2 Tuʻi 23

1 Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi pea naʻa nau tānaki fakataha kiate ia ʻae kau mātuʻa kotoa pē ʻo Siuta mo Selūsalema.

So they reported the word to the king: and the king sent and gathered all the elders of Juda and Jerusalem to himself.

2 Pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻae tuʻi ki he fale ʻo Sihova fakataha mo e kau tangata kotoa pē ʻo Siuta mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻo Selūsalema, mo e kau taulaʻeiki, mo e kau palōfita, mo e kakai kotoa pē, ʻae siʻi mo e lahi: pea naʻe lau ʻe ia ʻi honau telinga ʻae ngaahi lea kotoa pē ʻae tohi ʻoe fuakava ʻaia kuo ʻilo ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova.

And the king went up to the house of the Lord, and every man of Juda and all who lived in Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people small and great; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord.

3 Pea naʻe tuʻu ʻae tuʻi ʻo ofi ki he pou ʻe taha, pea fai ʻe ia ʻae fuakava ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ke muimui ʻia Sihova, pea ke tauhi ʻene ngaahi fekau mo ʻene ngaahi fakamoʻoni, mo ʻene ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ʻaki hono loto kotoa, mo hono laumālie kotoa, ke fai ʻae ngaahi lea ʻae fuakava ni ʻaia kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ni. Pea naʻe fakamoʻoni ʻae kakai kotoa pē ki he fuakava.

And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his ordinances with all the heart and with all the soul, to confirm the words of this covenant; [even] the things written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

4 Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi kia Hilikia ko e taulaʻeiki lahi, mo e kau taulaʻeiki ʻo hono ua ʻoe lakanga, mo e kau leʻo matapā, ke ʻomi kituʻa mei he fale tapu ʻo Sihova ʻae ngaahi ipu kotoa pē naʻe ngaohi maʻa Peali, pea maʻae vaoʻakau, pea maʻae ngaahi nāunau ʻoe langi: pea naʻa ne tutu ia ʻi tuaʻā ʻi Selūsalema ʻi he ngaahi ngoue ʻo Kitiloni, pea naʻa ne fetuku ʻa hono efuefu ʻo ia ki Peteli.

And the king commanded Chelcias the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and them that kept the door, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kedron, and took the ashes of them to Baethel.

5 Pea naʻa ne fakangata ʻae kau taulatēvolo, ʻaia naʻe fakanofo ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta, ke tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala ʻi he ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, pea ʻi he ngaahi potu naʻe takatakai ki Selūsalema; ʻakinautolu foki naʻe tutu ʻae meʻa namu kakala kia Peali, mo e laʻā, pea ki he māhina, pea ki he ngaahi fetuʻu, pea ki he nāunau kotoa pē ʻoe langi.

And he burned the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Juda [had] appointed, (and they burned incense in the high places and in the cities of Juda, and the places around about Jerusalem); and them that burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to Mazuroth, and to all the host of heaven.

6 Pea naʻa ne ʻomi ʻae tamapua ʻoe vao tapu mei he fale ʻo Sihova, kituaʻā ʻi Selūsalema, ki he vaitafe ko Kitiloni, pea naʻe tutu ia ʻi he vaitafe ko Kitiloni, pea momosi ia ke efu, ʻo ne lī ʻae efu ʻo ia ki he ngaahi tanuʻanga ʻoe fānau ʻae kakai.

And he carried out the grove from the house of the Lord to the brook Kedron, and burned it at the brook Kedron, and reduced it to powder, and cast its powder on the sepulchres of the sons of the people.

7 Pea naʻa ne holoki hifo ʻae ngaahi fale ʻoe kakai angafakasotoma, ʻaia naʻe ofi ki he fale ʻo Sihova, ʻaia naʻe fai ai ʻe he kau fefine ʻenau lalanga ʻae ngaahi puipui ki he vaotapu.

And he pulled down the house of the sodomites that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove tents for the grove.

8 Pea naʻa ne fetuku ʻae kau taulaʻeiki kotoa pē mei he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, pea ne ʻuliʻi ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻaia naʻe tutu ai ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki ʻae meʻa namu kakala, meia Kepa ʻo aʻu ki Peasipa, pea naʻe holoki hifo ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻoe ngaahi matapā ʻaia naʻe ʻi he hūʻanga ʻoe matapā ʻo Siosiua ko e pule ʻoe kolo, ʻaia naʻe ʻi he nima toʻohema ʻo ha taha ʻi he matapā ʻoe kolo.

