Josias king of Juda maketh a great Pasch, 7. giving many hosts to such as wanted for sacrifice: 14. the Priests and Levites performing their functions therein: 22. in the eighteenth year of his reign. 25. He is slain in battle by the king of Egypt, 32. and much lamented by the Jews. 34. His son Jeconias succeedeth. 37. After him Joacim, 40. who is deposed by the king of Babylon. 43. Joachin reigneth three months, and is carried into Babylon. 46. Sedecias reigneth eleven years wickedly. 52. and he with his people is carried captive into Babylon, the city and temple are destroyed. 57. so remained till the Monarchy of the Persians.Iosias king of Iuda maketh a great Pasch, 7. geuing manie hostes to such as wanted for sacrifice: 14. the Priestes and Leuites performing their functions therin: 22. in the eightenth yeare of his reigne. 25. He is slayne in battel by the king of Ægypt, 32. and much lamented by the Iewes. 34. His sonne Ieconias succedeth. 37. After him Ioacim, 40. who is deposed by the king of Babylon. 43. Ioachin reigneth three monethes, and is caried into Babylon. 46. Sedecias reigneth eleuen yeares wickedly. 52. and he with his people is caried captiue into Babylon, the citie and temple are destroyed. 57. so remayned til the Monarchie of the Persians.
And Josias made a Phase: the Passover in Jerusalem to our Lord, and immolated the Phase: the paschal victim, the Passover the fourteenth moon of the month:AND Iosias made a Pasch in Ierusalem to our Lord, & immolated the Phase the fourtenth moone of the moneth:Et fecit Josias Pascha in Jerosolymis Domino, et immolavit Phase quarta decima luna primi mensis,
2appointing the Priests by courses of days clothed with stoles in the temple of our Lord.appointing the Priestes by courses of dayes clothed with stoles in the temple of our Lord.statuens sacerdotes per vices dierum stolis amictos in templo Domini.
3And he spake to the Levites the sacred servants of Israel, that they should sanctify themselves to our Lord in the placing of the holy ark of our Lord in the house, which king Salomon son of David built.And he spake to the Leuites the sacred seruantes of Israel, that they should sanctifie them selues to our Lord in the placing of the holie arke of our Lord in the house, which king Salomon sonne of Dauid built.Et dixit Levitis sacris servis Israël, ut sanctificarent se Domino in positione sanctæ arcæ Domini, in domo, quam ædificavit Salomon filius David rex.
4It shall not be for you to take it upon your shoulders. And now serve your Lord, and take the care of that nation Israel, in part according to your villages and tribes,It shal not be for you to take it vpon your shoulders. And now serue your Lord, and take the care of that nation Israel, in part according to your villages and tribes,Non erit vobis tollere super humeros eam. Et nunc deservite Domino vestro, et curam agite gentis illius Israël ex parte secundum pagos et tribus vestras,
5according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the magnificence of Salomon his son, all in the temple, and according to your fathers portion of principality, among them that stand in the sight of your brethren the children of Israel.according to the writing of Dauid king of Israel, and according to the magnificence of Salomon his sonne, al in the temple, and according to your fathers portion of principalitie, among them that stand in the sight of your brethren the children of Israel.secundum scripturam David regis Israël, et secundum magnificentiam Salomonis filii ejus, omnes in templo, et secundum particulam principatus paternam vestram eorum, qui stant in conspectu fratrum filiorum Israël.
6Immolate the Pasch, and prepare the sacrifices for your brethren, and do according to the precept of our Lord which was given to Moyses.Immolate the Pasch, and prepare the sacrifices for your bretheren, and doe according to the precept of our Lord which was geuen to Moyses.Immolate Pascha, et sacrificia parate fratribus vestris, et facite secundum præceptum Domini quod datum est Moysi.
7And Josias gave unto the people that was found of sheep, lambs, and kids, and goats thirty thousand, calves three thousand.And Iosias gaue vnto the people that was found of sheepe, lambes, and kiddes, and goates thirtie thousand, calues three thousand.Et donavit Josias in plebem, quæ inventa est, ovium, agnorum, et hœdorum, et caprarum triginta millia, vitulos tria millia.
8These things were given to the people of the kings goods according to promise: and to the priests for the Phase, sheep in number two thousand, and calves an hundred.These thinges were geuen to the people of the kinges goodes according to promisse: and to the priestes for the Phase, sheepe in number two thousand, and calues an hundred.Hæc de regalibus data sunt secundum promissionem populo : et sacerdotibus in Pascha, oves numero duo millia, ac vituli centum.
