Luo Chronicle 35

1 Tokosra Josiah el oru Kufwen Alukela in acn Jerusalem in akfulatye LEUM GOD. Ke len se aksingoul akosr ke malem se meet, elos uniya kosro nu ke kufwa.

Now Josiah kept the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem, and it was immolated on the fourteenth day of the first month.

2 El srisrngiya mwet tol nu ke kunokon lalos ma elos in oru in Tempul, ac el akkeyalos ac fahk elos in oru ma inge in arulana wo.

And he appointed the priests in their offices, and he exhorted them to minister in the house of the Lord.

3 El oayapa aketeya nu sin mwet Levi, su mwet luti lun mwet Israel ac su arulana eisalosyang nu sin LEUM GOD, ac fahk, “Kowos in filiya Tuptup in Wuleang mutal in Tempul se ma Tokosra Solomon, wen natul David, el musaela. Kowos in tia sifilpa usot use, a kowos in kulansupu LEUM GOD lowos, oayapa mwet Israel mwet lal.

Also, he spoke with the Levites, by whose instruction all of Israel was sanctified to the Lord, saying: “Place the ark in the sanctuary of the temple, which Solomon, the son of David, the king of Israel, built. For never again shall you carry it. Instead, now you shall minister to the Lord your God, and to his people Israel.

4 Kowos in oakikowosi ke acn suwos in Tempul ke ip lun sou, in oana ma kuneyuk kowos nu kac sel Tokosra David ac Tokosra Solomon, wen natul.

And prepare yourselves by your houses and families, within each division, just as David, the king of Israel, instructed, and just as his son Solomon has written.

5 Kowos orala oakwuk lowos tuh in oasr mwet su akola in kasru kais sie sou lun mwet Israel.

And minister in the sanctuary, by the Levitical families and companies.

6 Kowos pa ac uniya sheep fusr ac nani nu ke Kufwen Alukela. Inge kowos in aknasnasye kowos ac akoo mwe kisa uh, tuh mwet Israel wiowos in akfalye oakwuk su LEUM GOD El sot nu suwos sel Moses.”

And having been sanctified, immolate the Passover. And then prepare your brothers, so that they may be able to act in accord with the words which the Lord has spoken by the hand of Moses.”

7 Tokosra Josiah el srukak tausin tolngoul ke sheep, sheep fusr, ac nani sin kosro natul sifacna, oayapa tausin tolu ke cow mukul tuh mwet uh in orekmakin nu ke Kufwen Alukela.

After this, Josiah gave to all the people, those who had been found there at the solemnity of the Passover, thirty thousand lambs and young goats from the flocks, and other kinds of small cattle, and also three thousand oxen. All these were from the substance of the king.

8 Mwet pwapa lal elos wi pac srukak ma kunalos tuh in orekmakinyuk sin mwet uh, mwet tol, ac mwet Levi. Ac Hilkiah Mwet Tol Fulat, Zechariah, ac Jehiel, su mwet kol in Tempul, elos sang luo tausin onfoko ke sheep fusr ac nani fusr, ac tolfoko cow mukul nu sin mwet tol tuh elos in kisakin ke pacl in kufwa.

Also, his rulers offered what they had vowed freely, as much for the people as for the priests and Levites. Moreover, Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers of the house of the Lord, gave to the priests, in order to observe the Passover, two thousand six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.

9 Mwet kol lun mwet Levi inge — Conaniah, Shemaiah, Nethanel (su tamulel lal Shemaiah), Hashabiah, Jeiel, ac Jozabad — elos srukak tausin limekosr ke sheep fusr ac nani fusr, ac lumfoko cow mukul nu sin mwet Levi, tuh in mwe kisa lalos.

And Conaniah, with Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, indeed also Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, rulers of the Levites, gave to the rest of the Levites, in order to celebrate the Passover, five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.

10 Ke ma nukewa akola tari nu ke Kufwen Alukela, mwet tol ac mwet Levi elos tu yen selos, oana ma tokosra el sapkin.

And the ministry was prepared. And the priests stood in their office, and the Levites also stood in their companies, according to the order of the king.

11 Tukun sheep fusr ac nani uh anwuki, mwet Levi elos sukela, ac mwet tol elos sang srah kac osrela loang sac.

And the Passover was immolated. And the priests sprinkled the blood with their hand, and the Levites drew away the pelts of the holocausts.

12 Na elos kitalik kosro ma ac kisakinyuk in mwe kisa firir, ac sang nu sin kais sie sou, tuh elos in ku in orek kisa fal nu ke ma oakwuk in Ma Sap lal Moses.

And they put these aside, so that they might give them to each one, by their houses and families, and so that they might be offered to the Lord, just as it was written in the book of Moses. And with the oxen, they acted similarly.

13 Mwet Levi elos munanla mwe kisa lun Kufwen Alukela inge fin e uh, fal nu ke oakwuk nu kac, ac poeleak mwe sang mutal in tup lulap, tup osra, ac pan, na elos sulaklak ac kitalik nu sin mwet uh.

And they roasted the Passover above fire, in accord with what was written in the law. Yet truly, the victims of peace offerings they boiled in cauldrons and kettles and pots. And they promptly distributed these to all the common people.

14 Tukun ma inge orekla, mwet Levi elos srukak ikwa nu selos sifacna oayapa mwet tol su ma natul Aaron, mweyen mwet tol uh kafofo nwe ke fongeni ke fureak kosro ma ac fonna firiryak, ac kiris ke ma kisala.

