1 ف َاسْتَدْعَى المَلِكُ كُلَّ شُيُوخِ يَهُوذا وَالقُدْسِ لِلاجتِماعِ مَعَهُ.

Now the king sent them to gather all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem to him.

2 ث ُمَّ صَعِدَ المَلِكُ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ. وَصَعِدَ مَعَهُ كُلُّ أهلِ يَهُوذا وَأهلِ القُدْسِ. كَما رافَقَهُ الكَهَنَةُ وَالأنبِياءُ وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ، مِنْ أصْغَرِهِمْ شَأْناً إلَى أرْفَعِهِمْ شَأْناً. ثُمَّ قَرَأ كِتابَ العَهْدِ، أي كِتابَ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّذِي عُثِرَ عَلَيهِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ ، قَرَأهُ بِصَوْتٍ عالٍ لِيَسْمَعَهُ الجَمِيعُ.

The king went up to the house of the Lord with all the men of Judah, and with him all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant which had been found in the house of the Lord.

3 و َوَقَفَ المَلِكُ عِنْدَ العَمُودِ وَقَطَعَ عَهْداً فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ. وَتَعَهَّدَ أنْ يَتبَعَ اللهَ وَيُطِيعَ وَصاياهُ وَعَهْدَهُ وَقَوانِينَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِهِ وَنَفْسِهِ. تَعَهَّدَ أنْ يَعمَلَ بِكُلِّ ما هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي هَذا الكِتابِ. وَوَقَفَ الشَّعبُ كُلُّهُ شُهُوداً عَلَى هَذا.

Then the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people took a stand for the covenant.

4 ث ُمَّ أمَرَ المَلِكُ رَئِيسَ الكَهَنَةِ حَلْقِيا، وَبَقِيَّةَ الكَهَنَةِ، وَالبَوّابِينَ أنْ يُخرِجُوا مِنْ هَيكَلِ اللهِ كُلَّ الآنِيَةِ الَّتِي صُنِعَتْ تَكْرِيماً لِلبَعلِ وَعَشْتَرُوتَ وَنُجُومِ السَّماءِ. فَأحْرَقَها يَوشِيّا خارِجَ القُدْسِ فِي وادِي قَدْرُونَ. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ حَمَلُوا الرَّمادَ إلَى بَيتِ إيلَ.

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the articles that were made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

5 و َكانَ مُلُوكُ يَهُوذا قَدْ عَيَّنُوا كَهَنَةً مِنْ عامَّةِ النّاسِ. فَكانَ هَؤُلاءِ الكَهَنَةُ الزّائِفُونَ يَحرِقُونَ بَخُوراً فِي المُرتَفَعاتِ فِي كُلِّ مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَالبَلْداتِ المُحِيطَةِ بِالقُدْسِ. وَأحرَقُوا بَخُوراً لإكْرامِ البَعلِ، وَالشَّمْسِ، وَالقَمَرِ، وَالأبْراجِ، وَكُلِّ نُجُومِ السَّماءِ. فَأبادَهُمْ يُوشِيّا.

Then he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, and those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

6 و َأزالَ يُوشِيّا عَمُودَ عَشْتَرُوتَ مِنْ بَيتِ اللهِ. وَأخْرَجَهُ خارِجَ مَدِينَةِ القُدْسِ وَأحْرَقَهُ فِي وادِي قَدْرُونَ. ثُمَّ دَقَّ القِطَعَ المَحْرُوقَةَ إلَى غُبارٍ نَثَرَهُ فَوْقَ قُبُورِ عامَّةِ الشَّعبِ.

And he brought out the wooden image from the house of the Lord, to the Brook Kidron outside Jerusalem, burned it at the Brook Kidron and ground it to ashes, and threw its ashes on the graves of the common people.

7 و َهَدَمَ المَلِكُ يُوشِيّا بُيُوتَ الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يُبِيحُونَ أجْسادَهُمْ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ. وَكانَتِ النِّساءُ يَسْتَخدِمْنَ هَذِهِ البُيُوتَ فِي نَسجِ الأقمِشَةِ إكْراماً لِلإلَهَةِ عَشْتَرُوتَ.

Then he tore down the ritual booths of the perverted persons that were in the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the wooden image.

8 و َأحضَرَ يُوشِيّا جَميعَ الكَهَنَةِ مِنْ مُدُنِ يُهُوذا إلَى القُدْسِ، وَدَمَّرَ المُرتَفَعاتِ الَّتِي كَانَ الكَهَنَةُ يُقَدِّمُونَ تِقدِماتِهِمْ عَلَيها فِي مُدُنِ يُهُوذا مِنْ جَبْعَ إلَى بِئْرِ السَّبْعِ. كَما هَدَمَ المُرْتَفَعاتِ الَّتِي كانَتْ إلَى يَسارِ الدّاخِلِ عَبْرَ بَوّابَةِ يَشُوعَ حاكِمِ المَدِينَةِ.

