2 Chronicles 30

1 Also, Hezekiah sent to all of Israel and Judah. And he wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, so that they would come to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and so that they would keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel.

Na ka tono tangata a Hetekia ki a Iharaira katoa raua ko Hura; i tuhituhia ano e ia he pukapuka ki a Eparaima raua ko Manahi kia haere mai ki te whare o Ihowa ki Hiruharama, ki te mahi i te kapenga a Ihowa, a te Atua o Iharaira.

2 Therefore, having taken counsel, the king and the rulers, and the entire assembly of Jerusalem, resolved that they would keep the Passover, in the second month.

Kua oti hoki te whakaaro te whakatakoto e te kingi, ratou ko ana rangatira, ko te whakaminenga katoa i Hiruharama, kia mahia te kapenga i te rua o nga marama.

3 For they had not been able to keep it at its proper time. For the priests, who were unable to suffice, had not been sanctified. And the people had not yet been gathered together in Jerusalem.

Kihai hoki i ahei te mahi i taua wa, no te mea kiano i ata rite te tokomaha o nga tohunga i whakatapua; kiano hoki te iwi i huihui ki Hiruharama.

4 And the word was pleasing to the king, and to the entire multitude.

A tika tonu taua mea ki te titiro a te kingi, ki te titiro ano a te whakaminenga katoa.

5 And they resolved that they would send messengers to all of Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, so that they might come and keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem. For many had not kept it, just as it was prescribed by the law.

Heoi ka whakatakotoria te korero kia karangatia nuitia puta noa i a Iharaira i Peerehepa atu a tae noa ki Rana, kia haere mai ki te mahi i te kapenga a Ihowa, a te Atua o Iharaira ki Hiruharama: kihai ano hoki i mahia peratia e te nui tangata me te mea i tuhituhia.

6 And carriers traveled with the letters, by order of the king and his rulers, to all of Israel and Judah, proclaiming, in accord with what the king had ordered: “O sons of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel. And he will return to the remnant who escaped from the hand of the king of the Assyrians.

Heoi haere ana nga kaikawe i nga pukapuka a te kingi ratou ko ana rangatira puta noa i a Iharaira raua ko Hura, pera ana me ta te kingi i whakahau ai; hei ki atu, E nga tama a Iharaira, hoki mai ki a Ihowa ki te Atua o Aperahama, o Ihaka, o Ihara ira, a ka hoki mai ia ki nga morehu o koutou i mawhiti nei i te ringa o nga kingi o Ahiria.

7 Do not choose to be like your fathers and brothers, who withdrew from the Lord, the God of their fathers. And so he delivered them over to destruction, as you yourselves discern.

Kei rite hoki ki o koutou matua, ki o koutou tuakana, teina, i he nei ki a Ihowa, ki te Atua o o ratou matua; na tukua ana ratou e ia ki te whakangaro; koia ano tena ka kitea na e koutou.

8 Do not choose to harden your necks, as your fathers did. Surrender to the hands of the Lord. And go to his Sanctuary, which he has sanctified unto eternity. Serve the Lord, the God of your fathers, and the fury of his wrath will be turned away from you.

Na kaua e whakapakeketia o koutou kaki, kei rite ki o koutou matua; engari e tuku i a koutou ki a Ihowa, ka tomo ki tona wahi tapu i whakatapua nei e ia mo ake tonu atu: e mahi ki a Ihowa, ki to koutou Atua, a ka tahuri atu i a koutou tona riri e mura nei.

9 For if you will return to the Lord, your brothers and sons will find mercy before their masters, who led them away as captives, and they will be returned to this land. For the Lord your God is compassionate and lenient, and he will not avert his face from you, if you will return to him.”

Ki te tahuri hoki koutou ki a Ihowa, ka tohungia o koutou tuakana, teina, me a koutou tamariki e nga tangata nana ratou i whakarau, a ka hoki mai ratou ki tenei whenua; he atawhai hoki, he mahi tohu ta Ihowa, ta to koutou Atua; e kore hoki tona m ata e tahuri ke i a koutou, ki te hoki koutou ki a ia.

10 And so, the carriers were traveling quickly from city to city, throughout the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun, though they were ridiculing and mocking them.

Heoi haere ana nga kaikawe pukapuka i tenei pa ki tenei pa puta noa i te whenua o Eparaima, o Manahi, a tae noa ki Hepurona. Otiia kataina iho ratou, tawaia iho.

11 Even so, certain men from Asher, and from Manasseh, and from Zebulun, acquiescing to this counsel, went to Jerusalem.

I whakaiti ia etahi tangata o Ahera, o Manahi, o Hepurona, i a ratou, a haere ana ki Hiruharama.

12 Truly, the hand of God was working in Judah, to give them one heart, so that they would accomplish the word of the Lord, according to the precept of the king and of the rulers.

I runga ano hoki i a Hura te ringa o te Atua hei homai i te ngakau kotahi ki a ratou ko nga rangatira i whakahau ai, ara i ta Ihowa i ki ai.

13 And many people gathered together in Jerusalem, so that they could keep the solemnity of unleavened bread, in the second month.

Na he nui te iwi i huihui ki Hiruharama ki te mahi i te hakari o te taro rewenakore i te rua o nga marama, nui atu te whakaminenga.

14 And rising up, they destroyed the altars which were in Jerusalem, and all the things in which incense was burned to idols. Overturning these things, they cast them into the torrent Kidron.

