2 Mga Hari 23

1 At ang hari ay nagsugo, at pinisan nila sa kaniya ang lahat na matanda sa Juda, at sa Jerusalem.

Then the king summoned all the elders of Jerusalem and [of the other places in] Judah.

2 At sumampa ang hari sa bahay ng Panginoon, at ang lahat na lalake ng Juda, at ang lahat na taga Jerusalem na kasama niya, at ang mga saserdote, at ang mga propeta, at ang buong bayan, maliit at gayon din ang malaki: at kanilang binasa sa kanilang mga pakinig ang lahat na salita ng aklat ng tipan na nasumpungan sa bahay ng Panginoon.

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 At ang hari ay tumayo sa tabi ng haligi, at nakipagtipan sa harap ng Panginoon, upang lumakad ng ayon sa Panginoon, at upang ingatan ang kaniyang mga utos, at ang kaniyang mga patotoo, at ang kaniyang mga palatuntunan, ng buong puso at ng buong kaluluwa, upang tuparin ang mga salita ng tipang ito na nasusulat sa aklat na ito: at ang buong bayan ay nananayo sa tipan.

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 At inutusan ng hari si Hilcias na dakilang saserdote, at ang mga saserdote sa ikalawang hanay, at ang mga tagatanod-pinto, na ilabas sa templo ng Panginoon ang lahat na kasangkapan na ginawa kay Baal at sa mga Asera, at sa lahat na natatanaw sa langit; at kaniyang sinunog sa labas ng Jerusalem sa mga parang ng Cedron, at dinala ang mga abo niyaon sa Beth-el.

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 At kaniyang inalis ang mga saserdote na palasamba sa mga dios-diosan na inihalal ng mga hari sa Juda na nagpasunog ng kamangyan sa mga mataas na dako sa mga bayan ng Juda, at sa mga dakong nangasa palibot ng Jerusalem; pati silang nagsisipagsunog ng kamangyan kay Baal, sa araw, at sa buwan, at sa mga tala, at sa lahat ng natatanaw sa langit.

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 At kaniyang inilabas ang mga Asera sa bahay ng Panginoon, sa labas ng Jerusalem sa batis ng Cedron, at sinunog sa batis ng Cedron, at dinurog, at inihagis ang nangadurog niyaon sa libingan ng karaniwang mga tao.

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 At kaniyang ibinagsak ang mga bahay ng mga sodomita, na nangasa bahay ng Panginoon, na pinagtatahian ng mga tabing ng mga babae para sa mga Asera.

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 At dinala ang lahat na saserdote mula sa mga bayan ng Juda, at nilapastangan ang mga mataas na dako, sa pinagsusunugan ng kamangyan ng mga saserdote, mula sa Geba hanggang sa Beerseba; at kaniyang ibinagsak ang mga mataas na dako ng mga pintuang-bayan na nangasa pasukan ng pintuang-bayan ni Josue, na tagapamahala ng bayan, na nangasa kaliwa ng pasukan sa pintuan ng bayan.

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 Gayon ma'y ang mga saserdote sa mga mataas na dako ay hindi sumampa sa dambana ng Panginoon sa Jerusalem, kundi sila'y nagsikain ng tinapay na walang lebadura sa gitna ng kanilang mga kapatid.

10 At kaniyang nilapastangan ang Topheth, na nasa libis ng mga anak ni Hinnom, upang huwag paraanin ng sinoman ang kaniyang anak na lalake o babae sa apoy kay Moloch.

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 At kaniyang inalis ang mga kabayo na ibinigay ng hari ng Juda sa araw, sa pasukan ng bahay ng Panginoon, sa siping ng silid ni Nathan-melech na kamarero, na nasa looban; at sinunog niya sa apoy ang mga karo ng araw.

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 At ang mga dambana na nangasa bubungan ng silid sa itaas ni Achaz, na ginawa ng mga hari sa Juda, at ang mga dambana na ginawa ni Manases sa dalawang looban ng bahay ng Panginoon ay ipinagbabagsak ng hari, at pinaggigiba mula roon, at inihagis ang alabok ng mga yaon sa batis ng Cedron.

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 At ang mga mataas na dako na nangasa harap ng Jerusalem, na nasa kanan ng bundok ng kapahamakan, na itinayo ng haring Salomon kay Asthareth na karumaldumal ng mga Sidonio, at kay Chemos na karumaldumal ng Moab, at sa kay Milcom na karumaldumal ng mga anak ni Ammon, ay nilapastangan ng hari.

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 At kaniyang pinagputolputol ang mga haligi na pinakaalaala, at pinutol ang mga Asera, at pinuno ang kanilang mga dako ng mga buto ng tao.

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 Bukod dito'y ang dambana na nasa Bethel at ang mataas na dako na ginawa ni Jeroboam, na anak ni Nabat, na nakapagkasala sa Israel, sa makatuwid baga'y ang dambanang yaon at ang mataas na dako ay kaniyang ibinagsak; at kaniyang sinunog ang mataas na dako at dinurog, at sinunog ang mga Asera.

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 At pagpihit ni Josias, ay kaniyang natanawan ang mga libingan na nangasa bundok; at siya'y nagsugo, at kinuha ang mga buto sa mga libingan, at sinunog sa dambana, at dinumhan, ayon sa salita ng Panginoon na itinanyag ng lalake ng Dios, na siyang nagtanyag ng mga bagay na ito.

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 Nang magkagayo'y kaniyang sinabi, Anong monumento yaong aking nakikita? At isinaysay ng mga lalake ng bayan sa kaniya, Yao'y libingan ng lalake ng Dios, na nanggaling sa Juda, at itinanyag ang mga bagay na ito na iyong ginawa laban sa dambana sa Beth-el.

