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

¹ Bonkoono donton i ma Yahuda da Urusalima arkusey kulu margu.

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.

² Bonkoono koy mo Rabbi windo do, nga nda Yahuda boro fo kulu, da Urusalima gorokoy, da alfagey, da annabey, da jama kulu, ibeeri gaa, ikayna gaa. A na sappa tira kaŋ i gar Rabbi windo ra din sanney kulu caw i hangey ra.

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.

³ Bonkoono mo kay bonjara do ka alkawli sambu Rabbi jine, ka ne nga ga Rabbi gana, nga m'a lordey d'a seedey, d'a hin sanney haggoy, da nga bina kulu da nga fundo kulu mo, zama nga ma sappa sanney kaŋ go hantumante tira ra din toonandi. Jama kulu mo na alkawlo tabbatandi.

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.

⁴ Bonkoono mo na alfaga beero Hilciya nda alfagey kanandi hinkanta, da me-batukoy lordi ka ne i ma jinayey kulu kaŋ go Rabbi fuwo ra kaa taray, kaŋ yaŋ i te Baal da wayboro himandi bundu tooro da beena ra marga kulu sabbay se mo. A n'i ton Urusalima banda Kidron gooro ra. A n'i booso sambu ka kond'a hala Betel.

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.

⁵ A na tooru alfagey mo kaa, ngey kaŋ yaŋ Yahuda bonkooney daŋ zama i ma dugu ton sududuyaŋ nangey ra Yahuda kwaarey ra, da Urusalima windanta ra nda woodin yaŋ mo kaŋ yaŋ na dugu ton Baal da handu nda beene handariyayzey, da beena ra kunda kulu se.

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.

⁶ Koyne, a na wayboro himandi bundu tooro kaa taray a ma fun Rabbi windo ra. A kond'a Urusalima kwaara banda ka koy Kidron gooro ra. A n'a ton Kidron gooro ra; a n'a taamu-taamu, ka ciya hamni. A na hamno mun talkey saarayey boŋ.

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

⁷ A na arkuurey fuwey mo kaŋ yaŋ go Rabbi windo ra bagu-bagu, da naŋ kaŋ wayborey ga bundu tooro din kosandey kay.

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.

⁸ A na alfagey kulu kaa taray Yahuda kwaarey ra, ka tudey boŋ sududuyaŋ nangey ciya harram, naŋ kaŋ alfagey ga dugu ton din, za Geba kal a ma koy Beyer-Seba. A na meyo sombuyaŋey do bagu-bagu, ngey kaŋ go Yasuwa windi meyo gaa, bora kaŋ ga kwaara dabari, i go kwaara meyo kambe wow gaa haray.

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.

⁹ Amma tudey boŋ sududuyaŋ nangey alfagey, i mana kaaru ka koy Rabbi sargay feema do Urusalima ra, amma i ga buuru kaŋ sinda dalbu ŋwa ngey nya-ka-fo-siney banda.

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.

¹⁰ A na Tofet* kaŋ go Hinnom izey gooro ra ciya harram, zama boro kulu ma si ye ka nga ize aru wala nga ize way daŋ danji ra Molek se koyne.

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.

¹¹ A na bariyey kaŋ Yahuda bonkooney no wayna se ganandi ka kaa Rabbi windo me gaa, mo-ka-biro kaŋ se i ga ne Natan-Melek fuwo jarga, kaŋ go ga lamba Irikoy windo gaa. A na wayna bari torkey ton.

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.

¹² Sargay feemey kaŋ yaŋ go Ahaz gar'izo boŋ mo, wo kaŋ Yahuda bonkooney te, da sargay feemey kaŋ yaŋ Manasse te Rabbi windo batama hinka ra, bonkoono n'i kulu bagu-bagu k'i tutubu i nangey ra, k'i hamno mun Kidron gooro ra.

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.

¹³ Bonkoono na tudey boŋ sududuyaŋ nangey kaŋ yaŋ go Urusalima jine mo ciya harram, wo kaŋ yaŋ go halaciyaŋ tondo kambe ŋwaari gaa haray, ngey kaŋ yaŋ Suleymanu Israyla bonkoono cina Astoret sabbay se, kaŋ ga ti Zidonancey fanta haro, da Kemos, Mowabancey fanta haro, da Milkom, Amon izey fanta haro.

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

¹⁴ Bonkoono na cinaro mo bagu-bagu, ka wayboro himandi bundu toorey beeri-beeri, k'i nangey toonandi nda boro biriyaŋ.

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.

¹⁵ Woodin banda, sargay feema kaŋ go Betel, da sududuyaŋ nangey kaŋ Yerobowam Nebat izo te, nga kaŋ na Israyla daŋ i ma zunubi te. Sargay feema din da sududuyaŋ nangey, bonkoono n'i bagu-bagu, ka sududuyaŋ nangey ton, k'i tutubu, hala i ciya hamni. A na wayboro himandi bundu tooro mo ton.

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.

¹⁶ Yosiya zagu mo. Kal a di saarayey kaŋ go tondo ra. A donton i ma biriyey kaŋ yaŋ go saarayey ra ku k'i kaa. I na i ton sargay feema boŋ. I n'a ciya harram hari, Rabbi sanno boŋ, kaŋ Irikoy bora fe, nga kaŋ ga ti hayey din feko.

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.

