| 1 Eles referiram ao rei o que a profetiza tinha dito. O rei mandou juntar em sua presença todos a anciães de Judá e de Jerusalém | 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 e foi a o templo do Senhor, com todos os homens de Judá e todos os que habitavam em Jerusalém, os sacerdotes e os profetas, e todo o povo, desde o mais pequeno ao maior, e leu, ouvindo todos eles, todas as palavras do livro da aliança, que tinha sido achado na casa do Senhor. | 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 O rei pôs-se em pé sobre a tribuna e fez a aliança, diante do Senhor, de que (todos) andariam pelo caminho do Senhor e observariam os seus preceitos, ordenações e cerimônias, de todo o seu coração e com toda a sua alma, cumprindo as palavras desta aliança, que estavam escritas naquele livro. O povo concordou com este 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 A seguir, o rei mandou ao pontífice Helcias, aos sacerdotes da segunda ordem e aos porteiros, que lançassem fora do templo do Senhor todos os vasos que tinham sido feitos para Baal, para Astarte e para toda a milícia do céu; queimou-os fora de Jerusalém, no vale do Cedron, e fez levar as suas cinzas para Betel. | 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 Exterminou os agoureiros, que tinham sido constituídos pelos reis de Judá para sacrificarem nos lugares altos nas cidades de Judá e nos arredores de Jerusalém, assim como os que queimavam incenso a Baal, ao sol, à lua, aos doze signos e a toda a milícia do céu. | 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 Mandou que se levasse o ídolo de Astarte da casa do Senhor para fora de Jerusalém, para o vale do Cedron; queimou-o aí, reduziu-o a cinzas, e mandou-as lançar sobre os sepulcros do povo. | 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 Derrubou os lugares de prostituição idolátrica, que havia na casa do Senhor, e nos quais as mulheres teciam uns como pavilhões para Astarte. | 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 Juntou todos os sacerdotes das cidades de Judá e profanou os altos, onde os sacerdotes sacrificavam, desde Gabaa até Bersabé, e destruiu os altares das portas à entrada da casa de Josué, governador da cidade, que ficava à esquerda da porta da cidade. | 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 Nem os sacerdotes dos altos (dali em diante) subiam ao altar do Senhor em Jerusalém, mas comiam semente do pão ázimo o no meio de seus irmãos. | 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 Profanou também o lugar de Tofet, que está no vale do filho de Enom, para que ninguém sacrificasse seu filho ou filha pelo fogo a Moloc. | 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 Tirou também os cavalos que os reis de Judá tinham consagrado ao sol, à entrada do templo do Senhor, perto da pousada do eunuco Natanmelec, que estava em Farurim, e queimou os carros do sol. | 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 O rei destruiu também os altares que estavam sobre o terraço da câmara de Acaz, os quais os reis de Judá tinham feito, e os altares que Manassés tinha construído nos dois átrios do templo do Senhor; e correu daí, e lançou as cinzas deles na torrente do 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 Profanou também o rei os lugares altos que havia em Jerusalém, na parte direita do monte (Olivete chamado) da Perdição, os quais Salomão, rei de Israel tinha edificado a Astarte, ídolo dos Sidónios, e a Camos, abominação de Moab, e a Melcom, abominação dos filhos de Amon. | 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 Fez em pedaços as estátuas, cortou os ascheras e encheu estes lugares de ossadas de mortos. | 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 Também o altar que havia em Betel, e o lugar alto que tinha edificado Jeroboão, filho de Nabat, o qual tinha feito pecar a Israel, ele os destruiu, queimou e reduziu a cinzas, incendiando igualmente o aschera. | 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 Josias, voltando, viu neste lugar os sepulcros, que havia pelo monte; mandou tirar os ossos dos sepulcros, queimou-os sobre o altar, e profanou-o segundo a palavra do Senhor, que tinha pronunciado o homem de Deus que tinha predito estas coisas. | 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 E disse; De quem é aquele monumento que eu vejo? Os cidadãos daquela cidade responderam-lhe; É o sepulcro do homem de Deus, que veio de Judá e que predisse estas coisas que tu fizeste sobre o altar de Betel. | 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 Ele disse; Deixai-o, ninguém