Ii Paralipomenon 34

1 Octo annorum erat Iosias cum regnare cœpisset, et triginta et uno anno regnavit in Ierusalem.

Josiah [is] a son of eight years in his reigning, and he has reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem,

2 Fecitque quod erat rectum in conspectu Domini, et ambulavit in viis David patris sui: non declinavit neque ad dextram, neque ad sinistram.

and he does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, and walks in the ways of his father David, and has not turned aside [to] the right or left.

3 Octavo autem anno regni sui, cum adhuc esset puer, cœpit quærere Deum patris sui David: et duodecimo anno postquam regnare cœperat, mundavit Iudam et Ierusalem ab excelsis, et lucis, simulacrisque et sculptilibus.

And in the eighth year of his reign (and he [is] yet a youth), he has begun to seek for the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he has begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the carved images, and the molten images.

4 Destruxeruntque coram eo aras Baalim: et simulacra, quæ superposita fuerant, demoliti sunt: lucos etiam, et sculptilia succidit atque comminuit: et super tumulos eorum, qui eis immolare consueverant, fragmenta dispersit.

And they break down the altars of the Ba‘alim before him, and he has cut down the images that [are] on high above them, and the Asherim, and the carved images, and the molten images, he has broken and beaten small, and strews [them] on the surface of the graves of those sacrificing to them,

5 Ossa præterea sacerdotum combussit in altaribus idolorum, mundavitque Iudam et Ierusalem.

and he has burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleanses Judah and Jerusalem,

6 Sed et in urbibus Manasse, et Ephraim, et Simeon, usque Nephthali cuncta subvertit.

and in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, with their tools, all around.

7 Cumque altaria dissipasset, et lucos, et sculptilia contrivisset in frustra, cunctaque delubra demolitus esset de universa Terra Israel, reversus est in Ierusalem.

And he breaks down the altars and the Asherim, and he has beaten down the carved images very small, and he has cut down all the images in all the land of Israel, and turns back to Jerusalem.

8 Igitur anno octavodecimo regni sui, mundata iam terra, et templo Domini, misit Saphan filium Eseliæ, et Maasiam principem civitatis, et Ioha filium Ioachaz a commentariis, ut instaurarent domum Domini Dei sui.

And in the eighteenth year of his reign, to purify the land and the house, he has sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah head of the city, and Joah son of Johaz the remembrancer, to strengthen the house of his God YHWH.

9 Qui venerunt ad Helciam Sacerdotem magnum: acceptamque ab eo pecuniam, quæ illata fuerat in domum Domini, et quam congregaverant Levitæ, et ianitores de Manasse, et Ephraim, et universis reliquiis Israel, ab omni quoque Iuda, et Beniamin, et habitatoribus Ierusalem,

And they come to Hilkiah the high priest, and they give the money that is brought into the house of God, that the Levites, keeping the threshold, have gathered from the hand of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

10 tradiderunt in manibus eorum, qui præerant operariis in domo Domini ut instaurarent templum, et infirma quæque sarcirent.

and they give [it] into the hand of the workmen, those appointed over the house of YHWH, and they give it [to] the workmen who are working in the house of YHWH, to repair and to strengthen the house;

11 At illi dederunt eam artificibus, et cæmentariis ut emerent lapides de lapicidinis, et ligna ad commissuras ædificii, et ad contignationem domorum, quas destruxerant reges Iuda.

and they give [it] to craftsmen and to builders to buy hewn stones, and wood for couplings and for beams [for] the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed.

12 Qui fideliter cuncta faciebant. Erant autem præpositi operantium, Iahath et Abdias de filiis Merari, Zacharias et Mosollam de filiis Caath, qui urgebant opus: omnes Levitæ scientes organis canere.

And the men are working faithfully in the business, and over them are appointed Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathite, to overlook; and of the Levites, everyone understanding about instruments of song,

13 Super eos vero, qui ad diversos usus onera portabant, erant scribæ, et magistri de Levitis ianitores.

and over the burden-bearers, and overseers of everyone doing work for every service; and of the Levites [are] scribes, and officers, and gatekeepers.

14 Cumque efferrent pecuniam, quæ illata fuerat in templum Domini, reperit Helcias Sacerdos Librum legis Domini per manum Moysi.

And in their bringing out the money that is brought into the house of YHWH, Hilkiah the priest has found the Scroll of the Law of YHWH by the hand of Moses,

15 Et ait ad Saphan scribam: Librum legis inveni in domo Domini: et tradidit ei.

and Hilkiah answers and says to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found [the] Scroll of the Law in the house of YHWH”; and Hilkiah gives the scroll to Shaphan,

16 At ille intulit volumen ad regem, et nunciavit ei dicens: Omnia, quæ dedisti in manu servorum tuorum, ecce complentur.

and Shaphan brings in the scroll to the king, and brings the king back word again, saying, “All that has been given into the hand of your servants they are doing,

17 Argentum, quod repertum est in domo Domini, conflaverunt: datumque est præfectis artificum, et diversa opera fabricantium.

and they pour out the money that is found in the house of YHWH, and give it into the hand of those appointed and into the hands of those doing the work.”

