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Yoosiyaah Oo Cusboonaysiiyey Axdigii

23 Markaasaa boqorkii cid diray, oo waxaa loo soo ururiyey odayaashii dalka Yahuudah iyo kuwii Yeruusaalem oo dhan. Oo boqorkiina wuxuu u kacay gurigii Rabbiga, oo waxaa isagii la socday raggii dalka Yahuudah oo dhan, iyo dadkii Yeruusaalem degganaa oo dhan, iyo wadaaddadii, iyo nebiyadii, iyo dadkii oo dhan yar iyo weynba; oo isna wuxuu hortooda ku akhriyey dhammaan erayadii kitaabkii axdiga oo gurigii Rabbiga laga dhex helay. Markaasaa boqorkii istaagay tiirka agtiisii, oo wuxuu Rabbiga hortiisa axdi ugu maray inuu Rabbiga raaco oo uu qalbigiisa oo dhan iyo naftiisa oo dhan ku dhawro amarradiisa, iyo markhaatiyadiisa, iyo qaynuunnadiisa, iyo inuu sii adkeeyo erayadii axdigan oo kitaabkan ku qornaa, oo dadkii oo dhammuna axdigii bay aqbaleen oo u istaageen. Markaasaa boqorkii ku amray wadaadkii sare oo ahaa Xilqiyaah, iyo wadaaddadii lahaa derejada labaad, iyo iridjoogayaashii, inay macbudka Rabbiga ka soo bixiyaan kulli weelashii loo sameeyey Bacal, iyo geedihii Asheeraah, iyo ciidanka samada oo dhan; oo isna wuxuu ku gubay Yeruusaalem dibaddeeda oo ah berrimmadii Qidroon, oo dambaskoodiina Beytel buu u qaaday. Oo wuxuu casilay wadaaddadii sanamyada caabudi jiray oo ay boqorradii dalka Yahuudah u doorteen inay foox ku shidaan meelaha sarsare oo ku yaal magaalooyinka dalka Yahuudah iyo meelaha ku wareegsan Yeruusaalem, iyo weliba kuwii fooxa u shidi jiray Bacal, iyo qorraxda, iyo dayaxa, iyo xiddigaha, iyo ciidanka samada oo dhan. Oo geedihii Asheeraahna gurigii Rabbiga wuu ka soo bixiyey oo wuxuu geeyey Yeruusaalem dibaddeeda ilaa durdurka Qidroon, oo wuxuu ku gubay durdurkii Qidroon agtiisa, oo intuu ku tuntay ayuu budo ka dhigay, oo budadiina ku daadshay qabuurihii dadka. Oo wuxuu dumiyey guryihii makhnuudyada oo ku dhex yiil guriga Rabbiga meeshay naaguhu ku samayn jireen daahyadii geedihii Asheeraah. Oo wadaaddadii oo dhanna wuxuu ka soo kaxeeyey magaalooyinkii dalka Yahuudah, wuuna nijaaseeyey meelihii sarsare oo wadaaddadu fooxa ku shidi jireen, tan iyo Gebac ilaa Bi'ir Shebac; oo haddana wuxuu dumiyey meelihii sarsare oo irdaha, kuwaas oo ku yiil meesha laga soo galo iridda Yashuuca oo ahaa taliyihii magaalada, oo ku yiil xagga bidix ee iridda magaalada. Habase yeeshee wadaaddadii meelaha sarsare ma ay iman meeshii allabariga oo Rabbiga ee Yeruusaalem ku tiil, laakiinse walaalahood way ku dhex cuni jireen kibis aan khamiir lahayn. 10 Oo wuxuu nijaaseeyey Tofed oo ku taal dooxadii reer Xinnom, si uusan ninna wiilkiisa ama gabadhiisa dabkii u dhex marin Moleg. 11 Oo wuxuu fogeeyey fardihii boqorradii dalka Yahuudah ay qorraxda ku siiyeen iridda laga soo galo guriga Rabbiga ee u dhow qolkii Naataan Meleg oo bohon ahaa uu degganaa, oo gaadhifardoodkii qorraxdana buu gubay. 12 Oo meelihii allabariga oo ku yiil qowladda sare ee Aaxaas saqafkeeda oo boqorradii dalka Yahuudah ay sameeyeen, iyo meelihii allabariga oo Manaseh ka sameeyey labada barxadood oo guriga Rabbiga ayuu boqorkii wada dumiyey, oo halkaas intuu ka orday ayuu boodhkoodii ku shubay durdurkii Qidroon. 13 Oo boqorkii wuxuu kaloo nijaaseeyey meelihii sarsare oo Yeruusaalem horteeda ku yiil, kuwaas oo ku yiil midigta buurta baabba'a, kuwaas oo Sulaymaan oo ahaa boqorkii reer binu Israa'iil uu u dhisay Cashtored oo ahayd karaahiyadii reer Siidoon, iyo Kemoosh oo ahaa karaahiyadii reer Moo'aab, iyo Milkom oo ahaa karaahiyadii reer Cammoon. 14 Oo wuxuu burburiyey tiirarkii, geedihii Asheeraahna wuu jaray, oo meelahoodiina wuxuu ka buuxiyey dad lafahood. 15 Oo weliba wuxuu kaloo dumiyey meeshii allabariga ee Beytel ku tiil, iyo meeshii sare oo Yaaraabcaam ina Nebaad oo dadkii Israa'iil dembaajiyey uu sameeyey, oo isla meeshii sare wuu gubay oo intuu ku tuntay ayuu budo ka dhigay, oo geedihii Asheeraahna wuu gubay. 16 Oo Yoosiyaah markuu soo jeestay ayuu arkay qabuurihii buurta ku yiil, oo intuu cid diray oo qabuurihii lafihii ka soo bixiyey ayuu meeshii allabariga ku dul gubay, wuuna nijaaseeyey, sidii uu ahaa erayga Rabbiga oo ninkii Ilaah naadiyey, kaasoo ahaa kii waxyaalahan naadiyey. 17 Markaasuu yidhi, Taalladaas aan arkaa waa maxay? Oo dadkii magaaladu waxay ku yidhaahdeen, Waa qabrigii ninkii Ilaah oo dalka Yahuudah ka yimid oo naadiyey waxyaalahan aad ku samaysay meeshii allabariga ee Beytel. 18 Markaasuu yidhi, Iska daaya oo yaan ninna lafihiisa dhaqaajin. Sidaas daraaddeed way iska daayeen lafihiisii iyo lafihii nebigii Samaariya ka yimid. 19 Oo guryihii meelaha sarsare oo dhan ee ku yiil magaalooyinka Samaariya ee ay boqorradii dalka Israa'iil u dhiseen inay Rabbiga kaga xanaajiyaan ayuu Yoosiyaah wada dumiyey, oo wuxuu ku sameeyey falimihii uu Beytel ku sameeyey oo kale. 20 Oo wadaaddadii meelaha sarsare oo halkaas joogay oo dhanna wuxuu ku wada laayay meelihii allabariga dushooda, dushoodiina wuxuu ku gubay lafo dad, dabadeedna Yeruusaalem buu ku noqday.

