2 Chronicles 30

1 Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.

١ وَبَعَثَ حَزَقِيَّا يَسْتَدْعِي جَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا، وَكَتَبَ رَسَائِلَ إِلَى أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى يَحُضُّهُمْ عَلَى الْمَجِيءِ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِيَحْتَفِلُوا بِفِصْحِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

2 For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,

٢ وَاتَّفَقَ الْمَلِكُ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُ وَكُلُّ الْجَمَاعَةِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، بَعْدَ التَّدَاوُلِ، عَلَى الاحْتِفَالِ بِالْفِصْحِ فِي الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي،

3 since they had been unable to observe it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.

٣ لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَتَمَكَّنُوا مِنَ الاحْتِفَالِ بِهِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ، إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الْكَهَنَةُ قَدْ تَقَدَّسُوا تَقْدِيساً كَافِياً، وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الشَّعْبُ الاجْتِمَاعَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

4 This proposal pleased the king and the whole assembly.

٤ فَلَقِيَ الاتِّفَاقُ اسْتِحْسَاناً لَدَى الْمَلِكِ وَلَدَى سَائِرِ الْجَمَاعَةِ،

5 So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it as a nation as prescribed.

٥ وَقَرَّرُوا إِطْلاقَ النِّدَاءِ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ إِلَى دَانٍ، لِيَأْتُوا لِلاحْتِفَالِ بِفِصْحِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِذْ إِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَحْتَفِلُوا بِهِ كَمَا هُوَ مَنْصُوصٌ عَلَيْهِ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ طَوِيلٍ.

6 So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.

٦ فَانْطَلَقَ السُّعَاةُ حَامِلِينَ رَسَائِلَ الْمَلِكِ وَقَادَتِهِ إِلَى جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا، دَاعِينَ النَّاسَ بِمُوْجِبِ أَمْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَقَائِلِينَ لَهُمْ: «يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، ارْجِعُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ، فَيَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ أَنْتُمُ الْبَاقِينَ النَّاجِينَ مِنْ يَدِ مُلُوكِ أَشُّورَ.

7 Do not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see.

٧ وَلا تَخُونُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِكُمْ كَمَا خَانَهُ أَبَاؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَتُكُمْ، فَجَعَلَهُمْ مَثَارَ دَهْشَةٍ كَمَا تَرَوْنَ.

8 Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.

٨ وَلا تُعَانِدُوا الآنَ كَآبَائِكُمْ، بَلْ أَذْعِنُوا لِلرَّبِّ وَادْخُلُوا إِلَى مَقْدِسِهِ الَّذِي قَدَّسَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، وَاعْبُدُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ فَيَتَحَوَّلَ عَنْكُمْ غَضَبُهُ الشَّدِيدُ.

9 For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

٩ لأَنَّ رُجُوعَكُمْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ يَجْعَلُ إِخْوَتَكُمْ وَأَبْنَاءَكُمْ يَلْقَوْنَ رَحْمَةً مِنْ آسِرِيهِمْ فَيَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ رَؤُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ، وَلا يُحَوِّلُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْكُمْ إِنْ رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ».

10 And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.

١٠ فَكَانَ السُّعَاةُ يَنْطَلِقُونَ مِنْ مَدِينَةٍ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ فِي أَرْضِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى حَتَّى بَلَغُوا مَوَاطِنَ سِبْطِ زَبُولُونَ، فَكَانُوا يَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ وَيَهْزَأُونَ بِهِمْ،

11 Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

١١ بِاسْتِثْنَاءِ قِلَّةٍ مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ أَشِيرَ وَمَنَسَّى وَزَبُولُونَ مِمَّنْ تَوَاضَعُوا وَقَدِمُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

12 Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.

١٢ وَعَمِلَتْ يَدُ الرَّبِّ فِي أَوْسَاطِ يَهُوذَا فَوَحَّدَتْ قُلُوبَهُمْ لِتَنْفِيذِ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الْمَلِكُ وَالرُّؤَسَاءُ، بِمُوْجِبِ وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ.

13 In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

١٣ فَاحْتَشَدَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ جُمْهُورٌ غَفِيرٌ لِلاحْتِفَالِ بِعِيدِ الْفَطِيرِ فِي الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي.

14 They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.

١٤ فَأَنْزَلُوا مَذَابِحَ الأَوْثَانِ الْمَبْنِيَّةَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَهَدَمُوا مَذَابِحَ التَّبْخِيرِ وَطَرَحُوهَا جَمِيعَهَا فِي وَادِي قَدْرُونَ،

15 And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.

١٥ وَذَبَحُوا الْفِصْحَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي. وَاعْتَرَى الْخَجَلُ الْكَهَنَةَ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ، فَتَطَهَّرُوا وَأَدْخَلُوا الْمُحْرَقَاتِ إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ.

