2 Bakonzi 23

1 Mokonzi Joziasi abengisaki bampaka nyonso ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi epai na ye,

And the king sends, and they gather all [the] elderly of Judah and Jerusalem to him,

2 mpe akendeki na Tempelo ya Yawe elongo na bato nyonso ya Yuda, bavandi nyonso ya Yelusalemi, Banganga-Nzambe mpe basakoli, bato nyonso, kobanda na oyo aleki na se kino na oyo aleki na lokumu. Mokonzi atangelaki bango makomi nyonso ya buku ya Boyokani oyo emonanaki kati na Tempelo ya Yawe.

and the king goes up to the house of YHWH, and every man of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from small to great, and he reads in their ears all the words of the Scroll of the Covenant that is found in the house of YHWH.

3 Mokonzi atelemaki na etemelo ya kolobela, asalaki boyokani oyo liboso ya Yawe: « Nalapi ndayi ete nakolanda Yawe, nakotosa mibeko, mitindo mpe malako na Ye, na motema mpe na elimo na ngai mobimba; mpe nakotosa maloba ya boyokani, oyo ekomama kati na buku oyo. » Bato nyonso bandimaki kotosa boyokani yango.

And the king stands by the pillar, and makes the covenant before YHWH, to walk after YHWH, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all the heart, and with all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written on this scroll, and all the people stand in the covenant.

4 Mokonzi apesaki mitindo epai ya Ilikia, mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe, epai ya Banganga-Nzambe oyo balandi mpe epai ya bakengeli bikuke ya Tempelo ya Yawe, mpo ete balongola kati na Tempelo ya Yawe, biloko nyonso oyo esalema mpo na Bala, mpo na nzambe mwasi Ashera, mpe mpo na mampinga nyonso ya likolo. Mokonzi atumbaki yango libanda ya Yelusalemi, kati na bilanga ya lubwaku ya Sedron, mpe amemaki putulu na yango na Beteli.

And the king commands Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out from the temple of YHWH all the vessels that are made for Ba‘al, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of the heavens, and he burns them at the outside of Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and has carried their ashes to Beth-El.

5 Mokonzi alongolaki banganga-nzambe ya bapaya oyo bakonzi ya Yuda batiaki mpo na kotumba ansa na bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba ya bingumba ya Yuda mpe ya zingazinga ya Yelusalemi: bango nde bazalaki kotumba ansa mpo na Bala, mpo na moyi, mpo na sanza, mpo na minzoto mpe mpo na mampinga nyonso ya likolo.

And he has caused to cease the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah have appointed (and they make incense in high places, in cities of Judah and outskirts of Jerusalem), and those making incense to Ba‘al, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the twelve signs, and to all the host of the heavens.

6 Alongolaki kati na Tempelo ya Yawe likonzi ya nzambe mwasi Ashera, mpe amemaki yango na lubwaku ya Sedron, libanda ya Yelusalemi, epai wapi batumbaki yango. Akomisaki yango putulu mpe asopaki yango na kunda epai wapi bakundaka bato ebele na libulu moko.

And he brings out the Asherah from the house of YHWH to the outside of Jerusalem, to the Brook of Kidron, and burns it at the Brook of Kidron, and beats it small to dust, and casts its dust on the grave of the sons of the people.

7 Mokonzi abukaki kati na Tempelo ya Yawe, bandako ya mibali oyo bazalaki komipesa na kindumba ya bule, bandako epai wapi basi bazalaki kotonga banzambala mpo na nzambe mwasi Ashera.

And he breaks down the houses of the whoremongers that [are] in the house of YHWH, where the women are weaving houses for the Asherah.

8 Joziasi abengisaki Banganga-Nzambe nyonso ya bingumba ya Yuda mpe bapanzaki bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba oyo ezalaki longwa na Geba kino na Beri-Sheba epai wapi banganga-nzambe wana bazalaki kotumba ansa. Abukaki mpe bisika ya bule oyo batonga pene ya bikuke ya bingumba: oyo ezalaki na ebandeli ya ekuke ya Jozue, moyangeli ya engumba, mpe oyo ezalaki na ngambo ya loboko ya mwasi ya ekuke ya engumba.

