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

¹ Yosiya gonda jiiri ahakku waato kaŋ a sintin ka may. A may jiiri waranza cindi fo Urusalima ra.

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.

² A te haŋ kaŋ ga saba Rabbi diyaŋ gaa ka nga kaayo Dawda fondey gana. A mana kamba kambe ŋwaari wala kambe wow gaa haray.

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.

³ Zama a mayra jiiri ahakkanta ra, za zankataray ga cindi a gaa no, a sintin ka nga kaayo Dawda Irikoyo ceeci. Jiiri way cindi hinkanta ra mo a sintin ka tudey boŋ sududuyaŋ harey, da wayboro himandi bundu toorey, jabuyaŋ wane, da sooguyaŋ toorey kaa Yahuda nda Urusalima ra. A n'i hanandi yaadin cine.

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.

⁴ I na Baaley feemey mo bagu-bagu a jine, i na wayno himandey kaŋ go i se beene beeri-beeri mo. A na bundu toorey bagu, himandi jabante yaŋ waney. Sooguyaŋ himandey mo, a n'i ciya hamni, k'a say-say borey kaŋ na sargay te i se yaŋ din saarayey boŋ.

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

⁵ A na alfagey biriyey mo ton i feemey boŋ. A na Yahuda da Urusalima hanandi mo.

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

⁶ Yaadin cine mo no a te Manasse da Ifraymu da Simeyon ra, hala nda Naftali laabey ra, nangu kulu kaŋ i go.

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.

⁷ A na feemey mo zeeri, ka wayboro himandi bundu toorey da jabuyaŋ himandey kulu bagu kal i ciya hamni. A na wayno himandey kulu beeri Israyla laabo kulu ra, ka ye Urusalima.

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.

⁸ A ciya, a mayra jiiri way cindi ahakkanta ra, waato kaŋ a jin ka laabo da windo hanandi, kal a na Safan Azaliya izo, da Maaseya kaŋ ga gallo may, da Yowa Yohaz izo kaŋ ga hantum yaŋ donton i ma Rabbi nga Irikoyo fuwo hanse.

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.

⁹ I kaa alfaga beero Hilciya do. I na nooro no a se kaŋ borey kande Irikoy windo ra, haŋ kaŋ Lawi borey kaŋ yaŋ ga meyey batu margu-margu Manasse da Ifraymu borey, da Israyla kulu kaŋ cindi, da Yahuda da Benyamin, da Urusalima gorokoy mo kambey ra.

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;

¹⁰ I na nooro daŋ goy-teerey kaŋ yaŋ ga Rabbi windo goyo haggoy kambe ra. Ngey mo n'a no goy izey kaŋ goono ga goy Rabbi windo ra se, zama i ma windo hanse k'a gaabandi.

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.

¹¹ Ngey mo n'a no sacey da cinakoy se, hal i ma tondi jabante yaŋ da kataakuyaŋ kaŋ ga saba day. I ga goy d'ey ka fuwey kaŋ yaŋ Yahuda bonkooney halaci din beeney daabu.

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.

¹² Borey mo na goyo te da naanay. I jine funey ga ti Yahat da Obadiya, Merari do haray Lawi boro yaŋ, da Zakariya da Mesullam, Kohat izey do haray boroyaŋ. Lawi borey ra mo, borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ ga goni dooni goy jinay gaa,

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.

¹³ ngey mo ga haggoy da jinay jarekoy. I ga haggoy mo da boro kulu a goyo ra. Lawi borey ra mo hantumkoyaŋ, da doogariyaŋ, da windi me batukoyaŋ go no.

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.

¹⁴ Waato kaŋ i goono ga nooro kaŋ i kande Rabbi windo ra kaa taray, Alfa Hilciya na Rabbi asariya tira kaŋ Musa hantum din gar.

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

¹⁵ Hilciya mo salaŋ ka ne hantumkwa Safan se ka ne: «Ay na Tawretu tira gar Rabbi windo ra.» Hilciya na tira no Safan se mo.

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.

¹⁶ Kala Safan na tira sambu ka kond'a bonkoono do. A ne a se mo: «Goy kulu kaŋ i daŋ ni tamey kambe ra, i goono g'a te.

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.”

¹⁷ Iri na nooro kaŋ i gar Rabbi windo ra din gusam k'a daŋ jine borey da goy-izey kambe ra.»

