歷代志下 29
1 [希則克雅登極]希則克雅登極時年二十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王凡二十九年；他的母親名叫阿彼雅，是則加黎雅的女兒。
And, Hezekiah, began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and, twenty-nine years, reigned he in Jerusalem, —and, the name of his mother, was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah.
2 希則克雅行了上主視為正義的事，完全像他的祖先達味所行的一樣。[清除聖殿]
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, —according to all that, David his father, had done.
3 他作王元年正月，開了上主殿宇的門，再加以修理；
He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, and repaired them.
4 召司祭和肋未人來，聚集在東面廣場上，
And he brought in the priests, and the Levites, —and gathered them together in the broadway on the east;
5 對他們說：「肋未人，請聽我的話! 現在你們應自潔，好清除上主你們祖先的天主的殿宇，將聖所內的污穢之物除去。
and said unto them, Hear me, O Levites! Now, hallow yourselves, and hallow the house of Yahweh, God of your fathers, and take forth the impure thing out of the holy place.
6 因為我們的祖先犯了罪，行了上主我們的天主視為不悅的事，離棄了他，並轉臉不顧上主的居所，所以背相向；
For our fathers have acted unfaithfully and done the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh our God, and have forsaken him, -and have turned round their faces from the habitation of Yahweh, and have offered their backs.
7 又封閉了廊門，熄滅了燈，未在聖所內給以色列的天主焚香，獻全燔祭。
Moreover they have shut up the doors of the porch, and have quenched the lamps, and, incense, have they not burned, -and, ascending-sacrifice, have they not caused to go up in the holy place, unto the God of Israel.
8 因此，上主的盛怒降於猶大和耶路撒冷，使之成為恐懼、驚駭、恥笑的對象，正如你們親眼所見的。
Thus hath it come to pass, that, the wrath of Yahweh, hath been upon Judah and Jerusalem, —and he hath delivered them up as a terror and as an astonishment and as hissing, even as, ye, can see with your own eyes.
9 並且我們的祖先因此死於刀下，我們的妻子兒女作了俘虜。
And lo! our fathers have fallen by the sword, and, our sons and our daughters and our wives, are in captivity for this.
10 現在，我有意與上主以色列的天主立約，使他的烈怒轉離我們。
Now, is it near my heart, to solemnise a covenant unto Yahweh, God of Israel, —that he may turn from him the glow of his anger.
11 我的孩子們! 現在不要再怠慢，因為上主揀選了你們侍立在他面前，為奉事他，向他焚香。」
My sons! now, do not be faulty, —for, of you, hath Yahweh made choice, to stand before him, and to wait upon him, and to be his attendants and burners of incense.
12 於是肋未人起來：刻哈特族中有阿瑪賽的兒子瑪哈特和阿匝黎雅的兒子約厄耳；默辣黎族中有阿貝狄的兒子克士和雅肋肋耳的兒子阿匝黎雅；革爾雄族中有齊瑪的兒子約阿黑和約阿黑的兒子厄登；
Then arose the Levites—Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites, and, of the sons of Merari, Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehallelel, —and, of the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;
13 厄里匝番的子孫中有史默黎和耶烏耳；阿撒夫子孫中有則加黎雅和瑪塔尼雅；
and, of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel, —and, of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah, and Mattaniah;
14 赫曼子孫中有耶希耳和史米；耶杜通子孫中有舍瑪雅和烏齊耳，
and, of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei, —and, of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah, and Uzziel;
15 他們集合自己的弟兄，先行自潔，後照君王的吩咐，根據上主的命令，來清除上主的殿。
and they gathered together their brethren, who hallowed themselves, and came in according to the command of the king, in the things of Yahweh, —to purify the house of Yahweh.
16 司祭進入上主的殿宇裏面去清除，將上主殿內所有的污穢之物，移到上主殿宇的院內；肋未人接過來，運到城外的克德龍溪。
So the priests entered into the inner part of the house of Yahweh, to make purification, and they brought out every unclean thing which they found in the temple of Yahweh, into the court of the house of Yahweh, —where the Levites received it, to carry it forth to the Kidron ravine outside.
17 他們在正月一日開始清除，第八天清除到上主的殿。正月十六日清除完畢。
And they began, on the first of the first month, to hallow, —and, on the eighth day of the month, they came to the porch of Yahweh, so they hallowed the house of Yahweh in eight days, —and, on the sixteenth day of the first month, they finished.
18 於是他們去見希則克雅說：「我們已經將上主的殿宇、全燔祭壇、以及壇上所有的器具、供餅桌、以及桌上所有的用具，全部清潔了；
Then came they in unto Hezekiah the king, and said, We have purified all the house of Yahweh, —the altar of ascending-sacrifice, and all the utensils thereof, and the table for setting in array, and all the utensils thereof.
19 並且連阿哈次王在位犯罪時，所丟棄的器具，我們都整理好，也都清潔了；現在都放在上主祭壇前面。」[獻祭贖罪]
And, all the utensils which King Ahaz in his reign rejected when he acted unfaithfully, have we made ready and hallowed, —and, there they are, before the altar of Yahweh.
20 希則克雅清晨起來，召集城內的首領，上到上主殿內。
So Hezekiah the king rose up early, and gathered together the rulers of the city, —and went up to the house of Yahweh.
