Otra Ķēniņu 23
1 Tad ķēniņš sūtīja, un pie viņa sapulcinājās visi vecaji no Jūda un Jeruzālemes.
Then the king summoned all the elders of Jerusalem and [of the other places in] Judah.
2 Un ķēniņš gāja Tā Kunga namā un līdz ar viņu visi Jūda vīri un visi Jeruzālemes iedzīvotāji un visi priesteri un pravieši un visi ļaudis, gan mazi, gan lieli. Un viņš lasīja priekš viņu ausīm visus vārdus no tās derības grāmatas, kas bija atrasta Tā Kunga namā.
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 Un ķēniņš stāvēja tai augstajā vietā un derēja derību priekš Tā Kunga vaiga, Tam Kungam pakaļ staigāt un turēt Viņa baušļus un Viņa liecības un Viņa likumus no visas sirds un no visas dvēseles, stipri turēt šās derības vārdus, kas bija rakstīti šai grāmatā. Un visi ļaudis uzņēma šo derību.
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 Un ķēniņš pavēlēja augstajam priesterim Hilķijam, un otras kārtas priesteriem un sliekšņa sargiem, iznest no Tā Kunga nama visus rīkus, kas bija taisīti Baālam un Ašerai un visam debess pulkam, un viņš tos sadedzināja ārā aiz Jeruzālemes Kidronas ielejā un viņu pīšļus lika nest uz Bēteli.
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 Viņš arī nocēla tos kalnu priesterus, ko Jūda ķēniņi bija iecēluši, kvēpināt uz kalniem Jūda pilsētas un ap Jeruzālemi, arī tos, kas kvēpināja Baālam, saulei un mēnesim un zvaigznēm un visam debess pulkam.
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 Viņš arī izmeta to Ašeru no Tā Kunga nama ārā aiz Jeruzālemes pie Kidronas upes un to sadedzināja pie Kidronas upes un to sagrūda pīšļos un nometa viņas pīšļus uz ļaužu bērnu kapiem.
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 Viņš noplēsa arī maucinieku namus, kas pie Tā Kunga nama bija, kur sievas auda teltis priekš Ašeras.
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 Un viņš saaicināja visus priesterus no Jūda pilsētām un sagānīja tos kalnu altārus, kur tie svētītāji bija kvēpinājuši, no Ģebas līdz Bēršebai, un noplēsa elku altārus pie vārtiem, to, kas bija Jozuas, pilsētas virsnieka, vārtu priekšā, (un to, kas) bija pa kreiso roku, kad ieiet pilsētas vārtos.
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 Bet kalnu priesteri neupurēja uz Tā Kunga altāra Jeruzālemē, bet tie ēda neraudzētu maizi starp saviem brāļiem.
10 Viņš sagānīja arī Tovetu, Inoma bērnu ielejā, ka neviens savam dēlam vai meitai neliktu caur uguni iet Molokam.
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 Viņš arī atmeta tos zirgus, ko Jūda ķēniņi saulei bija cēluši, kur Tā Kunga namā iet, pie kambarjunkura NetanMeleka kambara, kas iekš Parvarim, un sadedzināja arī saules ratus ar uguni.
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 Viņš noplēsa arī tos altārus, kas bija uz Ahaza augšistabas jumta, ko Jūda ķēniņi bija taisījuši līdz ar tiem altāriem, ko Manasus bija taisījis Tā Kunga nama abos pagalmos, un tos sagrūda un meta viņu pīšļus Kidronas upē.
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 Un ķēniņš sagānīja tos kalnu altārus Jeruzālemes priekšā, pa labo roku samaitāšanas kalnam, ko Salamans, Israēla ķēniņš, bija uztaisījis Astartei, Sidona negantībai, un Kamosam, Moaba negantībai, un Milkonam, Amona bērnu negantībai.
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 Un viņš sadragāja tos stabus un nopostīja tās Ašeras un pildīja viņu vietas ar cilvēku kauliem.
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 Viņš noplēsa arī to altāri, kas bija Bētelē, to kalna namu, ko Jerobeams, Nebata dēls, bija taisījis, kas Israēli paveda uz grēkiem: to altāri un kalna namu viņš noplēsa un sadedzināja to kalna namu un to sagrūda pīšļos un sadedzināja to Ašeru.
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 Un Josija apgriezās un redzēja tos kapus, kas tur tanī kalnā bija; un viņš sūtīja un ņēma tos kaulus no tiem kapiem un tos sadedzināja uz tā altāra un to sagānīja pēc Tā Kunga vārda, ko tas Dieva vīrs bija sludinājis, kas šīs lietas sludināja.
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 Un viņš sacīja: kas tā par kapa zīmi, ko es redzu? Un tās pilsētas ļaudis uz to sacīja: Tas ir Tā Dieva vīra kaps, kas no Jūda atnāca un šās lietas pasludināja, ko tu pie Bēteles altāra darījis.
