1
Kisha, mfalme akatuma wajumbe, nao wakamkusanyia wazee wote wa Yuda na wa Yerusalemu.
Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
2
Mfalme akapanda kwenda nyumbani kwa Bwana, na watu wote wa Yuda, nao wote waliokaa Yerusalemu, pamoja naye, na makuhani, na manabii, na watu wote, wadogo kwa wakubwa; akasoma masikioni mwao maneno yote ya kitabu cha agano kilichoonekana katika nyumba ya Bwana.
And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
3
Mfalme akasimama karibu na nguzo, akafanya agano mbele za Bwana, kumfuata Bwana, na kuyashika maagizo yake, na shuhuda zake, na amri zake, kwa moyo wake wote, na kwa roho yake yote, na kuyathibitisha maneno ya agano hilo yaliyoandikwa katika kitabu hicho; nao watu wote wakalikubali agano lile.
So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
4
Kisha, mfalme akamwamuru Hilkia, kuhani mkuu, na makuhani wa daraja ya pili, na walinzi wa mlango, kwamba watoe katika hekalu la Bwana vyombo vyote vilivyofanywa kwa ajili ya Baali, na kwa ajili ya Ashera, na kwa ajili ya jeshi lote la mbinguni; akavipiga moto nje ya Yerusalemu, katika mashamba ya Ridroni, akayachukua majivu yake mpaka Betheli.
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
5
Akawaondosha wale makuhuni walioabudu sanamu, ambao wafalme wa Yuda waliwaweka ili kufukiza uvumba katika mahali pa juu, ndani ya miji ya Yuda, na katika kila mahali, pande zote za Yerusalemu; na hao pia waliomfukizia uvumba Baali, na jua, na mwezi, na sayari, na jeshi lote la mbinguni.
Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
6
Naye akaiondoa Ashera katika nyumba ya Bwana, nje ya Yerusalemu, mpaka Kidroni, akaipiga moto penye kijito cha Kidroni, na kuiponda-ponda iwe mavumbi, akayatupa mavumbi yake juu ya makaburi ya watu.
He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
7
Akaziangusha nyumba za mahanithi, waliokuwamo nyumbani mwa Bwana, wanawake walipofuma mapazia ya Ashera.
He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
8
Akawatoa makuhani wote katika miji ya Yuda, akapanajisi mahali pa juu, makuhani walipokuwa wamefukiza uvumba, tangu Geba hata Beer-sheba; akapavunja mahali pa juu pa malango, palipokuwapo penye kuingia lango la Yoshua, liwali wa mji, palipokuwa upande wa kushoto wa mtu langoni pa mji.
Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.
9
Walakini hao makuhani wa mahali pa juu hawakupanda madhabahuni kwa Bwana katika Yerusalemu, bali wakala mikate isiyo na chachu katikati ya ndugu zao.
Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
10
Naye akainajisi Tofethi, iliyomo katika bonde la wana wa Hinomu, ili mtu asipitishe mwana wake au binti yake motoni kwa Moleki.
He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
11
Akawaondoa farasi ambao wafalme wa Yuda waliwatoa kwa jua, hapo pa kuingia nyumbani mwa Bwana, karibu na chumba cha Nathan-Meleki, towashi, kilichohuwako kiungani; akayapiga moto magari ya jua.
And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.
12
Nazo madhabahu zilizokuwako darini juu ya chumba cha juu cha Ahazi, wafalme wa Yuda walizozifanya, nazo madhabahu alizozifanya Manase katika behewa mbili za nyumba ya Bwana, mfalme akazivunja, akazitelemsha huko nje, na kuyatupa mavumbi yake katika kijito cha Kidroni.
He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
13
Na mahali pa juu palipokuwapo mbele ya Yerusalemu, palipokuwa upande wa kuume wa mlima wa uharibifu, alipopajenga Sulemani, mfalme wa Israeli, kwa Ashtorethi, chukizo la Wasidoni, na Kemoshi, chukizo la Moabu, na Milkomu, chukizo la wana wa Amoni, mfalme akapanajisi.
The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
14
Akazivunja-vunja nguzo, akayakata-kata maashera, akapajaza mahali pake mifupa ya watu.
He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.
15
Tena zaidi ya hayo, ile madhabahu iliyokuwako Betheli, na mahali pa juu alipopafanya Yeroboamu, mwana wa Nebati, aliyewakosesha Israeli, madhabahu hiyo aliibomoa; na mahali pa juu alipateketeza, akapaponda-ponda hata pakawa mavumbi, akaiteketeza ile Ashera.
He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
16
Naye Yosia alipogeuka, aliyaona makaburi yale yaliyokuwako huko, juu ya mlima; akatuma watu, akaitoa ile mifupa katika yale makaburi, akaiteketeza juu ya madhabahu, akainajisi, sawasawa na lile neno la Bwana, alilolinena yule mtu wa Mungu, aliyetamka mambo hayo.
And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.
17
Kisha akasema, Ni kumbukumbu la nani, hili ninaloliona? Na watu wa mji wakamwambia, Ni kaburi la yule mtu wa Mungu, aliyetoka Yuda, akayanena mambo hayo uliyoyatenda wewe juu ya madhabahu ya Betheli.
Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
18
Akasema, Mwacheni; mtu awaye yote asiiondoe mifupa yake. Basi wakaiacha mifupa yake, pamoja na mifupa ya yule nabii aliyetoka Samaria.
“Let him rest,” said Josiah. “Do not let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, along with those of the prophet who had come from Samaria.
19
Na nyumba zote pia za mahali pa juu palipokuwa katika miji ya Samaria, wafalme wa Israeli walizozifanya, ili kumkasirisha Bwana, Yosia aliziondoa, akazitenda kwa mfano wa mambo yote aliyoyatenda katika Betheli.
Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.
20
Akawaua na makuhani wote wa mahali pa juu waliokuwako huko, juu ya madhabahu, akateketeza mifupa ya watu juu yake; kisha akarejea Yerusalemu.
On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
21
Naye mfalme akawaamuru watu wote, akasema, Mfanyieni Bwana, Mungu wenu, pasaka, kama ilivyoandikwa katika kitabu hiki cha agano.
The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
22
Hakika yake haikufanyika pasaka kama hiyo, tangu zamani za waamuzi waliowaamua Israeli, wala katika zamani za wafalme wa Israeli, wala za wafalme wa Yuda.
No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
23
Bali katika mwaka wa kumi na nane wa mfalme Yosia ilifanyika pasaka hii kwa Bwana ndani ya Yerusalemu.
But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.
24
Tena wenye pepo wa utambuzi, na wachawi, na vinyago, na sanamu, na machukizo yote yaliyoonekana katika nchi ya Yuda na katika Yerusalemu, Yosia akayaondoa yote, ili apate kuyathibitisha maneno ya torati yaliyoandikwa katika kile kitabu alichokiona Hilkia kuhani ndani ya nyumba ya Bwana.
Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
25
Kabla ya huyo hapakuwa na mfalme mfano wake, aliyemwelekea Bwana kwa moyo wake wote, na kwa roho yake yote, na kwa nguvu zake zote, sawasawa na sheria zote za Musa; wala baada yake hakuinuka mmoja mfano wake yeye.
Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
26
Walakini Bwana hakuuacha ukali wa ghadhabu yake nyingi, ambayo kwayo hasira yake iliwaka juu ya Yuda, kwa sababu ya machukizo yote ambayo Manase amemchukiza.
Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
27
Bwana akasema Nitawahamisha Yuda pia mbali nami, kama nilivyowahamisha Israeli, nami nitautupa mji huu niliouchagua, naam, Yerusalemu, na nyumba ile niliyoinena, Jina langu litakuwa humo.
For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
28
Basi mambo yote ya Yosia yaliyosalia, na yote aliyoyafanya, je! Hayakuandikwa katika kitabu-cha-tarehe cha wafalme wa Yuda?
As for the rest of the acts of Josiah and all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
29
Katika siku zake, Farao-neko, mfalme wa Misri, akakwea ili kupigana na mfalme wa Ashuru, akafika mto Frati; naye mfalme Yosia akaenda kupigana naye; naye mfalme wa Misri akamwua huko Megido, hapo alipoonana naye.
During Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.
30
Watumishi wake wakamchukua garini, amekwisha kufa, kutoka Megido, wakamleta Yerusalemu, wakamzika katika kaburi lake mwenyewe. Watu wa nchi wakamtwaa Yehoahazi mwana wa Yosia, wakamtia mafuta, wakamtawaza awe mfalme badala ya baba yake.
From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
31
Yehoahazi alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitatu alipoanza kutawala; akatawala miezi mitatu katika Yerusalemu; na jina la mamaye aliitwa Hamutali binti Yeremia wa Libna.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
32
Akafanya yaliyo mabaya machoni pa Bwana, sawasawa na yote waliyoyafanya baba zake.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
33
Naye Farao-neko akamfunga huko Ribla, katika nchi ya Hamathi, ili asitawale huko Yerusalemu. Akaitoza nchi kodi talanta mia za fedha na talanta ya dhahabu.
And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
34
Farao-neko akamfanya Eliakimu mwana wa Yosia awe mfalme mahali pa Yosia babaye, akambadilisha jina lake kuwa Yehoyakimu, lakini akamwondoa Yehoahazi; akaenda naye Misri, naye akafa huko.
Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.
35
Na Yehoyakimu akampa Farao dhahabu na fedha; lakini akaitoza nchi kodi, ili apate kutoa zile fedha kwa amri yake Farao; akawatoza fedha na dhahabu watu wa nchi, kila mtu kwa kodi yake, ili ampe Farao-neko.
So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.
36
Yehoyakimu alikuwa na umri wa miaka ishirini na mitano alipoanza kutawala; akatawala miaka kumi na mmoja huko Yerusalemu; na jina la mamaye aliitwa Zebida binti Pedaya wa Ruma.
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.
37
Akafanya yaliyo mabaya machoni pa Bwana, sawasawa na yote waliyoyafanya baba zake.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.