2 Cronica 34
Magandang Balita Biblia
Si Haring Josias ng Juda(A)
34 Si(B) Josias ay walong taóng gulang nang maging hari ng Juda. Tatlumpu't isang taon siyang naghari sa Jerusalem. 2 Tulad ng ninuno niyang si David, naging kalugud-lugod kay Yahweh ang mga ginawa niya. Namuhay siya nang matuwid. 3 Nang ikawalong taon ng kanyang pamamahala, kahit bata pa, ay naglingkod na siya nang tapat sa Diyos ni David na kanyang ninuno. Kaya noong ikalabindalawang taon, sinimulan niyang alisin sa Juda at Jerusalem ang mga sambahan ng mga pagano, ang mga larawan ng diyosang si Ashera at ang lahat ng diyus-diyosang kahoy o tanso. 4 Ipinasibak(C) niya sa kanyang harapan ang larawan ng mga Baal. Giniba niya ang mga altar ng insenso. Winasak niya ang mga imahen ni Ashera at ang mga diyus-diyosang kahoy at ginto. Ipinadurog niya ito nang pinung-pino at ipinasabog sa libingan ng mga sumamba sa kanila. 5 Ipinasunog(D) niya ang mga kalansay ng mga paring pagano sa ibabaw ng kanilang mga dambana. Sa ganoong paraan, nilinis ni Josias ang Jerusalem at ang buong Juda. 6 Ganoon din ang ginawa niya sa mga lunsod ng Manases, Efraim at Simeon at sa mga nawasak na nayon sa paligid ng Neftali. 7 Matapos niyang gawin ang lahat ng ito sa buong Israel, bumalik na siya sa Jerusalem.
Natagpuan ang Aklat ng Kautusan(E)
8 Inalis ni Josias ang lahat ng karumal-dumal sa buong lupain at sa Templo ng Diyos. Kaya't noong ikalabing walong taon ng kanyang paghahari, sinugo niya si Safan na anak ni Azalias, ang pinuno ng lunsod na si Maasias at ang kalihim niyang si Joas na anak ni Joahaz, upang ipaayos muli ang Templo ni Yahweh. 9 Ibinigay nila kay Hilkias na pinakapunong pari ang pilak na nalikom sa Templo. Ito ang mga nalikom mula sa mga taga-Manases, Efraim, Benjamin, Juda at iba pang mga Israelita at mga taga-Jerusalem. Tinipon ito ng mga Levitang naglilingkod sa Templo. 10 Ibinigay nila ang salaping ito sa namamahala ng gawain sa Templo ni Yahweh para sa pagpapaayos nito. 11 Ang iba nama'y ibinili ng mga bato at kahoy na gagamitin sa pag-aayos ng bubong ng Templo na nasira dahil sa kapabayaan ng mga naunang hari ng Juda. 12 Naging tapat ang mga taong katulong sa gawain. Pinamahalaan sila nina Jahat at Obadias, mga Levita buhat sa angkan nina Merari, Zacarias at Mesulam sa sambahayan ni Kohat. Mga Levita rin na pawang bihasang manunugtog 13 ang nangasiwa sa mga manggagawang naghahakot ng mga gagamitin at sa iba pang gawain. Ang ibang Levita ay ginawang kalihim, karaniwang kawani o kaya'y mga bantay.
14 Nang ilabas nila ang salaping natipon sa Templo, natagpuan ng paring si Hilkias ang Aklat ng Kautusang ibinigay ni Yahweh sa pamamagitan ni Moises. 15 Kaya tinawag niya si Safan, ang kalihim ng hari at sinabi, “Natagpuan ko sa Templo ang Aklat ng Kautusan.” Ibinigay ni Hilkias kay Safan ang aklat 16 at dinala naman nito sa hari nang siya'y mag-ulat tungkol sa pagpapaayos ng Templo. Sabi niya, “Maayos po ang takbo ng lahat ng gawaing ipinagkatiwala ninyo sa inyong mga lingkod. 17 Tinunaw na po nila ang pilak na nakuha sa Templo at ibinigay sa namamahala ng trabaho.” 18 Sinabi rin ng kalihim ang tungkol sa aklat na ibinigay sa kanya ng paring si Hilkias at binasa niya ito nang malakas sa hari.
