2 Mpanjaka 23
1 Ary nanirahan’ ny mpanjaka, ka dia vory tany aminy ny loholon’ ny Joda Jerosalema rehetra.
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Dia niakatra ho ao an-tranon’ i Jehovah ny mpanjaka, ary nanaraka azy ny lehilahy rehetra amin’ ny Joda sy ny mponina rehetra tany Jerosalema mbamin’ ny mpisorona sy ny mpaminany ary ny vahoaka rehetra, na kely na lehibe; ary novakiny teo anatrehany ny teny rehetra tamin’ ny bokin’ ny fanekena izay hita tao an-tranon’ i Jehovah.
And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
3 Ary ny mpanjaka nitsangana teo amin’ ny fitoeran’ andriana, dia nanao fanekena teo anatrehan’ i Jehovah hanaraka Azy sy hitandrina ny lalàny sy ny teni-vavolombelony ary ny didiny amin’ ny fony rehetra sy ny fanahiny rehetra, hankatò ny tenin’ ny fanekena sy izay voasoratra ao amin’ izany boky izany. Ary ny vahoaka rehetra koa dia mba nanaiky ny fanekena.
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
4 Ary ny mpanjaka nandidy an’ i Hilkia mpisoronabe sy ireo mpisorona manarakaraka ary ny mpiandry varavarana hamoaka ny fanaka rehetra izay natao ho an’ i Bala sy Astarta ary ho an’ izay rehetra eny amin’ ny lanitra hiala amin’ ny tempolin’ i Jehovah; ka nodorany tany ivelan’ i Jerosalema teny amin’ ny saha amoron’ i Kidrona ireny, ary nentiny ho any Betela ny vovony.
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
5 Ary natsahany koa ny mpisorona amin’ ny andriamani-tsi-izy, izay notendren’ ny mpanjakan’ ny Joda handoro ditin-kazo manitra eny amin’ ny fitoerana avo tany amin’ ny tanànan’ ny Joda sy tamin’ ny manodidina an’ i Jerosalema, sy izay nandoro ditin-kazo manitra koa ho an’ i Bala, dia ny masoandro, ary ho an’ ny volana sy ny kintana amin’ ny Zodiaka ary ho an’ izay rehetra eny amin’ ny lanitra.
Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
6 Ary ny Aseraha navoakany hiala amin’ ny tranon’ i Jehovah ho any ivelan’ i Jerosalema, ao amin’ ny lohasahan-driaka Kidrona; ary nodorany tao io ka notorotoroiny ho vovoka, ary ny vovony nafafiny teny ambonin’ ny fasam-bahoaka.
He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
7 Ary noravany ny tranon’ ny olona nanolo-tena hijangajanga ho fanompoan-tsampy izay teo amin’ ny tranon’ i Jehovah, dia ireo nanenoman’ ny vehivavy lay ho an’ i Astarta.
He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
8 Ary nampaka ny mpisorona rehetra avy tamin’ ny tanànan’ ny Joda izy, dia nolotoiny ny fitoerana avo, izay nandoroan’ ny mpisorona ditin-kazo manitra, hatrany Geba ka hatrany Beri-sheba ary noravany ny fitoerana avo tao akaikin’ ny vavahady, dia ilay teo anoloan’ ny vavahadin’ i Josoa, komandin’ ny tanàna, sy ilay teo an-kavia raha miditra amin’ ny vavahadin’ ny tanana.
Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.
9 Fa ny mpisorona tamin’ ny fitoerana avo tsy navela hanatitra teo ambonin’ ny alitaran’ i Jehovah any Jerosalema; nefa nahazo niara-nihinana mofo tsy misy masirasira tamin’ ny rahalahiny ihany izy.
Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
10 Ary nolotoiny koa Tofeta, izay eo amin’ ny lohasahan’ ny taranak’ i Hinoma, mba tsy hisy hampandeha ny zananilahy na ny zananivavy hamaky ny afo ho an’ i Moloka intsony.
