahi fakamoʻoni, mo ʻene ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻaki hono loto kotoa, mo hono laumālie kotoa, ke fai ʻae ngaahi lea ʻae fuakava ni ʻaia kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ni. Pea naʻe fakamoʻoni ʻae kakai kotoa pē ki he fuakava.

4 The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out of the LORD’s temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky; and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi kia Hilikia ko e taulaʻeiki lahi, mo e kau taulaʻeiki ʻo hono ua ʻoe lakanga, mo e kau leʻo matapā, ke ʻomi kituʻa mei he fale tapu ʻo Sihova ʻae ngaahi ipu kotoa pē naʻe ngaohi maʻa Peali, pea maʻae vaoʻakau, pea maʻae ngaahi nāunau ʻoe langi: pea naʻa ne tutu ia ʻi tuaʻā ʻi Selūsalema ʻi he ngaahi ngoue ʻo Kitiloni, pea naʻa ne fetuku ʻa hono efuefu ʻo ia ki Peteli.

5 He got rid of the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, and to all the army of the sky.

Pea naʻa ne fakangata ʻae kau taulatēvolo, ʻaia naʻe fakanofo ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ke tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala ʻi he ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, pea ʻi he ngaahi potu naʻe takatakai ki Selūsalema; ʻakinautolu foki naʻe tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala kia Peali, mo e laʻā, pea ki he māhina, pea ki he ngaahi fetuʻu, pea ki he nāunau kotoa pē ʻoe langi.

6 He brought out the Asherah from the LORD’s house, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.

Pea naʻa ne ʻomi ʻae tamapua ʻoe vao tapu mei he fale ʻo Sihova, kituaʻā ʻi Selūsalema, ki he vaitafe ko Kitiloni, pea naʻe tutu ia ʻi he vaitafe ko Kitiloni, pea momosi ia ke efu, ʻo ne lī ʻae efu ʻo ia ki he ngaahi tanuʻanga ʻoe fānau ʻae kakai.

7 He broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the LORD’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

Pea naʻa ne holoki hifo ʻae ngaahi fale ʻoe kakai angafakasotoma, ʻaia naʻe ofi ki he fale ʻo Sihova, ʻaia naʻe fai ai ʻe he kau fefine ʻenau lalanga ʻae ngaahi puipui ki he vaotapu.

8 He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke 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 a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.

Pea naʻa ne fetuku ʻae kau taulaʻeiki kotoa pē mei he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, pea ne ʻuliʻi ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻaia naʻe tutu ai ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki ʻae meʻa namu kakala, meia Kepa ʻo aʻu ki Peasipa, pea naʻe holoki hifo ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻoe ngaahi matapā ʻaia naʻe ʻi he hūʻanga ʻoe matapā ʻo Siosiua ko e pule ʻoe kolo, ʻaia naʻe ʻi he nima toʻohema ʻo ha taha ʻi he matapā ʻoe kolo.

9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places didn’t come up to the LORD’s altar in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.

Ka naʻe ʻikai ʻalu hake ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga ki he feilaulauʻanga ʻo Sihova ʻi Selūsalema, ka naʻa nau kai mā taʻefakalēvani fakataha mo honau ngaahi kāinga.

10 He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

Pea naʻa ne fakaʻuliʻi ʻa Tofeti, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he teleʻa ʻae fānau ʻo Henomi, ke ʻoua naʻa fakalaka atu ʻe ha tangata ʻa hono foha pe ko hono ʻofefine, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe afi kia Moleki.

11 He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of the LORD’s house, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

Pea naʻa ne ʻave fanga hoosi ʻaia naʻe foaki ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta ki he laʻā ʻi he hūʻanga ki he fale ʻo Sihova, ʻo ofi ki he potu fale ʻo Natani-meleki koe tauhi fale, ʻaia naʻe ʻi he veʻe kolo, pea naʻa ne tutu ʻae ngaahi saliote ʻoe laʻā ʻaki ʻae afi.

12 The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the LORD’s house, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.

Pea ko e ngaahi feilaulauʻanga, naʻe ʻi he tuʻa fale ʻo ʻAhasi ʻi ʻolunga, ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta, mo e ngaahi feilaulauʻanga naʻe ngaohi ʻe Manase ʻi he lotoʻā ʻe ua ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova, naʻe holoki hifo ia ʻe he tuʻi, pea fesiʻi hifo ia mei ai, pea naʻe lilingi ʻae efuefu ʻo ia ki he vaitafe ko Kitiloni.

