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Yoosiyaah Oo U Dabbaaldegay Iiddii Kormaridda

35 Oo Yoosiyaah Yeruusaalem ayuu Rabbiga ugu dhawray Iiddii Kormaridda, oo neefafkii Kormariddana waxaa la gowracay bishii kowaad maalinteedii afar iyo tobnaad. Oo wadaaddadiina ayuu shuqulkoodii loo amray u kala qaybiyey, oo adeegiddii gurigii Rabbiga ayuu ku dhiirrigeliyey. Oo kuwii reer Laawi oo dadka Israa'iil oo dhan wax bari jiray ee Rabbiga aawadiis quduus u ahaa wuxuu ku yidhi, Sanduuqa quduuska ah waxaad gelisaan gurigii uu dhisay Sulaymaan oo uu dhalay boqorkii reer binu Israa'iil oo Daa'uud ahaa, hadda ka dib culaab dambe garbihiinna saarnaan mayso, haddaba Rabbiga Ilaahiinna ah iyo dadkiisa reer binu Israa'iil u adeega. Isu diyaariya sida reerihiinna iyo kooxihiinnu yihiin si waafaqsan qorniinkii uu qoray Daa'uud oo ahaa boqorkii reer binu Israa'iil, iyo si waafaqsan qorniinkii wiilkiisa Sulaymaan. Oo waxaad isu taagtaan meesha quduuska ah sida qaybaha reerihii walaalihiin oo ah dadka dalka ay kala yihiin, oo reerihii qaar reer Laawi ahi ha isu qaybiyeen. Oo neefafka Kormaridda gowraca, oo quduus iska dhiga, oo walaalihiinna u diyaariya, si aad u samaysaan si waafaqsan Eraygii Rabbiga oo Muuse loo soo dhiibay.

