2 Ar-ari 23
1 Isu a nangibaon ti ari kadagiti mensahero a nakiummong kenkuana, amin a panglakayen iti Juda ken iti Jerusalem.
Then the king summoned all the elders of Jerusalem and [of the other places in] Judah.
2 Ket simmang-at ti ari iti balay ni Yahweh, ken kimmuyog kenkuana dagiti amin a tattao ti Juda ken dagiti agnanaed iti Jerusalem, dagiti papadi, dagiti profeta ken dagiti amin a tattao, manipud kadagiti napanglaw agingga kadagiti nabaknang. Ket kabayatan a dumdumngegda, binasana dagiti amin a sasao ti libro ti tulag a nasarakan iti balay ni Yahweh.
They went together to the temple, along with the priests and the prophets, and many other [HYP] people, from the most important people to the least important people. And while they listened, the king read to them all of the laws that Moses had written. He read from the scroll that had been found in the temple.
3 Nagtakder ti ari iti abay ti adigi ket nakitulag kenni Yahweh, a magna iti pagayatan ni Yahweh, ken surotenna iti amin a puso ken kararuana dagiti bilbilinna, dagiti pammaneknekna iti tulagna ken dagiti pagannurotanna, tapno patalgedan daytoy a tulag a naisurat iti daytoy a libro. Isu nga immannamong dagiti amin a tattao nga agtungpal iti tulag.
Then the king stood next to the pillar [where the kings stood when they made important announcements], and while Yahweh was listening, he repeated his promise to sincerely obey [DOU] all of Yahweh’s commands and regulations [DOU]. He also promised to (fulfill the conditions of/do what was written in) the agreement he made with Yahweh. And all the people also promised to obey the agreement.
4 Binilin ti ari ni Hilkias a kangatoan a padi, dagiti padi nga adda iti babaenna ken dagiti agbabantay kadagiti ruangan, nga irruarda manipud iti templo ni Yahweh dagiti amin a pagkargaan a naaramid a maipaay kada Baal, Asera ken kadagiti amin a bituen iti langit. Pinuoranna dagitoy iti ruar ti Jerusalem kadagiti taltalon ti Tanap ti Kidron ket impanna dagiti dapuda idiay Betel.
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the Supreme Priest and all the other priests who assisted him and the men who guarded the entrance to the temple to bring out from the temple all the items that people had been using to worship Baal, the goddess Asherah, and the stars. [After they carried them out, ] they burned all those things outside the city near the Kidron Valley. Then they took all the ashes to Bethel, [because that city was already considered to be desecrated/unholy].
5 Inikkatna dagiti papadi nga agdaydayaw kadagiti didiosen a pinili dagiti ari ti Juda a mangipuor iti insenso kadagiti altar kadagiti siudad ti Juda ken kadagiti lugar nga adda iti aglawlaw ti Jerusalem—dagiti nangipuor iti insenso kenni Baal, iti init ken bulan, kadagiti planeta ken kadagiti amin a bituen iti langit.
There were many pagan priests that the previous kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the altars on the tops of hills in Judah. They had been offering sacrifices to Baal, to the sun, the moon, the planets, and the stars. The king stopped them from doing those things.
6 Inruarna ti imahen ni Asera manipud iti templo ni Yahweh, iti ruar ti Jerusalem ket impanna iti Tanap ti Kidron ket pinuoranna sadiay. Pinagdapona daytoy ket imbellengna ti dapo kadagiti tanem dagiti kadawyan a tattao.
He [commanded that] the statue of the goddess Asherah [be] taken out of the temple. Then they took it outside Jerusalem, down to the Kidron Brook, and burned it. Then they pounded the ashes to powder and scattered that over the graves in the public cemetery.
7 Inruarna dagiti adda kadagiti siled dagiti balangkantis a lallaki nga adda iti templo ni Yahweh, iti siled a pagab-abelan dagiti babbai kadagiti pagan-anay a maipaay kenni Asera.
He also destroyed the rooms in the temple where the temple male prostitutes lived. That was where women wove robes that were used to worship the goddess Asherah.
8 Inruar amin ni Josias dagiti papadi kadagiti siudad ti Juda ket rinugitanna dagiti disso a pagdaydayawan a nangipuoran dagiti papadi iti insenso, manipud Geba agingga idiay Beerseba. Dinadaelna dagiti disso a pagdaydayawan nga adda kadagiti ruangan, dagiti disso a pagdaydayawan nga adda iti pagserkan agingga iti Ruangan ni Josue, nga impatakder ti gobernador ti siudad a managan Josue. Dagitoy a disso a pagdaydayawan ket adda iti makannigid ti ruangan ti siudad no sumrek ti maysa a tao iti siudad.
