1 T hen the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

Então o rei deu ordem, e todos os anciãos de Judá e de Jerusalém se ajuntaram a ele.

2 T he king went up to the house of the Lord and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and 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 was found in the house of the Lord.

Subiu o rei ã casa do Senhor, e com ele todos os homens de Judá, todos os habitantes de Jerusalém, os sacerdotes, os profetas, e todo o povo, desde o menor até o maior; e leu aos ouvidos deles todas as palavras do livro do pacto, que fora encontrado na casa do Senhor.

3 T he king stood by the pillar 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 all his soul, to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant. Reforms under Josiah

Então o rei, pondo-se em pé junto ã coluna, fez um pacto perante o Senhor, de andar com o Senhor, e guardar os seus mandamentos, os seus testemunhos e os seus estatutos, de todo o coração e de toda a alma, confirmando as palavras deste pacto, que estavam escritas naquele livro; e todo o povo esteve por este pacto.

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

Também o rei mandou ao sumo sacerdote Hilquias, e aos sacerdotes da segunda ordem, e aos guardas da entrada, que tirassem do templo do Senhor todos os vasos que tinham sido feitos para Baal, e para a Asera, e para todo o exército do céu; e os queimou fora de Jerusalém, nos campos de Cedrom, e levou as cinzas deles para Betel.

5 H e did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, also those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and to the moon and to the constellations and to all the host of heaven.

Destituiu os sacerdotes idólatras que os reis de Judá haviam constituído para queimarem incenso sobre os altos nas cidades de Judá, e ao redor de Jerusalém, como também os que queimavam incenso a Baal, ao sol, ã lua, aos planetas, e a todo o exército do céu.

6 H e brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.

Tirou da casa do Senhor a Asera e, levando-a para fora de Jerusalém até o ribeiro de Cedrom, ali a queimou e a reduziu a pó, e lançou o pó sobre as sepulturas dos filhos do povo.

7 H e also broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the Lord, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah.

Derrubou as casas dos sodomitas que estavam na casa do Senhor, em que as mulheres teciam cortinas para a Asera.

8 T hen 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; and he broke down the high places of the gates which were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one’s left at the city gate.

Tirou das cidades de Judá todos os sacerdotes, e profanou os altos em que os sacerdotes queimavam incenso desde Geba até Berseba; e derrubou os altos que estavam

9 N evertheless the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.

Todavia os sacerdotes dos altos não sacrificavam sobre o altar do Senhor em Jerusalém, porém comiam pães ázimos no meio de seus irmãos.

10 H e also 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 for Molech.

Profanou a Tofete, que está no vale dos filhos de Hinom, para que ninguém fosse passar seu filho ou sua filha pelo fogo a Moloque.

11 H e did away with the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

Tirou os cavalos que os reis de Judá tinham consagrado ao sol, ã entrada da casa do Senhor, perto da câmara do camareiro Natã-Meleque, a qual estava no recinto; e os carros do sol queimou a fogo.

12 T he altars which 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 he smashed them there and threw their dust into the brook Kidron.

Também o rei derrubou os altares que estavam sobre o terraço do cenáculo de Acaz, os quais os reis de Judá tinham feito, como também os altares que Manassés fizera nos dois átrios da casa do Senhor; e, tendo-os esmigalhado, os tirou dali e lançou o pó deles no ribeiro de Cedrom.

13 T he high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.

O rei profanou também os altos que estavam ao oriente de Jerusalém, ã direita do Monte de Corrupção, os quais Salomão, rei de Israel, edificara a Astarote, abominação dos sidônios, a Quemós, abominação dos moabitas, e a Milcom, abominação dos filhos de Amom.

14 H e broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with human bones.

Semelhantemente quebrou as colunas, e cortou os aserins, e encheu os seus lugares de ossos de homens.

15 F urthermore, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down. Then he demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah.

Igualmente o altar que estava em Betel, e o alto feito por Jeroboão, filho de Nebate, que fizera Israel pecar, esse altar e o alto ele os derrubou; queimando o alto, reduziu-o a pó, e queimou a Asera.

16 N ow when Josiah turned, he saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent and took the bones from the graves 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 things.

E, virando-se Josias, viu as sepulturas que estavam ali no monte, e mandou tirar os ossos das sepulturas e os queimou sobre aquele altar, e assim o profanou, conforme a palavra do Senhor proclamada pelo homem de Deus que predissera estas coisas.

17 T hen he said, “What is this monument that I see?” And the men of the city told him, “ It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel.”

Então perguntou: Que monumento é este que vejo? Responderam- lhe os homens da cidade: É a sepultura do homem de Deus que veio de Judá e predisse estas coisas que acabas de fazer contra este altar de Betel.

18 H e said, “Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

Ao que disse Josias: Deixai-o estar; ninguém mexa nos seus ossos. Deixaram estar, pois, os seus ossos juntamente com os do profeta que viera de Samária.