And he brings in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiles the high places where the priests have made incense, from Geba to Beer-Sheba, and has broken down the high places of the gates that [are] at the opening of the Gate of Joshua, head of the city, that [is] on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city;

9 Atako banganga-nzambe ya bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba bakokaki te kosala mosala na etumbelo ya Yawe kati na Yelusalemi, kasi bazalaki kolia mapa ezanga levire elongo na Banganga-Nzambe mosusu.

only, the priests of the high places do not come up to the altar of YHWH in Jerusalem, but they have eaten unleavened things in the midst of their brothers.

10 Mokonzi apanzaki etumbelo ya Tofeti, oyo ezalaki na Lubwaku ya Beni-Inomi mpo ete moto moko te asalela yango lisusu mpo na kotumba mwana na ye ya mobali to ya mwasi lokola mbeka epai ya Moloki.

And he has defiled Topheth that [is] in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, so that no man causes his son and his daughter to pass over through fire to Molech.

11 Alongolaki, wuta na ekuke kino na Tempelo ya Yawe, bampunda oyo bakonzi ya Yuda babonzaki na nzambe Moyi, oyo ezalaki na lopango pembeni ya shambre ya Netani-Meleki, soda oyo baboma mokongo. Mokonzi atumbaki bashar oyo bazalaki kosalela losambo ya nzambe Moyi.

And he causes to cease the horses that the kings of Judah have given to the sun from the entering in of the house of YHWH, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech the eunuch, that [is] in the outskirts; and he has burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

12 Mokonzi abukaki bitumbelo oyo bakonzi ya Yuda batongaki na likolo ya shambre ya likolo ya Akazi, mpe bitumbelo oyo Manase atongisaki kati na mapango mibale ya Tempelo ya Yawe. Alongolaki yango wana, abukaki yango na biteni, mpe abwakaki yango na lubwaku ya Sedron.

And the altars that [are] on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, that the kings of Judah made, and the altars that Manasseh made in the two courts of the house of YHWH, the king has broken down, and removes from there, and has cast their dust into the Brook of Kidron.

13 Mokonzi apanzaki mpe bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba oyo ezalaki na este ya Yelusalemi, na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali ya ngomba ya Libebi, oyo Salomo, mokonzi ya Isalaele, atongaki mpo na Asitarite, nzambe mwasi ya makambo mabe ya bato ya Sidoni; mpo na Kemoshi, nzambe ya makambo mabe ya bato ya Moabi; mpe mpo na Moloki, nzambe ya makambo mabe ya bato ya Amoni.

And the high places that [are] on the front of Jerusalem, that [are] on the right of the Mount of Corruption, that Solomon king of Israel had built to Ashtoreth, abomination of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, abomination of Moab, and to Milcom, abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king has defiled.

14 Joziasi abukaki mabanga ya bule, akweyisaki makonzi ya Ashera, mpe atondisaki esika yango na mikuwa ya bato.

And he has broken the standing-pillars in pieces, and cuts down the Asherim, and fills their place with bones of men;

15 Joziasi abukaki mpe etumbelo oyo ezalaki na Beteli mpe esambelo ya likolo ya ngomba oyo Jeroboami, mwana mobali ya Nebati, atongaki mpo na kopengwisa bana ya Isalaele. Abukaki etumbelo yango mpe akomisaki yango putulu. Bongo atumbaki mpe likonzi ya Ashera.

and also the altar that [is] in Beth-El, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, by which he made Israel sin, both that altar and the high place he has broken down, and burns the high place—he has beat it small to dust, and has burned the Asherah.

16 Tango Joziasi atalaki na zingazinga, amonaki bakunda oyo ezalaki na likolo ya ngomba; boye akundolaki mikuwa oyo ezalaki kuna mpe atumbaki yango na likolo ya etumbelo. Na nzela yango, abebisaki lokumu ya etumbelo yango kolanda Liloba na Yawe, oyo moto na Nzambe asakolaki.

