2 Kingi 23
1 Na ka unga tangata atu te kingi, a huihuia ana e ratou nga kaumatua katoa o Hura, o Hiruharama, ki a ia.
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Na ka haere te kingi ki te whare o Ihowa, ratou ko nga tangata katoa o Hura, ko nga tangata katoa o Hiruharama, ko nga tohunga, ko nga poropiti, ko te iwi katoa hoki, te iti, te rahi. A korerotia ana e ia ki o ratou taringa nga kupu katoa o te pu kapuka o te kawenata i kitea nei ki te whare o Ihowa.
He went to the Lord's Temple with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, together with the priests and the Levites, all the people from the least to the greatest, and he read to them the whole Book of the Agreement that had been discovered in the Lord's Temple.
3 Na tu ana te kingi ki te taha o te pou, a whakaritea ana e ia he kawenata ki te aroaro o Ihowa, ara kia whakapaua tona ngakau, tona wairua, ki te whai ki a Ihowa, ki te pupuri i ana whakahau, i ana whakaaturanga, i ana tikanga, ki te whakamana ho ki i nga kupu o tenei kawenata kua tuhituhia nei ki tenei pukapuka; a tu tonu te iwi katoa ki te kawenata.
The king stood by the pillar and made a solemn agreement before the Lord to follow him and to keep his commandments, laws, and regulations with total dedication, and to observe the requirements of the agreement as written in the book. All the people entered into the agreement.
4 Na ka whakahau te kingi ki te tino tohunga, ki a Hirikia, ki nga tohunga tuarua, ki nga kaitiaki kuwaha, kia whakaputaina ki waho o te temepara o Ihowa nga oko katoa i hanga ma Paara, mo te Ahera, ma te ope katoa ano hoki o te rangi. Na tahuna an a e ia aua mea ki waho o Hiruharama, ki nga mara i Kitirono, kawea ana nga pungarehu ki Peteere.
Then the king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of second rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the Lord's Temple everything made for Baal, Asherah, and the worship of sun, moon, and stars. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the Kidron fields and took their ashes to Bethel.
5 I whakakahoretia hoki e ia nga tohunga whakapakoko i whakaritea ra e nga kingi o Hura hei tahu whakakakara ki nga wahi tiketike i nga pa o Hura, a ki nga taha o Hiruharama, ratou ko nga kaitahu whakakakara ki a Paara, ki te ra, ki te marama, ki n ga whetu, ki te ope katoa hoki o te rangi.
He also dismissed the priests appointed by the kings of Judah to present burnt offerings on the high places of the towns of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, those who had sacrificed to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the powers of heaven.
6 I mauria ano e ia te Ahera i roto i te whare o Ihowa ki waho o Hiruharama, ki te awa ki Kitirono, a tahuna ana ki te awa ki Kitirono, a tukia ana kia ririki, ano he puehu, maka ana te puehu o taua mea ki runga ki nga tanumanga o te iwi nui.
He removed the Asherah pole from the Lord's Temple and took it to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. He burned it there, ground it into dust, and threw its dust over the graves of the ordinary people.
7 I tukitukia ano e ia nga whare o te hunga whakahoroma i te taha o te whare o Ihowa, i te wahi i whatu ai nga wahine i nga pa mo te Ahera.
He also demolished the quarters of the cult prostitutes that were in the Lord's Temple, where the women used to weave tapestries for the Asherah.
8 A i whakaputaina e ia nga tohunga katoa i nga pa o Hura, whakapokea iho nga wahi tiketike i tahu whakakakara ai nga tohunga, o Kepa a tae noa ki Peerehepa; a i wahia e ia nga wahi tiketike o nga keti, era i te kuwaha o te keti o Hohua kawana o te pa, i te taha maui o te tangata i te keti o te pa.
Josiah brought to Jerusalem all the priests from the towns of Judah and defiled the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had sacrificed burnt offerings. He demolished the high places of the gates, near to the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the governor of the city, which was left of the town gate.
9 Otiia kihai nga tohunga o nga wahi tiketike i haere ki te aata a Ihowa i Hiruharama; engari i kai ratou i te taro rewenakore i roto i o ratou teina.
Though the priests of the high places did not serve at the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, they did eat unleavened bread with their brother priests.
10 A i whakapokea e ia a Topete, tera i te raorao o nga tama a Hinomo, kei mea tetahi tangata kia tika tana tama, tana tamahine ranei, na waenganui i te ahi hei mea ki a Moreke.
He defiled the Topheth altar in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
11 I whakawateatia atu ano e ia nga hoiho i homai e nga kingi o Hura hei mea ki te ra, i te tomokanga o te whare o Ihowa, i te ruma o Natanamereke, o te kaitiaki ruma, i reira i waho ake; tahuna ana hoki e ia nga hariata o te ra ki te ahi.
He removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun from the entrance to the Lord's Temple. They were in the courtyard near the room of a eunuch named Nathan-melech. Josiah also burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.
12 Na, ko nga aata i te tuanui o te ruma o runga, o Ahata, i hanga ra e nga kingi o Hura, me nga aata i hanga e Manahi ki nga marae e rua e te whare o Ihowa, i tukitukia e te kingi, wahia iho i reira, maka ana te puehu o aua mea ki te awa ki Kitiro no.
He demolished the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars Manasseh had placed in the two courtyards of the Lord's Temple. The king smashed them to pieces and scattered them in the Kidron Valley.
13 A, ko nga wahi tiketike, ko era i te ritenga atu o Hiruharama i te taha matau o te maunga o te whakangaromanga, i hanga nei e Horomona kingi o Iharaira ma Ahatorete, ma te mea whakarihariha a nga Haironi, ma Kemoho, ma te mea whakarihariha a nga Moapi, ma Mirikomo, ma te mea whakarihariha a nga tama a Amono, whakapokea iho era e te kingi.
The king also defiled the high places to the east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, the places which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth, the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh, the vile god of the Moabites, and for Molech, the vile god of the Ammonites.
14 I wawahia hoki e ia nga pou, i tapahia ki raro nga Aherimi, a whakakiia ana o ratou wahi ki nga whenua tangata.
He smashed the sacred stone pillars to pieces, chopped down the Asherah poles, and covered the places with human bones.
15 Ko te aata hoki i Peteere, ko te wahi tiketike i hanga nei e Ieropoama tama a Nepata i hara ai a Iharaira, wahia iho ana e ia taua aata me te wahi tiketike; a tahuna ana e ia te wahi tiketike, tukia ana kia ririki, ano he puehu, a tahuna ana e i a te Ahera.
He also demolished the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to dust, and burned the Asherah pole.
16 A, i a Hohia e tahuri ana, ka kite ia i nga tanumanga i reira, i te maunga; na ka tonoa e ia he tangata ki te tiki i nga whenua i roto i nga tanumanga, na tahuna ana e ia ki runga ki te aata, whakapokea iho e ia, hei whakarite mo te kupu a Ihowa i korerotia e te tangata a te Atua, i korero nei i enei kupu.
As Josiah looked around he saw some tombs there on the hill. He had the bones taken from the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, just as the Lord had said through the man of God who had prophesied these things.
17 Katahi ia ka mea, He aha tena tohu e kite atu nei ahau? Na ka mea nga tangata o te pa ki a ia, Ko te tanumanga ia o te tangata a te Atua i haere mai i Hura, a korerotia ana e ia enei mea kua meatia nei e koe ki te aata i Peteere.
Then he asked, “Whose gravestone is this that I see?” “It's the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed exactly what you have done to the altar of Bethel,” the townspeople replied.
18 Na ka mea ia, Waiho marie ia; kei whakakorikoria ona wheua e tetahi. Na kapea ake ana e ratou ona whenua me nga wheua o te poropiti i haere mai i Hamaria.
“Let him rest in peace,” said Josiah. “Don't anyone touch his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, together with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.
19 Na, ko nga whare katoa o nga wahi tiketike, ko era i nga pa o Hamaria, i hanga nei e nga kingi o Iharaira hei whakapataritari i a Ihowa, whakakahoretia ana e Hohia; rite tonu tana i mea ai ki aua whare ki nga mea katoa i mea ai ia ki Peteere.
Josiah destroyed, just as he did at Bethel, all the shrines of the high places in the towns of Samaria that the kings of Israel had built that had angered the Lord.
20 I patua ano hoki e ia nga tohunga katoa o nga wahi tiketike o reira ki runga ki nga aata, tahuna ana hoki nga wheua tangata ki runga ki aua aata, a hoki ana ki Hiruharama.
Josiah slaughtered all the priests who were there at the high places on the altars, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
21 Na ka whakahau te kingi ki te iwi katoa, ka mea, Mahia te kapenga hei mea ki a Ihowa, ki to koutou Atua; kia rite ki te mea i tuhituhia ki tenei pukapuka o te kawenata.
The king sent out an order to all the people, “Observe the Passover of the Lord your God, as it is written in this Book of the Agreement.”
22 He pono kahore he rite mo tena mahinga i te kapenga, mai o nga ra i nga kaiwhakawa i whakarite mo Iharaira, o nga ra katoa i nga kingi o Iharaira, i nga kingi ano o Hura;
Such a Passover as this had not been observed from the days of the judges who ruled Israel on through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
23 Engari to te tekau ma waru o nga tau o Kingi Hohia, ara tenei kapenga i mahia nei ki a Ihowa ki Hiruharama.
But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was observed to honor the Lord in Jerusalem.