21 Markaasaa boqorkii dadkii oo dhan amray oo ku yidhi, Rabbiga Ilaahiinna ah u dhawra Iidda Kormaridda, siday ugu qoran tahay kitaabkan axdiga. 22 Hubaal Iiddaas Kormaridda oo kale lama dhawrin tan iyo wakhtiyadii xaakinnadu reer binu Israa'iil xukumi jireen, iyo wakhtiyadii boqorradii dalka Israa'iil oo dhan, iyo wakhtiyadii boqorradii dalka Yahuudah toona. 23 Laakiinse sannaddii siddeed iyo tobnaad oo Boqor Yoosiyaah ayaa Iiddaas Kormaridda Rabbiga loogu dhawray Yeruusaalem. 24 Oo weliba Yoosiyaah wuxuu baabbi'iyey kuwii ruuxaanta lahaa, iyo saaxiriintii, iyo teraafiimtii, iyo sanamyadii, iyo dhammaan karaahiyadii lagu arkay dalka Yahuudah iyo Yeruusaalemba, si uu u adkeeyo erayadii sharcigii ku qornaa kitaabkii wadaadkii Xilqiyaah ka dhex helay gurigii Rabbiga. 25 Oo isaga hortiis ma jirin boqor la mid ah oo Rabbiga ugu soo jeestay qalbigiisa oo dhan iyo naftiisa oo dhan iyo xooggiisa oo dhan siduu ahaa sharcigii Muuse oo dhan, oo isagii dabadiisna ma uu kicin boqor la mid ahu. 26 Laakiinse Rabbigu kama uu soo noqon cadhadiisii kululayd ee weynayd oo uu dadka Yahuudah ugu cadhooday xanaaqii uu Manaseh isaga ka xanaajiyey aawadiis. 27 Markaasaa Rabbigu yidhi, Anigu dadkii Yahuudahna hortayda waan ka fogaynayaa, sidaan dadkii Israa'iilba u fogeeyey oo kale, oo waan duminayaa magaaladan aan doortay oo ah Yeruusaalem, iyo gurigii aan idhi, Magacaygu halkaas ha yaallo. 28 Haddaba Yoosiyaah falimihiisii kale iyo wixii uu sameeyey oo dhammu sow kuma qorna kitaabkii taariikhda boqorradii dalka Yahuudah? 29 Oo isaga wakhtigiisii ayaa Fircoon Nekoo oo boqorka Masar ahaa ku kacay boqorkii Ashuur ilaa Webi Yufraad, oo waxaa isagii ku soo baxay Boqor Yoosiyaah, markaasaa Fircoon Nekoo isagii ku dilay Megiddoo agteeda markuu arkay. 30 Oo addoommadiisii intay gaadhifaras Megiddoo kaga qaadeen isagoo meyd ah ayay Yeruusaalem keeneen oo qabrigiisii ku aaseen. Markaasay dadkii waddanku soo wateen Yehoo'aaxaas ina Yoosiyaah, oo intay subkeen ayay boqor uga dhigeen meeshii aabbihiis.