And Josiah turns, and sees the graves that [are] there on the mountain, and sends and takes the bones out of the graves, and burns [them] on the altar, and defiles it, according to the word of YHWH that the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

17 Mokonzi atunaki: — Kunda oyo nazali komona ezali ya nani? Bato ya engumba bazongisaki: — Ezali kunda ya moto na Nzambe oyo awutaki na Yuda mpe asakolaki makambo oyo owuti kosala na etumbelo ya Beteli.

And he says, “What [is] this sign that I see?” And the men of the city say to him, “The grave of the man of God who has come from Judah, and proclaims these things that you have done concerning the altar of Beth-El.”

18 Mokonzi alobaki: — Botika yango, moto moko te asimba mikuwa na ye. Boye batikaki mikuwa na ye mpe mikuwa ya mosakoli oyo awutaki na Samari.

And he says, “Leave him alone, let no man touch his bones”; and they let his bones escape with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.

19 Ndenge asalaki na Beteli, Joziasi abukaki bisika nyonso ya bule ya bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba oyo bakonzi ya Isalaele batongaki kati na bingumba ya Samari, oyo na tina na yango Yawe asilikaki makasi.

And also all the houses of the high places that [are] in the cities of Samaria, that the kings of Israel made to provoke to anger, Josiah has turned aside, and does to them according to all the deeds that he did in Beth-El.

20 Joziasi abomaki banganga-nzambe nyonso ya bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba oyo bazalaki kuna, abonzaki bango lokola mbeka na likolo ya bitumbelo na bango moko mpe atumbaki mikuwa ya bato na likolo ya bitumbelo yango. Bongo azongaki na Yelusalemi.

And he slays all the priests of the high places who [are] there by the altars, and burns the bones of man on them, and turns back to Jerusalem.

21 Mokonzi apesaki mitindo epai ya bato nyonso: « Bosala feti ya Pasika mpo na Yawe, Nzambe na bino, kolanda ndenge ekomama kati na buku ya Boyokani. »

And the king commands the whole of the people, saying, “Make a Passover to your God YHWH, as it is written on this scroll of the covenant.”

22 Feti ya Pasika ya lolenge wana etikalaki nanu kosalema te wuta na tango oyo bilombe bakambaki Isalaele to na tango nyonso ya bakonzi ya Isalaele mpe ya bakonzi ya Yuda.

Surely there has not been made like this Passover from the days of the ones judging who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah;

23 Kasi tango Joziasi akokisaki mibu zomi na mwambe na bokonzi, basalaki lisusu feti ya Pasika mpo na Yawe, na Yelusalemi.

but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover has been made to YHWH in Jerusalem.

24 Joziasi abomaki mpe bato oyo basololaka na milimo ya bakufi, bamoni makambo, bikilakila, banzambe ya bikeko, mpe biloko nyonso oyo ezalaki kati na mokili ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi. Asalaki bongo mpo na kokokisa mitindo oyo ekomama kati na buku oyo Nganga-Nzambe Ilikia amonaki kati na Tempelo ya Yawe.

And also, those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, Josiah has put away, in order to establish the words of the Law that are written on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest has found in the house of YHWH.

25 Mokonzi moko te azongelaki Yawe lokola Joziasi, na motema na ye mobimba, na molimo na ye mobimba mpe na makasi na ye nyonso, kolanda mibeko nyonso ya Moyize. Mpe sima na ye, mokonzi moko te azalaki lokola ye.

And like him there has not been before him a king who turned back to YHWH with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses, and after him there has none risen like him.

26 Nzokande, Yawe atikaki te kanda makasi na Ye, oyo apeliselaki Yuda likolo ya mabe nyonso oyo Manase asalaki mpo na kopesa Ye kanda.

Only, YHWH has not turned back from the fierceness of His great anger with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh provoked him,

27 Boye Yawe alobaki: « Nakobengana mpe Yuda na miso na Ngai ndenge nabenganaki Isalaele; nakobwaka Yelusalemi, engumba oyo napona, elongo na Tempelo na yango, oyo na tina na yango nalobaki: ‹ Kombo na Ngai ekozala kuna. › »

and YHWH says, “I also turn Judah aside from my presence, as I turned Israel aside, and I have rejected this city that I have chosen—Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My Name is there.”

