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2 Kings 23New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA) Josiah’s Reformation 23 Then the king directed that all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem should be gathered to him. 2 The king went up to the house of the Lord, and with him went all the people of Judah, all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the prophets, and all the people, both small and great; he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the house of the Lord. 3 The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord, keeping his commandments, his decrees, and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. All the people joined in the covenant. 4 The king commanded the high priest Hilkiah, the priests of the second order, and the guardians of the threshold, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. 5 He deposed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to make offerings in the high places at the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem; those also who made offerings to Baal, to the sun, the moon, the constellations, and all the host of the heavens. 6 He brought out the image of Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem, to the Wadi Kidron, burned it at the Wadi Kidron, beat it to dust and threw the dust of it upon the graves of the common people. 7 He broke down the houses of the male temple prostitutes that were in the house of the Lord, where the women did weaving for Asherah. 8 He brought all the priests out of the towns of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had made offerings, from Geba to Beer-sheba; 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 the left at the gate of the city. 9 The priests of the high places, however, did not come up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but ate unleavened bread among their kindred. 10 He defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, so that no one would make a son or a daughter pass through fire as an offering to Molech. 11 He removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the Lord, by the chamber of the eunuch Nathan-melech, which was in the precincts; then he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 The altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, he pulled down from there and broke in pieces, and threw the rubble into the Wadi Kidron. 13 The king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Destruction, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 14 He broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the sacred poles, and covered the sites with human bones. 15 Moreover, the altar at Bethel, the high place erected by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin—he pulled down that altar along with the high place. He burned the high place, crushing it to dust; he also burned the sacred pole. 16 As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mount; and he sent and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord that the man of God proclaimed, when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the festival; he turned and looked up at the tomb of the man of God who had predicted these things. 17 Then he said, ‘What is that monument that I see?’ The people of the city told him, ‘It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and predicted these things that you have done against the altar at Bethel.’ 18 He said, ‘Let him rest; let no one move his bones.’ So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria. 19 Moreover, Josiah removed all the shrines of the high places that were in the towns of Samaria, which kings of Israel had made, provoking the Lord to anger; he did to them just as he had done at Bethel. 20 He slaughtered on the altars all the priests of the high places who were there, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem. The Passover Celebrated 21 The king commanded all the people, ‘Keep the passover to the Lord your God as prescribed in this book of the covenant.’ 22 No such passover had been kept since the days of the judges who judged Israel, even during all the days of the kings of Israel and of the kings of Judah; 23 but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem. 24 Moreover, Josiah did away with the mediums, wizards, teraphim, idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, so that he established the words of the law that were written in the book that the priest Hilkiah had found in the house of the Lord. 25 Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him. 26 Still the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, by which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked him. 27 The Lord said, ‘I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel; and I will reject this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.’ Josiah Dies in Battle 28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah? 29 In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. King Josiah went to meet him; but when Pharaoh Neco met him at Megiddo, he killed 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 son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father. Reign and Captivity of Jehoahaz 31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, just as his ancestors had done. 33 Pharaoh Neco confined him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and imposed tribute on the land of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 34 Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away; he came to Egypt, and died there. 35 Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land in order to meet Pharaoh’s demand for money. He exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, from all according to their assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco. Jehoiakim Reigns over Judah 36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, just as all his ancestors had done.
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2 इतिहास 34 Nepali Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-NE) योशियाह यहूदाका राजा 34 योशियाह आठ बर्ष पुगेका थिए जब तिनी राजा भए। तिनी एकतीस बर्षसम्म यरूशलेममा राजा थिए। 2 योशियाहले त्यही गरे जो सही थियो। परमप्रभुले चाहनु भएका कुराहरू नै तिनले गरे। तिनले तिनका पुर्खा दाऊदले जस्तै राम्रा कुराहरू गरे। योशियाहले उचित कुराहरू गर्नबाट मुख मोडेनन्। 3 जब योशियाह उसको राज्यको आठौं बर्षमा पुगेका थिए तिनले परमेश्वरको अनुशरण गर्न शुरू गरे जसलाई तिनका पुर्खा दाऊदले अनुशरण गरेका थिए। योशियाह अझ सानै थिए जब तिनले परमेश्वरलाई पछ्याउन शुरू गरे। जब योशियाह उनी राजा राज्यको बाह्रौं बर्षमा थिए तिनले उच्च स्थानहरू, अशेरा स्तम्भहरू अनि मूर्तिहरू जो कुँदिएका थिए, अनि मूर्तिहरू जो यहूदा अनि यरूशलेमका साँचाहरूबाट निर्माण गरिएका थिए सबै नष्ट गर्न शुरू गरे। 4 मानिसहरूले बाल देवताहरूका वेदीहरू भत्काइदिए। तिनीहरूले योशियाहका सामुन्ने यसो गरे। तब योशियाहले धूप वेदीहरू काटिदिए जो वेदीमाथि बाललाई अर्पण गरेका थिए। उसले मूर्तिहरू जो कुँदिएका थिए अनि मूर्तिहरू जो साँचोमा ढालेर निर्माण गरिएका थिए, भत्काइदिए। तिनले ती मूर्तिहरूलाई धूलो-पीठो पारिदिए। तब योशियाहले त्यो पीठो ती मानिसहरूका चिहानहरूमा छर्किदिए जसले बाल देवताहरूलाई बलिहरू चढाएका थिए। 5 योशियाहले ती पूजाहारीहरूका हाडहरू पनि जलाइदिए जसले आफ्नै वेदीमा बाल देवताहरूको सेवा गरेका थिए। यस्तै प्रकार योशियाले यहूदा अनि यरूशलेमलाई शुद्ध पारे। 6 योशियाहले मनश्शे, एप्रैम, शिमोन देखि नप्ताली सम्मका इलाकाका शहरहरूमा पनि यसै गरे। 7 योशियाहले वेदीहरू अनि अशेरा स्तम्भहरू भत्काइदिए। तिनले मूर्तिहरूलाई धूलो पीठो पारिदिए। तिनले इस्राएल देश भरि बाल पूजाका निम्ति प्रयोग गरिएका धूप वेदीहरू भत्काई दिए। त्यसपछि योशियाह यरूशलेम फर्केर गए। 8 जब योशियाह यहूदाका राजाका रूपमा अठाह्रौ बर्षमा थिए तिनले शापान, मासेयाह अनि योआहलाई तिनका परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको मन्दिरलाई फेरि निर्माण अनि स्थापना गर्नु भनी पठाए। शापानका पिताको नाउँ अजलियाह थियो। मासेयाह शहरका प्रमुख थिए, अनि योआहका पिताको नाउँ योआहाश थियो। योआहाश त्यही मानिस थिए जसले जे कुराहरू घटे ती लेखे। यसरी योशियाहले मन्दिरलाई स्थापना गर्ने आदेश दिए जसद्वारा तिनले यहूदा अनि मन्दिरलाइ शुद्ध तुल्याउन सकून्। 9 ती मानिसहरू हिल्कियाह, प्रधान पूजाहारी कहाँ आए। तिनीहरूले तिनलाई धन दिए जो मानिसहरूले परमेश्वरका मन्दिरका निम्ति दिएका थिए। लेवी द्वारपालहरूले मनश्शे, एप्रैमका मानिसहरूबाट अनि रहेका सबै इस्राएलीबाट धनसँग्रह गरेका थिए। तिनीहरूले यो धन यहूदा, बिन्यामीन अनि यरूशलेममा बस्ने समस्त मानिसहरूबाट पनि सँग्रह गरेका थिए। 10 तब लेवीहरूले ती मानिसहरूलाई पैसा भुक्तानी गरे जसले परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको काम रेख-देख गरे। अनि रेख-देख गर्नेहरूले कर्मीहरूलाई भुक्तानी गरे जसले परमप्रभुको मन्दिर स्थापित गरे। 11 तिनीहरूले धन सिकर्मी अनि निर्माण कर्त्ताहरूलाई ठूला ढुङ्गाहरू किन्न जो अघिनै काटि राखेका थिए अनि काठहरू किन्न भनी दिए। काठहरू मन्दिरहरूलाई फेरि निर्माण गर्न अनि मन्दिरहरूका निम्ति आड दिने काठ बनाउनमा प्रयोग गरिए। विगत समयमा यहूदाका राजाहरूले मन्दिरहरूको वास्ता गरेका थिएनन्। ती मन्दिरहरू पुराना अनि ध्वस्त भएका थिए। 12-13 मानिसहरूले विश्वास पूर्वक काम गरे। तिनीहरूका निरीक्षकहरू पहत अनि ओबदियाह थिए। यहत अनि ओबदियाह लेवीहरू थिए, अनि तिनीहरू मरारीका सन्तान थिए। अन्य निरीक्षकहरू जकर्याह अनि मशुल्लाम थिए। तिनीहरू कहातका सन्तानहरू थिए। लेवीहरू जो संङ्गीतका वाध्य यन्त्रहरू बजाउनमा सिपालु थिए तिनीहरूले श्रमिकहरूको र अन्य सबै कर्मीहरूको निरिक्षण पनि गर्दथे। केही लेवीहरूले सचिव, अधिकारी अनि द्वारापालहरूको रूपमा काम गर्दथे। व्यवस्थाको पुस्तक पाए 14 लेवीहरूले त्यो धन बाहिर निकाले जो परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा थियो। त्यस समयमा पूजाहारी हिल्कियाहले परमप्रभुको व्यवस्थाको पुस्तक पाए जो मोशाद्वारा दिइएको थियो। 15 हिल्कियाहले सचिव शापानलाई भने, “मैले व्यवस्थाको पुस्तक परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा पाएँ।” हिल्कियाहले त्यो पुस्तक शापानलाई दिए। 16 शापानले त्यो पुस्तक राजा योशियाह कहाँ ल्याए। शापानले राजालाई सूचना दिए, “तपाईंका सेवकहरूले तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई गर्नु भन्नु भएका हरेक कुराहरू गरिरहेका छन्। 17 तिनीहरूले त्यो धन निकाले जो परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा थियो अनि तिनीहरूले धन निरीक्षकहरू अनि कर्मीहरूलाई भुक्तानी गर्दै छन्।” 