2 Chronicles 34
1 Josiah was eight years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 31 years.
Tinha Josias oito anos quando começou a reinar, e trinta e um anos reinou em Jerusalém.
2 He did things that were pleasing to Yahweh and conducted his life like his ancestor King David had done. He fully obeyed [IDM] all the laws of God.
E fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor: e andou nos caminhos de David, seu pai, sem se desviar deles nem para a direita nem para a esquerda.
3 When he had been ruling for almost eight years, while he was still a young man, he began to worship God like his ancestor [King] David had done. Four years later, he began to get rid of all the pagan shrines on hilltops in Jerusalem and in [other places in] Judah, and the poles to [honor the goddess] Asherah, and the carved idols and statues of gods.
Porque no oitavo ano do seu reinado, sendo ainda moço, começou a buscar o Deus de David, seu pai; e no duodécimo ano começou a purificar a Judá e a Jerusalém, dos altos, e dos bosques, e das imagens de escultura e de fundição.
4 While he directed them, his workers tore down the altars where people worshiped Baal. They smashed the altars that were near those altars, where people burned incense. They smashed the poles [honor the goddess] Asherah and the idols and statues. They smashed them to bits and scattered the bits over the graves of those who had offered sacrifices to them.
E derribaram perante ele os altares de Baalim; e cortou as imagens do sol, que estavam acima deles: e os bosques, e as imagens de escultura e de fundição quebrou e reduziu a pó, e o espargiu sobre as sepulturas dos que lhes tinham sacrificado.
5 They burned the bones of the priests [who had offered sacrifices]; they burned them on their own altars. In that way Josiah caused Jerusalem and other places in Judah to be acceptable places to worship Yahweh again.
E os ossos dos sacerdotes queimou sobre os seus altares: e purificou a Judá e a Jerusalém.
6 In the towns in [the tribes of] Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far [north] as [the tribe of] Naphtali and in the ruins around all those towns,
O mesmo fez nas cidades de Manasseh, e de Ephraim, e de Simeão, e ainda até Naphtali; em seus lugares ao redor, assolados.
7 Josiah’s [workers] tore down the pagan altars and the poles to [honor the goddess] Asherah, and crushed the idols to powder. They also smashed to pieces all the altars for burning incense throughout Israel. Then Josiah returned to Jerusalem.
E, tendo derribado os altares, e os bosques, e as imagens de escultura, até reduzi-los a pó, e tendo cortado todas as imagens do sol em toda a terra de Israel, então voltou para Jerusalém.
8 When Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years, he [did something else to] cause the land and the temple to be acceptable places to worship Yahweh. He sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah and Maaseiah the governor of the city and Joah the son of Joahaz, who wrote on a scroll what happened in the city, to repair the temple of Yahweh.
E no ano décimo oitavo do seu reinado, havendo já purificado a terra e a casa, enviou a Saphan, filho de Asalias, e a Maaseias, maioral da cidade, e a Joah, filho de Joachaz, registrador, para repararem a casa do Senhor, seu Deus.
9 They went to Hilkiah the Supreme Priest and gave him the money that had been brought to the temple. That was the money that the descendants of Levi who guarded the doors of the temple had collected from the people of [the tribes of] Manasseh and Ephraim and [other places in northern] Israel, and also from all the people in Jerusalem and other places in the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
E vieram a Hilkias, sumo sacerdote, e deram o dinheiro que se tinha trazido à casa do Senhor, e que os levitas que guardavam o umbral tinham coligido da mão de Manasseh, e de Ephraim, e de todo o resto de Israel, como também de todo o Judá e Benjamin: e voltaram para Jerusalém.
10 Then Hilkiah gave some of the money to the men who had been appointed to supervise the work of repairing the temple. The supervisors paid the men who did the repair work.
E o deram na mão dos que tinham cargo da obra, e superintendiam sobre a casa do Senhor: e estes o deram aos que faziam a obra, e trabalhavam na casa do Senhor, para concertarem e repararem a casa.
11 They also gave some of the money to the carpenters and builders to buy the cut stones and the timber for the joists and the beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to decay.
