2 Meʻa Hokohoko 35

1 Pea naʻe fai foki ʻe Sosaia ʻa e [kātoanga ]ʻoe Lakaatu kia Sihova ʻi Selūsalema: pea naʻa nau tāmateʻi ʻae Lakaatu ʻi hono [ʻaho ]hongofulu ma fā ʻoe ʻuluaki māhina.

Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem. They killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

2 Pea naʻa ne fokotuʻu ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻi honau ngaahi lakanga, ʻo ne tokoni ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngāue ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova.

He set the priests in their offices and encouraged them in the service of the LORD’s house.

3 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia ki he kau Livai ʻaia naʻe akonakiʻi ʻa ʻIsileli kotoa pē, ʻakinautolu naʻe māʻoniʻoni kia Sihova, “Mou ʻai ʻae puha māʻoniʻoni ʻi he fale naʻe langa ʻe Solomone ko e foha ʻo Tevita ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli: ʻe ʻikai ʻai ia ko e kavenga ki homou uma: ko eni mou tauhi ʻa Sihova ko homou ʻOtua, mo hono kakai ko ʻIsileli,

He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to the LORD, “Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built. It will no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel.

4 Pea teuteu ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ngaahi fale ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi tamai, ʻo fakatatau ki homou lakanga, ʻo taau mo e tohi ʻa Tevita ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, pea hangē ko e tohi ʻa Solomone ko hono foha.

Prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

5 Pea mou tuʻu ʻi he potu māʻoniʻoni ʻo fakatatau mo e vahe ʻoe ngaahi fale ʻoe ngaahi tamai ʻo homou kāinga ko e kakai, pea taau mo e vahe ʻoe ngaahi fale ʻoe kau Livai.

Stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of your brothers the children of the people, and let there be for each a portion of a fathers’ house of the Levites.

6 Ko ia mou tāmateʻi ʻae Lakaatu, pea fakamāʻoniʻoni ʻakimoutolu, pea teuteu homou ngaahi kāinga, koeʻuhi ke nau fai ʻo hangē ko e folofola ʻa Sihova ʻi he nima ʻo Mōsese.”

Kill the Passover lamb, sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the LORD’s word by Moses.”

7 Pea naʻe foaki ʻe Sosaia ki he kakai, ʻi he fanga manu, ko e fanga lami mo e ʻuhikiʻi kosi, ko e meʻa foaki kotoa pē ki he [kātoanga ]ʻoe Lakaatu, maʻae kakai naʻe kātoa, ko e tolu mano, mo e fanga pulu ʻe tolu afe: naʻe ʻomi ʻae meʻa ni mei he koloa ʻae tuʻi.

Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and young goats, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls. These were of the king’s substance.

8 Pea naʻe foaki fiemālie pe ʻe hono houʻeiki ki he kakai, pea ki he kau taulaʻeiki, mo e kau Livai: ko Hilikia mo Sakalia mo Sehieli, ko e kau pule ki he fale ʻoe ʻOtua, naʻa nau foaki ki he kau taulaʻeiki ko e feilaulau ʻi he [kātoanga ]ʻoe Lakaatu, ko e fanga manu siʻi ko e ua afe mo e onongeau, mo e fanga pulu ʻe tolungeau.

His princes gave a free will offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the rulers of God’s house, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small livestock, and three hundred head of cattle.

9 Pea ko Kononaia foki, mo Simaia mo Netanili, ko hono kāinga, mo Hesapaia mo Sehieli mo Sosapati, ko e kau tuʻukimuʻa ʻoe kau Livai, naʻa nau foaki ki he kau Livai ko e feilaulau ki he [kātoanga ]ʻoe Lakaatu, ko e fanga manu siʻi ʻe nima afe, mo e fanga pulu ʻe nimangeau.

Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand small livestock and five hundred head of cattle.

10 Ko ia naʻe teuteu ʻae ngāue, pea naʻe tuʻu ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻi honau potu, mo e kau Livai ʻi honau lakanga, ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻae tuʻi.

So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their divisions, according to the king’s commandment.

11 Pea naʻa nau tāmateʻi ʻae Lakaatu, pea naʻe luluku ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki ʻae toto mei honau nima, pea naʻe fohifohiʻi ʻae ngaahi manu ʻe he kau Livai.

They killed the Passover lambs, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from their hands, and the Levites skinned them.

12 Pea naʻa nau hiki ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu, koeʻuhi ke nau foaki ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi vahe ʻoe ngaahi fale nofoʻanga ʻoe kakai, ke ʻatu kia Sihova, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻa Mōsese. Pea naʻa nau fai pehē pe ki he fanga pulu.

They removed the burnt offerings, that they might give them according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of the children of the people, to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. They did the same with the cattle.

13 Pea naʻa nau tunu ʻa e [feilaulau ʻoe ]Lakaatu ʻaki ʻae afi ʻo fakatatau ki he tuʻutuʻuni: ka ko hono ngaahi meʻa māʻoniʻoni niʻihi naʻa nau haka ʻi he ngaahi kulo, mo e kulo lahi, mo e ngaahi ipu, pea tufa leva ia ki he kakai kotoa pē.

They roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance. They boiled the holy offerings in pots, in cauldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people.

