¹And Josiah held a passover to Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they slaughtered the passover on the fourteenth of the first month.

¹ Yosiya binde na Paska* bato haggoy Rabbi se Urusalima ra. Borey na Paska feejey wi handu sintina jirbi way cindi taacanta hane.

²And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.

² A na alfagey daŋ ngey goyey ra, a n'i biney gaabandi mo Rabbi windo goyo ra.

³And he said to the Levites, that taught all Israel, [and] who were holy to Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built; ye have not to carry it upon your shoulders. Serve now Jehovah your God, and his people Israel;

³ Lawi borey kaŋ yaŋ ga Israyla kulu dondonandi, kaŋ hananteyaŋ no Rabbi se, a ne i se: «Kal araŋ ma Sundurku Hanna daŋ fuwo kaŋ Suleymanu, Dawda Israyla bonkoono izo cina din ra. Araŋ si ye ka maa tiŋa araŋ jasey gaa. Kal araŋ ma goy Rabbi araŋ Irikoyo se, d'a jama Israyla mo se.

⁴and prepare yourselves by your fathers' houses, in your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son;

⁴ Wa araŋ boŋ soola araŋ kaayey windey boŋ, araŋ sasarey boŋ, mate kaŋ cine Israyla bonkoono Dawda hantum din boŋ, da mate kaŋ a izo Suleymanu mo hantum.

⁵and stand in the sanctuary for the classes of the fathers' houses, for your brethren, the children of the people, and [according] to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the Levites;

⁵ Wa kay Nangu Hananta ra, araŋ kaayey windey fay-fay yaŋo boŋ, araŋ nya-izey wane jama izey. I ma daŋ boro kulu se nga baa Lawi windo, kaayey wane.

⁶and slaughter the passover, and hallow yourselves, and prepare it for your brethren, that they may do according to the word of Jehovah through Moses.

⁶ Sohõ wa Paska feejey wi. Wa araŋ boŋ hanandi. Araŋ ma soola araŋ nya-izey se mo. Wa goy Rabbi sanno kaŋ Musa ci din boŋ.»

⁷And Josiah gave for the children of the people a heave-offering of the flocks, lambs and goats, all for the passover-offerings, for all that were present -- to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.

⁷ Yosiya binde na jama no feej'izeyaŋ da hincin izeyaŋ alman kurey ra. I baayaŋo to zambar waranza, i kulu Paska sargay se. A n'i no mo borey kulu kaŋ go noodin yaŋ se, da handayze zambar hinza i banda. Woodin yaŋ kulu mo, bonkoono arzaka ra no i fun.

⁸And his princes gave a voluntary heave-offering for the people, for the priests, and for the Levites: Hilkijah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the passover-offerings two thousand six hundred [small cattle] and three hundred oxen;

⁸ Yaadin cine no i no jama se da bine yadda. Alfagey go, Lawi borey mo go, Hilciya da Zakariya, da Yehiyel, ngey kaŋ ga Irikoy windo may. I na alfagey no handayze zambar hinza da zangu iddu, da yeeji zangu hinza mo, Paska sargayey se.

⁹and Conaniah, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave as heave-offering to the Levites for the passover-offerings five thousand [small cattle] and five hundred oxen.

⁹ Konaniya mo, nga nda Semaya nda Netanel a nya izey, da Hasabiya, da Yeyel, da Yozabad, Lawi kunda boro beerey, i na Lawi borey no handayze zambar gu, da yeeji zangu gu, Paska sargayey se.

¹⁰And the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king's commandment.

¹⁰ Yaawo cine no i na saajawo soola nd'a: alfagey kay ngey nangey ra, Lawi borey mo ngey sasarey boŋ bonkoono lordo boŋ.

¹¹And they slaughtered the passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood] from their hand, and the Levites flayed them.

¹¹ I na Paska almaney wi, alfagey mo na kuro kaŋ i ta i kambe ra say-say, Lawi borey mo goono g'i fooru.

¹²And they set apart the burnt-offerings to give them to the classes of the fathers' houses of the children of the people, to present them to Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so [did they] with the oxen.

¹² I na sargayey kaŋ i ga ton sambu, zama ngey m'i nooyandi kaayey windey fay-fay yaŋo boŋ, jama izey wane. I m'a salle Rabbi se sanda mate kaŋ cine i hantum Musa tira ra. Yaadin no i te yeejey mo se.

¹³And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance; and the consecrated things they boiled in pots and in cauldrons and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the children of the people.

¹³ I na Paska almaney ton da danji, farilla boŋ. Sargayey kaŋ ga hanan ka bisa cindey, ngey mo i n'i zargandi kusuyaŋ ra, da cambuyaŋ ra, da taasayaŋ ra. I n'i sambu mo da cahãyaŋ ka kond'ey jama izey kulu se.

