¹Nato pošlje kralj in zbere k sebi vse starejšine Judove in jeruzalemske.

¹And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,

²In kralj gre gori v hišo GOSPODOVO in vsi možje Judovi in prebivalci jeruzalemski ž njim, tudi duhovniki in proroki in vse ljudstvo, mali in veliki; in čita, da vsi slišijo, vse besede knjige zaveze, ki se je našla v hiši GOSPODOVI.

²and the king goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and every man of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from small unto great, and he readeth in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that is found in the house of Jehovah.

³In kralj se ustopi ob stebru in stori zavezo pred GOSPODOM, da bo hodil za GOSPODOM in izpolnjeval zapovedi njegove in pričevanja njegova in postave njegove iz vsega srca in iz vse duše, da ostanejo veljavne te zaveze besede, ki so zapisane v tej knjigi. In vse ljudstvo je stopilo v to zavezo.

³And the king standeth by the pillar, and maketh the covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all the heart, and with all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written on this book, and all the people stand in the covenant.

⁴In kralj zapove Hilkiju, velikemu duhovniku, in duhovnikom druge vrste in varuhom pri vratih, naj pomečejo iz templja GOSPODOVEGA vse priprave, ki so jih naredili Baalu in Ašeri in vsej vojski nebeški; in sežgal jih je zunaj Jeruzalema na Kidronskih poljanah, in njih prah so odnesli v Betel.

⁴And the king commandeth Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out from the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that are made for Baal, and for the shrine, and for all the host of the heavens, and he burneth them at the outside of Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and hath borne their ashes to Beth-El.

⁵In odpravil je malikovalske svečenike, ki jih je bil kralj Judov postavil, da žgo kadilo na višavah po mestih Judovih in v okolišu Jeruzalema; tudi tiste, ki so žgali kadilo Baalu, solncu in mesecu, ozvezdjem in vsej vojski nebeški.

⁵And he hath caused to cease the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah have appointed, (and they make perfume in high places, in cities of Judah and suburbs of Jerusalem,) and those making perfume to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the heavens.

⁶Velel je tudi odnesti Ašero iz hiše GOSPODOVE ven za Jeruzalem k potoku Kidronu, in jo je sežgal pri potoku Kidronu in zmel v prah, in prah je raztresel po grobovih nizkega ljudstva.

⁶And he bringeth out the shrine from the house of Jehovah to the outside of Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burneth it at the brook Kidron, and beateth it small to dust, and casteth its dust on the grave of the sons of the people.

⁷In razdrl je nečistosti posvečene hiše, ki so bile pri hiši GOSPODOVI in so v njih ženske tkale Ašeri ogrinjala.

⁷And he breaketh down the houses of the whoremongers that [are] in the house of Jehovah, where the women are weaving houses for the shrine.

⁸Velel je tudi duhovnikom iti iz mest Judovih in je oskrunil višave, kjer so bili duhovniki žgali kadilo, od Gebe do Bersebe. In podrl je višave pri vratih, ki so bile pri vhodu v vrata Jozueta, mestnega poglavarja, po levi strani, koder se gre v mesto.

⁸And he bringeth in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defileth the high places where the priests have made perfume, from Geba unto Beer-Sheba, and hath broken down the high places of the gates that [are] at the opening of the gate of Joshua, head of the city, that [is] on a man`s left hand at the gate of the city;

⁹Ali duhovniki višav niso smeli pristopiti gori k oltarju GOSPODOVEMU v Jeruzalemu, jedli so samo opresnike med svojimi brati.

⁹only, the priests of the high places come not up unto the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they have eaten unleavened things in the midst of their brethren.

¹⁰In oskrunil je Tofet, ki je v dolini Hinomovih sinov, da bi nihče več ne peljal sina svojega ali hčere svoje skozi ogenj, darujoč ju Molohu.

¹⁰And he hath defiled Topheth, that [is] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, so that no man doth cause his son and his daughter to pass over through fire to Molech.

¹¹Odpravil je tudi konje, ki so jih bili kralji Judovi postavili solncu, proti vhodu v hišo GOSPODOVO, poleg hrama dvornika Natanmeleka, ki je bival v Parvarimu, in solnčne vozove je sežgal z ognjem.

¹¹And he causeth to cease the horses that the kings of Judah have given to the sun from the entering in of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech the eunuch, that [is] in the suburbs, and the chariots of the sun he hath burnt with fire.

¹²Oltarje pa, ki so bili na strehi gornje izbe Ahazove in so jih napravili kralji Judovi, in oltarje, katere je naredil Manasej na obeh dvoriščih hiše GOSPODOVE, je zrušil kralj in pometal odondod, in njih prah je stresel v potok Kidron.

