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35 ¶ Wa Jozyas fete fèt Delivrans lan pou Seyè a. Nan katòzyèm jou premye mwa a, yo touye ti mouton pou fèt la.

Li bay chak prèt travay pou yo fè nan Tanp lan ankò, li ankouraje yo pou yo fè l' byen.

Lèfini, li pale ak moun Levi yo ki te reskonsab moutre pèp Izrayèl la sa pou l' fè epi ki t'ap viv apa nèt pou Seyè a. Li di yo konsa: -Mete Bwat Kontra Bondye a nan Tanp Salomon, pitit David, wa pèp Izrayèl la, te bati a. Nou pa bezwen ap pote l' sou zepòl nou ankò. Koulye a se sèvi nou pral sèvi Seyè a, Bondye nou ak Bondye pèp Izrayèl ki pou li a.

Pran plas nou nan Tanp lan, chak fanmi apa, dapre reskonsablite nou jan David, wa pèp Izrayèl la, ak Salomon, pitit li, te ekri l' la.

N'a rete kote yo mete apa nèt pou Seyè a. N'a ranje nou yon jan pou gen yon gwoup moun Levi pou ede chak branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl la.

Se nou ki pou touye ti mouton yo ak kabrit yo pou fèt Delivrans lan. Ale mete nou nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis Seyè a. Pare tou sa nou bezwen pou touye bèt yo pou moun pèp Izrayèl yo, frè nou yo, ka fè seremoni an jan Seyè a te bay Moyiz lòd la pou nou.

Apre sa, Jozyas pran trantmil (30.000) ti mouton ak ti kabrit ansanm ak twamil (3.000) bèf nan bèt pa l', li bay moun pèp Izrayèl ki te la yo pou fè fèt Delivrans lan.

Chèf li yo te bay pa yo tou pou pèp la, pou prèt yo ak moun Levi yo. Ilkija, Zakari ak Jeiyèl, ki te reskonsab Tanp Seyè a, bay demil sisan (2.600) ti mouton ak ti kabrit ansanm ak twasan (300) bèf pou yo touye pou fèt la.

Konanya ak de frè li yo, Chemaja ak Netanèl, ansanm ak Achabya, Jeiyèl ak Jozaba, chèf moun Levi yo, bò pa yo te bay senkmil (5.000) ti mouton ak ti kabrit ak senksan (500) bèf pou moun Levi yo te ofri pou fèt Delivrans lan.

10 Lè tout bagay te pare pou fèt la, prèt yo pran plas yo, moun Levi yo fè gwoup apa jan wa a te ba yo lòd la.

11 Lè yo fin touye ti mouton yo, moun Levi yo bay prèt yo san an pou yo vide sou lotèl la. Moun Levi yo menm kòche tout bèt yo.

12 Apre sa, yo wete pati ki pou boule nèt pou Seyè a, yo bay chak fanmi pòsyon pa yo pou yo al ofri bay Seyè a, jan sa ekri nan Liv Moyiz la. Yo fè menm bagay la pou bèf yo.

13 Lèfini, moun Levi yo griye ti mouton Delivrans lan sou dife, jan yo te konn fè l' la. Yo bouyi lòt vyann yo te mete apa pou Bondye yo nan chodyè, nan mamit ak nan kaswòl. Lèfini, yo prese separe vyann lan bay tout pèp la.

14 Lè yo fin fè sa, moun Levi yo pare sa ki rete pou yo menm ansanm ak prèt yo, paske prèt yo, moun fanmi Arawon yo, te rete byen ta jouk aswè ap boule bèt moun yo te ofri nèt pou Seyè a ansanm ak grès lòt bèt yo. Se poutèt sa, se moun Levi yo ki te pare vyann ni pou tèt yo ni pou prèt yo, moun fanmi Arawon yo.

15 Sanba yo menm, moun fanmi Asaf yo, te nan plas yo dapre lòd David, Asaf, Eyman ak Jedoutoun, pwofèt wa a, te bay. Gad pòtay Tanp yo te nan plas yo tou. Yo yonn pa kite pòs yo, paske moun Levi parèy yo t'ap pare pòsyon vyann pa yo pou yo tou.

16 Se konsa jou sa a yo te òganize tout sèvis Seyè a pou fete fèt Delivrans lan, pou boule vyann bèt yo nèt sou lotèl la pou Bondye, jan wa Jozyas te bay lòd la.

17 Pandan sèt jou, tout moun pèp Izrayèl ki te la yo t'ap fete fèt Delivrans lan ak fèt Pen san ledven yo.

18 Depi sou tan pwofèt Samyèl, yo pa t' janm fete fèt Delivrans lan konsa. Pa gen yonn nan ansyen wa pèp Izrayèl yo ki te fete fèt Delivrans lan tankou Jozyas te fè l' lè sa a ansanm ak prèt yo, moun Levi yo ak tout pèp peyi Jida a, moun peyi Izrayèl ki te la yo ansanm ak moun lavil Jerizalèm yo.

19 Jozyas te gen dizwitan depi li te wa lè yo te fete fèt Delivrans sa a.

20 ¶ Apre sa, lè wa Jozyas te fin fè tout reparasyon ki pou te fèt nan Tanp lan, Neko, wa peyi Lejip la, moute nan direksyon larivyè Lefrat pou l' al goumen bò lavil Kakemich. Jozyas soti al kontre l' pou anpeche l' pase.

