Boqorradii Labaad 23
1 Markaasaa boqorkii cid diray, oo waxaa loo soo ururiyey odayaashii dalka Yahuudah iyo kuwii Yeruusaalem oo dhan.
Then the king summoned all the elders of Jerusalem and [of the other places in] Judah.
2 Oo boqorkiina wuxuu u kacay gurigii Rabbiga, oo waxaa isagii la socday raggii dalka Yahuudah oo dhan, iyo dadkii Yeruusaalem degganaa oo dhan, iyo wadaaddadii, iyo nebiyadii, iyo dadkii oo dhan yar iyo weynba; oo isna wuxuu hortooda ku akhriyey dhammaan erayadii kitaabkii axdiga oo gurigii Rabbiga laga dhex helay.
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 Markaasaa boqorkii istaagay tiirka agtiisii, oo wuxuu Rabbiga hortiisa axdi ugu maray inuu Rabbiga raaco oo uu qalbigiisa oo dhan iyo naftiisa oo dhan ku dhawro amarradiisa, iyo markhaatiyadiisa, iyo qaynuunnadiisa, iyo inuu sii adkeeyo erayadii axdigan oo kitaabkan ku qornaa, oo dadkii oo dhammuna axdigii bay aqbaleen oo u istaageen.
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 Markaasaa boqorkii ku amray wadaadkii sare oo ahaa Xilqiyaah, iyo wadaaddadii lahaa derejada labaad, iyo iridjoogayaashii, inay macbudka Rabbiga ka soo bixiyaan kulli weelashii loo sameeyey Bacal, iyo geedihii Asheeraah, iyo ciidanka samada oo dhan; oo isna wuxuu ku gubay Yeruusaalem dibaddeeda oo ah berrimmadii Qidroon, oo dambaskoodiina Beytel buu u qaaday.
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 Oo wuxuu casilay wadaaddadii sanamyada caabudi jiray oo ay boqorradii dalka Yahuudah u doorteen inay foox ku shidaan meelaha sarsare oo ku yaal magaalooyinka dalka Yahuudah iyo meelaha ku wareegsan Yeruusaalem, iyo weliba kuwii fooxa u shidi jiray Bacal, iyo qorraxda, iyo dayaxa, iyo xiddigaha, iyo ciidanka samada oo dhan.
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 Oo geedihii Asheeraahna gurigii Rabbiga wuu ka soo bixiyey oo wuxuu geeyey Yeruusaalem dibaddeeda ilaa durdurka Qidroon, oo wuxuu ku gubay durdurkii Qidroon agtiisa, oo intuu ku tuntay ayuu budo ka dhigay, oo budadiina ku daadshay qabuurihii dadka.
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 Oo wuxuu dumiyey guryihii makhnuudyada oo ku dhex yiil guriga Rabbiga meeshay naaguhu ku samayn jireen daahyadii geedihii Asheeraah.
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 Oo wadaaddadii oo dhanna wuxuu ka soo kaxeeyey magaalooyinkii dalka Yahuudah, wuuna nijaaseeyey meelihii sarsare oo wadaaddadu fooxa ku shidi jireen, tan iyo Gebac ilaa Bi'ir Shebac; oo haddana wuxuu dumiyey meelihii sarsare oo irdaha, kuwaas oo ku yiil meesha laga soo galo iridda Yashuuca oo ahaa taliyihii magaalada, oo ku yiil xagga bidix ee iridda magaalada.
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 Habase yeeshee wadaaddadii meelaha sarsare ma ay iman meeshii allabariga oo Rabbiga ee Yeruusaalem ku tiil, laakiinse walaalahood way ku dhex cuni jireen kibis aan khamiir lahayn.
10 Oo wuxuu nijaaseeyey Tofed oo ku taal dooxadii reer Xinnom, si uusan ninna wiilkiisa ama gabadhiisa dabkii u dhex marin Moleg.
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 Oo wuxuu fogeeyey fardihii boqorradii dalka Yahuudah ay qorraxda ku siiyeen iridda laga soo galo guriga Rabbiga ee u dhow qolkii Naataan Meleg oo bohon ahaa uu degganaa, oo gaadhifardoodkii qorraxdana buu gubay.
