Fiawo 2 23
1 Ale fia la yɔ Yuda kple Yerusalem ƒe dumegãwo ƒo ƒu.
And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Eyi Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me kple Yuda kple Yerusalem ƒe ameawo, nunɔlawo kple nyagblɔɖilawo, 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 into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great: and he read before their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of the Lord.
3 Fia la tsi tsitre ɖe sɔti la gbɔ le ameawo ŋkume. Eya kple ameawo ɖe adzɔgbe na Yehowa be yewoadze eyome, alé eƒe sewo, ɖaseɖiɖiwo, kple ɖoɖowo me ɖe asi kple dzi blibo kple luʋɔ blibo, eye yewoawɔ nubabla sia ƒe nya siwo katã woŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ sia me la dzi; eye dukɔ blibo la bla nu.
And the king stood upon the stand, and he made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies and his statutes with all [their] heart and all [their] soul, to maintain the words of this covenant that are written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
4 Ale Fia la ɖe gbe na nunɔlagã Hilkia kple nunɔla bubuawo kple agbonudzɔlawo be woaɖe nu siwo katã wowɔ na Baal, aƒeli kple dziƒoŋunuwo katã la ɖa le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me. Etɔ dzo wo le Yerusalem dua godo le Kidron balime eye wòlɔ dzofi la yi Betel.
And the king commanded Chilkiyahu the high-priest, and the priests of the second order, and the door-keepers, to carry forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that had been made for Ba'al, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven: and they burnt them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes unto Beth-el.
5 Eɖe trɔ̃nua siwo Yuda fia xoxowo ɖo be woado dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ le nuxeƒewo le Yuda duwo kple du siwo ƒo xlã Yerusalem la ɖa, ame siwo do dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ na Baal, ɣe kple ɣleti, ɣletiviwo kple dziƒoŋunuwo.
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had appointed that they might burn incense on the high-places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also that burnt incense unto Ba'al, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
6 Eho aƒeli la ɖa le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la me, tsɔe yi Yerusalem godo yi ɖe Kidron tɔʋu la gbɔ. Etɔ dzoe le afi ma, tui wòzu wɔ eye wòkaka wɔ la ɖe ame gblɔewo ƒe yɔdowo dzi.
And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burnt it at the brook Kidron, and ground it small to powder, and cast its powder upon the graves of the children of the people.
7 Egbã ŋutsugbolowo ƒe xɔwo ƒu anyi, xɔ siwo nɔ Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me, afi si nyɔnuwo hã nɔna, nɔa kundruwo lɔ̃m na aƒeli.
And he pulled down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
8 Yosia kplɔ nunɔla siwo katã nɔ Yuda duwo me la gbɔe eye wòna wodo gu nuxeƒewo katã tso Geba yi ɖase ɖe Beerseba afi si nunɔlaawo do dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ le. Egbã legba siwo nɔ dua ƒe mɔmefia, Yosua ƒe agbo nu. Legba la nɔ agbo la ƒe miame.
And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high-places where the priests had burnt incense, from Geba' to Beer-Sheba', and he pulled 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 at the gate of the city.
9 Togbɔ be nunɔla siawo mewɔ subɔsubɔdɔwo le Yehowa ƒe vɔsamlekpui la dzi le Yerusalem o hã la, woɖua abolo maʋamaʋã kple nunɔla bubuawo.
Nevertheless the priests of the high-places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem; but they ate unleavened bread in the midst of their brethren.
10 Le esia megbe la, fia la do gu Tofet si nɔ Ben Hinom ƒe Balime, ale be ame aɖeke magate ŋu atsɔ via ŋutsuvi alo via nyɔnuvi awɔ dzovɔsae na Molek o.
And he defiled the Thopheth, which was in the valley Ben-hinnom, so that no man should cause his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
11 Eɖe sɔ siwo ŋuti Yuda fiawo kɔ na ɣelegba la ɖa le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ ƒe mɔnu. Wonɔ xɔxɔnu si te ɖe dumegã aɖe si woyɔna be Natan Melek ƒe xɔnu. Ale Yosia tɔ dzo tasiaɖam siwo ŋuti wokɔ na ɣelegba la hã.
And he put down the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, from the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nethan-melech the chamberlain, who was over the suburbs; and the chariots of the sun he burnt with fire.
12 Fia la mu vɔsamlekpui siwo Yuda fiawo tu ɖe gbadzaƒe si le Ahaz ƒe xɔ la tame le fiasã la me kple vɔsamlekpui siwo Fia Manase tu ɖe gbedoxɔ la ƒe xɔxɔnuwo. Egbã wo kakɛkakɛ eye wòkaka kakɛawo ɖe Kidron bali la me.