And he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; also he broke down the high places at the gates which were at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were to the left of the city gate.

9 ف َلَمْ يَكُنْ كَهَنَةُ تِلكَ المُرتَفَعاتِ يأتُونَ إلَى مَذبَحِ اللهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ القُدْسِ، بَلْ كانُوا يأكُلُونَ الخُبزَ غَيرَ المُختَمِرِ مَعَ أقارِبِهِمْ!

Nevertheless the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brethren.

10 و َكانَتْ تُوفَةُ مَكاناً فِي وادِي بْنِ هِنُّومَ حَيثُ كانَ النّاسُ يُقَدِّمُونَ أبْناءَهُمْ ذَبائِحَ لِلإلَهِ مُولَكَ. فَدَمَّرَ يُوشِيّا ذَلِكَ المَكانَ لِئَلّا يُسْتَخدَمَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى.

And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.

11 و َأزالَ أيضاً الخُيُولَ وَأحرَقَ المَركَبَةَ الَّتِي وَضَعَها مُلُوكُ يَهُوذا عِنْدَ مَدخَلِ بَيتِ اللهِ. وَكانَتْ قَدْ وُضِعَتْ قُرْبَ غُرْفَةِ الخادِمِ نَثْنَملَكَ إكْراماً لإلَهِ الشَّمْسِ.

Then he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech, the officer who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

12 و َكانَ مُلُوكُ يَهُوذا قَدْ بَنُوا مَذابِحَ عَلَى سَطحِ بِنايَةِ أخآبَ. وَبَنَى مَنَسَّى أيضاً مَذابِحَ فِي ساحَتَي بَيتِ اللهِ. فَهَدَمَ يُوشِيّا كُلَّ هَذِهِ المَذابِحِ وَدَقَّها وَنَثَرَ غُبارَها فِي وادِي قَدْرُونَ.

The altars that were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, the king broke down and pulverized there, and threw their dust into the Brook Kidron.

13 و َبَنَى سُلَيْمانُ فِي الماضِي بَعضَ المُرتَفَعاتِ عَلَى الجانِبِ الجَنُوبِيِّ مِنْ جَبَلِ المُهلِكِ قُرْبَ القُدْسِ. وَقَدْ بَنَى أحَدَ هَذِهِ المُرتَفَعاتِ إكْراماً لِعَشْتارُوثَ، تِلْكَ الإلَهَةِ البَغِيضَةِ الَّتِي عَبَدَها أهلُ صَيدُونَ. وَبَنَى أيضاً مُرتَفَعاً لإكْرامِ كَمُوشَ، ذَلِكَ الإلَهِ البَغِيضِ الَّذِي عَبَدَهُ أهلُ عَمُّونَ. فَخَرَّبَ المَلِكُ يُوشِيّا كُلَّ أماكِنِ العِبادَةِ هَذِهِ.

Then the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, which were on the south of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the people of Ammon.

14 و َكَسَّرَ الأنصابَ التَّذْكارِيَّةَ وَأعْمِدَةَ عَشْتَرُوتَ. ثُمَّ نَثَرَ عِظامَ أمْواتٍ عَلَى ذَلِكَ المَكانِ.

And he broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images, and filled their places with the bones of men.

15 و َهَدَمَ يُوشِيّا أيضاً المَذبَحَ وَالمُرتَفَعَةَ فِي بَيتِ إيلَ اللَّذَينِ بَناهُما يَرُبْعامُ بْنُ نَباطَ الَّذِي جَرَّ إسْرائِيلَ إلَى الخَطِيَّةِ. ثُمَّ دَقَّ المَذبَحَ إلَى غُبارٍ وَأحْرَقَ عَمُودَ عَشْتَرُوتَ.

Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and crushed it to powder, and burned the wooden image.

16 و َتَطَلَّعَ يُوشِيّا حَولَهُ فَرَأى قُبُوراً عَلَى الجَبَلِ. فَأرْسَلَ رِجالاً، فَأخْرَجُوا العِظامَ مِنَ القُبُورِ. ثُمَّ أحرَقَ العِظامَ عَلَى المَذبَحِ. وَهَكَذا خَرَّبَ المَذبَحَ وَنَجَّسَهُ وَفْقَ كَلامِ اللهِ الَّذِي نَطَقَ بِهِ رَجُلُ اللهِ وَأعلَنَهُ.

