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

“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.

“ 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.

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

The LORD said to me,“ Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem:‘ Listen to the terms of my covenant with you and carry them out!

And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,

Now I intend to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.

“ The LORD God of Israel has a message for you.‘ I made a covenant with your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt where they had been slaves. It stipulated,“ Every seven years each of you must free any fellow Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. After they have served you for six years, you shall set them free.” But your ancestors did not obey me or pay any attention to me.Recently, however, you yourselves showed a change of heart and did what is pleasing to me. You granted your fellow countrymen their freedom and you made a covenant to that effect in my presence in the house that I have claimed for my own.But then you turned right around and showed that you did not honor me. Each of you took back your male and female slaves whom you had freed as they desired, and you forced them to be your slaves again.

The king stood by his pillar and renewed the covenant before the LORD, agreeing to follow the LORD and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll.

The king went up to the LORD’s temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, all the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the prophets. All the people were there, from the youngest to the oldest. He read aloud all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the LORD’s temple.The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant before the LORD, agreeing to follow the LORD and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant.

Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the LORD.

Jehoiada then drew up a covenant between the LORD and the king and people, stipulating that they should be loyal to the LORD.