2 Kva 23

1 Hagi anante kini ne' Josaia'a Jerusalemiti'ene Juda kumati'ene ana maka ranra vahetmina kehige'za eme atru hu'naze.

Then the king summoned all the elders of Jerusalem and [of the other places in] Judah.

2 Ana hutazageno, ana maka Juda vahe'ma, Jerusalemi kumateti vahe'ma, ana maka pristi vahe'ene kasnampa vahe'tamine, ana maka agima me'nea vaheteti vuno agima omne vahete vige'za, Josaia'ene Ra Anumzamofo mono nompi marerite'za, huhagerafi huvempage me'nea avontafe'ma Ra Anumzamofo mono nompinti'ma ke'za erifore'ma hu'naza avontafepinti nanekea Josaia'a nehamprige'za antahi'naze.

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 Anante kini ne'mo'a noma vazisgama hu zafa tavaonte oti'neno, hugagerafi huvempagea Ra Anumzamofo avuga huno, tagra kasegene trake'anena maka tagu'areti huta amagera antegahune hige'za, ana maka vahe'mo'za hu'za, izo tagra ana hugahune hu'za huvempa hu'naze.

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 Anante kini ne' Josaia'a ugagota pristi ne' Hilkiane, agri agoragama mani'naza pristi vahe'ene, mono no kafante'ma kvama nehaza vahera huzmantege'za, Ra Anumzamofo mono nompintira, Bali havi anumzane, Asera havi anumzane, monafi hanafitaminte'enema mono'ma hunentaza zantamina, ana maka eritre vagare'naze. Ana hutazageno kini ne'mo'a huzmantege'za anama eritraza zantamina eri'za rankumamofo megi'a Kidroni agupofi teve ome hanavazi'za kre'naze. Anama hute'za ana zantamimofo osa'a eri'za Beteli rankumate vu'naze

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 Hagi kotama mani'za enaza Juda kini vahe'mo'zama huhampri zmantage'za mani'ne'za, Jerusalemine Juda kumapine, tvaozanire'ma me'nea kumatamimpima havi anumzante mono'ma hunte kuma'ma tro'ma hunte'naza kumapinema, havi anumzante kresramna nevu'za, Bali havi anumzante'ene, ikante'ene zagere'ene maka monafi hanafitaminte'enema mnanentake'zama kremnama nevaza pristi vahera, Josaia'a zamazeri atre vagare'ne.

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 Ana nehuno Asera havi anumzamofo amema'ama zafare'ma antre'za tro hute'za, Ra Anumzamofo mono nompima ante'nazana, Josaia'a eritrege'za eri'za Jerusalemi kumamofo megi'a Kidroni agupofi ome tevefi krete'za, osa'a eri'za knazageno osi osi hutege'za zamagima omne vahe'ma asenezmantaza matipi vu'za ome rupopo hutre'naze.

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 Ana nehuno Ra Anumzamofo mono nompima hunaragintene'za vene'nemo'za monko'zama nehaza nona Josaia'a tapagehu atre'ne. Ana nona Asera havi anumzamofo tvaravema tro'ma nehaza a'nenema nemaniza tvaonte me'ne.

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 Hagi ana maka Judama me'nea ranra kumapintira, pristi vahera Josai'a kehige'za Jerusalemi azageno, ana kumapima havi anumzante'ma kresramnama nevaza kumatmina eri haviza nehuno, noti kaziga Geba ran kumateti agafa huteno vuno Sauti kaziga Beseba ran kumate uramigeno, ana kumatmimpima havi anumzante'ma Kresramanama nevaza kumatmina vahe zamavufi eri pagehena hu'ne. Ana nehuno Jerusalemi rankumamofo gavana ne' Josua kafa tva'onte'ma hoga kaziga me'nege'za havi anumzante'ma Kresramanama nevaza itaraminena eri haviza hutre'ne.

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 Hagi kini ne'mo'ma kehige'zama e'naza pristi vahe'mo'za zo'ore bretima mago'a pristi vahe'mo'zama nazafintira amne ne'naze. Hianagi zamagra Ra Anumzamofonte Kresramana vunte itama Jerusalema me'nea itarera kresramna ovu'naze.

10 Hagi havi anumzante'ma mono'ma hunentaza kuma'ma, Hinomu agupo tvaonte Tofetima me'neana, vahe zamavufi Josaia'a eri haviza higeno pehenage hu'ne. Ana higeno mago'mo'e huno ana kumatera Moleki havi anumzantega ne' mofavre'a kresramna vuntegara osu'ne.

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 Hagi kotama mani'za e'naza Juda kini vahe'mo'za mago'a hosi afu'ma havi anumza zage anumzamofontegama ami'naza hosirami amema'ma, Ra Anumzamofo mono no kafa tvaonte atruma nehaza kumapi ante'nazana Josaia'a eri atre'ne. Ana hosi afutamima ante'nazana, kini nemofo mago eri'za ne' Natanmeleki no tvaonte ante'naze. Hagi ana karisiramima zage anumzamofoma ami'naza karisia Josaia'a erino tevefi hanavazino kre'ne.

