Mek-tu Buk blo Kings 22:1-20
22 Josiah hem eit years old taem hem kamap king, and hem rul lo Jerusalem for 31 years. Nem blo mami blo hem Jedidah, dota blo Adaiah from Bozkath.
2 Hem duim samting wea stret lo eye blo Jehovah and hem followim olketa wei blo grandadi blo hem David, and hem no go difren lo raet saed or lo left saed.
3 Lo mek-18 year lo rul blo King Josiah, king sendem Shaphan wea hem secretary, hem son blo Azaliah wea hem son blo Meshullam, for go lo haos blo Jehovah and sei:
4 “Iu go ap lo hae priest Hilkiah, and talem hem for tekem evri selen wea pipol tekem kam lo haos blo Jehovah, wea olketa wea gaedem door olketa kolektem from pipol.
5 Talem olketa for givim selen hia lo olketa man wea olketa markem for lukaftarem waka lo haos blo Jehovah, then olketa man hia, bae givim olketa selen hia lo olketa wea duim waka lo haos blo Jehovah for repairim olketa samting wea nogud* lo datfala haos,
6 hem olketa man wea savve wakem samting from wood, olketa builder, olketa man wea savve hao for wakem samting lo ston, and olketa bae iusim for peim olketa timba and olketa ston wea olketa katem finis for repairim lo datfala haos.
7 Bat olketa bae no ask followim hao olketa iusim selen hia, bikos olketa man wea pipol trustim olketa.”
8 Bihaen, hae priest Hilkiah sei lo Shaphan wea hem secretary: “Mi faendem buk blo Law lo haos blo Jehovah.” So Hilkiah givim datfala buk lo Shaphan, and Shaphan start for readim.
9 Then Shaphan wea hem secretary go lo king and sei lo hem: “Olketa servant blo iu tekem olketa selen wea olketa faendem lo haos, and olketa givim lo olketa wea lukaftarem waka lo haos blo Jehovah.”
10 And tu, Shaphan wea hem secretary sei lo king: “Wanfala buk wea priest Hilkiah givim lo mi hem lo hia.” Then Shaphan start for readim datfala buk front lo king.
11 Semtaem wea king herem olketa toktok lo buk blo Law, hem brekem nao kaleko blo hem.
12 Then king givim order lo priest Hilkiah, Ahikam son blo Shaphan, Achbor son blo Micaiah, Shaphan wea hem secretary, and Asaiah wea hem servant blo king,
13 and sei: “Iufala go faendemaot tingting blo Jehovah for mi, for olketa pipol, and for evriwan lo Judah abaotem olketa toktok lo disfala buk wea olketa faendem. Bikos kros blo Jehovah wea kam againstim iumi hem big tumas, bikos olketa grandadi blo iumi no obeyim olketa toktok lo disfala buk, and olketa no followim evri samting wea olketa raetem daon for iumi followim.”
14 So priest Hilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah go lo Huldah datfala woman profet. Hem waef blo Shallum, wea hem man wea lukaftarem rum for keepim olketa kaleko. Shallum hem son blo Tikvah, and Tikvah hem son blo Harhas. Huldah hem stap lo Mek-tu Part lo Jerusalem, and olketa go story witim hem lo there.
15 Woman hia sei lo olketa: “Diswan nao wanem Jehovah, God blo Israel hem talem, ‘Iufala go sei olsem lo man wea sendem iufala kam lo mi:
16 “Diswan nao wanem Jehovah hem talem, ‘Mi bae mekem trabol for kasem disfala ples and pipol wea stap lo hem, followim evri toktok wea stap lo datfala buk wea king blo Judah hem readim.
17 Bikos olketa lusim mi and mekem smoke blo olketa sakrifaes go lo olketa nara god for mekem mi feel nogud lo evri samting wea olketa wakem, kros blo mi bae bonem disfala ples and hem bae olsem fire wea no eniwan fit for stopem.’”
18 Bat lo king blo Judah wea sendem iufala kam for faendemaot tingting blo Jehovah, diswan nao wanem iufala shud talem lo hem, “Diswan nao wanem Jehovah, God blo Israel talem: ‘Abaotem olketa toktok wea iu herem,
19 bikos heart blo iu hem gud* and iu hambol front lo Jehovah taem iu herem samting wea mi talem againstim disfala ples and againstim pipol wea stap lo hem, hao olketa bae fraet and kasem trabol, and iu brekem kaleko blo iu and krae front lo mi, mi herem tu prea blo iu, Jehovah hem sei.
20 Dastawe bae mi tekem iu lo olketa grani blo iu,* and iu bae go lo grev blo iu lo peace, and bae iu no lukim evri trabol wea bae mi mekem for kasem disfala ples.’”’” Then olketa go talem olketa toktok hia lo king.