18 तब शापानले राजा योशियाहलाई भने, “पूजाहारी हिल्कियाहले मलाई एउटा पुस्तक दिएका छन्।” तब शापानले पुस्तकबाट पढे। तिनी पढ्दै गर्दा राजाका सामुन्ने थिए। 19 जब राजा योशियाहले पढिएको व्यवस्थाका शब्दहरू सुने, तिनले तिनका बस्त्रहरू च्याते। 20 तब राजाले हिल्कियाह, शापानका छोरा अहीकम, मीकाका छोरा अब्दोन, सचिव शापान अनि सेवक असायालाई एक आदेश दिए। 21 राजाले भने, “जाऊ, मेरा निम्ति अनि मानिसहरूका निम्ति जो इस्राएल अनि यहूदामा रहेका छन्, परमप्रभु सित याचना गर। ती पुस्तकका शब्दहरूको बारेमा जो पाइएको थियो, सोध। परमप्रभु हामी सित अत्यन्त क्रोधित हुनुहुन्छ किनभने हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले परमप्रभुको बचनको पालन गरेनन्। तिनीहरूले यो पुस्तकले गर्नु भनेका सबै कुराहरू गरेनन्।” 22 हिल्कियाह अनि राजाका सेवकहरू अगमवादिनी हुल्दा कहाँ गए। हुल्दा शल्लूमकी पत्नी थिइन्। शल्लूम तोखतका छोरा थिए। तोखत हसराका छोरा थिए। शल्लूम राज-बस्त्रहरूको हेरचाह गर्दथे। हुल्दा यरूशलेमको नयाँ अंशमा बस्थीन्। हिल्किया अनि सेवकहरूले हुल्दालाई सबै कुरा भने जो भइसकेको थियो। 23 हुल्दाले तिनीहरूलाई भनीन्, “इस्राएलका परमप्रभु परमेश्वर जे भन्नुहुन्छ त्यो यो होः राजा योशियाहलाई भनः 24 ‘म यो स्थानमा अनि यहाँ बस्ने मानिसहरू माथि दुःख कष्ट ल्याइदिनेछु। म ती सबै भयानक कुराहरू ल्याउनेछु जो त्यो पुस्तकमा लेखिएका छन् जसलाई यहूदाका राजाको सामुन्ने पढिएको थियो। 25 म यसो गर्नेछु किनभने मानिसहरूले मलाई त्याग गरे अनि अन्य देवताहरूलाई धूप बाले। ती मानिसहरूले मलाई क्रोधित तुल्याए किनभने तिनीहरूले सबै नराम्रा कुराहरू गरेका छन्। यसर्थ म यो स्थान माथि मेरो क्रोध पोखाउने छु। तातो बल्दो आगो जस्तै मेरो क्रोधलाई निभाउन सकिने छैन।’ 26 “‘तर यो कुरा यहूदाका राजा योशियाहलाई भन जसले तिमीहरूलाई परमप्रभु सित सोध्नु पठाउनुभयो यही परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वर तिमीहरूले सुनेक वचनहरू बारेमा भन्नुहुन्छ। 27 योशियाह जब तैंले यो भूमि अनि बासिन्दाहरूको विषयमा कुराहरू सुनिस् तैंले आफैंलाई नम्र बनाइस् अनि तेरो लुगाहरू च्यातिस्। तँ मेरो सामुन्ने रोइस् अनि मैले यो सुने यसकारण तेरो हृदय कोमल छ। 28 म तँलाई तेरो पिता-पुर्खाहरू कहाँ लाने छु। तँ तेरो चिहानमा शान्तिसित जाने छस्। तैंले कुनै पनि दुःख कष्टहरू देख्नु पर्ने छैन जो म यो स्थान माथि अनि यहाँ बस्ने मानिसहरू माथि ल्याउने छु।’” हिल्कियाह अनि राजाका सेवकहरू यो संन्देश लिएर राजा योशियाह कहाँ फर्के। 29 तब राजा योशियाहले यहूदा अनि यरूशलेमका सबै अग्रज मानिसहरूलाई आउनु अनि तिनीसित भेट्नु भनी बोलाए। 30 राजा परमप्रभुको मन्दिर सम्म गए। यहूदाका सबै मानिसहरू, अनि यरूशलेममा बस्ने मानिसहरू, पूजाहारीहरू लेवीहरू अनि सबै मुख्य अनि साधरण मानिसहरू योशियाहसाथ थिए। योशियाहले तिनीहरूलाई करारको पुस्तकमा भएका सबै कुराहरू पढेर सुनाए। त्यो पुस्तक परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा पाइएको थियो। 31 तब राजा आफ्ना स्थानमा उभिए। तिनले परमप्रभुसित करार गरे। तिनी परमप्रभुको अनुशरण गर्न अनि परमप्रभुको आदेश, नियम, विधिहरू पालन गर्न सहमत भए। योशियाहले आफ्नो सम्पूर्ण हृदय अनि आत्माद्वारा आज्ञा पालन गर्न सहमत भए। तिनी यो पुस्तकमा लेखिएका करारका कुराहरू पालन गर्न सहमत भए। 32 तब योशियाहले यरूशलेम अनि बिन्यामीनका सबै मानिसहरूलाई करार स्वीकार गर्न प्रतिज्ञा गराए। यरूशलेमका मानिसहरूले परमेश्वरको आज्ञापालन गरे, जसरी तिनीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरूले परमेश्वरलाई पछ्याएका थिए। 33 इस्राएलका मानिसहरू सित बिभिन्न देशका मूर्तिहरू थिए। तर योशियाहले ती भयानक मूर्तिहरू सबै ध्वस्त गरिदिए। योशियाहले इस्राएलका सबै मानिसहरूलाई परमप्रभु तिनीहरूका परमेश्वरको सेवा गर्न लगाए। अनि जब सम्म योशियाह जीवित थिए तब सम्म मानिसहरूले तिनीहरूका पुर्खाहरूका परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको सेवा गरिरहे।