٢ أخبار 29

١ 1 مَلَكَ حَزَقِيَّا وَهُوَ ٱبْنُ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، وَمَلَكَ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ أَبِيَّةُ بِنْتُ زَكَرِيَّا.

Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah.

٢ 2 وَعَمِلَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا عَمِلَ دَاوُدُ أَبُوهُ.

And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

٣ 3 هُوَ فيِ ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلْأُولَى مِنْ مُلْكِهِ فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ فَتَحَ أَبْوَابَ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَرَمَّمَهَا.

He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

٤ 4 وَأَدْخَلَ ٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ وَجَمَعَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلسَّاحَةِ ٱلشَّرْقِيَّةِ،

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east;

٥ 5 وَقَالَ لَهُمُ: «ٱسْمَعُوا لِي أَيُّهَا ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ، تَقَدَّسُوا ٱلْآنَ وَقَدِّسُوا بَيْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِكُمْ، وَأَخْرِجُوا ٱلنَّجَاسَةَ مِنَ ٱلْقُدْسِ،

and said unto them: 'Hear me, ye Levites: now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

٦ 6 لِأَنَّ آبَاءَنَا خَانُوا وَعَمِلُوا ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا وَتَرَكُوهُ، وَحَوَّلُوا وُجُوهَهُمْ عَنْ مَسْكَنِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَأَعْطَوْا قَفًا،

For our fathers have acted treacherously, and done that which was evil in the sight of the LORD our God, and have forsaken Him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

٧ 7 وَأَغْلَقُوا أَيْضًا أَبْوَابَ ٱلرِّوَاقِ وَأَطْفَأُوا ٱلسُّرُجَ وَلَمْ يُوقِدُوا بَخُورًا وَلَمْ يُصْعِدُوا مُحْرَقَةً فِي ٱلْقُدْسِ لِإِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt-offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

٨ 8 فَكَانَ غَضَبُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأَسْلَمَهُمْ لِلْقَلَقِ وَٱلدَّهْشِ وَٱلصَّفِيرِ كَمَا أَنْتُمْ رَاؤُونَ بِأَعْيُنِكُمْ.

Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He hath delivered them to be a horror, an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

٩ 9 وَهُوَذَا قَدْ سَقَطَ آبَاؤُنَا بِٱلسَّيْفِ، وَبَنُونَا وَبَنَاتُنَا وَنِسَاؤُنَا فِي ٱلسَّبْيِ لِأَجْلِ هَذَا.

For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

١٠ 10 فَٱلْآنَ فِي قَلْبِي أَنْ أَقْطَعَ عَهْدًا مَعَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَرُدُّ عَنَّا حُمُوَّ غَضَبِهِ.

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, that His fierce anger may turn away from us.

١١ 11 يَا بَنِيَّ، لَا تَضِلُّوا ٱلْآنَ لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ ٱخْتَارَكُمْ لِكَيْ تَقِفُوا أَمَامَهُ وَتَخْدِمُوهُ وَتَكُونُوا خَادِمِينَ وَمُوقِدِينَ لَهُ».

My sons, be not now negligent; for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before Him, to minister unto Him, and that ye should be His ministers, and offer unto Him.'

١٢ 12 فَقَامَ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ: مَحَثُ بْنُ عَمَاسَايَ وَيُوئِيلُ بْنُ عَزَرْيَا مِنْ بَنِي ٱلْقَهَاتِيِّينَ، وَمِنْ بَنِي مَرَارِي: قَيْسُ بْنُ عَبْدِي وَعَزَرْيَا بْنُ يَهْلَلْئِيلَ، وَمِنَ ٱلْجَرْشُونِيِّينَ: يُوآخُ بْنُ زِمَّةَ وَعِيدَنُ بْنُ يُوآخَ،

Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

١٣ 13 وَمِنْ بَنِي أَلِيصَافَانَ: شِمْرِي وَيَعِيئِيلُ، وَمِنْ بَنِي آسَافَ: زَكَرِيَّا وَمَتَّنْيَا،

and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

١٤ 14 وَمِنْ بَنِي هَيْمَانَ: يَحِيئِيلُ وَشِمْعِي، وَمِنْ بَنِي يَدُوثُونَ: شِمْعِيَا وَعُزِّيئِيلُ.

