II Livro dos Reis 23

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 O rei convocou à sua presença todos os anciãos de Judá e de Jerusalém,	1 And they brought the king word again what she had said. And he sent: and all the ancients of Juda and Jerusalem were assembled to him.
2 e subiu ao templo do Senhor com todos os homens de Judá e todos os habitantes de Jerusalém, os sacerdotes, profetas e todo o povo, pequenos e grandes. Leu então, diante deles, o texto completo do livro da Aliança que fora descoberto no templo do Senhor.	2 And the king went up to the temple of the Lord, and all the men of Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, the priests and the prophets, and all the people both little and great: and in the hearing of them all he read all the words of the book of the covenant, which was found in the house of the Lord.
3 O rei, de pé na tribuna, renovou a aliança em presença do Senhor, comprometendo-se a seguir o Senhor, a observar os seus mandamentos, suas instruções e suas leis, de todo o seu coração e de toda a sua alma, e a cumprir todas as cláusulas da aliança contida no livro. Todo o povo concordou com essa aliança.	3 And the king stood upon the step: and made a covenant with the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies and his ceremonies, with all their heart, and with all their soul, and to perform the words of this covenant, which were written in that book: and the people agreed to the covenant.
4 O rei ordenou em seguida ao sumo sacerdote Helcias, aos sacerdotes da segunda ordem e aos porteiros, que jogassem fora do templo do Senhor todos os objetos fabricados para o culto de Baal, de asserá e de todo o exército dos céus; fê-los queimar fora de Jerusalém, nos campos do Cedron, e mandou levar as suas cinzas para Betel.	4 And the king commanded Helcias the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burnt them without Jerusalem in the valley of Cedron, and he carried the ashes of them to Bethel.
5 Despediu os sacerdotes dos ídolos que os reis de Judá tinham estabelecido para oferecer o incenso nos lugares altos, nas cidades de Judá e nos arredores de Jerusalém, assim como os sacerdotes que ofereciam incenso a Baal, ao sol, à luz, aos sinais do zodíaco e a todo o exército dos céus.	5 And he destroyed the soothsayers, whom the kings of Juda had appointed to sacrifice in the high places in the cities of Juda, and round about Jerusalem: them also that burnt incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to the twelve signs, and to all the host of heaven.
6 Mandou tirar do templo do Senhor o ídolo asserá e levá-lo para fora de Jerusalém, para o vale do Cedron, onde o queimaram. Depois de tê-lo reduzido a cinzas, mandou-as lançar sobre os sepulcros do povo.	6 And he caused the grove to be carried out from the house of the Lord without Jerusalem to the valley of Cedron, and he burnt it there, and reduced it to dust, and cast the dust upon the graves of the common people.
7 Destruiu os apartamentos das prostitutas que se encontravam no templo do Senhor, onde as mulheres teciam vestes para asserá.	7 He destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women wove as it were little dwellings for the grove.
8 Convocou todos os sacerdotes das cidades de Judá, profanou os lugares altos onde os sacerdotes tinham oferecido incenso, desde Gabaa até Bersabéia, e destruiu o lugar alto das portas, à entrada da casa de Josué, prefeito da cidade, que ficava à esquerda de quem entra na cidade por essa porta.	8 And he gathered together all the priests out of the cities of Juda: and he defiled the high places, where the priests offered sacrifice, from Gabaa to Bersabee: and he broke down the altars of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Josue governor of tile city, which was on the left hand of the gate of the city.
9 Entretanto, os sacerdotes dos lugares altos não subiam ao altar do Senhor em Jerusalém, mas comiam somente dos pães ázimos no meio de seus irmãos.	9 However the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem: but only ate of the unleavened bread among their brethren.
10 Profanou também Tofet, no vale do filho de Enom, a fim de que ninguém fizesse passar pelo fogo seu filho ou sua filha em honra de Moloc.	10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom: that no man should consecrate there his son or his daughter through fire to Moloch.
11 Fez desaparecer também os cavalos que os reis de Judá tinham dedicado ao sol, à entrada do templo do Senhor, junto do pavilhão do eunuco Natã-Melec, no recinto, e queimou os carros do sol.	11 And he took away the horses which the kings of Juda had given to the sun, at the entering in of the temple of the Lord, near the chamber of Nathanmelech the eunuch, who was in Pharurim: and he burnt the chariots of the sun with fire.
