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约西亚作犹大王(A)

22 约西亚登基的时候只有八岁。他在耶路撒冷作王共三十一年。他母亲名叫耶底大,是亚大雅的女儿,来自波斯加。 他行耶和华看为正的事,跟随他祖宗大卫所行的一切道路,不偏左右。

重修圣殿(B)

约西亚在位第十八年,王差派米书兰的孙子、亚萨利的儿子、书记沙番到耶和华的殿,吩咐他说: “你上去到希勒家大祭司那里,叫他把献给耶和华殿的银子,就是守门的从人民所收集的,结算一下。 然后要他们把银子交到在耶和华殿管理工匠的人手中,他们可以把银子交付在耶和华殿修补破坏的地方的工匠, 就是交给木匠、建筑工人、石匠,又购买木材和凿好的石头,用来修理圣殿破坏的地方。 银子交在他们手中,不用和他们算帐,因为他们办事诚实。”

发现律法书(C)

希勒家大祭司对书记沙番说:“我在耶和华的殿里找到了一卷律法书。”他把书卷交给沙番;沙番就阅读那书卷。 书记沙番来见王,向王回报说:“你的臣仆已经把殿里的银子清点,交在耶和华殿里管理工匠的人手中。” 10 书记沙番又告诉王说:“希勒家大祭司交给我一卷书卷。”书记沙番就在王面前诵读那书卷。 11 王听见律法书上的话的时候,就撕裂自己的衣服。 12 王又吩咐希勒家祭司、沙番的儿子亚希甘、米该亚的儿子亚革博、书记沙番和王的臣仆及亚撒雅说: 13 “你们去,为了我、为了人民、为了犹大全国,因着所发现的这书卷上的话求问耶和华,因为耶和华向我们所发的怒气极大;这是因着我们的祖先没有听从这律法书上的话,没有照着所有写给我们的去行。”

女先知户勒大的预言(D)

14 于是希勒家祭司、亚希甘、亚革博、沙番、亚撒雅去见女先知户勒大。她就是掌管礼服的沙龙的妻子,沙龙是哈珥哈斯的孙子、特瓦的儿子。她住在耶路撒冷第二区;他们就把事情都告诉了她。 15 她对他们说:“耶和华以色列的 神这样说:‘告诉那差你们到我这里来的人说: 16 耶和华这样说:看哪,我要照着犹大王所念那书卷上所有的话,使灾祸降临在这地方和它的居民身上, 17 因为他们背弃了我,向别的神焚香。他们所行的一切都使我发怒,因此我的怒火要在这地方燃点,不会熄灭。 18 至于那差你们来求问耶和华的犹大王,你们要这样对他说:耶和华以色列的 神这样说:有关你所听见的话, 19 你听见我攻击这地方和它的居民的话,就是他们要成为荒凉,受咒诅,你的心就顺服,在我面前谦卑,又撕裂自己的衣服,在我面前哀哭,我已经听到了。这是耶和华的宣告。 20 因此,看哪,我要使你归到你的祖先那里,你必平平安安地葬在你的坟墓里;你不会看见我要降在这地的一切灾祸。’”他们就把这话向王回报。

Josiah Becomes King in Judah

22 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath. He did right in the eyes of Yahweh, and he walked in all of the way of David his ancestor[a] and did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

It happened in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent word to Shaphan the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the secretary of the temple of Yahweh, saying, “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, and let them count the money being brought to the temple of Yahweh which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people, and let them give it into the hand of those appointed doers of the work at the temple of Yahweh. Let them give it to the doers of the work who are at the temple of Yahweh to repair the breach of the temple: to the skilled craftsmen, to the builders, to the masons, and to buy timber and hewing stones to repair the temple. Only the money being given to them is not to be accounted for by them, for they are dealing with honesty.”

A Scroll of the Torah Discovered in the Temple

Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the scroll of the Torah in the temple of Yahweh,” and Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan and he read it. Shaphan the secretary came to the king and returned the king a word, and he said, “Your servant poured out the money found in the temple, and they have given it into the hand of the doers of the work appointed over the temple of Yahweh.” 10 Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll.” Then Shaphan read before the king.