And he brought up all the priest from the cities of Juda, and defiled the high places where the priests burned incense, from Gaebal even to Bersabee; and he pulled down the house of the gates that was by the door of the gate of Joshua the ruler of the city, on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

9 Ka naʻe ʻikai ʻalu hake ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga ki he feilaulauʻanga ʻo Sihova ʻi Selūsalema, ka naʻa nau kai mā taʻefakalēvani fakataha mo honau ngaahi kāinga.

Only the priests of the high places went not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, for they only ate leavened bread in the midst of their brethren.

10 Pea naʻa ne fakaʻuliʻi ʻa Tofeti, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he teleʻa ʻae fānau ʻo Henomi, ke ʻoua naʻa fakalaka atu ʻe ha tangata ʻa hono foha pe ko hono ʻofefine, ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe afi kia Moleki.

And he defiled Taphes which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, [constructed] for a man to cause his son or his daughter to pass through fire to Moloch.

11 Pea naʻa ne ʻave fanga hoosi ʻaia naʻe foaki ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta ki he laʻā ʻi he hūʻanga ki he fale ʻo Sihova, ʻo ofi ki he potu fale ʻo Natani-meleki koe tauhi fale, ʻaia naʻe ʻi he veʻe kolo, pea naʻa ne tutu ʻae ngaahi saliote ʻoe laʻā ʻaki ʻae afi.

And he burned the horses which the king of Juda had given to the sun in the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the treasury of Nathan the king's eunuch, in the suburbs; and he burned the chariot of the sun with fire.

12 Pea ko e ngaahi feilaulauʻanga, naʻe ʻi he tuʻa fale ʻo ʻAhasi ʻi ʻolunga, ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta, mo e ngaahi feilaulauʻanga naʻe ngaohi ʻe Manase ʻi he lotoʻā ʻe ua ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova, naʻe holoki hifo ia ʻe he tuʻi, pea fesiʻi hifo ia mei ai, pea naʻe lilingi ʻae efuefu ʻo ia ki he vaitafe ko Kitiloni.

And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Juda had made, and the altars which Manasses had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king pull down and forcibly remove from thence, and cast their dust into the brook of Kedron.

13 Mo e ngaahi potu māʻolunga naʻe ʻi he ʻao ʻo Selusalema, ʻaia naʻe ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻoe moʻunga ʻoe popo, ʻaia naʻe langa ʻe Solomone ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli kia ʻAsitelote ko e meʻa fakalielia ʻae kakai Saitoni, pea kia Kimosi koe meʻa fakalielia ʻae kakai Moape, pea kia Milikomi koe meʻa fakalielia ʻae fanau ʻa ʻAmoni, naʻe maumauʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe he tuʻi.

And the king defiled the house that was before Jerusalem, on the right hand of the mount of Mosthath, which Solomon king of Israel built to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, and to Chamos the abomination of Moab, and to Moloch the abomination of the children of Ammon.

14 Pea naʻe fesifesiʻi ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi tamapua, pea ne tā hifo ʻae ngaahi vao tapu, pea naʻe fakapito honau ngaahi potu ʻi he hui ʻoe kau tangata.

And he broke in pieces the pillars, and utterly destroyed the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

15 Pea ko e feilaulauʻanga foki naʻe ʻi Peteli mo e potu māʻolunga naʻe ngaohi ʻe Selopoami ko e foha ʻo Nipati, ʻaia naʻa ne fakaangahalaʻi ʻa ʻIsileli, ko e feilaulauʻanga mo e potu māʻolunga fakatouʻosi, naʻa ne holoki hifo, pea ne tutu ʻae potu māʻolunga, pea naʻe malakaki ia ke fakaikiiki mo efu pe, pea naʻe tutu mo e vao tapu.

Also the high altar in Baethel, which Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that high altar he tore down, and broke in pieces the stones of it, and reduced it to powder, and burnt the grove.

16 Pea ʻi he tafoki ia ʻe Siosaia, naʻa ne sio ki he ngaahi tanuʻanga ʻaia naʻe ʻi he moʻunga, pea naʻa ne fekau atu ʻo hikitanga ʻae ngaahi hui mei he ngaahi tanuʻanga, pea ne tutu ia ki he feilaulauʻanga, pea naʻe maumau ia, ʻo fakatatau ki he folofola ʻa Sihova ʻaia naʻe kalangaekina ʻe he tangata ʻae ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻa ne kalangaʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea ni.

And Josias turned aside, and saw the tombs that were there in the city, and sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burnt them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God spoke, when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast: and he turned and raised his eyes to the tomb of the man of God that spoke these words.