He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
11 Ary ny soavaly izay nohamasinin’ ireo mpanjakan’ ny Joda ho an’ ny masoandro ka nataony teo amin’ ny fidirana ho ao an-tranon’ i Jehovah, teo akaikin’ ny efi-tranon’ i Natana-meleka tandapa, izay tao Parvara, dia nesoriny; ary ny kalesin’ ny masoandro nodorany tamin’ ny afo.
And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.
12 Ary ireo alitara teo an-tampon-trano ambony amin’ ny tranon’ i Ahaza, izay nataon’ ireo mpanjakan’ ny Joda, sy ny alitara izay nataon’ i Manase tao anatin’ ny kianja roa tamin’ ny tranon’ i Jehovah, dia noravan’ ny mpanjaka ka notorotoroiny, dia nafafiny tany amin’ ny lohasahan-driaka Kidrona ny vovony.
He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
13 Ary nolotoin’ ny mpanjaka ireo fitoerana avo izay teo anoloan’ i Jerosalema, teo amin’ ny ankavanan’ ny tendrombohitra nahitan-doza, dia ireo nataon’ i Solomona, mpanjakan’ ny Isiraely, ho an’ i Astarta, fa havetavetan’ ny Sidoniana, sy ho an’ i Kemosy, fahavetavetan’ i Moaba, ary ho an’ i Milkoma, fahavetavetan’ ny taranak’ i Amona.
The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
14 Dia notorotoroiny ny tsangam-baton-tsampy sady nokapainy koa ny Aseraha, ka nofenoiny taolan’ olona ny nitoerany.
He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
15 Ary ny alitara izay tao Betela sy ny fitoerana avo izay nataon’ i Jeroboama, zanak’ i Nebata, ilay nampanota ny Isiraely, dia noravany koa; ary nodorany ny fitoerana avo ka notorotoroiny ho vovoka, ary nodorany koa ny Aseraha.
He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
16 Ary nitodika Josia ka nahita ny fasana teny an-tendrombohitra, dia naniraka naka ny taolana tao am-pasana, ary nodorany teo ambonin’ ny alitara ireny nandotoany azy, araka ny tenin’ i Jehovah, izay notorin’ ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra.
And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.
17 Dia hoy izy: Tsangam-baton’ iza itsy hitako itsy? Ary hoy ny mponina tao an-tanana taminy: Fasan’ ilay lehilahin’ Andriamanitra izay avy tany Joda io, dia ilay nitory izao zavatra nataonao tamin’ ny alitara eto Betela izao.
Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
18 Ary hoy izy: Aoka itsy; aza misy manetsika ny taolany akory. Dia tsy nokasihiny ny taolany sy ny taolan’ ilay mpaminany avy tany Samaria.
“Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.
19 Ary ny trano rehetra tamin’ ny fitoerana avo, izay teny amin’ ny tanànan’ i Samaria, izay nataon’ ireo mpanjakan’ ny Isiraely ka nahatonga fahatezerana, dia noravan’ i Josia koa ka nataony araka izay rehetra efa navony tany Betela.
Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.
20 Ary ny mpisorona rehetra izay teo, dia ny mpisorona amin’ ny fitoerana avo, novonoiny teo ambonin’ ny alitara, sady nandoro taolan’ olona teo koa izy, dia niverina nankany Jerosalema.
On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
21 Ary ny mpanjaka nandidy ny vahoaka rehetra hoe: Tandremo ny Paskan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo, araka ny voasoratra ao amin’ ny bokin’ ity fanekena ity.
The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
22 Fa tsy nisy Paska notandremana toy izany hatramin’ ny andron’ ny mpitsara izay nitsara ny Isiraely, na tamin’ ny andro rehetra nanjakan’ ny mpanjakan’ ny Isiraely sy ny mpanjakan’ ny Joda;
No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
23 fa tamin’ ny taona fahavalo ambin’ ny folo nanjakan’ i Josia mpanjaka no nitandremany izany Paska izany ho an’ i Jehovah tany Jerosalema.