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 Oo meelihii allabariga oo ku yiil qowladda sare ee Aaxaas saqafkeeda oo boqorradii dalka Yahuudah ay sameeyeen, iyo meelihii allabariga oo Manaseh ka sameeyey labada barxadood oo guriga Rabbiga ayuu boqorkii wada dumiyey, oo halkaas intuu ka orday ayuu boodhkoodii ku shubay durdurkii Qidroon.
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 Oo boqorkii wuxuu kaloo nijaaseeyey meelihii sarsare oo Yeruusaalem horteeda ku yiil, kuwaas oo ku yiil midigta buurta baabba'a, kuwaas oo Sulaymaan oo ahaa boqorkii reer binu Israa'iil uu u dhisay Cashtored oo ahayd karaahiyadii reer Siidoon, iyo Kemoosh oo ahaa karaahiyadii reer Moo'aab, iyo Milkom oo ahaa karaahiyadii reer Cammoon.
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 Oo wuxuu burburiyey tiirarkii, geedihii Asheeraahna wuu jaray, oo meelahoodiina wuxuu ka buuxiyey dad lafahood.
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 Oo weliba wuxuu kaloo dumiyey meeshii allabariga ee Beytel ku tiil, iyo meeshii sare oo Yaaraabcaam ina Nebaad oo dadkii Israa'iil dembaajiyey uu sameeyey, oo isla meeshii sare wuu gubay oo intuu ku tuntay ayuu budo ka dhigay, oo geedihii Asheeraahna wuu gubay.
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 Oo Yoosiyaah markuu soo jeestay ayuu arkay qabuurihii buurta ku yiil, oo intuu cid diray oo qabuurihii lafihii ka soo bixiyey ayuu meeshii allabariga ku dul gubay, wuuna nijaaseeyey, sidii uu ahaa erayga Rabbiga oo ninkii Ilaah naadiyey, kaasoo ahaa kii waxyaalahan naadiyey.
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 Markaasuu yidhi, Taalladaas aan arkaa waa maxay? Oo dadkii magaaladu waxay ku yidhaahdeen, Waa qabrigii ninkii Ilaah oo dalka Yahuudah ka yimid oo naadiyey waxyaalahan aad ku samaysay meeshii allabariga ee Beytel.
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 Markaasuu yidhi, Iska daaya oo yaan ninna lafihiisa dhaqaajin. Sidaas daraaddeed way iska daayeen lafihiisii iyo lafihii nebigii Samaariya ka yimid.
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 Oo guryihii meelaha sarsare oo dhan ee ku yiil magaalooyinka Samaariya ee ay boqorradii dalka Israa'iil u dhiseen inay Rabbiga kaga xanaajiyaan ayuu Yoosiyaah wada dumiyey, oo wuxuu ku sameeyey falimihii uu Beytel ku sameeyey oo kale.
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 Oo wadaaddadii meelaha sarsare oo halkaas joogay oo dhanna wuxuu ku wada laayay meelihii allabariga dushooda, dushoodiina wuxuu ku gubay lafo dad, dabadeedna Yeruusaalem buu ku noqday.
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 Markaasaa boqorkii dadkii oo dhan amray oo ku yidhi, Rabbiga Ilaahiinna ah u dhawra Iidda Kormaridda, siday ugu qoran tahay kitaabkan axdiga.
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 Hubaal Iiddaas Kormaridda oo kale lama dhawrin tan iyo wakhtiyadii xaakinnadu reer binu Israa'iil xukumi jireen, iyo wakhtiyadii boqorradii dalka Israa'iil oo dhan, iyo wakhtiyadii boqorradii dalka Yahuudah toona.
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 Laakiinse sannaddii siddeed iyo tobnaad oo Boqor Yoosiyaah ayaa Iiddaas Kormaridda Rabbiga loogu dhawray Yeruusaalem.
But now, after Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years, to [honor] Yahweh they celebrated the Passover Festival in Jerusalem.
24 Oo weliba Yoosiyaah wuxuu baabbi'iyey kuwii ruuxaanta lahaa, iyo saaxiriintii, iyo teraafiimtii, iyo sanamyadii, iyo dhammaan karaahiyadii lagu arkay dalka Yahuudah iyo Yeruusaalemba, si uu u adkeeyo erayadii sharcigii ku qornaa kitaabkii wadaadkii Xilqiyaah ka dhex helay gurigii Rabbiga.
