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

¹ Yosiya gonda jiiri ahakku alwaato kaŋ a sintin ka may. A may mo jiiri waranza cindi fo Urusalima ra. A nyaŋo mo maa Yedida, Adaya ize wayo, Bozkat boro no.

²And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand nor to the left.

² Yosiya te haŋ kaŋ ga saba Rabbi diyaŋ gaa ka nga kaayo Dawda fonda kulu gana. A mana kamba kambe ŋwaari wala kambe wow gaa haray.

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

³ A ciya, Bonkoono Yosiya mayra jiiri way cindi ahakkanta, kala bonkoono na hantumkwa Safan, Azaliya ize, Mesullam ize donton a ma koy Rabbi windo ra. A ne:

⁴Go up to Hilkijah the high priest, that he may sum up the money which is brought into the house of Jehovah, which the doorkeepers have gathered of the people,

⁴ «Ma koy alfaga beero Hilciya do, zama a ma nooro kaŋ i kande Rabbi windo ra lasaabu, wo kaŋ yaŋ me batukoy margu-margu ka ta jama gaa.

⁵and let them give it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and let them give it to those that do the work in the house of Jehovah, to repair the breaches of the house,

⁵ I m'a daŋ goy-teerey kaŋ yaŋ ga Rabbi windo goyo haggoy kambe ra. Ngey mo m'a no goy-izey kaŋ go Rabbi windo ra se, zama i ma naŋ kaŋ windo kottu din hanse.

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

⁶ I m'a no mo sacey da cinakoy da tondi jabukoy se, hal i ma tuuri da tondi jabante day windo hanseyaŋ se.»

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

⁷ Amma i si ga nooro kaŋ i ga daŋ i kambe ra lasaabu, zama i ga ngey goyo te da naanay.

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

⁸ Alfaga beero Hilciya mo ne hantumkwa Safan se: «Ay na asariya tira gar Rabbi windo ra.» Kala Hilciya na tira no Safan se, nga mo n'a caw.

⁹And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again and said, Thy servants have emptied out 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 Jehovah.

⁹ Hantumkwa Safan mo kaa bonkoono do ka kande baaro bonkoono se. A ne: «Ni tamey na nooro kaŋ i gar windo ra gusam. I n'i daŋ goy-teerey kambe ra, ngey kaŋ yaŋ ga haggoy da Rabbi windo ra goy-izey.»

¹⁰And Shaphan the scribe informed the king saying, Hilkijah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

¹⁰ Hantumkwa Safan mo ye ka ci bonkoono se ka ne: «Alfa Hilciya n'ay no tira fo.» Safan mo na tira caw bonkoono jine.

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

¹¹ A ciya mo, alwaato kaŋ bonkoono maa sanney kaŋ go asariya tira ra, kal a na nga bankaarayey tooru-tooru.

¹²And the king commanded Hilkijah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,

¹² Kala Bonkoono na Alfa Hilciya, da Ahikam Safan ize, da Akbor Mikaya ize, da hantumkwa Safan, da Asaya bonkoono bannya lordi ka ne:

¹³Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book which is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written [there] for us.

¹³ «Wa koy ka Rabbi hã in da jama da Yahuda kulu mo se, tiro wo kaŋ i gar ciine ra. Zama Rabbi futa ya ibeeri no kaŋ ga koroŋ iri gaa, zama iri kaayey mana hangan tira wo sanney se, i mana goy mo da hay kulu kaŋ i hantum iri se.»

¹⁴And Hilkijah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe: now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter [of the town]; and they spoke with her.

¹⁴ Alfa Hilciya mo, da Ahikam, da Akbor, da Safan, da Asaya koy wayboro annabo Hulda do, kaŋ ga ti Sallum wande. Baabo maa Tikba, kaayo maa Haras. (Sallum no ga ti bankaarayey fuwo batukwa.) Waybora din go Urusalima ra da goray, Misne kura. Kala Hilciyayaŋ salaŋ a se.

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

¹⁵ Waybora mo ne i se: «Yaa no Rabbi, Israyla Irikoyo ci: Wa ci bora kaŋ n'araŋ donton ay gaa din se:

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

¹⁶ Rabbi ne: Guna, ay ga masiiba candi ka kande nango wo d'a ra gorokoy gaa, sanda tira sanney kulu kaŋ Yahuda bonkoono caw.

¹⁷Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my fury is kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

¹⁷ Zama i n'ay furu ka dugu ton de-koy fooyaŋ se, zama i m'ay zokoti nda ngey kambe goyey kulu. Woodin sabbay se no ay futa ga koroŋ nango din boŋ, hay kulu s'a ban mo.

¹⁸But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel touching the words which thou hast heard:

¹⁸ Amma Yahuda bonkoono kaŋ n'araŋ donton araŋ ma hã Rabbi gaa din, haŋ kaŋ araŋ ga ci a se neeya: Rabbi, Israyla Irikoyo ne: Sanno kaŋ ni maa ciine ra,

¹⁹Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard [thee], saith Jehovah.

¹⁹ za kaŋ ni wo, ni bina ga baan, ni na ni boŋ kaynandi mo Rabbi jine waato kaŋ ni maa sanno kaŋ ay ci nango wo d'a ra gorokoy boŋ, ka ne a ga ciya kurmu nda laaliyaŋ hari, hala ni na ni bankaaray tooru ka hẽ ay jine mo, ay mo maa ni se. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

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

²⁰ Woodin sabbay se no, guna, ay ga ni margu ni kaayey banda. Ni ga to ni saara do laakal kanay ra. Ni moy si di masiiba kulu kaŋ ay ga candi ka kande nango wo ra bo.» Diyey ye ka kaa bonkoono do da sanno din.