Josiah also brought [to Jerusalem] all the priests who were offering sacrifices in the other cities in Judah. He also desecrated the places on the tops of hills where the priests had burned incense [to honor idols], from Geba [in the north] to Beersheba [in the south]. Those priests were not allowed to offer sacrifices in the temple, but they [were allowed to] eat the unleavened bread that the priests [who worked in the temple] ate. He also [commanded that] the altars that were dedicated to the goat demons near the gate built by Joshua, the mayor of Jerusalem, [be] destroyed. Those altars were at the left of the main gate into the city.
9 Uray no dagiti papadi dagidiay a disso a pagdaydayawan ket saan a mapalubosan nga agserbi iti altar ni Yahweh idiay Jerusalem, mapalubusanda a mangan iti tinapay nga awan lebadurana kas kadagiti kakabsatda a papadi.
10 Rinugitan met ni Josias ti Tofet nga adda iti tanap ti Ben Hinnom, tapno awan ti uray maysa a mangidaton iti anakna kas daton a mapuoran iti apuy a maipaay kenni Molec.
Josiah also desecrated the place named Topheth, in the Hinnom Valley, in order that no one could offer his son or daughter there to be completely burned for a sacrifice to [the god] Molech.
11 Innalana dagiti kabalio nga inted dagiti ari ti Juda iti init. Addada iti maysa a disso idiay pagserkan ti templo ni Yahweh, iti asideg ti siled ni Natan Melek a mangidadaulo kadagiti agserserbi iti ari. Pinuoran ni Josias dagiti karwahe ti init.
He also removed the horses that the [previous] kings of Judah had dedicated to worshiping the sun, and he burned the chariots that were used in that worship. Those horses and chariots were kept in the courtyard outside the temple, near the entrance to the temple, and near the room where [one of Josiah’s] officials, whose name was Nathan-Melech, lived.
12 Dinadael ni Josias nga ari dagiti altar nga adda iti bubong iti akin ngato a siled ni Ahaz nga inaramid dagiti ari ti Juda, ken dagiti altar nga inaramid ni Manases iti dua a paraangan ti templo ni Yahweh. Binurak dagitoy ni Josias ket imbellengna iti Tanap ti Kidron.
Josiah also commanded his servants to tear down the altars that the previous kings of Judah had built on the roof of the palace, above the room where King Ahaz had stayed. They also tore down the altars that had been built by King Manasseh in the two courtyards outside the temple. He commanded that they be smashed to pieces and thrown down into the Kidron Valley.
13 Rinugitan ni Josias dagiti disso a pagdaydayawan nga adda iti daya ti Jerusalem, abagatan ti Bantay ti Pannakadadael nga impatakder ni Solomon nga ari ti Israel a maipaay kenni Astoret, ti makarimon a didiosen dagiti taga-Sidon, maipaay kenni Kemos, ti makarimon a didiosen dagiti taga-Moab; ken maipaay kenni Milcom, ti makarimon a didiosen dagiti tattao ti Ammon.
He also commanded that the altars that King Solomon had built east of Jerusalem, south of Olive Tree Hill, be desecrated. Solomon had built them for the worship of the disgusting idols—the [statue of the goddess] Astarte [worshiped by the people in] Sidon [city], Chemosh the god of the Moab people-group, and Molech the god of the Ammon people-group.
14 Binurak ni Ari Josias dagiti nasagradoan nga adigi a bato, intumbana dagiti imahen ni Asera ken ginaburanna iti tultulang ti tao dagiti nakaipatakderanna.
They also broke into pieces the stone pillars that the Israeli people worshiped, and cut down the [pillars that honored the goddess] Asherah, and they scattered the ground there with human bones [to desecrate it].
15 Rinebba met ni Josias ti altar nga adda idiay Betel ken ti disso a pagdaydayawan nga impatakder ni Jeroboam nga anak ni Nebat, ti nangisungsong iti Israel nga agbasol. Pinuoranna ti altar agingga a dimmapo; pinuoranna met ti imahen ni Asera.
Furthermore, he commanded them to tear down the place of worship at Bethel which had been built by King Jeroboam, the king who persuaded the people of Israel to sin. They tore down the altar. Then they broke its stones into pieces and pounded them to become powder. They also burned the statue [of the goddess] Asherah.
16 Kabayatan a kitkitaen ni Josias ti disso, nadlawna dagiti tanem nga adda iti turod. Nangibaon isuna kadagiti lallaki a mangala kadagiti tultulang manipud kadagiti tanem; ket pinuoranna dagitoy iti rabaw ti altar nga isu ti nangrugit iti daytoy. Daytoy ket segun iti sao ni Yahweh nga imbaga ti tao ti Dios, ti tao a nangibaga kadagitoy a banbanag idi.
