¹Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

¹Josija je bil osem let star, ko je zakraljeval, in vladal je enointrideset let v Jeruzalemu; in materi njegovi je bilo ime Jedida, hči Adajeva, iz Bozkata.

²And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

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

³And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,

³In zgodi se v osemnajstem letu kralja Josija, da pošlje kralj Safana, sina Azaljevega, sinu Mesulamovega, pisarja, v hišo GOSPODOVO, veleč:

⁴Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:

⁴Pojdi gori k Hilkiju, velikemu duhovniku, da naj sešteje denar, kar se ga je prineslo v hišo GOSPODOVO, ki so ga zbrali varuhi ob vratih od ljudstva;

⁵And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

⁵in naj ga izroče delovodjem, ki nadzorujejo v hiši GOSPODOVI, in ti naj ga dado delavcem v hiši GOSPODOVI, da se popravi, kar je podrtega pri hiši,

⁶Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

⁶namreč tesarjem, stavbarjem in zidarjem, in da se kupi les in obsekano kamenje v popravo hiše.

⁷Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.

⁷A račun se ni zahteval od njih o denarju, ki se je poveril njih rokam, ker so ž njim zvesto ravnali.

⁸And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

⁸In Hilkija, veliki duhovnik, je rekel Safanu pisarju: Knjigo postave sem našel v hiši GOSPODOVI. In Hilkija da knjigo Safanu, in ta jo je bral.

⁹And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.

⁹In Safan pisar pride h kralju in mu sporoči in reče: Hlapci tvoji so izsuli denar, kar se ga je našlo v hiši GOSPODOVI, in so ga dali v roke delovodjem, ki nadzorujejo v hiši GOSPODOVI.

¹⁰And Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

¹⁰Dalje naznani Safan, pisar, kralju, rekoč: Knjigo mi je dal duhovnik Hilkija. In Safan jo je čital pred kraljem.

¹¹And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

¹¹Ko pa kralj sliši besede knjige postave, raztrga oblačila svoja.

¹²And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,

¹²In kralj zapove Hilkiju, duhovniku, in Ahikamu, sinu Safanovemu, in Akborju, sinu Mihajevemu, in Safanu pisarju in Asaju, kraljevemu hlapcu, rekoč:

¹³Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.

¹³Pojdite, vprašajte GOSPODA zame in za ljudstvo in za vse Judovo o besedah te knjige, ki se je našla; zakaj velik je srd GOSPODOV, ki se je vnel zoper nas, ker niso očetje naši poslušali besed te knjige, da bi delali po vsem, kar nam je v njej predpisano.

¹⁴So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.

¹⁴Tedaj so šli Hilkija, duhovnik, Ahikam, Akbor, Safan in Asaja k Huldi prorokinji, ženi Saluma, sina Tikvaja, sina Harhasovega, varuha oblačilnice (ona je pa stanovala v Jeruzalemu, v drugem delu mesta), in so govorili ž njo.

¹⁵And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,

¹⁵Ona jim pa reče: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Povejte možu, ki vas je poslal k meni:

¹⁶Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:

¹⁶Tako pravi GOSPOD: Glej, jaz pripravim nesrečo nad ta kraj in nad prebivalce njegove, namreč vse besede tiste knjige, ki jo je čital kralj Judov,

¹⁷Because 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 kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

¹⁷ker so me zapustili in so žgali kadilo drugim bogovom, da bi me dražili v jezo z vsem delom svojih rok; zato se bo vnel srd moj zoper ta kraj, in ne bo ugašen.

¹⁸But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;

¹⁸Kralju Judovemu pa, ki vas je poslal vprašat GOSPODA, recite tako: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, glede besed, ki si jih slišal:

¹⁹Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.

¹⁹Ker se je omečilo srce tvoje in si se ponižal pred GOSPODOM, ko si čul, kar sem govoril zoper ta kraj in zoper prebivalce njegove, da jih zadene opustošenje in preklinjanje, in si raztrgal oblačila svoja in jokal pred menoj: zato sem tudi tebe slišal, pravi GOSPOD.Zato, glej, te zberem 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 sporočili so ta govor kralju.

²⁰Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

²⁰Zato, glej, te zberem 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 sporočili so ta govor kralju.