2 Reis 23

1 The king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. 2 The king went up to Yahweh’s house, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him—with the priests, 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 Yahweh’s house. 3 The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before Yahweh to walk after Yahweh and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people agreed to the covenant.

4 The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out of Yahweh’s temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky; and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. 5 He got rid of the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, and to all the army of the sky. 6 He brought out the Asherah from Yahweh’s house, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people. 7 He broke down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in Yahweh’s house, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah. 8 He brought all the priests out of 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 that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city. 9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places didn’t come up to Yahweh’s altar in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers. 10 He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. 11 He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of Yahweh’s house, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 The king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of Yahweh’s house, and beat them down from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron. 13 The king defiled the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mountain of corruption, 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 children of Ammon. 14 He broke in pieces the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with men’s bones.

15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah. 16 As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to Yahweh’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. 17 Then he said, "What monument is that which I see?"

The men of the city told him, "It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel."

18 He said, "Let him be! Let no one move his bones." So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria. 19 All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Yahweh to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel. 20 He killed all the priests of the high places that were there, on the altars, and burned men’s bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

21 The king commanded all the people, saying, "Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant." 22 Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; 23 but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.

24 Moreover, Josiah removed those who had familiar spirits, the wizards, and the teraphim,*23:24 teraphim were household idols. 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 Yahweh’s house. 25 There was no king like him before him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him. 26 Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn’t turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him. 27 Yahweh said, "I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel; and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’"

28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 29 In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him, but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him. 30 His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.

31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done. 33 Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent*23:33 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces of gold. 34 Pharaoh Necoh 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 he came to Egypt and died there. 35 Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh. 36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.

Te Hanganga Hou o Hōhia

1 Nā, ka unga tāngata atu te kīngi, ā, huihuia ana e rātou ngā kaumātua katoa o Hūrā, o Hiruhārama, ki a ia. 2 Nā, ka haere te kīngi ki te whare o Ihowā, rātou ko ngā tāngata katoa o Hūrā, ko ngā tāngata katoa o Hiruhārama, ko ngā tohunga, ko ngā poropiti, ko te iwi katoa hoki, te iti, te rahi. Ā, kōrerotia ana e ia ki ō rātou taringa ngā kupu katoa o te Pukapuka o te Kawenata i kitea nei ki te whare o Ihowā.

3 Nā, tū ana te kīngi ki te taha o te pou, 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 hoki i ngā kupu o tēnei kawenata kua tuhituhia nei ki tēnei pukapuka; ā, tū tonu te iwi katoa ki te kawenata.

4 Nā, ka whakahau te kīngi ki te tino tohunga, ki a Hirikia, ki ngā tohunga tuarua, ki ngā kaitiaki kūwaha, kia whakaputaina ki waho o te temepara o Ihowā ngā oko katoa i hangā mā Paara, mō te Āhera, mā te ope katoa anō hoki o te rangi. Nā, tahuna ana e ia aua mea ki waho o Hiruhārama, ki ngā māra i Kitirono, kawea ana ngā pungarehu ki Pētēre.

5 I whakakāhoretia hoki e ia ngā tohunga whakapakoko i whakaritea rā e ngā kīngi o Hūrā hei tahu whakakakara ki ngā wāhi tiketike i ngā pā o Hūrā, ā, ki ngā taha o Hiruhārama, rātou ko ngā kaitahu whakakakara ki a Paara, ki te rā, ki te marama, ki ngā whetū, ki te ope katoa hoki o te rangi. 6 I mauria anō e ia te Āhera i roto i te whare o Ihowā ki waho o Hiruhārama, ki te awa ki Kitirono, ā, tahuna ana ki te awa ki Kitirono, ā, tukia ana kia ririki, ānō he puehu, makā ana te puehu o taua mea ki runga ki ngā tanumanga o te iwi nui. 7 I tukitukia anō e ia ngā whare o te hunga whakahoroma i te taha o te whare o Ihowā, i te wāhi i whatu ai ngā wāhine i ngā pā mō te Āhera.

8 Ā, i whakaputaina e ia ngā tohunga katoa i ngā pā o Hūrā, whakapokea iho ngā wāhi tiketike i tahu whakakakara ai ngā tohunga, ō Kepa ā tae noa ki Peerehepa; ā, i wāhia e ia ngā wāhi tiketike o ngā kēti, ērā i te kūwaha o te Kēti o Hohua kāwana o te pā, i te taha mauī o te tangata i te kēti o te pā. 9 Otiia kīhai ngā tohunga o ngā wāhi tiketike i haere ki te āta a Ihowā i Hiruhārama; engari i kai rātou i te taro rēwenakore i roto i ō rātou tēina.

