٢ أخبار 34

١ 1 كَانَ يُوشِيَّا ٱبْنَ ثَمَانِيَ سِنِينَ حِينَ مَلَكَ، وَمَلَكَ إِحْدَى وَثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

٢ 2 وَعَمِلَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَسَارَ فِي طُرُقِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ، وَلَمْ يَحِدْ يَمِينًا وَلَا شِمَالًا.

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

٣ 3 وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّامِنَةِ مِنْ مُلْكِهِ إِذْ كَانَ بَعْدُ فَتًى، ٱبْتَدَأَ يَطْلُبُ إِلَهَ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ. وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّانِيَةِ عَشَرَةَ ٱبْتَدَأَ يُطَهِّرُ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ وَٱلسَّوَارِي وَٱلتَّمَاثِيلِ وَٱلْمَسْبُوكَاتِ.

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

٤ 4 وَهَدَمُوا أَمَامَهُ مَذَابِحَ ٱلْبَعْلِيمِ، وَتَمَاثِيلَ ٱلشَّمْسِ ٱلَّتِي عَلَيْهَا مِنْ فَوْقُ قَطَعَهَا، وَكَسَّرَ ٱلسَّوَارِيَ وَٱلتَّمَاثِيلَ وَٱلْمَسْبُوكَاتِ وَدَقَّهَا وَرَشَّهَا عَلَى قُبُورِ ٱلَّذِينَ ذَبَحُوا لَهَا.

And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the graves of them that had sacrificed to them.

٥ 5 وَأَحْرَقَ عِظَامَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ عَلَى مَذَابِحِهِمْ وَطَهَّرَ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ.

And he burnt the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

٦ 6 وَفِي مُدُنِ مَنَسَّى وَأَفْرَايِمَ وَشِمْعُونَ حَتَّى وَنَفْتَالِي مَعَ خَرَائِبِهَا حَوْلَهَا

And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

٧ 7 هَدَمَ ٱلْمَذَابِحَ وَٱلسَّوَارِيَ وَدَقَّ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلَ نَاعِمًا، وَقَطَعَ جَمِيعَ تَمَاثِيلِ ٱلشَّمْسِ فِي كُلِّ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

٨ 8 وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّامِنَةَ عَشَرَةَ مِنْ مُلْكِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ طَهَّرَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَٱلْبَيْتَ، أَرْسَلَ شَافَانَ بْنَ أَصَلْيَا وَمَعَسِيَا رَئِيسَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَيُوآخَ بْنَ يُوآحَازَ ٱلْمُسَجِّلَ لِأَجْلِ تَرْمِيمِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ.

Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

٩ 9 فَجَاءُوا إِلَى حِلْقِيَا ٱلْكَاهِنِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ، وَأَعْطَوْهُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ ٱلْمُدْخَلَةَ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱللهِ ٱلَّتِي جَمَعَهَا ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ حَارِسُو ٱلْبَابِ مِنْ مَنَسَّى وَأَفْرَايِمَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ بَقِيَّةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ، ثُمَّ رَجَعُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

١٠ 10 وَدَفَعُوهَا لِأَيْدِي عَامِلِي ٱلشُّغْلِ ٱلْمُوَكَّلِينَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَدَفَعُوهَا لِعَامِلِي ٱلشُّغْلِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ لِأَجْلِ إِصْلَاحِ ٱلْبَيْتِ وَتَرْمِيمِهِ.

And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that worked in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:

١١ 11 وَأَعْطَوْهَا لِلنَّجَّارِينَ وَٱلْبَنَّائِينَ لِيَشْتَرُوا حِجَارَةً مَنْحُوتَةً وَأَخْشَابًا لِلْوُصَلِ وَلِأَجْلِ تَسْقِيفِ ٱلْبُيُوتِ ٱلَّتِي أَخْرَبَهَا مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا.

Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

١٢ 12 وَكَانَ ٱلرِّجَالُ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلْعَمَلَ بِأَمَانَةٍ، وَعَلَيْهِمْ وُكَلَاءُ يَحَثُ وَعُوبَدْيَا ٱللَّاوِيَّانِ مِنْ بَنِي مَرَارِي، وَزَكَرِيَّا وَمَشُلَّامُ مِنْ بَنِي ٱلْقَهَاتِيِّينَ لِأَجْلِ ٱلْمُنَاظَرَةِ، وَمِنَ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ كُلُّ مَاهِرٍ بِآلَاتِ ٱلْغِنَاءِ.

And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music.

١٣ 13 وَكَانُوا عَلَى ٱلْحُمَّالِ وَوُكَلَاءَ عَلَى كُلِّ عَامِلِ شُغْلٍ فِي خِدْمَةٍ فَخِدْمَةٍ. وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ كُتَّابٌ وَعُرَفَاءُ وَبَوَّابُونَ.

Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that worked the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

١٤ 14 وَعِنْدَ إِخْرَاجِهِمِ ٱلْفِضَّةَ ٱلْمُدْخَلَةَ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَجَدَ حِلْقِيَا ٱلْكَاهِنُ سِفْرَ شَرِيعَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِيَدِ مُوسَى.

And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.

١٥ 15 فَأَجَابَ حِلْقِيَا وَقَالَ لِشَافَانَ ٱلْكَاتِبِ: «قَدْ وَجَدْتُ سِفْرَ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ». وَسَلَّمَ حِلْقِيَا ٱلسِّفْرَ إِلَى شَافَانَ،

And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

١٦ 16 فَجَاءَ شَافَانُ بِٱلسِّفْرِ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ وَرَدَّ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ جَوَابًا قَائِلًا: «كُلُّ مَا أُسْلِمَ لِيَدِ عَبِيدِكَ هُمْ يَفْعَلُونَهُ،

And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to your servants, they do it.

١٧ 17 وَقَدْ أَفْرَغُوا ٱلْفِضَّةَ ٱلْمَوْجُودَةَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَدَفَعُوهَا لِيَدِ ٱلْوُكَلَاءِ وَيَدِ عَامِلِي ٱلشُّغْلِ».

And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.

١٨ 18 وَأَخْبَرَ شَافَانُ ٱلْكَاتِبُ ٱلْمَلِكَ قَائِلًا: «قَدْ أَعْطَانِي حِلْقِيَا ٱلْكَاهِنُ سِفْرًا». وَقَرَأَ فِيهِ شَافَانُ أَمَامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

١٩ 19 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ كَلَامَ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ مَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ،

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

٢٠ 20 وَأَمَرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ حِلْقِيَا وَأَخِيقَامَ بْنَ شَافَانَ وَعَبْدُونَ بْنَ مِيخَا وَشَافَانَ ٱلْكَاتِبَ وَعَسَايَا عَبْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ قَائِلًا:

And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying,

٢١ 21 «ٱذْهَبُوا ٱسْأَلُوا ٱلرَّبَّ مِنْ أَجْلِي وَمِنْ أَجْلِ مَنْ بَقِيَ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا عَنْ كَلَامِ ٱلسِّفْرِ ٱلَّذِي وُجِدَ، لِأَنَّهُ عَظِيمٌ غَضَبُ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلَّذِي ٱنْسَكَبَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ آبَاءَنَا لَمْ يَحْفَظُوا كَلَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ لِيَعْمَلُوا حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي هَذَا ٱلسِّفْرِ».

Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

٢٢ 22 فَذَهَبَ حِلْقِيَا وَٱلَّذِينَ أَمَرَهُمُ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِلَى خَلْدَةَ ٱلنَّبِيَّةِ ٱمْرَأَةِ شَلُّومَ بْنِ تُوقَهَةَ بْنِ حَسْرَةَ حَارِسِ ٱلثِّيَابِ، وَهِيَ سَاكِنَةٌ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي ٱلْقِسْمِ ٱلثَّانِي، وَكَلَّمُوهَا هَكَذَا.

And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelled in Jerusalem in the college: ) and they spoke to her to that effect.