28 Makambo mosusu oyo etali bokonzi ya Joziasi mpe misala na ye nyonso, ekomama kati na buku ya masolo ya bakonzi ya Yuda.

And the rest of the matters of Josiah and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

29 Tango Joziasi azalaki mokonzi, Faraon Neko, mokonzi ya Ejipito, akendeki na ebale Efrate mpo na kosunga mokonzi ya Asiri. Mokonzi Joziasi akendeki kokutana na ye mpo na kokanga ye nzela, kasi Neko abundisaki ye mpe abomaki ye, na Megido.

In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt has come up against the king of Asshur, by the Euphrates River, and King Josiah goes out to meet him, and [Pharaoh Necho] puts him to death in Megiddo when he sees him.

30 Basoda ya Joziasi bamemaki ebembe na ye na likolo ya shar, longwa na Megido kino na Yelusalemi epai wapi bakundaki ye kati na kunda na ye moko. Bato ya mokili bazwaki Yoakazi, mwana mobali ya Joziasi, bapakolaki ye mafuta mpe bakomisaki ye mokonzi mpo na kokitana na tata na ye.

And his servants cause him to ride dying from Megiddo, and bring him to Jerusalem, and bury him in his own grave, and the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and anoint him, and cause him to reign instead of his father.

31 Yoakazi azalaki na mibu tuku mibale na misato ya mbotama tango akomaki mokonzi, mpe akonzaki basanza misato na Yelusalemi. Kombo ya mama na ye ezalaki « Amutali. » Amutali azalaki mwana ya Jeremi, moto ya Libina.

Jehoahaz [is] a son of twenty-three years in his reigning, and he has reigned three months in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah,

32 Yoakazi asalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe ndenge bakoko na ye basalaki.

and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his fathers did,

33 Faraon Neko atiaki ye na boloko mpe akangaki ye minyololo, na Ribila, kati na mokili ya Amati, mpo ete akonza lisusu te na Yelusalemi. Faraon Neko afutisaki na makasi mokili ya Yuda mpako ya nkoto misato nkama minei ya bakilo ya palata mpe bakilo tuku misato na minei ya wolo.

and Pharaoh Necho binds him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, from reigning in Jerusalem, and he puts a fine on the land—one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

34 Faraon Neko akomisaki Eliakimi, mwana mobali ya Joziasi, mokonzi mpo na kokitana na Joziasi, tata na ye; abongolaki kombo na ye mpe akomisaki yango « Yeoyakimi. » Kasi akangaki Yoakazi mpe amemaki ye na Ejipito. Mpe Yoakazi akufaki kuna.

And Pharaoh Necho causes Eliakim son of Josiah to reign instead of his father Josiah, and turns his name to Jehoiakim, and he has taken Jehoahaz away, and he comes to Egypt, and dies there.

35 Yeoyakimi afutaki epai ya Faraon Neko palata mpe wolo oyo asengaki. Mpo na kofuta yango, Yeoyakimi asengaki ete bato ya mokili bafuta mpako. Afutisaki bato mpako ya palata to ya wolo kolanda bozwi na bango.

And Jehoiakim has given the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; only he valued the land to give the silver by the command of Pharaoh; from each, according to his valuation, he exacted the silver and the gold, from the people of the land, to give to Pharaoh Necho.

36 Yeoyakimi azalaki na mibu tuku mibale na mitano ya mbotama tango akomaki mokonzi, mpe akonzaki mibu zomi na moko na Yelusalemi. Kombo ya mama na ye ezalaki « Zebuda. » Zebuda azalaki mwana ya Pedaya, moto ya Ruma.

Jehoiakim [is] a son of twenty-five years in his reigning, and he has reigned eleven years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zebudah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah,

37 Yeoyakimi asalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe ndenge kaka bakoko na ye basalaki.

and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his fathers did.