11 When the king heard the words of the scroll of the Torah, he tore his clothes. 12 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Acbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the servant of the king, saying, 13 “Go, inquire of Yahweh for me and for the people and for all of Judah concerning the words of this scroll that was found. For the wrath of Yahweh that is kindled against us is great because our ancestors[b] did not listen to the words of this scroll to do according to all that is written concerning us!”

The Prophetess Huldah Predicts Doom for Judah

14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah the son of Harhas, the keeper of the robes. Now she was living in Jerusalem in the second district. Then they spoke to her, 15 and she said to them, “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel, ‘Say to the man who sent you to me, 16 “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Look I am bringing evil to this place and upon its inhabitants, according to all of the words of that scroll that the king of Judah has read 17 because they have abandoned me and they have burned incense to other gods, provoking me to anger with all of the works of their hands. My wrath shall be kindled against this place and not be quenched.’” 18 And to the king of Judah who sent all of you to inquire of Yahweh, thus you shall say to him, “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel, ‘Concerning the words that you have heard, 19 because you have a responsive heart, and you humbled yourself before Yahweh when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants to become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before my face, I have also heard, declares Yahweh. 20 Therefore look, I am gathering you to your ancestors,[c] and you shall be gathered to your tombs in peace. Your eyes will not see all of the disaster that I am bringing onto this place.’”’” Then they reported the word[d] to the king.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 22:2 Or “father”
  2. 2 Kings 22:13 Or “fathers”
  3. 2 Kings 22:20 Or “fathers”
  4. 2 Kings 22:20 Literally “they returned a word”

22 Josiah was of eight years, when he began to reign, and he reigned one and thirty years in Jerusalem; the name of his mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

And he did that, that was pleasant before the Lord, and he went by all the ways of David, his father; he bowed not, neither to the right side, nor of the left side. (And he did what was pleasing before the Lord, and he went in all the ways of his forefather David; he turned not, neither to the right, nor to the left.)

Forsooth in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, [the] scribe, either doctor, of the temple of the Lord (to the Temple of the Lord), and said to him,

Go thou to Hilkiah, the great priest, (and command) that the money, which is borne into the temple of the Lord, be molten together, which money the porters of the temple have gathered of the people; (Go thou to the High Priest Hilkiah, and command that the money, which is brought into the Temple of the Lord, be melted down, which money the guards, or the door-keepers, of the Temple have gathered from the people;)

and that it be given to craftsmen by the sovereigns of the house of the Lord; which also parted that money to them that work in the temple of the Lord, to repair the roofs of the temple of the Lord, (and that it be given to the craftsmen by the foremen of the House of the Lord; and they deal out that money to those who work in the Temple of the Lord, to make the needed repairs to the Temple of the Lord,)

that is, to carpenters, and to masons, and to them that make [together] broken things (and to those who put together broken things), and (also) that timber and stones of quarriers be bought, to repair the temple of the Lord;

nevertheless the silver, which they take/that the workmen take, be not reckoned to them, but have they it in (their own) power, and in faith (but trust them to have it under their own power, or control).

And Hilkiah, the bishop, 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, the scribe, which also read it. (And the High Priest Hilkiah said to Shaphan, the writer, I have found The Book of the Law in the House of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, the writer, and he read it.)

Also Shaphan, the scribe, came to the king, and told to him those things, which Hilkiah had commanded, and he said, Thy servants have spended the money, that was found in the house of the Lord, and they have given, that it should be parted to [the] craftsmen of the sovereigns of [the] works of the temple of the Lord. (And Shaphan, the writer, came to the king, and reported to the king about those things which he had commanded, and he said, Thy servants have spent the money that was found in the House of the Lord, and they have ordained that it be dealt out to the craftsmen by the foremen of the repairs to the Temple of the Lord.)

10 Also Shaphan, the scribe, told to the king, and said, Hilkiah, the priest of God, hath given to me a book; and when Shaphan had read that book before the king,

11 and the king had heard the words of the book of the law of the Lord, he rent his clothes. (and the king had heard the words of The Book of the Law of the Lord, he tore his clothes.)

