¹Josia bel a lal pattungin kum giata upa ahi; Jerusalem a kum sawm thum leh kum khat a lala;

¹Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

²Huan, TOUPA mitmuhin thil hoih a hih seka, a pu David lampite a juia, taklam ah hiam, veilamah hiam a pialsan kei hi.

²And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

³Kum giat a lal kum, naupang tak a hih laia kipan himin a pu David Pathian a zong pana; huan, kum sawm leh kum nih a lal kumin Juda gam leh Jerusalema mun sang te, Aser te, milim bawl tawm te, milim sun tawmte ahihsiang a.

³For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

⁴Baal maitamte a mitmuhin a chimsak ua; huan, huaite sanga sang ni-limte a phuka; huan, Aser te, milimbawltawmte, milimsuntawmte ahihkham veka, a kiang ua kithoihmite huan tungah a theh jak vek hi.

⁴And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

⁵Siampu guhte a maitamte uah a hala, Juda gam leh Jerusalem a hihsiang a.

⁵And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

⁶Huan, huchibang mahin Manasi te, Ephraim te, Simeon te, Naphtali khua te tanin a hih vek hi.

⁶And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

⁷Huan, maitamte a chimsak, Aser te, milim bawltawmte a hihkham gawpa, Israel gam tengtenga milimte a phuk veka, Jerusalem ah a pai nawn hi.

⁷And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

⁸Huan, a lal kum sawm leh kum giat kum, a gam leh inte ahihsiang kumin Azalia tapa Saphan te, kho ukpa Maasei te, Joahaz tapa laigelhmi Joa te TOUPA a Pathian in bawl hoih dingin a sawla.

⁸Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

⁹Huan, siampu Hilkia kiangah a hoh ua, kongkhak ngak Leviten Manasi mi te, Israel omlai te, Juda mi leh Benjamin mite, Jerusalema mite kiang akipan a nalakkhawm uh, Pathian ina a hong koih uh dangka a pia uh.

⁹And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

¹⁰Huan, TOUPA in lammi nasemmite a pia ua; huan, TOUPA in nasemmiten in bawl mite leh jemmite a pia uh;

¹⁰And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:

¹¹Juda kumpipaten a nahihsiat uh bawl hoihna dingin suang sek te, a pehna te leh a inkamte dingin sing leina dingin khutsiamte leh in lammite a pia uh.

¹¹Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

¹²Huan, miten muanhuai takin na a sem ua; a heutu uh, nasep ngaihtuahmite, Merari tapate laka Levi mi Jahath leh Obadi te, Kohat mi tapate laka mi Zekaria leh Mosulam te ahi ua; huan, Levi mi, mi dang, thil tum siam tengteng toh;

¹²And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music.

¹³A puaka puak thoh mite heutu leng ahi uh, na chiteng semmite sep ding ngaihtuahmi ahi uh: laigelhmi te, heutu te, kongkhak ngakmite Levi mite laka mi ahi uhi.

¹³Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

¹⁴Huan, TOUPA ina hong koih uh sumte a suah ua leh, siampu Hilkiain Mosi zanga a piak TOUPA dan bu a mukhia a.

¹⁴And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.

¹⁵Huan, Hilkiain laigelhmi Saphan kiangah, TOUPA in ah dan bu I mu kheta uh, a chi a. Huan Hilkiain laibu Saphan a pia a.

¹⁵And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

¹⁶Huan, Saphanin laibu kumpipa kiangah a paipiha, Na sikhaten hih dinga seh tengteng a hih uh.

¹⁶And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.

¹⁷TOUPA ina dangka om a bung khia ua, heutute leh nasemmite a pia uh, chiin thu a tuna.

¹⁷And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.

¹⁸Huan, laigelhmi Saphanin, siampu Hilkiain laibu a honpia, chiin kumpipa a hilh laia. Saphanin kumpipa maah a sim hi.

¹⁸Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

¹⁹Huan hichi ahi a, kumpipan dan thute a jakin, a puan a botkeka.