21 Men Neko voye misyon sa a bay Jozyas: -Ou wè ou menm, wa peyi Jida, pa antre nan lagè sa a tande! M' pa vin pou m' goumen avè ou, men se avèk yon lòt nasyon mwen gen kont. Bondye di m' pa mize. Tanpri, pou pwòp byen ou, pa kenbe tèt ak Bondye ki avè m'. Konsa li p'ap detwi ou.

22 Men, Jozyas te soti pou goumen avè l'. Li derefize koute mesaj Neko te voye ba li a, mesaj ki te soti nan bouch Bondye menm. Se konsa, li degize kò l', li al goumen avè l' nan plenn Megido a.

23 Pandan batay la, sòlda ak banza yo tire sou wa Jozyas. Jozyas di moun ki te avè l' yo: -M' blese anpil. Mennen m' ale.

24 Moun li yo wete l' nan cha lagè li a, yo mete l' nan yon lòt cha li te gen la, epi yo mennen l' lavil Jerizalèm. Se la li mouri. Yo antere l' nan kavo zansèt li yo. Tout moun peyi Jida ak moun lavil Jerizalèm te pran gwo lapenn pou Jozyas.

25 Pwofèt Jeremi te fè yon chante pou plenn sò wa Jozyas. Depi lè sa a, se yon koutim nan peyi Izrayèl: chak fwa fi yo ak gason yo ap chante nan yon lanmò, yo chonje Jozyas. Yo mete tout chante lanmò sa yo ansanm nan yon liv.

26 Tou sa Jozyas te fè, jan li sèvi Seyè a ak tout kè li, jan li te mache dapre sa ki ekri nan Lalwa Seyè a,

27 wi, tout istwa Jozyas la nèt, depi premye jou li te moute wa rive jouk dènye jou a, n'a jwenn tou sa ekri nan Liv Istwa Wa peyi Jida ak wa peyi Izrayèl yo.

'2 Istwa 35 ' not found for the version: Nouvo Testaman: Vèsyon Kreyòl Fasil.

Josiah Celebrates the Passover(A)

35 Josiah celebrated the Passover(B) to the Lord in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the Lord’s temple. He said to the Levites, who instructed(C) all Israel and who had been consecrated to the Lord: “Put the sacred ark in the temple that Solomon son of David king of Israel built. It is not to be carried about on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel. Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions,(D) according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and by his son Solomon.

“Stand in the holy place with a group of Levites for each subdivision of the families of your fellow Israelites, the lay people. Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves(E) and prepare the lambs for your fellow Israelites, doing what the Lord commanded through Moses.”

Josiah provided for all the lay people who were there a total of thirty thousand lambs and goats for the Passover offerings,(F) and also three thousand cattle—all from the king’s own possessions.(G)

His officials also contributed(H) voluntarily to the people and the priests and Levites. Hilkiah,(I) Zechariah and Jehiel, the officials in charge of God’s temple, gave the priests twenty-six hundred Passover offerings and three hundred cattle. Also Konaniah(J) along with Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel and Jozabad,(K) the leaders of the Levites, provided five thousand Passover offerings and five hundred head of cattle for the Levites.

10 The service was arranged and the priests stood in their places with the Levites in their divisions(L) as the king had ordered.(M) 11 The Passover lambs were slaughtered,(N) and the priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them, while the Levites skinned the animals. 12 They set aside the burnt offerings to give them to the subdivisions of the families of the people to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the cattle. 13 They roasted the Passover animals over the fire as prescribed,(O) and boiled the holy offerings in pots, caldrons and pans and served them quickly to all the people. 14 After this, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were sacrificing the burnt offerings and the fat portions(P) until nightfall. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the Aaronic priests.

15 The musicians,(Q) the descendants of Asaph, were in the places prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun the king’s seer. The gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made the preparations for them.

16 So at that time the entire service of the Lord was carried out for the celebration of the Passover and the offering of burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had ordered. 17 The Israelites who were present celebrated the Passover at that time and observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. 18 The Passover had not been observed like this in Israel since the days of the prophet Samuel; and none of the kings of Israel had ever celebrated such a Passover as did Josiah, with the priests, the Levites and all Judah and Israel who were there with the people of Jerusalem. 19 This Passover was celebrated in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign.

The Death of Josiah(R)

20 After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Necho king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish(S) on the Euphrates,(T) and Josiah marched out to meet him in battle. 21 But Necho sent messengers to him, saying, “What quarrel is there, king of Judah, between you and me? It is not you I am attacking at this time, but the house with which I am at war. God has told(U) me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or he will destroy you.”

22 Josiah, however, would not turn away from him, but disguised(V) himself to engage him in battle. He would not listen to what Necho had said at God’s command but went to fight him on the plain of Megiddo.

23 Archers(W) shot King Josiah, and he told his officers, “Take me away; I am badly wounded.” 24 So they took him out of his chariot, put him in his other chariot and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.

25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments.(X) These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.(Y)

26 The other events of Josiah’s reign and his acts of devotion in accordance with what is written in the Law of the Lord 27 all the events, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.