9And Jechonias, and Semeias, and Nathanael brethren, and Hasabias, and Oziel, and Coraba for the Phase sheep five thousand, calves five hundred.And Iechonias, and Semeias, and Nathanael bretheren, and Hasabias, and Oziel, and Coraba for the Phase sheepe fiue thousand, calues fiue hundred.Et Jechonias, et Semejas, et Nathanaël fratres, et Hasabias, et Oziel, et Coraba in Phase, oves quinque millia, vitulos quingentos.
10And when these things were done in good order, the Priests and the Levites stood having azyma: unleavened loaves by tribes.And when these thinges were done in good order, the Priestes and the Leuites stood hauing azymes by tribes.Et hæc cum fierent eleganter, steterunt sacerdotes et Levitæ habentes azyma per tribus.
11And according to the portions of their fathers principality, in the sight of the people they did offer, to our Lord according to those things, which were written in the book of Moyses:And according to the portions of their fathers principalitie, in the sight of the people they did offer, to our Lord according to those thinges, which were written in the booke of Moyses:Et secundum partes principatus patrum in conspectu populi offerebant Domino, secundum ea quæ in libro Moysi scripta sunt :
12and roasted the Phase with fire as it ought: and the hostias: the sacrificial victims, not armies they boiled in cauldrons, and in pots with benevolence:and rosted the Phase with fire as it ought: and the hostes they boyled in cauldrons, and in pottes with beneuolence:et assaverunt Phase igni prout oportebat : et hostias coxerunt in emolis, et in ollis cum benevolentia :
13and they brought to all that were of the people: and afterward they prepared for themselves and the priests.and they brought to al that were of the people: and afterward they prepared for them selues and the priestes.et attulerunt omnibus qui erant ex plebe : et post hæc paraverunt sibi et sacerdotibus.
14For the Priests offered the fat, until the hour was ended: and the Levites prepared for themselves, and their brethren, the children of Aaron.For the Priestes offered the fatte, vntil the houre was ended: and the Leuites prepared for them selues, and their brethren, the children of Aaron.Sacerdotes enim offerebant adipes, usque dum finita esset hora : et Levitæ paraverunt sibi et fratribus suis, filiis Aaron.
15And the sacred singing men, the children of Asaph were by order according to the precept of David and Asaph, and Zacharias, and Jeddimus, which was from the king.And the sacred singing men, the children of Asaph were by order according to the precept of Dauid and Asaph, and Zacharias, and Ieddimus, which was from the king.Et sacri cantores filii Asaph erant per ordinem secundum præceptum David, et Asaph, et Zacharias, et Jeddimus, qui erat a rege.
16And the porters at every gate, so that none transgressed his own: for their brethren prepared for them.And the porters at euerie gate, so that none transgressed his owne: for their brethren prepared for them.Et ostiarii per singulas januas, ita ut non prævaricaretur unusquisque suam : fratres enim illorum paraverunt illis.
17And the things were consummata: completed, brought to an end that pertained to the sacrifice of our Lord.And the thinges were consummate that perteyned to the sacrifice of our Lord.Et consummata sunt quæ pertinebant ad sacrificium Domini.
18In that day they celebrated the Phase, and offered hosts upon the sacrifice of our Lord, according to the precept of king Josias.In that day they celebrated the Phase, and offered hostes vpon the sacrifice of our Lord, according to the precept of king Iosias.In illa die egerunt Phase, et offerebant hostias super Domini sacrificium, secundum præceptum regis Josiæ.
19And the children of Israel, that were found at that time, celebrated the Phase: and the festival day of Azymes for seven days:And the children of Israel, that were found at that time, celebrated the Phase: and the festiual day of Azymes for seuen dayes:Et egerunt filii Israël, qui inventi sunt in tempore illo, Phase : et diem festum azymorum per dies septem :
20and there was not celebrated such a Phase in Israel, from the times of Samuel the prophet:and there was not celebrated such a Phase in Israel, from the times of Samuel the prophet:et non est celebratum Phase tale in Israël, a temporibus Samuelis prophetæ :
21and all the kings of Israel did not celebrate such a Phase as Josias did, and the Priests, and the Levites, and the Jews, and all Israel, that were found in their abode at Jerusalem.and al the kinges of Israel did not celebrate such a Phase as Iosias did, and the Priestes, and the Leuites, and the Iewes, and al Israel, that were found in their abode at Ierusalem.et omnes reges Israël non celebraverunt tale Pascha, quale egit Josias, et Sacerdotes et Levitæ, et Judæi, et omnis Israël, qui inventi sunt in commoratione Jerosolymis.