As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs that were there on 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 the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

17 و َبَعدَ ذَلِكَ نَظَرَ يُوشِيّا حَولَهُ، فَرَأى قَبْرَ رَجُلِ اللهِ. فَسَألَ يُوشِيّا: «ما هَذا النُّصْب الَّذِي أراهُ؟» فَقالَ لَهُ أهلُ المَدِينَةِ: «هَذا هُوَ قَبْرُ رَجُلِ اللهِ الَّذِي جاءَ مِنْ يَهُوذا. هُوَ الَّذِي تَنَبَّأ بِما فَعَلْتَ بِمَذبَحِ بَيتِ إيلَ قَبلَ زَمَنٍ بَعِيدٍ.»

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

18 ف َقالَ يُوشِيّا: «دَعُوهُ يَستَرِحْ، وَلا تُحَرِّكُوا عِظامَهُ.» فَتَرَكُوا عِظامَهُ وَعِظامَ النَّبِيِّ الَّذِي مِنَ السّامِرَةِ.

And he said, “Let him alone; let no one move his bones.” So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

19 و َهَدَمَ يُوشِيّا كُلَّ المَعابِدِ الَّتِي كانَ مُلُوكُ إسْرائِيلَ قَدْ أغْضَبُوا اللهَ حِينَ بَنُوها فِي المُرْتَفَعاتِ فِي السّامِرَةِ. وَفَعَلَ بِها ما فَعَلَهُ بِهَيكَلِ بَيْتِ إيلَ.

Now Josiah also took away all the shrines of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger; and he did to them according to all the deeds he had done in Bethel.

20 و َقَتَلَ يُوشِيّا كُلَّ كَهَنَةِ المُرْتَفَعاتِ فِي السّامِرَةِ عَلَى مَذابِحِها. وَأحرَقَ عَلَيها عِظامَ أمْواتٍ لِكَي يُخَرِّبَها. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عادَ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. شَعبُ يَهُوذا يَحتَفِلُونَ بِالفِصْح

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

21 و َأمَرَ المَلِكُ يُوشِيّا الشَّعبَ وَقالَ: «احتَفِلُوا بِالفِصْحِ إكْراماً لإلَهِكُمْ ، وَفْقَ ما هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي كِتابِ العَهْدِ.»

Then the king commanded all the people, saying, “Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

22 و َلَمْ يَكُنِ الشَّعبُ قَدِ احْتَفَلُوا بِالفِصْحِ عَلَى هَذا النَّحْوِ مُنذُ زَمَنِ القُضاةِ الَّذِينَ حَكَمُوا إسْرائِيلَ. وَلَمْ يُقِمْ أيٌّ مِنْ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا مِثلَ هَذا الاحتِفالِ بِالفِصْحِ قَطُّ.

Such a Passover surely had never been held since the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.

23 و َقَدْ أُقِيمَ هَذا الاحتِفالُ بِالفِصْحِ إكْراماً للهِ فِي القُدْسِ فِي السَّنَةِ الثّامِنَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ يُوشِيّا.

But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover was held before the Lord in Jerusalem.

24 و َقَضَى يُوشِيّا عَلَى الوُسَطاءِ وَالسَّحَرَةِ وَتَماثِيلِ الآلِهَةِ الَّتِي فِي البُيُوتِ، وَالأوْثانِ، وَجَمِيعِ المَعبُوداتِ البَغِيضَةِ فِي يَهُوذا وَالقُدْسِ. فَعَلَ يُوشِيّا هَذا طاعَةً لِلشَّرِيعَةِ المَكْتُوبَةِ فِي الكِتابِ الَّذِي وَجَدَهُ الكاهِنُ حَلْقِيا فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.

Moreover Josiah put away those who consulted mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.

25 ل َمْ يَكُنْ لِيُوشِيّا نَظِيرٌ قَطُّ قَبلَهُ فِي يَهُوذا. إذْ عادَ إلَى اللهِ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِهِ، وَبِكُلِّ نَفسِهِ، وَبِكُلِّ قُوَّتِهِ. وَالتَزَمَ بِكُلِّ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُوشِيّا نَظِيرٌ بَعْدَهُ.

Now before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses; nor after him did any arise like him. Impending Judgment on Judah

26 غ َيرَ أنَّ نارَ غَضَبِ اللهِ عَلَى يَهُوذا لَمْ تَنطَفِئْ. فَقَدْ كانَ مازالَ غاضِباً جِدّاً عَلَيهِمْ بِسَبَبِ كُلِّ ما فَعَلَهُ مَنَسَّى.

Nevertheless the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath, with which His anger was aroused against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.

