¹And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

¹[Ny fahazotoan'i Josia handrava ny fivavahana tsy marina sy hanangana indray ny fivavahana amin'i Jehovah, ary ny niadiany tamin'ny Egyptiana, sy ny nahafatesany] Ary nanirahan'ny mpanjaka, ka dia vory tany aminy ny loholon'ny Joda Jerosalema rehetra.

²And the king went up into the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of Jehovah.

²Dia niakatra ho ao an-tranon'i Jehovah ny mpanjaka, ary nanaraka azy ny lehilahy rehetra amin'ny Joda sy ny mponina rehetra tany Jerosalema mbamin'ny mpisorona sy ny mpaminany ary ny vahoaka rehetra, na kely na lehibe; ary novakiny teo anatrehany ny teny rehetra tamin'ny bokin'ny fanekena izay hita tao an-tranon'i Jehovah.

³And the king stood on the dais, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [his] heart, and with all [his] soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

³Ary ny mpanjaka nitsangana teo amin'ny fitoeran'andriana, dia nanao fanekena teo anatrehan'i Jehovah hanaraka Azy sy hitandrina ny lalàny sy ny teni-vavolombelony ary ny didiny amin'ny fony rehetra sy ny fanahiny rehetra, hankatò ny tenin'ny fanekena sy izay voasoratra ao amin'izany boky izany. Ary ny vahoaka rehetra koa dia mba nanaiky ny fanekena.

⁴And the king commanded Hilkijah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of the heavens; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.

⁴Ary ny mpanjaka nandidy an'i Hilkia mpisoronabe sy ireo mpisorona manarakaraka ary ny mpiandry varavarana hamoaka ny fanaka rehetra izay natao ho an'i Bala sy Astarta ary ho an'izay rehetra eny amin'ny lanitra hiala amin'ny tempolin'i Jehovah; ka nodorany tany ivelan'i Jerosalema teny amin'ny saha amoron'i Kidrona ireny, ary nentiny ho any Betela ny vovony.

⁵And he abolished the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah, and the environs of Jerusalem; and them that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

⁵Ary natsahany koa ny mpisorona amin'ny andriamani-tsi-izy, izay notendren'ny mpanjakan'ny Joda handoro ditin-kazo manitra eny amin'ny fitoerana avo tany amin'ny tanànan'ny Joda sy tamin'ny manodidina an'i Jerosalema, sy izay nandoro ditin-kazo manitra koa ho an'i Bala, dia ny masoandro, ary ho an'ny volana sy ny kintana amin'ny Zodiaka ary ho an'izay rehetra eny amin'ny lanitra.[Heb. Mazotoa; izahao Joba xxxviii. 32]

⁶And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, outside Jerusalem, to the torrent of Kidron, and burned it at the torrent of Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder upon the graves of the children of the people.

⁶Ary ny Aseraha navoakany hiala amin'ny tranon'i Jehovah ho any ivelan'i Jerosalema, ao amin'ny lohasahan-driaka Kidrona; ary nodorany tao io ka notorotoroiny ho vovoka, ary ny vovony nafafiny teny ambonin'ny fasam-bahoaka.

⁷And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove tents for the Asherah.

⁷Ary noravany ny tranon'ny olona nanolo-tena hijangajanga ho fanompoan-tsampy izay teo amin'ny tranon'i Jehovah, dia ireo nanenoman'ny vehivavy lay ho an'i Astarta.

⁸And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba even to Beer-sheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates, those at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, [and] those on the left hand of any [going in] at the gate of the city.

⁸Ary nampaka ny mpisorona rehetra avy tamin'ny tanànan'ny Joda izy, dia nolotoiny ny fitoerana avo, izay nandoroan'ny mpisorona ditin-kazo manitra, hatrany Geba ka hatrany Beri-sheba ary noravany ny fitoerana avo tao akaikin'ny vavahady, dia ilay teo anoloan'ny vavahadin'i Josoa, komandin'ny tanàna, sy ilay teo an-kavia raha miditra amin'ny vavahadin'ny tanana.

⁹Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they ate of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

⁹Fa ny mpisorona tamin'ny fitoerana avo tsy navela hanatitra teo ambonin'ny alitaran'i Jehovah any Jerosalema; nefa nahazo niara-nihinana mofo tsy misy masirasira tamin'ny rahalahiny ihany izy.

¹⁰And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, that no man might cause his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

¹⁰Ary nolotoiny koa Tofeta, izay eo amin'ny lohasahan'ny taranak'i Hinoma, mba tsy hisy hampandeha ny zananilahy na ny zananivavy hamaky ny afo ho an'i Moloka intsony.

¹¹And he abolished the horses that the kings of Judah had appointed to the sun at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun, with fire.

