2 Kings 23
1 And they reported to the king what she had said. And he sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him.
Allora il re mandò a far raunare presso di sé tutti gli anziani di Giuda e di Gerusalemme.
2 And the king ascended to the temple of the Lord. And with him were all the men of Judah and all who were living in Jerusalem: the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great. And in the hearing of everyone, he read all the words of the book of the covenant, which was found in the house of the Lord.
E il re salì alla casa dell’Eterno, con tutti gli uomini di Giuda, tutti gli abitanti di Gerusalemme, i sacerdoti, i profeti e tutto il popolo, piccoli e grandi, e lesse in loro presenza tutte le parole del libro del patto, ch’era stato trovato nella casa dell’Eterno.
3 And the king stood upon the step. And he struck a covenant before the Lord, so that they would walk after the Lord, and keep his precepts and testimonies and ceremonies, with all their heart and with all their soul, and so that they would carry out the words of this covenant, which had been written in that book. And the people agreed to the covenant.
Il re, stando in piedi sul palco, stabilì un patto dinanzi all’Eterno, impegnandosi di seguire l’Eterno, d’osservare i suoi comandamenti, i suoi precetti e le sue leggi con tutto il cuore e con tutta l’anima, per mettere in pratica le parole di questo patto, scritte in quel libro. E tutto il popolo acconsentì al patto.
4 And the king instructed Hilkiah, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, so that they would cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels which had been made for Baal, and for the sacred grove, and for the entire army of heaven. And he burned them outside of Jerusalem, in the steep valley of Kidron. And he carried their dust into Bethel.
E il re ordinò al sommo sacerdote Hilkia, ai sacerdoti del secondo ordine e ai custodi della soglia di trar fuori del tempio dell’Eterno tutti gli arredi che erano stati fatti per Baal, per Astarte e per tutto l’esercito celeste, e li arse fuori di Gerusalemme nei campi del Kidron, e ne portò le ceneri a Bethel.
5 And he destroyed the soothsayers, whom the kings of Judah had appointed to sacrifice in the high places throughout the cities of Judah, and all around Jerusalem, along with those who were burning incense to Baal, and to the Sun, and to the Moon, and to the twelve signs, and to the entire army of heaven.
E destituì i sacerdoti idolatri che i re di Giuda aveano istituito per offrir profumi negli alti luoghi nelle città di Giuda e nei dintorni di Gerusalemme, e quelli pure che offrivan profumi a Baal, al sole, alla luna, ai segni dello zodiaco, e a tutto l’esercito del cielo.
6 And he caused the sacred grove to be carried away from the house of the Lord, outside of Jerusalem, to the steep valley of Kidron. And he burned it there, and reduced it to dust. And he cast the dust over the graves of the common people.
Trasse fuori dalla casa dell’Eterno l’idolo d’Astarte, che trasportò fuori di Gerusalemme verso il torrente Kidron; l’arse presso il torrente Kidron, lo ridusse in cenere, e ne gettò la cenere sui sepolcri della gente del popolo.
7 Also, he destroyed the small places of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women were weaving something like little houses in the sacred grove.
Demolì le case di quelli che si prostituivano, le quali si trovavano nella casa dell’Eterno, e dove le donne tessevano delle tende per Astarte.
8 And he gathered together all the priests from the cities of Judah. And he defiled the high places, where the priests were sacrificing, from Geba as far as Beersheba. And he tore down the altars of the gates at the entrance to the gate of Joshua, the leader of the city, which was to the left of the gate of the city.
Fece venire tutti i sacerdoti dalle città di Giuda, contaminò gli alti luoghi dove i sacerdoti aveano offerto profumi, da Gheba a Beer-Sceba, e abbatté gli alti luoghi delle porte: quello ch’era all’ingresso della porta di Giosuè, governatore della città, e quello ch’era a sinistra della porta della città.
9 Yet truly, the priests of the high places did not ascend to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem. For they would only eat from the unleavened bread in the midst of their brothers.
Or que’ sacerdoti degli alti luoghi non salivano a sacrificare sull’altare dell’Eterno a Gerusalemme; mangiavan però pane azzimo in mezzo ai loro fratelli.
10 Also, he defiled Topheth, which is in the steep valley of the son of Hinnom, so that no one would consecrate his son or his daughter, through fire, to Molech.
Contaminò Tofeth, nella valle dei figliuoli di Hinnom, affinché nessuno facesse più passare per il fuoco il suo figliuolo o la sua figliuola in onore di Molec.
11 Also, he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the Sun, at the entrance to the temple of the Lord, beside the hallway of Nathan-melech, the eunuch, who was in Pharurim. And he burned the chariots of the Sun with fire.