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 Hagi ko'ma maniza e'naza Juda kini vahe'mo'zama, mago kresramna vu itama trohu'za Ahasi nomofo agofetu'ma ante'nazana, Josaia'a eri netreno, Ra Anumzamofo mono nompima tare kuma'ma me'nege'za atruma nehazafima, Manase'ma kresramna vu itararema tro'ma hunte'neana eritreno ru tamana tamanu huteno, erino Kidroni agupofi ome atre'ne.

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 Anama huteno'a Jerusalemi kumamofo zage hanati kaziga, Olivi agonamofo sauti kazigama, agoteno havizama hu'nea Saidoni vahe anumza Astoretine, Moapu vahe havi anumza Kemosine, Amoni vahe havi anumzama Molekinte enema kresramna vu itaramima, kini ne' Solomoni'ma tro'ma hunte'neana Josaia'a eri haviza hu'ne.

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 Hagi have retru re'neza Asera havi anumzante mono'ma hunentaza havea erino rutamna tamanu hunetreno, zafare antre'za Asera havi anumzamofo amema'ama trohu'za retruma re'nazana akasinetreno, ana zafama akasima atraza kerifina, Josaia'a vahe zaferinareti antevite'ne.

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 Hagi ko'ma Nebati nemofo Jeroboamu'ma, Beteli ran kumate'ma havi anumzante'ma mono'ma hunte kuma'ene Kresramanama vu itama tro'ma hunte'neno, mono'ma hunenteno Israeli vahe zamatufege'za kumi hu'naza kumatmina ana zanke huno, Josaia'a eri haviza hu'ne. Ana nehuno havi anumzante'ma mono'ma hunentaza kumate'ma tro'ma hunte'naza zantamina erino tevefi kregeno tetegeno, osa'a erino kane osi osi hu'ne. Ana nehuno Asera havi anumzamofo amema'ama antre'zama tro hunte'nazana erino tevefi anazanke huno kre'ne.

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 Hagi Josaia'a anante oti'neno osi agonamofo asoparega keana, vahe'ma asenezmantaza havega me'negeno negeno, vahe huzmantege'za vu'za vahe zaferinaramina anampinti ome eri'za azageno, Jeroboamu'ma tro'ma hunte'nea itare ana zaferinaramina kreno ana ita, vahe zamavurera eri haviza hu'ne. Hagi e'i anazama Josaia'ma tro'ma hu'nea zamo'a, Ra Anumzamofo eri'za ne'mo'ma korapa kasnampa ke hunte'nea zamo nena raga'are'ne.

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 Hagi anazama Josaia'ma huteno'a mago mati me'negeno negeno amanage hu'ne, Ama matira iza matire? Anagema hige'za Beteli rankumate vahe'mo'za asamiza, Juda kumateti mago kasnampa ne' eno, menima ama itare'ma tro'ma hana zamofonku, kasnampa kema hunte'nea ne'mofo mati me'ne.

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 Hagi anante Josaia'a amanage huno zamasami'ne, Mago vahe'mo'e huno zaferina'a avako osina atrenkeno meno. Anagema hige'za ana kasnampa ne'mofo zaferinane, mago'a Sameria kumateti kasnampa vahe zaferinanena atrazageno me'ne.

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 Hagi Israeli kini vahe'mo'zama Sameriama me'nea ranra kumatmimpima, havi anumzante'ma mono'ma hunentazageno, Ra Anumzamo'ma rimpama ahezamante'nea kumatmina, Beteli rankumate'ma hiaza huno Josaia'a eri haviza hu'ne.

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 Hagi havi anumzante'ma mono'ma hunentaza kumapima eri'zama eneri'za pristi vahera, Josaia'a ana maka zamaheno kresramna vu itazamire nenteno, fri vahe zaferina zamagofetu anteno teve hanavazino kre'ne. Anama huteno'a Josaia'a ete Jerusale kumate vu'ne.

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 Hagi anante kini ne' Josaia'a amanage huno maka vahera zamasami'ne, Ama hugagerafi huvempage avontafepima hu'nea kante anteta Ra Anumzamo'ma Israeli vahe'ma ozmahe zamagtere'nea knagura antahimita ne'zana kreta neneta musena hunteho.

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 Hagi kema refko'ma hu kva vahe'mo'zama kegavama huzmante'nareti'ma eno Jerusalemine, Juda kini vahe'mo'zama kvama huzmante'nare'ma egeno'a, Ra Anumzamo'ma Israeli vahe'ma ozmaheno zamagtere'nea zankura antahimi'za magore hu'za ne'zana kre'za nene'za musena huonte'naze.

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 Hianagi Josaia'ma 18ni'a kafuma kinima maninege'za, ana maka vahe'mo'za Jerusalemi kumate e'za, Israeli vahe'ma Ra Anumzamo'ma ozamahe zamagtere'nea zankura antahimi'za ne'zana kre'za nene'za, Ra Anumzamofona musena hunte'naze.