¹¹Ary ny soavaly izay nohamasinin'ireo mpanjakan'ny Joda ho an'ny masoandro ka nataony teo amin'ny fidirana ho ao an-tranon'i Jehovah, teo akaikin'ny efi-tranon'i Natana-meleka tandapa, izay tao Parvara, dia nesoriny; ary ny kalesin'ny masoandro nodorany tamin'ny afo.[Heb. ionoka][Tokony ho anaran-trano madinika sasany teo an-kianjan'ny tempoly]

¹²And the king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, and he shattered them, [removing them] from thence, and cast the powder of them into the torrent of Kidron.

¹²Ary ireo alitara teo an-tampon-trano ambony amin'ny tranon'i Ahaza, izay nataon'ireo mpanjakan'ny Joda, sy ny alitara izay nataon'i Manase tao anatin'ny kianja roa tamin'ny tranon'i Jehovah, dia noravan'ny mpanjaka ka notorotoroiny, dia nafafiny tany amin'ny lohasahan-driaka Kidrona ny vovony.

¹³And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

¹³Ary nolotoin'ny mpanjaka ireo fitoerana avo izay teo anoloan'i Jerosalema, teo amin'ny ankavanan'ny tendrombohitra nahitan-doza, dia ireo nataon'i Solomona, mpanjakan'ny Isiraely, ho an'i Astarta, fa havetavetan'ny Sidoniana, sy ho an'i Kemosy, fahavetavetan'i Moaba, ary ho an'i Milkoma, fahavetavetan'ny taranak'i Amona.

¹⁴And he broke in pieces the columns, and cut down the Asherahs, and filled their place with the bones of men.

¹⁴Dia notorotoroiny ny tsangam-baton-tsampy sady nokapainy koa ny Aseraha, ka nofenoiny taolan'olona ny nitoerany.

¹⁵Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, the high place that Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and burned the high place, stamped it small to powder, and burned the Asherah.

¹⁵Ary ny alitara izay tao Betela sy ny fitoerana avo izay nataon'i Jeroboama, zanak'i Nebata, ilay nampanota ny Isiraely, dia noravany koa; ary nodorany ny fitoerana avo ka notorotoroiny ho vovoka, ary nodorany koa ny Aseraha.

¹⁶And Josiah turned himself, and saw the sepulchres that were there on the mount; and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned [them] upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah, that the man of God had proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

¹⁶Ary nitodika Josia ka nahita ny fasana teny an-tendrombohitra, dia naniraka naka ny taolana tao am-pasana, ary nodorany teo ambonin'ny alitara ireny nandotoany azy, araka ny tenin'i Jehovah, izay notorin'ilay lehilahin'Andriamanitra.[Izahao 1 Mpanjaka xiii. 2]

¹⁷Then he said, What tombstone is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which thou hast done against the altar of Bethel.

¹⁷Dia hoy izy: Tsangam-baton'iza itsy hitako itsy? Ary hoy ny mponina tao an-tanana taminy: Fasan'ilay lehilahin'Andriamanitra izay avy tany Joda io, dia ilay nitory izao zavatra nataonao tamin'ny alitara eto Betela izao.

¹⁸And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. And they saved his bones, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

¹⁸Ary hoy izy: Aoka itsy; aza misy manetsika ny taolany akory. Dia tsy nokasihiny ny taolany sy ny taolan'ilay mpaminany avy tany Samaria.

¹⁹And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [Jehovah] to anger, Josiah removed, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

¹⁹Ary ny trano rehetra tamin'ny fitoerana avo, izay teny amin'ny tanànan'i Samaria, izay nataon'ireo mpanjakan'ny Isiraely ka nahatonga fahatezerana, dia noravan'i Josia koa ka nataony araka izay rehetra efa navony tany Betela.

²⁰And he sacrificed upon the altars all the priests of the high places that were there, and burned men's bones upon them. And he returned to Jerusalem.

²⁰Ary ny mpisorona rehetra izay teo, dia ny mpisorona amin'ny fitoerana avo, novonoiny teo ambonin'ny alitara, sady nandoro taolan'olona teo koa izy, dia niverina nankany Jerosalema.

²¹And the king commanded all the people saying, Hold the passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.

²¹Ary ny mpanjaka nandidy ny vahoaka rehetra hoe: Tandremo ny Paskan'i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo, araka ny voasoratra ao amin'ny bokin'ity fanekena ity.

²²For there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

²²Fa tsy nisy Paska notandremana toy izany hatramin'ny andron'ny mpitsara izay nitsara ny Isiraely, na tamin'ny andro rehetra nanjakan'ny mpanjakan'ny Isiraely sy ny mpanjakan'ny Joda;

²³but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to Jehovah in Jerusalem.

²³fa tamin'ny taona fahavalo ambin'ny folo nanjakan'i Josia mpanjaka no nitandremany izany Paska izany ho an'i Jehovah tany Jerosalema.