and of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

١٥ 15 وَجَمَعُوا إِخْوَتَهُمْ وَتَقَدَّسُوا وَأَتَوْا حَسَبَ أَمْرِ ٱلْمَلِكِ بِكَلَامِ ٱلرَّبِّ لِيُطَهِّرُوا بَيْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

١٦ 16 وَدَخَلَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ إِلَى دَاخِلِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ لِيُطَهِّرُوهُ، وَأَخْرَجُوا كُلَّ ٱلنَّجَاسَةِ ٱلَّتِي وَجَدُوهَا فِي هَيْكَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى دَارِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَتَنَاوَلَهَا ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ لِيُخْرِجُوهَا إِلَى ٱلْخَارِجِ إِلَى وَادِي قَدْرُونَ.

And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.

١٧ 17 وَشَرَعُوا فِي ٱلتَّقْدِيسِ فِي أَوَّلِ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ. وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّامِنِ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱنْتَهَوْا إِلَى رِوَاقِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَقَدَّسُوا بَيْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي ثَمَانِيَةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلسَّادِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ٱنْتَهَوْا.

Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD; and they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

١٨ 18 وَدَخَلُوا إِلَى دَاخِلٍ إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا ٱلْمَلِكِ وَقَالُوا: «قَدْ طَهَّرْنَا كُلَّ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَمَذْبَحَ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةِ وَكُلَّ آنِيَتِهِ وَمَائِدَةَ خُبْزِ ٱلْوُجُوهِ وَكُلَّ آنِيَتِهَا.

Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace, and said: 'We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, even the altar of burnt-offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the table of showbread, with all the vessels thereof.

١٩ 19 وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْآنِيَةِ ٱلَّتِي طَرَحَهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ آحَازُ فِي مُلْكِهِ بِخِيَانَتِهِ، قَدْ هَيَّأْنَاهَا وَقَدَّسْنَاهَا، وَهَا هِيَ أَمَامَ مَذْبَحِ ٱلرَّبِّ».

Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away when he acted treacherously, have we prepared and sanctified; and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.'

٢٠ 20 وَبَكَّرَ حَزَقِيَّا ٱلْمَلِكُ وَجَمَعَ رُؤَسَاءَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

٢١ 21 فَأَتَوْا بِسَبْعَةِ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةِ كِبَاشٍ وَسَبْعَةِ خِرْفَانٍ وَسَبْعَةِ تُيُوسِ مِعْزًى ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيَّةٍ عَنِ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ وَعَنِ ٱلْمَقْدِسِ وَعَنْ يَهُوذَا. وَقَالَ لِبَنِي هَارُونَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ أَنْ يُصْعِدُوهَا عَلَى مَذْبَحِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

٢٢ 22 فَذَبَحُوا ٱلثِّيرَانَ، وَتَنَاوَلَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ ٱلدَّمَ وَرَشُّوهُ عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ، ثُمَّ ذَبَحُوا ٱلْكِبَاشَ وَرَشُّوا ٱلدَّمَ عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ، ثُمَّ ذَبَحُوا ٱلْخِرْفَانَ وَرَشُّوا ٱلدَّمَ عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ.

So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and dashed it against the altar; and they killed the rams, and dashed the blood against the altar; they killed also the lambs, and dashed the blood against the altar.

٢٣ 23 ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمُوا بِتُيُوسِ ذَبِيحَةِ ٱلْخَطِيَّةِ أَمَامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَٱلْجَمَاعَةِ، وَوَضَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا،

And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the congregation, and they laid their hands upon them;

٢٤ 24 وَذَبَحَهَا ٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَكَفَّرُوا بِدَمِهَا عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ تَكْفِيرًا عَنْ جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْمَلِكَ قَالَ إِنَّ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةَ وَذَبِيحَةَ ٱلْخَطِيَّةِ هُمَا عَنْ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

and the priests killed them, and they made a sin-offering with their blood upon the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded that the burnt-offering and the sin-offering should be made for all Israel.

٢٥ 25 وَأَوْقَفَ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِصُنُوجٍ وَرَبَابٍ وَعِيدَانٍ حَسَبَ أَمْرِ دَاوُدَ وَجَادَ رَائِي ٱلْمَلِكِ وَنَاثَانَ ٱلنَّبِيِّ، لِأَنَّ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْوَصِيَّةَ عَنْ يَدِ أَنْبِيَائِهِ.

