Secondo libro dei Re 23

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Qui misit, et congregati sunt ad eum omnes senes Iudae et Ierusalem;	1 The king then had all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem summoned together before him.
2 ascenditque rex templum Domini et omnes viri Iudae universique, qui habitabant in Ierusalem cum eo, sacerdotes et prophetae et omnis populus a parvo usque ad magnum. Legitque, cunctis audientibus, omnia verba libri foederis, qui inventus est in domo Domini.	2 The king went up to the temple of the LORD with all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: priests, prophets, and all the people, small and great. He had the entire contents of the book of the covenant that had been found in the temple of the LORD, read out to them.
3 Stetitque rex super gradum suum et percussit foedus coram Domino, ut ambularent post Dominum et custodirent praecepta eius et testimonia et legitima in omni corde et in tota anima et suscitarent verba foederis huius, quae scripta erant in libro illo. Acquievitque universus populus pacto.	3 Standing by the column, the king made a covenant before the LORD that they would follow him and observe his ordinances, statutes and decrees with their whole hearts and souls, thus reviving the terms of the covenant which were written in this book. And all the people stood as participants in the covenant.
4 Et praecepit rex Helciae pontifici et sacerdotibus secundi ordinis et ianitoribus, ut proicerent de templo Domini omnia vasa, quae facta fuerant Baal et Aserae et universae militiae caeli; et combussit ea foris Ierusalem in convalle Cedron et tulit pulverem eorum in Bethel.	4 Then the king commanded the high priest Hilkiah, his vicar, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the objects that had been made for Baal, Asherah, and the whole host of heaven. He had these burned outside Jerusalem on the slopes of the Kidron and their ashes carried to Bethel.
5 Et delevit aedituos, quos posuerant reges Iudae ad sacrificandum in excelsis per civitates Iudae et in circuitu Ierusalem, et eos, qui adolebant Baal et soli et lunae et duodecim signis et omni militiae caeli.	5 He also put an end to the pseudo-priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the vicinity of Jerusalem, as well as those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, moon, and signs of the Zodiac, and to the whole host of heaven.
6 Et efferri fecit palum de domo Domini foras Ierusalem in convalle Cedron et combussit eum ibi et redegit in pulverem et proiecit super sepulcrum vulgi.	6 From the temple of the LORD he also removed the sacred pole, to the Kidron Valley, outside Jerusalem; there he had it burned and beaten to dust, which was then scattered over the common graveyard.
7 Destruxit quoque aediculas prostibulorum, quae erant in domo Domini, in quibus mulieres texebant vestes pro Asera.	7 He tore down the apartments of the cult prostitutes which were in the temple of the LORD, and in which the women wove garments for the Asherah.
8 Congregavitque omnes sacerdotes de civitatibus Iudae et contaminavit excelsa, ubi sacrificabant sacerdotes, de Gabaa usque Bersabee; et destruxit excelsa pilosorum in introitu portae Iosue principis civitatis, ad sinistram ingredientis portam civitatis.	8 He brought in all the priests from the cities of Judah, and then defiled, from Geba to Beer-sheba, the high places where they had offered incense. He also tore down the high place of the satyrs, which was at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, governor of the city, to the left as one enters the city gate.
9 Verumtamen non ascendebant sacerdotes excelsorum ad altare Domini in Ierusalem, sed tantum comedebant azyma in medio fratrum suorum.	9 The priests of the high places could not function at the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem; but they, along with their relatives, ate the unleavened bread.
10 Contaminavit quoque Topheth, quod est in convalle Benennom, ut nemo consecraret filium suum aut filiam per ignem Moloch.	10 The king also defiled Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, so that there would no longer be an immolation of sons or daughters by fire in honor of Molech.
11 Abstulit quoque equos, quos dederant reges Iudae soli in introitu templi Domini iuxta cubiculum Nathanmelech eunuchi, quod erat in Pharurim; currus autem solis combussit igne.	11 He did away with the horses which the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun; these were at the entrance of the temple of the LORD, near the chamber of Nathan-melech the eunuch, which was in the large building. The chariots of the sun he destroyed by fire.