Markaasaa Yoosiyaah wuxuu dadkii intii joogtay oo dhan adhigii ka siiyey baraar iyo waxarro si ay qurbaannada Kormaridda u bixiyaan, oo tiradooduna waxay isku ahayd soddon kun, iyo saddex kun oo dibi, intaasu waxay ahaayeen intii boqorku maalkiisa ka baxshay. Oo amiirradiisii iyagoo raalli ka ah ayay wax siiyeen dadkii iyo wadaaddadii iyo kuwii reer Laawi. Oo Xilqiyaah iyo Sekaryaah iyo Yexii'eel oo ahaa taliyayaashii guriga Ilaahna waxay wadaaddadii qurbaannadii Kormaridda u siiyeen laba kun iyo lix boqol oo neef oo yaryar, iyo saddex boqol oo dibi. Oo weliba Kaananyaah iyo walaalihiis oo ahaa Shemacyaah iyo Netaneel, iyo Xashabyaah iyo Yecii'eel iyo Yoosaabaad oo ahaa madaxdii reer Laawi waxay reer Laawi qurbaannadii Kormaridda u siiyeen shan kun oo neef oo yaryar, iyo shan boqol oo dibi. 10 Sidaasaa hawshii loo hagaajiyey, oo wadaaddadii iyo kuwii reer Laawina waxay kala istaageen meelahoodii siday kooxahoodii kala ahaayeen, taasoo waafaqsan boqorka amarkiisii. 11 Markaasay gowraceen neefafkii Kormaridda, oo wadaaddadiina way saydhsaydheen dhiiggii ay gacantooda ka guddoomeen, oo kuwii reer Laawina harag bay ka bixiyeen. 12 Oo iyana meel bay dhigeen qurbaannadii la gubayay inay sidii qaybihii reerihii dadku ay kala ahaayeen Rabbiga wax ugu bixiyaan si waafaqsan waxa ku qoran kitaabkii Muuse. Oo dibidiina sidaasoo kalay u galeen. 13 Oo sidii qaynuunku ahaa ayay neefafkii Kormaridda dab ugu dubeen, oo qurbaannadii quduuska ahaana waxay ku kariyeen dheryo iyo digsiyo iyo weelal kale oo waaweyn, oo intay qaadeen ayay haddiiba u geeyeen dadkii oo dhan. 14 Oo dabadeedna wax bay u diyaariyeen nafsaddoodii iyo wadaaddadii, maxaa yeelay, wadaaddadii reer Haaruun waxay ilaa habeenkii bixinayeen qurbaannada la gubo iyo baruurtaba, sidaas daraaddeed kuwii reer Laawi wax bay u diyaariyeen nafsaddoodii iyo wadaaddadii reer Haaruunba. 15 Oo nimankii gabayaaga ahaa oo reer Aasaafna waxay joogeen meeshoodii sidii uu ahaa amarkii Daa'uud, iyo Aasaaf, iyo Heemaan, iyo Yeduutuun oo ahaa boqorka wax arkihiisii, oo iridjoogayaashiina waxay joogeen irid kasta, oo iyagu uma ay baahnayn inay hawshooda ka tagaan, waayo, iyaga waxaa wax u diyaarin jiray walaalahoodii reer Laawi. 16 Sidaasaa hawshii Rabbiga loo diyaariyey isku maalintaas in Iidda Kormaridda la dhawro iyo in qurbaannada la gubo lagu bixiyo meeshii allabariga ee Rabbiga, sidii uu ahaa amarkii Boqor Yoosiyaah. 17 Reer binu Israa'iil oo markaas joogayna wakhtigaasay dhawrayeen Iiddii Kormaridda iyo Iiddii Kibista-aan-khamiirka-lahaynba intii toddoba maalmood ah. 18 Oo Iiddaas Kormaridda mid la mid ah dalka Israa'iil laguma iidin tan iyo wakhtigii Nebi Samuu'eel, oo boqorradii reer binu Israa'iilna midkoodna ma uu iidin Iiddii Kormaridda siday u iideen Yoosiyaah, iyo wadaaddadii, iyo kuwii reer Laawi, iyo kulli dadka Yahuudah iyo dadka Israa'iil ee joogay oo dhan, iyo dadkii Yeruusaalem degganaaba. 19 Oo Iiddaas Kormaridda waxaa la iiday sannaddii siddeed iyo tobnaad oo boqornimadii Yoosiyaah.

Dhimashadii Yoosiyaah

20 Oo waxyaalahaas oo dhan dabadood markuu Yoosiyaah macbudkii diyaariyey ayaa boqorkii Masar oo Nekoo la odhan jiray u soo baxay inuu la diriro Karkemiish oo u dhowayd Webi Yufraad, oo Yoosiyaahna isagii buu ku soo baxay. 21 Laakiinse ergooyin buu u diray, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Boqorka dalka Yahuudahow, maxaan kaa qabaa? Maanta adiga kuguma aan soo bixin, laakiinse waxaan ku soo baxay reerka aan colka la ahay; oo Ilaahna wuxuu igu amray inaan dhaqsado, haddaba Ilaaha ila jira ka joogso yuu ku baabbi'ine. 22 Habase yeeshee Yoosiyaah wuu diiday inuu wejigiisii ka jeediyo, laakiinse wuu ismidab rogay si uu ula diriro, oo ma uu maqlin erayadii Nekoo ee afka Ilaah ka soo baxay, wuuse yimid inuu kula diriro dooxadii Megiddoo. 23 Markaasay qaansaleydii fallaadh ku ganeen Boqor Yoosiyaah, dabadeedna boqorkii wuxuu addoommadiisii ku yidhi, War si xun baan u dhaawacmaye i fogeeya. 24 Sidaas daraaddeed addoommadiisii gaadhifaraskii way ka dejiyeen oo waxay saareen gaadhifaraskii labaad ee uu lahaa, oo waxay isagii keeneen Yeruusaalem, halkaasuuna ku dhintay, oo waxaa lagu aasay qabuurihii awowayaashiis. Oo dadkii Yahuudah iyo Yeruusaalem oo dhan Yoosiyaah way u baroorteen. 25 Oo Yeremyaahna waa u baroortay Yoosiyaah, oo ilaa maantadan la joogo ragga gabya iyo naagaha gabya oo dhanba waxay baroortoodii kaga sheekeeyeen Yoosiyaah, oo taasna dalka Israa'iil qaynuun baa lagaga dhigay, oo bal eeg, waxay ku qoran tahay kitaabka baroorta. 26 Haddaba Yoosiyaah falimihiisii kale iyo camalladiisii wanwanaagsanaa, sida ku qoran sharciga Rabbiga, 27 iyo falimihiisii intii hore iyo intii dambeba waxay ku qoran yihiin kitaabkii boqorrada dalka Israa'iil iyo dalka Yahuudah.

