II Chronicles 35

وَعَمِلَ يُوشِيَّا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ فِصْحًا لِلرَّبِّ، وَذَبَحُوا الْفِصْحَ فِي الرَّابعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ.

Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

وَأَقَامَ الْكَهَنَةَ عَلَى حِرَاسَاتِهِمْ وَشَدَّدَهُمْ لِخِدْمَةِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,

وَقَالَ لِلاَّوِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يُعَلِّمُونَ كُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ، الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مُقَدَّسِينَ لِلرَّبِّ: «اجْعَلُوا تَابُوتَ الْقُدْسِ فِي الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي بَنَاهُ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ. لَيْسَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَحْمِلُوا عَلَى الأَكْتَافِ. الآنَ اخْدِمُوا الرَّبَّ إِلهَكُمْ وَشَعْبَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,

وَأَعِدُّوا بُيُوتَ آبَائِكُمْ حَسَبَ فِرَقِكُمْ، حَسَبَ كِتَابَةِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَحَسَبَ كِتَابَةِ سُلَيْمَانَ ابْنِهِ.

And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

وَقَفُوا فِي الْقُدْسِ حَسَبَ أَقْسَامِ بُيُوتِ آبَاءِ إِخْوَتِكُمْ بَنِي الشَّعْبِ وَفِرَقِ بُيُوتِ آبَاءِ اللاَّوِيِّينَ،

And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.

وَاذْبَحُوا الْفِصْحَ وَتَقَدَّسُوا وَأَعِدُّوا إِخْوَتَكُمْ لِيَعْمَلُوا حَسَبَ كَلاَمِ الرَّبِّ عَنْ يَدِ مُوسَى».

So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

وَأَعْطَى يُوشِيَّا لِبَنِي الشَّعْبِ غَنَمًا، حُمْلاَنًا وَجِدَاءً، جَمِيعَ ذلِكَ لِلْفِصْحِ لِكُلِّ الْمَوْجُودِينَ إِلَى عَدَدِ ثَلاَثِينَ أَلْفًا وَثَلاَثَةِ آلاَفٍ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ. هذِهِ مِنْ مَالِ الْمَلِكِ.

And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.

وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُ قَدَّمُوا تَبَرُّعًا لِلشَّعْبِ وَالْكَهَنَةِ وَاللاَّوِيِّينَ حِلْقِيَا وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيِئِيلَ رُؤَسَاءِ بَيْتِ اللهِ. أَعْطَوْا الْكَهَنَةَ لِلْفِصْحِ أَلْفَيْنِ وَسِتَّ مِئَةٍ، وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ ثَلاَثَ مِئَةٍ.

And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.

وَكُونَنْيَا وَشِمْعِيَا وَنِثْنِئِيلُ أَخَوَاهُ وَحَشَبْيَا وَيَعِيئِيلُ وَيُوزَابَادُ رُؤَسَاءُ اللاَّوِيِّينَ قَدَّمُوا لِلاَوِيِّينَ لِلْفِصْحِ خَمْسَةَ آلاَفٍ، وَمِنَ الْبَقَرِ خَمْسَ مِئَةٍ.

Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.

فَتَهَيَّأَتِ الْخِدْمَةُ، وَقَامَ الْكَهَنَةُ فِي مَقَامِهِمْ وَاللاَّوِيُّونَ فِي فِرَقِهِمْ حَسَبَ أَمْرِ الْمَلِكِ،

So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.

وَذَبَحُوا الْفِصْحَ. وَرَشَّ الْكَهَنَةُ مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمْ، وَأَمَّا اللاَّوِيُّونَ فَكَانُوا يَسْلَخُونَ.

And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.

وَرَفَعُوا الْمُحْرَقَةَ لِيُعْطُوا حَسَبَ أَقْسَامِ بُيُوتِ الآبَاءِ لِبَنِي الشَّعْبِ، لِيُقَرِّبُوا لِلرَّبِّ كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي سِفْرِ مُوسَى. وَهكَذَا بِالْبَقَرِ.

And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.

وَشَوَوْا الْفِصْحَ بِالنَّارِ كَالْمَرْسُومِ. وَأَمَّا الأَقْدَاسُ فَطَبَخُوهَا فِي الْقُدُورِ وَالْمَرَاجِلِ وَالصِّحَافِ، وَبَادَرُوا بِهَا إِلَى جَمِيعِ بَنِي الشَّعْبِ.

And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.