٢٣ 23 فَقَالَتْ لَهُمْ: «هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: قُولُوا لِلرَّجُلِ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَكُمْ إِلَيَّ:

And she answered them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Tell you the man that sent you to me,

٢٤ 24 هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: هَأَنَذَا جَالِبٌ شَرًّا عَلَى هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ وَعَلَى سُكَّانِهِ، جَمِيعَ ٱللَّعَنَاتِ ٱلْمَكْتُوبَةِ فِي ٱلسِّفْرِ ٱلَّذِي قَرَأُوهُ أَمَامَ مَلِكِ يَهُوذَا.

Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

٢٥ 25 مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُمْ تَرَكُونِي وَأَوْقَدُوا لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى لِكَيْ يَغِيظُونِي بِكُلِّ أَعْمَالِ أَيْدِيهِمْ، وَيَنْسَكِبُ غَضَبِي عَلَى هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ وَلَا يَنْطَفِئُ.

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out on this place, and shall not be quenched.

٢٦ 26 وَأَمَّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَكُمْ لِتَسْأَلُوا مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَهَكَذَا تَقُولُونَ لَهُ: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلْكَلَامِ ٱلَّذِي سَمِعْتَ:

And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which you have heard;

٢٧ 27 مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ قَدْ رَقَّ قَلْبُكَ، وَتَوَاضَعْتَ أَمَامَ ٱللهِ حِينَ سَمِعْتَ كَلَامَهُ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ وَعَلَى سُكَّانِهِ، وَتَوَاضَعْتَ أَمَامِي وَمَزَّقْتَ ثِيَابَكَ وَبَكَيْتَ أَمَامِي يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، قَدْ سَمِعْتُ أَنَا أَيْضًا.

Because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbled yourself before me, and did rend your clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard you also, says the LORD.

٢٨ 28 هَأَنَذَا أَضُمُّكَ إِلَى آبَائِكَ فَتُضَمُّ إِلَى قَبْرِكَ بِسَلَامٍ، وَكُلَّ ٱلشَّرِّ ٱلَّذِي أَجْلِبُهُ عَلَى هَذَا ٱلْمَوْضِعِ وَعَلَى سُكَّانِهِ لَا تَرَى عَيْنَاكَ». فَرَدُّوا عَلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلْجَوَابَ.

Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring on this place, and on the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

٢٩ 29 وَأَرْسَلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَجَمَعَ كُلَّ شُيُوخِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ،

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

٣٠ 30 وَصَعِدَ ٱلْمَلِكُ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ مَعَ كُلِّ رِجَالِ يَهُوذَا وَسُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ وَكُلِّ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنَ ٱلْكَبِيرِ إِلَى ٱلصَّغِيرِ، وَقَرَأَ فِي آذَانِهِمْ كُلَّ كَلَامِ سِفْرِ ٱلْعَهْدِ ٱلَّذِي وُجِدَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

٣١ 31 وَوَقَفَ ٱلْمَلِكُ عَلَى مِنْبَرِهِ وَقَطَعَ عَهْدًا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ لِلذَّهَابِ وَرَاءَ ٱلرَّبِّ وَلِحِفْظِ وَصَايَاهُ وَشَهَادَاتِهِ وَفَرَائِضِهِ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِهِ وَكُلِّ نَفْسِهِ، لِيَعْمَلَ كَلَامَ ٱلْعَهْدِ ٱلْمَكْتُوبِ فِي هَذَا ٱلسِّفْرِ.

And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

٣٢ 32 وَأَوْقَفَ كُلَّ ٱلْمَوْجُودِينَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ وَبَنْيَامِينَ، فَعَمِلَ سُكَّانُ أُورُشَلِيمَ حَسَبَ عَهْدِ ٱللهِ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِمْ.

And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

٣٣ 33 وَأَزَالَ يُوشِيَّا جَمِيعَ ٱلرَّجَاسَاتِ مِنْ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرَاضِي ٱلَّتِي لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَجَعَلَ جَمِيعَ ٱلْمَوْجُودِينَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ يَعْبُدُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَهُمْ. كُلَّ أَيَّامِهِ لَمْ يَحِيدُوا مِنْ وَرَاءِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِمْ.

And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.