¹⁹And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

²⁰Huan, kumpipan Hilkia te, Saphan tapa Ahikam te, Mika tapa Abdon te, laigelhmi Saphan te, kumpipa sikha Asai te thu a piaa,

²⁰And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,

²¹Kuan unlam dan thu na muh khiak tungtang thu uah kei leh Israel leh Juda gama mite adingin TOUPA honva dot sak dih ua; I pi leh puten hiai dan bua tuang banga TOUPA thu a nazuih louh jiak un I tunguah TOUPA hehna lah a hongom mahmah ngal a, chiin.

²¹Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

²²Huchiin kumpipan thu a piakmite leh Hilkia puansilh kempa Hasra ta Tokhat tap Salum ji jawlnei Hulda kiangah a vahoh ua, huai thu ah a vahoupih uh. (Amah bel Jerusalem Misnea om a hi).

²²And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

²³Huan, aman a kianguah, TOUPA, Israelte Pathianin hichiin a chi; Ka kianga nou honsawlpa hilh unla, TOUPAN hichiin a chi,

²³And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,

²⁴Ngai dih ua, hiai mun leh a sunga omte tungah thil hoih lou ka tungsak dinga, Juda kumpipa maa a sim khiak uh, laibua tuang hamsia tengteng leng;

²⁴Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

²⁵A khut thilhih ua honhehsakna ding ua honlehngatsana milim dangte dinga gimlim a hal jiak un hiai mun tungah ka hehna sun ahia, daihsak ahi kei ding, chiin.

²⁵Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

²⁶Himahleh TOUPA thu dong dinga nou honsawlpa Juda dumpipa kiangah, hichi bangin chi un, TOUPA, Israelte Pathiain hichiin a chi: Na thu jakte tungtang thu ah,

²⁶And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;

²⁷Na lungtang hihnema a om jiaka Pathian maa na kiniamkhiaka, hiai mun tungtang thu leh a sunga omte tungtang thu na jaka, ka maa na kiniamkhiaka, na puan na bohkeka, ka maa na kah jiakin ken leng na thu kana ngaikhia hi.

²⁷Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.

²⁸Ngai dih, na pi leh na pute kiangah ka honhoh sak dinga, na han ah lungmuang takin na pai dinga, hiai mun leh a sunga omte tunga ka hontun sak ding thil hoih lou tengteng na mitin a mu kei ding, chiin, chiin, a chi a. Huan, kumpipa kiangah thu a tunta uhi.

²⁸Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

²⁹Huchiin kumpipan mi a sawla, Juda gam leh Jerusalema upa tengteng a sam khawma.

²⁹Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

³⁰Huan, kumpipa leh Juda mi tengteng leh Jerusalema mi tengteng te, siampu leh Levite, mipi tengteng a lian a neuin TOUPA in ah a hoh tou ua; TOUPA ina a muh khiak uh thukhun bua thu tengteng a bil ua jakin a sim hi.

³⁰And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

³¹Huan, kumpipa bel a munah a dinga, huai laibua tuang thukun thu hihkip dingin a lungtang tengteng leh kha tengtenga TOUPA jui ding leh a thupiakte, a thutheihsak te, a thusehte pom dingin TOUPA maah thu a khung uhi.

³¹And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

³²Huan, Jerusalem leh Benjamin mi tengteng huchibanga om dingin a chi ua. Huan, Jerusalema miten Pathian, a pi leh pute uh Pathian thukhun bangin a hih uh.Huan, Josiain Israel gamin a huap tengteng akipan thil kihhuai tengteng a pai manga, Israel gama om tengteng TOUPA a Pathian uh na a semsak hi. Huan, a dam sungin TOUPA a pi leh pute uh Pathian a zuih uh a pialsan kei uh.

³²And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

³³Huan, Josiain Israel gamin a huap tengteng akipan thil kihhuai tengteng a pai manga, Israel gama om tengteng TOUPA a Pathian uh na a semsak hi. Huan, a dam sungin TOUPA a pi leh pute uh Pathian a zuih uh a pialsan kei uh.

³³And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.