²⁴Moreover the necromancers and the soothsayers, and the teraphim and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah took away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkijah the priest had found in the house of Jehovah.

²⁴Ary ny nanao azy ho tsindrian-javatra sy ny mpanao hatsarana sy ny terafima sy ny sampy ary ny fahavetavetana rehetra izay hita tany amin'ny tany Joda sy tany Jerosalema dia nesorin'i Josia koa, mba hanatanterahana ny tenin'ny lalàna voasoratra ao amin'ilay boky hitan'i Hilkia mpisorona tao an-tranon'i Jehovah.

²⁵And before him there had been no king like him that turned to Jehovah with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there his like.

²⁵Ary tsy nisy mpanjaka tahaka azy teo alohany, izay niverina ho amin'i Jehovah tamin'ny fony rehetra sy ny fanahiny rehetra sy ny heriny rehetra araka ny lalàn'i Mosesy rehetra; sady tsy nisy tahaka azy intsony niseho tao aoriany.

²⁶But Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him.

²⁶Nefa Jehovah tsy nitsahatra tamin'ny firehetan'ny fahatezerany mafy, dia ilay fahatezerana nirehitra tamin'ny Joda noho ny fampahatezerana rehetra izay nampahatezeran'i Manase Azy.

²⁷And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will reject this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

²⁷Dia hoy Jehovah: Hesoriko koa ny Joda hiala eo imasoko, tahaka ny nanesorako ny Isiraely, ary holaviko ity tanàna Jerosalema nofidiko ity sy ny trano izay nolazaiko hoe: Ho ao ny anarako.

²⁸And the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

²⁸Ary ny tantaran'i Josia sisa mbamin'izay rehetra nataony, tsy efa voasoratra ao amin'ny bokin'ny tantaran'ny mpanjakan'ny Joda va izany?

²⁹In his days Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and king Josiah went against him; but [Nechoh] slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

²⁹Tamin'ny andro nanjakan'i Josia no niakaran'i Farao-neko, mpanjakan'i Egypta, hankany amoron'ny ony Eofrata hiady amin'ny mpanjakan'i Asyria; ary Josia mpanjaka dia nandeha hiady amin'i Farao. Kanjo nony hitany, dia matiny tao Megido izy.

³⁰And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.

³⁰Ary ny fatiny dia napetraky ny mpanompony tao anaty kalesy ka nentiny niala tao Megido ho any Jerosalema, dia naleviny tao amin'ny fasany. Ary nalain'ny vahoaka Joahaza, zanak'i Josia, dia nohosorany ka nampanjakainy handimby an-drainy.

³¹Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

³¹[Ny nanjakan'i Joahaza sy Joiakima ary Joiakina] Telo amby roa-polo taona Joahaza fony izy vao nanjaka, ary telo volana no nanjakany tany Jerosalema. Ary ny anaran-dreniny dia Hamotala, zanakavavin'i Jeremia, avy any Libna.

³²And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.

³²Ary nanao izay ratsy eo imason'i Jehovah izy tahaka izay rehetra nataon'ny razany.

³³And Pharaoh-Nechoh had him bound at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and laid a tribute upon the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

³³Ary nafatotr'i Farao-neko tao Ribla any amin'ny tany Hamata izy, mba tsy hanjakany any Jerosalema, sady nampandoaviny sazy talenta volafotsy zato sy talenta volamena iray ny fanjakana.

³⁴And Pharaoh-Nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king instead of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And he took Jehoahaz; and he came to Egypt, and died there.

³⁴Ary Farao-neko nanendry an'i Eliakima, zanak'i Josia, ho mpanjaka hisolo an'i Josia rainy; ary ny anarany novany ho Joiakima, fa Joahaza kosa dia nentiny ho any Egypta ka maty tany.

³⁵And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he laid a proportional tax on the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his estimation, to give it to Pharaoh-Nechoh.

³⁵Ary ny volafotsy sy ny volamena dia nomen'i Joiakima an'i Farao; kanefa notombanany avokoa ny olona rehetra araka ny didin'i Farao, ary ny vahoaka rehetra dia samy nampandoaviny vola araka ny tombany avy, mba homeny an'i Farao-neko.

³⁶Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebuddah, daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

³⁶Dimy amby roa-polo taona Joiakima, fony izy vao nanjaka, ary nanjaka iraika ambin'ny folo taona tany Jerosalema izy. Ary ny anaran-dreniny dia Zebida, zanakavavin'i Pedaia, avy any Romaha.Ary nanao izay ratsy eo imason'i Jehovah izy tahaka izay nataon'ny razany.

³⁷And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.

³⁷Ary nanao izay ratsy eo imason'i Jehovah izy tahaka izay nataon'ny razany.