¹Siis kuningas läkitas käsu ja kõik Juuda ja Jeruusalemma vanemad koguti tema juurde.

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

²Ja kuningas läks Issanda kotta ja koos temaga kõik Juuda mehed ja kõik Jeruusalemma elanikud, preestrid ja prohvetid ja kogu rahvas, niihästi väikesed kui suured, ja ta luges nende kuuldes kõik Issanda kojast leitud Seaduse raamatu sõnad.

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.

³Ja kuningas seisis samba juures ja tegi Issanda ees lepingu, et nad käivad Issanda järel ja peavad tema käske, manitsusi ja määrusi kõigest südamest ja kõigest hingest, et täita selle Seaduse sõnu, mis sellesse raamatusse olid kirjutatud; ja kogu rahvas astus lepingusse.

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.

⁴Siis käskis kuningas ülempreester Hilkijat ning alamaid preestreid ja lävehoidjaid, et nad viiksid Issanda templist välja kõik asjad, mis olid tehtud Baalile ja Aðerale ja kõigile taevavägedele; ja ta põletas need väljaspool Jeruusalemma Kidroni väljadel ning viis nende tuha Peetelisse.

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.

⁵Ja ta kõrvaldas ebajumalapreestrid, keda Juuda kuningad olid seadnud suitsutama ohvriküngastel Juuda linnades ja Jeruusalemma ümbruses; ka need, kes suitsutasid Baalile, päikesele, kuule, tähtedele ja kõigile taevavägedele.

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.

⁶Ja ta viis Issanda kojast välja viljakustulba, väljapoole Jeruusalemma Kidroni orgu, ja põletas selle Kidroni orus, pihustas põrmuks ja viskas põrmu lihtrahva haudade peale.

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.

⁷Ja ta kiskus maha pordumeeste kojad, mis olid Issanda koja juures, kus naised kudusid telke Aðerale.

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

⁸Ja ta laskis Juuda linnadest tulla kõik preestrid ning rüvetas ohvrikünkad, kus preestrid olid suitsutanud, Gebast kuni Beer-Sebani; ta kiskus maha ohvrikünkad väravate juurest, mis olid linnapealik Joosua värava suus vasakul pool, kui sisse minna linna väravast.

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.

⁹Ohvriküngaste preestrid aga ei tohtinud Jeruusalemmas minna Issanda altari juurde, vaid nad sõid hapnemata leiba oma vendade keskel.

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.

¹⁰Ta rüvetas põletuspaiga Ben-Hinnomi orus, et ükski ei saaks lasta oma poega või tütart tulest läbi käia Moolokile.

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.

¹¹Ta kõrvaldas need hobused, kelle Juuda kuningad olid pühendanud päikesele, Issanda koja sissekäigu kõrvalt, ülemteener Netan-Meleki kambri juurest, mis oli Parvarimis; ja ta põletas tules päikesevankri.

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.

¹²Altarid, mis Juuda kuningad olid teinud ning mis olid Aahase ülaruumi katusel, ja altarid, mis Manasse oli teinud Issanda koja kumbagi õue, kiskus kuningas maha, lõhkus sealt ja viskas nende rusud Kidroni orgu.

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.

¹³Ja kuningas rüvetas need ohvrikünkad, mis olid ida pool Jeruusalemma, lõuna pool Hävitusemäge, mis Iisraeli kuningas Saalomon oli ehitanud Astartele, siidonlaste jäledusele, ja Kemosele, moabide jäledusele, ja Milkomile, ammonlaste vastikule ebajumalale.

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.

¹⁴Ta purustas sambad ja raius maha viljakustulbad ning täitis nende asemed inimluudega.

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

¹⁵Samuti altari, mis oli Peetelis, ohvrikünka, mille oli teinud Nebati poeg Jerobeam, kes saatis Iisraeli pattu tegema - ka selle altari ja ohvrikünka kiskus ta maha; ta põletas ohvrikünka, pihustades selle põrmuks, ja põletas ka viljakustulba.

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.

¹⁶Kui Joosija pöördus ja nägi haudu, mis olid seal mäe peal, siis ta läkitas mehi ja laskis võtta luud haudadest ning põletas need altaril, rüvetades seda Issanda sõna kohaselt, nagu oli kuulutanud jumalamees, kes need sõnad hüüdis.

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.

¹⁷Ja ta küsis: 'Mis märgikivi see on seal, mida ma näen?' Ja linna mehed vastasid temale: 'See on selle jumalamehe haud, kes tuli Juudast ja kuulutas neid asju, mis sa nüüd tegid altariga Peetelis.'

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.