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 At kaniyang sinabi, Bayaan ninyo; huwag galawin ng sinoman ang mga buto niya. Sa gayo'y binayaan nila ang mga buto niya, na kasama ng mga buto ng propeta na nanggaling sa Samaria.

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 At ang lahat na bahay naman sa mga mataas na dako na nangasa bayan ng Samaria, na ginawa ng mga hari sa Israel upang mungkahiin ang Panginoon sa galit, ay pinagaalis ni Josias, at ginawa sa mga yaon ang ayon sa lahat na gawa na kaniyang ginawa sa Beth-el.

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 At kaniyang pinatay ang lahat na saserdote sa mga mataas na dako na nangandoon, sa ibabaw ng mga dambana, at sinunog ang mga buto ng mga tao sa mga yaon; at siya'y bumalik sa Jerusalem.

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 At iniutos ng hari sa buong bayan, na sinasabi, Ipagdiwang ninyo ang paskua sa Panginoon ninyong Dios, gaya ng nasusulat sa aklat na ito ng tipan.

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 Tunay na hindi ipinagdiwang ang gayong paskua mula sa mga araw ng mga hukom na naghukom sa Israel, o sa lahat ng mga araw man ng mga hari sa Israel, o ng mga hari man sa Juda;

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 Kundi nang ikalabing walong taon ng haring Josias ay ipinagdiwang ang paskuang ito sa Panginoon sa Jerusalem.

But now, after Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years, to [honor] Yahweh they celebrated the Passover Festival in Jerusalem.

24 Bukod dito'y sila na nakikipagsanggunian sa masamang espiritu, at ang mga manghuhula, at ang mga terap, at ang mga diosdiosan, at ang lahat na karumaldumal na natanawan sa lupain ng Juda, at sa Jerusalem, ay pinagaalis ni Josias, upang kaniyang matupad ang mga salita ng kautusan na nasusulat sa aklat na nasumpungan ni Hilcias na saserdote sa bahay ng Panginoon.

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 At walang naging hari na gaya niya na una sa kaniya, na bumalik sa Panginoon ng buong puso niya, at ng buong kaluluwa niya, at ng buong kapangyarihan niya, ayon sa buong kautusan ni Moises; ni may bumangon mang sumunod sa kaniya na gaya niya.

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 Gayon ma'y hindi tinalikdan ng Panginoon ang bagsik ng kaniyang malaking pag-iinit, na ipinagalab ng kaniyang galit laban sa Juda, dahil sa lahat na pamumungkahi na iminungkahi ni Manases sa kaniya.

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 At sinabi ng Panginoon, Akin ding aalisin ang Juda sa aking paningin, gaya ng aking pagaalis sa Israel, at aking itatakuwil ang bayang ito na aking pinili, sa makatuwid baga'y ang Jerusalem, at ang bahay na aking pinagsabihan. Ang pangalan ko'y doroon.

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 Ang iba nga sa mga gawa ni Josias, at ang lahat na kaniyang ginawa, di ba nangasusulat sa aklat ng mga alaala sa mga hari sa Juda?

[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 Nang mga kaarawan niya, si Faraon-nechao na hari sa Egipto at umahon laban sa hari sa Asiria, sa ilog Eufrates: at ang haring Josias ay naparoon laban sa kaniya; at pinatay niya siya sa Megiddo, nang makita niya siya.

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 At dinala siyang patay ng kaniyang mga lingkod sa isang karo, mula sa Megiddo at dinala siya sa Jerusalem, at inilibing siya sa kaniyang sariling libingan. At kinuha ng bayan ng lupain si Joachaz na anak ni Josias, at pinahiran ng langis siya, at ginawa siyang hari na kahalili ng kaniyang ama.

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 Si Joachaz ay may dalawangpu't tatlong taon nang siya'y magpasimulang maghari; at siya'y nagharing tatlong buwan sa Jerusalem: at ang pangalan ng kaniyang ina ay Amutal na anak ni Jeremias na taga Libna.

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 At siya'y gumawa ng masama sa paningin ng Panginoon, ayon sa lahat na ginawa ng kaniyang mga magulang.

Joahaz did many things that Yahweh said were evil, just like many of his ancestors had done.

33 At inilagay ni Faraon-nechao siya sa pangawan sa Ribla, sa lupain ng Hamath, upang siya'y huwag makapaghari sa Jerusalem; at siningilan ang bayan ng isang daang talentong pilak, at isang talentong ginto.

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 At ginawa ni Faraon-nechao si Eliacim na anak ni Josias, na hari na kahalili ni Josias, na kaniyang ama, at pinalitan ang kaniyang pangalan ng Joacim: nguni't kaniyang dinala si Joachaz; at siya'y naparoon sa Egipto, at namatay roon.

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 At ibinigay ni Joacim ang pilak at ginto kay Faraon; nguni't kaniyang pinabuwis ang lupain upang magbigay ng salapi ayon sa utos ni Faraon; kaniyang siningil ang pilak at ginto ng bayan ng lupain, sa bawa't isa ayon sa ipinabuwis niya upang ibigay kay Faraon-nechao.

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 Si Joacim ay may dalawangpu't limang taon nang magpasimulang maghari: at siya'y nagharing labing isang taon sa Jerusalem: at ang pangalan ng kaniyang ina ay Zebuda na anak ni Pedaia na taga Ruma.

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 At siya'y gumawa ng masama sa paningin ng Panginoon, ayon sa lahat na ginawa ng kaniyang mga magulang.

He did many things that Yahweh says are evil, like his ancestors had done.