1 J osiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

كانَ يُوشِيّا فِي الثّامِنَةِ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَما تَوَلَّى الحُكْمَ. وَحَكَمَ إحدَى وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً فِي القُدْسِ.

2 A nd he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

وَعَمِلَ يُوشِيّا ما يُرْضِي اللهَ. وَتَبِعَ اللهَ بِكُلِّ أمانَةٍ كَجَدِّهِ داوُدَ. وَالتَزَمَ بِهَذا التِزاماً كامِلاً.

3 F or 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 groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثّامِنَةِ مِنْ حُكمِهِ، بَدَأ يَتْبَعُ اللهَ الَّذِي تَبِعَهُ جَدُّهُ داوُدُ. فَقَدْ كانَ بَعدُ صَغيراً فِي السِّنِّ عِندَما عَزَمَ عَلَى تَكرِيسِ نَفسِهِ لِطاعَةِ اللهِ. وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثّانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكمِهِ بَدَأ يُطَهِّرُ يَهُوذا وَالقُدْسَ بِهَدْمِ المُرتَفَعاتِ، وَإزالَةِ أعمِدَةِ عَشْتَرُوتَ، وَالتَّماثِيلِ المَنحُوتَةِ وَالأصنامِ المَسبُوكَةِ.

4 A nd they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

وَهَدَمَ الشَّعبُ مَذابِحَ آلِهَةِ البَعلِ أمامَ يُوشِيّا. ثُمَّ هَدَمَ يُوشِيّا مَذابِحَ البَخُورِ العالِيَةِ. وَكَسَّرَ الأوثانَ المَنحُوتَةَ وَالأوثانَ المَسبُوكَةَ، وَسَحَقَها، وَرَشَّ مَسحُوقَها عَلَى قُبُورِ الَّذِينَ قَدَّمُوا ذَبائِحَ لَها.

5 A nd he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

وَحَرَقَ عِظامَ الكَهَنَةِ الَّذِينَ عَلَى مَذابِحِهِمْ. وَهَكَذا طَهَّرَ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسَ.

6 A nd so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

وَفَعَلَ يُوشيّا الأمْرَ ذاتَهُ فِي المُدُنِ الواقِعَةِ فِي مَناطِقِ مَنَسَّى وَأفرايِمَ وَشَمْعُونَ حَتَّى نَفتالِي، مَعَ الخَرائِبِ المُحِيطَةِ بِها.

7 A nd when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

وَهَدَمَ المَذابِحَ وَقَطَّعَ أعمِدَةَ عَشْتَرُوتَ. وَسَحَقَ الأصنامَ حَتَّى صارَتْ مَسحُوقاً ناعِماً. وَهَدَمَ جَميعَ مَذابِحِ البَعلِ فِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ عادَ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

8 N ow 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 the Lord his God.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثّامِنَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكمِ يُوشِيّا، وَبِقَصْدِ تَطْهِيرِ البَلَدِ وَالهَيْكَلِ، أرسَلَ يوشِيّا شافانَ بْنَ أصَلْيا، وَمَعْسِيّا رَئِيسَ المَدِينَةِ، وَيُوآخَ بْنَ يُوآحازَ كاتِبَ الأخْبارِ لِكَي يُرَمِّمُوا بَيْتَ إلَهِهِ. أمَرَ يُوشِيّا بِإصلاحِ الهَيكَلِ لِكَي يُطَهِّرَ يَهُوذا وَالهَيكَلَ.

9 A nd when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

فَجاءَ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجالُ إلَى حِلْقِيّا رَئِيسِ الكَهَنَةِ، وَأعطُوهُ المالَ المُقَدَّمَ مِنْ أجلِ بَيتِ اللهِ، الَّذِي كانَ قَدْ جَمَعَهُ البَوّابُونَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ مِنْ سُكّانِ مَنَسَّى وَأفرايِمَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ مَنْ تَبَقَّى مِنْ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَمِنْ يَهُوذا، وَبَنْيامِيْنَ وَسُكّانِ القُدسِ.