¹²And the altars that [are] on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, that the kings of Judah made, and the altars that Manasseh made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, hath the king broken down, and removeth thence, and hath cast their dust unto the brook Kidron.

¹³In višave pred Jeruzalemom, ki so bile na desni strani Gore pogube in jih je bil Salomon, kralj Izraelov, zgradil Astoreti, grdobi Sidoncev, in Kamosu, grdobi Moabcev, in Milkomu, gnusobi sinov Amonovih, je oskrunil kralj.

¹³And the high places that [are] on the front of Jerusalem, that [are] on the right of the mount of corruption, that Solomon king of Israel had built to Ashtoreth abomination of the Zidonians, and Chemosh abomination of Moab, and to Milcom abomination of the sons of Ammon, hath the king defiled.

¹⁴In strl je stebre s podobami in posekal Ašere, njih mesta pa je napolnil s človeškimi kostmi.

¹⁴And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;

¹⁵Enako je tudi porušil oltar v Betelu in višavo, ki jo je napravil Jeroboam, sin Nebatov, ki je napotil Izraela v greh, tisti oltar in višavo je porušil; in sežgal je višavo in jo strl v prah, sežgal tudi Ašero.

¹⁵and also the altar that [is] in Beth-El, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, by which he made Israel sin, both that altar and the high place he hath broken down, and doth burn the high place — he hath beat it small to dust, and hath burnt the shrine.

¹⁶In Josija se ozre in zagleda grobe, ki so bili ondi v gori, in pošlje in vzame kosti iz grobov ter jih sežge na oltarju in ga oskruni po besedi GOSPODOVI, katero je zaklical mož Božji, napovedujoč te reči.

¹⁶And Josiah turneth, and seeth the graves that [are] there in the mount, and sendeth and taketh the bones out of the graves, and burneth [them] on the altar, and defileth it, according to the word of Jehovah that the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

¹⁷Nato vpraša: Kakšno je tu nadgrobno znamenje, ki ga vidim? In mestni možje mu reko: Grob je moža Božjega, ki je prišel z Judovega in zaklical te reči, ki si jih storil, zoper oltar betelski.

¹⁷And he saith, `What [is] this sign that I see?` and the men of the city say unto him, `The grave of the man of God who hath come from Judah, and proclaimeth these things that thou hast done concerning the altar of Beth-El.`

¹⁸In veli: Naj leži, nihče ne gani njegovih kosti! Tako so ostale nedotaknjene kosti njegove in kosti proroka, ki je bil prišel iz Samarije.

¹⁸And he saith, `Let him alone, let no man touch his bones;` and they let his bones escape, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.

¹⁹Tudi vse hiše višav, kar jih je bilo po mestih samarijskiln, katere so napravili kralji Izraelovi, da dražijo GOSPODA, je Josija odpravil in ž njimi storil prav tako, kakor je bil storil v Betelu.

¹⁹And also all the houses of the high places that [are] in the cities of Samaria, that the kings of Israel made to provoke to anger, hath Josiah turned aside, and doth to them according to all the deeds that he did in Beth-El.

²⁰In daroval je vse duhovnike višav, ki so bili ondi, na oltarjih in je žgal človeške kosti na njih. Potem se vrne v Jeruzalem.

²⁰And he slayeth all the priests of the high places who [are] there by the altars, and burneth the bones of man upon them, and turneth back to Jerusalem.

²¹Tedaj zapove kralj vsemu ljudstvu, rekoč: Praznujte pasho GOSPODU, Bogu svojemu, kakor je pisano v tej knjigi zaveze.

²¹And the king commandeth the whole of the people, saying, `Make ye a passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written on this book of the covenant.`

²²Gotovo se ni praznovala taka pasha od dni sodnikov, ki so sodili Izraela, pa tudi ne v dnevih kraljev Judovih in kraljev Izraelovih;

²²Surely there hath not been made like this passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah;

²³temuč v osemnajstem letu kralja Josija se je praznovala ta pasha GOSPODU v Jeruzalemu.

²³but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, hath this passover been made to Jehovah in Jerusalem.

²⁴Vrhutega je Josija iztrebil tudi rotilce mrtvih in čarodejnike in hišne bogove, malike in vse grdobe, kar se jih je zalotilo v deželi Judovi in v Jeruzalemu, da uveljavi besede postave, pisane v knjigi, ki jo je našel duhovnik Hilkija v hiši GOSPODOVI.

²⁴And also, those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, hath Josiah put away, in order to establish the words of the law that are written on the book that Hilkiah the priest hath found in the house of Jehovah.

²⁵In ni ga bilo njemu podobnega kralja pred njim, ki bi se bil preobrnil h GOSPODU iz vsega srca in iz vse duše in iz vse moči svoje, po vsej postavi Mojzesovi, tudi za njim ni vstal nobeden njemu enak.

²⁵And like him there hath not been before him a king who turned back unto Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, and after him there hath none risen like him.

²⁶Vendar se GOSPOD ni odvrnil od togote velike jeze svoje, v kateri se je vnel srd njegov zoper Judo, zaradi vsega draženja, s katerim ga je bil dražil Manasej.

²⁶Only, Jehovah hath not turned back from the fierceness of His great anger with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh provoked him,

²⁷In GOSPOD je rekel: Odpravim tudi Judo izpred obličja svojega, kakor sem odpravil Izraela, in zavržem mesto to, ki sem si ga izvolil, Jeruzalem, tudi hišo, za katero sem rekel: Ime moje bode ondi.

²⁷and Jehovah saith, `Also Judah I turn aside from my presence, as I turned Israel aside, and I have rejected this city that I have chosen — Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name is there.`

²⁸Kar je pa več praviti o Josiju in vse, kar je storil, ni li zapisano v knjigi letopisov kraljev Judovih?

²⁸And the rest of the matters of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

²⁹V dnevih njegovih je šel gori Faraon Neko, kralj egiptovski, zoper kralja asirskega na reko Evfrat; njemu je šel Josija nasproti; Neko pa ga je umoril v Megidu, ko ga je bil videl.

²⁹In his days hath Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt come up against the king of Asshur, by the river Phrat, and king Josiah goeth out to meet him, and he putteth him to death in Megiddo, when he seeth him.

³⁰In hlapci njegovi so ga mrtvega odpeljali iz Megida in ga pripeljali v Jeruzalem ter pokopali v grobu njegovem. In ljudstvo dežele je vzelo Joahaza, sina Josijevega, in so ga pomazilili ter postavili za kralja namesto očeta njegovega.

³⁰And his servants cause him to ride dying from Megiddo, and bring him in to Jerusalem, and bury him in his own grave, and the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and anoint him, and cause him to reign instead of his father.

³¹Triindvajset let je bilo Joahazu, ko je zakraljeval, in vladal je tri mesece v Jeruzalemu. Materi njegovi je bilo ime Hamutala, hči Jeremijeva, iz Libne.

³¹A son of twenty and three years [is] Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah,

³²In delal je, kar je bilo hudo v očeh GOSPODOVIH, po vsem, kar so delali očetje njegovi.

³²and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did,

³³In Faraon Neko ga je dejal v spone v Ribli, v hamatski pokrajini, da ne bi več kraljeval v Jeruzalemu; in naložil je deželi globo: sto talentov srebra in talent zlata.

³³and Pharaoh-Nechoh bindeth him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, from reigning in Jerusalem, and he putteth a fine on the land — a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

³⁴In Faraon Neko je postavil Eljakima, sina Josijevega, za kralja namesto Josija, očeta njegovega, in premenil mu je ime v Jojakima. Joahaza pa je vzel s seboj; in ta je prišel v Egipt in je tam umrl.

³⁴And Pharaoh-Nechoh causeth Eliakim son of Josiah to reign instead of Josiah his father, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim, and Jehoahaz he hath taken away, and he cometh in to Egypt, and dieth there.

³⁵In Jojakim je dal srebro in zlato Faraonu; toda naložil je doklade deželi, da bi dala tisti denar po Faraonovem povelju: izterjal je srebra in zlata od ljudstva v deželi, od vsakega po cenitvi njegovi, da plača Faraonu Neku.

³⁵And the silver and the gold hath Jehoiakim given to Pharaoh; only he valued the land to give the silver by the command of Pharaoh; from each, according to his valuation, he exacted the silver and the gold, from the people of the land, to give to Pharaoh-Nechoh.

³⁶Jojakim je bil petindvajset let star, ko je zakraljeval, in vladal je enajst let v Jeruzalemu. In materi njegovi je bilo ime Zebida, hči Pedajeva iz Rume.In delal je, kar je bilo hudo v očeh GOSPODOVIH, po vsem, kar so bili delali očetje njegovi.

³⁶A son of twenty and five years [is] Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zebudah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah,

³⁷In delal je, kar je bilo hudo v očeh GOSPODOVIH, po vsem, kar so bili delali očetje njegovi.

³⁷and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did.