21 人們帶來了七隻牛犢，七隻公綿羊和七隻羔羊；此外，還有七隻公山羊，為國家，為聖殿，為猶大作為贖罪祭；王遂吩咐亞郎的子孫司祭奉獻在上主的祭壇上。
And they brought in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven young sheep, and seven he-goats for bearing sin, for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah, —and he bade the sons of Aaron, the priests, cause them to ascend upon the altar of Yahweh.
22 祭殺了牛犢，司祭將血取來，灑在祭壇上；祭殺了綿羊，將血灑在祭壇上；祭殺了羔羊，也將血灑在祭壇上。
So they slaughtered the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and dashed it against the altar, —and they slaughtered the rams, and dashed the blood against the altar, and slaughtered the young sheep, and dashed the blood against the altar.
23 最後，將獻作贖罪祭的公山羊，牽到君王和會眾面前，他們將手按在公山羊身上，
And they brought near the he-goats for bearing sin, before the king, and the convocation, —and they leaned their hands upon them;
24 司祭宰殺了，將血獻在祭壇上，作為贖罪祭，為以色列民眾贖罪，因為君王曾吩咐過：全燔祭和贖罪祭，應為以色列民眾奉獻。
and the priests slaughtered them, and sin-cleansed, with their blood, the altar, to put a propitiatory-covering over all Israel, -because, for all Israel, did the king appoint the ascending-sacrifice and the offering for bearing sin.
25 王又派定肋未人用鈸、瑟和琴，在上主殿內奏樂，有如達味、王的先見者加得和先知納堂所吩咐的，亦即上主藉先知所吩咐的。
And he caused the Levites to stand in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals and with harps and with lyres, by the commandment of David, and of Gad the seer of the king, and of Nathan the prophet, —for, by the hand of Yahweh, came the commandment by the hand of his prophets.
26 於是肋未人拿著達味的樂器，司祭拿著號筒，一起站著。
So the Levites took their stand, with the instruments of David, and the priests, with the trumpets.
27 希則克雅遂下令在祭壇上奉獻全燔祭。全燔祭開始時，頌揚上主的歌聲和號聲，也在以色列王達味的樂器伴奏下，隨之開始。
And Hezekiah gave word, to cause the ascending-sacrifice to go up on the altar, —and, when the ascending-sacrifice began, the singing unto Yahweh began, and the trumpets, even under the direction of the instruments of David, king of Israel.
28 同時全會眾跪拜，唱歌的唱歌，吹號的吹號，這樣直到全燔祭獻完為止。
And, all the convocation, were bowing themselves in prostration, and, the song, was resounding and the trumpets were blowing, -the whole, until the completing of the ascending-sacrifice.
29 獻完了祭，君王和所有同他自場的人，都屈膝跪拜。
And, when the offering was complete, the king knelt down and all who were present with him, and bowed themselves in prostration.
30 此後，希則克雅王和眾首領，又吩咐肋未人用達味和先見者阿撒夫的詩詞，讚頌上主。他們便歡樂地讚頌了上主，隨即俯首朝拜。
And Hezekiah the king and the rulers gave word to the Levites, to offer praise unto Yahweh, in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, —so they offered praise right joyfully, and bent their heads and bowed themselves in prostration.
31 希則克雅又吩咐說：「你們既然奉獻了自己與上主，請近前來，將感恩祭祭物，送入上主殿內。」會眾便將感恩祭祭物，以及甘心獻的全燔祭獻上。
Then responded Hezekiah and said—Now, have ye consecrated yourselves unto Yahweh. Draw near, and bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings unto the house of Yahweh, -So the convocation brought sacrifices and thank-offerings, and, everyone of a willing heart, [brought] ascending-sacrifices.
32 會眾所獻的全燔祭犧牲總數為：牛犢七十隻，公山羊一百隻，羔羊二百隻，全獻給上主作全燔祭。
And it came to pass that, the number of ascending-sacrifices which the convocation brought, was—seventy bullocks, and a hundred rams, and two hundred young sheep, —as an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh, all these.
33 還有祝聖的牲畜：牛犢六百隻，羊三千隻。
But, the hallowed beasts, were six hundred bullocks, and three thousand sheep.
34 由於司祭太少，不能剝盡全燔祭犧牲的皮，所以他們的弟兄肋未人前來協助，直到工作作完，直到司祭自潔完畢，因為肋未人自潔的誠心勝過司祭。
Only, the priests, were too few, and were unable to flay all the ascending-sacrifices, —so their brethren the Levites strengthened them, until the work was complete and until the priests had hallowed themselves, for, the Levites, were more upright in heart to hallow themselves, than the priests.
35 此外，還有許多全燔祭、和平祭、脂油，及與全燔祭同奠的酒，等待處理。這樣，上主殿內的禮儀就全恢復了。
Moreover also, the ascending-sacrifices, were in abundance, with the fat portions of the peace-offerings, and with the drink-offerings to every ascending-sacrifice, -thus was established the service of the house of Yahweh.
36 希則克雅和全民眾都很快樂，因為天主為人民準備，使此事迅速完成。
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because God had established it for the people, —for, suddenly, had the thing come about.