22In the eighteenth year, Josias reigning was the Phase celebrated.In the eightenth yeare, Iosias reigning was the Phase celebrated.Octavo decimo anno, regnante Josia, celebratum est Phase.
23And the works of Josias were directed in the sight of his Lord in a heart full of fear:And the workes of Iosias were directed in the sight of his Lord in a hart ful of feare:Et directa sunt opera Josiæ in conspectu Domini sui in corde pleno metuentis :
24and the things concerning him are written in the ancient times, touching them that sinned, and were irreligious against our Lord above all nations, and that sought not the words of our Lord upon Israel.and the thinges concerning him are writen in the ancient times, touching them that sinned, and were irreligious against our Lord aboue al nations, and that sought not the wordes of our Lord vpon Israel.et quæ circa illum quidem conscripta sunt, in pristinis temporibus de eis, qui peccaverunt, quique irreligiosi fuerunt in Dominum præ omni gente, et qui non quæsierunt verba Domini super Israël.
25And after all this fact of Josias, came up Pharao the king of Egypt coming in Charcamis from the way upon Euphrates, and Josias went forth to meet him.And after al this fact of Iosias, came vp Pharao the king of Ægypt comming in Charcamis from the way vpon Euphrates, and Iosias went forth to meete him.Et post omnem actum hunc Josiæ, ascendit Pharao rex Ægypti, veniens in Charcamis ab itinere super Euphratem, et exiit obviam illi Josias.
26And the king of Egypt sent to Josias saying: What is there between me and thee king of Juda?And the king of Ægypt sent to Iosias saying: What is there betwen me & thee king of Iuda?Et misit rex Ægypti ad Josiam, dicens : Quid mihi et tibi est rex Judæ ?
27I was not sent of the Lord to fight against thee: for my battle is upon Euphrates, go down in haste.I was not sent of the Lord to fight against thee: for my battel is vpon Euphrates, goe downe in hast.Non sum missus a Domino ut pugnem contra te: super Euphratem enim bellum meum est, festinans descende.
28And Josias did not return upon his chariot: but endeavoured to overthrow him, not attending the word of the prophet from the mouth of our Lord:And Iosias did not returne vpon his chariote: but endeuoured to ouerthrow him, not attending the word of the prophet from the mouth of our Lord:Et non est reversus Josias super currum : sed expugnare eum conabatur, non attendens verbum prophetæ ex ore Domini :
29but he made battle against him in the field of Mageddo. And princes went down to king Josias.but he made battel against him in the field of Mageddo. And princes went downe to king Iosias.sed constituit ad eum bellum in campo Mageddo. Et descenderunt principes ad regem Josiam.
30And the king said to his servants: Remove me from the battle, for I am weakened exceedingly. And forthwith his servants removed him out of the battle.And the king said to his seruantes: Remoue me from the battel, for I am weakned exceedingly. And forthwith his seruantes remoued him out of the battel.Et dixit rex pueris suis, Amovete me a prælio, infirmatus sum enim valde. Et statim amoverunt eum pueri ipsius de acie.
31And he went up into his second chariot: and coming to Jerusalem, died, and was buried in his fathers sepulchre.And he went vp into his second chariote: & comming to Ierusalem, dyed, and was buried in his fathers sepulchre.Et ascendit super currum secundarium suum : et perveniens Jerosolymam, vita functus est, et sepultus est in paterno sepulchro.
32And in all Jurie they mourned for Josias, and the rulers with their wives lamented him until this day. And this was given out to be done always unto all the stock of Israel.And in al Iurie they mourned for Iosias, & the rulers with their wiues lamented him vntil this day. And this was geuen out to be done alwayes vnto al the stocke of Israel.Et in tota Judæa lugebant Josiam : et qui præsidebant cum uxoribus lamentabant eum usque in hunc diem. Et datum est hoc fieri semper in omne genus Israël.
