2 Ndị Eze 23
1 Mgbe ahụ, eze zigara ozi kpọkọta ndị okenye Juda na Jerusalem.
Then the king sent, —and there were gathered unto him, all the elders of Judah, and Jerusalem;
2 Ọ gara nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị, ya na ndị ikom Juda niile, ndị niile bi na Jerusalem, na ndị nchụaja, na ndị amụma niile, na ndị mmadụ niile, site nʼonye nta ruo na onye ukwu. Ọ gụpụtara na ntị onye ọbụla okwu niile si nʼakwụkwọ ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ, bụ nke achọtara nʼime ụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị.
and the king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great, —and he read in their ears, all the words of the book of the covenant, which had been found in the house of Yahweh.
3 Eze guzoro nʼakụkụ ogidi, kwee nkwa nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, ịgbaso Onyenwe anyị, na iji obi ya niile, na mkpụrụobi ya niile, debe ihe niile o nyere nʼiwu, nʼihe ama ya niile na ụkpụrụ ya niile. O si otu a mee ka okwu niile nke ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ e dere nʼakwụkwọ guzosie ike. Mgbe ahụ, ndị mmadụ niile kwekwara nkwa idebe ọgbụgba ndụ ahụ.
And the king took his stand by the pillar, and solemnised a covenant before Yahweh—to follow Yahweh, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all [their] heart and with all [their] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant, written in this book. And all the people took their stand in the covenant.
4 Eze nyere Hilkaya onyeisi nchụaja na ndị nchụaja na-esote nʼọkwa, na ndị na-eche ọnụ ụzọ mbata, iwu ka ha site nʼụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị kwapụtasịa ngwongwo niile e mere nye Baal, na Ashera, na usuu ihe niile nke mbara eluigwe. O sunyere ha niile ọkụ nʼazụ Jerusalem, nʼọhịa dị na Ndagwurugwu Kidrọn, buru ntụ ha bulaa Betel.
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the entrance-hall, to bring forth, out of the temple of Yahweh, all the vessels that had been made for Baal and for the Sacred Stem, and for all the army of the heavens, —and he burned them up outside Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel;
5 Ọ chụdara ndị nchụaja arụsị ndị ahụ niile, bụ ndị eze Juda họpụtara isure ihe na-esi isi ụtọ nʼelu ebe dị elu nke obodo Juda nakwa ebe dị ọkụ. Nʼihi na ndị nchụaja ndị a achụọla aja, surekwaa ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nʼebe ịchụ aja dị nʼelu ugwu niile dị nʼobodo dị iche iche na Juda, nakwa ndị dị gburugburu Jerusalem. Ha bụ ndị surere ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ nye Baal, na anyanwụ, ọnwa na kpakpando, nyekwa usuu niile nke mbara eluigwe.
and he put down the idol-priests, whom the kings of Judah had appointed, so that incense might be burned in the high places, in the cities of Judah, and round about Jerusalem, —them also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the army of the heavens;
6 O sikwa nʼụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị bupụ ogidi chi Ashera, wezuga ya nʼazụ Jerusalem, na Ndagwurugwu Kidrọn. Ebe ahụ ka ọ nọ suo ya ọkụ, supịa ya ka ọ ghọọ ntụ, fesaa ya nʼebe a na-eli ndị mmadụ efu.
and he brought forth the Sacred Stem out of the house of Yahweh, outside Jerusalem, into the Kidron ravine, and burned it in the Kidron ravine, and crushed it to powder, —and cast the powder upon the graves of the sons of the people;
7 Ọ kwadakwara ụlọ obibi ụmụ ndị ikom na-agba akwụna dị nọ nʼụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị. Nʼebe ndị inyom na-anọ na-akpara Ashera akwa.
and he brake down the houses of the male devotees, which were in the house of Yahweh, —where the women did weave houses to the Sacred Stem;
8 O mere ka ndị nchụaja niile site nʼobodo Juda niile bịa, o merụkwara ebe ịchụ aja niile nke dị elu, site na Geba ruo Bịasheba, ebe ndị nchụaja ndị a nọrọ suree ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ. Ọ kwatụrụ ọnụ ụzọ ama nke dị nʼebe ọnụ ụzọ ama Joshua, onye bụ gọvanọ obodo, nke dị nʼakụkụ aka ekpe nke ọnụ ụzọ ama obodo.