10 Ā, i whakapokea e ia a Topete, tērā i te raorao o ngā tama a Hinomo, kei mea tētahi tangata kia tika tāna tama, tāna tamāhine rānei, nā waenganui i te ahi hei mea ki a Moreke. 11 I whakawāteatia atu anō e ia ngā hōiho i hōmai e ngā kīngi o Hūrā hei mea ki te rā, i te tomokanga o te whare o Ihowā, i te rūma o Nātanamereke, o te kaitiaki rūma, i reira i waho ake; tahuna ana hoki e ia ngā hāriata o te rā ki te ahi.

12 Nā, ko ngā āta i te tuanui o te rūma o runga, o Ahata, i hangā rā e ngā kīngi o Hūrā, me ngā āta i hangā e Mānahi ki ngā marae e rua o te whare o Ihowā, i tukitukia e te kīngi, wāhia iho i reira, makā ana te puehu o aua mea ki te awa ki Kitirono. 13 Ā, ko ngā wāhi tiketike, ko ērā i te ritenga atu o Hiruhārama i te taha matau o te maunga o te whakangaromanga, i hangā nei e Horomona kīngi o Īharaira mā Ahatorete, mā te mea whakarihariha a ngā Haironi, mā Kemoho, mā te mea whakarihariha a ngā Moapi, mā Mirikomo, mā te mea whakarihariha a ngā tama a Āmono, whakapokea iho ērā e te kīngi. 14 I wāwāhia hoki e ia ngā pou, i tapahia ki raro ngā Aherimi, ā, whakakīia ana ō rātou wāhi ki ngā wheua tāngata.

15 Ko te āta hoki i Pētēre, ko te wāhi tiketike i hangā nei e Ieropoama tama a Nēpata i hara ai a Īharaira, wāhia iho ana e ia taua āta me te wāhi tiketike; ā, tahuna ana e ia te wāhi tiketike, tukia ana kia ririki, ānō he puehu, ā, tahuna ana e ia te Āhera. 16 Ā, i a Hōhia e tahuri ana, ka kite ia i ngā tanumanga i reira, i te maunga; nā, ka tonoa e ia he tāngata ki te tiki i ngā wheua i roto i ngā tanumanga, nā, tahuna ana e ia ki runga ki te āta, whakapokea iho e ia, hei whakarite mō te kupu a Ihowā i kōrerotia e te tangata a te Atua, i kōrero nei i ēnei kupu.

17 Kātahi ia ka mea, "He aha tēnā tohu e kite atu nei ahau?"

Nā, ka mea ngā tāngata o te pā ki a ia, "Ko te tanumanga ia o te tangata a te Atua i haere mai i Hūrā, ā, kōrerotia ana e ia ēnei mea kua meatia nei e koe ki te āta i Pētēre."

18 Nā, ka mea ia, "Waiho mārie ia; kei whakakorikoria ōna wheua e tētahi." Nā, kapea ake ana e rātou ōna wheua me ngā wheua o te poropiti i haere mai i Hamaria.

19 Nā, ko ngā whare katoa o ngā wāhi tiketike, ko ērā i ngā pā o Hamaria, i hangā nei e ngā kīngi o Īharaira hei whakapātaritari i a Ihowā, whakakāhoretia ana e Hōhia; rite tonu tāna i mea ai ki aua whare ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ia ki Pētēre. 20 I patua anō hoki e ia ngā tohunga katoa o ngā wāhi tiketike o reira ki runga ki ngā āta, tahuna ana hoki ngā wheua tāngata ki runga ki aua āta, ā, hoki ana ki Hiruhārama.

Ka Hākaritia te Kapenga

21 Nā, ka whakahau te kīngi ki te iwi katoa, ka mea: "Mahia te Kapenga hei mea ki a Ihowā, ki tō koutou Atua; kia rite ki te mea i tuhituhia ki tēnei Pukapuka o te Kawenata."

22 He pono kāhore he rite mō tēnā mahinga i te Kapenga, mai o ngā rā i ngā kaiwhakawā i whakarite mō Īharaira, o ngā rā katoa i ngā kīngi o Īharaira, i ngā kīngi anō o Hūrā; 23 engari, tō te tekau mā waru o ngā tau o Kīngi Hōhia, arā tēnei Kapenga i mahia nei ki a Ihowā ki Hiruhārama.