16 They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.

١٦ وَأَخَذُوا أَمَاكِنَهُمْ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ حَسَبَ مَا نَصَّتْ عَلَيْهِ شَرِيعَةُ مُوسَى رَجُلِ اللهِ، وَتَنَاوَلُوا الدَّمَ مِنْ يَدِ اللّاوِيِّينَ وَرَشُّوهُ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ.

17 Since there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the LORD.

١٧ لأَنَّ لَفِيفاً كَبِيراً مِنَ الشَّعْبِ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ تَطَهَّرَ، فَكَانَ عَلَى اللّاوِيِّينَ أَنْ يَقُومُوا بِذَبْحِ حُمْلانِ الْفِصْحِ نِيَابَةً عَنْ غَيْرِ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ، وَتَكْرِيسِ تِلْكَ الْحُمْلانِ لِلرَّبِّ،

18 A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone

١٨ إِذْ إِنَّ جَمْعاً غَفِيراً مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى وَيَسَّاكَرَ وَزَبُولُونَ لَمْ يَتَطَهَّرُوا، بَلْ أَكَلُوا مِنَ الْفِصْحِ عَلَى خِلافِ مَا هُوَ مَنْصُوصٌ عَلَيْهِ. إِلّا أَنَّ حَزَقِيَّا ابْتَهَلَ إِلَى اللهِ عَنْهُمْ قَائِلاً: «الرَّبُّ صَالِحٌ يُكَفِّرُ

19 who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”

١٩ عَنْ كُلِّ مَنْ أَعَدَّ قَلْبَهُ لِطَلَبِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِ، حَتَّى لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ طَاهِراً وَفْقَ فَرَائِضِ التَّطْهِيرِ الَّتِي نَصَّتْ عَلَيْهَا أَحْكَامُ الْهَيْكَلِ».

20 And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

٢٠ فَاسْتَجَابَ الرَّبُّ لِحَزَقِيَّا وَأَبْرَأَ الشَّعْبَ.

21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.

٢١ وَاحْتَفَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الْحَاضِرُونَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ بِفَرَحٍ عَظِيمٍ بِعِيدِ الْفَطِيرِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ، سَبَّحَ فِيهَا اللّاوِيُّونَ وَالْكَهَنَةُ، يَوْماً فَيَوْماً، بِآلاتِ حَمْدٍ لِلرَّبِّ.

22 And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

٢٢ وَعَزَّى حَزَقِيَّا بِكَلِمَاتِ التَّشْجِيعِ قُلُوبَ اللّاوِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ أَبْدَوْا فِطْنَةً فِي خِدْمَةِ الرَّبِّ. وَظَلُّوا يَأْكُلُونَ نَصِيبَهُمْ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ، وَيُقَرِّبُونَ ذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ حَامِدِينَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِمْ.

23 The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.

٢٣ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقُوا عَلَى الاسْتِمْرَارِ بِالاحْتِفَالِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ أُخْرَى قَضَوْهَا بِفَرَحٍ عَظِيمٍ،

24 For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.

٢٤ لأَنَّ حَزَقِيَّا تَبَرَّعَ لِلْجَمَاعَةِ بِأَلْفِ ثَوْرٍ وَسَبْعَةِ آلافٍ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ، كَمَا تَبَرَّعَ رُؤَسَاءُ الشَّعْبِ بِأَلْفِ ثَوْرٍ وَعَشَرَةِ آلافٍ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ، وَتَطَهَّرَ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ الْكَهَنَةِ.

25 Then the whole assembly of Judah rejoiced along with the priests and Levites and the whole assembly that had come from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and those who lived in Judah.

٢٥ وَعَمَّتِ الْبَهْجَةُ كُلَّ جَمَاعَةِ يَهُوذَا وَالْكَهَنَةِ واللّاوِيِّينَ، وَكُلَّ الْوَافِدِينَ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَالْغُرَبَاءَ الْقَادِمِينَ مِنْ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي يَهُوذَا.

26 So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.

٢٦ وَغَمَرَتِ الْفَرْحَةُ الْعَظِيمَةُ أُورُشَلِيمَ لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُحْتَفَلْ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ.

27 Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.

٢٧ وَوَقَفَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ وَطَلَبُوا الْبَرَكَةَ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ فَاسْتَجَابَ الرَّبُّ صَلاتَهُمُ الَّتِي صَعِدَتْ إِلَى مَسْكَنِ قُدْسِهِ فِي السَّمَاءِ.