toque nos seus ossos. E os seus ossos ficaram intactos, com os ossos do profeta que tinha vindo da 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 Destruiu também Josias todos os santuários dos lugares altos, que havia nas cidade da Samaria, os quais os reis de Israel tinham edificado, com irritação do Senhor, e fez-lhes tudo o que tinha feito em Betel. | 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 Matou todos os sacerdotes dos lugares altos, que neles estavam encarregados dos altares, e queimou sobre estes altares ossos humanos. Depois voltou a Jerusalém. | 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 O rei deu esta ordem a todo o povo; Celebrai a Páscoa em honra do Senhor vosso Deus, do modo que está escrito no livro desta aliança. | 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 Jamais se celebrou Páscoa igual, desde o tempo dos juízes que julgaram Israel, e durante todo o tempo dos reis de Israel e dos reis de Judá, | 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 Páscoa igual a esta, que se celebrou em honra do Senhor, em Jerusalém no ano décimo oitavo do rei Josias. | 23 as this Passover, which was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josiah. |
| 24 Josias aboliu também os necromantes e os adivinhos, os ídolos, as imundícies e as abominações que tinha havido no país de Judá e em Jerusalém, para cumprir as palavras da lei, que estavam escritas no livro que o pontífice Helcias achou no templo do Senhor. | 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 Não houve rei antes de Josias que lhe fosse semelhante, que se convertesse ao Senhor de todo o coração, de toda a sua alma e com toda a sua força, seguindo em tudo a lei de Moisés; nem depois dele houve outro semelhante. | 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 Contudo o Senhor não desistiu do seu extremo furor, com que se tinha acendido a sua indignação contra Judá, por causa dos crimes com que Manassés o tinha irritado (e porque o povo, apesar do zelo de Josias, continuava a ser presa da idolatria e da imoralidade). | 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 Por isso o Senhor disse: Eu arrojarei também Judá de diante da minha face, como arrojei Israel, e abandonarei esta cidade de Jerusalém, que escolhi, e esta casa, da qual eu disse: O meu nome estará ali. | 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 O resto das acções de Josias, tudo o que ele fez, está escrito no livro das Crônicas dos reis de Judá. | 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 No seu reinado, o Faraó Necao, rei do Egipto, marchou contra o rei dos Assírios, para a banda do Eufrates. O rei Josias foi-lhe ao encontro, mas foi morto em Magedo, logo que (Necao) o viu. | 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 Seus servos levaram-no morto de Magedo e transportaram-no a Jerusalém, onde o sepultaram no seu sepulcro. O povo do país tomou Joacaz, filho de Josias, ungiu-o e constituiu-o rei, em lugar de seu pai. | 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 Tinha Joacaz vinte e três anos, quando começou reinar, e reinou três meses em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Amital, filha de Jeremias, 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 Ele fez o mal diante do Senhor, segundo tudo o que tinham feito seus pais. | 32 And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. |
| 33 O Faraó Necao prendeu-o em Rebla, que está no país de Emat, para que ele não reinasse em Jerusalém, e impôs ao país a contribuição de cem talentos de prata e dum talento de ouro. | 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 O Faraó Necao constituiu rei a Eliacim, filho de Josias, para reinar em lugar de Josias, seu pai, e mudou-lhe o nome em Joaquim. Quanto a Joacaz, conduziu-o ao Egipto onde morreu. | 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 Joaquim deu a Faraó a prata e o ouro do imposto que tinha estabelecido por cabeça sobre o país, para se pagar o tributo conforme a ordem de Faraó; exigiu de cada um do povo do país, na proporção dos seus teres, tanto prata como ouro, para dar ao Faraó Necao. | 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 Tinha Joaquim vinte e cinco anos, quando começou a reinar, e reinou onze anos em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Zébida, filha de Fadaia de Buma. | 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 Ele fez o mal diante do Senhor, segundo tudo o que tinham feito seus pais. | 37 And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that his fathers had done. |