33But these things were written before in the book of the histories of the kings of Juda: and all the acts of the doing of Josias, and his glory and his understanding in the law of our Lord: and the things that were done by him, and that are not written in the book of the kings of Israel and Juda.But these thinges were writen before in the booke of the histories of the kinges of Iuda: and al the actes of the doing of Iosias, and his glorie and his vnderstanding in the law of our Lord: and the thinges that were done by him, and that are not writen in the booke of the kinges of Israel and Iuda.Hæc autem præscripta sunt in libro historiarum regum Judæ : et singula gesta actus Josiæ, et ejus gloria et intellectus ejus in lege Domini : quæque gesta sunt ab eo, et quæ non scripta sunt in libro regum Israël et Judæ.
34And they that were of the nation, taking Jechonias the son of Josias, made him king for Josias his father, when he was three and twenty years old.And they that were of the nation, taking Iechonias the sonne of Iosias, made him king for Iosias his father, when he was three and twentie yeares old.Et assumentes qui erant ex gente Jechoniam filium Josiæ, constituerunt regem pro Josia patre suo, cum esset annorum trigintatrium.
35And he reigned over Israel three months. And the king of Egypt removed him, that he should not reign in Jerusalem:And he reigned ouer Israel three monethes. And the king of Ægypt remoued him, that he should not reigne in Ierusalem:Et regnavit super Israël mensibus tribus. Et amovit eum rex Ægypti, ne regnaret in Jerosolymis :
36and he put a tax upon the nation of silver an hundred talents, and of gold one talent.and he put a taxe vpon the nation of siluer an hundred talentes, and of gold one talent.et mulctavit gentem argenti talenta centum, et auri talentum unum.
37And the king of Egypt made Joacim his brother king of Juda and Jerusalem:And the king of Ægypt made Ioacim his brother king of Iuda and Ierusalem:Et constituit rex Ægypti Joacim fratrem ipsius, regem Judæ et Jerusalem :
38and he bound the magistrates of Joacim, and Zaracel his brother, and taking them brought them back into Egypt.and he bound the magistrates of Ioacim, and Zaracel his brother, and taking them brought them backe into Ægypt.et alligavit magistratus Joacim, et Zaracelem fratrem suum, et apprehendens reduxit in Ægyptum.
39Joacim was five and twenty years old when he began to reign in the land of Juda and Jerusalem: and he did evil in the sight of our Lord.Ioacim was fiue and twentie yeares old when he began to reigne in the land of Iuda and Ierusalem: and he did euil in the sight of our Lord.Annorum erat Joacim vigintiquinque, cum regnare cœpisset in terra Juda et Jerusalem : et fecit malum in conspectu Domini.
40And after this man came up Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, and binding him with a band of brass, brought him into Babylon.And after this man came vp Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, and binding him with a bande of brasse, brought him into Babylon.Post hunc autem ascendit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis, et alligans eum in æreo vinculo, perduxit in Babyloniam :
41And Nabuchodonosor took the sacred vessels of our Lord, and carried away, and consecrated them in his temple in Babylon.And Nabuchodonosor tooke the sacred vessels of our Lord, and carried away, and consecrated them in his temple in Babylon.et sacra vasa Domini accepit Nabuchodonosor, et tulit et consecravit in templo suo in Babylonia.
42For his uncleanness, and lack of religion is written in the book of the times of the kings.For his vncleanes, and lacke of religion is written in the booke of the times of the kinges.Nam de immunditia illius, et irreligiositate scriptum est in libro temporum regum.
43And Joachin his son reigned for him. And when he was made king, he was eighteen years old.And Ioachin his sonne reigned for him. And when he was made king, he was eightene yeares old.Et regnavit Joachin filius ejus pro eo. Cum autem constitutus esset rex, erat annorum decem et octo.
44And reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and did evil in the sight of our Lord:And reigned three monethes and ten dayes in Ierusalem, and did euil in the sight of our Lord:Regnavit autem menses tres, et dies decem in Jerusalem, et fecit malum in conspectu Domini :
45and after a year Nabuchodonosor sending, transported him into Babylon together with the sacred vessels of our Lord.and after a yeare Nabuchodonosor sending, transported him into Babylon together with the sacred vessels of our Lord.et post annum mittens Nabuchodonosor, transmigravit eum in Babyloniam simul cum sacris vasis Domini.
46And he made Sedecias king of Juda and Jerusalem, when he was one and twenty years old: and he reigned eleven years.And he made Sedecias king of Iuda and Ierusalem, when he was one and twentie yeares old: and he reigned eleuen yeares.Et constituit Sedeciam regem Juda, et Jerusalem, cum esset annorum viginti unius : regnavit autem annis undecim.