E o deram aos mestres da obra, e aos edificadores, para comprarem pedras lavradas, e madeira para as junturas: e para sobradarem as casas que os reis de Judá tinham destruído.
12 The workers did their work faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah, who were descendants of [Levi’s son] Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, who were descendants of [Levi’s son] Kohath. All the other descendants of Levi, those who played musical instruments well,
E estes homens trabalhavam fielmente na obra; e os superintendentes sobre eles eram: Johath e Obadias, levitas, dos filhos de Merari, como também Zacarias e Mesullam, dos filhos dos kohathitas, para avançarem a obra: estes levitas todos eram entendidos em instrumentos de música.
13 supervised all the workers as they did their various jobs. Some of the descendants of Levi were secretaries and some kept records and some guarded the gates [of the temple].
Estavam também sobre os carregadores e os inspetores de todos os que trabalhavam em alguma obra; e dentre os levitas eram os escrivães, e os oficiais e os porteiros.
14 While they were giving to the supervisors the money that had been taken to the temple, Hilkiah the [Supreme] Priest found a scroll on which were written the laws that Yahweh had told Moses to give to the people.
E, tirando eles o dinheiro que se tinha trazido à casa do Senhor, Hilkias, o sacerdote, achou o livro da lei do Senhor, dada pela mão de Moisés.
15 So Hilkiah said to Shaphan, “I have found in the temple a scroll on which are written the laws [that God gave to Moses]!” Then Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan.
E Hilkias respondeu, e disse a Saphan, o escrivão: Achei o livro da lei na casa do Senhor. E Hilkias deu o livro a Saphan.
16 Shaphan [took the scroll] to the king and said to him, “Your officials are doing everything that you told them to do.
E Saphan levou o livro ao rei, e deu conta também ao rei, dizendo: Teus servos fazem tudo quanto se lhes encomendou.
17 They have taken the money that was in the temple, and they have given it to the men who will supervise the workers who will repair the temple.”
E ajuntaram o dinheiro que se achou na casa do Senhor, e o deram na mão dos superintendentes e na mão dos que faziam a obra.
18 Then Shaphan said to the king, “[I have brought to you] a scroll [that] Hilkiah gave to me.” And Shaphan started to read it to the king.
De mais disto, Saphan, o escrivão, fez saber ao rei, dizendo: O sacerdote Hilkias me deu um livro. E Saphan leu nele perante o rei.
19 When the king heard the laws [that were written in the scroll], he tore his clothes [because he was very dismayed/worried].
Sucedeu pois que, ouvindo o rei as palavras da lei, rasgou os seus vestidos.
20 Then he gave these instructions to Hilkiah, to Shaphan’s son Ahikam, to Micah’s son Abdon, to Shaphan, and to Asaiah the king’s special advisor:
E o rei mandou a Hilkias, e a Ahikam, filho de Saphan, e a Abdon, filho de Micah, e a Saphan, o escrivão, e a Asaias, ministro do rei, dizendo:
21 “Go and ask Yahweh for me, and for all his people who are still alive in Judah and Israel, about what is written in this scroll that has been found. Because [it is clear that] Yahweh is very angry with us because our ancestors disobeyed what Yahweh said; they did not obey the laws that are written on this scroll.”
Ide, consultai ao Senhor por mim, e pelo que fica de resto em Israel e em Judá, sobre as palavras deste livro que se achou; porque grande é o furor do Senhor, que se derramou sobre nós; porquanto nossos pais não guardaram a palavra do Senhor, para fazerem conforme a tudo quanto está escrito neste livro.
22 So Hilkiah and the others went to talk with a woman whose name was Huldah, who was a prophetess who lived in the newer part of Jerusalem. Her husband Shallum who was the son of Tikvah, took care of the robes that were worn [in the temple].
Então Hilkias, e os enviados do rei, foram ter com a profetiza Hulda, mulher de Sallum, filho de Tokhath, filho de Hasra, guarda dos vestimentos (e habitava ela em Jerusalém na segunda parte); e falaram-lhe segundo isto,
23 [When they told her what the king had said, ] she said to them, “This is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says: ‘Go back and tell the king who sent you
E ela lhes disse: Assim diz o Senhor, Deus de Israel: Dizei ao homem que vos enviou a mim:
24 that this is what Yahweh says: “Listen to this carefully. I am going to cause a disaster to strike Jerusalem and all the people who live here. I will cause them to experience the curses that were written in the scroll that was read to the king of Judah.