12 Altaria quoque, quae erant super tectum cenaculi Achaz, quae fecerant reges Iudae, et altaria, quae fecerat Manasses in duobus atriis templi Domini, destruxit rex et contrivit ea ibi et dispersit cinerem eorum in torrentem Cedron.	12 He also demolished the altars made by the kings of Judah on the roof (the roof terrace of Ahaz), and the altars made by Manasseh in the two courts of the temple of the LORD. He pulverized them and threw the dust into the Kidron Valley.
13 Excelsa quoque, quae erant ex adverso Ierusalem ad dexteram partem montis Perditionis, quae aedificaverat Salomon rex Israel Astharoth idolo Sidoniorum et Chamos idolo Moab et Melchom idolo filiorum Ammon, polluit rex;	13 The king defiled the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Misconduct, which Solomon, king of Israel, had built in honor of Astarte, the Sidonian horror, of Chemosh, the Moabite horror, and of Milcom, the idol of the Ammonites.
14 et contrivit lapides et succidit palos replevitque loca eorum ossibus mortuorum.	14 He broke to pieces the pillars, cut down the sacred poles, and filled the places where they had been with human bones.
15 Insuper et altare, quod erat in Bethel, excelsum, quod fecerat Ieroboam filius Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israel, etiam altare illud et excelsum destruxit atque combussit et comminuit in pulverem succenditque palum.	15 Likewise the altar which was at Bethel, the high place built by Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin--this same altar and high place he tore down, breaking up the stones and grinding them to powder, and burning the Asherah.
16 Et conversus Iosias vidit ibi sepulcra, quae erant in monte, misitque et tulit ossa de sepulcris et combussit ea super altare et polluit illud iuxta verbum Domini, quod clamaverat vir Dei, cum staret Ieroboam in die festo ad altare. Et conversus elevavit oculos in sepulcrum viri Dei, qui clamaverat verba haec,	16 When Josiah turned and saw the graves there on the mountainside, he ordered the bones taken from the graves and burned on the altar, and thus defiled it in fulfillment of the word of the LORD which the man of God had proclaimed as Jeroboam was standing by the altar on the feast day. When the king looked up and saw the grave of the man of God who had proclaimed these words,
17 et ait: “ Quis est titulus ille, quem video? ”. Responderuntque ei cives illius urbis: “ Sepulcrum est hominis Dei, qui venit de Iuda et clamavit verba haec, quae fecisti super altare Bethel ”.	17 he asked, "What is that tombstone I see?" The men of the city replied, "It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and predicted the very things you have done to the altar of Bethel."
18 Et ait: “ Dimittite eum; nemo commoveat ossa eius ”. Et intacta manserunt ossa illius cum ossibus prophetae, qui venerat de Samaria.	18 "Let him be," he said, "let no one move his bones." So they left his bones undisturbed together with the bones of the prophet who had come from Samaria.
19 Insuper et omnia fana excelsorum, quae erant in civitatibus Samariae, quae fecerant reges Israel ad irritandum Dominum, abstulit Iosias et fecit eis secundum omnia opera, quae fecerat in Bethel.	19 Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places near the cities of Samaria which the kings of Israel had erected, thereby provoking the LORD; he did the very same to them as he had done in Bethel.
20 Et immolavit universos sacerdotes excelsorum, qui erant ibi super altaria, et combussit ossa humana super ea; reversusque est Ierusalem.	20 He slaughtered upon the altars all the priests of the high places that were at the shrines, and burned human bones upon them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
21 Et praecepit omni populo dicens: “ Facite Pascha Domino Deo vestro secundum quod scriptum est in libro foederis huius ”.	21 The king issued a command to all the people to observe the Passover of the LORD, their God, as it was prescribed in that book of the covenant.
22 Nec enim factum est Pascha tale a diebus iudicum, qui iudicaverunt Israel, et omnibus diebus regum Israel et regum Iudae,	22 No Passover such as this had been observed during the period when the Judges ruled Israel, or during the entire period of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah,
23 sicut in octavo decimo anno regis Iosiae factum est Pascha istud Domino in Ierusalem.	23 until the eighteenth year of king Josiah, when this Passover of the LORD was kept in Jerusalem.
