2 Crônicas 34

Ko Kīngi Hōhia o Hūrā

1 E waru ngā tau o Hōhia i tōna kīngitanga, ā, e toru tekau mā tahi ngā tau i kīngi ai ia ki Hiruhārama. 2 Ā, tika tonu tāna mahi ki te titiro a Ihowā; i haere hoki ia i runga i ngā ara o tōna tupuna, o Rāwiri; kīhai hoki i peka ki matau, ki mauī.

3 I te waru hoki o ngā tau o tōna kīngitanga, i te mea he taitamariki anō ia, ka tīmata ia te rapu i te Atua o tōna tupuna, o Rāwiri; ā, i te tekau mā rua o ngā tau ka tīmata ia te tahi i te poke o Hūrā, o Hiruhārama, arā i ngā wāhi tiketike, i ngā Aherimi, i ngā whakapakoko whaowhao, i ngā whakapakoko whakarewa. 4 I wāhia anō e rātou ngā āta a ngā Paara i tōna aroaro; tapahia ana e ia ngā whakapakoko rā i runga ake o aua āta, mongamonga noa i a ia ngā Aherimi, ngā whakapakoko whaowhao, me ngā whakapakoko whakarewa, tukia ana e ia kia puehu, ruia atu ana ki runga ki ngā urupā o te hunga i patu whakahere ki a rātou. 5 I tahuna anō e ia ngā wheua o ngā tohunga ki runga ki ā rātou āta, ā, tahia ana e ia te poke o Hūrā, o Hiruhārama. 6 Pērā ana anō ia i ngā pā o Mānahi, o Ēparaima, o Himiona, ā tae noa ki Napatari, i roto i tō rātou ururua, ā puta noa, puta noa. 7 Nā, ka wāhia iho e ia ngā āta, ā, ka tukia ngā Aherimi me ngā whakapakoko kia puehu, ā poto noa i a ia te tapatapahi ngā whakapakoko rā puta noa i te whenua o Īharaira. Nā, hoki ana ia ki Hiruhārama.

Te Kitenga o te Pukapuka o te Ture

8 Nā, i te tekau mā waru o ngā tau o tōna kīngitanga, i te mea ka oti nei te poke o te whenua, o te whare, te tahi, ka ungā e ia a Hapana tama a Atāria rātou ko Maaheia kāwana o te pā, ko te kaiwhakamahara, ko Ioaha tama a Iehoahata, ki te hanga i te whare o Ihowā, o tōna Atua, kia pai.

9 Nā, haere ana rātou ki a Hirikia tohunga nui, ā, hoatu ana e rātou te moni i kawea ki te whare o te Atua, tā ngā Rīwaiti, tā ngā kaitiaki o ngā tatau i kohikohi ai i te ringa o Mānahi, o Ēparaima, i ngā mōrehu katoa o Īharaira, i a Hūrā katoa, i a Pineamine, i ngā tāngata anō o Hiruhārama. 10 Ā, nā rātou i hoatu ki te ringa o ngā kaimahi i tohutohu nei i te whare o Ihowā; ā, hoatu ana e ēnei ki ngā kaimahi i mahi nei i te whare o Ihowā hei hanga i ngā pakaru, hei whakapai i te whare. 11 Arā i hoatu e rātou ki ngā kāmura, ki ngā kaihanga, hei hoko i ngā kōhatu tārai, i ngā rākau mō ngā hononga, hei whakanoho rākau anō ki ngā whare i kore nei i ngā kīngi o Hūrā.

12 Ā, pono tonu te mahinga a aua tāngata i te mahi. Nā, ko ngā kaitohutohu i a rātou, ko Iahata, ko Opāria, he Rīwaiti, nō ngā tama a Merari; ko Hakaraia, ko Mehūrāma, nō ngā tama a ngā Kohati, hei whakahohoro; me ētahi atu anō o ngā Rīwaiti katoa i mōhio ki ngā mea whakatangi. 13 Ko rātou anō hei rangatira mō ngā kaipīkau, hei kaitirotiro anō mō te hunga katoa e mahi ana i tēnei mahi rānei, i tērā mahi rānei; ko ētahi anō o ngā Rīwaiti hei karaipi, hei kaitohutohu, hei kaitiaki kūwaha.

14 Nā, i tā rātou maunga atu i te moni i kawea nei ki te whare o Ihowā, ka kitea e te tohunga, e Hirikia te Pukapuka o te Ture a Ihowā i hōmai nei e Mohi. 15 Nā, 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 Ihowā." Ā, hōmai ana te pukapuka e Hirikia ki a Hapana.

16 Ā, nā Hapana i kawe te pukapuka ki te kīngi. I whakahokia anō e ia te kōrero ki te kīngi; i mea ia: "Ko ngā mea katoa i hōmai ki te ringa o āu pononga, e meatia ana e rātou. 17 Kua ringihia hoki e rātou te moni i kitea i roto i te whare o Ihowā, ā, hoatu ana ki te ringa o ngā kaitirotiro, ki te ringa anō o ngā kaimahi." 18 Nā, ka kōrero a Hapana karaipi ki te kīngi, ka mea, "Kua hōmai he pukapuka ki ahau e Hirikia tohunga." Ā, kōrerotia ana e Hapana i te aroaro o te kīngi.