47And he did evil in the sight of our Lord, and was not afraid of the words which were spoken by Jeremie the prophet from the mouth of our Lord:And he did euil in the sight of our Lord, and was not afraid of the wordes which were spoken by Ieremie the prophet from the mouth of our Lord:Et fecit malum in conspectu Domini, et non est veritus a verbis, quæ dicta sunt ab Jeremia propheta ex ore Domini :
48and being sworn of king Nabuchodonosor, forsworn he did revolt: and his neck being hardened, and his heart, he transgressed the ordinances of our Lord the God of Israel.and being sworne of king Nabuchodonosor, forsworne he did reuolt: and his necke being hardened, & his hart, he transgressed the ordinances of our Lord the God of Israel.et adjuratus a rege Nabuchodonosor, perjurans discessit : et indurata cervice sua, et corde suo, transgressus est legitima Domini Dei Israël.
49And the princes of the people of our Lord did many things wickedly, and they did impiously above all the uncleanness of the nations: and they polluted the temple of our Lord that was holy in Jerusalem.And the princes of the people of our Lord did manie thinges wickedly, and they did impiously aboue al the vncleannes of the nations: and they polluted the temple of our Lord that was holie in Ierusalem.Et duces populi Domini multa inique gesserunt, et impie egerunt super omnes immunditias gentium : et polluerunt templum Domini quod sanctum erat in Jerosolymis.
50And the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to revocare: to call them back, not to reclaim or recover them, for that he would spare them, and his tabernacle.And the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to reclame them, for that he would spare them, and his tabernacle.Et misit Deus patrum ipsorum per angelum suum revocare eos, propter quod parceret illis, et tabernaculo suo.
51But they scorned at his messengers: and in the day that our Lord spake to them, they were mocking his prophets.But they scorned at his messengers: and in the day that our Lord spake to them, they were mocking his prophetes.Ipsi vero subsannabant in angelis suis : et qua die locutus est Dominus, erant illudentes prophetis ejus.
52Who was moved even unto wrath upon his nation for their impiety, and commanded the kings of the Chaldees to come up.Who was moued euen vnto wrath vpon his nation for their impietie, and commanded the kinges of the Chaldees to come vp.Qui usque ad iracundiam concitatus est super gentem suam propter irreligiositatem suam, et præcepit ascendere reges Chaldæorum.
53These slew their young men with the sword, round about their holy temple, and spared not young man, and old man, and virgin, and youth:These slewe their yong men with the sword, round about their holie temple, and spared not yong man, and old man, and virgin, and youth:Hi occiderunt juvenes eorum in gladio, in circuitu sancti templi eorum, et non pepercerunt juveni, et seni, et virgini, et adolescenti :
54but all were delivered into their hands: and taking all the sacred vessels of our Lord, and the kings treasures, they carried them into Babylon,but al were deliuered into their handes: & taking al the sacred vessels of our Lord, and the kinges treasures, they caried them into Babylon,sed omnes traditi sunt in manus ipsorum : et omnia sacra vasa Domini, et regales apothecas resumentes, tulerunt in Babyloniam,
55and burnt the house of our Lord, and threw down the walls of Jerusalem: and the towers thereof they burnt with fire,and burnt the house of our Lord, and threwe downe the walles of Ierusalem: and the towres therof they burnt with fire,et incenderunt domum Domini, et demolierunt muros Jerusalem : et turres ejus incenderunt igne,
56and consumed all their honourable things, and brought them to naught, and those that were left of the sword, they led into Babylon.and consumed al their honorable thinges, and brought them to naught, and those that were left of the sword, they led into Babylon.et consummaverunt omnia honorifica ejus, et ad nihilum redegerunt, et reliquos a gladio duxerunt in Babylonem.
57And they were his servants until the Persians reigned in the fulfilling of the word of our Lord by the mouth of Jeremie:And they were his seruants vntil the Persians reigned in the fulfilling of the word of our Lord by the mouth of Ieremie:Et erant servi illius usque dum regnarent Persæ in repletione verbi Domini in ore Jeremiæ :
58as long as the land quietly kept her sabbaths, all the time of her desolation she sabbatizavit: kept sabbath rest in the applicatione: the completing, the making up of seventy years.as long as the land quietly kept her sabbathes, al the time of her desolation she sabbathized in the application of seuentie yeares.quousque benigne ageret terra sabbata sua, omni tempore desertionis suæ sabbatizavit in applicatione annorum septuaginta septem.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.