13 The king defiled the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon.

Mo e ngaahi potu māʻolunga naʻe ʻi he ʻao ʻo Selusalema, ʻaia naʻe ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻoe moʻunga ʻoe popo, ʻaia naʻe langa ʻe Solomone ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli kia ʻAsitelote ko e meʻa fakalielia ʻae kakai Saitoni, pea kia Kimosi koe meʻa fakalielia ʻae kakai Moape, pea kia Milikomi koe meʻa fakalielia ʻae fanau ʻa ʻAmoni, naʻe maumauʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe he tuʻi.

14 He broke in pieces the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with men’s bones.

Pea naʻe fesifesiʻi ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi tamapua, pea ne tā hifo ʻae ngaahi vao tapu, pea naʻe fakapito honau ngaahi potu ʻi he hui ʻoe kau tangata.

15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

Pea ko e feilaulauʻanga foki naʻe ʻi Peteli mo e potu māʻolunga naʻe ngaohi ʻe Selopoami ko e foha ʻo Nipati, ʻaia naʻa ne fakaangahalaʻi ʻa ʻIsileli, ko e feilaulauʻanga mo e potu māʻolunga fakatouʻosi, naʻa ne holoki hifo, pea ne tutu ʻae potu māʻolunga, pea naʻe malakaki ia ke fakaikiiki mo efu pe, pea naʻe tutu mo e vao tapu.

16 As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the LORD’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

Pea ʻi he tafoki ia ʻe Siosaia, naʻa ne sio ki he ngaahi tanuʻanga ʻaia naʻe ʻi he moʻunga, pea naʻa ne fekau atu ʻo hikitanga ʻae ngaahi hui mei he ngaahi tanuʻanga, pea ne tutu ia ki he feilaulauʻanga, pea naʻe maumau ia, ʻo fakatatau ki he folofola ʻa Sihova ʻaia naʻe kalangaekina ʻe he tangata ʻae ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻa ne kalangaʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea ni.

17 Then he said, “What monument is that which I see?” The men of the city told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.”

Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e hā ʻae tohi fakaʻilonga ko ʻena ʻoku ou sio ki ai?” Pea naʻe tala kiate ia ʻe he kau tangata ʻoe kolo, “Ko e tanuʻanga ia ʻoe tangata ʻae ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻe haʻu mei Siuta, ʻo ne kalangaekina ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni ʻaia kuo ke fai ki he feilaulauʻanga ʻi Peteli.”

18 He said, “Let him be! Let no one move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Tuku ai pe ia ke ʻoua naʻa hiki hono hui ʻe ha tokotaha.” Ko ia naʻa nau tuku ai pe hono ngaahi hui, fakataha mo e hui ʻoe palōfita naʻe haʻu mei Samēlia.

19 All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

Pea ko e ngaahi fale foki ʻoe ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻo Samēlia, ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli ke fakatupu ʻae houhau ʻa Sihova, naʻe hiki ʻo ʻave ia ʻe Siosaia, pea naʻe fai ʻe ia ki ai ʻo hangē ko ia kotoa pē naʻa ne fai ʻi Peteli.

20 He killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burned men’s bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

Pea naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻae kau taula kotoa pē naʻe nofo ʻi he ngaahi potu māʻolunga, ʻi he funga ʻoe ngaahi feilaulauʻanga, pea naʻa ne tutu ʻae hui ʻoe kakai ʻi ai, pea toe ʻalu ia ki Selūsalema.

21 The king commanded all the people, saying, “Keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.”

Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi ki he kakai kotoa pē, ʻo pehē, “Mou fai ʻae kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu kia Sihova ko homou ʻOtua, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻoe fuakava ni.

22 Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

Ko e moʻoni naʻe ʻikai fai ha kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu ke hangē ko ia talu mei he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe kau fakamaau naʻe fakamaauʻi ʻa ʻIsileli, pe ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, pe ko e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta;

23 but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.

Ka ʻi hono hongofulu ma valu taʻu ʻoe tuʻi ko Siosaia, ʻaia naʻe fai ai ʻae kātoanga ni ʻoe Lakaatu kia Sihova ʻi Selūsalema.”

24 Moreover, Josiah removed those who had familiar spirits, the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the LORD’s house.

Pea naʻe ʻave foki ʻe Siosaia ʻakinautolu naʻe kau mo e kau laumālie kovi, mo e kau kikite loi, mo e ngaahi tamapua, mo e ngaahi ʻotua loi, mo e ngaahi meʻa kovi kotoa pē naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻi he fonua ʻo Siuta pea ʻi Selūsalema, koeʻuhi ke ne fai ki he ngaahi lea ʻae fono ʻaia naʻe tohi ʻi he tohi naʻe ʻilo ʻe Hilikia ko e taulaʻeiki ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova.