19 Ā, nō te rongonga o te kīngi i ngā kupu o te Ture, haea ana e ia ōna kākahu. 20 Nā, ka whakahau te kīngi 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 kīngi, ka mea: 21 "Haere, ui atu ki a Ihowā mōku; mō ngā mōrehu anō o Īharaira, o Hūrā, arā i te tikanga o ngā kupu o te pukapuka kua kitea nei; he nui hoki te riri o Ihowā kua ringihia nei ki a tātou, nō te mea kīhai ō tātou mātua i pupuri i te kupu a Ihowā, kīhai i mahi i ngā mea katoa i tuhituhia ki tēnei pukapuka."

Ka Uiuia te Poropiti Hurura

22 Heoi, haere ana a Hirikia rātou ko ā te kīngi i whakarite ai, ki a Hurura ki te wahine poropiti, he wahine ia nā Harumu, tama a Tokohata, tama a Haharaha, kaitiaki kākahu (i Hiruhārama hoki taua wahine e noho ana, i te wāhi tuarua) nā, kōrerotia ana ēnei mea e rātou ki a ia.

23 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Ko te kōrero tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: Mea atu ki te tangata nāna koutou i tono mai ki ahau, 24 ‘Ko tā Ihowā kupu tēnei: Tēnei ahau te kawe nei i te kino mō tēnei wāhi, mō ngā tāngata anō o konei, arā ngā kanga katoa kua oti te tuhituhi ki te pukapuka i kōrerotia rā i te aroaro o te kīngi o Hūrā. 25 Mō rātou i whakarere i ahau, i tahu whakakakara hoki ki ngā atua kē, hei whakapātaritari i ahau ki ngā mahi katoa a ō rātou ringa; koia tōku riri ka ringihia ai ki tēnei wāhi; e kore anō e tineia. 26 Otiia, kia pēnei tā koutou kī atu ki te kīngi o Hūrā, nāna nei koutou i tono mai ki te ui ki a Ihowā: Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā, a te Atua o Īharaira: Nā, ngā kupu i rongo nā koe, 27 nā, i te mea i ngāwari tōu ngākau, ā, kua whakaiti koe i a koe i te aroaro o te Atua, i tōu rongonga ki āna kupu mō tēnei wāhi, mō ōna tāngata anō, ā, kua whakaiti koe i a koe ki tōku aroaro, kua haehae i ōu kākahu, ā, kua tangi ki tōku aroaro; kua rongo ahau, e ai tā Ihowā. 28 Nanā, ka huihuia atu koe e ahau ki ōu mātua, ka huihuia atu koe ki tōu tanumanga i runga i te rangimārie; e kore anō ōu kanohi e kite i ngā kino katoa e kawea mai e ahau ki tēnei wāhi, ki ngā tāngata anō o konei.’ "

Nā, whakahokia ana e rātou te kōrero ki te kīngi.

Ka Whakahoua te Kawenata

29 Kātahi te kīngi ka tono tāngata, ā, huihuia ana e ia ngā kaumātua katoa o Hūrā, o Hiruhārama. 30 Nā, haere ana te kīngi ki te whare o Ihowā, rātou ko ngā tāngata katoa o Hūrā, ko ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama, ko ngā tohunga, ko ngā Rīwaiti, ko te iwi katoa, te rahi, te iti. Nā, ka kōrerotia e ia ki ō rātou taringa ngā kupu katoa o te Pukapuka o te Kawenata i kitea nei ki te whare o Ihowā. 31 Nā, tū ana te kīngi ki tōna tūranga, ā, whakaritea ana e ia he kawenata ki te aroaro o Ihowā, arā kia whakapaua tōna ngākau, tōna wairua ki te whai ki a Ihowā, ki te pupuri i āna whakahau, i āna whakaaturanga, i āna tikanga, ki te whakamana anō i ngā kupu o te kawenata kua tuhituhia nei ki tēnei pukapuka.

32 Nā, meinga ana e ia te hunga katoa i kitea ki Hiruhārama, ki Pineamine, kia tū ki tāna. Nā, mahi ana ngā tāngata o Hiruhārama i ngā mea o te kawenata a te Atua, a te Atua o ō rātou mātua.

33 I whakakāhoretia anō e Hōhia ngā mea whakarihariha katoa o ngā whenua katoa i ngā tama a Īharaira; ā, whakamahia ana e ia ngā tāngata katoa i kitea ki a Īharaira, kia mahi ki a Ihowā, ki tō rātou Atua. I ōna rā katoa kīhai i mahue i a rātou te whai i a Ihowā, i te Atua o ō rātou mātua.

1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. 2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or 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 Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images. 4 And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. 5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem. 6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their ruins round about. 7 And he brake down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.

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 Jehovah his God. 9 And they came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, 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 And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and the workmen that wrought in the house of Jehovah gave it to mend and repair the house: 11 even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. 12 And 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 others of the Levites, all that were skilful with instruments of music. 13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set forward all that did the work in every 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 Jehovah, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovah given by Moses. 15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. 16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they are doing. 17 And they have emptied out the money that was found in the house of Jehovah, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen. 18 And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read therein before the king. 19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. 20 And 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 Go ye, inquire of Jehovah 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 Jehovah that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do according unto all that is written in this book.

22 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 dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they spake to her to that effect. 23 And she said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me, 24 Thus saith Jehovah, 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. 25 Because 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 is my wrath poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched. 26 But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard, 27 because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself before me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah. 28 Behold, 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 thereof. And they brought back word to the king.

29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, 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 the house of Jehovah. 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, 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 And he caused all that were found 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. 33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Jehovah their God. All his days they departed not from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.