وَبَعْدُ أَعَدُّوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلِلْكَهَنَةِ، لأَنَّ الْكَهَنَةَ بَنِي هَارُونَ كَانُوا عَلَى إِصْعَادِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ وَالشَّحْمِ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ. فَأَعَدَّ اللاَّوِيُّونَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَلِلْكَهَنَةِ بَنِي هَارُونَ.

And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

وَالْمُغَنُّونَ بَنُو آسَافَ كَانُوا فِي مَقَامِهِمْ حَسَبَ أَمْرِ دَاوُدَ وَآسَافَ وَهَيْمَانَ وَيَدُوثُونَ رَائِي الْمَلِكِ. وَالْبَوَّابُونَ عَلَى بَابٍ فَبَابٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَحِيدُوا عَنْ خِدْمَتِهِمْ، لأَنَّ إِخْوَتَهُمُ اللاَّوِيِّينَ أَعَدُّوا لَهُمْ.

And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

فَتَهَيَّأَ كُلُّ خَدَمَةِ الرَّبِّ فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ لِعَمَلِ الْفِصْحِ وَإِصْعَادِ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ حَسَبَ أَمْرِ الْمَلِكِ يُوشِيَّا.

So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

وَعَمِلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمَوْجُودُونَ الْفِصْحَ فِي ذلِكَ الْوَقْتِ، وَعِيدَ الْفَطِيرِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ.

And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

وَلَمْ يُعْمَلْ فِصْحٌ مِثْلُهُ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَيَّامِ صَمُوئِيلَ النَّبِيِّ. وَكُلُّ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَعْمَلُوا كَالْفِصْحِ الَّذِي عَمِلَهُ يُوشِيَّا وَالْكَهَنَةُ وَاللاَّوِيُّونَ وَكُلُّ يَهُوذَا وَإِسْرَائِيلَ الْمَوْجُودِينَ وَسُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةَ عَشَرَةَ لِمُلْكِ يُوشِيَّا عُمِلَ هذَا الْفِصْحُ.

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.

بَعْدَ كُلِّ هذَا حِينَ هَيَّأَ يُوشِيَّا الْبَيْتَ، صَعِدَ نَخُوُ مَلِكُ مِصْرَ إِلَى كَرْكَمِيشَ لِيُحَارِبَ عِنْدَ الْفُرَاتِ. فَخَرَجَ يُوشِيَّا لِلِقَائِهِ.

After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ رُسُلاً يَقُولُ: «مَا لِي وَلَكَ يَا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا! لَسْتُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْتَ الْيَوْمَ، وَلكِنْ عَلَى بَيْتِ حَرْبِي، وَاللهُ أَمَرَ بِإِسْرَاعِي. فَكُفَّ عَنِ اللهِ الَّذِي مَعِي فَلاَ يُهْلِكَكَ».

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

وَلَمْ يُحَوِّلْ يُوشِيَّا وَجْهَهُ عَنْهُ بَلْ تَنَكَّرَ لِمُقَاتَلَتِهِ، وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ لِكَلاَمِ نَخُوٍ مِنْ فَمِ اللهِ، بَلْ جَاءَ لِيُحَارِبَ فِي بُقْعَةِ مَجِدُّو.

Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

وَأَصَابَ الرُّمَاةُ الْمَلِكَ يُوشِيَّا، فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ لِعَبِيدِهِ: «انْقُلُونِي لأَنِّي جُرِحْتُ جِدًّا».

And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

فَنَقَلَهُ عَبِيدُهُ مِنَ الْمَرْكَبَةِ وَأَرْكَبُوهُ عَلَى الْمَرْكَبَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ الَّتِي لَهُ، وَسَارُوا بِهِ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ فَمَاتَ وَدُفِنَ فِي قُبُورِ آبَائِهِ. وَكَانَ كُلُّ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ يَنُوحُونَ عَلَى يُوشِيَّا.

His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

وَرَثَى إِرْمِيَا يُوشِيَّا. وَكَانَ جَمِيعُ الْمُغَنِّينَ وَالْمُغَنِّيَاتِ يَنْدُبُونَ يُوشِيَّا فِي مَرَاثِيهِمْ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ، وَجَعَلُوهَا فَرِيضَةً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَهَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي الْمَرَاثِي.

And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ يُوشِيَّا وَمَرَاحِمُهُ حَسْبَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي نَامُوسِ الرَّبِّ.

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,

وَأُمُورُهُ الأُولَى وَالأَخِيرَةُ، هَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ مُلُوكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا.

And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.