¹Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

¹Josija je bil osem let star, ko je zakraljeval, in vladal je enointrideset let v Jeruzalemu; in materi njegovi je bilo ime Jedida, hči Adajeva, iz Bozkata.

²He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in all the way 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 je hodil po vsej poti Davida, očeta svojega, ni se uklonil ne na desno, ne na levo.

³It happened in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Yahweh, saying,

³In zgodi se v osemnajstem letu kralja Josija, da pošlje kralj Safana, sina Azaljevega, sinu Mesulamovega, pisarja, v hišo GOSPODOVO, veleč:

⁴“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money which is brought into the house of Yahweh, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people.

⁴Pojdi gori k Hilkiju, velikemu duhovniku, da naj sešteje denar, kar se ga je prineslo v hišo GOSPODOVO, ki so ga zbrali varuhi ob vratih od ljudstva;

⁵Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of Yahweh, to repair the breaches of the house,

⁵in naj ga izroče delovodjem, ki nadzorujejo v hiši GOSPODOVI, in ti naj ga dado delavcem v hiši GOSPODOVI, da se popravi, kar je podrtega pri hiši,

⁶to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the house.

⁶namreč tesarjem, stavbarjem in zidarjem, in da se kupi les in obsekano kamenje v popravo hiše.

⁷However there was no accounting made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.”

⁷A račun se ni zahteval od njih o denarju, ki se je poveril njih rokam, ker so ž njim zvesto ravnali.

⁸Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh.” Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

⁸In Hilkija, veliki duhovnik, je rekel Safanu pisarju: Knjigo postave sem našel v hiši GOSPODOVI. In Hilkija da knjigo Safanu, in ta jo je bral.

⁹Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of Yahweh.”

⁹In Safan pisar pride h kralju in mu sporoči in reče: Hlapci tvoji so izsuli denar, kar se ga je našlo v hiši GOSPODOVI, in so ga dali v roke delovodjem, ki nadzorujejo v hiši GOSPODOVI.

¹⁰Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has delivered a book to me.” Shaphan read it before the king.

¹⁰Dalje naznani Safan, pisar, kralju, rekoč: Knjigo mi je dal duhovnik Hilkija. In Safan jo je čital pred kraljem.

¹¹It happened, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes.

¹¹Ko pa kralj sliši besede knjige postave, raztrga oblačila svoja.

¹²The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,

¹²In kralj zapove Hilkiju, duhovniku, in Ahikamu, sinu Safanovemu, in Akborju, sinu Mihajevemu, in Safanu pisarju in Asaju, kraljevemu hlapcu, rekoč:

¹³“Go inquire of Yahweh for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us.”

¹³Pojdite, vprašajte GOSPODA zame in za ljudstvo in za vse Judovo o besedah te knjige, ki se je našla; zakaj velik je srd GOSPODOV, ki se je vnel zoper nas, ker niso očetje naši poslušali besed te knjige, da bi delali po vsem, kar nam je v njej predpisano.

¹⁴So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her.

¹⁴Tedaj so šli Hilkija, duhovnik, Ahikam, Akbor, Safan in Asaja k Huldi prorokinji, ženi Saluma, sina Tikvaja, sina Harhasovega, varuha oblačilnice (ona je pa stanovala v Jeruzalemu, v drugem delu mesta), in so govorili ž njo.

¹⁵She said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me,

¹⁵Ona jim pa reče: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Povejte možu, ki vas je poslal k meni:

¹⁶“Thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read.

¹⁶Tako pravi GOSPOD: Glej, jaz pripravim nesrečo nad ta kraj in nad prebivalce njegove, namreč vse besede tiste knjige, ki jo je čital kralj Judov,

¹⁷Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.’”

¹⁷ker so me zapustili in so žgali kadilo drugim bogovom, da bi me dražili v jezo z vsem delom svojih rok; zato se bo vnel srd moj zoper ta kraj, in ne bo ugašen.

¹⁸But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus you shall tell him, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: ‘Concerning the words which you have heard,

¹⁸Kralju Judovemu pa, ki vas je poslal vprašat GOSPODA, recite tako: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, glede besed, ki si jih slišal:

¹⁹because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you,’ says Yahweh.

¹⁹Ker se je omečilo srce tvoje in si se ponižal pred GOSPODOM, ko si čul, kar sem govoril zoper ta kraj in zoper prebivalce njegove, da jih zadene opustošenje in preklinjanje, in si raztrgal oblačila svoja in jokal pred menoj: zato sem tudi tebe slišal, pravi GOSPOD.Zato, glej, te zberem 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 sporočili so ta govor kralju.

²⁰‘Therefore 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 which I will bring on this place.’”’” They brought back this message to the king.

²⁰Zato, glej, te zberem 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 sporočili so ta govor kralju.