12 And he commanded to Hilkiah, the priest, and to Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and to Achbor, the son of Michaiah, and to Shaphan the scribe, and to Asahiah, (a) servant of the king, and said,

13 Go ye, and ask, or counsel ye, the Lord on me, and on the people, and on all Judah, of the words of this book, that is found; for (the) great ire of the Lord is kindled against us, for our fathers heard not the words of this book, to do all thing which is written to us. (Go ye, and ask ye the Lord’s counsel for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, about the words of this book, that is found; for great is the Lord’s anger that is kindled against us, for our forefathers did not listen to the words of this book, to do all the things which be written to us.)

14 Therefore 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 clothes, the which Huldah dwelled in Jerusalem, in the second dwelling/in the second environing of the wall (in the second quarter); and they spake to her.

15 And she answered to them, The Lord God of Israel saith these things, Say ye to the man, that sent you to me,

16 The Lord God of Israel saith these things, Lo! I shall bring evils upon this place, and upon the dwellers thereof (and upon its inhabitants), and I shall fulfill all the words [of the law], which the king of Judah read;

17 for they forsook me, and made sacrifice to alien gods, and stirred me to ire in all the works of their hands; and mine indignation shall be kindled in this place, and shall not be quenched. (for they deserted me, and made sacrifice to foreign, or other, gods, and stirred me to anger with all the works of their hands; and my indignation shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.)

18 Soothly to the king of Judah, that sent you, that ye shall counsel (with) the Lord/that ye shall ask the Lord(’s) counsel, ye shall say thus, The Lord God of Israel saith these things, For thou heardest the words of the book,

19 and thine heart was afeared, and thou were made meek before the Lord, when his words were heard against this place, and against the dwellers thereof, that is, that they should be made into wondering, and into cursing, and thou rentest thy clothes, and weptest before me, and I heard, saith the Lord; (and that thy heart was afraid, and thou were humbled before the Lord, when his words were heard against this place, and against its inhabitants, that is, that they should be made into wondering, and into cursing, and that thou torest thy clothes, and weptest before me, and for thou hath done all these things, I have heard thee, saith the Lord;)

20 therefore I shall gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy sepulchre in peace; (so) that thine eyes see not all the evils, which I shall bring in upon this place. And they told to the king that, that she said (And they told the king what she said);

The Book of the Law Found(A)

22 Josiah(B) was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.(C) He did what was right(D) in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right(E) or to the left.

In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the secretary, Shaphan(F) son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the temple of the Lord. He said: “Go up to Hilkiah(G) the high priest and have him get ready the money that has been brought into the temple of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have collected(H) from the people. Have them entrust it to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. And have these men pay the workers who repair(I) the temple of the Lord the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.(J) But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings.”(K)

Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law(L) in the temple of the Lord.” He gave it to Shaphan, who read it. Then Shaphan the secretary went to the king and reported to him: “Your officials have paid out the money that was in the temple of the Lord and have entrusted it to the workers and supervisors at the temple.” 10 Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.(M)

11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law,(N) he tore his robes. 12 He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam(O) son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king’s attendant:(P) 13 “Go and inquire(Q) of the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord’s anger(R) that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us.”

14 Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophet(S) Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter.

15 She said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me, 16 ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to bring disaster(T) on this place and its people, according to everything written in the book(U) the king of Judah has read. 17 Because they have forsaken(V) me and burned incense to other gods and aroused my anger by all the idols their hands have made,[a] my anger will burn against this place and will not be quenched.’ 18 Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire(W) of the Lord, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard: 19 Because your heart was responsive and you humbled(X) yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people—that they would become a curse[b](Y) and be laid waste(Z)—and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 20 Therefore I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace.(AA) Your eyes(AB) will not see all the disaster I am going to bring on this place.’”

So they took her answer back to the king.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 22:17 Or by everything they have done
  2. 2 Kings 22:19 That is, their names would be used in cursing (see Jer. 29:22); or, others would see that they are cursed.