and be brought in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where, the priests, had burned incense, from Geba unto Beer-sheba, —and brake 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 one’s left hand, in the gate of the city;
9 Ma e kweghị ka ndị nchụaja ahụ jee ozi nʼụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị dị na Jerusalem, ma o nyere ha ike iso ndị nchụaja ndị ọzọ rie achịcha a na-ejighị ihe na-eko achịcha mee.
howbeit, the priests of the high places came not up unto the altar of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, save only that they did eat unleavened bread in the midst of their brethren;
10 Josaya merụrụ Tofet, laa ya nʼiyi. Tofet bụ ebe ịchụ aja dị na Ndagwurugwu nke Ben Hinom. O mere nke a igbochi mmadụ ọbụla iji nwa ya nwoke, maọbụ nwa ya nwanyị chụọrọ chi Molek aja nsure ọkụ.
and he defiled Topheth, which was in the valley of the son of Hinnom, —so that no man might cause his son or his daughter to pass through the fire unto Molech;
11 O sitere nʼọnụ ụzọ ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị wepụ ịnyịnya ndị ahụ ndị eze Juda doro nsọ nye anyanwụ. Ịnyịnya ndị a dị nʼogige ụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị nʼebe dị nso nʼụlọ onyeozi aha ya bụ Netan-Melek. Josaya kpọrọ ụgbọ agha ndị a niile e doro nsọ nye anyanwụ ọkụ.
and he did away with the horses, which the kings of Judah had devoted to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, near the chamber of Nathan-melech the courtier, which was in the suburbs, also, the chariots of the sun, burned he with fire;
12 Josaya kwadara ebe ịchụ aja niile nke ndị eze Juda wukwasịrị nʼelu ụlọeze, nʼelu elu ụlọ Ehaz. Ọ kwadakwara ebe ịchụ aja niile nke Manase wuru nʼime ogige abụọ nke ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị, kporo ha kpofuo nʼime Ndagwurugwu Kidrọn.
and, the altars which were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, also the altars which Manasseh had made, in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, did the king break down, —and hurried away from thence, and cast out the powder of them into the Kidron ravine;
13 Eze merụkwara ebe ịchụ aja niile dị nʼakụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ obodo Jerusalem nʼakụkụ ndịda nke Ugwu Mbibi, nke Solomọn eze Izrel wuru nye chi Ashtọret, ihe arụ ndị Saịdọn, na chi Kemosh, ihe arụ ndị Moab, na chi Molek, ihe arụ ụmụ Amọn.
and, the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of destruction, which Solomon king of Israel had built unto Ashtoreth—the abomination of the Zidonians, and unto Chemosh—the abomination of the Moabites, and unto Milcom—the disgusting thing of the sons of Ammon, did the king defile;
14 Josaya kwadakwara ogidi nkume niile, gbutuo ihe arụsị Ashera niile, werekwa ọkpụkpụ ndị mmadụ wụsa nʼelu ala ahụ niile.
and he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Sacred Stems, —and filled their place with human bones:
15 Josaya kwadakwara ogidi niile dị na Betel, nke Jeroboam nwa Nebat wuru mgbe o dubara ndị Izrel na mmehie. Ọ kwadara ebe ịchụ aja dị nʼebe ahụ, kụjisie nkume e doro nʼebe ahụ, gwerie ha dịka ntụ. Ọ kpọkwara arụsị Ashera ọkụ.
moreover also, the altar that was in Bethel, the high place which Jeroboam son of Nebat made, wherewith he caused, Israel, to sin, —even that altar, and the high place, brake he down, —and burned the high place, crushing it to powder, and burned a Sacred Stem.
16 Josaya legharịkwara anya gburugburu hụ ọtụtụ ili dị nʼelu ugwu. O ziri ndị ohu ya ka ha gaa chịpụtasịa ọkpụkpụ dị nʼili ahụ niile, kpọọ ha ọkụ nʼelu ebe ịchụ aja imerụ ya, dịka okwu Onyenwe anyị si dị, nke onye nke Chineke kwupụtara mgbe o buru amụma banyere ihe ndị a.