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 Oo isaga hortiis ma jirin boqor la mid ah oo Rabbiga ugu soo jeestay qalbigiisa oo dhan iyo naftiisa oo dhan iyo xooggiisa oo dhan siduu ahaa sharcigii Muuse oo dhan, oo isagii dabadiisna ma uu kicin boqor la mid ahu.
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 Laakiinse Rabbigu kama uu soo noqon cadhadiisii kululayd ee weynayd oo uu dadka Yahuudah ugu cadhooday xanaaqii uu Manaseh isaga ka xanaajiyey aawadiis.
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 Markaasaa Rabbigu yidhi, Anigu dadkii Yahuudahna hortayda waan ka fogaynayaa, sidaan dadkii Israa'iilba u fogeeyey oo kale, oo waan duminayaa magaaladan aan doortay oo ah Yeruusaalem, iyo gurigii aan idhi, Magacaygu halkaas ha yaallo.
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 Haddaba Yoosiyaah falimihiisii kale iyo wixii uu sameeyey oo dhammu sow kuma qorna kitaabkii taariikhda boqorradii dalka Yahuudah?
[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 Oo isaga wakhtigiisii ayaa Fircoon Nekoo oo boqorka Masar ahaa ku kacay boqorkii Ashuur ilaa Webi Yufraad, oo waxaa isagii ku soo baxay Boqor Yoosiyaah, markaasaa Fircoon Nekoo isagii ku dilay Megiddoo agteeda markuu arkay.
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 Oo addoommadiisii intay gaadhifaras Megiddoo kaga qaadeen isagoo meyd ah ayay Yeruusaalem keeneen oo qabrigiisii ku aaseen. Markaasay dadkii waddanku soo wateen Yehoo'aaxaas ina Yoosiyaah, oo intay subkeen ayay boqor uga dhigeen meeshii aabbihiis.
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 Oo Yehoo'aaxaas markuu boqor noqday wuxuu jiray saddex iyo labaatan sannadood, oo intii saddex bilood ah ayuu Yeruusaalem boqor ka ahaa; oo hooyadiis magaceeduna wuxuu ahaa Xamuutal ina Yeremyaah, oo reer Libnaah ahayd.
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 Oo isna wuxuu sameeyey wax Rabbiga hortiisa shar ku ah sidii wixii ay awowayaashiis sameeyeen oo dhan.
Joahaz did many things that Yahweh said were evil, just like many of his ancestors had done.
33 Fircoon Nekoo ayaa isagii ku xidhay Riblaah oo ku taal dalka Xamaad si uusan Yeruusaalem boqor ugu sii ahaan; oo dalkiina wuxuu saaray baad ah boqol talanti oo lacag ah iyo talanti dahab ah.
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 Markaasaa Fircoon Nekoo ayaa Eliyaaqiim ina Yoosiyaah boqor uga dhigay meeshii aabbihiis Yoosiyaah, oo magiciisiina wuxuu u beddelay Yehooyaaqiim, laakiinse isagu Yehoo'aaxaas buu kaxeeyey, oo markuu Masar keenay ayuu halkaas ku dhintay.
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 Markaasaa Yehooyaaqiim lacagtii iyo dahabkii Fircoon siiyey; laakiinse wuxuu cashuuray dalka inuu lacagtii u bixiyo sidii Fircoon ugu amray; oo lacagtii iyo dahabkii wuxuu ka soo guray dadkii dalka degganaa, intii mid kastaba cashuurtiisu ahayd, si uu Fircoon Nekoo u siiyo.
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 Oo Yehooyaaqiimna markuu boqor noqday wuxuu jiray shan iyo labaatan sannadood, oo Yeruusaalemna wuxuu boqor ka ahaa kow iyo toban sannadood, oo hooyadiis magaceedana waxaa la odhan jiray Sebuudaah ina Fedaayaah, oo reer Ruumaah ahayd.
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 Oo isna wuxuu sameeyey wax shar ku ah Rabbiga hortiisa, sidii wixii ay awowayaashiis sameeyeen oo dhan.
He did many things that Yahweh says are evil, like his ancestors had done.