Yehoo'aaxaas, Boqorkii Yahuudah

31 Oo Yehoo'aaxaas markuu boqor noqday wuxuu jiray saddex iyo labaatan sannadood, oo intii saddex bilood ah ayuu Yeruusaalem boqor ka ahaa; oo hooyadiis magaceeduna wuxuu ahaa Xamuutal ina Yeremyaah, oo reer Libnaah ahayd. 32 Oo isna wuxuu sameeyey wax Rabbiga hortiisa shar ku ah sidii wixii ay awowayaashiis sameeyeen oo dhan. 33 Fircoon Nekoo ayaa isagii ku xidhay Riblaah oo ku taal dalka Xamaad si uusan Yeruusaalem boqor ugu sii ahaan; oo dalkiina wuxuu saaray baad ah boqol talanti oo lacag ah iyo talanti dahab ah. 34 Markaasaa Fircoon Nekoo ayaa Eliyaaqiim ina Yoosiyaah boqor uga dhigay meeshii aabbihiis Yoosiyaah, oo magiciisiina wuxuu u beddelay Yehooyaaqiim, laakiinse isagu Yehoo'aaxaas buu kaxeeyey, oo markuu Masar keenay ayuu halkaas ku dhintay. 35 Markaasaa Yehooyaaqiim lacagtii iyo dahabkii Fircoon siiyey; laakiinse wuxuu cashuuray dalka inuu lacagtii u bixiyo sidii Fircoon ugu amray; oo lacagtii iyo dahabkii wuxuu ka soo guray dadkii dalka degganaa, intii mid kastaba cashuurtiisu ahayd, si uu Fircoon Nekoo u siiyo.

Yehooyaaqiim, Boqorkii Yahuudah

36 Oo Yehooyaaqiimna markuu boqor noqday wuxuu jiray shan iyo labaatan sannadood, oo Yeruusaalemna wuxuu boqor ka ahaa kow iyo toban sannadood, oo hooyadiis magaceedana waxaa la odhan jiray Sebuudaah ina Fedaayaah, oo reer Ruumaah ahayd. 37 Oo isna wuxuu sameeyey wax shar ku ah Rabbiga hortiisa, sidii wixii ay awowayaashiis sameeyeen oo dhan.

Josiah Renews the Covenant(A)(B)(C)(D)

23 Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. He went up to the temple of the Lord with the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least to the greatest. He read(E) in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant,(F) which had been found in the temple of the Lord. The king stood by the pillar(G) and renewed the covenant(H) in the presence of the Lord—to follow(I) the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.