12 O rei destruiu os altares que tinham sido construídos pelos reis de Judá no terraço da câmara superior de Acaz, e os que Manassés tinha levantado nos dois átrios do templo do Senhor; quebrou-os, levou-os dali e lançou as cinzas deles na torrente do Cedron.	12 And the altars that were upon the top of the upper chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Juda had made, and the altars which Manasses had made in the two courts of the temple of the Lord, the king broke down: and he ran from thence, and cast the ashes of them into the torrent Cedron.
13 O rei profanou igualmente os lugares altos situados defronte de Jerusalém, à direita do monte da Perdição. Salomão, rei de Israel, tinha-os levantado em honra de Astarte, ídolo abominável dos sidônios, de Camos, ídolo abominável dos moabitas, e de Melcom, ídolo abominável dos amonitas.	13 The high places also that were at Jerusalem on the right side of the Mount of Offence, O which Solomon king of Israel had built to Astaroth the idol of the Sidonians, and to Chamos the scandal of Moab, and to Melchom the abomination of the children of Ammon, the king defiled.
14 Quebrou as estátuas, cortou os ídolos asserás e encheu o lugar com ossos humanos.	14 And he broke in pieces the statues, and cut down the groves: and he filled their places with the bones of dead men.
15 Destruiu também o altar de Betel e o lugar alto que tinha edificado Jeroboão, filho de Nabat, que arrastara Israel ao pecado. Ele os destruiu, queimou e reduziu a cinzas o lugar alto, incendiando igualmente a asserá.	15 Moreover the altar also that was at Bethel, and the high place, which Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, had made: both the altar, and the high place he broke down and burnt, and reduced to powder, and burnt the grove.
16 Josias, olhando em torno de si, viu os túmulos que havia sobre a colina; mandou buscar os ossos dos sepulcros e queimou-os no altar. Este altar foi assim profanado, segundo o oráculo que o Senhor tinha proferido pelo homem de Deus que havia predito essas coisas.	16 And as Josias turned himself, he saw there the sepulchres that were in the mount: and he sent and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burnt them upon the altar, and defiled it according to the word of the Lord, which the man of God spoke, who had foretold these things.
17 E o rei perguntou: Que monumento é esse que eu vejo? Os habitantes da cidade responderam-lhe: É o túmulo do homem de Deus que veio de Judá, e que predisse tudo o que fizeste ao altar de Betel.	17 And he said: What is that monument which I see? And the men of that city answered: It is the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Juda, and foretold these things which thou hast done upon the altar of Bethel.
18 Deixai-o, disse o rei; paz aos seus ossos. E os seus ossos ficaram intactos, assim como os ossos do profeta que tinha vindo de Samaria.	18 And he said: Let him alone, let no man move his bones. So his bones were left untouched with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
19 Josias destruiu assim todos os santuários dos lugares altos que se encontravam nas cidades de Samaria, e que os reis de Israel tinham edificado, para grande cólera do Senhor. Fez deles o que tinha feito do altar de Betel.	19 Moreover all the temples of the high places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord, Josias took away: and he did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
20 Matou todos os sacerdotes dos lugares altos que ali havia, e queimou sobre esses altares ossos humanos. Depois voltou para Jerusalém.	20 And he slew all the priests of the high places, that were there, upon the altars: and he burnt men's bones upon them: and returned to Jerusalem.
21 O rei deu esta ordem a todo o povo: Celebrareis a Páscoa em honra do Senhor, vosso Deus, segundo as prescrições do livro da Aliança.	21 And he commanded all the people, saying: Keep the phase to the Lord your God, according as it is written in the book of this covenant.
22 Jamais se celebrou Páscoa semelhante, desde a época dos juízes que tinham regido Israel, e durante todo o tempo dos reis de Israel e de Judá.	22 Now there was no such a phase kept from the days of the judges, who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Juda,
23 Esta Páscoa foi celebrada em honra do Senhor em Jerusalém, no décimo oitavo ano do reinado de Josias.	23 As was this phase that was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josias.
