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

¹Josija je bil osem let star, ko je zakraljeval, in vladal je enointrideset let v Jeruzalemu.

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.

²In delal je, kar je bilo prav v očeh GOSPODOVIH, in hodil po potih Davida, očeta svojega, in se ni ganil ne na desno, ne na levo.

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.

³V osmem letu namreč kraljevanja svojega, ko je bil še deček, je začel iskati Boga očeta svojega Davida, in v dvanajstem letu je začel očiščevati Judo in Jeruzalem višav in Ašer ter izrezanih in ulitih podob.

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.

⁴In podrli so oltarje Baalov vpričo njega in solnčne stebre, ki so bili vrhu njih, je posekal, Ašere pa in izrezane in ulite podobe je strl ter jih zdrobil v prah in prah raztresel po grobovih tistih, ki so jim bili darovali.

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

⁵In kosti duhovnikov je sežgal na njih oltarjih, in tako je očistil Judo in Jeruzalem.

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

⁶Tudi v mestih Manasejevih in Efraimovih in Simeonovih, prav do Neftalija, vse okrog po njih razvalinah

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.

⁷je porušil oltarje ter razbil v prah Ašere in izrezane podobe in posekal solnčne stebre po vsej deželi Izraelovi, in se je vrnil v Jeruzalem.

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.

⁸V osemnajstem letu kraljevanja svojega pa, ko je bil očistil deželo in hišo, pošlje Safana, sina Azaljevega, in Maaseja, mestnega poglavarja, in Joaha, sina Joahazovega, deželnega letopisca, da bi popravili hišo GOSPODA, njegovega Boga.

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.

⁹Ti pridejo k Hilkiju, velikemu duhovniku, ter izroče denar, kar se ga je prineslo v hišo Božjo, ki so ga bili nabrali leviti, varuhi ob vratih, od Manaseja in Efraima in od vsega ostanka Izraelovega in od vseh Judovih in Benjaminovih in od prebivalcev jeruzalemskih.

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:

¹⁰In ga izroče delovodjem, ki so nadzorovali v hiši GOSPODOVI, in ti ga dado delavcem, ki so delali v hiši GOSPODOVI, da se popravi in izboljša hiša;

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.

¹¹dado ga tesarjem in stavbarjem, da nakupijo obsekanega kamenja in lesa za veznike ter napravijo tramov za hiše, ki so jih bili skazili kralji Judovi.

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.

¹²In tisti možje so zvesto opravljali delo. In njih nadzorniki so bili: Jahat in Obadija, levita, iz sinov Merarijevih, Zeharija in Mesulam pa iz sinov Kahatovcev, da bodo na čelu; in drugi leviti, ki so vsi znali peti ob glasbilih,

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.

¹³so bili tudi nad bremenarji in na čelu vsem, ki so se trudili v katerikoli službi; in drugi leviti so bili pisarji, uradniki in vratarji.

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.

¹⁴Ko so pa jemali ven denar, ki je bil prinešen v hišo GOSPODOVO, je našel duhovnik Hilkija knjigo postave GOSPODOVE, dane po Mojzesu.

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.

¹⁵In Hilkija izpregovori ter reče Safanu, pisarju: Našel sem knjigo postave v hiši GOSPODOVI. In Hilkija izroči knjigo Safanu.

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.

¹⁶Safan pa prinese knjigo h kralju in razen tega sporoči kralju, rekoč: Hlapci tvoji delajo vse, kar je bilo njih rokam poverjeno.

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.

¹⁷In izsuli so denar, ki je bil zbran v hiši GOSPODOVI, in so ga oddali v roke nadzornikom in delovodjem.

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

¹⁸Še pove Safan, pisar, kralju, rekoč: Knjigo mi je dal duhovnik Hilkija. In Safan jo je čital pred kraljem.

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

¹⁹Ko pa kralj sliši besede postave, raztrga oblačila svoja.

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,

²⁰In kralj zapove Hilkiju in Ahikamu, sinu Safanovemu, in Abdonu, sinu Mihovemu, in pisarju Safanu in Asaju, kraljevemu hlapcu, rekoč:

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.

²¹Pojdite, vprašajte GOSPODA zame in za tiste, ki so preostali v Izraelu in Judi, o besedah te knjige, ki se je našla; zakaj velik je srd GOSPODOV, ki se je zgrnil na nas, kajti naši očetje niso pazili na besedo GOSPODOVO, da bi delali po vsem, kar je pisano v tej knjigi.

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.

²²Tedaj so šli Hilkija in tisti, ki jim je kralj velel, k Huldi prorokinji, ženi Saluma, sinu Tokhata, sinu Hasrahovega, varuha oblačilnice (ona pa je stanovala v Jeruzalemu, v drugem delu mesta), in so govorili ž njo po tem povelju.

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

²³Ona jim pa reče: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Povejte možu, ki vas je poslal k meni:

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:

²⁴Tako pravi GOSPOD: Glej, jaz pripravim nesrečo nad ta kraj in nad prebivalce njegove, namreč vse kletve, ki so zapisane v knjigi, iz katere so čitali pred kraljem Judovim,

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.

²⁵ker so me zapustili in so žgali kadilo drugim bogovom, da bi me dražili v jezo z vsem delom svojih rok; zato se je zgrnil srd moj nad tem krajem in ne bo ugasnil.

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;

²⁶Kralju Judovemu pa, ki vas je poslal vprašat GOSPODA, tako mu recite: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, zastran besed, ki si jih slišal:

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.

²⁷Ker se je omečilo srce tvoje in si se ponižal pred Bogom, ko si čul besede njegove zoper ta kraj in zoper njegove prebivalce, in si se ponižal pred menoj in si raztrgal oblačila svoja in jokal pred mano: zato sem tudi tebe slišal, pravi GOSPOD.

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.

²⁸Glej, zberem te k očetom tvojim, in boš v miru zbran v grob svoj, da ne bodo oči tvoje videle vse nesreče, ki jo spravim nad ta kraj in nad prebivalce njegove. In sporočili so ta govor kralju.

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

²⁹Nato pošlje kralj in zbere k sebi vse starejšine Judove in jeruzalemske.

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.

³⁰In kralj gre gori v hišo GOSPODOVO in vsi možje Judovi in prebivalci jeruzalemski in duhovniki in leviti in vse ljudstvo, veliki in mali; in čita, da vsi slišijo, vse besede knjige zaveze, ki se je našla v hiši GOSPODOVI.

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.

³¹In kralj se ustopi na svojem mestu in stori zavezo pred GOSPODOM, da bo hodil za GOSPODOM in pazil na zapovedi njegove in pričevanja in postave njegove iz vsega srca svojega in iz vse duše svoje, da izpolni besede zaveze, ki so pisane v tej knjigi.

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.

³²In velel je vsem, ki so bili v Jeruzalemu in po Benjaminovem, pristopiti k tej zavezi. In prebivalci jeruzalemski so storili po zavezi Božji, Boga očetov svojih.In Josija je odpravil vse gnusobe iz pokrajin, ki so bile sinov Izraelovih, in je priganjal vse, ki so bivali v Izraelu, da služijo GOSPODU, svojemu Bogu. Vse njegove dni niso odstopili od GOSPODA, očetov svojih Boga.

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.

³³In Josija je odpravil vse gnusobe iz pokrajin, ki so bile sinov Izraelovih, in je priganjal vse, ki so bivali v Izraelu, da služijo GOSPODU, svojemu Bogu. Vse njegove dni niso odstopili od GOSPODA, očetov svojih Boga.