And, when Josiah turned, and saw the graves which were there, in the mount, he sent and took the bones out of the graves, and burned upon the altar, and defiled it, —according to the word of Yahweh, which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
17 Josaya jụrụ ndị guzo nʼebe ahụ ajụjụ sị, “Ọ bụ ili onye bụ nke a?” Ndị ikom obodo ahụ zara sị, “Ọ bụ ili onye nke Chineke ahụ si Juda bịa buo amụma megide ebe ịchụ aja Betel. O buru amụma na ihe ndị a ị na-eme ebe ịchụ aja a ga-emezu.”
Then said he—What is yonder erection, which I do see? And the men of the city said unto him—The grave of the man of God, who came in out of Judah, and proclaimed these things, which thou hast done, concerning the altar of Bethel.
18 Mgbe ahụ, Josaya zara sị ha, “Hapụnụ ya ka o guzoro onwe ya. Ka nwoke ọbụla gharakwa ịchịpụta ọkpụkpụ ya.” Ha hapụrụ ọkpụkpụ ya, hapụkwa ọkpụkpụ onye amụma ahụ si Sameria bịa.
And he said—Let him rest, let, no man, disturb his bones. So they let his bones rest, with the bones of the prophet who came in out of Samaria.
19 Dịka o mere na Betel, otu a ka Josaya wepụrụ ma merụkwaa ebe ịchụ aja niile dị nʼebe niile dị elu nke ndị eze Izrel wuru nʼobodo niile nke Sameria, bụ ebe ịchụ aja kpasuru Onyenwe anyị iwe.
Moreover also, all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made, so as to provoke Yahweh to anger, did Josiah remove, —and he did to them according to all the doings which he had done in Bethel;
20 O gburu ndị nchụaja chi ndị a niile nʼelu ebe ịchụ aja ha, suo ọkpụkpụ ha ọkụ nʼelu ebe ịchụ aja ha. Mgbe o mesịrị ihe ndị a, ọ laghachiri na Jerusalem.
and he sacrificed all the priests of the high places, who were there, by the altars, and burned human bones thereupon, —and returned to Jerusalem.
21 Eze nyere ndị Juda niile iwu sị ha, “Meerenụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu Mmemme Ngabiga, dịka e dere ya nʼakwụkwọ ọgbụgba ndụ a.”
Then did the king command all the people, saying, Keep ye a passover unto Yahweh, your God, —such as is written in this book of the covenant.
22 O nwebeghị mgbe e mere ụdị Mmemme Ngabiga dịka nke a nʼoge ọbụla, site nʼụbọchị ndị ikpe bụ ndị duru Izrel maọbụ nʼụbọchị ndị eze Izrel na eze niile chịrị Juda, ọ dịghị nke yiri Mmemme Ngabiga a.
Surely there had not been held such a passover as this, from the days of the Judges who judged Israel, —nor all the days of the kings of Israel, and the kings of Judah;
23 Ma ọ bụ nʼafọ nke iri na asatọ nke ọchịchị eze Josaya, nʼime Jerusalem ka a nọ mee Mmemme Ngabiga a nye Onyenwe anyị.
save only, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, when this passover was held unto Yahweh, in Jerusalem.
24 Ọzọkwa, Josaya gara nʼihu kpochapụ ndị niile na-ajụta mmụọ ọjọọ ase, na ndị dibịa afa, na arụsị ezinaụlọ dị iche iche, na arụsị a pịrị apị, na ihe arụ niile nke a hụrụ nʼime Juda na Jerusalem niile. O mere nke a ka e mezuo ihe niile e dere nʼime akwụkwọ ahụ Hilkaya onye nchụaja chọtara nʼụlọ Onyenwe anyị.
Moreover also, them who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the household gods, and the manufactured gods, and the abominations which were to be seen in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, did Josiah consume, —that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of Yahweh.
25 Ọ dịghị eze ọzọ nʼime ndị niile buru ya ụzọ chịa nke dịka Josaya, onye chigharịkwutere Onyenwe anyị. Onye ji obi ya niile, na mmụọ ya niile na ike ya niile debe iwu niile e nyere Mosis. Ọ dịkwaghị eze ọzọ dịka ya, onye biliri mgbe ọ nwụsịrị.
And, like him, was no king, before him, who turned unto Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, —neither, after him, arose one, like him.
26 Ma ihe ndị a emeghị ka iwe ọkụ Onyenwe anyị na-ewe megide Juda dajụọ, bụ iwe a kpasuru ya nʼihi ihe ọjọọ niile nke Manase mere.
Howbeit, Yahweh turned not away from the glow of his great anger, wherewith his anger glowed against Judah—because of all the provocations wherewith, Manasseh, had provoked him.