Assim diz o Senhor: Eis que trarei mal sobre este lugar, e sobre os seus habitantes, a saber: todas as maldições que estão escritas no livro que se leu perante o rei de Judá.
25 I will do that because they have rejected me, and they burn incense to [honor] other gods. They have caused me to become very angry because of all the idols that they have made (OR, because of all the wicked things that they have done), [and my anger is like] a fire that will not be extinguished.
Porque me deixaram, e queimaram incenso perante outros deuses, para me provocarem à ira com toda a obra das suas mãos; portanto o meu furor se derramou sobre este lugar, e não se apagará.
26 The king of Judah sent you to ask what I, Yahweh, want. Go and tell him that this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israelis worship, say about what you read:
Porém ao rei de Judá, que vos enviou a consultar ao Senhor, assim lhe direis: Assim diz o Senhor, Deus de Israel, quanto às palavras que ouviste:
27 “Because you heeded [what was written in the scroll], and you humbled yourself when you heard what I said to warn [about what would happen to] this city and the people who live here, and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you.
Porquanto o teu coração se enterneceu, e te humilhaste perante Deus, ouvindo as suas palavras contra este lugar, e contra os seus habitantes, e te humilhaste perante mim, e rasgaste os teus vestidos, e choraste perante mim, também eu te tenho ouvido, diz o Senhor.
28 So I will allow you to die and be buried peacefully. I will cause a great disaster to strike this place and the people who live here, but you will not [be alive to] see it.”’” So they reported her reply to the king.
Eis que te ajuntarei a teus pais, e tu serás recolhido ao teu sepulcro em paz, e os teus olhos não verão todo este mal que hei de trazer sobre este lugar e sobre os seus habitantes. E tornaram com esta resposta ao rei.
29 Then the king summoned all the elders of Jerusalem and [other places in] Judea.
Então enviou o rei, e ajuntou a todos os anciãos de Judá e Jerusalém.
30 They went up together to the temple with the leaders of Judah and many other people of Jerusalem and the priests and other descendants of Levi, from the least important to the most important ones. And while they listened, the king read to them everything that was in the scroll containing God’s laws that had been found in the temple.
E o rei subiu à casa do Senhor, com todos os homens de Judá, e os habitantes de Jerusalém, e os sacerdotes, e os levitas, e todo o povo, desde o maior até ao mais pequeno: e ele leu aos ouvidos deles todas as palavras do livro do concerto, que se tinha achado na casa do Senhor.
31 Then the king stood next to the pillar [at the entrance to the temple, where kings stood when they announced something important], and while Yahweh was listening, he repeated his promise to very sincerely and completely obey Yahweh and all his commands and regulations and decrees that were written on the scroll.
E pôs-se o rei em pé em seu lugar, e fez concerto perante o Senhor, para andar após o Senhor, e para guardar os seus mandamentos, e os seus testemunhos, e os seus estatutos, com todo o seu coração, e com toda a sua alma, fazendo as palavras do concerto, que estão escritas naquele livro.
32 Then the king said that everyone who lived in Jerusalem and from [the tribe of] Benjamin should promise that they also would obey those laws. And they did that, agreeing that they would keep the agreement that God, whom their ancestors had worshiped, had made with them.
E fez estar em pé a todos quantos se acharam em Jerusalém e em Benjamin: e os habitantes de Jerusalém fizeram conforme ao concerto de Deus, do Deus de seus pais.
33 Josiah [instructed his workers to] remove all the detestable idols from everywhere in the land of the Israeli people, and he commanded that all the people from Israel who were there should worship [only] Yahweh their God. And as long as Josiah was alive, the people did what was pleasing to Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
E Josias tirou todas as abominações de todas as terras que eram dos filhos de Israel; e a todos quantos se acharam em Israel obrigou a que com tal culto servissem ao Senhor seu Deus: todos os seus dias não se desviaram de após o Senhor, Deus de seus pais.
