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

¹Josija je bil osem let star, ko je zakraljeval, in vladal je enointrideset let v Jeruzalemu.

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.

²In delal je, kar je bilo prav v očeh GOSPODOVIH, in hodil po potih Davida, očeta svojega, in se ni ganil ne na desno, ne na levo.

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.

³V osmem letu namreč kraljevanja svojega, ko je bil še deček, je začel iskati Boga očeta svojega Davida, in v dvanajstem letu je začel očiščevati Judo in Jeruzalem višav in Ašer ter izrezanih in ulitih podob.

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.

⁴In podrli so oltarje Baalov vpričo njega in solnčne stebre, ki so bili vrhu njih, je posekal, Ašere pa in izrezane in ulite podobe je strl ter jih zdrobil v prah in prah raztresel po grobovih tistih, ki so jim bili darovali.

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

⁵In kosti duhovnikov je sežgal na njih oltarjih, in tako je očistil Judo in Jeruzalem.

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

⁶Tudi v mestih Manasejevih in Efraimovih in Simeonovih, prav do Neftalija, vse okrog po njih razvalinah

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.

⁷je porušil oltarje ter razbil v prah Ašere in izrezane podobe in posekal solnčne stebre po vsej deželi Izraelovi, in se je vrnil v Jeruzalem.

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.

⁸V osemnajstem letu kraljevanja svojega pa, ko je bil očistil deželo in hišo, pošlje Safana, sina Azaljevega, in Maaseja, mestnega poglavarja, in Joaha, sina Joahazovega, deželnega letopisca, da bi popravili hišo GOSPODA, njegovega Boga.

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.

⁹Ti pridejo k Hilkiju, velikemu duhovniku, ter izroče denar, kar se ga je prineslo v hišo Božjo, ki so ga bili nabrali leviti, varuhi ob vratih, od Manaseja in Efraima in od vsega ostanka Izraelovega in od vseh Judovih in Benjaminovih in od prebivalcev jeruzalemskih.

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;

¹⁰In ga izroče delovodjem, ki so nadzorovali v hiši GOSPODOVI, in ti ga dado delavcem, ki so delali v hiši GOSPODOVI, da se popravi in izboljša hiša;

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.

¹¹dado ga tesarjem in stavbarjem, da nakupijo obsekanega kamenja in lesa za veznike ter napravijo tramov za hiše, ki so jih bili skazili kralji Judovi.

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.

¹²In tisti možje so zvesto opravljali delo. In njih nadzorniki so bili: Jahat in Obadija, levita, iz sinov Merarijevih, Zeharija in Mesulam pa iz sinov Kahatovcev, da bodo na čelu; in drugi leviti, ki so vsi znali peti ob glasbilih,

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.

¹³so bili tudi nad bremenarji in na čelu vsem, ki so se trudili v katerikoli službi; in drugi leviti so bili pisarji, uradniki in vratarji.

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.

¹⁴Ko so pa jemali ven denar, ki je bil prinešen v hišo GOSPODOVO, je našel duhovnik Hilkija knjigo postave GOSPODOVE, dane po Mojzesu.

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

¹⁵In Hilkija izpregovori ter reče Safanu, pisarju: Našel sem knjigo postave v hiši GOSPODOVI. In Hilkija izroči knjigo Safanu.

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.

¹⁶Safan pa prinese knjigo h kralju in razen tega sporoči kralju, rekoč: Hlapci tvoji delajo vse, kar je bilo njih rokam poverjeno.

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.”

¹⁷In izsuli so denar, ki je bil zbran v hiši GOSPODOVI, in so ga oddali v roke nadzornikom in delovodjem.

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

¹⁸Še pove Safan, pisar, kralju, rekoč: Knjigo mi je dal duhovnik Hilkija. In Safan jo je čital pred kraljem.

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

¹⁹Ko pa kralj sliši besede postave, raztrga oblačila svoja.

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,

²⁰In kralj zapove Hilkiju in Ahikamu, sinu Safanovemu, in Abdonu, sinu Mihovemu, in pisarju Safanu in Asaju, kraljevemu hlapcu, rekoč:

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.”

²¹Pojdite, vprašajte GOSPODA zame in za tiste, ki so preostali v Izraelu in Judi, o besedah te knjige, ki se je našla; zakaj velik je srd GOSPODOV, ki se je zgrnil na nas, kajti naši očetje niso pazili na besedo GOSPODOVO, da bi delali po vsem, kar je pisano v tej knjigi.

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.

²²Tedaj so šli Hilkija in tisti, ki jim je kralj velel, k Huldi prorokinji, ženi Saluma, sinu Tokhata, sinu Hasrahovega, varuha oblačilnice (ona pa je stanovala v Jeruzalemu, v drugem delu mesta), in so govorili ž njo po tem povelju.

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

²³Ona jim pa reče: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Povejte možu, ki vas je poslal k meni:

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.

²⁴Tako pravi GOSPOD: Glej, jaz pripravim nesrečo nad ta kraj in nad prebivalce njegove, namreč vse kletve, ki so zapisane v knjigi, iz katere so čitali pred kraljem Judovim,

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.’”’

²⁵ker so me zapustili in so žgali kadilo drugim bogovom, da bi me dražili v jezo z vsem delom svojih rok; zato se je zgrnil srd moj nad tem krajem in ne bo ugasnil.

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,

²⁶Kralju Judovemu pa, ki vas je poslal vprašat GOSPODA, tako mu recite: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, zastran besed, ki si jih slišal:

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.

²⁷Ker se je omečilo srce tvoje in si se ponižal pred Bogom, ko si čul besede njegove zoper ta kraj in zoper njegove prebivalce, in si se ponižal pred menoj in si raztrgal oblačila svoja in jokal pred mano: zato sem tudi tebe slišal, pravi GOSPOD.

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.

²⁸Glej, zberem te k očetom tvojim, in boš v miru zbran v grob svoj, da ne bodo oči tvoje videle vse nesreče, ki jo spravim nad ta kraj in nad prebivalce njegove. In sporočili so ta govor kralju.

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

²⁹Nato pošlje kralj in zbere k sebi vse starejšine Judove in jeruzalemske.

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.

³⁰In kralj gre gori v hišo GOSPODOVO in vsi možje Judovi in prebivalci jeruzalemski in duhovniki in leviti in vse ljudstvo, veliki in mali; in čita, da vsi slišijo, vse besede knjige zaveze, ki se je našla v hiši GOSPODOVI.

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.

³¹In kralj se ustopi na svojem mestu in stori zavezo pred GOSPODOM, da bo hodil za GOSPODOM in pazil na zapovedi njegove in pričevanja in postave njegove iz vsega srca svojega in iz vse duše svoje, da izpolni besede zaveze, ki so pisane v tej knjigi.

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.

³²In velel je vsem, ki so bili v Jeruzalemu in po Benjaminovem, pristopiti k tej zavezi. In prebivalci jeruzalemski so storili po zavezi Božji, Boga očetov svojih.In Josija je odpravil vse gnusobe iz pokrajin, ki so bile sinov Izraelovih, in je priganjal vse, ki so bivali v Izraelu, da služijo GOSPODU, svojemu Bogu. Vse njegove dni niso odstopili od GOSPODA, očetov svojih Boga.

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.

³³In Josija je odpravil vse gnusobe iz pokrajin, ki so bile sinov Izraelovih, in je priganjal vse, ki so bivali v Izraelu, da služijo GOSPODU, svojemu Bogu. Vse njegove dni niso odstopili od GOSPODA, očetov svojih Boga.