17 Pea naʻe toki pehē ʻe ia, “Ko e hā ʻae tohi fakaʻilonga ko ʻena ʻoku ou sio ki ai?” Pea naʻe tala kiate ia ʻe he kau tangata ʻoe kolo, “Ko e tanuʻanga ia ʻoe tangata ʻae ʻOtua, ʻaia naʻe haʻu mei Siuta, ʻo ne kalangaekina ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni ʻaia kuo ke fai ki he feilaulauʻanga ʻi Peteli.”

And he said, What [is] that mound which I see? And the men of the city said to him, [It is the grave of] the man of God that came out of Juda, and uttered these imprecations which he imprecated upon the altar of Baethel.

18 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Tuku ai pe ia ke ʻoua naʻa hiki hono hui ʻe ha tokotaha.” Ko ia naʻa nau tuku ai pe hono ngaahi hui, fakataha mo e hui ʻoe palōfita naʻe haʻu mei Samēlia.

And he said, Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones. So his bones were spared, together with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

19 Pea ko e ngaahi fale foki ʻoe ngaahi potu māʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻo Samēlia, ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli ke fakatupu ʻae houhau ʻa Sihova, naʻe hiki ʻo ʻave ia ʻe Siosaia, pea naʻe fai ʻe ia ki ai ʻo hangē ko ia kotoa pē naʻa ne fai ʻi Peteli.

Moreover Josias removed all the houses of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel made to provoke the Lord, and did to them all that he did in Baethel.

20 Pea naʻa ne tāmateʻi ʻae kau taula kotoa pē naʻe nofo ʻi he ngaahi potu māʻolunga, ʻi he funga ʻoe ngaahi feilaulauʻanga, pea naʻa ne tutu ʻae hui ʻoe kakai ʻi ai, pea toe ʻalu ia ki Selūsalema.

And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places that were there on the altars, and burnt the bones of men upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

21 Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi ki he kakai kotoa pē, ʻo pehē, “Mou fai ʻae kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu kia Sihova ko homou ʻOtua, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻoe fuakava ni.

And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.

22 Ko e moʻoni naʻe ʻikai fai ha kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu ke hangē ko ia talu mei he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe kau fakamaau naʻe fakamaauʻi ʻa ʻIsileli, pe ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, pe ko e ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta;

For a passover [such as] this had not been kept from the days of the judges who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Juda.

23 Ka ʻi hono hongofulu ma valu taʻu ʻoe tuʻi ko Siosaia, ʻaia naʻe fai ai ʻae kātoanga ni ʻoe Lakaatu kia Sihova ʻi Selūsalema.”

But in the eighteenth year of king Josias, was the passover kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.

24 Pea naʻe ʻave foki ʻe Siosaia ʻakinautolu naʻe kau mo e kau laumālie kovi, mo e kau kikite loi, mo e ngaahi tamapua, mo e ngaahi ʻotua loi, mo e ngaahi meʻa kovi kotoa pē naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻi he fonua ʻo Siuta pea ʻi Selūsalema, koeʻuhi ke ne fai ki he ngaahi lea ʻae fono ʻaia naʻe tohi ʻi he tohi naʻe ʻilo ʻe Hilikia ko e taulaʻeiki ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova.

Moreover Josias removed the sorcerers, and the wizards, and the theraphin, and the idols, and all the abominations that had been set up in the land of Juda and in Jerusalem, that he might keep the words of the law that were written in the book, which Chelcias the priest found in the house of the Lord.

25 Pea naʻe ʻikai ha tuʻi ʻi muʻa ke hangē ko ia, ʻaia naʻe tafoki kia Sihova ʻaki hono loto kotoa, pea mo hono laumālie kātoa, pea mo ʻene mālohi kātoa, ʻo hangē ko e fono kotoa pē ʻa Mōsese; pea naʻe ʻikai tupu ha tokotaha ki mui ʻo hangē ko ia.

There was no king like him before 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; and after him there rose not one like him.

26 Ka neongo ia naʻe ʻikai tafoki ʻa Sihova mei he kakaha ʻo hono houhau ʻaia naʻe tupu ai hono houhau ki Siuta, ko e meʻa ʻi he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi kovi ʻa Manase ʻaia naʻa ne fakahouhau ʻaki ia.

Nevertheless the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great anger, wherewith he was angry in his anger against Juda, because of the provocations, wherewith Manasses provoked him.

27 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova, “Te u hiki ʻa Siuta foki ke mamaʻo mei hoku ʻao, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku hiki ʻa ʻIsileli, pea te u liʻaki ʻae kolo ni ko Selūsalema ʻaia kuo u fili, pea mo e fale ʻaia naʻaku pehē ki ai, ʻE ʻi ai ʻa hoku huafa.”

