1 E waru nga tau o Hohia i tona kingitanga, a e toru tekau ma tahi nga tau i kingi ai ia ki Hiruharama.

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

2 A tika tonu tana mahi ki te titiro a Ihowa: i haere hoki ia i runga i nga ara o tona tupuna, o Rawiri; kihai hoki i peka ki matau, ki maui.

He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn’t turn aside to the right hand or to the left.

3 I te waru hoki o nga tau o tona kingitanga, i te mea he taitamariki ano ia, ka timata ia te rapu i te Atua o tona tupuna, o Rawiri; a i te tekau ma rua o nga tau ka timata ia te tahi i te poke o Hura, o Hiruharama, ara i nga wahi tiketike, i nga Aherimi, i nga whakapakoko whaowhao, i nga whakapakoko whakarewa.

For 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 Asherah poles, and the engraved images, and the molten images.

4 I wahia ano e ratou nga aata a nga Paara i tona aroaro; tapahia ana e ia nga whakapakoko ra i runga ake o aua aata, mongamonga noa i a ia nga Aherimi, nga whakapakoko whaowhao, me nga whakapakoko whakarewa, tukia ana e ia kia puehu, ruia atu ana ki runga ki nga urupa o te hunga i patu whakahere ki a ratou.

They 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 Asherah poles, 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.

5 I tahuna ano e ia nga whenua o nga tohunga ki runga ki a ratou aata, a tahia ana e ia te poke o Hura, o Hiruharama.

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

6 P era ana ano ia i nga pa o Manahi, o Eparaima, o Himiona, a tae noa ki Napatari, i roto i to ratou ururua, a puta noa, puta noa.

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

7 N a ka wahia iho e ia nga aata, a ka tukia nga Aherimi me nga whakapakoko kia puehu, a poto noa i a ia te tapatapahi nga whakapakoko ra puta noa i te whenua o Iharaira: na hoki ana ia ki Hiruharama.

He broke down the altars, and beat the Asherah poles and the engraved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

8 N a i te tekau ma waru o nga tau o tona kingitanga, i te mea ka oti nei te poke o te whenua, o te whare, te tahi, ka unga e ia a Hapana tama a Ataria ratou ko maaheia kawana o te pa, ko te kaiwhakamahara, ko Ioaha tama a Iehoahata, ki te hanga i t e whare o Ihowa, o tona Atua, kia pai.

Now 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 Yahweh’s house his God.

9 N a haere ana ratou ki a Hirikia tohunga nui, a hoatu ana e ratou te moni i kawea ki te whare o te Atua, ta nga Riwaiti, ta nga kaitiaki o nga tatau i kohikohi ai i te ringa o Manahi, o Eparaima, i nga morehu katoa o Iharaira, i a Hura katoa, i a Pineamine, i nga tangata ano o Hiruharama.

They 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.

10 A na ratou i hoatu ki te ringa o nga kaimahi i tohutohu nei i te whare o Ihowa; a hoatu ana e enei ki nga kaimahi i mahi nei i te whare o Ihowa hei hanga i nga pakaru, hei whakapai i te whare.

They delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of Yahweh’s house; and the workmen who labored in Yahweh’s house gave it to mend and repair the house;

11 A ra i hoatu e ratou ki nga kamura, ki nga kaihanga, hei hoko i nga kohatu tarai, i nga rakau mo nga hononga, hei whakanoho rakau ano ki nga whare i kore nei i nga kingi o Hura.

even 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.

12 A pono tonu te mahinga a aua tangata i te mahi; na, ko nga kaitohutohu i a ratou, ko Iahata, ko Oparia, he Riwaiti, no nga tama a Merari; ko Hakaraia, ko Mehurama, no nga tama a nga Kohati, hei whakahohoro; me etahi atu ano o nga Riwaiti katoa i mohio ki nga mea whakatangi.

The 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.

13 K o ratou ano hei rangatira mo nga kaipikau, hei kaitirotiro ano mo te hunga katoa e mahi ana i tenei mahi ranei, i tera mahi ranei; ko etahi ano o nga Riwaiti hei karaipi, hei kaitohutohu, hei kaitiaki kuwaha.

Also 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.

14 N a, i ta ratou maunga atu i te moni i kawea nei ki te whare o Ihowa, ka kitea e te tohunga, e Hirikia te pukapuka o te ture a Ihowa i homai nei e Mohi.

When they brought out the money that was brought into Yahweh’s house, Hilkiah the priest found the book of Yahweh’s law given by Moses.

15 N a ka oho a Hirikia, ka mea ki a Hapana karaipi, Kua kitea e ahau te pukapuka o te ture i roto i te whare o Ihowa. A homai ana te pukapuka e Hirikia ki a Hapana.

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

16 A na Hapana i kawe te pukapuka ki te kingi. I whakahokia ano e ia te korero ki te kingi; i mea ia, ko nga mea katoa i homai ki te ringa o au pononga, e meatia ana e ratou.

Shaphan 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.

17 K ua ringihia hoki e ratou te moni i kitea i roto i te whare o Ihowa, a hoatu ana ki te ringa ano o nga kaimahi.

They have emptied out the money that was found in Yahweh’s house, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen.”

