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

¹Huan, Kumpipan mite a sawl a, Juda gam leh Jerusalem khopi-a upa tengteng a kiang ah a vasam khawm.

²The king went up to the house of Yahweh, 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 was found in the house of Yahweh.

²Huan, kumpipa Juda gama mi tengteng toh, Jerusalem khua a mi tengteng toh, siampute leh jawlneite toh, mipi tengteng toh a neu a lianin TOUPA inah a hoh tou ua; huan, TOUPA ina a laibu top uh thukhun bu-a tuang tengteng a bil ua jakin a sima.

³The king stood by the pillar, 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 all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.

³Huan, kumpipa khuam julah a ding a, huai laibu-a tuang thukhun thu hihkip dingin lungtang tengteng leh kha tengtenga TOUPA jui ding leh a thupiakte, a thu theihsakte, a thusehte pom dingin TOUPA maah thu a khung a; huan, mipi tengtengin leng a khunpih uh.

⁴The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of Yahweh’s temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

⁴Huan, kumpipan siampu lalpen Hilkia te a zom siampu te, kongkhak vengmite TOUPA biakin sunga Baal leh, Asera leh, vana thil omte tengteng adia bawl tuiumbelsuan tengteng la khe vek dingin thu a pia a; huchiin Jerusalem po lam, Kidron, munah a hala, a vute bel Bethel ah a pai pih hi.

⁵He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the army of the sky.

⁵Huan, milim bia siampute, Juda kumpipaten Juda gam khopi mun sangte-a, Jerusalem kima gimlim hal dinga a naseh uh a tawpsaka; Baal adia, ni adia, kha adia, aksi adia van a omte tengteng adia gimlim halmite leng.

⁶He brought out the Asherah from the house of Yahweh, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.

⁶Huan, TOUPA ina Asera pen Jerusalem po lam Kidron luiah a la khia a, Kidron lui ah a hal a, a sik nen gawp a, a nen mi nazongte hanah a theh hi.

⁷He broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Yahweh, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

⁷Huan, Asera puan gan numeite omna TOUPA ina pasal kijuakte omna inte a phel saka.

⁸He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.

⁸Huan, Juda khopi akipan siampu tengteng a pi khia a, siampute gimlim sangte Geba akipana Beer-seba phain a hihbuah vek a; khopi kongpi luta vei lamsang a, khopi ukpa Josua Kongpi luta konpite a mun sangte a chimsak hi.

⁹Nevertheless the priests of the high places didn’t come up to the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.

⁹Mun sang siampute bel Jerusalem a TOUPA maitamah a hoh tou tei kei na ua, a unaute uh lakah tanghou silngou soh louh ahihleh a ne jel sek uh.

¹⁰He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

¹⁰Huan, kuamahin a tapa uh hiam, a tanu uh hiam Molek tuamdia meia a lutsak nawn louhna ding un, Hinnom suante guama Topheth a hihbuah hi.

¹¹He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer, who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

¹¹Huan, TOUPA in lutnaa a in huang sung a kumpipa innvengmi Nathanmelek dantan china Juda kumpipaten ni a dia sakol a piakte uh a suan mang vek a; ni kangtalai a hal hi.

¹²The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.

¹²Huan, Ahaz in chial tunga Juda kumpipaten maitam a bawlte uh leh Manasiin TOUPA in huang sung intual nih a maitam a bawlte kumpipan a hihchim a, a hih nen vek a, a nente Kidron luiah a pai hi.

¹³The the king defiled the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon.

¹³Huan, Jerusalem china ginatlouhna tang tak lamsang a Zidonte pathian kihhuai mahmah Astoreth adia, Ammon suante pathian kihhuai mahmah a dia, Israel kumpipa Solomon in mun sang a bawlte kumpipan a hihbuah hi.

¹⁴He broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.

¹⁴Huan, suangphuhte a kitam gawpsak veka, Asera a hihpuka, huai munte ah mihing guh a koih hi.

¹⁵Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

¹⁵Huan, huai lou leng Israelte thil hihkhialsakpa Nebat tapa Jeroboam in Bethel maitam leh mun sang bawk, huai maitam leh mun sang nangawn a chimsak lai a; huchiin mun sang a hala, a sik jan gawpa, Asera a hal hi.

¹⁶As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Yahweh which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

¹⁶Huan, Josia bel a kiheia, tanga hante a mu-a; huchiin hana guhte a vala sak a, huai thu nagenmi Pathian miin a nagen, TOUPA thu bang bangin maitam ah a hala, a hihbuah hi.

¹⁷Then he said, “What monument is that which I see?” The men of the city told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.”

¹⁷Huchiin aman, Hua kua suangphuh ahia ka muh? a chi a. Huan khuaa miten, Pathian mi, Juda gam akipana hong pai, Bethel a maitam tung a tua na hih nanagen kholpa han eive, chiin a hilh ua.

¹⁸He said, “Let him be! Let no man move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.

¹⁸Huan, aman, Bangmah chih kei un; kuamah in a guhte la suan kei uhen, a chi. Huchiin a guhte Samari gama kipan jawlnei hongpaipa guhte toh bangmah a chih kei uh.