But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.
24 Ary ny nanao azy ho tsindrian-javatra sy ny mpanao hatsarana sy ny terafima sy ny sampy ary ny fahavetavetana rehetra izay hita tany amin’ ny tany Joda sy tany Jerosalema dia nesorin’ i Josia koa, mba hanatanterahana ny tenin’ ny lalàna voasoratra ao amin’ ilay boky hitan’ i Hilkia mpisorona tao an-tranon’ i Jehovah.
Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
25 Ary tsy nisy mpanjaka tahaka azy teo alohany, izay niverina ho amin’ i Jehovah tamin’ ny fony rehetra sy ny fanahiny rehetra sy ny heriny rehetra araka ny lalàn’ i Mosesy rehetra; sady tsy nisy tahaka azy intsony niseho tao aoriany.
Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
26 Nefa Jehovah tsy nitsahatra tamin’ ny firehetan’ ny fahatezerany mafy, dia ilay fahatezerana nirehitra tamin’ ny Joda noho ny fampahatezerana rehetra izay nampahatezeran’ i Manase Azy.
Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
27 Dia hoy Jehovah: Hesoriko koa ny Joda hiala eo imasoko, tahaka ny nanesorako ny Isiraely, ary holaviko ity tanàna Jerosalema nofidiko ity sy ny trano izay nolazaiko hoe: Ho ao ny anarako.
For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
28 Ary ny tantaran’ i Josia sisa mbamin’ izay rehetra nataony, tsy efa voasoratra ao amin’ ny bokin’ ny tantaran’ ny mpanjakan’ ny Joda va izany?
As for the rest of the acts of Josiah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
29 Tamin’ ny andro nanjakan’ i Josia no niakaran’ i Farao-neko, mpanjakan’ i Egypta, hankany amoron’ ny ony Eofrata hiady amin’ ny mpanjakan’ i Asyria; ary Josia mpanjaka dia nandeha hiady amin’ i Farao. Kanjo nony hitany, dia matiny tao Megido izy.
At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.
30 Ary ny fatiny dia napetraky ny mpanompony tao anaty kalesy ka nentiny niala tao Megido ho any Jerosalema, dia naleviny tao amin’ ny fasany. Ary nalain’ ny vahoaka Joahaza, zanak’ i Josia, dia nohosorany ka nampanjakainy handimby an-drainy.
From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
31 Telo amby roa-polo taona Joahaza fony izy vao nanjaka, ary telo volana no nanjakany tany Jerosalema. Ary ny anaran-dreniny dia Hamotala, zanakavavin’ i Jeremia, avy any Libna.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
32 Ary nanao izay ratsy eo imason’ i Jehovah izy tahaka izay rehetra nataon’ ny razany.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
33 Ary nafatotr’ i Farao-neko tao Ribla any amin’ ny tany Hamata izy, mba tsy hanjakany any Jerosalema, sady nampandoaviny sazy talenta volafotsy zato sy talenta volamena iray ny fanjakana.
And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
34 Ary Farao-neko nanendry an’ i Eliakima, zanak’ i Josia, ho mpanjaka hisolo an’ i Josia rainy; ary ny anarany novany ho Joiakima, fa Joahaza kosa dia nentiny ho any Egypta ka maty tany.
Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.
35 Ary ny volafotsy sy ny volamena dia nomen’ i Joiakima an’ i Farao; kanefa notombanany avokoa ny olona rehetra araka ny didin’ i Farao, ary ny vahoaka rehetra dia samy nampandoaviny vola araka ny tombany avy, mba homeny an’ i Farao-neko.
So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.
36 Dimy amby roa-polo taona Joiakima, fony izy vao nanjaka, ary nanjaka iraika ambin’ ny folo taona tany Jerosalema izy. Ary ny anaran-dreniny dia Zebida, zanakavavin’ i Pedaia, avy any Romaha.
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.
37 Ary nanao izay ratsy eo imason’ i Jehovah izy tahaka izay nataon’ ny razany.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