Then Josiah looked around and saw some tombs there on the hill. He commanded his men to take the bones out of those tombs and burn them on the altar. By doing that, he desecrated the altar. That was what a prophet had predicted many years before when Jeroboam was standing close to that altar at a festival. Then Josiah looked up and saw the tomb of the prophet who had predicted that.
17 Ket kinunana, “Ania a munomento dayta makitkitak?” Imbaga kenkuana dagiti lallaki iti siudad, “Dayta ti tanem ti tao ti Dios a naggapu idiay Juda ken nangibaga kadagitoy a banbanag a kaar-aramidmo laeng maibusor iti altar ti Betel.”
Josiah asked, “Whose tomb is that?” The people of Bethel replied, “It is the tomb of the prophet who came from Judah and predicted that these things that you have just now done to this altar would happen.”
18 Isu a kinuna ni Josias, “Bay-anyo dayta. Awan ti siasinoman a mangiyakar kadagiti tulangna.” Isu a binaybay-anda dagiti tulangna a kadua dagiti tultulang ti profeta a naggapu idiay Samaria.
Josiah replied, “Allow his tomb to remain as it is. Do not remove the prophet’s bones from the tomb.” So the people did not remove those bones, or the bones of the other prophet, the one who had come from Samaria.
19 Amin dagiti templo ken dagiti disso a pagdaydayawan nga adda kadagiti siudad ti Samaria, nga inaramid dagiti ari ti Israel a nangpapungtot kenni Yahweh— innala ni Josias dagitoy. Inaramidna kadagitoy ti isu met laeng a naaramid idiay Betel.
In every city in Israel, at Josiah’s command, they tore down the shrines that had been built by the previous kings of Israel, which had caused Yahweh to become very angry. He did to all those shrines/altars the same thing that he had done to the altars at Bethel.
20 Pinatayna pay dagiti amin a papadi dagiti disso a pagdaydayawan kadagiti rabaw dagiti altar sadiay ken nagpuor kadagiti tultulang ti tao iti rabaw dagiti altar. Kalpasanna, nagsubli isuna idiay Jerusalem.
He ordered that all the priests who offered sacrifices on the altars on the tops of hills must be killed on those altars. Then he burned human bones on every one of those altars [to desecrate them]. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
21 Kalpasanna, binilin ti ari dagiti amin a tattao, kinunana, “Rambakanyo ti Fiesta ti Ilalabas para kenni Yahweh a Diosyo, kas naisurat iti daytoy a libro ti tulag.”
Then the king commanded all the people to celebrate the Passover Festival to honor Yahweh their God, which was written in the law of Moses that they should do [every year].
22 Awan pay ti narambakan a Fiesta ti Ilalabas manipud kadagiti al-aldaw dagiti uk-ukom a nagturay iti Israel, wenno kadagiti amin nga al-aldaw dagiti ari iti Israel wenno Juda.
During all the years that leaders ruled Israel and during all the years that kings had ruled Israel and Judah, they had not celebrated that festival.
23 Nupay kasta, daytoy a Fiesta ti Ilalabas ket pudno a narambakan iti maikasangapulo ket walo a tawen ni Ari Josias; daytoy ket para kenni Yahweh idiay Jerusalem.
But now, after Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years, to [honor] Yahweh they celebrated the Passover Festival in Jerusalem.
24 Pinukaw met ni Josias dagidiay makisarsarita iti natay wenno kadagiti espiritu. Pinukawna met dagiti mammadles, dagiti didiosen ken amin dagiti makarimon a banbanag a makita iti daga ti Judah ken iti Jerusalem, ket tapno mapatalgedan dagiti sasao ti linteg a naisurat iti libro a nasarakan ni Hilkias a padi iti balay ni Yahweh.
Furthermore, Josiah got rid of all the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah who practiced sorcery and those who requested the spirits of dead people [to tell them what they should do]. He also removed from Jerusalem and from the other places in Judah all the household idols and all the other idols and abominable things. He did those things in order to obey what had been written in the scroll that Hilkiah had found in the temple.
25 Sakbay kenni Josias, awan pay ti ari a kas kenkuana a nagserbi kenni Yahweh iti amin a pusona, amin a kararuana, amin a pigsana, a nangtungpal kadagiti amin a linteg ni Moises. Wenno awan ti ari a kas kenni Josias ti nagturay kalpasan kenkuana.
Josiah was totally devoted to Yahweh. There had never been [in Judah or Israel] a king like him. He obeyed all the laws of Moses. And there has never since then been a king like Josiah.
26 Nupay kasta, saan a naikkat ti nakaro a pungtot ni Yahweh, a napasgedan maibusor iti Juda para kadagiti amin a pagano a panagdaydayaw nga inaramid ni Manases a nangpapungtot kenkuana.
