2 Meʻa Hokohoko 35
1Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem. And they slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month.
1PEA naʻe fai foki ʻe Sosaia ʻa e kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu kia Sihova ʻi Selūsalema: pea naʻa nau tāmateʻi ʻae Lakaatu ʻi hono ʻaho hongofulu ma fā ʻoe ʻuluaki māhina.
2He appointed the priests to their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.
2Pea naʻa ne fokotuʻu ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻi honau ngaahi lakanga, ʻo ne tokoni ʻakinautolu ʻi he ngāue ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova.
3And he said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were holy to the LORD, “Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. You need not carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel.
3Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia ki he kau Livai ʻaia naʻe akonakiʻi ʻa ʻIsileli kotoa pē, ʻakinautolu naʻe māʻoniʻoni kia Sihova, “Mou ʻai ʻae puha māʻoniʻoni ʻi he fale naʻe langa ʻe Solomone ko e foha ʻo Tevita ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli: ʻe ʻikai ʻai ia ko e kavenga ki homou uma: ko eni mou tauhi ʻa Sihova ko homou ʻOtua, mo hono kakai ko ʻIsileli,
4Prepare yourselves according to your fathers’ houses by your divisions, as prescribed in the writing of David king of Israel and the document of Solomon his son.
4Pea teuteu ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ngaahi fale ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi tamai, ʻo fakatatau ki homou lakanga, ʻo taau mo e tohi ʻa Tevita ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, pea hangē ko e tohi ʻa Solomone ko hono foha.
5And stand in the Holy Place according to the groupings of the fathers’ houses of your brothers the lay people, and according to the division of the Levites by fathers’ household.
5Pea mou tuʻu ʻi he potu māʻoniʻoni ʻo fakatatau mo e vahe ʻoe ngaahi fale ʻoe ngaahi tamai ʻo homou kāinga ko e kakai, pea taau mo e vahe ʻoe ngaahi fale ʻoe kau Livai.
6And slaughter the Passover lamb, and consecrate yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of the LORD by Moses.”
6Ko ia mou tāmateʻi ʻae Lakaatu, pea fakamāʻoniʻoni ʻakimoutolu, pea teuteu homou ngaahi kāinga, koeʻuhi ke nau fai ʻo hangē ko e folofola ʻa Sihova ʻi he nima ʻo Mōsese.”
7Then Josiah contributed to the lay people, as Passover offerings for all who were present, lambs and young goats from the flock to the number of 30,000, and 3,000 bulls; these were from the king’s possessions.
7Pea naʻe foaki ʻe Sosaia ki he kakai, ʻi he fanga manu, ko e fanga lami mo e ʻuhikiʻi kosi, ko e meʻa foaki kotoa pē ki he kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu, maʻae kakai naʻe kātoa, ko e tolu mano, mo e fanga pulu ʻe tolu afe: naʻe ʻomi ʻae meʻa ni mei he koloa ʻae tuʻi.
8And his officials contributed willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the chief officers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 Passover lambs and 300 bulls.
8Pea naʻe foaki fiemālie pe ʻe hono houʻeiki ki he kakai, pea ki he kau taulaʻeiki, mo e kau Livai: ko Hilikia mo Sakalia mo Sehieli, ko e kau pule ki he fale ʻoe ʻOtua, naʻa nau foaki ki he kau taulaʻeiki ko e feilaulau ʻi he kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu, ko e fanga manu siʻi ko e ua afe mo e onongeau, mo e fanga pulu ʻe tolungeau.
9Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 lambs and young goats and 500 bulls.
9Pea ko Kononaia foki, mo Simaia mo Netanili, ko hono kāinga, mo Hesapaia mo Sehieli mo Sosapati, ko e kau tuʻukimuʻa ʻoe kau Livai, naʻa nau foaki ki he kau Livai ko e feilaulau ki he kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu, ko e fanga manu siʻi ʻe nima afe, mo e fanga pulu ʻe nimangeau.
10When the service had been prepared for, the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.
10Ko ia naʻe teuteu ʻae ngāue, pea naʻe tuʻu ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻi honau potu, mo e kau Livai ʻi honau lakanga, ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻae tuʻi.
11And they slaughtered the Passover lamb, and the priests threw the blood that they received from them while the Levites flayed the sacrifices.
11Pea naʻa nau tāmateʻi ʻae Lakaatu, pea naʻe luluku ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki ʻae toto mei honau nima, pea naʻe fohifohiʻi ʻae ngaahi manu ʻe he kau Livai.
12And they set aside the burnt offerings that they might distribute them according to the groupings of the fathers’ houses of the lay people, to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the Book of Moses. And so they did with the bulls.
12Pea naʻa nau hiki ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu, koeʻuhi ke nau foaki ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi vahe ʻoe ngaahi fale nofoʻanga ʻoe kakai, ke ʻatu kia Sihova, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻa Mōsese. Pea naʻa nau fai pehē pe ki he fanga pulu.
13And they roasted the Passover lamb with fire according to the rule; and they boiled the holy offerings in pots, in cauldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the lay people.
13Pea naʻa nau tunu ʻa e feilaulau ʻoe Lakaatu ʻaki ʻae afi ʻo fakatatau ki he tuʻutuʻuni: ka ko hono ngaahi meʻa māʻoniʻoni niʻihi naʻa nau haka ʻi he ngaahi kulo, mo e kulo lahi, mo e ngaahi ipu, pea tufa leva ia ki he kakai kotoa pē.
14And afterward they prepared for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were offering the burnt offerings and the fat parts until night; so the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.
