1 ك انَ يُوشِيّا فِي الثّامِنَةِ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَما تَوَلَّى الحُكْمَ. وَحَكَمَ إحدَى وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً فِي القُدْسِ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ يَدْيَدَةَ بِنْتَ عَدايَةَ مِنْ بُصْقَةَ.

Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He ruled for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

2 و َعَمِلَ يُوشِيّا ما يُرْضِي اللهَ. وَتَبِعَ اللهَ بِكُلِّ أمانَةٍ كَجَدِّهِ داوُدَ. وَالتَزَمَ بِهَذا السَّبِيلِ التِزاماً كامِلاً. يُوشِيّا يَأْمُرُ بِتَرمِيمِ الهَيكَل

Josiah did what is right in the eyes of the Lord. He walked in all the way of his father David. He did not turn aside to the right or to the left. Hilkiah Finds the Book of the Law

3 و َفِي السَّنَةِ الثّامِنَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ يُوشِيّا، أرْسَلَ مُساعِدَهُ شافانَ بْنَ أصَلْيا بْنِ مَشُلّامَ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ وَقالَ لَهُ:

In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan the writer, the son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the house of the Lord. He said,

4 « اذهَبْ إلَى رَئيسِ الكَهَنَةِ حَلْقِيا، وَاطلُبْ إلَيهِ أنْ يَعُدَّ المالَ الَّذِي أحْضَرَهُ الشَّعبُ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ وَجَمَعَهُ البَوّابُونَ مِنْهُمْ.

“Go up to Hilkiah the head religious leader, that he may add up the money brought into the Lord’s house which the door-keepers have gathered from the people.

5 ف َليُعطِ الكَهَنَةُ هَذا المالَ لِلْمُشْرِفِينَ عَلى بَيتِ اللهِ ، لِيَدْفَعُوهُ لِلْعُمّالِ القائِمِينَ عَلَى تَرمِيمِ بَيتِ اللهِ.

Let the money be given to the workmen who are watching over the work on the Lord’s house. And let them give it to the workmen who are doing the work on the Lord’s house.

6 و َلِيَدفَعُوا أيضاً أُجُورَ النَّجّارِينَ وَالحَجّارِينَ وَالنَّحّاتِينَ. وَلِيَشْتَرُوا الخَشَبَ وَالحِجارَةَ المَنحُوتَةَ الَّلازِمَةَ لإصلاحِ الهَيكَلِ.

Have them pay the builders and the men who work with wood and with stone. Have them use it for buying wood and cut stone needed to work on the house.

7 و َلا داعِيَ لِلاحتِفاظِ بِسِجِلّاتِ حِساباتٍ حَولَ المَبالِغِ الَّتِي يَصْرِفُها الكَهَنَةُ، فَهُمْ جَدِيرُونَ بِالثِّقَةِ.» العُثُورُ عَلَى الشَّرِيعَةِ فِي الهَيكَل

But do not make them tell you how the money was spent that was given to them. For they are honest men.”

8 و َقالَ رَئِيسُ الكَهَنَةِ حِلْقِيا لِشافانَ، وَكِيلِ المَلِكِ، «ها قَدْ وَجَدْتُ كِتابَ الشَّرِيعَةِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ!» وَأعطَى حِلْقِيا الكِتابَ لِشافانَ، فَقَرَأهُ.

Then Hilkiah the head religious leader said to Shaphan the writer, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

9 ث ُمَّ ذَهَبَ الكاتِبُ شافانُ إلَى المَلِكِ يُوشِيّا وَقَدَّمَ إلَيهِ تَقرِيراً عَمّا حَدَثَ، فَقالَ: «أعطى خُدّامَكَ كُلَّ المالِ الَّذِيِ فِي الهَيكَلِ وَأعطُوهُ لِلمُشْرِفِينَ عَلَى العَمَلِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.»

Then Shaphan the writer came to the king and told him, “Your servants have taken all the money found in the house. And they have given it to the workmen who are watching over the work on the Lord’s house.”

10 و َبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قالَ الوَكِيلُ شافانُ لِلمَلِكِ: «لَقَدْ أعطانِي الكاهِنُ حِلْقِيا هَذا الكِتابَ.» وَقَرَأ شافانُ الكِتابَ عَلَى المَلِكِ.

Then Shaphan the writer told the king, “Hilkiah the religious leader has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in front of the king.

11 ف َلَمّا سَمِعَ المَلِكُ كَلامَ كِتابِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، مَزَّقَ مَلابِسَهُ حُزْناً وَتَذَلُّلاً.

When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes.

