¹Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

¹كان يوشيا ابن ثماني سنين حين ملك وملك احدى وثلاثين سنة في اورشليم.

²And 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.

²وعمل المستقيم في عيني الرب وسار في طرق داود ابيه ولم يحد يمينا ولا شمالا

³For 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.

³وفي السنة الثامنة من ملكه اذ كان بعد فتى ابتدأ يطلب اله داود ابيه. وفي السنة الثانية عشرة ابتدأ يطهر يهوذا واورشليم من المرتفعات والسواري والتماثيل والمسبوكات.

⁴And they brake 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 brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

⁴وهدموا امامه مذابح البعليم وتماثيل الشمس التي عليها من فوق قطعها وكسر السواري والتماثيل والمسبوكات ودقّها ورشّها على قبور الذين ذبحوا لها.

⁵And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

⁵واحرق عظام الكهنة على مذابحهم وطهر يهوذا واورشليم.

⁶And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

⁶وفي مدن منسّى وافرايم وشمعون حتى ونفتالي مع خرائبها حولها

⁷And 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.

⁷هدم المذابح والسواري ودقّ التماثيل ناعما وقطع جميع تماثيل الشمس في كل ارض اسرائيل ثم رجع الى اورشليم

⁸Now 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.

⁸وفي السنة الثامنة عشرة من ملكه بعد ان طهر الارض والبيت ارسل شافان بن اصليا ومعسيا رئيس المدينة ويوآخ بن يوآحاز المسجّل لاجل ترميم بيت الرب الهه.

⁹And 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.

⁹فجاءوا الى حلقيا الكاهن العظيم واعطوه الفضة المدخلة الى بيت الله التي جمعها اللاويون حارسوا الباب من منسّى وافرايم ومن كل بقية اسرائيل ومن كل يهوذا وبنيامين ثم رجعوا الى اورشليم.

¹⁰And 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 wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:

¹⁰ودفعوها لايدي عاملي الشغل الموكلين في بيت الرب فدفعوها لعاملي الشغل الذين كانوا يعملون في بيت الرب لاجل اصلاح البيت وترميمه.

¹¹Even 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.

¹¹واعطوها للنجارين والبنائين ليشتروا حجارة منحوتة واخشابا للوصل ولاجل تسقيف البيوت التي اخربها ملوك يهوذا.

¹²And 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.

¹²وكان الرجال يعملون العمل بامانة وعليهم وكلاء يحث وعوبديا اللاويان من بني مراري وزكريا ومشلام من بني القهاتيين لاجل المناظرة ومن اللاويين كل ماهر بآلات الغناء.

¹³Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

¹³وكانوا على الحمّال ووكلاء كل عامل شغل في خدمة فخدمة. وكان من اللاويين كتاب وعرفاء وبوابون

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁴وعند اخراجهم الفضة المدخلة الى بيت الرب وجد حلقيا الكاهن سفر شريعة الرب بيد موسى.

¹⁵And 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.

¹⁵فاجاب حلقيا وقال لشافان الكاتب قد وجدت سفر الشريعة في بيت الرب. وسلّم حلقيا السفر الى شافان.

¹⁶And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.

¹⁶فجاء شافان بالسفر الى الملك ورد الى الملك جوابا قائلا كل ما اسلم ليد عبيدك هم يفعلونه.

¹⁷And 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.

¹⁷وقد افرغوا الفضة الموجودة في بيت الرب ودفعوها ليد الوكلاء ويد عاملي الشغل.

¹⁸Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

¹⁸واخبر شافان الكاتب الملك قائلا قد اعطاني حلقيا الكاهن سفرا. وقرأ فيه شافان امام الملك.

¹⁹And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

¹⁹فلما سمع الملك كلام الشريعة مزّق ثيابه.

²⁰And 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,

²⁰وامر الملك حلقيا واخيقام بن شافان وعبدون بن ميخا وشافان الكاتب وعسايا عبد الملك قائلا

²¹Go, enquire 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 upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

²¹اذهبوا اسألوا الرب من اجلي ومن اجل من بقي من اسرائيل ويهوذا عن كلام السفر الذي وجد لانه عظيم غضب الرب الذي انسكب علينا من اجل ان آبائنا لم يحفظوا كلام الرب ليعملوا حسب كل ما هو مكتوب في هذا السفر.

²²And 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 dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

²²فذهب حلقيا والذين امرهم الملك الى خلدة النبية امرأة شلّوم بن توقهة بن حسرة حارس الثياب. وهي ساكنة في اورشليم في القسم الثاني. وكلّموها هكذا.

²³And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,

²³فقالت لهم هكذا قال الرب اله اسرائيل قولوا للرجل الذي ارسلكم اليّ.

²⁴Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

²⁴هكذا قال الرب هانذا جالب شرا على هذا الموضع وعلى سكانه جميع اللعنات المكتوبة في السفر الذي قرأوه امام ملك يهوذا.

²⁵Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

²⁵من اجل انهم تركوني واوقدوا لآلهة اخرى لكي يغيظوني بكل اعمال ايديهم وينسكب غضبي على هذا الموضع ولا ينطفئ.

²⁶And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;

²⁶واما ملك يهوذا الذي ارسلكم لتسألوا من الرب فهكذا تقولون له. هكذا قال الرب اله اسرائيل من جهة الكلام الذي سمعت.

²⁷Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.

²⁷من اجل انه قد رقّ قلبك وتواضعت امام الله حين سمعت كلامه على هذا الموضع وعلى سكانه وتواضعت امامي ومزقت ثيابك وبكيت امامي يقول الرب قد سمعت انا ايضا.

²⁸Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

²⁸هانذا اضمّك الى آبائك فتضمّ الى قبرك بسلام وكل الشر الذي اجلبه على هذا الموضع وعلى سكانه لا ترى عيناك. فردّوا على الملك الجواب

²⁹Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

²⁹وارسل الملك وجمع كل شيوخ يهوذا واورشليم

³⁰And 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.

³⁰وصعد الملك الى بيت الرب مع كل رجال يهوذا وسكان اورشليم والكهنة واللاويين وكل الشعب من الكبير الى الصغير وقرأ في آذانهم كل كلام سفر العهد الذي وجد في بيت الرب.

³¹And 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.

³¹ووقف الملك على منبره وقطع عهدا امام الرب للذهاب وراء الرب ولحفظ وصاياه وشهاداته وفرائضه بكل قلبه وكل نفسه ليعمل كلام العهد المكتوب في هذا السفر.

³²And 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.

³²واوقف كل الموجودين في اورشليم وبنيامين فعمل سكان اورشليم حسب عهد الله اله آبائهم.

³³And 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.

³³وازال يوشيا جميع الرجاسات من كل الاراضي التي لبني اسرائيل وجعل جميع الموجودين في اورشليم يعبدون الرب الههم. كل ايامه لم يحيدوا من وراء الرب اله آبائهم