¹⁴And afterwards they made ready for themselves and for the priests; because the priests, the sons of Aaron, [were engaged] in offering up the burnt-offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.

¹⁴ Kokor banda i soola ngey boŋ se, da alfagey mo se. Zama Haruna banda alfagey go toonanteyaŋ da muraadu sargay kaŋ i ga ton da maani salleyaŋ se, hal a to cin. Woodin se no Lawi borey soola ngey boŋ se da Haruna banda alfagey se.

¹⁵And the singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the doorkeepers were at every gate; they had not to depart from their service, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

¹⁵ Doonkoy mo, Asaf izey go ngey nango ra Dawda lordo boŋ: Asaf da Heman, da Yedutun, bonkoono se fonnaykwa. Windi me batukoy mo go windi me kulu gaa. I mana fay da ngey goyo, zama i nya-izey Lawitey na soola te i se.

¹⁶And all the service of Jehovah was prepared the same day, to hold the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings on the altar of Jehovah according to the commandment of king Josiah.

¹⁶ Ya-cine no i na Rabbi saajawo kulu soola nd'a, zaari follonka din ra, i ma Paska bato haggoy. I ma sargay kaŋ i ga ton salle Rabbi feema ra Bonkoono Yosiya lordo boŋ.

¹⁷And the children of Israel that were present held the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

¹⁷ Israyla izey kaŋ go no noodin na Paska nda buuru kaŋ sinda dalbu bato mo haggoy alwaati woodin ra, hala jirbi iyye.

¹⁸And there was no passover like to that holden in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel hold such a passover as Josiah held, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

¹⁸ I mana Paska woodin cine te Israyla ra za annabi Samuwila zamana ra. Israyla bonkooni fo mo mana te kaŋ na Paska haggoy sanda mate kaŋ cine Yosiya te, nga nda alfagey, da Lawitey, da Yahuda da Israyla kulu kaŋ go noodin, da Urusalima borey.

¹⁹In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover holden.

¹⁹ I na Paska bato din haggoy Yosiya mayra jiiri way cindi ahakkanta ra.

²⁰After all this, when Josiah had arranged the house, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Karkemish at the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.

²⁰ Woodin kulu banda, waato kaŋ Yosiya na sududuyaŋ fuwo hanse ka ban, nga no, Misira bonkoono Neko tun ka koy zama nga ma wongu nda Karkemis Ufratis isa meyo gaa. Yosiya mo fatta ka kond'a gaa wongu.

²¹And he sent messengers to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house with which I have war; and God has told me to make haste: keep aloof from God who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

²¹ Amma Neko na diyayaŋ donton a gaa ka ne: «Ifo k'ay za da nin, ya nin Yahuda bonkoono? Manti nin no ay kaa ka wongu hunkuna bo, amma windo kaŋ ay goono ga gaaba nd'a iri game ra. Irikoy mo n'ay lordi ka ne ay ma himma daŋ. Ma si kawla nda Irikoy sanno kaŋ go ay banda, zama ni ma si halaci.»

²²But Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight against him; and he hearkened not to the words of Necho from the mouth of God; and he came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

²² Day Yosiya wangu ka bare ka fay d'a, amma a na alhaali barmay zama nga ma wongu nd'a. A mana laakal da Neko sanno mo, kaŋ fun Irikoy me ra. A binde koy wongo do Mejiddo gooro ra.

²³And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away, for I am sore wounded.

²³ Hangawkoyey binde na bonkoono Yosiya hay, bonkoono mo ne nga tamey se: «W'ay hibandi, kaŋ se i n'ay guuru nda cimi.»

²⁴And his servants took him out from the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

²⁴ A tamey binde n'a kaa nga torka ra. I n'a daŋ torko hinkanta kaŋ go a se din ra ka kand'a Urusalima ra. A bu, i n'a fiji mo a kaayey saarayey ra. Yahuda da Urusalima kulu na bu baray te Yosiya se.

²⁵And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah; and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance for Israel. And behold, they are written in the lamentations.

²⁵ Irimiya mo na bu baray doon Yosiya se. Alborey kaŋ ga doon, da wayborey kaŋ ga doon mo, i kulu no ga Yosiya maa ce ngey hẽeney ra, hala ka kaa sohõ. I na woodin ciya mo alaada Israyla ra. A go mo, i n'i hantum bu baray tira ra.

²⁶And the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of Jehovah,

²⁶ Yosiya goy cindey d'a Irikoy ganayaŋ goyey kaŋ a te, haŋ kaŋ go hantumante Rabbi asariya tira ra,

²⁷and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

²⁷ za a sintinay goyo kal a kokor banda wano, i go hantumante Israyla da Yahuda bonkooney tira ra.