And the altars that were on the roof of the upper-chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Menasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king pull down, and tore them away from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.
13 Le esia megbe la, eɖe nuxeƒe siwo nɔ toawo dzi le Yerusalem ƒe ɣedzeƒe kple Gbegblẽto la ƒe dziehe la ɖa. Fia Solomo tu nuxeƒe siawo na Astarɔt, Sidontɔwo ƒe nyɔnumawu vɔ̃ɖi la, na Kemos, Moabtɔwo ƒe mawu vɔ̃ɖi la kple na Milkom, Amonitɔwo ƒe mawu nyɔŋu la.
And the high-places that were before Jerusalem, which were to the right of the mount of destruction, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for 'Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Kemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of 'Ammon, did the king defile.
14 Yosia gbã legbawo eye wòho aƒeliwo. Ekaka ameƒuwo ɖe teƒe siawo hedo gu teƒeawo.
And he broke in pieces the standing images, and cut down the Asherah-groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
15 Egbã vɔsamlekpui kple nuxeƒe si Yeroboam Gbãtɔ tu ɖe Betel esime wòhe Israel de nu vɔ̃ me. Egbã kpeawo wozu ʋuʋudedi eye wòtɔ dzo aƒeliwo.
So also the altar that was at Beth-el, the high-place which Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin, had made, —also that altar and the high-place did he pull down; and he burnt the high-place, ground it small to powder, and burnt then the Asherah.
16 Esi Fia Yosia nɔ ŋku tsam gbe ɖeka la, ekpɔ yɔdo aɖewo ɖaa le to la ŋu. Eɖe gbe na eƒe amewo be woaɖe ƒuawo le yɔdoawo me eye woatɔ dzo wo le vɔsamlekpui si le Betel la dzi, ado gui ale be, nya si Yehowa ƒe nyagblɔɖila gblɔ da ɖi be adzɔ ɖe Yeroboam ƒe vɔsamlekpui dzi la nava eme.
And Josiah turned about, and beheld the graves that were there in the mount, and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burnt them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who had proclaimed these events.
17 Fia la bia be, “Yɔdokpe kae nye ema le afi ma?” Dua me tɔwo ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Nyagblɔɖila si tso Yuda va gblɔ nu si nèwɔ fifia da ɖi be adzɔ ɖe vɔsamlekpui sia dzi le Betel la ƒe yɔdoe!”
Then said he, What kind of monument is that which I see? And the men of the city said to him, It is the grave of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things which thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.
18 Ale Fia Yosia gblɔ be, “Migaka asi eŋu o. Migaɖe fu na nyagblɔɖila la ƒe ƒuwo o.” Ale wometɔ dzo eƒe ƒuwo kple nyagblɔɖila si tso Samaria la ƒe ƒuwo o.
And he said, Let him rest: no man shall disturb his bones. So they saved his bones, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
19 Yosia gbã nuxeƒe siwo nɔ toawo dzi le Samarianyigba blibo la dzi. Israel fia vovovowoe tu wo eye wodo dɔmedzoe na Yehowa. Ke azɔ la, Yosia gbã wo wozu ʋuʋudedi abe ale si wòwɔ le Betel ene.
And also all the houses of the high-places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made as provocations to anger, did Josiah remove, and did to them in accordance with all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.
20 Ewu trɔ̃subɔlawo ƒe nunɔlawo ɖe woawo ŋutɔ ƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo dzi eye wòtɔ dzo ameƒuawo ɖe vɔsamlekpuiawo dzi hedo gu wo. Azɔ la etrɔ va Yerusalem.
And he slaughtered all the priests of the high-places that were there upon the altars, and burnt men's bones upon them, and returned [then] to Jerusalem.
21 Fia Yosia gblɔ na eƒe amewo azɔ be woaɖu Ŋutitotoŋkekenyui la ɖe se siwo Yehowa, woƒe Mawu la na woŋlɔ ɖe Nubabla ƒe Agbalẽ la me la nu.
And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.
22 Womegaɖu Ŋutitotoŋkekenyui la kpɔ nenema tso Israel ƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo ŋɔli o eye womegaɖui kpɔ nenema le Israel fiawo kple Yuda fiawo ƒe fiaɖuɣiwo katã me o.
For there had not been holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel; nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah;
23 Woɖu Ŋutitotoŋkekenyui sia na Yehowa le Yerusalem le Fia Yosia ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuienyilia me.
But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to the Lord in Jerusalem.