24 Na ko te hunga i whai ki nga atua maori, ki nga mata maori, ki nga terapimi, ki nga whakapakoko, ki nga mea whakarihariha katoa i kitea ki te whenua o Hura, ki Hiruharama, whakakahoretia iho e Hohia, kia mana ai i a ia nga kupu o te ture i tuhit uhia ki te pukapuka i kitea e Hirikia tohunga ki te whare o Ihowa.
In addition, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the disgusting practices that were present in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to fulfill the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the Lord's Temple.
25 Na kahore he kingi i mua atu i a ia hei rite mona te whakapau o tona ngakau, o tona wairua, o tona kaha, ki te tahuri ki a Ihowa, rite tonu ki te ture katoa a Mohi; kahore hoki kia whakatika tetahi rite mona i muri i a ia.
Never before was there a king like him who committed himself to the Lord in all his thoughts and attitudes, and with all his strength, keeping all the Law of Moses. There was no king like him afterwards either.
26 He ahakoa ra, kihai a Ihowa i tahuri ke i te muranga o tona riri nui i mura ai tona riri ki a Hura, mo nga whakapataritaringa katoa i whakapataritari ai a Manahi i a ia.
However, the Lord had not given up his furious hostility, which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to anger him.
27 Na ka mea a Ihowa, Ka whakawateatia atu e ahau a Hura hoki i toku aroaro, ka peratia me taku whakawateatanga i a Iharaira, a ka rukea atu e ahau tenei pa i whiriwhiria nei e ahau, a Hiruharama, me te whare i ki ra ahau, Me waiho toku ingoa ki ko nei.
So the Lord announced, “I'm also going to banish Judah from my presence, just as I banished Israel. I will abandon this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the Temple regarding which I said, My name will be there.”
28 Na, ko era atu meatanga a Hohia me ana mahi katoa, kihai ianei i tuhituhia ki te pukapuka o nga meatanga o nga ra o nga kingi o Hura?
The rest of what happened in Josiah's reign, and all he did, are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.
29 I ona ra ka haere a Parao Neko kingi o Ihipa ki te kingi o Ahiria ki te awa ki Uparati: na haere ana a Kingi Hohia ki te tu ki a ia; a whakamatea iho ia e tera ki Mekiro, i tona kitenga i a ia.
While Josiah was still king, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, led his army to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah took his army to fight him at Megiddo, but when Neco saw Josiah he killed him.
30 Na ka mauria atu e ana tangata tona tinana i Mekiro i runga i te hariata, a kawea ana ki Hiruharama, tanumia iho ki tona tanumanga. Na ka mau te iwi o tera whenua ki a Iehoahata tama a Hohia, a whakawahia ana ia, meinga ana hei kingi i muri i to na papa.
His servants put his body in a chariot, brought him back from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land chose Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in succession to his father.
31 E rua tekau ma toru nga tau o Iehoahata i tona kingitanga; a e toru nga marama i kingi ai ia ki Hiruharama. A ko te ingoa o tona whaea ko Hamutara, he tamahine na Heremaia o Ripina.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for three months. His mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah. She came from Libnah.
32 A he kino tana mahi ki te titiro a Ihowa; rite tonu ki nga mea katoa i mea ai ona matua.
He did what was evil in the Lord's sight, just as all his forefathers had done.
33 Na herea ana ia e Parao Neko ki Ripira, ki te whenua o Hamata, kia kaua ia e kingi ki Hiruharama; a whakaritea ana e ia he takoha ki te whenua, kotahi rau taranata hiriwa, kotahi taranata koura.
Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath to stop him ruling in Jerusalem. He also imposed on Judah a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
34 Na ka meatia e Parao Neko a Eriakimi tama a Hohia hei kingi i muri i tona papa, i a Hohia: whakawhitia ketia ake e ia tona ingoa ko Iehoiakimi; ko Iehoahata ia tangohia ana e ia, kawea ana ki Ihipa, a i mate atu ki reira.
Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim, son of Josiah, king in succession to his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Jehoahaz to Egypt, where he died.
35 Na ka hoatu e Iehoiakimi ki a Parao te hiriwa me te koura; otiia i takohatia e ia te whenua kia hoatu ai te moni i kiia nei e Parao. Tohea ana e ia te hiriwa me te koura ki te iwi o te whenua, te takoha a tenei, a tenei, hei hoatu mana ki a Para o Neko.
Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but in order to meet Pharaoh's demand he taxed the land and required payment of the silver and the gold from the people, each in proportion to their wealth.
36 E rua tekau ma rima nga tau o Iehoiakimi i tona kingitanga; a kotahi tekau ma tahi nga tau i kingi ai ia ki Hiruharama. A ko te ingoa o tona whaea ko Tepura, he tamahine na Peraia o Ruma.
Jehoiakim was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother's name was Zebidah, daughter of Pedaiah She came from Rumah.
37 A he kino tana mahi ki te titiro a Ihowa, i rite ki nga mea katoa i mea ai ona matua.
He did evil in the Lord's sight, just as his forefathers had done.