But now, after Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years, to [honor] Yahweh they celebrated the Passover Festival in Jerusalem.

24 Hagi fri vahe hankro'enema keaga nehaza vahe'ene, havi avamu'mofo eri'zama e'neriza vahe'ene, nozamifima havi anumzama tro hunte'neza mono hunentaza zantamine, havi anumzamofo amema'aramine, maka agotega zantamima Jerusalemi kumate'ene Juda kumapinema me'neana, Josaia'a ana zanke huno ana maka eritre vagare'ne. E'inama hu'neana pristi ne' Hilkia'ma Ra Anumzamofo mono nompinti'ma keno eri'nea avontafepima me'nea kasege avaririno anara hu'ne.

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 Hagi Josaia'ma frige'za ko'ma mani'za e'naza kini vahe'ene henkama fore'ma hu'naza kini vahe'mo'za Josaia'ma maka agu'areti'ene, agu'amententi'ene, hankave'areti'enema huno Ra Anumzamo'ma Mosesema ami'nea kasegefima me'nea nanekema amage'ma ante fatgoma hu'neazana huno, mago kinimo'a anara osu'naze.

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 Hianagi ko'ma Manase'ma havi avu'avazama nehuno Ra Anumzamofoma azeri arimpama ahegeno'ma Juda vahe'ma tusi arimpama ahezamante'nea arimpa ahe'zamo'a vaga'ore'ne.

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 Hagi Ra Anumzamo'a amanage hu'ne, Nagra ko'ma Israeli vahe'ma hu'noaza hu'na, Juda vahera mopa zamifintira zamazeri atresuge'za afete mopare vugahaze. Ana nehu'na Jerusalemi kuma'ma Nagri su'ane hu'nama huhampari'noa kumara namefi hunemi'na, Nagri nagi me'nesigetama monora hunantegahazema hu'noa mono nonena, nagra namefi humigahue.

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 Hagi mago'a zama Josaia'ma kini mani'nea knafima efore'ma hu'nea zantamine, agrama tro'ma hu'nea zantamimofo agenkea, Juda kini vahe'mokizmi zamagi zamagenkema krenentaza avontafepi krente'naze.

[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 Hagi Josaia'ma kinima mani'nea knafina, Isipi kini ne' Fero Niko'a sondia vahe zaga'a zamavareno, Yufretisi tintega Asiria kini ne' ome aza hunaku vu'ne. Anama nehigeno'a, kini ne' Josaia'a avatga huno ha' hunteku sondia vahe'a zamavareno nevigeno, Isipi kini ne' Fero Niko'a Megido kumate eme tutagiha hunteno Josaiana ahe fri'ne.

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 Ana hutazage'za Josaiana eri'za vahe'amo'za Megidotira avufga'a karisifi erinte'za vu'za Jerusalemi kumapi, agri'a matipi ome asente'naze. Hagi ana kumapi, Josaia nemofo Jehoahasina, avre'za masave frentete'za huhamprintazageno nefa nona erino kinia mani'ne.

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 Hagi Jehoahasia 23'a kafu nehuno kini efore huno, Jerusalemi kumatera 3'a ikampi kinia mani'ne. Nerera'a Libna ran kumateti, Jeremaia mofakino agi'a Hamutali'e.

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 Hagi agehe'zama hu'nazaza huno Jehoahasi'a Ra Anumzamofo avurera havi avu'avaza hu'ne.

Joahaz did many things that Yahweh said were evil, just like many of his ancestors had done.

33 Hagi Isipi kini ne' Fero Niko'a, Jehoahasina azeriteno Hamati mopafina Ribla kumate kina hunte'ne. Ana higeno Jehoahasi'a Jerusalemi kumatera mago'ene kinia omani'ne. Ana higeno Isipi kini ne Fero Niko'a Juda vahekura huno, silvama kna'amo'ma 3,400 kiloma hu'nesiane, golima kna'amo'ma 34 kiloma hu'nesia namigahaze hu'ne.

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 Hagi Isipi kini ne' Fero Niko'a, Josaiana mago ne' mofavre'a, Eliakimina nefa no erino Juda vahe kinia maninogu azeri o'netino, agi'a Jehoiakimi'e huno ru agi antemi'ne. Hianagi Jehoahasina avreno Isipi mopare umani'negeno anantega fri'ne.

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 Hagi Isipi kini ne' Fero Niko'ma huhampari'nea silvane, golinema Jehoiakimi'ma aminakura, vahepinti hige'za mani'naza avamente takisi zagoa eme amitere hazageno, erino Isipi kini netega atregeno vu'ne.

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 Hagi Jehoakimina kafu'amo'a 25fu nehigeno agafa huno kinia mani'ne. Ana huteno Jerusalemi mani'neno 11ni'a kafufi Juda vahera kegava hu'ne. Nerera'a Ruma ran kumateti, Pedaia mofakino agi'a Sebida'e.

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 Hagi agehezama hu'nazaza huno Jehoakimi'a Ra Anumzamofo avurera havi avu'avaza hu'ne.

He did many things that Yahweh says are evil, like his ancestors had done.