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

¹⁸ Hantumkwa Safan mo ye ka salaŋ bonkoono se ka ne: «Alfa Hilciya n'ay no tira fo.» Safan mo na tira caw bonkoono jine.

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

¹⁹ A ciya mo, alwaato kaŋ bonkoono maa sanney kaŋ go asariya ra, kal a na nga bankaarayey tooru-tooru.

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,

²⁰ Kala bonkoono na Hilciya, nda Ahikam Safan izo, da Abdon Mikaya izo, da hantumkwa Safan, da Asaya bonkoono bannya lordi ka ne:

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.”

²¹ «Wa koy ka Rabbi hã ay se, da borey kaŋ cindi Israyla nda Yahuda ra yaŋ mo se, tiro wo kaŋ i gar ciine ra. Zama Rabbi futa kaŋ a ga gusam iri boŋ ga beeri, zama iri kaayey mana Rabbi sanno haggoy, i mana goy mo da hay kulu kaŋ i hantum tira wo ra.»

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.

²² Hilciya mo da borey kaŋ yaŋ bonkoono lordi koy wayboro annabo Hulda do, kaŋ ga ti Sallum wande. Sallum no ga ti bankaarayey fuwo batukwa. Baabo maa Tikba, kaayo maa Haras. Waybora din go Urusalima Misne kura ra da goray. Kala Hilciya salaŋ a se sanno din boŋ.

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

²³ Waybora mo ne i se: «Yaa no Rabbi, Israyla Irikoyo ci: Wa ci bora kaŋ n'araŋ donton ay gaa din se:

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.

²⁴ Rabbi ne: Guna, ay ga masiiba candi ka kande nango wo d'a ra gorokoy gaa, danga laaliyaŋ kulu kaŋ i hantum tira kaŋ i caw Yahuda bonkoono jine din ra.

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.’”’

²⁵ Zama i n'ay furu ka dugu ton de-koy fooyaŋ se, zama i m'ay zokoti nda ngey kambe goyey kulu, woodin sabbay se no ay g'ay dukuro gusam nango wo boŋ, hay kulu s'a ban mo.

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,

²⁶ Amma Yahuda bonkoono kaŋ n'araŋ donton araŋ ma hã Rabbi gaa din, haŋ kaŋ araŋ ga ci a se neeya: Yaa no Rabbi, Israyla Irikoyo ci, nga kaŋ me sanno ni maa din:

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.

²⁷ Za kaŋ ni wo, ni bine ga baan, ni na ni boŋ kaynandi mo Irikoy jine alwaato kaŋ ni maa a sanno nango wo d'a ra gorokoy boŋ, ni na ni boŋ kaynandi mo ay jine hala ni na ni bankaarayey tooru ka hẽ ay jine, ay mo maa ni se. Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

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.

²⁸ A go, ay ga ni margu ni kaayey banda. Ni ga to ni saara do laakal kanay ra. Ni moy si di masiiba kulu kaŋ ay ga candi ka kande nango wo ra, d'a a ra gorokoy gaa.» Diyey mo ye ka kaa bonkoono do da sanno.

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

²⁹ Bonkoono donton i ma Yahuda da Urusalima arkusey kulu margu.

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.

³⁰ Bonkoono ziji ka koy Rabbi windo do, nga nda Yahuda boro fo kulu, da Urusalima gorokoy, da alfagey, da Lawi borey, da jama kulu, ibeeri gaa, ikayna gaa. A na sappa tira kaŋ i gar Rabbi windo ra din sanney kulu caw i hangey ra.

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.

³¹ Bonkoono binde kay nga kayyaŋ nango ra ka alkawli sambu Rabbi jine, ka ne nga ga Rabbi gana, nga m'a lordey, d'a seedey, d'a hin sanney haggoy da nga bina kulu da nga fundo kulu mo, zama nga ma sappa sanney kaŋ go hantumante tira ra din toonandi.

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.

³² Borey kulu kaŋ yaŋ i gar Urusalima da Benyamin ra, a na ngey mo daŋ i ma kay alkawlo gaa. Urusalima borey mo goy Irikoy sappa boŋ, ngey kaayey Irikoyo nooya.

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.

³³ Yosiya binde na fanta hari jinayey kulu kaa Israyla izey laabey kulu ra. Borey kulu kaŋ i gar Israyla ra, a n'i tilasandi i ma may Rabbi ngey Irikoyo se. A fundi jirbey kulu ra i mana fay da Rabbi, ngey kaayey Irikoyo.