II Chronicles 35

vayya'as yoshiyyahu virushalai͏m pesakh la-Adonai vayyishkhatu happesakh be'arba'ah asar lakhodesh harishon

Josiah kept the Passover for GOD in Jerusalem; the passover sacrifice was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.

vayya'amed hakkohanim al-mishmerotam vayekhazzeqem la'avodat bet Adonai

He reinstated the priests in their shifts and rallied them to the service of the House of GOD.

vayyomer lalviyyim (hmvvnym) [hammevinim] lekhol-yisra'el haqqedoshim la-Adonai tenu et-aron-haqqodesh babbayit asher banah shelomoh ven-david melekh yisra'el en-lakhem massa bakkatef attah ivdu et-Adonai elohekhem ve'et ammo yisra'el

He said to the Levites, consecrated to GOD, who taught all Israel, “Put the Holy Ark in the House that Solomon son of David, king of Israel, built; as you no longer carry it on your shoulders, see now to the service of the ETERNAL your God and Israel—God’s people,

(vhkhvnv) [vehakhinu] levet-avotekhem kemakhleqotekhem bikhtav david melekh yisra'el uvemikhtav shelomoh veno

and dispose yourselves by clans according to your divisions, as prescribed in the writing of King David of Israel and in the document of his son Solomon,

ve'imdu vaqqodesh lifluggot bet ha'avot la'akhekhem bene ha'am vakhaluqqat bet-av lalviyyim

and attend in the Sanctuary, by clan divisions, on your kindred, the people—by clan divisions of the Levites.

veshakhatu happasakh vehitqaddeshu vehakhinu la'akhekhem la'asot kidvar-Adonai beyad-mosheh

Having sanctified yourselves, slaughter the passover sacrifice and prepare it for your kindred, according to the word of God given by Moses.”

vayyarem yoshiyyahu livne ha'am tson kevasim uvene-izzim hakkol lappesakhim lekhol-hannimtsa lemispar sheloshim elef uvaqar sheloshet alafim elleh merekhush hammelekh

Josiah donated to the people small cattle—lambs and goats, all for passover sacrifices for all present—to the sum of 30,000, and large cattle, 3,000—these from the property of the king.

vesarayw lindavah la'am lakkohanim velalviyyim herimu khilqiyyah uzekharyahu vikhi'el negide bet ha'elohim lakkohanim natenu lappesakhim alpayim veshesh me'ot uvaqar shelosh me'ot

His officers gave a freewill offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the chiefs of the House of God, donated to the priests for passover sacrifices 2,600 [small cattle] and 300 large cattle.

(vkhvnnyhv) [vekhonanyahu] ushemayahu unetanel ekhayw vakhashavyahu vi'i'el veyozavad sare haleviyyim herimu lalviyyim lappesakhim khameshet alafim uvaqar khamesh me'ot

Conaniah, Shemaiah, and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, donated 5,000 [small cattle] and 500 large cattle to the Levites for passover sacrifices.

vattikkon ha'avodah vayya'amdu hakkohanim al-omdam vehaleviyyim al-makhleqotam kemitsvat hammelekh

The service was arranged well: the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions, by the king’s command.

vayyishkhatu happasakh vayyizrequ hakkohanim miyyadam vehaleviyyim mafshitim

They slaughtered the passover sacrifice and the priests [received its blood] from them and dashed it, while the Levites flayed the animals.

vayyasiru ha'olah letittam lemiflaggot levet-avot livne ha'am lehaqriv la-Adonai kakkatuv besefer mosheh vekhen labbaqar

They removed the parts to be burnt, distributing them to divisions of the people by clans, and making the sacrifices to GOD, as prescribed in the scroll of Moses; they did the same for the cattle.

vayevashelu happesakh ba'esh kammishpat vehaqqodashim bishelu bassirot uvaddevadim uvatselakhot vayyaritsu lekhol-bene ha'am

They roasted the passover sacrifice in fire, as prescribed, while the sacred offerings they cooked in pots, cauldrons, and pans, and conveyed them with dispatch to all the people.

ve'akhar hekhinu lahem velakkohanim ki hakkohanim bene aharon beha'alot ha'olah vehakhalavim ad-layelah vehaleviyyim hekhinu lahem velakkohanim bene aharon