¹⁷ Kala bonkoono ne: «Cinari woofo no ay goono ga di wo?» Kwaara ra borey ne a se: «Irikoy bora saara nooya, nga kaŋ kaa ka fun Yahuda. A na hayey wo kaŋ ni goono ga te Betel sargay feema se din annabitaray te.»

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.

¹⁸ Kala bonkoono ne: «A naŋ yaadin. Boro kulu ma si a biriyey nyooti.» I fay d'a biriyey da annabo kaŋ kaa ka fun Samariya ra biriyey care banda.

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.

¹⁹ Sududuyaŋ fuwey kulu kaŋ yaŋ go Samariya kwaarey ra, wo kaŋ yaŋ Israyla bonkoono te zama i ma Rabbi zokoti se, i kulu Yosiya n'i kaa. A te i se sanda mate kaŋ cine a te Betel ra.

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.

²⁰ A na tudey boŋ sududuyaŋ nangey alfagey kulu wi, ngey kaŋ yaŋ go noodin sargay feemey do. A na boro biriyaŋ ton feemey boŋ. Gaa no a ye ka kaa Urusalima.

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.

²¹ Bonkoono na jama kulu lordi mo ka ne: «Wa Paska* bato haggoy Rabbi araŋ Irikoyo se, sanda mate kaŋ cine i hantum sappa tira wo ra.»

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;

²² Haciika mo i mana doona ka Paska bato din dumi haggoy za fondo kaakoy zamana ra kaŋ na fondo kaa Israyla se, sanda Israyla bonkooney jirbey kulu ra, wala Yahuda bonkooney wane.

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

²³ Amma bonkoono Yosiya mayra jiiri way cindi ahakkanta ra no i na Paska bato din haggoy Rabbi se Urusalima ra.

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.

²⁴ Woodin banda borey kaŋ yaŋ gonda follayyaŋ da ziimayaŋ da fu-kaliyaŋ da tooruyaŋ, da kazaamataray-kazaamataray kulu kaŋ go Yahuda laabo ra, da Urusalima ra, Yosiya n'i ton, zama a ma asariya sanney kaŋ yaŋ i hantum tira ra kaŋ Alfa Hilciya gar Rabbi windo ra tabbatandi.

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.

²⁵ I mana bonkooni te a jine sanda Yosiya cine, kaŋ bare Rabbi do haray da nga bine kulu, da nga fundi kulu, da nga gaabi kulu, Musa asariya kulu boŋ. A banda mo boro fo kulu mana te a cine.

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.

²⁶ Kulu nda yaadin, Rabbi mana bare ka nga bine korna naŋ, naŋ kaŋ a futa koroŋ Yahuda boŋ, zokotiyaŋ kulu kaŋ Manasse n'a zokoti nd'a sabbay se.

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.

²⁷ Kala Rabbi ne: «Ay ga Yahuda ganandi ka kaa ay do, sanda mate kaŋ ay na Israyla ganandi nd'a. Koyne, kwaara wo kaŋ ay suuban din, kaŋ ci Urusalima, da windo kaŋ ay ci ka ne ay maa ga goro noodin, ay g'i furu.»

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?

²⁸ Yosiya goy cindey mo, da haŋ kaŋ a te kulu, manti i n'i hantum Yahuda bonkooney baaru tira ra bo?

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.

²⁹ A zamana ra kala Misira bonkoono Firawna-Neko kande wongu Assiriya bonkoono gaa Ufratis isa meyo gaa. Bonkoono Yosiya mo fatta ka kond'a gaa wongu. Firawna n'a wi mo Mejiddo waato kaŋ a n'a kubay.

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.

³⁰ Kal a tamey n'a sambu buuko torka ra Mejiddo ka kand'a Urusalima. I n'a fiji nga bumbo saara ra. Laabo borey na Yehowahaz Yosiya izo sambu ka ji dooru a boŋ k'a didiji bonkooni a baabo nango ra.

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 Yehowahaz gonda jiiri waranka cindi hinza waato kaŋ a sintin ka may. A may handu hinza Urusalima ra. A nyaŋo maa Hamutal, Irimiya ize wayo, Libna boro no.

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

³² A na goy laaloyaŋ te Rabbi jine, haŋ kaŋ a kaayey te kulu boŋ.

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.

³³ Firawna-Neko mo n'a haw Ribla Hamat laabo ra, zama a ma si may Urusalima ra. A na laabo mo jukke nzarfu ton taaci nda jare cine, da wura kilo waytaaci cindi gu cine.

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.

³⁴ Firawna-Neko mo na Bonkoono Yosiya izo Eliyacim didiji bonkooni a baabo Yosiya nango ra. A n'a maa barmay ka daŋ Yehoyacim, amma a na Yehowahaz sambu ka kond'a. Yehowahaz kaa Misira ka bu noodin.

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.

³⁵ Amma Yehoyacim na nzarfu nda wura no Firawna se, amma a na jangal dake laabo borey boŋ, zama i ma nooro no Firawna lordo boŋ. A na nzarfu nda wura kom laabo borey gaa, boro kulu a jangalo me, zama i m'a no Firawna-Neko se.

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.

³⁶ Yehoyacim gonda jiiri waranka cindi gu alwaato kaŋ a sintin ka may. A may jiiri way cindi fo Urusalima ra. A nyaŋo maa Zebida, Pedaya ize wayo, Ruma boro no.

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

³⁷ A na goy laalo te Rabbi diyaŋ gaa, kaŋ ga saba nda haŋ kaŋ a kaayey te kulu.