Rotherham(i)
15 Then spake up Hilkiah, and said unto Shaphan the scribe, The Book of the Law, have I found, in the house of Yahweh,––and Hilkiah gave the book unto Shaphan.
16 Then Shaphan took in the book unto the king, and returned yet further unto the king a message, saying,––All that was delivered into the hand of thy servants, they are doing;
17 and they have poured out the silver, that was found in the house of Yahweh, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the doers of the work.
18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, A book, hath Hilkiah the priest given to me. And Shaphan, read therein, before the king.
19 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
20 Then did the king command Hilkiah––and Ahikam son of Shaphan––and Abdon son of Micah––and Shaphan the scribe––and Asaiah servant of the king, saying:
21 Go, enquire of Yahweh for me, and for the remnant in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book which hath been found,––for great is the wrath of Yahweh, which hath been poured out upon us, because our fathers, kept not, the word of Yahweh, to do according to all that is written in this book.
22 So Hilkiah and they whom the king had named went into Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum son of Tokhath son of Hasrah keeper of the wardrobe, she, having her dwelling in Jerusalem, in the new city,––and they spake unto her accordingly.
23 And she said unto them, Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel,––Say ye unto the man who hath sent you unto me:
24 Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me bringing in calamity upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof,–even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
25 Because they have forsaken me, and burned incense unto other gods, so as to provoke me to anger, with all the works of their hands, therefore hath my wrath been poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
26 But, unto the king of Judah, who hath sent you to enquire of Yahweh, thus, shall ye say unto him,––Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard:
27 Because tender was thy heart, and thou didst humble thyself before God when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and didst humble thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes and weep before me, therefore, I also, have heard, is the declaration of Yahweh.
28 Behold me! gathering thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered unto thy sepulchres in peace, and thine eyes shall not look upon all the calamity which, I, am bringing in upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof. And they returned, unto the king, the message.