1 ف َاسْتَدْعَى المَلِكُ كُلَّ شُيُوخِ يَهُوذا وَالقُدْسِ لِلاجتِماعِ مَعَهُ.

And the king sendeth, and they gather unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem,

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.

and the king goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and every man of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from small unto great, and he readeth in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that is found in the house of Jehovah.

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.

And the king standeth by the pillar, and maketh the covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all the heart, and with all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written on this book, and all the people stand in 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 commandeth Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out from the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that are made for Baal, and for the shrine, and for all the host of the heavens, and he burneth them at the outside of Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and hath borne their ashes to Beth-El.

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.

And he hath caused to cease the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah have appointed, (and they make perfume in high places, in cities of Judah and suburbs of Jerusalem,) and those making perfume to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the heavens.

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 bringeth out the shrine from the house of Jehovah to the outside of Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burneth it at the brook Kidron, and beateth it small to dust, and casteth its dust on the grave of the sons of the 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.

And he breaketh down the houses of the whoremongers that in the house of Jehovah, where the women are weaving houses for the shrine.

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 bringeth in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defileth the high places where the priests have made perfume, from Geba unto Beer-Sheba, and hath broken down the high places of the gates that at the opening of the gate of Joshua, head of the city, that on a man's left hand at the gate of the city;

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

only, the priests of the high places come not up unto the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they have eaten unleavened things in the midst of 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 hath defiled Topheth, that in the valley of the son of Hinnom, so that no man doth cause his son and his daughter to pass over through 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.

And he causeth to cease the horses that the kings of Judah have given to the sun from the entering in of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech the eunuch, that in the suburbs, and the chariots of the sun he hath burnt 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.

And the altars that on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, that the kings of Judah made, and the altars that Manasseh made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, hath the king broken down, and removeth thence, and hath cast their dust unto 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.

And the high places that on the front of Jerusalem, that on the right of the mount of corruption, that Solomon king of Israel had built to Ashtoreth abomination of the Zidonians, and Chemosh abomination of Moab, and to Milcom abomination of the sons of Ammon, hath the king defiled.

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

And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with 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.

and also the altar that in Beth-El, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, by which he made Israel sin, both that altar and the high place he hath broken down, and doth burn the high place -- he hath beat it small to dust, and hath burnt the shrine.

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.

And Josiah turneth, and seeth the graves that there in the mount, and sendeth and taketh the bones out of the graves, and burneth on the altar, and defileth it, according to the word of Jehovah that the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

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.»

And he saith, `What this sign that I see?' and the men of the city say unto him, `The grave of the man of God who hath come from Judah, and proclaimeth these things that thou hast done concerning the altar of Beth-El.'

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

And he saith, `Let him alone, let no man touch his bones;' and they let his bones escape, with the bones of the prophet who came out of 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.

And also all the houses of the high places that in the cities of Samaria, that the kings of Israel made to provoke to anger, hath Josiah turned aside, and doth to them according to all the deeds that he did in Beth-El.

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

And he slayeth all the priests of the high places who there by the altars, and burneth the bones of man upon them, and turneth back to Jerusalem.

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

And the king commandeth the whole of the people, saying, `Make ye a passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written on 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.

Surely there hath not been made like this passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of 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, hath this passover been made to Jehovah 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.

And also, those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, hath Josiah put away, in order to establish the words of the law that are written on the book that Hilkiah the priest hath found in the house of Jehovah.

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.

And like him there hath not been before him a king who turned back unto Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses, and after him there hath none risen like him.

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

Only, Jehovah hath not turned back from the fierceness of His great anger with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh 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 Jehovah saith, `Also Judah I turn aside from my presence, as I turned Israel aside, and I have rejected this city that I have chosen -- Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name is there.'

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

And the rest of the matters of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written on 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 hath Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt come up against the king of Asshur, by the river Phrat, and king Josiah goeth out to meet him, and he putteth him to death in Megiddo, when he seeth 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

And his servants cause him to ride dying from Megiddo, and bring him in to Jerusalem, and bury him in his own grave, and the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and anoint him, and cause him to reign instead of his father.

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.

A son of twenty and three years Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah,

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

and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did,

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.

and Pharaoh-Nechoh bindeth him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, from reigning in Jerusalem, and he putteth a fine on the land -- a 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.

And Pharaoh-Nechoh causeth Eliakim son of Josiah to reign instead of Josiah his father, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim, and Jehoahaz he hath taken away, and he cometh in to Egypt, and dieth there.

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.

And the silver and the gold hath Jehoiakim given to Pharaoh; only he valued the land to give the silver by the command of Pharaoh; from each, according to his valuation, he exacted the silver and the gold, from the people of the land, to give to Pharaoh-Nechoh.

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

A son of twenty and five years Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother Zebudah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah,

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

and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did.