1 Josias tinha oito anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou trinta e um anos em Jerusalém. O nome de sua mãe era Jedida, filha de Adaías; ela era de Bozcate.
2 Ele fez o que o Senhor aprova e andou nos caminhos de Davi, seu predecessor, sem desviar-se nem para a direita nem para a esquerda.
3 No décimo oitavo ano do seu reinado, o rei Josias enviou o secretário Safã, filho de Azalias e neto de Mesulão, ao templo do Senhor, dizendo:
4 "Vá ao sumo sacerdote Hilquias e mande-o ajuntar a prata que foi trazida ao templo do Senhor, que os guardas das portas recolheram do povo.
5 Eles deverão entregar a prata aos homens nomeados para supervisionar a reforma do templo, para poderem pagar os trabalhadores que fazem os reparos no templo do Senhor:
6 os carpinteiros, os construtores e os pedreiros. Além disso comprarão madeira e pedras lavradas para os reparos no templo.
7 Mas eles não precisarão prestar contas da prata que lhes foi confiada, pois estão agindo com honestidade".
8 Então o sumo sacerdote Hilquias disse ao secretário Safã: "Encontrei o livro da Lei no templo do Senhor". Ele o entregou a Safã, que o leu.
9 O secretário Safã voltou ao rei e lhe informou: "Teus servos entregaram a prata que havia no templo do Senhor e a confiaram aos trabalhadores e supervisores no templo".
10 E o secretário Safã acrescentou: "O sacerdote Hilquias entregou-me um livro". E Safã o leu para o rei.
11 Assim que o rei ouviu as palavras do livro da Lei, rasgou suas vestes
12 e deu estas ordens ao sacerdote Hilquias, a Aicam, filho de Safã, a Acbor, filho de Micaías, ao secretário Safã e ao auxiliar real Asaías:
13 "Vão consultar o Senhor por mim, pelo povo e por todo Judá acerca do que está escrito neste livro que foi encontrado. A ira do Senhor contra nós deve ser grande, pois nossos antepassados não obedeceram às palavras deste livro, nem agiram de acordo com tudo que nele está escrito a nosso respeito".
14 O sacerdote Hilquias, Aicam, Acbor, Safã e Asaías foram falar com a profetisa Hulda, mulher de Salum, filho de Ticvá e neto de Harás, responsável pelo guarda-roupa do templo. Ela morava no bairro novo de Jerusalém.
15 Ela lhes disse: "Assim diz o Senhor, o Deus de Israel: ‘Digam ao homem que os enviou a mim:
16 Assim diz o Senhor: Eu vou trazer desgraça sobre este lugar e sobre seus habitantes; tudo o que está escrito no livro que o rei de Judá leu.
17 Porque me abandonaram e queimaram incenso a outros deuses, provocando-me à ira por meio de todos os ídolos que as mãos deles têm feito, minha ira arderá contra este lugar e não será apagada’.
18 Digam ao rei de Judá, que os enviou para consultar o Senhor: ‘Assim diz o Senhor, o Deus de Israel, acerca das palavras que você ouviu:
19 Já que o seu coração se abriu e você se humilhou diante do Senhor, ao ouvir o que falei contra este lugar e contra seus habitantes, que seriam arrasados e amaldiçoados, e porque você rasgou as vestes e chorou na minha presença, eu o ouvi, declara o Senhor.
20 Portanto, eu o reunirei aos seus antepassados, e você será sepultado em paz. Seus olhos não verão toda a desgraça que eu vou trazer sobre este lugar’ ". Então eles levaram a resposta ao rei.
1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
3 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,
6 To carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
7 However, there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
8 And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Your servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
10 And Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king', saying,
13 Go you, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us.
14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelled in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
15 And she said to them, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
16 Thus said the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read:
17 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 my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall you say to him, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which you have heard;
19 Because your heart was tender, and you have humbled yourself before the LORD, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have rent your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, said the LORD.
20 Behold therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered into your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring on this place. And they brought the king word again.