And the Lord said, I will also remove Juda from my presence, as I removed Israel, and will reject this city which I have chosen [even] Jerusalem, and the house [of] which I said, My name shall be there.

28 Pea ko hono toe ʻoe ngaahi ngāue ʻa Siosaia, mo ia kotoa pē naʻe fai ʻe ia, ʻikai kuo tohi ia ʻi he tohi fakamatala ki he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo Siuta?

And the rest of the acts of Josias, and all that he did, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

29 ʻI hono ngaahi ʻaho ʻoʻona, naʻe ʻalu hake ai ʻa Felo Niko ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite ki he vaitafe ko ʻIufaletesi ke tauʻi ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻAsilia: pea naʻe ʻalu atu ʻa Siosaia ke tauʻi ia: pea naʻe tāmateʻi ia ʻi Mekito, ʻi heʻene mamata kiate ia.

And in his days went up Pharao Nechao king of Egypt against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates: and Josias went out to meet him: and Nechao killed him in Mageddo when he saw him.

30 Pea naʻe ʻave ia, ka kuo pekia, ʻe heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki ʻi he saliote mei Mekito ki Selūsalema, pea naʻe tanu ia ʻi he tanuʻanga ʻoʻona. Pea naʻe ʻave ʻe he kakai ʻoe fonua ʻa Sihoaasi ko e foha ʻo Siosaia, ʻonau pani ia ʻaki ʻae lolo mo fakanofo ia ke tuʻi ko e fetongi ʻo ʻene tamai.

And his servants carried him dead from Mageddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre: and the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias, and anointed him, and made him king in the room of his father.

31 Naʻe uofulu ma tolu ʻae taʻu ʻo Sihoaasi ʻi heʻene kamata pule; pea naʻe pule ia ʻi he māhina ʻe tolu ʻi Selūsalema. Pea ko e hingoa ʻo ʻene faʻē ko Hamutali, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Selemaia ʻo Lipina.

Twenty and three years old was Joachaz when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.

32 Pea naʻe fai kovi ʻe ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fai ʻe heʻene ngaahi tamai.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers did.

33 Pea naʻe haʻi pōpula ia ʻe Felo Niko ʻi Lipila ʻi he fonua ko Hemati koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa ne tuʻi ʻi Selūsalema; ʻo ne fakamoʻua ʻae fonua ki he tukuhau, ko e taleniti siliva ʻe teau, mo e taleniti koula ʻe taha.

And Pharao Nechao removed him to Rablaam in the land of Emath, so that he should not reign in Jerusalem; and imposed a tribute on the land, a hundred talents of silver, and a hundred talents of gold.

34 Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻe Felo Niko ʻa Eliakimi ko e foha ʻo Siosaia ke tuʻi ia ko e fetongi ʻo ʻene tamai ko Siosaia, pea naʻa ne liliu hono hingoa ke [ui ia ]ko Sihoiakimi, ʻo ne ʻave ʻa Sihoaasi: pea naʻe hoko ia ki ʻIsipite pea pekia ia ʻi ai.

And Pharao Nechao made Eliakim son of Josias king of Juda king over them in the place of his father Josias, and he changed his name [to] Joakim, and he took Joachaz and brought him to Egypt, and he died there.

35 Pea naʻe foaki ʻe Sihoiakimi ʻae siliva mo e koula kia Felo; ka naʻa ne fai fono ki he fonua ke tuku mai ʻae ngaahi paʻanga ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻa Felo: naʻa ne pule ke ʻomi ʻae siliva mo e koula mei he kakai ʻoe fonua ko e ʻomi taki taha ʻo tatau mo ia naʻe lau kiate ia, ke ʻatu ia kia Felo Niko.

And Joakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharao; but he assessed the land to give the money at the command of Pharao: they gave the silver and the gold [each] man according to his assessment together with the people of the land to give to Pharao Nechao.

36 Naʻe uofulu ma nima taʻu ʻae motuʻa ʻo Sihoiakimi ʻi heʻene kamata ʻene pule: pea naʻe pule ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe hongofulu ma taha ʻi Selūsalema. Pea ko e hingoa ʻo ʻene faʻē ko Sipiuta, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Pitaia mei Luma.

Twenty-five years old [was] Joakim when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Jeldaph, daughter of Phadail of Ruma.

37 Pea naʻe fai ʻe ia ʻae kovi ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe heʻene ngaahi tamai kotoa pē.

And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the lord, according to all that his fathers had done.