Kronika 2 34
1 Yosia xɔ ƒe enyi esi woɖoe fiae. Eɖu fia ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-ɖekɛ le Yerusalem.
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
2 Ewɔ nu si nyo le Yehowa ŋkume eye wòto tɔgbuia, David ƒe afɔtoƒewo. Medze ɖe ɖusime alo miame o.
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
3 Esi wòxɔ ƒe wuiade le eƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe enyilia me la, ede asi tɔgbuia David ƒe Mawu didi me eye le ƒe ene bubu megbe la, ede asi nu vɔ̃wo ɖeɖe ɖa me le Yuda kple Yerusalem. Egbã trɔ̃subɔlawo ƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo eye wòho aƒeliwo le nuxeƒeawo.
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father. And in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.
4 Eya ŋutɔ ɖakpɔ ale si wogbã Baal ƒe vɔsamlekpui kple ale si womu aƒeli siwo nɔ vɔsamlekpui la tame la ƒu anyi kple ale si wogbã legbawoe eye wotu wɔ heʋuʋu ɖe ame siwo sa vɔ na legba mawo la ƒe yɔdowo dzi la teƒe.
And they broke down the altars of the Baalim in his presence, and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
5 Etɔ dzo trɔ̃nuawo ƒe ƒuwo ɖe woawo ŋutɔwo ƒe vɔsamlekpui dzi elabena ebu be nuwɔna sia aɖe legbasubɔsubɔ ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ɖa le Yudatɔwo kple Yerusalemtɔwo ŋuti.
And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
6 Le esia megbe la, eyi Manase, Efraim kple Simeon ƒe duwo me, yi keke Naftali ƒe duwo me ke eye wòwɔ nu mawo ke le teƒe mawo hã.
And so also in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about.
7 Egbã trɔ̃subɔlawo ƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo kple woƒe legbawo gudugudu eye wòmu woƒe aƒeliwo ƒu anyi. Ewɔ nu sia le afi sia afi le Israelnyigba blibo la dzi hafi trɔ yi Yerusalem.
And he broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.
8 Le eƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuienyilia me, esi wòɖe nu vɔ̃wo ɖa le anyigba la dzi kple gbedoxɔ la ŋuti vɔ la, etia Safan, Azalia ƒe viŋutsu kple Maaseya, be woanye mɔmefia le Yerusalem. Etia Yoa, Yoahaz ƒe vi be wòanye dua ƒe gadzikpɔla eye wòadzra Yehowa, eƒe Mawu, ƒe gbedoxɔ la ɖo.
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Jehovah his God.
9 Eye woyi Nunɔlagã Hilkia gbɔ hetsɔ ga siwo wohe va Mawu ƒe gbedoxɔ me la na. Ga siawo nye ga si Levitɔwo xɔ le gbedoxɔ la ƒe agbowo nu tso ame siwo tso Manase, Efraim kple Israel ƒe akpa bubuawo, Yuda blibo la kple Benyamin kpakple Yerusalemtɔwo si.
And they came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered by the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and by all the remnant of Israel, and by all Judah and Benjamin, and by the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
10 Ale wotsɔ wo na dɔnunɔla siwo wotia be woakpɔ Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la ƒe dzadzraɖodɔwo dzi. Ame siawo xea fe na dɔwɔla siwo dzra gbedoxɔ la ƒe gbagbãƒewo ɖo.
And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Jehovah. And the workmen who labored in the house of Jehovah gave it to mend and repair the house.
11 Hekpe ɖe esia ŋu la, wona ga atikpalawo kple gliɖolawo be woaƒle kpe kpakpawo kple atiwo na xɔ siwo Yuda fiawo gble ɖi eye nuwo gblẽ le wo ŋuti.
Even to the carpenters and to the builders they gave it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
12 Dɔwɔlawo tsɔ dzo ɖe dɔ la ŋu nɔ Yahat kple Obadiya, ame siwo nye Levitɔwo tso Merari ƒe hlɔ̃ la me la ƒe dzikpɔkpɔ te. Zekaria kple Mesulam tso Kohat ƒe hlɔ̃ la me woe nye xɔtudɔdzikpɔlawo. Levitɔ siwo nya saŋkuƒoƒo la, nɔa saŋku ƒom le esime dɔwɔlawo nɔa dɔ dzi.
And the men did the work faithfully. And the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward, and others of the Levites, all who were skilful with instruments of music.
13 Levitɔ bubuwo kpɔa agbatetsɔla siwo tsɔa xɔtunuwo yina na xɔtulawo la dzi. Ame bubuwo naa kpekpeɖeŋu abe gakɔntabulawo, dɔdzikpɔlawo kple agbatsɔlawo ene.
Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set forward all who did the work in every manner of service. And of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
14 Gbe ɖeka esi nunɔlagã Hilkia nɔ gbedoxɔ me eye wònɔ ga si wodzɔ le agboawo nu dem agbalẽ me la, ekpɔ Segbalẽ aɖe si me woŋlɔ Yehowa ƒe Se siwo wòde na Mose la ɖo!
And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovah given by Moses.
15 Hilkia gblɔ na Safan, nuŋlɔla la be, “Mefɔ Segbalẽ la le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me.” Etsɔe na Safan.
And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
16 Tete Safan tsɔ agbalẽ la yi na fia la eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Wò dɔnunɔlawo le nu sia nu wɔm le woƒe dɔdeasiwo ŋuti.