10 A nd they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and amend the house:

وَاعْطَى الَّلاوِيُّونَ المالَ لِلمُشرِفِينَ عَلى بَيتِ اللهِ ، لِيَدفَعُوا أُجْرَةَ العُمّالِ القائِمِينَ علَى تَرمِيمِ وَإصلاحِ بَيتِ اللهِ.

11 E ven to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

وَأعطُوا مالاً لِلنَّجّارِينَ وَالبَنّائِينَ لِكَي يَشتَرُوا حِجارَةً كَبِيرَةً مَقطُوعَةً وَخَشَباً لِلسُّقُوفِ وَبِناءِ عَوارضَ لِلأبنِيَةِ. إذْ لَمْ يَهتَمَّ مُلُوكُ يَهُوذا فِي السّابِقِ بِأبنِيَةِ الهَيكَلِ، فَصارَتْ قَدِيمَةً وَتالفَةً.

12 A nd the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them 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 other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.

وَعَمِلَ العُمّالُ بِأمانَةٍ. وَكانَ يُشرِفُ عَلَيهمْ يَحَثُ وَعُوبَدْيا الَّلاوِيّانِ مِنْ نَسلِ مَرارِي، وَزَكَرِيّا وَمَشُلّامُ مِنَ القَهاتِيِّينَ. وَكانَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ المُبدِعُونَ فِي عَزْفِ الآلاتِ المُوسِيقِيَّةِ

13 A lso they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

يُشرفُونَ أيضاً عَلَى العُمّالِ وَكُلِّ العامِلِينَ فِي كُلِّ اختِصاصٍ. وَعَملَ بَعضُ اللّاوِيِّينَ وُكَلاءَ وَمَسؤُولِينَ وَبَوّابينَ. العُثُورُ عَلَى كِتابِ الشَّرِيعَة

14 A nd when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses.

وَأخرَجَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ المالَ الَّذِيَ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ. وَأثناءَ ذَلِكَ، وَجَدَ الكاهِنُ حِلَقِيّا كِتابَ شَرِيعَة اللهِ الَّذِي أُعطِيَ لمُوسَى.

15 A nd Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

وَقالَ حِلْقِيا لِلوَكِيلِ شافانَ: «ها قَدْ وَجَدْتُ كِتابَ الشَّرِيعَةِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ!» وَأعطَى حِلْقِيا الكِتابَ لِشافانَ.

16 A nd Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.

فَأخَذَ شافانُ السِّفرَ إلَى المَلِكِ يُوشِيّا. وَقالَ لِلمَلِكِ: «إنَّ خُدّامَكَ يُنَفِّذُونَ كُلَّ الواجِباتِ الَّتِي أوكَلْتَها إلَيْهِمْ.

17 A nd they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.

وَقَدْ أخرَجُوا المالَ الَّذِيَ فِي هَيكَل اللهِ ، وَهُمْ يَدفَعُونَ لِلمُشرِفِينَ وَالعُمّال أُجُورَهُمْ.»

18 T hen Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

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

19 A nd it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

فَلَمّا سَمِعَ المَلِكُ كَلامَ كِتابِ الشَّرِيعَةِ، مَزَّقَ مَلابِسَهُ حُزْناً وَتَذَلُّلاً.

20 A nd the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,

ثُمَّ وَجَّهَ المَلِكُ أمراً إلَى حِلْقِيا، وَأخِيقامَ بْنِ شافانَ، وَعَبْدُونَ بْنِ مِيخا، وَالوَكيلِ شافانَ، وَخادِمِ المَلِكِ عَسايا.

21 G o, enquire of the Lord for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book.

قالَ المَلِكُ: «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 يَعْمَلُوا بِكَلامِ هَذا الكِتابِ، وَلَمْ يَعمَلُوا بِكُلِّ الوَصايا الَّتِي كُتِبَتْ لَنا لِنَعَمَلَ بِها!»