Na whakatika ana ratou, kei te tango i nga aata i Hiruharama, kei te tango ano i nga aata tahu whakakakara, a maka ana ki te awa ki Kitirono.

15 Then they immolated the Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month. Also, the priests and Levites, at length having been sanctified, offered the holocausts in the house of the Lord.

Katahi ka patua te kapenga i te tekau ma wha o te rua o nga marama. A i whakama nga tohunga ratou ko nga Riwaiti, a whakatapua ana ratou e ratou ano, kawea ana e ratou he tahunga tinana ki te whare o Ihowa.

16 And they stood in their order, according to the disposition and law of Moses, the man of God. Yet truly, the priests took up the blood, which was to be poured out, from the hands of the Levites,

A tu ana ratou i to ratou turanga, i te wahi i whakaritea mo ratou, pera ana me ta te ture a Mohi, a ta te Atua tangata: ko nga tohunga hei tauhi i nga toto, ko nga Riwaiti hei homai.

17 because a great number were not sanctified. And therefore, the Levites immolated the Passover for those who had not been sanctified to the Lord in time.

He tokomaha hoki i roto i te whakaminenga kihai nei i whakatapu i a ratou: heoi ko nga Riwaiti hei patu i nga kapenga ma te hunga katoa kihai i purea, hei whakatapu i a ratou ki a Ihowa.

18 And now a great portion of the people from Ephraim, and Manasseh, and Issachar, and Zebulun, who had not been sanctified, ate the Passover, which is not in accord with what was written. And Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “The good Lord will be forgiving

He tokomaha hoki o te iwi, ara he tokomaha no Eparaima, no Manahi, no Ihakara, no Hepurona, kihai i pure i a ratou, heoi kai ana ratou i te kapenga he mea kihai i rite ki ta te tuhituhi. Otiia i inoi a Hetekia mo ratou, i mea, Ma Ihowa, ma te Me a pai e muru te he o nga tangata katoa,

19 to all who, with their whole heart, seek the Lord, the God of their fathers. And he will not impute it to them, though they have not been sanctified.”

E whakapai ana i o ratou ngakau ki te rapu i te Atua, i a Ihowa, i te Atua o o ratou matua, ko to ratou purenga ia kihai i rite ki to te wahi tapu.

20 And the Lord heeded him, and was reconciled to the people.

Na, ka whakarongo a Ihowa ki a Hetekia, a whakaorangia ana e ia te iwi.

21 And the sons of Israel who were found at Jerusalem kept the solemnity of unleavened bread for seven days with great rejoicing, praising the Lord throughout each day, with the Levites and the priests, accompanied by the musical instruments corresponding to their office.

A mahia ana e nga tama a Iharaira i kitea ki Hiruharama te hakari taro rewenakore, e whitu nga ra, nui atu te koa; whakamoemititia ana a Ihowa e nga Riwaiti ratou ko nga tohunga i tenei ra, i tenei ra, me te waiata ano i runga i nga mea tangi nu i, he mea ki a Ihowa.

22 And Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites, who had a good understanding concerning the Lord. And they ate during the seven days of the solemnity, immolating victims of peace offerings, and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers.

A i whakamarie a Hetekia i nga ngakau o nga Riwaiti katoa i mohio pai nei ki te ritenga o te mahi ki a Ihowa, a kai ana ratou i te kai o taua hakari, e whitu nga ra, patua ana e ratou nga whakahere mo te pai, whaki ana ki a Ihowa, ki te Atua o o ratou matua.

23 And it pleased the entire multitude that they should celebrate, even for another seven days. And they did this with enormous gladness.

Na ka whakatakotoria te whakaaro e te whakaminenga katoa, kia mahia etahi atu ra e whitu. A koa ana ratou i a ratou e mahi ana i aua ra e whitu.

24 For Hezekiah, the king of Judah, had offered to the multitude one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep. Truly, the rulers had given the people one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. Then a great multitude of priests was sanctified.

I homai hoki e Hetekia kingi o Hura ki te whakaminenga hei whakahere etahi puru kotahi mano, etahi hipi e whitu mano; i homai ano e nga rangatira ki te whakaminenga etahi puru kotahi mano, etahi hipi tekau mano. He tokomaha ano hoki nga tohunga i whakatapu i a ratou.

25 And the whole multitude of Judah, as much the priests and Levites as the entire crowd that had arrived from Israel, and also the converts from the land of Israel, and those with a habitation in Judah, was overflowing with cheerfulness.

Na koa tonu te whakaminenga katoa o Hura, ratou ko nga tohunga, ko nga Riwaiti, me te whakaminenga katoa i haere mai nei i a Iharaira me nga manene i haere mai nei i te whenua o Iharaira ki Hura noho ai.

26 And there was a great celebration in Jerusalem, to such an extent as had not been in that city since the days of Solomon, the son of David, the king of Israel.

Heoi he nui te koa i Hiruharama, no te mea no nga ra ano o Horomona tama a Rawiri kingi o Iharaira kahore he penei me tenei i Hiruharama.

27 Then the priests and Levites rose up and blessed the people. And their voice was heeded. And their prayer reached the holy habitation of heaven.

Hatahi ka whakatika nga tohunga, nga Riwaiti, a manaakitia ana e ratou te iwi, a i rangona to ratou reo, i tae atu ano hoki ta ratou inoi ki tona nohoanga tapu, ki te rangi.