24 Yosia tsi ŋɔliyɔyɔ, adzewɔwɔ kple legbasubɔsubɔ ƒomevi ɖe sia ɖe nu le Yerusalem kple anyigba blibo la dzi. Ewɔ alea elabena edi be yeawɔ se siwo katã woŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ si Nunɔla Hilkia fɔ le gbedoxɔ la me la dzi pɛpɛpɛ.
And also the men of familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were to be seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah clear away; in order that he might accomplish the words of the law which were written in the book that Chilkiyahu the priest had found in the house of the Lord.
25 Fia bubu aɖeke meganɔ anyi si trɔ ɖe Yehowa gbɔ eye wòwɔ Mose ƒe sewo katã dzi o eye fia siwo kplɔ Yosia ɖo hã dometɔ aɖeke mete ɖe ale si Yosia ɖo to Yehowa la ŋu o.
And like unto him there was no king before him, that returned 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 after him there arose none like him.
26 Ke Yehowa ƒe dziku sesẽ si wòdo ɖe Yuda ŋu le Manase ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta la dzi meɖe o
Notwithstanding this the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great anger, since his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provokings wherewith Menasseh had provoked him to anger.
27 elabena Yehowa gblɔ be, “Matsrɔ̃ Yuda abe ale si metsrɔ̃ Israel ene eye maɖe asi le Yerusalem, du si metia kple gbedoxɔ si megblɔ be enye tɔnye la ŋu.”
And the Lord said, Also Judah will I remove out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
28 Woŋlɔ Fia Yosia ƒe ŋutinya mamlɛa ɖe Yuda fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.
29 Le ŋkeke mawo me la, Egipte fia Farao Neko ho yi Frat tɔsisi la to be yeakpe ɖe Asiria fia ŋu. Fia Yosia ho yi be yeawɔ aʋa kplii, ke Fia Farao Neko wu Fia Yosia esi wòkpɔe le Megido.
In his days went up Pharaoh-nechoh the king of Egypt against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he saw him.
30 Fia Yosia ŋumewo kɔ eƒe kukua ɖe tasiaɖam me tso Megido va Yerusalem eye woɖii ɖe yɔdo si eya ŋutɔ tia da ɖi la me. Dukɔa tia Fia Yosia ƒe vi, Yehoahaz si ami nɛ heɖoe fia ɖe fofoa teƒe.
And his servants carried him dying in a chariot from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoachaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
31 Yehoahaz xɔ ƒe blaeve-vɔ-etɔ̃ esi wòzu fia; eɖu fia le Yerusalem ɣleti etɔ̃. Dadaa ŋkɔe nye Hamutal, Yeremia ƒe vinyɔnu. Etso Libna.
Twenty and three years old was Jehoachaz when he became king; and three months did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Chamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
32 Ewɔ nu vɔ̃ le Yehowa ŋkume abe ale si fofoawo hã wɔ ene.
And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, all just as his fathers had done.
33 Egipte fia, Farao Neko lée de gaxɔ me le Ribla le Hamat ale be magaɖu fia le Yerusalem o. Hekpe ɖe esia ŋu la, ebla fe si ƒe home nye klosalo kilo akpe etɔ̃ alafa ene kple sika kilo blaetɔ̃-vɔ-ene la na Yuda.
And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in fetters at Riblah in the land of Chamath, that he should not reign in Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
34 Egipte fia la tia Eliakim, Fia Yosia ƒe viŋutsu bubu be wòaɖu fia le Yerusalem eye wòtrɔ ŋkɔ nɛ wòzu Yehoyakim. Ekplɔ Fia Yehoahaz yi Egipte, afi si wòku ɖo.
And Pharaoh-nechoh made Elyakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoyakim, and took Jehoachaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
35 Fia Yehoyakim ma ga home si Egipte fia bla na dukɔa la na eteviwo, ame sia ame ɖe eƒe ŋutete nu be wòate ŋu akpɔ ga la axe na Egipte fia.
And Jehoyakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money by the order of Pharaoh: from every one according to his estimation did he exact the silver and gold from the people of the land, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh.
36 Yehoyakim xɔ ƒe blaeve vɔ atɔ̃ esi wòzu fia; eɖu fia le Yerusalem ƒe wuiɖekɛ. Dadae nye Zebida, Pedaya vinyɔnu. Etso Ruma.
Twenty and five years old was Jehoyakim when he became king; and eleven years did be reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedayah of Rumah.
37 Ewɔ nu vɔ̃ le Yehowa ŋkume, abe ale si fofoawo wɔ ene.
And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, all just as his fathers had done.