22 A nd Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

فَذَهَبَ حِلْقِيا وَخُدّامُ المَلِكِ إلَى النَّبِيَّةِ خَلْدَةَ – وَهِيَ زَوْجَةُ شَلُّومَ بْنِ تُوقَهَةَ بْنِ حَسْرَةَ المَسْؤُولِ عَنْ ثِيابِ الكَهَنَةِ. وَكانَتْ تَسْكُنُ فِي القِسْمِ الثّانِي مِنَ القُدْسِ. فَجاءُوا وَتَحَدَّثُوا إلَيها.

23 A nd she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,

فَقالَتْ لَهُمْ خَلْدَةُ: «يَقُولُ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹قُولُوا لِلرَّجُلِ الَّذِي أرْسَلَكُمْ إلَيَّ

24 T hus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

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

25 B ecause they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

لِأنَّ شَعبَ يَهُوذا تَرَكُونِي وَأدارُوا لِي ظُهُورَهُمْ وَأحْرَقُوا بَخُوراً لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى صَنَعُوها بِأيدِيهِمْ، فَأغْضَبُونِي. فَسَيَكُونُ غَضَبِي ناراً لا تَنْطَفِئُ عَلَى هَذا المَكانِ!›

26 A nd as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;

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

27 B ecause thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord.

‹قَدْ تابَ قَلبُكَ وَتَواضَعْتَ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ عِندَما سَمِعْتَ هَذا الكَلامَ، وَمَزَّقْتَ ثِيابَكَ وَبَكَيتَ أمامِي، وَأنا قَدْ سَمِعْتُكَ. يَقُولُ اللهُ.

28 B ehold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

لِذَلِكَ سَأجمَعُكَ بِآبائِكَ، وَسَتَمُوتُ بِسَلامٍ. لَنْ تَرَى أيّاً مِنَ الضِّيقاتِ الَّتِي سَأُرْسِلُها عَلَى الشَّعبِ السّاكِنِينَ هُنا.›» فَحَمَلَ حِلْقِيا هَذا الجَوابَ إلَى المَلِكِ.

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

فَاسْتَدْعَى المَلِكُ كُلَّ شُيُوخِ يَهُوذا وَالقُدْسِ لِلاجتِماعِ.

30 A nd the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, 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 the Lord.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ المَلِكُ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ. وَرافَقَهُ جَمِيعُ أهلِ يَهُوذا وَأهلِ القُدْسِ وَالكَهَنَةُ وَالَّلاوِيُّونَ وَجَمِيعُ 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.

31 A nd the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, 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 which are written in this book.

ثُمَّ وَقَفَ المَلِكُ فِي مَكانِهِ، وَقَطَعَ عَهْداً فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ. وَتَعَهَّدَ بِأنْ يَتبَعَ اللهَ وَيُطِيعَ وَصاياهُ وَعَهْدَهُ وَقَوانِينَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِهِ وَنَفْسِهِ. تَعَهَّدَ بِأنْ يَعمَلَ بِكُلِّ ما هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي هَذا الكِتابِ. وَوَقَفَ الشَّعبُ كُلُّهُ شُهُوداً عَلَى هَذا.

32 A nd he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يُوشِيّا كُلَّ سُكّانِ القُدسِ وَبَنْيامِيْنَ يَتَعَهَّدُونَ بِالالتِزامِ بِالعَهدِ. فَالتَزَمَ سُكّانُ القُدسِ بِعَهدِ اللهِ، إلَهِ آبائِهِمْ.

33 A nd Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. And all his days they departed not from following the Lord, the God of their fathers.

وَأزالَ يُوشيّا الأوثانَ البَغيضَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ مِنْطَقَةٍ مِنْ أراضِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَجَعَلَ كُلَّ الشَّعبِ فِي القُدسِ يَعْبُدُونَ إلَهَهُمْ وَيَخدِمُونَهُ. وَظَلَّ الشَّعبُ يَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ ، إلَهَ آبائِهِمْ، وَيَخْدِمُونَهُ طَوالَ حَياةِ يُوشِيّا.