27 ق الَ اللهُ: «اقتَلَعْتُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ أرْضِهِمْ. وَسَأفْعَلُ الأمْرَ نَفسَهُ مَعَ يَهُوذا. لَنْ أعُودَ ألتَفِتُ إلَى يَهُوذا. وَلَنْ أقْبَلَ القُدْسَ. صَحِيحٌ أنِّي اخْتَرْتُ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةَ فِيما مَضَى وَقُلْتُ عَنْها: ‹فِيها سَيَكُونُ اسْمِي.› لَكِنِّي سَأهْدِمُ الهَيكَلَ فِي ذَلِكَ المَكانِ.»

And the Lord said, “I will also remove Judah from My sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’” Josiah Dies in Battle

28 أ مّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ يُوشِيّا، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا. مَوْتُ يُوشِيّا

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

29 و َفِي زَمَنِ يُوشِيّا، ذَهَبَ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ نَخُوُ لِمُحارَبَةِ مَلِكِ أشُّورَ عِنْدَ نَهْرِ الفُراتِ. فَخَرَجَ يُوشِيّا لِمُلاقاتِهِ فِي مَجَدُّو. فَلَمّا رَآهُ نَخُوُ قَتَلَهُ.

In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went to the aid of the king of Assyria, to the River Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him. And Pharaoh Necho killed him at Megiddo when he confronted him.

30 ف َوَضَعَ خُدّامُهُ جُثَّتَهُ فِي مَرْكِبَةٍ وَحَمَلُوهُ مِنْ مَجَدُّو إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. وَدَفَنُوهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ. فَجاءَ عامَّةُ الشَّعبِ وَأخَذُوا يَهُوآحازَ بْنَ يُوشِيّا وَمَسَحُوهُ. وَنَصَّبُوهُ مَلِكاً بَدَلاً مِنْ أبِيهِ. يَهُوآحازُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذا

Then his servants moved his body in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place. The Reign and Captivity of Jehoahaz

31 ك انَ يَهُوآحازُ فِي الثّالِثَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَما تَوَلَّى الحُكْمَ. وَحَكَمَ ثَلاثَ شُهُورٍ فِي القُدْسِ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ حَمُوطَلَ بِنْتَ إرْمِيا مِنْ لِبْنَةَ.

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

32 و َفَعَلَ يَهُوآحازُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ ، وَسارَ عَلَى نَهْجِ آبائِهِ.

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

33 و َبَعْدَ مُدَّةٍ، أسَرَهُ الفِرعَوْنُ نَخُوُ وَوَضَعَهُ فِي سِجنٍ فِي رِبلَةَ فِي أرْضِ حَماةَ. فَلَمْ يَقدِرْ يَهُوآحازُ أنْ يَحكُمَ فِي القُدْسِ. وَفَرَضَ نَخُوُ جِزيَةً عَلَى يَهُوذا مِقدارُها مِئَةَ قِنْطارٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ وَقِنْطاراً واحِداً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ.

Now Pharaoh Necho put him in prison at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

34 و َحَدَثَ أنَّ الفِرْعَوْنَ نَخُوَ نَصَّبَ ألِياقِيمَ بْنَ يُوشِيّا مَلِكاً عِوَضاً عَنْ أبِيهِ يُوشِيّا. وَغَيَّرَ اسْمَهُ إلَى يَهُوياقِيمَ. وَأخَذَ نَخُوُ يَهُوآحازَ إلَى مِصْرَ حَيثُ ماتَ.

Then Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Jehoahaz and went to Egypt, and he died there. Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah

35 و َدَفَعَ يَهُوياقِيمُ الفِضَّةَ وَالذَّهَبَ لِلفِرْعَونِ. غَيرَ أنَّهُ دَفَعَ هَذا المالَ مِنَ الضَّرائِبِ الَّتِي فَرَضَها هُوَ عَلَى عامَّةِ النّاسِ. فَدَفَعَ كُلُّ واحِدٍ فِضَّةً أوْ ذَهَباً حَسَبَ مُمْتَلَكاتِهِ. وَأعطَى يَهُوياقِيمُ بِدَوْرهِ هَذا المالَ إلَى الفِرْعَوْنِ نَخُوَ.

So Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give money according to the command of Pharaoh; he exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, from every one according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necho.

36 ك انَ يَهُوياقِيمُ فِي الخامِسَةِ وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَما تَوَلَّى الحُكْمَ. وَحَكَمَ إحدَى عَشْرَة سَنَةً فِي القُدْسِ. وَأُمُّهُ زَبِيدَةُ بِنْتُ فِدايةَ مِنْ رُومَةَ.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

37 و َفَعَلَ يَهُوياقِيمُ الشَّرَّ أمامَ اللهِ. وَسارَ عَلَى نَهْجِ آبائِهِ.

And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.