24 Sed et pythones et hariolos et theraphim et idola abominationesque omnes, quae erant in terra Iudae et in Ierusalem, abstulit Iosias, ut statueret verba legis, quae scripta sunt in libro, quem invenit Helcias sacerdos in templo Domini.	24 Further, Josiah did away with the consultation of ghosts and spirits, with the household gods, idols, and all the other horrors to be seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, so that he might carry out the stipulations of the law written in the book that the priest Hilkiah had found in the temple of the LORD.
25 Similis illi non fuit ante eum rex, qui reverteretur ad Dominum in omni corde suo et in tota anima sua et in universa virtute sua iuxta omnem legem Moysi, neque post eum surrexit similis illi.	25 Before him there had been no king who turned to the LORD as he did, with his whole heart, his whole soul, and his whole strength, in accord with the entire law of Moses; nor could any after him compare with him.
26 Verumtamen non est aversus Dominus ab ira furoris sui magni, quo iratus est furor eius contra Iudam propter omnes irritationes, quibus provocaverat eum Manasses.	26 Yet, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had given, the LORD did not desist from his fiercely burning anger against Judah.
27 Dixit itaque Dominus: “ Etiam Iudam auferam a facie mea, sicut abstuli Israel, et proiciam civitatem hanc, quam elegi, Ierusalem et domum, de qua dixi: Erit nomen meum ibi ”.	27 The LORD said: "Even Judah will I put out of my sight as I did Israel. I will reject this city, Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, 'There shall my name be.'"
28 Reliqua autem gestorum Iosiae et universa, quae fecit, nonne haec scripta sunt in libro annalium regum Iudae?	28 The rest of the acts of Josiah, with all that he did, are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.
29 In diebus eius ascendit pharao Nechao rex Aegypti contra regem Assyriorum ad flumen Euphraten. Et abiit Iosias rex in occursum eius, qui occidit eum in Mageddo, cum vidisset eum.	29 In his time Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, went up toward the river Euphrates to the king of Assyria. King Josiah set out to confront him, but was slain at Megiddo at the first encounter.
30 Et portaverunt eum in curru servi sui mortuum de Mageddo et pertulerunt in Ierusalem et sepelierunt eum in sepulcro suo. Tulitque populus terrae Ioachaz filium Iosiae et unxerunt eum et constituerunt eum regem pro patre suo.	30 His servants brought his body on a chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem, where they buried him in his own grave. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, anointed him, and proclaimed him king to succeed his father.
31 Viginti trium annorum erat Ioachaz, cum regnare coepisset, et tribus mensibus regnavit in Ierusalem. Nomen matris eius Amital filia Ieremiae de Lobna.	31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother, whose name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah, was from Libnah.
32 Et fecit malum coram Domino iuxta omnia, quae fecerant patres eius.	32 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his forebears had done.
33 Vinxitque eum pharao Nechao in Rebla, quae est in terra Emath, ne regnaret in Ierusalem; et imposuit multam terrae centum talentis argenti et talento auri;	33 Pharaoh Neco took him prisoner at Riblah in the land of Hamath, thus ending his reign in Jerusalem. He imposed a fine upon the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
34 regemque constituit pharao Nechao Eliachim filium Iosiae pro Iosia patre eius vertitque nomen eius Ioachim. Porro Ioachaz tulit, et venit in Aegyptum et mortuus est ibi.	34 Pharaoh Neco then appointed Eliakim, son of Josiah, king in place of his father Josiah; he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Jehoahaz he took away with him to Egypt, where he died.
35 Argentum autem et aurum dedit Ioachim pharaoni, cum indixisset terrae, ut conferretur argentum iuxta praeceptum pharaonis; et secundum uniuscuiusque aestimationem exegit tam argentum quam aurum de populo terrae, ut daret pharaoni Nechao.	35 Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, but taxed the land to raise the amount Pharaoh demanded. He exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, from each proportionately, to pay Pharaoh Neco.
36 Viginti quinque annorum erat Ioachim, cum regnare coepisset, et undecim annis regnavit in Ierusalem. Nomen matris eius Zebida filia Phadaia de Ruma.	36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah, daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.
37 Et fecit malum coram Domino iuxta omnia, quae fecerant patres eius.	37 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his forebears had done.