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Josiah Make Tings Come Good
(2 Kings 22:1-7; 23:4-20)
1 ✡34:1: Jer 3:6Josiah eight year ol wen he come king, an he stay king inside Jerusalem thirty-one year. 2 Da way Da One In Charge see him, he do wat stay right jalike his ancesta guy David wen do. He no turn away to da right side o da lef side.
3 Wen he stay king eight year, an he still young, he start fo try stay tight wit da God dat his ancesta David wen pray to. Wen he stay king twelve year, he start fo throw out from Judah an Jerusalem da sacrifice places on top da hills, da tiki poses fo da wahine god Asherah, an da idol kine gods dey carve an da gods dey make wit da metal dey melt. 4 ✡34:4: 2Kings 21:3; 2Rec 33:3His guys go bus up da altars fo da Baal gods, an chop in two pieces da incense altars dat stay up da steps mauka da altars too. He tell um smash da tiki poses fo da wahine god Asherah, an da idols dey carve, an da idol kine gods dey make wit da metal dey melt. He tell um broke up all dis stuff, an scatta da small pieces all ova da graves wea da peopo dat wen make sacrifice fo da idols stay bury. 5 ✡34:5: 1Kings 13:2He burn da bones a da mahke pries guys fo da odda gods on top dea altars. Az why nobody can use dose altars. Dass how he make Judah an Jerusalem come pono wit Da One In Charge one mo time. 6 He do da same ting inside da towns fo da Manasseh, Efraim, an Simeon ohanas, an same ting all da way to da Naftali ohana land, an da places all aroun um. 7 He broke down da altars an da tiki poses fo da wahine god Asherah, an smash da idols fo dem come powda. An he chop in two piece all da incense altars fo da idol kine gods all ova da Israel land. Den he go back Jerusalem.
8 Wen Josiah stay king eighteen year, afta he make da land an da Temple clean fo Da One In Charge, he sen three guys fo fix da Temple fo his God, Da One In Charge. Dea names, Azaliah boy Shafan, an Maaseiah da guy dat stay in charge a Jerusalem town, an Joahaz boy Joah, da guy dat write da records.
9 Dey go by Hilkiah, da Main Pries Guy. Dey give him da silva dat da peopo wen bring to da Temple Fo God. Da Levi guys dat guard da doors bring togedda silva from da Manasseh an Efraim ohana peopo, an from all da Israel peopo dat still stay dea. Dey bring um from da Judah an Benjamin ohana peopo too, an from da peopo dat live inside Jerusalem. 10 Da Levi guys give um to da guys dat get da kuleana fo stay in charge a da work inside da Temple Fo Da One In Charge. Dose guys pay da guys dat do da work fo fix da Temple an make um solid. 11 Dey give silva to da carpintas an builda guys fo dem buy cut stone fo da walls, an da wood dey cut fo make trusses fo brace da roof, an fo put new beams fo da buildings, cuz da Judah kings wen let da buildings come all bus up.
12 Da guys do wat dey suppose to do wen dey work. Jahat an Obadiah, Levi guys dat come from Merari, an Zekariah an Meshullam, Levi guys dat come from Kohat, dey da lunas fo da worka guys. Get odda Levi guys dat all know real good how fo make music. 13 Dey da ones stay in charge a da guys dat do da heavy kine work, fo watch wat ery kine worka guy do. Some a da Levi guys write da records, odda guys lunas, an odda guys security guard guys.
Dey Find Da Book Wit Da Rules
(2 Kings 22:3-20; 23:1-3)
14 Wen da Levi guys bring out da silva dat da peopo wen give fo da Temple Fo Da One In Charge, Hilkiah da pries guy find da Book Wit Da Rules dat Da One In Charge wen tell Moses fo write. 15 Hilkiah tell Shafan da secretary, “I wen find da Book Wit Da Rules, inside da Temple Fo Da One In Charge!” An he give um to Shafan.
16 Den Shafan take da book to da king. Firs ting, he tell um: “Yoa leada guys stay do eryting dey suppose to do. 17 Dey wen melt da silva dat get inside da Temple Fo Da One In Charge, an give um to da guys dat stay in charge an to da worka guys.” 18 Den Shafan da secretary tell da king, “Get one book ova dea, dat Hilkiah da pries guy wen give me.” An Shafan read um in front King Josiah.