19 J osiah also removed all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made provoking the Lord; and he did to them just as he had done in Bethel.

Josias tirou também todas as casas dos altos que havia nas cidades de Samária, e que os reis de Israel tinham feito para provocarem o Senhor ã ira, e lhes fez conforme tudo o que havia feito em Betel.

20 A ll the priests of the high places who were there he slaughtered on the altars and burned human bones on them; then he returned to Jerusalem. Passover Reinstituted

E a todos os sacerdotes dos altos que encontrou ali, ele os matou sobre os respectivos altares, onde também queimou ossos de homens; depois voltou a Jerusalém.

21 T hen the king commanded all the people saying, “ Celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God as it is written in this book of the covenant.”

Então o rei deu ordem a todo o povo dizendo: Celebrai a páscoa ao Senhor vosso Deus, como está escrito neste livro do pacto.

22 S urely such a Passover had not been celebrated from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and of the kings of Judah.

Pois não se celebrara tal páscoa desde os dias dos juízes que julgaram a Israel, nem em todos os dias dos reis de Israel, nem tampouco nos dias dos reis de Judá.

23 B ut in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was observed to the Lord in Jerusalem.

Foi no décimo oitavo ano do rei Josias que esta páscoa foi celebrada ao Senhor em Jerusalém.

24 M oreover, Josiah removed the mediums and the spiritists and the teraphim and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.

Além disso, os adivinhos, os feiticeiros, os terafins, os ídolos e todas abominações que se viam na terra de Judá e em Jerusalém, Josias os extirpou, para confirmar as palavras da lei, que estavam escritas no livro que o sacerdote Hilquias achara na casa do Senhor.

25 B efore him there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him.

Ora, antes dele não houve rei que lhe fosse semelhante, que se convertesse ao Senhor de todo o seu coração, e de toda a sua alma, e de todas as suas forças, conforme toda a lei de Moisés; e depois dele nunca se levantou outro semelhante.

26 H owever, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.

Todavia o Senhor não se demoveu do ardor da sua grande ira, com que ardia contra Judá por causa de todas as provocações com que Manassés o provocara.

27 T he Lord said, “I will remove Judah also from My sight, as I have removed Israel. And I will cast off Jerusalem, this city which I have chosen, and the temple of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’” Jehoahaz Succeeds Josiah

E disse o Senhor: Também a Judá hei de remover de diante da minha face, como removi a Israel, e rejeitarei esta cidade de Jerusalém que elegi, como também a casa da qual eu disse: Estará ali o meu nome.

28 N ow 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?

Ora, o restante dos atos de Josias, e tudo quanto fez, por ventura não estão escritos no livro das crônicas dos reis de Judá?

29 I n his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. And King Josiah went to meet him, and when Pharaoh Neco saw him he killed him at Megiddo.

Nos seus dias subiu Faraó-Neco, rei do Egito, contra o rei da Assíria, ao rio Eufrates. E o rei Josias lhe foi ao encontro; e Faraó-Neco o matou em Megido, logo que o viu.

30 H is servants drove his body in a chariot from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.

De Megido os seus servos o levaram morto num carro, e o trouxeram a Jerusalém, onde o sepultaram no seu sepulcro. E o povo da terra tomou a Jeoacaz, filho de Josias, ungiram-no, e o fizeram rei em lugar de seu pai.

31 J ehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Jeoacaz tinha vinte e três anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou três meses em Jerusalém. O nome de sua mãe era Hamutal, filha de Jeremias, de Libna.

32 H e did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

Ele fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, conforme tudo o que seus pais haviam feito.

33 P haraoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. Jehoiakim Made King by Pharaoh

Ora, Faraó-Neco mandou prendê-lo em Ribla, na terra de Hamate, para que não reinasse em Jerusalém; e ã terra impôs o tributo de cem talentos de prata e um talento de ouro.

34 P haraoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away and brought him to Egypt, and he died there.

Também Faraó-Neco constituiu rei a Eliaquim, filho de Josias, em lugar de Josias, seu pai, e lhe mudou o nome em Jeoiaquim; porém levou consigo a Jeoacaz, que conduzido ao Egito, ali morreu.

35 S o Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land in order to give the money at the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, each according to his valuation, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

E Jeoiaquim deu a Faraó a prata e o ouro; porém impôs ã terra uma taxa, para fornecer esse dinheiro conforme o mandado de Faraó. Exigiu do povo da terra, de cada um segundo a sua avaliação, prata e ouro, para o dar a Faraó-Neco.

36 J ehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

Jeoiaquim tinha vinte e cinco ano quando começou a reinar, e reinou onze anos em Jerusalém. O nome de sua mãe era Zebida, filha de Pedaías, de Ruma.

37 H e did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

Ele fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, conforme tudo o que seus pais haviam feito.