25 There was no king like him before him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him.

Pea naʻe ʻikai ha tuʻi ʻi muʻa ke hangē ko ia, ʻaia naʻe tafoki kia Sihova ʻaki hono loto kotoa, pea mo hono laumālie kātoa, pea mo ʻene mālohi kātoa, ʻo hangē ko e fono kotoa pē ʻa Mōsese; pea naʻe ʻikai tupu ha tokotaha ki mui ʻo hangē ko ia.

26 Notwithstanding, the LORD didn’t turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.

Ka neongo ia naʻe ʻikai tafoki ʻa Sihova mei he kakaha ʻo hono houhau ʻaia naʻe tupu ai hono houhau ki Siuta, ko e meʻa ʻi he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kovi ʻa Manase ʻaia naʻa ne fakahouhau ʻaki ia.

27 The LORD said, “I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel; and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova, “Te u hiki ʻa Siuta foki ke mamaʻo mei hoku ʻao, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku hiki ʻa ʻIsileli, pea te u liʻaki ʻae kolo ni ko Selūsalema ʻaia kuo u fili, pea mo e fale ʻaia naʻaku pehē ki ai, ʻE ʻi ai ʻa hoku huafa.”

28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Pea ko hono toe ʻoe ngaahi ngāue ʻa Siosaia, mo ia kotoa pē naʻe fai ʻe ia, ʻikai kuo tohi ia ʻi he tohi fakamatala ki he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta?

29 In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him, but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.

ʻI hono ngaahi ʻaho ʻoʻona, naʻe ʻalu hake ai ʻa Felo Niko ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite ki he vaitafe ko ʻIufaletesi ke tauʻi ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia: pea naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa Siosaia ke tauʻi ia: pea naʻe tāmateʻi ia ʻi Mekito, ʻi heʻene mamata kiate ia.

30 His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.

Pea naʻe ʻave ia, ka kuo pekia, ʻe heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki ʻi he saliote mei Mekito ki Selūsalema, pea naʻe tanu ia ʻi he tanuʻanga ʻoʻona. Pea naʻe ʻave ʻe he kakai ʻoe fonua ʻa Sihoaasi ko e foha ʻo Siosaia, ʻonau pani ia ʻaki ʻae lolo mo fakanofo ia ke tuʻi ko e fetongi ʻo ʻene tamai.

31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Naʻe uofulu ma tolu ʻae taʻu ʻo Sihoaasi ʻi heʻene kamata pule; pea naʻe pule ia ʻi he māhina ʻe tolu ʻi Selūsalema. Pea ko e hingoa ʻo ʻene faʻē ko Hamutali, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Selemaia ʻo Lipina.

32 He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.

Pea naʻe fai kovi ʻe ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fai ʻe heʻene ngaahi tamai.

33 Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

Pea naʻe haʻi pōpula ia ʻe Felo Niko ʻi Lipila ʻi he fonua ko Hemati koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa ne tuʻi ʻi Selūsalema; ʻo ne fakamoʻua ʻae fonua ki he tukuhau, ko e taleniti siliva ʻe teau, mo e taleniti koula ʻe taha.

34 Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but he took Jehoahaz away, and he came to Egypt and died there.

Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻe Felo Niko ʻa Eliakimi ko e foha ʻo Siosaia ke tuʻi ia ko e fetongi ʻo ʻene tamai ko Siosaia, pea naʻa ne liliu hono hingoa ke [ui ia ]ko Sihoiakimi, ʻo ne ʻave ʻa Sihoaasi: pea naʻe hoko ia ki ʻIsipite pea pekia ia ʻi ai.

35 Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.

Pea naʻe foaki ʻe Sihoiakimi ʻae siliva mo e koula kia Felo; ka naʻa ne fai fono ki he fonua ke tuku mai ʻae ngaahi paʻanga ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻa Felo: naʻa ne pule ke ʻomi ʻae siliva mo e koula mei he kakai ʻoe fonua ko e ʻomi taki taha ʻo tatau mo ia naʻe lau kiate ia, ke ʻatu ia kia Felo Niko.

36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

Naʻe uofulu ma nima taʻu ʻae motuʻa ʻo Sihoiakimi ʻi heʻene kamata ʻene pule: pea naʻe pule ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe hongofulu ma taha ʻi Selūsalema. Pea ko e hingoa ʻo ʻene faʻē ko Sipiuta, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Pitaia mei Luma.

37 He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.

Pea naʻe fai ʻe ia ʻae kovi ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe heʻene ngaahi tamai kotoa pē.