4. Krallar 22

¹Yoşiya kral olduğunda sekiz yaşındaydı ve Yeruşalim'de otuz bir yıl krallık yaptı; annesinin adı Basurotlu Edeya'nın kızı Yediya idi.

²Rab'bin gözünde doğru olanı yaptı, babası Davut'un her yolunda yürüdü; sağa ya da sola sapıp ayrılmadı.

³Kral Yoşiya'nın krallığının on sekizinci yılında, sekizinci ayda, kral, Mesollam oğlu Eseliya oğlu yazıcı Şafan'ı Rab'bin evine gönderip şöyle dedi:

⁴"Büyük kâhin Helkiya'nın yanına çık ve Rab'bin evine getirilen, eşiği koruyan nöbetçilerin halktan topladığı gümüşleri eritip mühürlesin;

⁵bunları Rab'bin evindeki işleri yönetmek üzere atanmış olan ustaların eline teslim etsinler; onlar da tapınağın hasarlarını onarmak için Rab'bin evinde çalışan işçilere versinler;

⁶marangozlara, yapıcılara, duvarcılara, evin hasarlarını sağlamlaştırmak için kereste ve yontulmuş taş satın alanlara versinler.

⁷Ancak kendilerine teslim edilen gümüşün hesabı onlardan sorulmasın, çünkü onlar sadakatle çalışmaktadırlar."

⁸Büyük kâhin Helkiya, yazıcı Şafan'a, "Rab'bin evinde yasanın kitabını buldum" dedi. Helkiya kitabı Şafan'a verdi ve Şafan onu okudu.

⁹Sonra yazıcı Şafan kralın huzuruna çıkıp haberi iletti ve şöyle dedi: "Kulların Rab'bin evinde bulunan gümüşleri erittiler ve bunları Rab'bin evindeki işleri yönetmek üzere atanmış olan ustaların eline teslim ettiler."

¹⁰Yazıcı Şafan krala, "Kâhin Helkiya bana bir kitap verdi" diyerek haberi verdi ve Şafan onu kralın önünde okudu.

¹¹Kral yasanın kitabının sözlerini işitince kendi giysilerini yırttı.

¹²Kral; kâhin Helkiya'ya, Şafan oğlu Ahikam'a, Mikaya oğlu Ahobor'a, yazıcı Şafan'a ve kralın kulu Asaya'ya şöyle buyurdu:

¹³"Gidin, benim için, bütün halk ve bütün Yahuda için, bulunan bu kitabın sözleri hakkında Rab'be danışın. Çünkü üzerimizde alevlenen Rab'bin öfkesi büyüktür; zira babalarımız bize karşı yazılmış olan her şeye göre davranmak için bu kitabın sözlerini dinlemediler."

¹⁴Böylece kâhin Helkiya, Ahikam, Ahobor, Şafan ve Asaya, giysi sorumlusu Aras oğlu Tekue oğlu Sellem'in annesi peygamber kadın Olda'ya gittiler. Olda, Yeruşalim'de Masena mahallesinde oturuyordu; onunla konuştular.

¹⁵Kadın onlara şöyle dedi: "İsrail'in Tanrısı Rab şöyle diyor: Sizi bana gönderen adama deyin ki:

¹⁶'Rab şöyle diyor: İşte, Yahuda kralının okuduğu kitaptaki bütün sözleri, bu yerin ve burada yaşayanların üzerine kötülükler olarak getireceğim.

¹⁷Çünkü beni bıraktılar, başka ilahlara buhur yaktılar ve ellerinin bütün işleriyle beni öfkelendirdiler. Bu yüzden öfkem bu yerde alevlenecek ve sönmeyecek.'

¹⁸Ancak Rab'be danışmak için sizi gönderen Yahuda kralına şöyle diyeceksiniz: 'İsrail'in Tanrısı Rab, işittiğin sözler hakkında şöyle diyor:

¹⁹Bu yer ve burada yaşayanlar hakkında söylediğim sözleri, yani buranın bir virane ve lanet yeri olacağını işittiğinde kalbin yumuşadığı, huzurumda saygıyla eğildiğin, giysilerini yırtıp önümde ağladığın için, ben de seni işittim, diyor Rab.

²⁰Hayır, böyle olmayacak; işte, seni atalarına kavuşturacağım, mezarına barış içinde toplanacaksın ve bu yere getireceğim bütün kötülükleri gözlerin görmeyecek.'" Onlar da bu sözü krala geri götürdüler.