27 Ya mere, Onyenwe anyị sịrị, “Aga m ekpochapụ Juda niile site nʼihu m, dịka m si kpochapụ Izrel niile. Aga m ajụkwa obodo ahụ m họpụtara, bụ Jerusalem, jụkwa ụlọnsọ ukwu a nke m kwuru banyere ya sị, ‘Nʼime ya ka Aha m ga-adị.’”
So Yahweh said: Even Judah, will I remove from my presence, as I have removed Israel, —and will reject this city, which I had chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house as to which I had said, My Name, shall be, there.
28 Ma banyere ihe ndị ọzọ niile mere nʼoge ọchịchị Josaya na ihe niile o mere, ọ bụ na e deghị ha nʼakwụkwọ akụkọ ihe mere nʼoge ndị eze Juda?
Now, the rest of the story of Josiah, and all that he did, are, they, not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
29 Nʼoge Josaya bụ eze, Fero Neko, eze Ijipt, gbagoro gaa nʼakụkụ osimiri Yufretis inyere eze Asịrịa aka. Eze Josaya pụkwara izute ya nʼagha, ma Neko zutere ya nʼagha, gbuo ya na Megido.
In his days, came up Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt, against the king of Assyria, unto the river Euphrates, —and, when King Josiah went against him, he slew him at Megiddo, as soon as he saw him.
30 Ndị na-ejere Josaya ozi sị na Megido buru ozu ya nʼime ụgbọ agha bulata ya na Jerusalem, lie ya nʼili nke aka ya. Ndị ala ahụ kpọọrọ Jehoahaz nwa nwoke Josaya, tee ya mmanụ, mee ya eze nʼọnọdụ nna ya.
And his servants conveyed him in a chariot, dead, from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre, —and the people of the land took Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made, him, king, in his father’s stead.
31 Jehoahaz gbara iri afọ abụọ na atọ mgbe o bidoro ịchị, ma ọ chịrị na Jerusalem ọnwa atọ. Aha nne ya bụ Hamutal, nwa Jeremaya onye Libna.
Twenty-three years old, was Jehoahaz when he began to reign, and, three months, reigned he in Jerusalem, —and, his mother’s name, was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah, of Libnah.
32 O mere ihe dị njọ nʼanya Onyenwe anyị dịka ndị eze buru ya ụzọ.
And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that his, fathers, had done.
33 Ma Fero Neko keere ya agbụ na Ribla nʼala Hamat, ime ka ọ ghara ịchịkwa na Jerusalem. Neko kwagidere ndị Juda ka ha tụọrọ ya ụtụ narị talenti ọlaọcha, na otu talenti ọlaedo.
And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, —and he laid a fine upon the land, a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
34 Fero Neko mere Eliakịm nwa nwoke Josaya, eze, nʼọnọdụ Josaya bụ nna ya. Ọ gụgharịrị aha Eliakịm ka ọ bụrụ Jehoiakim. Ma o duuru Jehoahaz gaa Ijipt, ebe ọ nọ nwụọ.
And Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim son of Josiah king, instead of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, —and, Jehoahaz, took he away, so he entered Egypt, and died there.
35 Jehoiakim kwụrụ Fero Neko ọlaọcha na ọlaedo ahụ ọ nara nʼaka ya. Ka o nwee ike mee nke a, o kere ụtụ nʼala ahụ, werekwa ike nara ndị ala ahụ ọlaọcha na ọlaedo, dịka mkpebi ha si dị banyere ihe onye ahụ ga-akwụ.
And, the silver and the gold, did Jehoiakim give unto Pharaoh, howbeit he assessed the land, that he might give the silver at the bidding of Pharaoh, —every man, according to his assessment, exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, that he might give it to Pharaoh-necoh.
36 Jehoiakim gbara iri afọ abụọ na ise mgbe ọ malitere ịbụ eze. Ọ chịrị afọ iri na otu na Jerusalem. Aha nne ya bụ Zebida nwa Pedaya, onye Ruma.
Twenty-five years old, was Jehoiakim when he began to reign, and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem, —and, his mother’s name, was Zebudah daughter of Pedaiah, of Rumah.
37 O mere ihe dị njọ nʼanya Onyenwe anyị, dịka ihe niile nna ya ha ndị bu ya ụzọ mere.
And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, —according to all that, his fathers, had done.