Non permise più che i cavalli consacrati al sole dai re di Giuda entrassero nella casa dell’Eterno, nell’abitazione dell’eunuco Nethan-Melec, ch’era nel recinto del tempio; e diede alle fiamme i carri del sole.
12 Also, the altars which were upon the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the temple of the Lord, the king destroyed. And he hurried from there, and he scattered their ashes into the torrent Kidron.
Il re demolì gli altari ch’erano sulla terrazza della camera superiore di Achaz, e che i re di Giuda aveano fatti, e gli altari che avea fatti Manasse nei due cortili della casa dell’Eterno; e, dopo averli fatti a pezzi e tolti di là, ne gettò la polvere nel torrente Kidron.
13 Also, the high places which were in Jerusalem, to the right side of the Mount of Offense, which Solomon, the king of Israel, had built to Ashtoreth, the idol of the Sidonians, and to Chemosh, the offense of Moab, and to Milcom, the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.
E il re contaminò gli alti luoghi ch’erano dirimpetto a Gerusalemme, a destra del monte della perdizione, e che Salomone re d’Israele aveva eretti in onore di Astarte, l’abominazione dei Sidoni, di Kemosh, l’abominazione di Moab, e di Milcom, l’abominazione dei figliuoli d’Ammon.
14 And he crushed the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. And he filled their places with the bones of the dead.
E spezzò le statue, abbatté gl’idoli d’Astarte, e riempì que’ luoghi d’ossa umane.
15 Then too, the altar which was in Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made: both that altar and the high place he tore down, and burned, and reduced to dust. And then he also set fire to the sacred grove.
Abbatté pure l’altare che era a Bethel, e l’alto luogo, fatto da Geroboamo, figliuolo di Nebat, il quale avea fatto peccare Israele: arse l’alto luogo e lo ridusse in polvere, ed arse l’idolo d’Astarte.
16 And in that place Josiah, turning, saw the sepulchers which were on the mount. And he sent and took the bones from the sepulchers. And he burned them upon the altar, and he defiled it in accord with the word of the Lord, which was spoken by the man of God, who had predicted these events.
Or Giosia, voltatosi, scòrse i sepolcri ch’eran quivi sul monte, e mandò a trarre le ossa fuori da quei sepolcri, e le arse sull’altare, contaminandolo, secondo la parola dell’Eterno pronunziata dall’uomo di Dio, che aveva annunziate queste cose.
17 And he said, “What is that monument that I see?” And the citizens of that city responded to him: “It is the sepulcher of the man of God, who came from Judah, and who predicted these events, which you have carried out concerning the altar of Bethel.”
Poi disse: “Che monumento è quello ch’io vedo là?” La gente della città gli rispose: “E’ il sepolcro dell’uomo di Dio che venne da Giuda, e che proclamò contro l’altare di Bethel queste cose che tu hai fatte”.
18 And he said: “Permit him. Let no one move his bones.” And his bones have remained untouched, with the bones of the prophet who had arrived from Samaria.
Egli disse: “Lasciatelo stare; nessuno muova le sue ossa!” Così le sue ossa furon conservate con le ossa del profeta ch’era venuto da Samaria.
19 Then too, all the shrines of the high places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord, Josiah took away. And he acted toward them according to all the works that he had done in Bethel.
Giosia fece anche sparire tutte le case degli alti luoghi che erano nella città di Samaria e che i re d’Israele aveano fatte per provocare ad ira l’Eterno, e fece di essi esattamente quel che avea fatto di quei di Bethel.
20 And all the priests of the high places, who were in that place, he killed upon the altars. And he burned the bones of the men upon them. And he returned to Jerusalem.
Immolò sugli altari tutti i sacerdoti degli alti luoghi che eran colà, e su quegli altari bruciò ossa umane. Poi tornò a Gerusalemme.
21 And he instructed all the people, saying: “Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, according to what has been written in the book of this covenant.”
Il re diede a tutto il popolo quest’ordine: “Fate la Pasqua in onore dell’Eterno, del vostro Dio, secondo che sta scritto in questo libro del patto”.
22 Now no similar Passover was kept, from the days of the judges, who judged Israel, and from all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah,
Poiché Pasqua simile non era stata fatta dal tempo de’ giudici che avean governato Israele, e per tutto il tempo dei re d’Israele e dei re di Giuda;
23 as this Passover, which was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josiah.
ma nel diciottesimo anno del re Giosia cotesta Pasqua fu fatta, in onor dell’Eterno, a Gerusalemme.