The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests next in rank and the doorkeepers(J) to remove(K) from the temple of the Lord all the articles made for Baal and Asherah and all the starry hosts. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley and took the ashes to Bethel. He did away with the idolatrous priests appointed by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the towns of Judah and on those around Jerusalem—those who burned incense(L) to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations and to all the starry hosts.(M) He took the Asherah pole from the temple of the Lord to the Kidron Valley(N) outside Jerusalem and burned it there. He ground it to powder(O) and scattered the dust over the graves(P) of the common people.(Q) He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes(R) that were in the temple of the Lord, the quarters where women did weaving for Asherah.

Josiah brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba(S) to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He broke down the gateway at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the city governor, which was on the left of the city gate. Although the priests of the high places did not serve(T) at the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.

10 He desecrated Topheth,(U) which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom,(V) so no one could use it to sacrifice their son(W) or daughter in the fire to Molek. 11 He removed from the entrance to the temple of the Lord the horses that the kings of Judah(X) had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court[a] near the room of an official named Nathan-Melek. Josiah then burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.(Y)

12 He pulled down(Z) the altars the kings of Judah had erected on the roof(AA) near the upper room of Ahaz, and the altars Manasseh had built in the two courts(AB) of the temple of the Lord. He removed them from there, smashed them to pieces and threw the rubble into the Kidron Valley.(AC) 13 The king also desecrated the high places that were east of Jerusalem on the south of the Hill of Corruption—the ones Solomon(AD) king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the vile god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable(AE) god of the people of Ammon.(AF) 14 Josiah smashed(AG) the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.(AH)

15 Even the altar(AI) at Bethel, the high place made by Jeroboam(AJ) son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin—even that altar and high place he demolished. He burned the high place and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole also. 16 Then Josiah(AK) looked around, and when he saw the tombs that were there on the hillside, he had the bones removed from them and burned on the altar to defile it, in accordance(AL) with the word of the Lord proclaimed by the man of God who foretold these things.

17 The king asked, “What is that tombstone I see?”

The people of the city said, “It marks the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced against the altar of Bethel the very things you have done to it.”

18 “Leave it alone,” he said. “Don’t let anyone disturb his bones(AM).” So they spared his bones and those of the prophet(AN) who had come from Samaria.

19 Just as he had done at Bethel, Josiah removed all the shrines at the high places that the kings of Israel had built in the towns of Samaria and that had aroused the Lord’s anger. 20 Josiah slaughtered(AO) all the priests of those high places on the altars and burned human bones(AP) on them. Then he went back to Jerusalem.

21 The king gave this order to all the people: “Celebrate the Passover(AQ) to the Lord your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”(AR) 22 Neither in the days of the judges who led Israel nor in the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah had any such Passover been observed. 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem.(AS)

24 Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists,(AT) the household gods,(AU) the idols and all the other detestable(AV) things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple of the Lord. 25 Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned(AW) to the Lord as he did—with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses.(AX)

26 Nevertheless, the Lord did not turn away from the heat of his fierce anger,(AY) which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh(AZ) had done to arouse his anger. 27 So the Lord said, “I will remove(BA) Judah also from my presence(BB) as I removed Israel, and I will reject(BC) Jerusalem, the city I chose, and this temple, about which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’[b]

28 As for the other events of Josiah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

29 While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Necho(BD) king of Egypt went up to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to meet him in battle, but Necho faced him and killed him at Megiddo.(BE) 30 Josiah’s servants brought his body in a chariot(BF) from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.

Jehoahaz King of Judah(BG)

31 Jehoahaz(BH) was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal(BI) daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. 32 He did evil(BJ) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his predecessors had done. 33 Pharaoh Necho put him in chains at Riblah(BK) in the land of Hamath(BL) so that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents[c] of silver and a talent[d] of gold. 34 Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim(BM) son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, and there he died.(BN) 35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh Necho the silver and gold he demanded. In order to do so, he taxed the land and exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land according to their assessments.(BO)

Jehoiakim King of Judah(BP)

36 Jehoiakim(BQ) was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah. 37 And he did evil(BR) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his predecessors had done.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  2. 2 Kings 23:27 1 Kings 8:29
  3. 2 Kings 23:33 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
  4. 2 Kings 23:33 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms