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

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

²He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn’t turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

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

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 Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images.

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.

⁴They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the incense altars that were on high above them he cut down; and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

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.

⁵He burnt the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

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

⁶He did this in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even to Naphtali, around in their ruins.

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

⁷He broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the engraved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

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

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 Yahweh his God.

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.

⁹They came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into God’s house, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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.

¹⁰They delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and the workmen who labored in the house of Yahweh gave it to mend and repair the house;

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

¹¹even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy cut stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

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.

¹²The men did the work faithfully: and their overseers 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 others of the Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music.

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;

¹³Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set forward all who did the work in every kind of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

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.

¹⁴When they brought out the money that was brought into the house of Yahweh, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Yahweh given by Moses.

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

¹⁵Hilkiah answered Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh.” Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

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

¹⁶Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, “All that was committed to your servants, they are doing.

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

¹⁷They have emptied out the money that was found in the house of Yahweh, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen.”

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

¹⁸Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book.” Shaphan read therein before the king.

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

¹⁹It happened, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.

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

²⁰The king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,

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

²¹“Go inquire of Yahweh for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Yahweh, to do according to all that is written in this book.”

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.

²²So Hilkiah, and they whom the king had commanded, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter;) and they spoke to her to that effect.

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).

²³She said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me,

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

²⁴“Thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on its inhabitants, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.

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;

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

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.

²⁶But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus you shall tell him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: “As touching the words which you have heard,

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,

²⁷because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you,” says Yahweh.

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.

²⁸“Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring on this place, and on its inhabitants.”’” They brought back word to the king.

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.

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

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

³⁰The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both 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 Yahweh.

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.

³¹The king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, 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 that were written in this book.

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.

³²He caused all who were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand. The inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

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.

³³Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all who were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Yahweh their God. All his days they didn’t depart from following Yahweh, 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.