Josaphat being reproved by a prophet for yielding help to Achab, 5. appointeth Judges in several cities, admonishing them to do justice. 8. exhorteth Priests and Levites to execute their functions carefully. 11. Amarias High Priest directing and ruling in things belonging to God, Zabedias general captain governeth the king's affairs.Iosaphat being reproued by a prophet for yelding help to Achab, 5. appoynteth Iudges in seueral cities, admonishing them to doe iustice. 8. exhorteth Priestes and Leuites to execute their funcsions carefully. 11. Amarias High Priest directing and ruling in thinges belonging to God, Zabedias general captayne gouerneth the kinges affayres.✦
And Josaphat the king of Juda returned into his house peaceably, into Jerusalem.AND Iosaphat the king of Iuda returned into his house peaceably, into Ierusalem.Reversus est autem Josaphat rex Juda in domum suam pacifice in Jerusalem.
2Whom Jehu the son of Hanani the Seer met, and said to him: To the impious man thou givest aid, and to them that hate our Lord thou art joined in friendship, and therefore thou didst deserve in deed the wrath of our Lord:Whom Iehu the sonne of Hanani the Seer mette, and sayd to him: To the impious man thou geuest ayde, and to them that hate our Lord thou art ioyned in frendship, and therfore thou didst deserue in deed the wrath of our Lord:✦Cui occurrit Jehu filius Hanani videns, et ait ad eum : Impio præbes auxilium, et his qui oderunt Dominum amicitia jungeris, et idcirco iram quidem Domini merebaris :
3but good works are found in thee, for that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land of Juda, and hast prepared thy heart to seek our Lord the God of thy fathers.but good workes are found in thee, for that thou hast taken away the groues out of the land of Iuda, and hast prepared thy hart to seeke our Lord the God of thy fathers.sed bona opera inventa sunt in te, eo quod abstuleris lucos de terra Juda, et præparaveris cor tuum ut requireres Dominum Deum patrum tuorum.
4Josaphat therefore dwelt in Jerusalem: and he went forth to the people again from Bersabee unto mount Ephraim, and recalled them to our Lord the God of their fathers.Iosaphat therfore dwelt in Ierusalem: and he went forth to the people agayne from Bersabee vnto mount Ephraim, and recalled them to our Lord the God of their fathers.Habitavit ergo Josaphat in Jerusalem, rursumque egressus est ad populum de Bersabee usque ad montem Ephraim, et revocavit eos ad Dominum Deum patrum suorum.
5And he appointed judges of the land in all the munitis: enclosed by a fence; fortified, walled about cities of Juda, in every place,And he appoynted iudges of the land in al the fensed cities of Iuda, in euerie place,Constituitque judices terræ in cunctis civitatibus Juda munitis per singula loca,
6and commanding the judges, he said: Take heed what you do: for you exercise not the judgement of man, but of our Lord: and whatsoever you shall judge, it shall redundabit: recoil, fall back upon to you.and commanding the iudges, he sayd: Take heede what you doe: for you exercise not the iudgement of man, but of our Lord: and whatsoeuer you shal iudge, it shal redound to you.✦et præcipiens judicibus : Videte, ait, quid faciatis : non enim hominis exercetis judicium, sed Domini : et quodcumque judicaveritis, in vos redundabit.
7Let the fear of our Lord be with you, and with diligence do all things: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor acceptio: respect, partiality of persons, nor desire of gifts.Let the feare of our Lord be with you, and with diligence doe al thinges: for there is no iniquitie with the Lord our God, nor acception of personnes, nor desyre of giftes.Sit timor Domini vobiscum, et cum diligentia cuncta facite : non est enim apud Dominum Deum nostrum iniquitas, nec personarum acceptio, nec cupido munerum.
8In Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed Levites, and Priests, and princes of families of Israel, that they should judge the judgement and cause of our Lord to the inhabitants thereof.In Ierusalem also Iosaphat appoynted Leuites, and Priestes, and princes of families of Israel, that they should iudge the iudgement and cause of our Lord to the inhabitantes therof.In Jerusalem quoque constituit Josaphat Levitas, et sacerdotes, et principes familiarum ex Israël, ut judicium et causam Domini judicarent habitatoribus ejus.
9And he commanded them, saying: Thus shall you do in the fear of our Lord faithfully, and with a perfect heart.And he commanded them, saying: Thus shal you doe in the feare of our Lord faithfully, and with a perfect hart.Præcepitque eis, dicens : Sic agetis in timore Domini fideliter et corde perfecto.
10Every cause, that shall come to you of your brethren, that dwell in their cities, between kindred and kindred, wheresoever there is question of the law, of the commandment, of ceremonies, of justificationibus: excuses, self-vindications; the just statutes, the righteous decrees of the law: shew it them, that they sin not against our Lord, and lest there come wrath upon you and your brethren: so doing therefore you shall not sin.Euerie cause, that shal come to you of your brethren, that dwel in their cities, betwen kinred and kinred, wheresoeuer there is question of the law, of the commandement, of ceremonies, of iustifications: shew it them, that they sinne not agaynst our Lord, and lest there come wrath vpon you and your brethren: so doing therfore you shal not sinne.Omnem causam quæ venerit ad vos fratrum vestrorum, qui habitant in urbibus suis inter cognationem et cognationem, ubicumque quæstio est de lege, de mandato, de cæremoniis, de justificationibus : ostendite eis, ut non peccent in Dominum, et ne veniat ira super vos et super fratres vestros : sic ergo agentes non peccabitis.
11And Amarias the priest and your Bishop shall be chief in these things, which pertain to God: moreover Zabadias the son of Ismahel, who is the prince in the house of Juda, shall be over those works, which pertain to the king's office: and you have masters the Levites before you, take courage, and do diligently, and our Lord will be with the good.And Amarias the priest and your Bishop shal be chiefe in these thinges, which pertayn to God: moreouer Zabadias the sonne of Ismahel, who is the prince in the house of Iuda, shal be ouer those workes, which pertayne to the kinges office: and you haue maisters the Leuites before you, take courage, and doe diligently, and our Lord wil be with the good.Amarias autem sacerdos et pontifex vester in his quæ ad Deum pertinent, præsidebit : porro Zabadias filius Ismahel, qui est dux in domo Juda, super ea opera erit quæ ad regis officium pertinent : habetisque magistros Levitas coram vobis. Confortamini, et agite diligenter, et erit Dominus vobiscum in bonis.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.