18 Præterea tradidit mihi Helcias sacerdos hunc librum. Quem cum rege præsente recitasset,

And Shaphan the scribe declares [it] to the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given a scroll to me”; and Shaphan reads in it before the king.

19 audissetque ille verba legis, scidit vestimenta sua:

And it comes to pass, at the king’s hearing the words of the Law, that he tears his garments,

20 et præcepit Helciæ, et Ahicam filio Saphan, et Abdon filio Micha, Saphan quoque scribæ, et Asaæ servo regis, dicens:

and the king commands Hilkiah, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Abdon son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, servant of the king, saying,

21 Ite, et orate Dominum pro me, et pro reliquiis Israel, et Iuda, super universis sermonibus Libri istius, qui repertus est: magnus enim furor Domini stillavit super nos, eo quod non custodierint patres nostri verba Domini ut facerent omnia, quæ scripta sunt in isto volumine.

“Go, seek YHWH for me, and for him who is left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the scroll that is found, for great [is] the fury of YHWH that is poured on us, because that our fathers did not keep the word of YHWH to do according to all that is written on this scroll.”

22 Abiit ergo Helcias, et hi qui simul a rege missi fuerant, ad Oldam prophetidem, uxorem Sellum filii Thecuath, filii Hasra custodis vestium: quæ habitabat in Ierusalem in Secunda: et locuti sunt ei verba, quæ supra narravimus.

And Hilkiah goes, and they of the king, to Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum son of Tikvath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the garments, and she is dwelling in Jerusalem in the Second [Quarter], and they speak to her thus.

23 At illa respondit eis: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israel: Dicite viro, qui misit vos ad me:

And she says to them, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Say to the man who has sent you to me,

24 Hæc dicit Dominus: Ecce ego inducam mala super locum istum, et super habitatores eius, cunctaque maledicta, quæ scripta sunt in Libro hoc, quem legerunt coram rege Iuda.

Thus said YHWH: Behold, I am bringing in calamity on this place and on its inhabitants, all the execrations that are written on the scroll that they read before the king of Judah,

25 Quia dereliquerunt me, et sacrificaverunt diis alienis, ut me ad iracundiam provocarent in cunctis operibus manuum suarum, idcirco stillabit furor meus super locum istum, et non extinguetur.

because that they have forsaken Me, and make incense to other gods, so as to provoke Me with all the works of their hands, and My fury is poured out on this place, and it is not quenched.

26 Ad regem autem Iuda, qui misit vos pro Domino deprecando, sic loquimini: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israel: Quoniam audisti verba voluminis,

And to the king of Judah who is sending you to inquire of YHWH, thus you say to him, Thus said YHWH God of Israel, whose words you have heard:

27 atque emollitum est cor tuum, et humiliatus es in conspectu Dei super his, quæ dicta sunt contra locum hunc, et habitatores Ierusalem, reveritusque faciem meam, scidisti vestimenta tua, et flevisti coram me: ego quoque exaudivi te, dicit Dominus.

Because your heart [is] tender, and you are humbled before God in your hearing His words concerning this place and concerning its inhabitants, and are humbled before Me, and tear your garments, and weep before Me, indeed, I have also heard [you]—a declaration of YHWH.

28 Iam enim colligam te ad patres tuos, et infereris in sepulchrum tuum in pace: nec videbunt oculi tui omne malum, quod ego inducturus sum super locum istum, et super habitatores eius. Retulerunt itaque regi cuncta quæ dixerat.

Behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you have been gathered to your graves in peace, and your eyes do not look on all the calamity that I am bringing on this place and on its inhabitants”; and they bring the king back word.

29 At ille convocatis universis maioribus natu Iuda et Ierusalem,

And the king sends and gathers all the elderly of Judah and Jerusalem,

30 ascendit in domum Domini, unaque omnes viri Iuda et habitatores Ierusalem, Sacerdotes et Levitæ, et cunctus populus a minimo usque ad maximum. Quibus audientibus in domo Domini, legit rex omnia verba voluminis:

and the king goes up to the house of YHWH, and [to] every man of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, even all the people, from great even to small, and he reads in their ears all the words of the scroll of the covenant that is found in the house of YHWH.

31 et stans in tribunali suo, percussit fœdus coram Domino ut ambularet post eum, et custodiret præcepta, et testimonia, et iustificationes eius in toto corde suo, et in tota anima sua, faceretque quæ scripta sunt in volumine illo, quod legerat.

And the king stands on his station, and makes the covenant before YHWH to walk after YHWH, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all his heart and with all his soul, to do the words of the covenant that are written on this scroll.

32 Adiuravit quoque super hoc omnes, qui reperti fuerant in Ierusalem, et Beniamin: et fecerunt habitatores Ierusalem iuxta pactum Domini Dei patrum suorum.

And he presents everyone who is found in Jerusalem and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem do according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

33 Abstulit ergo Iosias cunctas abominationes de universis regionibus filiorum Israel: et fecit omnes, qui residui erant in Israel, servire Domino Deo suo. Cunctis diebus eius non recesserunt a Domino Deo patrum suorum.

And Josiah turns aside all the abominations out of all the lands that the sons of Israel have, and causes everyone who is found in Israel to serve, to serve their God YHWH; all his days they did not turn aside from after YHWH, God of their fathers.