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34 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. 4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. 5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. 8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God. 9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. 10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and amend the house: 11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. 12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick. 13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. 14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses. 15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. 16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it. 17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. 18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. 20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, 21 Go, enquire of the Lord for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book. 22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. 23 And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, 24 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah: 25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. 26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard; 27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord. 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again. 29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord. 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. 32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. And all his days they departed not from following the Lord, the God of their fathers. 35 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord, 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel, 4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. 5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. 6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance. 8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen. 9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. 10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment. 11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. 12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. 13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. 15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. 16 So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandment of king Josiah. 17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. 18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. 20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. 23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. 24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the Lord, 27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. 36 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. 5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. 6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. 10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. 11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord. 13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel. 14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. 15 And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy. 17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. 18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. 19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: 21 To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up. 19 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. 4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. 5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! 6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. 8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; 9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? 11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. 12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. 13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! 15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. 16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. 17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was Jesus Of Nazareth The King Of The Jews. 20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
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2 इतिहास 34Nepali 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।