19 Wen da king hear wat da Rules tell, he rip his clotheses fo show he stay bum out! 20 He tell Hilkiah, Shafan boy Ahikam, Micah boy Abdon, Shafan da secretary, an Asaiah da king helpa guy, wat dey gotta do: 21 “Go find out from Da One In Charge wassup, fo me an fo all da peopo dat still stay inside Israel an Judah! Aks um bout wat da book tell, da one dey wen find. Cuz fo shua, Da One In Charge awready come real huhu wit us guys! Oua ancesta guys neva do wat Da One In Charge tell um fo do. Dey neva make how Da One In Charge tell inside dis book!”
22 Hilkiah an da guys dat da king sen wit him, go talk to da wahine Huldah dat talk fo Da One In Charge. She Shallum wife, his faddah Tokat an his granfaddah Hasrah, da guy dat take kea da pries guys spesho clotheses. She live inside Jerusalem, inside da New Districk.
23 She tell dem, “Dis, one message from Da One In Charge, da God fo da Israel peopo. Tell dis to da guy dat wen sen you by me: 24 ‘Da One In Charge tell: Dis wat I goin do. I goin wipe out dis place an da peopo inside um. All da bad tings dat God goin make happen, dat dey wen read bout in front da Judah king, goin happen. 25 Cuz da peopo wen bag from me. Dey make sacrifice fo da odda gods. I stay real piss off cuz a all da idol kine stuff dey wen make wit dea hands. I goin stay real huhu wit dis place, an no mo notting goin change dat!’ 26 Tell da Judah king dat wen sen you guys fo find out wat Da One In Charge tell, ‘Dis wat Da One In Charge, da God fo da Israel peopo, tell bout da stuff you, da king, wen hear: 27 You wen lissen, an you come sorry in front God wen you hear wat I wen tell agains dis place an da peopo. An cuz you come sorry an rip yoa clotheses, an cry in front me, az why I lissen you.’ Dass da message from Da One In Charge. 28 ‘Wat I goin do, King Josiah, I goin bring you wea yoa mahke ancesta guys stay. Yoa peopo goin bury you, fo you res an stay quiet. You no goin see all da bad kine stuff I goin bring on top dis place an da peopo dat live hea.’ ”
So Hilkiah guys go back by da king an tell him wat Huldah wen tell.
29 Den da king call togedda all da older leada guys fo da peopo inside Judah an Jerusalem. 30 He go up da Temple Fo Da One In Charge wit da guys from Judah, da Jerusalem peopo, da prieses an da Levi guys, all da peopo, guys dat stay importan an guys dat not importan. He read out loud to dem eryting inside da Book Bout Da Deal Wit God, dat dey wen find inside da Temple Fo Da One In Charge. 31 Da king stan wea he suppose to stan in front Da One In Charge. He make good one mo time da deal wit Da One In Charge, fo go all out fo follow Da One In Charge an do wat Da One In Charge tell um fo do. He tell he no goin foget wat Da One In Charge tell, an he goin do wat Da One In Charge tell he gotta do. He goin go all out fo do um wit eryting inside him, an do eryting inside da Deal Wit Da One In Charge, dat stay write inside dis book.
32 Den he give erybody inside Jerusalem an da Benjamin land, da kuleana fo promise dey goin do all dat. An da peopo dat live Jerusalem town do da same ting fo da Deal wit da God dea ancesta guys wen pray to.
33 Josiah throw out all da pilau kine gods from all da districks inside da Israel land. He give all da Israel peopo dat get inside da Israel land, da kuleana fo pray to dea God, Da One In Charge. An all da time Josiah stay alive, da peopo neva tell “Laytas” to Da One In Charge, da God fo dea ancesta guys.

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✡34:1 34:1: Jer 3:6

✡34:4 34:4: 2Kings 21:3; 2Rec 33:3

✡34:5 34:5: 1Kings 13:2

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