Secondo libro dei Re 23

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Qui misit, et congregati sunt ad eum omnes senes Iudae et Ierusalem;	1 And they reported to the king what she had said. And he sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to 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 And the king ascended to the temple of the Lord. And with him were all the men of Judah and all who were living in Jerusalem: the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great. And in the hearing of everyone, he read all the words of the book of the covenant, which was found in the house of the Lord.
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 And the king stood upon the step. And he struck a covenant before the Lord, so that they would walk after the Lord, and keep his precepts and testimonies and ceremonies, with all their heart and with all their soul, and so that they would carry out the words of this covenant, which had been written in that book. And the people agreed to 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 And the king instructed Hilkiah, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, so that they would cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels which had been made for Baal, and for the sacred grove, and for the entire army of heaven. And he burned them outside of Jerusalem, in the steep valley of Kidron. And he carried their dust into 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 And he destroyed the soothsayers, whom the kings of Judah had appointed to sacrifice in the high places throughout the cities of Judah, and all around Jerusalem, along with those who were burning incense to Baal, and to the Sun, and to the Moon, and to the twelve signs, and to the entire army 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 And he caused the sacred grove to be carried away from the house of the Lord, outside of Jerusalem, to the steep valley of Kidron. And he burned it there, and reduced it to dust. And he cast the dust over the graves of the common people.
7 Destruxit quoque aediculas prostibulorum, quae erant in domo Domini, in quibus mulieres texebant vestes pro Asera.	7 Also, he destroyed the small places of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women were weaving something like little houses in the sacred grove.
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 And he gathered together all the priests from the cities of Judah. And he defiled the high places, where the priests were sacrificing, from Geba as far as Beersheba. And he tore down the altars of the gates at the entrance to the gate of Joshua, the leader of the city, which was to the left of the gate of the city.
9 Verumtamen non ascendebant sacerdotes excelsorum ad altare Domini in Ierusalem, sed tantum comedebant azyma in medio fratrum suorum.	9 Yet truly, the priests of the high places did not ascend to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem. For they would only eat from the unleavened bread in the midst of their brothers.
10 Contaminavit quoque Topheth, quod est in convalle Benennom, ut nemo consecraret filium suum aut filiam per ignem Moloch.	10 Also, he defiled Topheth, which is in the steep valley of the son of Hinnom, so that no one would consecrate his son or his daughter, through fire, to 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 Also, he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the Sun, at the entrance to the temple of the Lord, beside the hallway of Nathan-melech, the eunuch, who was in Pharurim. And he burned the chariots of the Sun with 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 Also, the altars which were upon the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the temple of the Lord, the king destroyed. And he hurried from there, and he scattered their ashes into the torrent Kidron.
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 Also, the high places which were in Jerusalem, to the right side of the Mount of Offense, which Solomon, the king of Israel, had built to Ashtoreth, the idol of the Sidonians, and to Chemosh, the offense of Moab, and to Milcom, the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.
14 et contrivit lapides et succidit palos replevitque loca eorum ossibus mortuorum.	14 And he crushed the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves. And he filled their places with the bones of the dead.
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 Then too, the altar which was in Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made: both that altar and the high place he tore down, and burned, and reduced to dust. And then he also set fire to the sacred grove.
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 And in that place Josiah, turning, saw the sepulchers which were on the mount. And he sent and took the bones from the sepulchers. And he burned them upon the altar, and he defiled it in accord with the word of the Lord, which was spoken by the man of God, who had predicted these events.
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 And he said, “What is that monument that I see?” And the citizens of that city responded to him: “It is the sepulcher of the man of God, who came from Judah, and who predicted these events, which you have carried out concerning 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 And he said: “Permit him. Let no one move his bones.” And his bones have remained untouched, with the bones of the prophet who had arrived 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 Then too, all the shines of the high places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord, Josiah took away. And he acted toward them according to all the works that 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 And all the priests of the high places, who were in that place, he killed upon the altars. And he burned the bones of the men upon them. And he returned to Jerusalem.
21 Et praecepit omni populo dicens: “ Facite Pascha Domino Deo vestro secundum quod scriptum est in libro foederis huius ”.	21 And he instructed all the people, saying: “Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, according to what has been written in the book of this covenant.”
22 Nec enim factum est Pascha tale a diebus iudicum, qui iudicaverunt Israel, et omnibus diebus regum Israel et regum Iudae,	22 Now no similar Passover was kept, from the days of the judges, who judged Israel, and from all the days 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 as this Passover, which was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josiah.
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 Then too, Josiah took away those who divined by spirits, and the soothsayers, and the images of the idols, and the defilements, and the abominations, which had been in the land of Judah and Jerusalem, so that he might establish the words of the law, which were written in the book, which Hilkiah, the priest, 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 There was no king before him similar to him, who returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, in accord with the entire law of Moses. And after him, there rose up no one similar to 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 truly, the Lord did not turn away from the wrath of his great fury, his fury which was enraged against Judah because of the provocations by which Manasseh had provoked him.
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 And so the Lord said: “And now I will remove Judah from my face, just as I removed Israel. And I will cast aside this city, Jerusalem, which I have chosen, and the house, about which I said: My name shall be there.”
28 Reliqua autem gestorum Iosiae et universa, quae fecit, nonne haec scripta sunt in libro annalium regum Iudae?	28 Now the rest of the words of Josiah, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days 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 During his days, Pharaoh Neco, the king of Egypt, ascended against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates. And king Josiah went out to meet him. And when he had seen him, he was killed at Megiddo.
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 And his servants carried him dead from Megiddo. And they took him to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his own sepulcher. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah. And they anointed him, and made him king in place of 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 had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
32 Et fecit malum coram Domino iuxta omnia, quae fecerant patres eius.	32 And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that his fathers 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 And Pharaoh Neco bound him at Riblah, which is in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem. And he imposed a penalty on the land: one hundred talents of silver, and one 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 And Pharaoh Neco appointed Eliakim, the son of Josiah, as king in place of Josiah his father. And he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Then he took Jehoahaz away, and he brought him into Egypt, and there 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 Now Jehoiakim gave silver and gold to Pharaoh, when he had taxed the land, according to each one who would contribute by the command of Pharaoh. And he exacted both silver and gold from the people of the land, from each one according to his ability, so that he would give to 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 had begun to reign, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.
37 Et fecit malum coram Domino iuxta omnia, quae fecerant patres eius.	37 And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that his fathers had done.