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 Un viņš sacīja: Lai tas dus mierā, neviens lai neaiztiek viņa kaulus. Tā tie izglāba viņa kaulus ar tā pravieša kauliem, kas no Samarijas bija nācis.
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 Josija arī noplēsa visus kalnu namus Samarijas pilsētās, ko Israēla ķēniņi bija cēluši, to (Kungu) kaitinādami, un viņš tiem darīja, kā viņš Bētelē bija darījis.
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 Un visus kalnu priesterus, kas tur bija, viņš nokāva uz tiem altāriem un sadedzināja cilvēku kaulus uz tiem; tad viņš griezās atpakaļ uz Jeruzālemi.
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 Un ķēniņš pavēlēja visiem ļaudīm sacīdams: turat Tam Kungam, savam Dievam, Pasa svētkus, kā šīs derības grāmatā rakstīts.
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 Jo tādi Pasa svētki kā šie nebija turēti nedz soģu laikā, kas Israēli tiesāja, nedz visu Israēla ķēniņu, nedz Jūda ķēniņu laikā;
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 Bet ķēniņa Josijas astoņpadsmitā gadā šie Pasa svētki Tam Kungam tapa turēti Jeruzālemē.
But now, after Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years, to [honor] Yahweh they celebrated the Passover Festival in Jerusalem.
24 Un Josija arī izdeldēja pūtējus un burvjus, tēlus un elkus un visu negantību, ko vien redzēja Jūda zemē un Jeruzālemē, ka viņš stipri turētu bauslības vārdus, kas bija rakstīti tai grāmatā, ko priesteris Hilķija bija atradis Tā Kunga namā.
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 Un priekš viņa nebija tāds ķēniņš, kā viņš, kas pie Tā Kunga būtu atgriezies no visas savas sirds un no visas savas dvēseles un ar visu savu spēku, pēc visas Mozus bauslības, un arī pēc viņa tāds necēlās, kā viņš.
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 Tomēr Tas Kungs negriezās no Savas lielās dusmības karstuma, ar ko Viņa bardzība pret Jūdu bija iedegusies, par visu kaitināšanu, ar ko Manasus Viņu bija kaitinājis.
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 Un Tas Kungs sacīja: Es atmetīšu arī Jūdu nost no Sava vaiga, kā Es Israēli esmu atmetis, un atmetīšu šo pilsētu, ko Es biju izredzējis, proti Jeruzālemi, un to namu, par ko biju sacījis: Mans vārds tur būs.
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 Un kas vēl par Josiju stāstāms un viss, ko viņš darījis, tas rakstīts Jūda ķēniņu laiku grāmatā.
[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 Viņa laikā Faraons Nekus, Ēģiptes ķēniņš, cēlās pret Asīrijas ķēniņu pie Eifrat upes. Un ķēniņš Josija tam gāja pretī, un Ēģiptes ķēniņš to nokāva pie Meģidus, kad tie sastapās.
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 Un viņa kalpi to aizveda nomirušu no Meģidus un to noveda uz Jeruzālemi un to apraka viņa kapā. Un tās zemes ļaudis ņēma Joakasu, Josijas dēlu, un to svaidīja un cēla par ķēniņu viņa tēva vietā.
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 Joakas bija divdesmit un trīs gadus vecs, kad viņš palika par ķēniņu, un valdīja trīs mēnešus Jeruzālemē. Un viņa mātei bija vārds Amutala, Jeremijas meita no Libnas.
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 Un viņš darīja, kas Tam Kungam nepatika, kā viņa tēvi bija darījuši.
Joahaz did many things that Yahweh said were evil, just like many of his ancestors had done.
33 Bet Faraons Nekus to saistīja Riblatā, Hamatas zemē, lai nebūtu vairs par ķēniņu Jeruzālemē, un viņš uzlika zemei meslus dot, simts talentus sudraba un vienu talentu zelta.
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 Un Faraons Nekus iecēla par ķēniņu Elijaķimu, Josijas dēlu, viņa tēva Josijas vietā, un viņam deva citu vārdu, Jojaķimu. Bet Joakasu viņš ņēma līdz, un tas nāca uz Ēģipti un tur nomira.
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 Un Jojaķims Faraonam deva sudrabu un zeltu. Bet viņš lika zemi uzrakstīt, lai varētu to sudrabu dot pēc Faraona pavēles, no ikkatra pēc tā raksta viņš to zeltu un sudrabu piedzina no zemes ļaudīm, ko dot Faraonam Nekum.
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 Jojaķims bija divdesmit pieci gadus vecs, kad palika par ķēniņu, un valdīja vienpadsmit gadus Jeruzālemē. Un viņa mātei bija vārds Zebuda, Pedajus meita, no Rumas.
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 Un viņš darīja, kas Tam Kungam nepatika, kā viņa tēvi bija darījuši.
He did many things that Yahweh says are evil, like his ancestors had done.