22 Giosia aveva otto anni quando iniziò a regnare, e regnò trentun anni a Gerusalemme. Sua madre si chiamava Jedidah, figlia di Adaiah di Botskath.

Egli fece ciò che è giusto agli occhi dell'Eterno e seguí in tutto la via di Davide suo padre, senza deviare né a destra né a sinistra.

Nell'anno diciottesimo del re Giosia avvenne che il re mandò nella casa dell'Eterno Shafan, il segretario, figlio di Atsaliah, figlio di Meshullam, dicendo:

«Sali dal sommo sacerdote Hilkiah e digli che metta assieme il denaro che è stato portato nella casa dell'Eterno e che i portinai hanno raccolto dal popolo,

Lo si consegni nelle mani di coloro che fanno il lavoro, a cui è affidata la sorveglianza della casa dell'Eterno; e questi lo consegnino agli operai che sono nella casa dell'Eterno per riparare i guasti del tempio:

ai falegnami, ai costruttori e ai muratori, e per comprare legname e pietre squadrate, necessarie per riparare il tempio.

Ma non si chieda loro alcun conto del denaro consegnato nelle loro mani, perché agiscono con fedeltà».

Allora il sommo sacerdote Hilkiah disse a Shafan, il segretario: «Ho trovato nella casa dell'Eterno il libro della legge». Hilkiah diede quindi il libro a Shafan, che lo lesse.

Cosí Shafan, il segretario, andò dal re a riferire la cosa, dicendo: «I tuoi servi hanno raccolto il denaro trovato nel tempio e l'hanno consegnato nelle mani di coloro che fanno il lavoro, a cui è affidata la sorveglianza della casa dell'Eterno».

10 Inoltre Shafan, il segretario, riferì al re: «Il sacerdote Hilkiah mi ha dato un libro». E Shafan lo lesse alla presenza del re.

11 Or avvenne che, quando il re udì le parole del libro della legge, si stracciò le vesti.

12 Poi il re ordinò al sacerdote Hilkiah ad Ahikam figlio di Shafan, ad Akbor figlio di Mikaiah, a Shafan il segretario e ad Asaiah servo del re:

13 «Andate a consultare l'Eterno per me, per il popolo e per tutto Giuda, riguardo alle parole di questo libro che è stato trovato; poiché grande è l'ira dell'Eterno che si è accesa contro di noi perché i nostri padri non hanno ubbidito alle parole di questo libro e non hanno agito in conformità a tutto ciò che è scritto per noi».

14 Allora il sacerdote Hilkiah, Ahikam, Akbor, Shafan e Asaiah andarono dalla profetessa Huldah, moglie di Shallum figlio di Tikvah, figlio di Harhas, il guardarobiere, (ella abitava a Gerusalemme nel secondo quartiere), e parlarono con lei.

15 Ella rispose loro: «Così dice l'Eterno, il DIO d'Israele: Riferite a colui che vi ha mandati da me:

16 "Cosi dice l'Eterno: Ecco, io farò venire una sciagura su questo luogo e sui suoi abitanti, tutte le parole del libro che il re di Giuda ha letto,

17 perché essi mi hanno abbandonato e hanno bruciato incenso ad altri dèi per provocarmi ad ira con tutte le opere delle loro mani. Perciò la mia ira si è accesa contro questo luogo e non si spegnerà".

18 Ma al re di Giuda che vi ha mandato a consultare l'Eterno, gli direte questo: "Cosí dice l'Eterno, il DIO d'Israele: riguardo alle parole che tu hai udito,

19 poiché il tuo cuore si è intenerito e ti sei umiliato davanti all'Eterno quando hai udito ciò che ho detto contro questo luogo e contro i suoi abitanti, che sarebbero divenuti una desolazione e una maledizione, e ti sei stracciato le vesti e hai pianto davanti a me, anch'io ti ho ascoltato", dice l'Eterno.

20 "Perciò, ecco, io ti riunirò ai tuoi padri e sarai deposto in pace nel tuo sepolcro; e i tuoi occhi non vedranno tutto il male che io farò venire su questo luogo"». E quelli riferirono il messaggio al re.