24 Then too, Josiah took away those who divined by spirits, and the soothsayers, and the images of the idols, and the defilements, and the abominations, which had been in the land of Judah and Jerusalem, so that he might establish the words of the law, which were written in the book, which Hilkiah, the priest, found in the temple of the Lord.
Giosia fe’ pure sparire quelli che evocavano gli spiriti e quelli che predicevano l’avvenire, le divinità familiari, gl’idoli e tutte le abominazioni che si vedevano nel paese di Giuda e a Gerusalemme, affin di mettere in pratica le parole della legge, scritte nel libro che il sacerdote Hilkia avea trovato nella casa dell’Eterno.
25 There was no king before him similar to him, who returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, in accord with the entire law of Moses. And after him, there rose up no one similar to him.
E prima di Giosia non c’è stato re che come lui si sia convertito all’Eterno con tutto il suo cuore, con tutta l’anima sua e con tutta la sua forza, seguendo in tutto la legge di Mosè; e, dopo di lui, non n’è sorto alcuno di simile.
26 Yet truly, the Lord did not turn away from the wrath of his great fury, his fury which was enraged against Judah because of the provocations by which Manasseh had provoked him.
Tuttavia l’Eterno non desistette dall’ardore della grand’ira ond’era infiammato contro Giuda, a motivo di tutti gli oltraggi coi quali Manasse lo avea provocato ad ira.
27 And so the Lord said: “And now I will remove Judah from my face, just as I removed Israel. And I will cast aside this city, Jerusalem, which I have chosen, and the house, about which I said: My name shall be there.”
E l’Eterno disse: “Anche Giuda io torrò d’innanzi al mio cospetto come n’ho tolto Israele; e rigetterò Gerusalemme, la città ch’io m’ero scelta, e la casa della quale avevo detto: Là sarà il mio nome”.
28 Now the rest of the words of Josiah, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?
Il rimanente delle azioni di Giosia, tutto quello che fece, si trova scritto nel libro delle Cronache dei re di Giuda.
29 During his days, Pharaoh Neco, the king of Egypt, ascended against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates. And king Josiah went out to meet him. And when he had seen him, he was killed at Megiddo.
A tempo suo, Faraone Neco, re d’Egitto, salì contro il re d’Assiria, verso il fiume Eufrate. Il re Giosia gli marciò contro, e Faraone, al primo incontro, l’uccise a Meghiddo.
30 And his servants carried him dead from Megiddo. And they took him to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his own sepulcher. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah. And they anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
I suoi servi lo menaron via morto sopra un carro, e lo trasportarono da Meghiddo a Gerusalemme, dove lo seppellirono nel suo sepolcro. E il popolo del paese prese Joachaz, figliuolo di Giosia, lo unse, e lo fece re in luogo di suo padre.
31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
Joachaz avea ventitre anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò tre mesi a Gerusalemme. Il nome di sua madre era Hamutal, figliuola di Geremia da Libna.
32 And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
Egli fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi del l’Eterno, in tutto e per tutto come avean fatto i suoi padri.
33 And Pharaoh Neco bound him at Riblah, which is in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem. And he imposed a penalty on the land: one hundred talents of silver, and one talent of gold.
Faraone Neco lo mise in catene a Ribla, nel paese di Hamath, perché non regnasse più a Gerusalemme; e impose al paese un’indennità di cento talenti d’argento e di un talento d’oro.
34 And Pharaoh Neco appointed Eliakim, the son of Josiah, as king in place of Josiah his father. And he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Then he took Jehoahaz away, and he brought him into Egypt, and there he died.
E Faraone Neco fece re Eliakim, figliuolo di Giosia, in luogo di Giosia suo padre, e gli mutò il nome in quello di Joiakim; e, preso Joachaz, lo menò in Egitto, dove morì.
35 Now Jehoiakim gave silver and gold to Pharaoh, when he had taxed the land, according to each one who would contribute by the command of Pharaoh. And he exacted both silver and gold from the people of the land, from each one according to his ability, so that he would give to Pharaoh Neco.
Joiakim diede a Faraone l’argento e l’oro; ma, per pagare quel danaro secondo l’ordine di Faraone, tassò il paese; e, imponendo a ciascuno una certa tassa, cavò dal popolo del paese l’argento e l’oro da dare a Faraone Neco.
36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.
Joiakim avea venticinque anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò undici anni a Gerusalemme. Il nome di sua madre era Zebudda, figliuola di Pedaia da Ruma.
37 And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that his fathers had done.
Egli fece ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno, in tutto e per tutto come aveano fatto i suoi padri.
