Fiawo 2 22
1 Yosia xɔ ƒe enyi esi woɖoe fiae. Eɖu fia ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-ɖekɛ le Yerusalem. Dadae nye Yedida si nye Adaya tso Bozkat la ƒe vinyɔnu.
Josiah [is] a son of eight years in his reigning, and he has reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Boskath,
2 Ewɔ nu si nyo le Yehowa ŋkume eye wòto tɔgbuia David ƒe afɔtoƒewo pɛpɛpɛ. Medze ɖe ɖusime alo miame o.
and he does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, and walks in all the way of his father David, and has not turned aside [to] the right or left.
3 Le Fia Yosia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuienyilia me la, Yosia ɖo eƒe nuŋlɔla Safan, Azalia ƒe viŋutsu, ame si nye Mesulam ƒe tɔgbuiyɔvi la ɖe Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me. Egblɔ be,
And it comes to pass, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king has sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of YHWH, saying,
4 “Yi Hilkia, nunɔlagã la gbɔ wòaƒo ƒu ga si wotsɔ va Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la me, si nye ga si agbonudzɔlawo xɔ tso ameawo si la da ɖi.
“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, and he completes the silver that is brought into the house of YHWH, that the keepers of the threshold have gathered from the people,
5 Na woatsɔ ga la na ame siwo wotia be woakpɔ gbedoxɔ la dzadzraɖo ƒe dɔwo dzi. Na ame siawo naxe fe na Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la ŋu dɔwɔlawo:
and they give it into the hand of those doing the work, the overseers, in the house of YHWH, and they give it to those doing the work, that [are] in the house of YHWH, to strengthen the breach of the house,
6 atikpalawo, xɔtulawo kple gliɖolawo. Hekpe ɖe esiawo ŋu la, na woaƒle ati kple kpe kpakpawo atsɔ adzra gbedoxɔ la ɖo.
to craftsmen, and to builders, and [to repairers of] the wall, and to buy wood and hewn stones to strengthen the house;
7 Womebia tso xɔtutudɔdzikpɔlawo si be woawɔ akɔnta tso woƒe nu gbegblẽwo ŋu tsitotsito o elabena wonye nuteƒewɔlawo.”
only, the silver that is given into their hand is not reckoned with them, for they are dealing in faithfulness.”
8 Gbe ɖeka la, nunɔlagã Hilkia yi nuŋlɔla Safan gbɔ eye wògblɔ be, “Mefɔ Segbalẽ aɖe le le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me.” Etsɔe na Safan eye Safan xlẽe.
And Hilkiah the high priest says to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found [the] Scroll of the Law in the house of YHWH”; and Hilkiah gives the scroll to Shaphan, and he reads it.
9 Safan, nuŋlɔla la yi fia la gbɔ hegblɔ nɛ be, “Wò dɔnunɔlawo tsɔ ga si le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me la na dɔwɔlawo kple dɔdzikpɔlawo le gbedoxɔ la me.”
And Shaphan the scribe comes to the king, and brings the king back word, and says, “Your servants have poured out the silver that has been found in the house, and give it into the hand of those doing the work, the inspectors, in the house of YHWH.”
10 Safan, nuŋlɔla la na nyanya fia la be, “Nunɔlagã Hilkia tsɔ agbalẽ aɖe nam.” Safan xlẽ agbalẽ la me nyawo na fia la.
And Shaphan the scribe declares to the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given a scroll to me”; and Shaphan reads it before the king.
11 Esi fia la se Segbalẽ la me nyawo la, vɔvɔ̃ ɖoe eye wòdze eƒe awuwo.
And it comes to pass, at the king’s hearing the words of the Scroll of the Law, that he tears his garments,
12 Eɖe gbe na nunɔla Hilkia, Ahikam, Safan ƒe viŋutsu, Akbor, Mikaya ƒe viŋutsu, nuŋlɔla Safan kple Asaya, fia ƒe subɔla be,
and the king commands Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Achbor son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah servant of the king, saying,
13 “Miyi miabia Yehowa nam kple ameawo kple Yuda blibo la tso nu siwo woŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ si wofɔ la ŋuti. Yehowa ƒe dɔmedzoe bi ɖe mía ŋu elabena mía fofowo mewɔ ɖe agbalẽ sia me nyawo dzi o; womezɔ ɖe nu siwo katã woŋlɔ tso mía ŋu ɖe agbalẽ sia me la nu o.”
“Go, seek YHWH for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this scroll that is found, for great [is] the fury of YHWH that is kindled against us, because that our fathers have not listened to the words of this scroll, to do according to all that is written for us.”
14 Ale nunɔla Hilkia, Ahikam, Akbor, Safan kple Asaya yi ɖaƒo nu kple nyɔnu Nyagblɔɖila Hulda si le Yerusalem ƒe akpa yeye. Nyɔnu Nyagblɔɖila sia nye Tikva ƒe viŋutsu Salum srɔ̃. Harhas si dzi Tikva nye nudodowo dzraɖoƒe dzikpɔla.
And Hilkiah the priest goes, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, to Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum, son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the garments, and she is dwelling in Jerusalem in the second [quarter], and they speak to her.
15 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 says to them, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Say to the man who has sent you to me,
16 Yehowa ƒe gbee nye esi: mahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e va teƒe sia kple eƒe amewo dzi ɖe nu sia nu si woŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ si Yuda fia xlẽ la nu.
Thus said YHWH: Behold, I am bringing in calamity to this place and on its inhabitants, all the words of the scroll that the king of Judah has read,
17 Elabena wogbe nu le gbɔnye, wosubɔ mawu bubuwo eye wodo dɔmedzoe nam kple legba siwo wotsɔ woƒe asiwo wɔ la. Nye dɔmedzoe abi ɖe teƒe sia ŋu eye matso o.’
because that they have forsaken Me, and make incense to other gods, so as to provoke Me to anger with every work of their hands, and My wrath has been kindled against this place, and it is not quenched.
18 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.
And to the king of Judah, who is sending you to seek YHWH, thus you say to him, Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: The words that you have heard—
19 Ke esi miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ve mi eye miebɔbɔ mia ɖokui le Yehowa ŋkume, esi miese nu si megblɔ tsɔ tsi tsitre ɖe teƒe sia kple eƒe amewo ŋu be woaƒo fi ade anyigba sia wòazu aƒedo, eye esi miedze miaƒe awuwo eye miefa avi le nye ŋkume le miaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta la, maɖo to miaƒe kukuɖeɖe.
because your heart [is] tender, and you are humbled because of YHWH, in your hearing that which I have spoken against this place, and against its inhabitants, to be for a desolation, and for a reviling, and you tear your garments and weep before Me—I also have heard—a declaration of YHWH—
20 Eya ta àku eye woaɖi wò le ŋutifafa me. Wò ŋkuwo makpɔ dzɔgbevɔ̃e si mahe va dukɔ sia dzi o.’” Ale woxɔ eƒe ŋuɖoɖo yi na fia la.
therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you have been gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes do not look on any of the calamity that I am bringing in on this place”; and they bring the king back word.