¹⁹All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Yahweh to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

¹⁹Huan, Israel Kumpipaten TOUPA hehsakna dia a lam uh Samari gam khua khawnga mun sang in tengteng leng Josiain a suan mang a, Bethel khuaa a hih bang geihin a hihsak hi.

²⁰He killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burned men’s bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

²⁰Huchiin huai a mun sang siampu omte tengteng maitam tungah a that a, huaite ah mihing guhte a hala, Jerusalem ah a painawn ta hi.

²¹The king commanded all the people, saying, “Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.”

²¹Huan, kumpipan mi tengteng kiang ah, Hiai thukhun bu a tuang bang in TOUPA, na Pathian uh a din Paikan Ankuang bawl un, chiin in thu a pia a.

²²Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

²²Israelte tunga vaihawmmiten vai a hawm ua kipan, Israel kumpipate tengteng, Juda kumpipate lal sung tengin huchi bang hial Paikan Ankuang a nei nai kei uh;

²³but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this Passover kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.

²³Kumpipa Josia kumpipa kum sawm leh kum giat kumin Paikan Ankuang Jerusalem khuaah TOUPA adin a nei phet uhi.

²⁴Moreover Josiah removed those who had 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, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Yahweh.

²⁴Huan TOUPA ina siampu Hilkiain a laibu-a a muh dan thu tuangte a kip sak theihna dingin dawi aisansiam jawlte, bumsiamte, pathian lim te, milim te Juda gam leh Jerusalem khua a thil kihhuai a muh sekte uh tengteng Josiain a hihmang vek hi.

²⁵Like him was there no king before him, who turned to Yahweh 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 any like him.

²⁵Mosi dan tengteng bang a lungtang leh kha tengteng leh hatna tengteng a TOUPA pom amah bang mahmah a maa kumpipa kuamah a om nawn kei uh; A nungin leng amah bang kuamah a om nawn sam kei uhi

²⁶Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn’t turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.

²⁶Huchipipiin leng TOUPAN a hehna thupi mahmah Manasiin a nahehsakna tengteng jiak in Juda tunga a hehna kuang a hihdai kei lai hi.

²⁷Yahweh said, “I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”

²⁷Huan, TOUPAN, Israel ka suan mang bangin Juda leng ka muh phak louhna ah ka suan mang sam ding a, hiai khua ka tel Jerusalem ngei leh, huailaiah ka min a om ding, ka chih in ka pai mang ding, a chi a.

²⁸Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

²⁸Huchiin Josia tanchin dangte, a thilhih tengteng Juda kumpipate lal lai tanchin gelhna bu-ah a tuang ahi kei maw?

²⁹In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

²⁹A lal lain, Aigupta kumpipa Pharoneko bel Assuria kumpipa sual dingin Euphrates luiah a hoh tou-a; huan, kumpipa Josiain amah a vasual a; huan aman amah a muh tak in Megiddo khuaah a that hi.

³⁰His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.

³⁰Huan, a miten Megiddo akipanin a luang kangtalaiin a paipih ua, Jerusalem ah a lutpih ua, amah hanah a vui uh. Huchiin huai gam a miten Josia tapa Jehoahaz a pi ua, sathau a nilh ua, a pa sikin kumpipain a bawlta uhi.

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 the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

³¹Jehoahaz bel a lal pattungin kum sawmnih leh kum thum a upa ahi a; Jerusalem ah kha thum a lal a: a nu min Hemutal, Libna khuaa Jeremia tanu ahi.

³²He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers had done.

³²Huan, a pi leh pute hih dan bangbang TOUPA mitmuh in thil hoihlou mahmah a hih seka.

³³Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

³³Huan, Pharo-nekoin Jerusalema vaihawm thei nawn lou dingin Hamath gama Ribla khuaah a koltang sak a; huan, a gam uh dangka talent zakhat leh dangkaeng talent khat a leiba sak hi.

³⁴Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there.

³⁴Huan Pharo-nekoin Josia ta Eliakim a pa Josia sikin a lal saka, a min bel Jehoiakim chiin a khen saka; Jehoahaz bel a pi manga; Aigupta gamah a paia, huaiah a si hi.

³⁵Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of everyone according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.

³⁵Huan, Jehoiakimin dangka leh dangkaeng Pharo a pe phota; a gamte uh Pharo thupiak bangin a dangkaa pe dingin siah a leh liau sak a: Pharo-neko kianga piak dingin mi chih liau dinga a seh zah chiat bangin huai gama mitea dangka leh dangkaeng a liau sak hi.

³⁶Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

³⁶Jehoiakim bel a lal pattungin kum sawmnih leh kum ngaa upa ahi; Jerusalem ah kum sawm leh kum khat a lal a: a nu min Zebida, Ruma khua a Pedai tanu ahi.Huan, a pi leh pute hih dan bangbangin TOUPA mitmuhin thil hoih lou mahmah a hih sek hi.

³⁷He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his fathers had done.

³⁷Huan, a pi leh pute hih dan bangbangin TOUPA mitmuhin thil hoih lou mahmah a hih sek hi.