“ Listen to the terms of the covenant I made with my people of long ago. Tell Judah the terms still apply to them. Tell those who live in Jerusalem that they must obey them too.

“当听这约的话，告诉犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民，

“当听这约的话，告诉犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民，

“当听这约的话，告诉犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民，

“你要听这约上的话，把内容告诉犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民。

“你要告诉犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民：‘你们要听从这约的话。’

「當聽這約的話，告訴猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民，

「當聽這約的話，告訴猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民，

「當聽這約的話，告訴猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民，

「你要聽這約上的話，把內容告訴猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民。

“你要告訴猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民：‘你們要聽從這約的話。’

『你要聽這約的話，要告訴猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民，

曰、當聽此約之詞、告猶大人、及耶路撒冷居民、

俾告猶大族、耶路撒冷居民、咸聆盟約之言、

爾曹當聽斯約之言、告猶大人及耶路撒冷居民、

“ Listen to the terms of this covenant and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem.

“ Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

“ Remind the people of Judah and Jerusalem about the terms of my covenant with them.

“ Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

“ Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

“ Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

“ Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

“ Hear the terms of the covenant I made with Israel and pass them on to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem.

“ Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

The Lord said to me,“ Here is what I want you to announce in the towns of Judah. Say it also in the streets of Jerusalem. Tell the people,‘ Listen to the terms of my covenant. Obey them.

Now obey me completely. Keep my covenant. If you do, then out of all the nations you will be my special treasure. The whole earth is mine.

So I’m planning to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel. Then he’ll stop being angry with us.

The Lord is the God of Israel. He says,“ I made a covenant with your people of long ago. I brought them out of Egypt. That is the land where they were slaves. I said,‘ Every seventh year you must set your people free. Each of you must set free all the Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. Let them serve you for six years. Then you must let them go free.’( Deuteronomy 15:12) But your people of long ago did not listen to me. They did not pay any attention to me.Recently you turned away from your sins. You did what is right in my eyes. Each of you set your Hebrew slaves free. You even made a covenant in front of me. You did it in the house where I have put my Name.But now you have turned around. You have treated my name as if it were not holy. Each of you has taken back your male and female slaves. You had set them free to go where they wished. But now you have forced them to become your slaves again.”

The king stood next to his pillar. He agreed to the terms of the covenant in front of the Lord. The king promised to serve the Lord and obey his commands, directions and rules. He promised to obey them with all his heart and with all his soul. So the king promised to obey the terms of the covenant that were written in that book.

He went up to the Lord’ s temple. The people of Judah and Jerusalem went with him. So did the priests and prophets. All of them went, from the least important of them to the most important. The king had all the words of the Book of the Covenant read to them. The book had been found in the Lord’ s temple.The king stood next to his pillar. He agreed to the terms of the covenant in front of the Lord. The king promised to serve the Lord and obey his commands, directions and rules. He promised to obey them with all his heart and with all his soul. So he agreed to the terms of the covenant written down in that book. Then all the people committed themselves to the covenant as well.

Then Jehoiada made a covenant. He promised that he, the people and the king would be the Lord’ s people.

Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and people. He had the king and people promise that they would be the Lord’ s people. Jehoiada also made a covenant between the king and the people.