12 ف َأصْدَرَ المَلِكُ أمْراً لِلكاهِنِ حِلْقِيا، وَأخِيقامَ بْنِ شافانَ، وَعَكْبُورَ بْنِ مِيخا، وَمُساعِدِ المَلِكِ شافانَ، وَخادِمِ المَلِكِ عَسايا، فَقالَ:

Then he told Hilkiah the religious leader, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the writer, and Asaiah the king’s servant,

13 « اذْهَبُوا وَاسْألُوا اللهَ ماذا يَنْبَغِي عَلَينا أنْ نَفْعَلَ. اسْألُوهُ مِنْ أجلِي، وَمِنْ أجلِ الشَّعبِ، وَمِنْ أجلِ يَهُوذا. وَاسْألُوا عَنْ كَلامِ هَذا الكِتابِ الَّذِي وَجَدْناهُ. فَاللهُ غاضِبٌ عَلَينا، لِأنَّ آباءَنا لَمْ يَسْتَمِعُوا إلَى كَلامِ هَذا الكِتابِ، وَلَمْ يَعمَلُوا بِكُلِّ الوَصايا الَّتِي كُتِبَتْ لَنا لِنَعَمَلَ بِها!» يُوشِيّا وَالنَّبِيَّةُ خَلْدَة

“Go, ask the Lord for me and all Judah about the words of this book that has been found. For the Lord is very angry with us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book. They have not done all that is written for us to do.”

14 ف َذَهَبَ الكاهِنُ حِلْقِيا، وَأخِيقامُ، وَعَكْبُورُ، وَشافانُ وَعَسايا إلَى النَّبِيَّةِ خَلْدَةَ. وَكانَتْ خَلْدَةُ زَوْجَةَ شَلُّومَ بْنَ تِقْوَةَ بْنِ حَرْحَسَ المَسْؤُولِ عَنْ ثِيابِ الكَهَنَةِ. وَكانَتْ تَسْكُنُ فِي القِسْمِ الثّانِي مِنَ القُدْسِ. فَجاءُوا وَتَحَدَّثُوا إلَيها.

So Hilkiah the religious leader, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to Huldah the woman who spoke for God. She was the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, and watched over the clothes of the house. (She lived in the Second Part of Jerusalem.) They spoke to her.

15 ف َقالَتْ لَهُمْ خَلْدَةُ: «يَقُولُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹قُولُوا لِلرَّجُلِ الَّذِي أرْسَلَكُمْ إلَيَّ:

She said to them, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says. Tell the man who sent you to me

16 ه َذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: أنا جالِبٌ ضِيقاً عَلَى هَذا المَكانِ وَعَلَى السّاكِنِينَ فِيهِ. سَأجلِبُ عَلَيهِمْ كُلَّ اللَّعَناتِ المَذْكُورَةِ فِي الكِتابِ الَّذِي قَرَأهُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا.

that the Lord says, ‘See, I will bring trouble upon this place and upon its people. All the words of the book which the king of Judah has read will come true

17 ل ِأنَّ شَعبَ يَهُوذا تَرَكُونِي. أدارُوا لِي ظُهُورَهُمْ، وَأحرَقُوا بَخُوراً لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى صَنَعُوها بِأيدِيهِمْ، فَأغْضَبُونِي. وَلِهَذا سَيَكُونُ غَضَبِي ناراً لا تَنْطَفِئُ عَلَى هَذا المَكانِ!›

because they have turned away from Me and have burned special perfume to other gods. They have made Me angry with all the work of their hands. So My anger burns against this place, and it will not be stopped.’

18 « ‹وَأمّا يُوشيّا مَلِكُ يَهُوذا الَّذِي أرسَلَكُمْ لِتَسألُوا اللهَ ، فَقُولُوا لَهُ هَذا: هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ، عَنِ الكَلامِ الَّذِي سَمِعْتَهُ للتَّوِّ:

But tell the king of Judah who sent you to ask of the Lord, ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says about the words you have heard.

19 ق َدْ رَقَّ قَلبُكَ وَتَواضَعْتَ أمامَ اللهِ عِندَما سَمِعْتَ كَلامِي ضَدَّ هَذا المَكانِ وَضِدَّ ساكِنِيهِ. سَمِعْتَ أنَّنِي سَأجعَلُهُمْ خَراباً وَلَعنَةً، فَمَزَّقْتَ ثِيابَكَ، وَبَكَيْتَ أمامِي. وَأنا قَدْ سَمِعْتُكَ. يَقُولُ اللهُ.

“You heard how I spoke against this place and against its people. I said that they should be destroyed and laid waste. They should be hated and destroyed. But when you heard this, you were sorry in your heart. You put away your pride before the Lord. You have torn your clothes and cried before Me, and I have heard you,” says the Lord.

20 ل ِذَلِكَ سَأجمَعُكَ بِآبائِكَ، وَسَتَمُوتُ بِسَلامٍ. لَنْ تَرَى أيّاً مِنَ الضِّيقاتِ الَّتِي سَأُرسِلُها عَلَى الشَّعبِ السّاكِنِينَ هُنا.›» فَحَمَلُوا هَذا الجَوابَ إلَى المَلِكِ.

“So I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the trouble which I will bring upon this place.”’” So they returned to the king and told him what was said.