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Josiah Make Da Passova
Spesho Religious Ceremony
(2 Kings 23:21-23)
1 Josiah make da Passova spesho religious kine ceremony fo Da One In Charge inside Jerusalem town. Da numba one month, da numba fourteen day, dey kill da bebe sheeps fo da Passova sacrifice. 2 Dis how dey do um: Josiah give all da pries guys dea kuleana, an give dem good kine words fo do dea work inside da Temple Fo Da One In Charge. 3 He tell da Levi guys dat teach all da Israel peopo wat God tell, an dat wen make um come spesho fo Da One In Charge: “Put da spesho Box Fo No Foget Da Deal inside da Temple dat David boy Solomon, da Israel king, wen build. From now, you guys no mo da kuleana fo carry da Box aroun on top yoa shouldas. Now, do odda kine work fo Da One In Charge, an fo his Israel peopo. 4 ✡Make ready yoa blood lines an teams, jalike da Israel king David an his boy Solomon wen write down da rule fo you.
5 “All aroun da Place Dat Stay Spesho Fo Da One In Charge, line up wit yoa Levi team dat all get da same ancesta. Ery Levi team get one lis wit da blood lines fo yoa braddah guys from da Israel ohana. Dey da ones dat yoa team suppose to help. 6 Make eryting ready fo help yoa braddah guys da Israel peopo. Make um fo you guys stay spesho fo Da One In Charge. Kill da bebe sheeps fo da Passova sacrifice. Do wat Da One In Charge wen tell Moses fo tell you guys fo do.”
7 Josiah give 30,000 bebe sheeps an goats, fo all da peopo dat not from da Levi ohana, fo dem make da Passova sacrifice. He give three tousan cows too, all from his animals.
8 His govmen leada guys like give to da peopo too, an to da pries an Levi guys. Hilkiah, Zekariah, an Jehiel, da guys dat stay in charge a da Temple Fo God, dey give da pries guys 2,600 bebe sheeps an goats fo make sacrifice fo da Passova, an 300 cows. 9 Da leadas fo da Levi guys, Conaniah an his braddah guys Shemaiah an Netanel, an Hashabiah, Jeiel, an Jozabad, dey give da Levi guys 5,000 bebe sheeps an goats fo da Passova sacrifices, an 500 cows.
10 Wen dey ready fo da spesho religious kine ceremony, da Passova, da pries guys stan wea dey suppose to stan, wit da Levi teams, jalike da king tell um fo do. 11 Da Levi guys kill da Passova bebe sheeps. Da pries guys sprinkle da blood dat da Levi guys pass to um. Den da Levi guys take da skin from da animals. 12 Da Levi guys kapu da fat part a da Passova sacrifices. Dey burn up da fat part fo da diffren families dat not from da Levi ohana. Dey burn up da fat part fo Da One In Charge, jalike Moses wen write inside his book. An dey do same same wit da cows. 13 ✡Dey pulehu da Passova animals on top da fire jalike dey suppose to, an boil da odda sacrifices dat stay spesho fo God inside da pots an pans, an give um to all da peopo real fas fo eat. 14 Afta dat, da Levi guys make da Passova sacrifices ready fo dem an fo da pries guys. Dey do um lidat cuz da pries guys dat come from Aaron stay make da burn up kine sacrifices an stay burn da fat parts fo da peopo till nite time. Dass how da Levi guys make da sacrifices ready fo dem an fo da pries guys dat come from Aaron.
15 ✡Da music guys dat come from Asaf, dey stay dea places, jalike David wen tell um fo do, David an Asaf, Heman, an Jedutun, da guy dat can see wass goin happen an tell da king bout um. Da Levi guys dat guard da Temple gates no need fo go way from dea place, cuz dea braddahs, da odda Levi guys, make da sacrifices ready fo dem.
16 So dat time, dey do all da tings dey suppose to do fo Da One In Charge. Dey make da Passova sacrifice an da burn up kine sacrifices on top da altar fo Da One In Charge, jalike King Josiah tell um fo do. 17 ✡Da Israel peopo dat stay dea dat time make da spesho religious ceremonies fo da Passova an fo da Bread Dat No Mo Yeast, fo seven days. 18 From da time wen Samuel, da guy dat talk fo God, stay alive, no mo nobody eva wen make da Passova lidat inside da Israel land. No mo anodda king fo da Israel peopo wen make da Passova lidat, da way Josiah make um. Josiah an da pries an Levi guys, an all da Judah an Israel peopo dat stay dea wit da Jerusalem peopo, do um togedda. 19 Da year numba eighteen wen Josiah stay king, dey make da Passova lidat.
Josiah Mahke
(2 Kings 23:28-30)
20 Josiah, he make eryting bout da Temple stay okay. But layta, da Egypt king Neko, go up fo make war by Karkemish nea da Eufrates Riva. So Josiah guys go out fo meet Neko guys an fight. 21 But Neko sen messenja guys by Josiah. He tell, “Eh! King fo Judah! I no like beef wit you. Dis time I no goin go afta you, I go afta odda guys. God wen tell me fo do um real fas. So you betta not go agains God, cuz he stay wit me! No good he go wipe out you guys.”
22 But Josiah no tell “Laytas” fo beef wit Neko. So Josiah dress fo look jalike anodda guy, an go out fo fight Neko. Josiah no lissen wat Neko tell, dat God stay wit Neko. Josiah go out fo fight Neko on top da Megiddo Plain.
23 Da guys wit bows an arrows hit King Josiah. Josiah tell his helpa guys, “Get me outa hea! Dey wen hurt me real bad!” 24 So Josiah guys take him outa his war wagon. He ride in da numba two war wagon, dat bring him Jerusalem side. Dass wea he mahke. Dey bury him da same place his ancesta guys stay bury. All da Judah an Jerusalem peopo make one funeral fo him.
25 Jeremiah make up sad kine songs fo no foget Josiah, an still yet today all da guys an wahines dat sing no foget Josiah wit dose sad kine songs. Dey stay make um da funeral songs fo da Israel peopo, an write down how fo sing dose sad kine songs.
26 All da odda stuff dat Josiah do, how he go all out fo stay tight wit Da One In Charge, how he do all dat stay write inside da Rules dat Da One In Charge wen give— 27 dey write um all from da start to da end inside da book fo da Israel an Judah kings.
✡ 35:4 35:4: 2Rec 8:14 ✡ 35:13 35:13: Outa 12:8-9 ✡ 35:15 35:15: 1Rec 25:1 ✡ 35:17 35:17: Outa 12:1-20