¹⁸Siis ta ütles: 'Laske ta puhkab, keegi ärgu liigutagu tema luid!' Nõnda päästsid nad tema luud ja prohveti luud, kes oli tulnud Samaariast.

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.

¹⁹Ja Joosija kõrvaldas ka Samaaria linnades kõik ohvriküngaste kojad, mis Iisraeli kuningad olid teinud Issanda vihastamiseks, ja ta talitas nendega täiesti samal viisil, nagu ta oli teinud Peetelis.

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.

²⁰Ta tappis altarite peal kõik seal olevad ohvriküngaste preestrid ja põletas nende peal inimluid. Seejärel läks ta tagasi Jeruusalemma.

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.

²¹Ja kuningas andis käsu kogu rahvale, öeldes: 'Pidage paasapüha Issanda, oma Jumala auks, nõnda nagu on kirjutatud selles seaduseraamatus!'

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.

²²Sest niisugust paasapüha ei olnud peetud alates neist päevist, kui Iisraelile mõistsid kohut kohtumõistjad, ega kõigil Iisraeli kuningate ja Juuda kuningate päevil.

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;

²³Alles kuningas Joosija kaheksateistkümnendal aastal peeti seda paasapüha Issanda auks Jeruusalemmas.

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

²⁴Ja Joosija pühkis ära ka vaimudemanajad ja ennustajad, teeravid ja ebajumalad ja kõik jäledused, mida nähti Juudamaal ja Jeruusalemmas, et täide viia Seaduse sõnu, mis olid kirjutatud raamatus, mille preester Hilkija leidis Issanda kojast.

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.

²⁵Enne teda ei olnud tema sarnast kuningat, kes oleks nõnda pöördunud Issanda poole kõigest oma südamest ja kõigest oma hingest ja kõigest oma väest täiesti Moosese Seaduse kohaselt; ja pärast teda ei ole tõusnud tema sarnast.

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.

²⁶Ometi ei pöördunud Issand oma suurest tulisest vihast, kui viha kord oli süttinud põlema Juuda vastu kõige selle vihastusväärse pärast, millega Manasse teda oli vihastanud.

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.

²⁷Ja Issand ütles: 'Ma kõrvaldan ka Juuda oma palge eest, nõnda nagu ma kõrvaldasin Iisraeli, ja ma hülgan Jeruusalemma, selle linna, mille ma olen ära valinud, ja koja, mille kohta ma olen öelnud: 'Seal olgu minu nimi!''

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.

²⁸Ja mis veel tuleks öelda Joosijast ja kõigest, mis ta tegi, eks sellest ole kirjutatud Juuda kuningate Ajaraamatus?

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?

²⁹Tema päevil läks vaarao Neko, Egiptuse kuningas, Assuri kuninga vastu Frati jõe äärde; ja kuningas Joosija läks temale vastu, aga vaarao surmas tema Megiddos, kui ta teda nägi.

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.

³⁰Ja Joosija sulased viisid tema surnuna vankris Megiddost ära, tõid Jeruusalemma ning matsid ta tema oma hauda. Ja maa rahvas võttis Jooahase, Joosija poja ja võidis teda ning tõstis ta kuningaks tema isa asemel.

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.

³¹Jooahas oli kuningaks saades kakskümmend kolm aastat vana ja ta valitses Jeruusalemmas kolm kuud; ta ema nimi oli Hamutal, Jeremija tütar Libnast.

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.

³²Tema tegi kurja Issanda silmis, kõigiti nõnda, nagu ta vanemad olid teinud.

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

³³Ja vaarao Neko vangistas tema Riblas, Hamatimaal, et ta ei valitseks enam Jeruusalemmas, ja määras maale maksukohustuse: sada talenti hõbedat ja talent kulda.

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.

³⁴Ja vaarao Neko tõstis kuningaks Eljakimi, Joosija poja, tema isa Joosija asemel, ja muutis tema nime Joojakimiks; aga Jooahase ta võttis kaasa ja too tuli Egiptusesse ning suri seal.

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.

³⁵Joojakim andis vaaraole hõbeda ja kulla; aga ta pidi maa maksustama, et anda vaaraole raha ta käsu kohaselt: ta nõudis maa rahvalt, igaühelt vastavalt ta maksustamisele, hõbedat ja kulda vaarao Nekole andmiseks.

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.

³⁶Joojakim oli kuningaks saades kakskümmend viis aastat vana ja ta valitses Jeruusalemmas üksteist aastat; ta ema nimi oli Sebidda, Pedaja tütar Ruumast.

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.

³⁷Tema tegi kurja Issanda silmis, kõigiti nõnda, nagu ta vanemad olid teinud.

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