1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. 2And 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.
3¶ 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 groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. 4And 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.34.4 the images: or, the sun images34.4 graves: Heb. face of the graves 5And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.34.6 mattocks: or, mauls 7And 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.34.7 into…: Heb. to make powder
8¶ 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 the house of the LORD his God. 9And 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. 10And 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: 11Even 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.34.11 to floor: or, to rafter 12And 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. 13Also 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.
14¶ And 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.34.14 by: Heb. by the hand of 15And 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. 16And 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.34.16 to thy…: Heb. to the hand of, etc 17And 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.34.17 gathered together: Heb. poured out, or, melted 18Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.34.18 it: Heb. in it 19And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. 20And 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,34.20 Abdon: or, Achbor 21Go, 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. 22And 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.34.22 Hasrah: also called, Harhas34.22 wardrobe: Heb. garments34.22 in the college: or, in the school, or, in the second part
23¶ And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, 24Thus 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: 25Because 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. 26And 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; 27Because 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. 28Behold, 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.
29¶ Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30And 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.34.30 great…: Heb. from great even to small 31And 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. 32And 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.34.32 present: Heb. found 33And 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.34.33 present: Heb. found34.33 from…: Heb. from after
ኢዮስያስ ያደረገው ተሐድሶ
34፥1-2 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 22፥1-2
34፥3-7 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 23፥4-20
34፥8-13 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 22፥3-7
1ኢዮስያስ በነገሠ ጊዜ፣ ዕድሜው ስምንት ዓመት ነበር፤ በኢየሩሳሌም ተቀምጦም ሠላሳ አንድ ዓመት ገዛ። 2እርሱም በእግዚአብሔር ፊት መልካም የሆነውን ነገር አደረገ፤ ወደ ቀኝም ወደ ግራም ሳይል፣ በአባቱ በዳዊት መንገድ ሄደ።
3በዘመነ መንግሥቱ በስምንተኛው ዓመት ገና ወጣት ሳለ፣ የአባቱን የዳዊትን አምላክ መፈለግ ጀመረ፤ በዐሥራ ሁለተኛውም ዓመት ይሁዳንና ኢየሩሳሌምን ከኰረብታ መስገጃ ስፍራዎች፣ ከአሼራ፣ ምስል ዐምዶች፣ ከተቀረጹ ጣዖታትና ቀልጠው ከተሠሩ ምስሎች አነጻ። 4በእርሱም ትእዛዝ የበኣሊም መሠዊያዎችን አፈራረሱ፤ እርሱም ከበላያቸው የነበሩትን የዕጣን መሠዊያዎችን አደቀቀ፤ የአሼራን ምስል ዐምዶችን፣ ጣዖታቱንና ምስሎቹን ሰባብሮ ከፈጫቸው በኋላ፣ ይሠዉላቸው በነበሩት ሰዎች መቃብር ላይ በተነ። 5የካህናቱን ዐጥንት በመሠዊያዎቻቸው ላይ አቃጠለ፤ በዚህ ዐይነትም ይሁዳንና ኢየሩሳሌምን አነጻ። 6እስከ ንፍታሌም ባሉ በምናሴ፣ በኤፍሬምና በስምዖን ከተሞች እንዲሁም በዙሪያቸው ባሉ የፈራረሱ አካባቢዎች፣ 7መሠዊያዎችንና የአሼራ ምስል ዐምዶችን አፈራረሰ፤ ጣዖታቱን እንደ ዱቄት አደቀቀ፤ በመላው እስራኤል የሚገኙትንም የዕጣን መሠዊያዎች አነካከተ፤ ከዚያም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሰ።
8ኢዮስያስ በነገሠ በዐሥራ ስምንተኛው ዓመት፣ ምድሪቱንና ቤተ መቅደሱን ካነጻ በኋላ፣ የኤዜልያስን ልጅ ሳፋንን፣ የከተማዪቱን ገዥ መዕሤያንና የጸሓፊውን የኢዮአካዝን ልጅ ኢዮአክን የአምላኩን የእግዚአብሔርን ቤተ መቅደስ ይጠግኑ ዘንድ ላካቸው።
9እነርሱም ወደ ሊቀ ካህኑ ወደ ኬልቅያስ ሄደው፣ ለእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ የመጣውን ገንዘብ ሰጡት፤ ገንዘቡም በር ጠባቂዎች የነበሩት ሌዋውያን፣ ከምናሴ፣ ከኤፍሬምና ከመላው የእስራኤል ቅሬታዎች እንደዚሁም ከመላው ይሁዳና ከብንያም፣ ከኢየሩሳሌምም ነዋሪዎች የሰበሰቡት ነበር። 10እነርሱም የእግዚአብሔርን ቤተ መቅደስ ሥራ እየተቈጣጠሩ እንዲያሠሩ ለተሾሙት ሰዎች ዐደራ ሰጡ፤ እነዚህም ሰዎች ገንዘቡን ቤተ መቅደሱን ለጠገኑትና ላደሱት ሰዎች ከፈሉ። 11እንዲሁም የይሁዳ ነገሥታት እንዲፈርሱ ላደረጓቸው ሕንጻዎች ጥርብ ድንጋዮችን፣ ሠረገላዎችንና ማገጣጠሚያ ዕንጨቶችን እንዲገዙ ለዐናጢዎችና ለግንበኞች ገንዘብ ሰጡ።
12ሰዎቹም ሥራውን በታማኝነት አከናወኑ። የበላይ ሆነው አመራር የሚሰጧቸውም ከሜራሪ ጐሣ የሆኑት ሌዋውያን፣ ኢኤትና አብድዩ፣ ከቀዓት ጐሣ ዘካርያስና ሜሱላም ነበሩ። በዜማ ዕቃ የላቀ ችሎታ የነበራቸው ሌዋውያን ሁሉ፣ 13የጕልበት ሠራተኞች ኀላፊ በመሆን፣ በየሥራው ላይ የተመደቡትን ሠራተኞች ይቈጣጠሩ ነበር። ጥቂቶቹ ሌዋውያን ደግሞ ኀላፊዎች፣ ጸሓፊዎችና በር ጠባቂዎች ነበሩ።
የሙሴ ሕግ መጽሐፍ መገኘት
34፥14-28 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 22፥8-20
34፥29-32 ተጓ ምብ – 2ነገ 23፥1-3
14ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ የገባውን ገንዘብ በሚያወጡበት ጊዜ፣ ካህኑ ኬልቅያስ በሙሴ አማካይነት የተሰጠውን የእግዚአብሔርን ሕግ መጽሐፍ አገኘ። 15ኬልቅያስም ጸሓፊውን ሳፋንን፣ “የሕጉን መጽሐፍ በእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ ውስጥ አገኘሁት” አለው፤ ከዚያም መጽሐፉን ለሳፋን ሰጠው።