19 Nang marinig ng hari ang nilalaman ng aklat, pinunit nito ang kanyang kasuotan. 20 Iniutos niya agad kay Hilkias, kay Ahikam na anak ni Safan, kay Abdon na anak ni Mica, kay Safan, na kalihim, at kay Asaias, ang lingkod ng hari, na sumangguni kay Yahweh. Ang sabi niya, 21 “Sumangguni kayo kay Yahweh para sa akin at para sa nalalabing sambayanan ng Juda at Israel. Alamin ninyo ang mga itinuturo ng aklat na ito. Galit si Yahweh sa atin dahil sinuway ng ating mga ninuno ang salita ni Yahweh at hindi nila sinunod ang mga utos na nakasulat sa aklat na ito.”
22 Ang lahat ng inutusan, sa pangunguna ni Hilkias ay sama-samang sumangguni kay Hulda na isang babaing propeta at asawa ni Sallum. Si Sallum ay anak ni Tokat at apo naman ni Hasra na tagapag-ingat ng mga kasuotan. Siya'y pinuntahan nila sa kanyang tirahan sa bagong bahagi ng Jerusalem at sinabi rito ang nangyari. 23 Sinabi ni Hulda: “Ito ang sinasabi ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel: ‘Sabihin ninyo sa nagsugo sa inyo 24 na padadalhan ko ng malaking sakuna ang lugar na ito at padaranasin ng matinding hirap. Mangyayari ang lahat ng sumpang sinasabi sa aklat na binasa sa harapan ng hari ng Juda. 25 Matutupad iyon sapagkat ako'y kanilang itinakwil at sa ibang mga diyos sila naghandog at sumamba. Ginalit nila ako dahil sa mga diyus-diyosang ginawa nila. Kaya't hindi mapapawi ang galit na ibubuhos ko sa bayang ito.’ 26 Ito ang sabihin ninyo sa hari ng Juda. Sinasabi ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel: ‘Nakita kong buong puso kang nagsisi at nagpakumbaba nang marinig mo ang kanyang salita laban sa lugar na ito at sa mamamayan dito. 27 Dahil nagpakumbaba ka, sinira mo ang iyong kasuotan at nakita kong tumangis ka nang marinig mo ang nakahanda kong parusa sa Jerusalem at sa mga naninirahan dito, pinakinggan ko ang iyong panalangin. 28 Kaya, hindi mo na maaabutan ang parusang igagawad ko sa lugar na ito. Isasama kita sa iyong mga ninuno at mamamatay kang mapayapa.’” Ito ang kasagutang dinala nila sa hari.
Ang Pangako ni Josias at ng mga Mamamayan kay Yahweh
29 Dahil dito'y ipinatawag ng hari ang mga matatandang pinuno ng sambayanan sa Juda at Jerusalem. 30 Kaya't sama-sama silang pumunta sa Templo kasama ang mga pari, Levita at lahat ng mamamayan sa Juda at Jerusalem. Tumayo ang hari sa harap ng madla at binasa ang buong Aklat ng Tipan na natagpuan sa Templo. 31 Nakatayo noon ang hari malapit sa isang haligi ng Templo. Nanumpa siya kay Yahweh na susundin nila nang buong puso at kaluluwa ang Kautusan at ang mga itinatakda ng kasunduang nakasulat sa aklat na iyon. 32 Pagkatapos, pinanumpa rin niya ang lahat ng taga-Jerusalem pati ang taga-Benjamin na sumunod sa kasunduang ginawa ng Diyos ng kanilang mga ninuno. 33 Inalis ni Josias sa buong nasasakupan ng bayang Israel ang lahat ng mga diyus-diyosang kasuklam-suklam sa Diyos at habang siya'y nabubuhay, inatasan niya ang bawat mamamayan na maglingkod kay Yahweh, ang Diyos na sinamba ng kanilang mga ninuno.