¹ΥΙΟΣ ὀκτὼ ἐτῶν ᾿Ιωσίας ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ τριάκοντα καὶ ἓν ἔτος ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ ᾿Ιεδία θυγάτηρ ᾿Εδεϊὰ ἐκ Βασουρώθ.

²καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν πάσῃ ὁδῷ Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἀπέστη δεξιὰ καὶ ἀριστερά.

³καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει τῷ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιωσίᾳ ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ ὀγδόῳ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸν Σαπφὰν υἱὸν ᾿Εσελίου υἱοῦ Μεσολλάμ, τὸν γραμματέα οἴκου Κυρίου λέγων·

⁴ἀνάβηθι πρὸς Χελκίαν τὸν ἱερέα τὸν μέγαν καὶ σφράγισον τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ εἰσενεχθὲν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, ὃ συνήγαγον οἱ φυλάσσοντες τὸν σταθμὸν παρὰ τοῦ λαοῦ,

⁵καὶ δότωσαν αὐτὸ ἐπὶ χεῖρα ποιούντων τὰ ἔργα τῶν καθεσταμένων ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου. καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸ τοῖς ποιοῦσι τὰ ἔργα τοῖς ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου τοῦ κατισχῦσαι τὸ βεδὲκ τοῦ οἴκου,

⁶τοῖς τέκτοσι καὶ τοῖς οἰκοδόμοις καὶ τοῖς τειχισταῖς καὶ τοῦ κτήσασθαι ξύλα καὶ λίθους λατομητούς, τοῦ κραταιῶσαι τὸ βεδὲκ τοῦ οἴκου.

⁷πλὴν οὐκ ἐξελογίζοντο αὐτοὺς τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ διδόμενον αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἐν πίστει αὐτοὶ ποιοῦσι.

⁸καὶ εἶπε Χελκίας ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ μέγας πρὸς Σαπφὰν τὸν γραμματέα· βιβλίον τοῦ νόμου εὗρον ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου· καὶ ἔδωκε Χελκίας τὸ βιβλίον πρὸς Σαπφάν, καὶ ἀνέγνω αὐτό.

⁹καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα καὶ ἀπέστρεψε τῷ βασιλεῖ ῥῆμα καὶ εἶπεν· ἐχώνευσαν οἱ δοῦλοί σου τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ εὑρεθὲν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτὸ ἐπὶ χεῖρα ποιούντων τὰ ἔργα καθεσταμένων ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου

¹⁰καὶ εἶπε Σαπφὰν ὁ γραμματεὺς πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα λέγων· βιβλίον ἔδωκέ μοι Χελκίας ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ ἀνέγνω αὐτὸ Σαπφὰν ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως.

¹¹καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἤκουσεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τοὺς λόγους τοῦ βιβλίου τοῦ νόμου, καὶ διέρρηξε τὰ ἱμάτια ἑαυτοῦ.

¹²καὶ ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ Χελκίᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ καὶ τῷ ᾿Αχικὰμ υἱῷ Σαπφὰν καὶ τῷ ᾿Αχοβὼρ υἱῷ Μιχαίου καὶ τῷ Σαπφὰν τῷ γραμματεῖ καὶ τῷ ᾿Ασαΐᾳ δούλῳ τοῦ βασιλέως λέγων·

¹³δεῦτε ἐκζητήσατε τὸν Κύριον περὶ ἐμοῦ καὶ περὶ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ περὶ παντὸς τοῦ ᾿Ιούδα περὶ τῶν λόγων τοῦ βιβλίου τοῦ εὑρεθέντος τούτου, ὅτι μεγάλη ἡ ὀργὴ Κυρίου ἡ ἐκκεκαυμένη ἐν ἡμῖν, ὑπὲρ οὗ οὐκ ἤκουσαν οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τῶν λόγων τοῦ βιβλίου τούτου τοῦ ποιεῖν κατὰ πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα καθ᾿ ἡμῶν.

¹⁴καὶ ἐπορεύθη Χελκίας ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ ᾿Αχικὰμ καὶ ᾿Αχοβὼρ καὶ Σαπφὰν καὶ ᾿Ασαΐας πρὸς ῎Ολδαν τὴν προφῆτιν μητέρα Σελλὴμ υἱοῦ Θεκουὲ υἱοῦ ᾿Αραὰς τοῦ ἱματιοφύλακος, καὶ αὕτη κατῴκει ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἐν τῇ Μασενᾷ, καὶ ἐλάλησαν πρὸς αὐτήν.

