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。

Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah, the 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]

He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, 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；

In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the LORD’s house and repaired them.

4 召司祭和肋未人來，聚集在東面廣場上，

He brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them together into the wide place 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 to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry the filthiness 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 were unfaithful, and have done that which was evil in the LORD our God’s sight, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned 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。

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 to 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。

Therefore the LORD’s wrath was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to be tossed back and forth, to be an astonishment and a hissing, as you see with your 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。

For behold, 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 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.

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, don’t be negligent now; for the LORD has chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him, and that you should be his ministers and burn 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 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;

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 Jeuel; 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, Jehuel 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。

They gathered their brothers, sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the LORD’s words, to cleanse the LORD’s house.

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。

The priests went into the inner part of the LORD’s house to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the LORD’s temple into the court of the LORD’s house. The Levites took it from there to carry it out to the brook Kidron.

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。

Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the LORD’s porch. They sanctified the LORD’s house 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 they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace and said, “We have cleansed all the LORD’s house, including the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, and the table of show bread with all its vessels.

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]

Moreover, we have prepared and sanctified all the vessels which King Ahaz threw away in his reign when he was unfaithful. Behold, they are before the LORD’s altar.”

20 希則克雅清晨起來，召集城內的首領，上到上主殿內。

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

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。

They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the LORD’s altar.

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 killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on 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，

They brought near the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on 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。

Then the priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with their blood on 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.

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。

He set the Levites in the LORD’s house with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was from the LORD by 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。

The Levites stood with David’s instruments, and the priests with the shofars.

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。

Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the LORD’s song also began, along with the shofars and 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。

All the assembly worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

29 獻完了祭，君王和所有同他自場的人，都屈膝跪拜。

When they had finished offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.

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。

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

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 Hezekiah answered, “Now you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD. Come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the LORD’s house.” The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.

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。

The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs. All these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

33 還有祝聖的牲畜：牛犢六百隻，羊三千隻。

The consecrated things were six hundred head of cattle 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。

But the priests were too few, so that they could not skin all the burnt offerings. Therefore their brothers the Levites helped them until 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.

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。

Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings and with the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the LORD’s house was set in order.

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。

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