Afterward they provided for themselves and the priests, for the Aaronite priests were busy offering the burnt offerings and the fatty parts until nightfall, so the Levites provided both for themselves and for the Aaronite priests.

vehameshorerim bene-asaf al-ma'amadam kemitsvat david ve'asaf veheman vidutun khozeh hammelekh vehasho'arim lesha'ar vasha'ar en lahem lasur me'al avodatam ki-akhehem haleviyyim hekhinu lahem

The Asaphite singers were at their stations, by command of David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the seer of the king; and the gatekeepers were at each and every gate. They did not have to leave their tasks, because their Levite brothers provided for them.

vattikkon kol-avodat Adonai bayyom hahu la'asot happesakh veha'alot olot al mizbakh Adonai kemitsvat hammelekh yoshiyyahu

The entire service of GOD was arranged well that day, to keep the Passover and to make the burnt offerings on the altar of GOD, according to the command of King Josiah.

vayya'asu vene-yisra'el hannimtse'im et-happesakh ba'et hahi ve'et-khag hammatsot shivat yamim

All the Israelites present kept the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

velo-na'asah fesakh kamohu beyisra'el mime shemu'el hannavi vekhol-malkhe yisra'el lo-asu kappesakh asher-asah yoshiyyahu vehakkohanim vehaleviyyim vekhol-yehudah veyisra'el hannimtsa veyosheve yerushalai͏m

Since the time of the prophet Samuel, no Passover like that one had ever been kept in Israel; none of the kings of Israel had kept a Passover like the one kept by Josiah and the priests and the Levites and all Judah and Israel there present and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

bishmoneh esreh shanah lemalkhut yoshiyyahu na'asah happesakh hazzeh

That Passover was kept in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah.

akhare khol-zot asher hekhin yoshiyyahu et-habbayit alah nekho melekh-mitsrayim lehillakhem bekharkemish al-perat vayyetse liqrato yoshiyyahu

After all this furbishing of the temple by Josiah, King Necho of Egypt came up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out against him.

vayyishlakh elayw malakhim lemor mah-lli valakh melekh yehudah lo-alekha attah hayyom ki el-bet milkhamti velohim amar levahaleni khadal-lekha me'elohim asher-immi ve'al-yashkhitekha

[Necho] sent messengers to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, king of Judah? I do not march against you this day but against the kingdom that wars with me, and it is God’s will that I hurry. Refrain, then, from interfering with God—who is with me—that you not be destroyed.”

velo-hesev yoshiyyahu fanayw mimmennu ki lehillakhem-bo hitkhappes velo shama el-divre nekho mippi elohim vayyavo lehillakhem beviqat megiddo

But Josiah would not let him alone; instead, he donned [his armor] to fight him, heedless of Necho’s words from the mouth of God; and he came to fight in the plain of Megiddo.

vayyoru hayyorim lammelekh yoshiyyahu vayyomer hammelekh la'avadayw ha'aviruni ki hokholeti me'od

Archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Get me away from here, for I am badly wounded.”

vayya'aviruhu avadayw min-hammerkavah vayyarkivuhu al rekhev hammishneh asher-lo vayyolikhuhu yerushalai͏m vayyamot vayyiqqaver beqivrot avotayw vekhol-yehudah virushalai͏m mitabbelim al-yoshiyyahu

His servants carried him out of his chariot and put him in the wagon of his second-in-command, and conveyed him to Jerusalem. There he died, and was buried in the grave of his ancestors, and all Judah and Jerusalem went into mourning over Josiah.

vayeqonen yirmeyahu al-yoshiyyahu vayyomeru khol-hasharim vehasharot beqinotehem al-yoshiyyahu ad-hayyom vayyittenum lekhoq al-yisra'el vehinnam ketuvim al-haqqinot

Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah that all the singers, male and female, recited in their laments for Josiah, as is done to this day; they became customary in Israel and were incorporated into the laments.

veyeter divre yoshiyyahu vakhasadayw kakkatuv betorat Adonai

The other events of Josiah’s reign and his faithful deeds, in accord with the Teaching of GOD,

udevarayw harishonim veha'akharonim hinnam ketuvim al-sefer malkhe-yisra'el vihudah

and his acts, early and late, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.