And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of the LORD by His prophets.

٢٦ 26 فَوَقَفَ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ بِآلَاتِ دَاوُدَ، وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ بِٱلْأَبْوَاقِ.

And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

٢٧ 27 وَأَمَرَ حَزَقِيَّا بِإِصْعَادِ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةِ عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ. وَعِنْدَ ٱبْتِدَاءِ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةِ ٱبْتَدَأَ نَشِيدُ ٱلرَّبِّ وَٱلْأَبْوَاقُ بِوَاسِطَةِ آلَاتِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of the LORD began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel.

٢٨ 28 وَكَانَ كُلُّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ يَسْجُدُونَ وَٱلْمُغَنُّونَ يُغَنُّونَ وَٱلْمُبَوِّقُونَ يُبَوِّقُونَ. ٱلْجَمِيعُ، إِلَى أَنِ ٱنْتَهَتِ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةُ.

And all the congregation prostrated themselves, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt-offering was finished.

٢٩ 29 وَعِنْدَ ٱنْتِهَاءِ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةِ خَرَّ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَكُلُّ ٱلْمَوْجُودِينَ مَعَهُ وَسَجَدُوا.

And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves and prostrated themselves.

٣٠ 30 وَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا ٱلْمَلِكُ وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ لِلَّاوِيِّينَ أَنْ يُسَبِّحُوا ٱلرَّبَّ بِكَلَامِ دَاوُدَ وَآسَافَ ٱلرَّائِي، فَسَبَّحُوا بِٱبْتِهَاجٍ وَخَرُّوا وَسَجَدُوا.

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.

٣١ 31 ثُمَّ أَجَابَ حَزَقِيَّا وَقَالَ: «ٱلْآنَ مَلَأْتُمْ أَيْدِيَكُمْ لِلرَّبِّ. تَقَدَّمُوا وَأْتُوا بِذَبَائِحَ وَقَرَابِينِ شُكْرٍ لِبَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ». فَأَتَتِ ٱلْجَمَاعَةُ بِذَبَائِحَ وَقَرَابِينِ شُكْرٍ، وَكُلُّ سَمُوحِ ٱلْقَلْبِ أَتَى بِمُحْرَقَاتٍ.

Then Hezekiah answered and said: 'Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the LORD.' And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt-offerings.

٣٢ 32 وَكَانَ عَدَدُ ٱلْمُحْرَقَاتِ ٱلَّتِي أَتَى بِهَا ٱلْجَمَاعَةُ سَبْعِينَ ثَوْرًا وَمِئَةَ كَبْشٍ وَمِئَتَيْ خَرُوفٍ. كُلُّ هَذِهِ مُحْرَقَةٌ لِلرَّبِّ.

And the number of the burnt-offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt-offering to the LORD.

٣٣ 33 وَٱلْأَقْدَاسُ سِتُّ مِئَةٍ مِنَ ٱلْبَقَرِ وَثَلَاثَةُ آلَافٍ مِنَ ٱلضَّأْنِ.

And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

٣٤ 34 إِلَّا إِنَّ ٱلْكَهَنَةَ كَانُوا قَلِيلِينَ فَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَسْلُخُوا كُلَّ ٱلْمُحْرَقَاتِ، فَسَاعَدَهُمْ إِخْوَتُهُمُ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ حَتَّى كَمَلَ ٱلْعَمَلُ وَحَتَّى تَقَدَّسَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ. لِأَنَّ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ كَانُوا أَكْثَرَ ٱسْتِقَامَةَ قَلْبٍ مِنَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ فِي ٱلتَّقَدُّسِ.

But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings; wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

٣٥ 35 وَأَيْضًا كَانَتِ ٱلْمُحْرَقَاتُ كَثِيرَةً بِشَحْمِ ذَبَائِحِ ٱلسَّلَامَةِ وَسَكَائِبِ ٱلْمُحْرَقَاتِ. فَٱسْتَقَامَتْ خِدْمَةُ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

And also the burnt-offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace-offerings, and the drink-offerings for every burnt-offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was firmly established.

٣٦ 36 وَفَرِحَ حَزَقِيَّا وَكُلُّ ٱلشَّعْبِ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ ٱللهَ أَعَدَّ ٱلشَّعْبَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْأَمْرَ كَانَ بَغْتَةً.

And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people; for the thing was done suddenly.