¹⁵καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραήλ· εἴπατε τῷ ἀνδρὶ τῷ ἀποστείλαντι ὑμᾶς πρός με·

¹⁶τάδε λέγει Κύριος· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπάγω κακὰ ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐνοικοῦντας αὐτόν, πάντας τοὺς λόγους τοῦ βιβλίου, οὓς ἀνέγνω βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα,

¹⁷ἀνθ᾿ ὧν ἐγκατέλιπόν με καὶ ἐθυμίων θεοῖς ἑτέροις, ὅπως παροργίσωσί με ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκκαυθήσεται θυμός μου ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ καὶ οὐ σβεσθήσεται.

¹⁸καὶ πρὸς βασιλέα ᾿Ιούδα τὸν ἀποστείλαντα ὑμᾶς ἐπιζητῆσαι τὸν Κύριον τάδε ἐρεῖτε πρὸς αὐτόν· τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραήλ· οἱ λόγοι, οὓς ἤκουσας,

¹⁹ἀνθ᾿ ὧν ὅτι ἡπαλύνθη ἡ καρδία σου καὶ ἐνετράπης ἀπὸ προσώπου, ὡς ἤκουσας ὅσα ἐλάλησα ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐνοικοῦντας αὐτὸν τοῦ εἶναι εἰς ἀφανισμὸν καὶ εἰς κατάραν, καὶ διέρρηξας τὰ ἱμάτιά σου καὶ ἔκλαυσας ἐνώπιόν μου, καί γε ἐγὼ ἤκουσα, λέγει Κύριος.

²⁰οὐχ οὕτως· ἰδοὺ προστίθημί σε πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας σου, καὶ συναχθήσῃ εἰς τὸν τάφον σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ, καὶ οὐκ ὀφθήσεται ἐν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς κακοῖς, οἷς ἐγώ εἰμι ἐπάγω ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον. καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸ ρῆμα.

¹Josias [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name [was] Jedia, daughter of Edeia of Basuroth.

²And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father; he turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

³And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josias, in the eighth month, the king sent Sapphan the son of Ezelias the son of Mesollam, the scribe of the house of the Lord, saying,

⁴Go up to Chelcias the high priest, and take account of the money that is brought into the house of the Lord, which they that keep the door have collected of the people.

⁵And let them give it into the hand of the workmen that are appointed in the house of the Lord. And he gave it to the workmen in the house of the Lord, to repair the breaches of the house,

⁶[even] to the carpenters, and builders, and masons, [and] also to purchase timber and hewn stones, to repair the breaches of the house.

⁷Only they did not call them to account for the money that was given to them, because they dealt faithfully.

⁸And Chelcias the high priest said to Saphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Chelcias gave the book to Sapphan, and he read it.

⁹And he went into the house of the Lord to the king, and reported the matter to the king, and said, Thy servants have collected the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have given it into the hand of the workmen that are appointed in the house of the Lord.

¹⁰And Sapphan the scribe spoke to the king, saying, Chelcias the priest has given me a book. And Sapphan read it before the king.

¹¹And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his garments.

¹²And the king commanded Chelcias the priest, and Achikam the son of Sapphan, and Achobor the son of Michaias, and Sapphan the scribe, and Asaias the king’s servant, saying,

¹³Go, enquire of the Lord for me, and for all the people, and for all Juda, and concerning the words of this book that has been found: for the wrath of the Lord that has been kindled against us [is] great, because our fathers hearkened not to the words of this book, to do according to all the things written concerning us.

¹⁴So Chelcias the priest went, and Achicam, and Achobor, and Sapphan, and Asaias, to Olda the prophetess, the mother of Sellem the son of Thecuan son of Aras, keeper of the robes; and she dwelt in Jerusalem in Masena; and they spoke to her.

¹⁵And she said to them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Say to the man that sent you to me,

¹⁶Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I bring evil upon this place, and upon them that dwell in it, [even] all the words of the book which the king of Juda has read:

¹⁷because they have forsaken me, and burnt incense to other gods, that they might provoke me with the works of their hands: therefore my wrath shall burn forth against this place, and shall not be quenched.

¹⁸And to the king of Juda that sent you to enquire of the Lord,-- thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, [As for] the words which thou hast heard;

¹⁹because thy heart was softened, and thou was humbled before [me], when thou heardest all that I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that it should be utterly destroyed and accursed, and thou didst rend thy garments, and weep before me; I also have heard, saith the Lord.

²⁰It shall not be so [therefore]: behold, I [will] add thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy tomb in peace, and thine eyes shall not see [any] among all the evils which I bring upon this place. So they reported the word to the king.