Then afterward, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests. Indeed, the priests had been occupied in the oblations of the holocausts and the fat offerings, even until night. Therefore, the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron, last.

15 Mwet on lun mwet Levi inge in sou lal Asaph, elos tu ke acn srisrngiyuki nu selos sel Tokosra David: Asaph, Heman, ac Jeduthun mwet liaten lun tokosra. Mwet topang mutunpot lun Tempul elos tia enenu in som liki acn elos tu we, mweyen mwet Levi saya elos aolulos in akoo Kufwen Alukela.

Now the singers, the sons of Asaph, were standing in their order, according to the instruction of David, and of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the prophets of the king. Truly, the porters kept watch at each gate, so as not to depart from their ministry even for one moment. And for this reason, their brothers, the Levites, prepared foods for them.

16 Ouinge orekla ma nukewa ma Tokosra Josiah el sapkin ke len sac, nu ke alu nu sin LEUM GOD, nwe ke akfulatye Kufwen Alukela, ac nu ke kisakin mwe kisa firir fin loang uh.

And so, the entire worship ritual of the Lord was completed on that day, so that they observed the Passover and offered holocausts upon the altar of the Lord, in accord with the precept of king Josiah.

17 Mwet Israel nukewa su oasr we elos akfulatye Kufwen Alukela ac Kufwen Bread Tia Akpulol ke len itkosr.

And the sons of Israel, who had been found there, kept the Passover at that time, with the solemnity of unleavened bread, for seven days.

18 Tufahna akfulatyeyuk Kufwen Alukela ouinge oe ke pacl lal Samuel mwet palu me. Wangin sie tokosra oemeet me akfulatye Kufwen Alukela oana ma se ma akfulatyeyuk inge in pacl lal Tokosra Josiah, wi mwet tol, mwet Levi, mwet Judah, mwet Israel, ac mwet Jerusalem,

There was no Passover similar to this one in Israel, from the days of Samuel the prophet. And neither did anyone, out of all the kings of Israel, keep such a Passover as did Josiah, the priests and Levites, and all those of Judah and Israel who had been found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

19 ke yac se aksingoul oalkosr ma Josiah el leum.

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah, this Passover was celebrated.

20 Tukun Tokosra Josiah el orala ma inge nukewa nu ke Tempul, Tokosra Neco lun Egypt el us mwet mweun lal in mweuni acn Carchemish sisken Infacl Euphrates. Josiah el srike in tulokunul,

After Josiah had repaired the temple, Neco, the king of Egypt, ascended to fight at Carchemish, beside the Euphrates. And Josiah went out to meet him.

21 tuh Neco el supwala kas inge nu sel, “Mweun se nga oru inge tia ma nu sum, Tokosra lun Judah. Nga tia tuku in mweuni kom, a in mweuni mwet lokoalok luk, ac God El fahk nu sik nga in sulaklak. God El wiyu, na pa kom in tia tulokinyu, tuh Elan tia kunauskomla.”

But he sent messengers to him, saying: “What is there between me and you, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today. Instead, I am fighting against another house, to which God instructed me to go promptly. Refrain from acting against God, who is with me, otherwise he may kill you.”

22 Tusruktu ku na sel Josiah mu el ac mweun. El srunga lohng ma God El fahk nu sel Tokosra Neco, na el ekulla lumahl ac som mweun ke acn tupasrpasr in acn Megiddo.

Josiah was not willing to return. Instead, he prepared for war against him. Neither would he agree to the words of Neco from the mouth of God. In truth, he traveled so that he might do battle in the field of Megiddo.

23 In mweun sac, pisr nutin mwet mweun lun Egypt faksilya Tokosra Josiah, na el fahk nu sin mwet kulansap lal ah, “Usyula. Nga arulana kineta!”

And there, having been wounded by archers, he said to his servants: “Lead me away from the battle. For I have been severely wounded.”

24 Elos sraklalla liki chariot natul ah, eisalang nu fin chariot soko pac natul ma oan we, ac usalla nu Jerusalem. El misa we ac pukpuki ke inkulyuk lun mwet leum. Mwet Judah ac Jerusalem nukewa eoksra ke misa lal ah.

And they took him from the chariot, into another chariot which was following him, as was the custom of kings. And they transported him to Jerusalem. And he died, and he was buried in the mausoleum of his fathers. And all of Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him,

25 Jeremiah, mwet palu, el orala on in eoksra soko lal kacl Tokosra Josiah. Na mwet Israel elos oakiya tuh in sie lia lalos tuh mwet on, mukul ac mutan, in alullulkin on soko inge ke elos eoksra kacl Josiah. On soko inge ku in koneyukyak inmasrlon ma simla nu ke eoksra.

most of all Jeremiah. All the singing men and women repeat his lamentations over Josiah, even to the present day. And this has become like a law in Israel. Behold, it is found written in the Lamentations.

26 Ma nukewa ma Josiah el orala, ke moul in kulansap wowo lal nu sin LEUM GOD, ac ke akosten lal ke Ma Sap,

Now the rest of the words of Josiah, and his mercies, which were instructed by the law of the Lord,

27 ac srumunyal, mutawauk nwe ke safla, simla ke [Sramsram Matu Ke Tokosra Lun Israel Ac Judah.]

and also his works, the first and the last, have been written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.