Ētahi atu Whakanekeneke i Mahia e Hōhia

24 Nā, ko te hunga i whai ki ngā atua māori, ki ngā mata māori, ki ngā terapimi, ki ngā whakapakoko, ki ngā mea whakarihariha katoa i kitea ki te whenua o Hūrā, ki Hiruhārama, whakakāhoretia iho e Hōhia, kia mana ai i a ia ngā kupu o te ture i tuhituhia ki te pukapuka i kitea e Hirikia tohunga ki te whare o Ihowā. 25 Nā, kāhore he kīngi i mua atu i a ia hei rite mōna te whakapau o tōna ngākau, o tōna wairua, o tōna kaha, ki te tahuri ki a Ihowā, rite tonu ki te ture katoa a Mohi; kāhore hoki kia whakatika tētahi rite mōna i muri i a ia.

26 He ahakoa rā, kīhai a Ihowā i tahuri kē i te muranga o tōna riri nui i mura ai tōna riri ki a Hūrā, mō ngā whakapātaritaringa katoa i whakapātaritari ai a Mānahi i a ia. 27 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā, "Ka whakawāteatia atu e ahau a Hūrā hoki i tōku aroaro, ka pērātia me tāku whakawāteatanga i a Īharaira, ā, ka rukea atu e ahau tēnei pā i whiriwhiria nei e ahau, a Hiruhārama, me te whare i kī rā ahau, Me waiho tōku ingoa ki konei."

Te Mutunga o te Kīngitanga o Hōhia

28 Nā, ko ērā atu meatanga a Hōhia me āna mahi katoa, kīhai ianei i tuhituhia ki te Pukapuka o ngā meatanga o Ngā Rā o Ngā Kīngi o Hūrā? 29 I ōna rā ka haere a Parao Neko kīngi o Īhipa ki te kīngi o Ahiria ki te awa ki Uparati. Nā, haere ana a Kīngi Hōhia ki te tū ki a ia; ā, whakamatea iho ia e tērā ki Mekiro, i tōna kitenga i a ia. 30 Nā, ka mauria atu e āna tāngata tōna tinana i Mekiro i runga i te hāriata, ā, kawea ana ki Hiruhārama, tanumia iho ki tōna tanumanga. Nā, ka mau te iwi o tērā whenua ki a Iehoahata tama a Hōhia, ā, whakawahia ana ia, meinga ana hei kīngi i muri i tōna pāpā.

Ko Kīngi Iehoahata o Hūrā

31 E rua tekau mā toru ngā tau o Iehoahata i tōna kīngitanga; ā, e toru ngā marama i kīngi ai ia ki Hiruhārama. Ā, ko te ingoa o tōna whaea ko Hamutara, he tamāhine nā Heremaia o Rīpina. 32 Ā, he kino tāna mahi ki te titiro a Ihowā; rite tonu ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ōna mātua.

33 Nā, herea ana ia e Parao Neko ki Ripira, ki te whenua o Hāmata, kia kaua ia e kīngi ki Hiruhārama; ā, whakaritea ana e ia he takoha ki te whenua, kotahi rau taranata hiriwa, kotahi taranata kōura. 34 Nā, ka meatia e Parao Neko a Eriakimi tama a Hōhia hei kīngi i muri i tōna pāpā, i a Hōhia. Whakawhitia kētia ake e ia tōna ingoa ko Iehoiakimi; ko Iehoahata ia tangohia ana e ia, kawea ana ki Īhipa, ā, i mate atu ki reira.

35 Nā, ka hoatu e Iehoiakimi ki a Parao te hiriwa me te kōura; otiia i takohatia e ia te whenua kia hoatu ai te moni i kīia nei e Parao. Tohea ana e ia te hiriwa me te kōura ki te iwi o te whenua, te takoha a tēnei, a tēnei, hei hoatu māna ki a Parao Neko.

Ko Kīngi Iehoiakimi o Hūrā

36 E rua tekau mā rima ngā tau o Iehoiakimi i tōna kīngitanga; ā, kotahi tekau mā tahi ngā tau i kīngi ai ia ki Hiruhārama. Ā, ko te ingoa o tōna whaea ko Tepura, he tamāhine nā Peraia o Rūma. 37 Ā, he kino tāna mahi ki te titiro a Ihowā, i rite ki ngā mea katoa i mea ai ōna mātua.