18 N a ka korero a Hapana karaipi ki te kingi ka mea, Kua homai he pukapuka ki ahau e Hirikia tohunga. A korerotia ana e Hapana i te aroaro o te kingi.

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

19 A , no te rongonga o te kingi i nga kupu o te ture, haea ana e ia ona kakahu.

When the king had heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.

20 N a ka whakahau te kingi ki a Hirikia, ki a Ahikama tama a Hapana, ki a Aparono tama a Mika, ki a Hapana karaipi, ki a Ahaia tangata a te kingi, ka mea,

The 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,

21 H aere, ui atu ki a Ihowa moku, mo nga morehu ano o Iharaira, o Hura, ara i te tikanga o nga kupu o te pukapuka kua kitea nei: he nui hoki te riri o Ihowa kua ringihia nei ki a tatou, no te mea kihai o tatou matua i pupuri i te kupu a Ihowa, kiha i i mahi i nga mea katoa i tuhituhia ki tenei pukapuka.

“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 Yahweh’s wrath that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept Yahweh’s word, to do according to all that is written in this book.”

22 H eoi haere ana a Hirikia ratou ko a te kingi i whakarite ai, ki a Hurura ki te wahine poropiti, he wahine ia na Harumu, tama a Tokohata, tama a Haharaha, kaitiaki kakahu; i Hiruharama hoki taua wahine e noho ana, i te wahi tuarua. Na korerotia a na enei mea e ratou ki a ia.

So 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.

23 N a ka mea ia ki a ratou, Ko te korero tenei a Ihowa, a te Atua o Iharaira, Mea atu ki te tangata nana koutou i tono mai ki ahau,

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

24 K o ta Ihowa kupu tenei, Tenei ahau te kawe nei i te kino mo tenei wahi, mo nga tangata ano o konei, ara nga kanga katoa kua oti te tuhituhi ki te pukapuka i korerotia ra i te aroaro o te kingi o Hura;

“Yahweh says, ‘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.

25 M o ratou i whakarere i ahau, i tahu whakakakara hoki ki nga atua ke, hei whakapataritari i ahau ki nga mahi katoa a o ratou ringa; koia toku riri ka ringihia ai ki tenei wahi; e kore ano e tineia.

Because 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.’”’

26 O tiia kia penei ta koutou ki atu ki te kingi o Hura, nana nei koutou i tono mai ki te ui ki a Ihowa, Ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, a te Atua o Iharaira, Na, nga kupu i rongo na koe,

But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus you shall tell him, ‘Yahweh, the God of Israel says: “As touching the words which you have heard,

27 N a, i te mea i ngawari tou ngakau, a kua whakaiti koe i a koe i te aroaro o te Atua, i tou rongonga ki ana kupu mo tenei wahi, mo ona tangata ano, a kua whakaiti koe i a koe ki toku aroaro, kua haehae i ou kakahu, a kua tangi ki toku aroaro; kua rongo ahau, e ai ta Ihowa,

because 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.

28 N ana, ka huihuia atu koe e ahau ki ou matua ka huihuia atu koe ki tou tanumanga i runga i te rangimarie; e kore ano ou kanohi e kite i nga kino katoa e kawea mai e ahau ki tenei wahi, ki nga tangata ano o konei. Na whakahokia ana e ratou te kore ro ki te kingi.

“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.

29 K atahi te kingi ka tono tangata, a huihuia ana e ia nga kaumatua katoa o Hura, o Hiruharama.

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

30 N a haere ana te kingi ki te whare o Ihowa, ratou ko nga tangata katoa o Hura, ko nga tangata o Hiruharama, ko nga tohunga, ko nga Riwaiti, ko te iwi katoa, te rahi, te iti. Na ka korerotia e ia ki o ratou taringa nga kupu katoa o te pukapuka o t e kawenata i kitea nei ki te whare o Ihowa.

The king went up to Yahweh’s house, 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 Yahweh’s house.

31 N a tu ana te kingi ki tona turanga, a whakaritea ana e ia he kawenata ki te aroaro o Ihowa, ara kia whakapaua tona ngakau, tona wairua ki te whai ki a Ihowa, ki te pupuri i ana whakahau, i ana whakaaturanga, i ana tikanga, ki te whakamana ano i nga kupu o te kawenata kua tuhituhia nei ki tenei pukapuka.

The 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.

32 N a meinga ana e ia te hunga katoa i kitea ki Hiruharama, ki Pineamine, kia tu ki tana. Na mahi ana nga tangata o Hiruharama i nga mea o te kawenata a te Atua, a te Atua o o ratou matua.

He 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.

33 I whakakahoretia ano e Hohia nga mea whakarihariha katoa o nga whenua katoa i nga tama a Iharaira; a whakamahia ana e ia nga tangata katoa i kitea ki a Iharaira, kia mahi ki a Ihowa, ki to ratou Atua. I ona ra katoa kihai i mahue i a ratou te wh ai i a Ihowa, i te Atua o o ratou matua.

Josiah 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.