Chronicles II 31

1 And when all these things were finished, all Israel that were found in the cities of Juda went out, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the groves, and tore down the high places and the altars out of all Judea and Benjamin, also of Ephraim and Manasse, till they made an end: and all Israel returned, every one to his inheritance, and to their cities.

這事既都完畢，在那裏的以色列眾人就到猶大的城邑，打碎柱像，砍斷木偶，又在猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮、瑪拿西遍地將邱壇和祭壇拆毀淨盡。於是以色列眾人各回各城，各歸各地。

2 And Ezekias appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, and the courses of each one according to his ministry, to the priests and to the Levites, for the whole burnt offering, and for the peace-offering, and to praise, and to give thanks, and to minister in the gates, [and] in the courts of the house of the Lord.

希西家派定祭司利未人的班次，各按各職獻燔祭和平安祭，又在耶和華殿門內事奉，稱謝頌讚耶和華。

3 And the king's proportion out of his substance [was appointed] for the whole burnt offerings, the morning and the evening one, and the whole burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the feasts that were ordered in the law of the Lord.

王又從自己的產業中定出分來為燔祭，就是早晚的燔祭和安息日、月朔，並節期的燔祭，都是按耶和華律法上所載的；

4 And they told the people who lived in Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be strong in the ministry of the house of the Lord.

又吩咐住耶路撒冷的百姓將祭司、利未人所應得的分給他們，使他們專心遵守耶和華的律法。

5 And as he gave the command, Israel brought abundantly first fruits of corn, and wine, and oil, and honey, and every fruit of the field: and the children of Israel and Juda brought tithes of everything abundantly.

諭旨一出，以色列人就把初熟的五穀、新酒、油、蜜，和田地的出產多多送來，又把各物的十分之一送來的極多。

6 And they that lived in the cities of Juda themselves also brought tithes of calves and sheep, and tithes of goats, and consecrated them to the Lord their God, and they brought them and laid them in heaps.

住猶大各城的以色列人和猶大人也將牛羊的十分之一，並分別為聖歸耶和華－他們上帝之物，就是十分取一之物，盡都送來，積成堆壘；

7 In the third month the heaps began to be piled, and in the seventh month they were finished.

從三月積起，到七月才完。

8 And Ezekias and the princes came and saw the heaps, and blessed the Lord, and his people Israel.

希西家和眾首領來，看見堆壘，就稱頌耶和華，又為耶和華的民以色列人祝福。

9 Then Ezekias enquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

希西家向祭司、利未人查問這堆壘。

10 And Azarias the priest, the chief over the house of Sadoc, spoke to him, and said, From the time that the first fruits began to be brought into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and drunk, and left even abundantly; for the Lord has blessed his people, and we have left to this amount.

撒督家的大祭司亞撒利雅回答說：「自從民將供物送到耶和華殿以來，我們不但吃飽，且剩下的甚多；因為耶和華賜福給他的民，所剩下的才這樣豐盛。」

11 And Ezekias told them yet farther to prepare chambers for the house of the Lord; and they prepared [them],

希西家吩咐在耶和華殿裏預備倉房，他們就預備了。

12 and they brought there the first fruits and the tithes faithfully: and Chonenias the Levite was superintendent over them, and Semei his brother was next.

他們誠心將供物和十分取一之物，並分別為聖之物，都搬入倉內。利未人歌楠雅掌管這事，他兄弟示每為副管。

13 and Jeiel, and Ozias, and Naeth, and Asael, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Samachia, and Maath, and Banaias, and his sons, were appointed by Chonenias and Semei his brother, as Ezekias the king, and Azarias who was over the house of the Lord commanded.

耶歇、亞撒細雅、拿哈、亞撒黑、耶利末、約撒拔、以列、伊斯瑪基雅、瑪哈、比拿雅都是督理，在歌楠雅和他兄弟示每的手下，是希西家王和管理上帝殿的亞撒利雅所派的。

14 And Core, the [son] of Jemna the Levite, the porter eastward, [was] over the gifts, to distribute the first fruits of the Lord, and the most holy things,

守東門的利未人音拿的兒子可利，掌管樂意獻與上帝的禮物，發放獻與耶和華的供物和至聖的物。

15 by the hand of Odom, and Benjamin, and Jesus, and Semei, and Amarias, and Sechonias, by the hand of the priests faithfully, to give to their brethren according to the courses, as well to great as small;

在他手下有伊甸、珉雅珉、耶書亞、示瑪雅、亞瑪利雅、示迦尼雅，在祭司的各城裏供緊要的職任，無論弟兄大小，都按着班次分給他們。

16 besides the increase of males from three years old and upward, to every one entering into the house of the Lord, [a portion] according to a daily rate, for service in the daily courses of their order.

按家譜，三歲以外的男丁，凡每日進耶和華殿、按班次供職的，也分給他；

17 This [is] the distribution of the priests according to the houses of their families; and the Levites in their daily courses from twenty years old and upward [were] in [their] order,

又按宗族家譜分給祭司，按班次職任分給二十歲以外的利未人，

18 to assign stations for all the increase of their sons and their daughters, for the whole number: for they faithfully sanctified the holy place.

又按家譜計算，分給他們會中的妻子、兒女；因他們身供要職，自潔成聖。

19 As for the sons of Aaron that executed the priests' office, —even those from their cities the men in each several city who were named expressly, —[were appointed] to give a portion to every male amongst the priests, and to every one reckoned amongst the Levites.

按名派定的人要把應得的分給亞倫子孫，住在各城郊野、祭司所有的男丁和一切載入家譜的利未人。

20 And Ezekias did so through all Juda, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God.

希西家在猶大遍地這樣辦理，行耶和華－他上帝眼中看為善為正為忠的事。

21 And in every work which he began in service in the house of the Lord, and in the law, and in the ordinances, he sought his God with all his soul, and wrought, and prospered.

凡他所行的，無論是辦上帝殿的事，是遵律法守誡命，是尋求他的上帝，都是盡心去行，無不亨通。