16ሳፋንም መጽሐፉን ወደ ንጉሡ ወስዶ እንዲህ አለው፤ “ሹማምትህ የታዘዙትን ሁሉ በመፈጸም ላይ ናቸው፤ 17በእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ የነበረውንም ገንዘብ አውጥተው ለተቈጣጣሪዎቹና ለሠራተኞቹ አስረክበዋል።”
18ከዚያም ጸሓፊው ሳፋን ንጉሡን፣ “ካህኑ ኬልቅያስ መጽሐፍ ሰጥቶኛል” አለው። ሳፋንም መጽሐፉን ለንጉሡ አነበበለት።
19ንጉሡም የሕጉን ቃል በሰማ ጊዜ ልብሱን ቀደደ። 20እርሱም ለኬልቅያስ፣ ለሳፋን ልጅ ለአኪቃም፣ ለሚክያስ ልጅ ለዓብዶን፣ ለጸሓፊው ለሳፋንና ለንጉሡ የቅርብ አገልጋይ ለዓሳያ ይህን ትእዛዝ ሰጠ፤ 21“ሄዳችሁ ስለ እኔ እንደዚሁም በእስራኤልና በይሁዳ ስላሉት ቅሬታዎች በተገኘው መጽሐፍ ውስጥ ስለ ተጻፈው ነገር እግዚአብሔርን ጠይቁ። አባቶቻችን የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ስላልጠበቁ በላያችን ላይ ታላቅ የእግዚአብሔር ቍጣ ፈስሷል፤ በዚህ መጽሐፍ በተጻፈው መሠረት አልተመላለሱምና።”
22ኬልቅያስና ንጉሡ ከእርሱ ጋር የላካቸው34፥22 አንድ የዕብራይስጥ ቅጅ እንዲሁም ቩልጌትና የሱርስት ትርጕሞች በዚህ ሲስማሙ አብዛኞቹ የዕብራይስጥ ቅጆች ግን ከእርሱ ጋር የላካቸው የሚለውን አይጨምሩም። ሰዎች የአልባሳት ጠባቂ የነበረው የሐስራ ልጅ፣ የቲቁዋ ልጅ የሴሌም ሚስት ወደ ሆነችው ወደ ነቢዪቱ ወደ ሕልዳና ሄደው ነገሯት። እርሷም በኢየሩሳሌም ውስጥ በሁለተኛው ክፍለ ከተማ ትኖር ነበር።
23ነቢዪቱም እንዲህ አለቻቸው፤ “የእስራኤል አምላክ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ ወደ እኔ ለላካችሁ ሰው እንዲህ ብላችሁ ንገሩት፤ 24‘እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ በይሁዳ ንጉሥ ፊት በተነበበው መጽሐፍ በተጻፈው ርግማን ሁሉ መሠረት፣ በዚህ ስፍራና በሕዝቡ ላይ ጥፋትን አመጣለሁ። 25እኔን ትተውኝ ለሌሎች አማልክት ዕጣን ስላጠኑና እጃቸው በሠራው ነገር ሁሉ34፥25 ወይም ባደረጉት ነገር ሁሉ ለቍጣ ስላነሣሡኝ፣ ቍጣዬ በዚህ ስፍራ ይነድዳል፤ አይጠፋምም።’ 26እግዚአብሔርን ለመጠየቅ የላካችሁን የይሁዳን ንጉሥ እንዲህ በሉት፤ ‘ስለ ሰማኸው ቃል የእስራኤል አምላክ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ 27በዚህ ስፍራና በሕዝቡ ላይ የተናገረውን በሰማህ ጊዜ፣ ልብህ ስለ ተነካና በእግዚአብሔርም ፊት ራስህን ስለ አዋረድህ፣ እንዲሁም በእኔ ፊት ራስህን ዝቅ ስላደረግህ፣ ልብስህንም በመቅደድ በፊቴ ስለ አለቀስህ፣ ሰምቼሃለሁ ይላል እግዚአብሔር። 28እነሆ፤ ወደ አባቶችህ እሰበስብሃለሁ፤ በሰላምም ትቀበራለህ፤ በዚህ ቦታና በነዋሪዎቹ ላይ የማመጣውን መከራ ሁሉ በዐይንህ አታይም።’ ” መልሷንም ይዘው ወደ ንጉሡ ሄዱ።
29ከዚያም ንጉሡ የይሁዳንና የኢየሩሳሌምን ሽማግሌዎች ሁሉ በአንድ ላይ ሰበሰበ። 30እርሱም ከትንሽ እስከ ትልቅ ካሉት ከይሁዳ ሰዎች፣ ከኢየሩሳሌም ሕዝብ፣ ከካህናትና ከሌዋውያን ጋር ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ ወጣ። በእግዚአብሔር ቤተ መቅደስ የተገኘውንም የኪዳኑን መጽሐፍ ቃል ሁሉ ለሕዝቡ አነበበላቸው 31ንጉሡም በዐምዱ አጠገብ ቆሞ፣ እግዚአብሔርን ይከተል ዘንድ በፍጹም ልቡና በፍጹም ነፍሱ ትእዛዞቹን፣ ሕግጋቱንና ሥርዐቱን ለመጠበቅ፣ በዚህ መጽሐፍ ለተጻፈውም የኪዳን ቃል ለመታዘዝ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ኪዳኑን ዐደሰ።
32ከዚህ በኋላ በኢየሩሳሌምና በብንያም የሚኖረው ሁሉ በዚህ ነገር ቃል እንዲገባ አደረገ፤ የኢየሩሳሌምም ሕዝብ የአባቶቹ አምላክ ባዘዘው የአምላክ ቃል ኪዳን መሠረት ፈጸሙ።
33ኢዮስያስም አስጸያፊ ጣዖታትን ሁሉ ከመላው የእስራኤል ግዛት አስወገደ፤ በእስራኤል የነበሩትም ሁሉ አምላካቸውን እግዚአብሔርን እንዲያመልኩ አደረገ፤ እርሱ በሕይወት እያለም የአባቶቻቸውን አምላክ እግዚአብሔርን ከመከተል ወደ ኋላ አላሉም።