And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they are doing.
17 Wotsɔ ga si nɔ Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la me la de asi na dɔdzikpɔlawo kple dɔwɔlawo.”
And they have emptied out the money that was found in the house of Jehovah, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen.
18 Safan ƒo nu tso agbalẽ la kple ale si Hilkia fɔe la ŋu eye wòxlẽe na fia la.
And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered a book to me. And Shaphan read therein before the king.
19 Esi fia la se nu siwo Se siawo bia tso Mawu ƒe amewo si be woawɔ la, edze eƒe awuwo le dziɖeleameƒo ta.
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.
20 Eɖe gbe Hilkia, Ahikam, Safan ƒe viŋutsu, Abdon, Mika ƒe viŋutsu, nuŋlɔla Safan kple Asaya, fia ƒe subɔla be,
And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,
21 “Miyi miabia Yehowa nam kple Israel kple Yuda blibo la tso nu siwo woŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ si wofɔ la ŋuti. Yehowa trɔ eƒe dɔmedzoe kɔ ɖe mía dzi elabena mía fofowo mewɔ ɖe Yehowa ƒe nyawo dzi o. Womezɔ ɖe nu siwo katã woŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ sia me la nu o.”
Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found. For great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do according to all that is written in this book.
22 Ale Hilkia kple fia ƒe ame dɔdɔwo yi ɖaƒo nu kple nyɔnu Nyagblɔɖila Hulda si le Yerusalem ƒe akpa yeye. Nyɔnu nyagblɔɖila sia nye Tokhat ƒe viŋutsu Salum srɔ̃. Hasra si dzi Tokhat nye nudodowo dzraɖoƒe dzikpɔla.
So Hilkiah, and those whom the king had commanded, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter), and they spoke to her to that effect.
23 Egblɔ na wo be, “Nu si Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye, Gblɔ na ame si ɖo wò ɖe gbɔnye la be,
And she said to them, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man who sent you to me,
24 ‘Yehowa ƒe gbe enye si: mahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e va teƒe sia kple eƒe amewo dzi. Fiƒode siwo katã woŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ sia me si woxlẽ le Yuda fia ƒe ŋkume la, ava eme;
Thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of it, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.
25 Elabena wogbe nu le gbɔnye, wosubɔ mawu bubuwo eye wodo dɔmedzoe nam kple nu siwo wotsɔ woƒe asiwo me la. Nye dɔmedzoe atrɔ akɔ ɖe teƒe sia dzi eye enu matso o.’
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore my wrath is poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched.
26 “Gblɔ na Yuda fia, ame si dɔ wò be nàbia gbe Yehowa be, ‘Ale Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔ tso nya siwo ke nèse la ŋuti.
But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus ye shall say to him, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: As concerning the words which thou have heard,
27 Ke esi miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ve mi eye miebɔbɔ mia ɖokui le Mawu ƒe ŋkume, esi miese nu siwo wògblɔ tsɔ tsi tsitre ɖe teƒe sia kple eƒe amewo ŋu eye esi miebɔbɔ mia ɖokui le ŋkunye me, miedze miaƒe awuwo eye miefa avi le nye ŋkume le miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta la, maɖo to miaƒe kukuɖeɖe.
because thy heart was tender, and thou humbled thyself before God when thou heard his words against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, and have humbled thyself before me, and have torn thy clothes, and wept before me, I also have heard thee, says Jehovah.
28 Ke fifia la, àku eye woaɖi wò le ŋutifafa me. Wò ŋkuwo makpɔ dzɔgbevɔ̃e si mahe va afi sia kple ame siwo le afi sia dzi o.’” Ale woxɔ eƒe ŋuɖoɖo yi na fia la. Ale wotsɔ nya sia tso Yehowa gbɔ yi na fia la.
Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shall be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of it. And they brought back word to the king.
29 Ale fia la yɔ Yuda kple Yerusalem ƒe dumegãwo ƒo ƒu.
Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
30 Eyi Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me kple Yuda kple Yerusalem ƒe ameawo, nunɔlawo kple Levitɔwo, tso ame gblɔetɔwo dzi va se ɖe ame gãtɔwo dzi. Exlẽ Nubabla ƒe Agbalẽ si wofɔ le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la me nyawo na wo.
And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small. And he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Jehovah.
31 Fia la tsi tsitre ɖe sɔti la gbɔ le Yehowa ŋkume. Eɖe adzɔgbe na Yehowa be, yeadze eyome, alé eƒe sewo, ɖaseɖiɖiwo, kple ɖoɖowo me ɖe asi kple dzi blibo kple luʋɔ blibo, eye yeawɔ nubabla sia ƒe nya siwo katã woŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ sia me la dzi.
And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
32 Ebia tso ame sia ame si nɔ Yerusalem kple Benyamin si be, woanɔ nubabla sia me kple Mawu eye wo katã wolɔ̃ ɖe edzi.
And he caused all who were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
33 Ale Yosia ɖe legbawo katã ɖa le teƒe siwo Israelnyigba katã dzi eye wòbia tso wo katã si be woasubɔ Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la, le eƒe agbenɔɣi mamlɛa katã me; ameawo yi Yehowa, wo fofowo ƒe Mawu la subɔsubɔ dzi.
And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the sons of Israel, and made all who were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Jehovah their God. All his days they did not depart from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