Josiah Celebrates the Passover(A)

35 Josiah celebrated the Passover(B) to the Lord in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the Lord’s temple. He said to the Levites, who instructed(C) all Israel and who had been consecrated to the Lord: “Put the sacred ark in the temple that Solomon son of David king of Israel built. It is not to be carried about on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel. Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions,(D) according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and by his son Solomon.

“Stand in the holy place with a group of Levites for each subdivision of the families of your fellow Israelites, the lay people. Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves(E) and prepare the lambs for your fellow Israelites, doing what the Lord commanded through Moses.”

Josiah provided for all the lay people who were there a total of thirty thousand lambs and goats for the Passover offerings,(F) and also three thousand cattle—all from the king’s own possessions.(G)

His officials also contributed(H) voluntarily to the people and the priests and Levites. Hilkiah,(I) Zechariah and Jehiel, the officials in charge of God’s temple, gave the priests twenty-six hundred Passover offerings and three hundred cattle. Also Konaniah(J) along with Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel and Jozabad,(K) the leaders of the Levites, provided five thousand Passover offerings and five hundred head of cattle for the Levites.

10 The service was arranged and the priests stood in their places with the Levites in their divisions(L) as the king had ordered.(M) 11 The Passover lambs were slaughtered,(N) and the priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them, while the Levites skinned the animals. 12 They set aside the burnt offerings to give them to the subdivisions of the families of the people to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the cattle. 13 They roasted the Passover animals over the fire as prescribed,(O) and boiled the holy offerings in pots, caldrons and pans and served them quickly to all the people. 14 After this, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were sacrificing the burnt offerings and the fat portions(P) until nightfall. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the Aaronic priests.

15 The musicians,(Q) the descendants of Asaph, were in the places prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun the king’s seer. The gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made the preparations for them.

16 So at that time the entire service of the Lord was carried out for the celebration of the Passover and the offering of burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had ordered. 17 The Israelites who were present celebrated the Passover at that time and observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. 18 The Passover had not been observed like this in Israel since the days of the prophet Samuel; and none of the kings of Israel had ever celebrated such a Passover as did Josiah, with the priests, the Levites and all Judah and Israel who were there with the people of Jerusalem. 19 This Passover was celebrated in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign.

The Death of Josiah(R)

20 After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Necho king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish(S) on the Euphrates,(T) and Josiah marched out to meet him in battle. 21 But Necho sent messengers to him, saying, “What quarrel is there, king of Judah, between you and me? It is not you I am attacking at this time, but the house with which I am at war. God has told(U) me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or he will destroy you.”

22 Josiah, however, would not turn away from him, but disguised(V) himself to engage him in battle. He would not listen to what Necho had said at God’s command but went to fight him on the plain of Megiddo.

23 Archers(W) shot King Josiah, and he told his officers, “Take me away; I am badly wounded.” 24 So they took him out of his chariot, put him in his other chariot and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.

25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments.(X) These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.(Y)

26 The other events of Josiah’s reign and his acts of devotion in accordance with what is written in the Law of the Lord 27 all the events, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.