14Pea hili ia naʻa nau teuteu maʻanautolu, pea maʻae kau taulaʻeiki: koeʻuhi naʻe moʻua ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻElone ʻi he ʻatu ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu mo e ngako, ʻo feʻunga mo e poʻuli: ko ia naʻe teuteu ai maʻanautolu ʻe he kau Livai, pea maʻae kau taulaʻeiki ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻElone.
15The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers were at each gate. They did not need to depart from their service, for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
15Pea naʻe ʻi honau potu ʻae kau hiva ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻAsafi, ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻa Tevita, mo ʻAsafi, mo Hemoni, mo Situtuni ko e tangata kikite ʻae tuʻi: pea naʻe tali ʻi he matapā ʻae kau leʻo matapā: koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa nau ʻalu mei heʻenau ngāue: he naʻe teuteuʻi maʻanautolu ʻe honau kāinga ko e kau Livai.
16So all the service of the LORD was prepared that day, to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.
16Pea pehē, naʻe teu ʻae ngāue kotoa pē ʻa Sihova ʻi he ʻaho kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu, pea ke ʻatu ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu ki he feilaulauʻanga ʻo Sihova, ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻae tuʻi ko Sosaia.
17And the people of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days.
17Pea naʻe fai ʻa e kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu ʻi he kuonga ko ia ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli naʻe ʻi ai, mo e kātoanga ʻoe mā taʻelēvani ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu.
18No Passover like it had been kept in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had kept such a Passover as was kept by Josiah, and the priests and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
18Pea naʻe ʻikai ha kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu ʻe fai ʻi ʻIsileli ʻo hangē ko ia talu ʻae ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Samuela ko e palōfita: pea naʻe ʻikai fai ha kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu ʻe he ngaahi tuʻi kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Sosaia, mo e kau taulaʻeiki, mo e kau Livai, mo Siuta kotoa pē mo ʻIsileli ʻaia naʻe kātoa, mo e kakai ʻo Selūsalema.
19In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was kept.
19Naʻe fai ʻa e kātoanga ʻoe Lakaatu ni ʻi hono hongofulu ma valu ʻoe taʻu ʻae pule ʻa Sosaia.
20After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him.
20Pea hili ʻae meʻa ni kotoa pē, pea ʻosi hono teuʻi ʻae faletapu ʻe Sosaia, naʻe ui hake ʻa Niko ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite ke tauʻi ʻa Kalikimisi ʻaia ʻoku ofi ki he ʻIufaletisi: pea naʻe ʻalu kituaʻā ʻa Sosaia ke tauʻi ia.
21But he sent envoys to him, saying, “What have we to do with each other, king of Judah? I am not coming against you this day, but against the house with which I am at war. And God has commanded me to hurry. Cease opposing God, who is with me, lest he destroy you.”
21Ka naʻa ne fekau ʻae kau tangata fekau kiate ia, ʻo pehē, “Ko e hā ʻeku kau kiate koe, ʻa koe ko e tuʻi ʻo Siuta? ʻOku ʻikai te u haʻu ke tauʻi koe he ʻaho ni, ka ki he fale ʻaia ʻoku ou tauʻi: he naʻe fekau au ʻe he ʻOtua ke u fakatoʻotoʻo: ke ke taʻofi koe ke ʻoua naʻa ke fie kau ki he ʻOtua, ʻaia ʻoku ʻiate au, telia naʻa ne tāmateʻi koe.”
22Nevertheless, Josiah did not turn away from him, but disguised himself in order to fight with him. He did not listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but came to fight in the plain of Megiddo.
22Ka naʻe ʻikai fie kalofaki ʻe Sosaia hono mata meiate ia, ka naʻa ne fakapuli ia, koeʻuhi ke na fai mo ia, pea naʻe ʻikai te ne tokanga ki he ngaahi lea ʻa Niko mei he fofonga ʻoe ʻOtua, ka naʻe haʻu ke tauʻi ia ʻi he teleʻa ʻo Mekito.
23And the archers shot King Josiah. And the king said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded.”
23Pea naʻe fana ʻe he kau fana ki he tuʻi ko Sosaia: pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, “ʻAve au mei heni: he kuo u lavea lahi.”
24So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in his second chariot and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
24Ko ia naʻe ʻave ai ia ʻe heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki mei he saliote ko ia, pea naʻe tuku ia ki hono ua ʻo ʻene saliote naʻa ne maʻu: pea naʻa nau ʻomi ia ki Selūsalema, pea pekia ia: pea nau tanu ia ʻi he tanuʻanga ʻe taha ʻo ʻene ngaahi tamai. Pea naʻe tangi mamahi ʻa Siuta mo Selūsalema koeʻuhi ko Sosaia.
25Jeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah; and all the singing men and singing women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made these a rule in Israel; behold, they are written in the Laments.
25Pea naʻe tangilāulau ʻa Selemaia koeʻuhi ko Sosaia: pea naʻe kau kia Sosaia ʻae lea ʻae kau tangata hiva kotoa pē mo e kau fefine hiva ʻi heʻenau ngaahi lea tangi ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni, pea naʻa nau fokotuʻu ia ko e meʻa fai maʻu ʻi ʻIsileli: pea vakai, kuo tohi ia ʻi he ngaahi tangilāulau.
26Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds according to what is written in the Law of the LORD,
26Pea ko eni, ko hono toe ʻoe ngāue ʻa Sosaia, mo ʻene angalelei, ʻo fakatatau ki ne meʻa naʻe tohi ʻi he fono ʻa Sihova,
27and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
27Pea mo ʻene ngaahi ngāue, ko e ʻuluaki mo e kimui, kuo tohi ia ʻi he tohi ki he ngaahi tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli mo Siuta.