24 Josias acabou também com os necromantes, os adivinhos, os terafins, os ídolos e as abominações que se viam na terra de Judá e em Jerusalém, pois queria obedecer às prescrições da lei tais quais figuravam no livro que o sacerdote Helcias descobriu no templo do Senhor.	24 Moreover the diviners by spirits, and soothsayers, and the figures of idols, and the uncleannesses, and the abominations, that had been in the land of Juda, and Jerusalem, Josias took away: that he might perform the words of the law, that were written in the book which Helcias the priest had found in the temple of the Lord.
25 Não houve jamais, antes de Josias, um rei que se convertesse como ele ao Senhor, de todo o seu coração, de toda a sua alma e de todas as suas forças, seguindo em tudo a lei de Moisés; nem depois dele houve outro semelhante.	25 There was no king before him like unto him, that returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with ail his strength, according to all the law of Moses: neither after him did there arise any like him.
26 Contudo, por causa dos crimes com que Manassés o tinha irritado, o Senhor não abrandou a violência de seu furor contra Judá,	26 But yet the Lord turned not away from the wrath of his great indignation, wherewith his anger was kindled against Juda: because of the provocations, wherewith Manasses had provoked him.
27 porque tinha dito: Expulsarei também Judá para longe de mim, como rejeitei Israel; rejeitarei esta cidade de Jerusalém que escolhi, e o templo do qual eu disse: Aqui residirá o meu nome.	27 And the Lord said: I will remove Juda also from before my face, as I have removed Israel: and I will cast off this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the house, of which I said: My name shall be there.
28 O resto da história de Josias, seus atos e grandes feitos, tudo se acha consignado no livro das Crônicas dos reis de Judá.	28 Now the rest of the acts of Josias, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?
29 Durante o seu reinado, o faraó Necao, rei do Egito, subiu contra o rei da Assíria, na direção do Eufrates. O rei Josias saiu-lhe ao encontro, mas foi morto pelo faraó em Magedo, logo no primeiro combate.	29 In his days Pharao Nechao king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josias went to meet him: and was slain at Mageddo, when he had seen him.
30 Seus servos transportaram seu cadáver num carro, de Magedo a Jerusalém, e sepultaram-no em seu sepulcro. O povo elegeu então Joacaz, filho de Josias, que foi ungido e aclamado rei em lugar de seu pai.	30 And his servants carried him dead from Mageddo: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in Iris own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias: and they anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
31 Joacaz tinha vinte e três anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou durante três meses em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Amital, filha de Jeremias, natural de Lobna.	31 Joachaz was three and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Amital, the daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.
32 Fez o mal diante do Senhor, assim como o tinham feito seus pais.	32 And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
33 O faraó Necao acorrentou-o em Rebla, na terra de Emat, de modo que ele não reinou mais em Jerusalém, e impôs à terra uma contribuição de cem talentos de prata e um talento de ouro.	33 And Pharao Nechao bound him at Rebla, which is in the land of Emath, that he should not reign in Jerusalem: and he set a fine upon the land, of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
34 O faraó Necao estabeleceu Eliacim, filho de Josias, no trono, em lugar de seu pai Josias, e mudou-lhe o nome para Joaquim. Quanto a Joacaz, foi levado para o Egito, onde morreu.	34 And Pharao Nechao made Eliacim the son of Josias king in the room of Josias his father: and turned his name to Joakim. And he took Joachaz away and carried him into Egypt, and he died there.
35 Joaquim deu ao faraó a prata e o ouro exigidos, mas, para fornecer o peso estipulado, exigiu-o do povo, fixando a quantia que cada um devia pagar, e levantou essa contribuição de ouro e de prata para dar ao faraó Necao.	35 And Joakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharao, after he had taxed the land for every man, to contribute according to the commandment of Pharao: and he exacted both the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every man according to his ability: to give to Pharao Nechao.
36 Joaquim tinha vinte e cinco anos quando começou a reinar. Seu reino durou onze anos em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Zebida, filha de Fadaías, natural de Ruma.	36 Joakim was five and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Zebida the daughter of Phadaia of Ruma.
37 Fez o mal aos olhos do Senhor, como o tinham feito seus pais.	37 And he did evil before the Lord according to all that his fathers had done.