2 Chronicles 34
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Judah’s King Josiah
34 Josiah was eight years old(A) when he became king and reigned 31 years in Jerusalem. 2 He did what was right in the Lord’s sight and walked in the ways of his ancestor David;(B) he did not turn aside to the right or the left.
Josiah’s Reform
3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David,(C) and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved images,(D) and the cast images. 4 Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he chopped down the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered(E) them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.(F) 5 He burned the bones of the priests on their altars.(G) So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6 He did the same in the cities(H) of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far as Naphtali and on their surrounding mountain shrines.[a] 7 He tore down the altars, and he smashed the Asherah poles and the carved images to powder. He chopped down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel and returned to Jerusalem.(I)
Josiah’s Repair of the Temple
8 In the eighteenth year of his reign,(J) in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, along with Maaseiah the governor(K) of the city and the court historian Joah son of Joahaz, to repair the temple of the Lord his God.
9 So they went to Hilkiah(L) the high priest, and gave him the money brought into God’s temple. The Levites and the doorkeepers had collected money from Manasseh, Ephraim,(M) and from the entire remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10 They put it into the hands of those doing the work—those who oversaw the Lord’s temple. They gave it to the workmen who were working in the Lord’s temple, to repair and restore the temple; 11 they gave it to the carpenters and builders and also used it to buy quarried stone and timbers—for joining and making beams—for the buildings that Judah’s kings had destroyed.
12 The men were doing the work with integrity. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites from the Merarites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites as supervisors. The Levites were all skilled with musical instruments.(N) 13 They were also over the porters and were supervising all those doing the work task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.
The Recovery of the Book of the Law
14 When they brought out the money that had been deposited in the Lord’s temple, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of the Lord written by the hand of Moses.(O) 15 Consequently,(P) Hilkiah told Shaphan the court secretary, “I have found the book of the law in the Lord’s temple,” and he gave the book to Shaphan.
16 Shaphan took the book to the king, and also reported, “Your servants are doing all that was placed in their hands. 17 They have emptied out the money that was found in the Lord’s temple and have put it into the hand of the overseers and the hand of those doing the work.” 18 Then Shaphan the court secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest gave me a book,” and Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.(Q)
19 When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.(R) 20 Then he commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the court secretary, and the king’s servant Asaiah, 21 “Go. Ask Yahweh for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book that was found. For great is the Lord’s wrath that is poured out on us(S) because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord in order to do everything written in this book.”
Huldah’s Prophecy of Judgment
22 So Hilkiah and those the king had designated[b] went to the prophetess Huldah, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem in the Second District. They spoke with her about this.
23 She said to them, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel says: Say to the man who sent you to Me, 24 ‘This is what Yahweh says: I am about to bring disaster on this place and on its inhabitants,(T) fulfilling all the curses written in the book that they read in the presence of the king of Judah,(U) 25 because they have abandoned Me(V) and burned incense to other gods in order to provoke Me with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.’ 26 Say this to the king of Judah who sent you to ask Yahweh, ‘This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel says: As for the words that you heard, 27 because(W) your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I Myself have heard’—this is the Lord’s declaration. 28 ‘I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster that I am bringing on this place and on its inhabitants.’”(X)
Then they reported to the king.
Affirmation of the Covenant by Josiah and the People
29 So the king sent messengers and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 The king went up to the Lord’s temple with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people from great to small. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the Lord’s temple.(Y) 31 Then the king stood at his post(Z) and made a covenant in the Lord’s presence(AA) to follow the Lord and to keep His commands, His decrees, and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul(AB) in order to carry out the words of the covenant written in this book.(AC)
32 He had all those present in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree[c] to it. So all the inhabitants of Jerusalem carried out the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.
33 So Josiah removed everything that was detestable from all the lands belonging to the Israelites,(AD) and he required all who were present in Israel to serve the Lord their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 34:6 One Hb tradition reads Naphtali with their swords; alt Hb tradition, Syr, Vg read Naphtali, the ruins all around; Hb obscure
- 2 Chronicles 34:22 LXX; MT omits designated
- 2 Chronicles 34:32 Lit take a stand.
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