14 Pea hili ia naʻa nau teuteu maʻanautolu, pea maʻae kau taulaʻeiki: koeʻuhi naʻe moʻua ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻElone ʻi he ʻatu ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu mo e ngako, ʻo feʻunga mo e poʻuli: ko ia naʻe teuteu ai maʻanautolu ʻe he kau Livai, pea maʻae kau taulaʻeiki ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻElone.

Afterward they prepared for themselves and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron were busy with offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night. Therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

15 Pea naʻe ʻi honau potu ʻae kau hiva ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻAsafi, ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻa Tevita, mo ʻAsafi, mo Hemoni, mo Situtuni ko e tangata kikite ʻae tuʻi: pea naʻe tali ʻi he matapā ʻae kau leʻo matapā: koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa nau ʻalu mei heʻenau ngāue: he naʻe teuteuʻi maʻanautolu ʻe honau kāinga ko e kau Livai.

The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according to the commandment of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers were at every gate. They didn’t need to depart from their service, because their brothers the Levites prepared for them.

16 Pea pehē, naʻe teu ʻae ngāue kotoa pē ʻa Sihova ʻi he ʻaho [kātoanga ]ʻoe Lakaatu, pea ke ʻatu ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu ki he feilaulauʻanga ʻo Sihova, ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻae tuʻi ko Sosaia.

So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the LORD’s altar, according to the commandment of King Josiah.

17 Pea naʻe fai ʻa e [kātoanga ]ʻoe Lakaatu ʻi he kuonga ko ia ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli naʻe ʻi ai, mo e kātoanga ʻoe mā taʻelēvani ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu.

The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

18 Pea naʻe ʻikai ha [kātoanga ʻoe ]Lakaatu ʻe fai ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo hangē ko ia talu ʻae ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Samuela ko e palōfita: pea naʻe ʻikai fai ha [kātoanga ʻoe ]Lakaatu ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Sosaia, mo e kau taulaʻeiki, mo e kau Livai, mo Siuta kotoa pē mo ʻIsileli ʻaia naʻe kātoa, mo e kakai ʻo Selūsalema.

There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, nor did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept—with the priests, the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

19 Naʻe fai ʻa e [kātoanga ʻoe ]Lakaatu ni ʻi hono hongofulu ma valu ʻoe taʻu ʻae pule ʻa Sosaia.

This Passover was kept in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah.

20 Pea hili ʻae meʻa ni kotoa pē, pea ʻosi hono teuʻi ʻae faletapu ʻe Sosaia, naʻe ui hake ʻa Niko ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite ke tauʻi ʻa Kalikimisi ʻaia ʻoku ofi ki he ʻIufaletisi: pea naʻe ʻalu kituaʻā ʻa Sosaia ke tauʻi ia.

After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out against him.

21 Ka naʻa ne fekau ʻae kau tangata fekau kiate ia, ʻo pehē, “Ko e hā ʻeku kau kiate koe, ʻa koe ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta? ʻOku ʻikai te u haʻu ke tauʻi koe he ʻaho ni, ka ki he fale ʻaia ʻoku ou tauʻi: he naʻe fekau au ʻe he ʻOtua ke u fakatoʻotoʻo: ke ke taʻofi koe ke ʻoua naʻa ke fie kau ki he ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻoku ʻiate au, telia naʻa ne tāmateʻi koe.”

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you today, but against the house with which I have war. God has commanded me to make haste. Beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you.”

22 Ka naʻe ʻikai fie kalofaki ʻe Sosaia hono mata meiate ia, ka naʻa ne fakapuli ia, koeʻuhi ke na fai mo ia, pea naʻe ʻikai te ne tokanga ki he ngaahi lea ʻa Niko mei he fofonga ʻoe ʻOtua, ka naʻe haʻu ke tauʻi ia ʻi he teleʻa ʻo Mekito.

Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and didn’t listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

23 Pea naʻe fana ʻe he kau fana ki he tuʻi ko Sosaia: pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, “ʻAve au mei heni: he kuo u lavea lahi.”

The archers shot at King Josiah; and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, because I am seriously wounded!”

24 Ko ia naʻe ʻave ai ia ʻe heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki mei he saliote ko ia, pea naʻe tuku ia ki hono ua ʻo ʻene saliote naʻa ne maʻu: pea naʻa nau ʻomi ia ki Selūsalema, pea pekia ia: pea nau tanu ia ʻi he tanuʻanga ʻe taha ʻo ʻene ngaahi tamai. Pea naʻe tangi mamahi ʻa Siuta mo Selūsalema koeʻuhi ko Sosaia.

So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

25 Pea naʻe tangilāulau ʻa Selemaia koeʻuhi ko Sosaia: pea naʻe kau kia Sosaia ʻae lea ʻae kau tangata hiva kotoa pē mo e kau fefine hiva ʻi heʻenau ngaahi lea tangi ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni, pea naʻa nau fokotuʻu ia ko e meʻa fai maʻu ʻi ʻIsileli: pea vakai, kuo tohi ia ʻi he ngaahi tangilāulau.

Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel. Behold, they are written in the lamentations.

26 Pea ko eni, ko hono toe ʻoe ngāue ʻa Sosaia, mo ʻene angalelei, ʻo fakatatau ki ne meʻa naʻe tohi ʻi he fono ʻa Sihova,

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the LORD’s law,

27 Pea mo ʻene ngaahi ngāue, ko e ʻuluaki mo e kimui, kuo tohi ia ʻi he tohi ki he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli mo Siuta.

and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.