But Yahweh had become extremely angry with the people of Judah because of all the things that [King] Manasseh had done to infuriate him, and he continued to be very angry.
27 Isu a kinuna ni Yahweh, “Ikkatekto met ti Juda iti imatangko, a kas iti panangikkatko iti Israel, ken ibellengkonto daytoy a siudad a pinilik, ti Jerusalem, ken ti balay a kinunak nga, 'Addanto sadiay ti naganko.'”
He said, “I will do to Judah what I have done to Israel. I will banish the people of Judah, with the result that they will never enter my presence again. And I will reject Jerusalem, the city that I chose [to belong to me], and I will abandon the temple, the place where I said that I [MTY] should be worshiped.”
28 No maipanggep met kadagiti dadduma a banbanag maipapan kenni Josias, amin a banbanag nga inaramidna, saan kadi a naisurat dagitoy iti Libro dagiti Pakasaritaan dagiti Ari ti Juda?
[If you want to know more about] [RHQ] all the other things that Josiah did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
29 Kadagiti al-aldawna, napan ni Faraon Neco nga ari ti Egipto tapno gubatenna ti ari ti Asiria idiay Karayan Eufrates. Napan sinabat ni Ari Josias ni Neco iti gubatan, ket pinatay isuna ni Neco idiay Megiddo.
While Josiah was the king of Judah, King Neco of Egypt led his army north to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah tried to stop the army of Egypt at Megiddo [city], but Josiah was killed in a battle there.
30 Inlugan dagiti adipen ni Josias ti bangkayna iti karwahe manipud Meggido ket impanda idiay Jerusalem, ket intabonda iti bukodna a tanem. Ket innala dagiti tattao iti dayta a daga ni Joacaz nga anakna, pinulotanda isuna ket pinagbalinda nga ari a kasukat ti amana.
His officials placed his corpse in a chariot and took it back to Jerusalem, where it was buried in his own tomb, a tomb where the other previous kings had not been buried. Then the people of Judah poured [olive] oil on [the head of] Josiah’s son Joahaz, to appoint him to be the new king.
31 Duapulo ket tallo ti tawen ni Joacaz idi nangrugi isuna nga agturay, ket nagturay isuna iti tallo a bulan idiay Jerusalem. Hamutal ti nagan ti inana, anak a babai isuna ni Jeremias a taga-Libna.
Joahaz was 23 years old when he became the king [of Judah], but he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah [city].
32 Inaramid ni Joacaz ti dakes iti imatang ni Yahweh, kas kadagiti amin nga inaramid dagiti kapuonanna.
Joahaz did many things that Yahweh said were evil, just like many of his ancestors had done.
33 Inkawar isuna ni Faraon Neco idiay Ribla iti daga ni Hamat tapno saan isuna a makapagturay idiay Jerusalem. Ket minulta ni Neco ti Juda iti sangagasut a talento a pirak ken maysa talento a balitok.
King Neco’s [army came from Egypt and captured him and] tied him up with chains and took him as a prisoner to Riblah [town] in Hamath [district], to prevent him from continuing to rule in Jerusalem. Neco forced the people of Judah to pay to him (7,500 pounds/3,400 kg.) of silver and (75 pounds/34 kg.) of gold.
34 Pinagbalin ni Faraon Neco nga ari ni Eliakim nga anak ni Josias, kas kasukat ni Josias nga amana, ken sinukatanna ti naganna iti Jehoyakim. Ngem impanna ni Joacaz idiay Egipto, ket sadiay a natay ni Joacaz.
King Neco appointed another son of Josiah, Eliakim, to be the new king, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. Then he took Joahaz to Egypt, and later Joahaz died there in Egypt.
35 Nagbayad ni Jehoyakim iti pirak ken balitok iti Faraon. Pinagbuisna dagiti tattao tapno mabayadan ti kuarta, tapno matungpalna ti bilin ti Faraon. Pinilitna ti tunggal maysa kadagiti tattao iti daga nga agbayad iti pirak ken balitok, tapno maited daytoy kenni Faraon Neco.
King Jehoiakim collected a tax from the people [of Judah]. He collected more from the rich people and less from the poor people. He collected silver and gold from them, in order to pay to the king of Egypt what he commanded them to give.
36 Duapulo ket lima ti tawen ni Jehoyakim idi nangrugi isuna nga agturay, ken sangapulo ket maysa a tawen a nagturay isuna idiay Jerusalem. Zebida ti nagan ti inana, nga anak ni Pedaias a taga-Ruma.
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah [town].
37 Inaramid ni Jehoyakim ti dakes iti imatang ni Yahweh kas kadagiti amin a banbanag nga inaramid dagiti kapuonanna.
He did many things that Yahweh says are evil, like his ancestors had done.
