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.
Depois d'isto Ezequias enviou por todo o Israel e Judah, e escreveu tambem cartas a Ephraim e a Manasseh que viessem á casa do Senhor a Jerusalem, para celebrarem a paschoa ao Senhor Deus de Israel.
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.
Porque o rei tivera conselho com os seus maioraes, e com toda a congregação em Jerusalem, para celebrarem a paschoa no segundo mez.
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.
Porquanto no mesmo tempo não a poderam celebrar, porque se não tinham sanctificado bastantes sacerdotes, e o povo se não tinha ajuntado em Jerusalem.
4 And the word was pleasing to the king, and to the entire multitude.
E foi isto recto aos olhos do rei, e aos olhos de toda a congregação.
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.
E ordenaram que se fizesse passar pregão por todo o Israel, desde Berseba até Dan, para que viessem a celebrar a paschoa ao Senhor, Deus de Israel, a Jerusalem; porque muitos a não tinham celebrado como estava escripto.
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.
Foram pois os correios com as cartas, da mão do rei e dos seus principes, por todo o Israel e Judah, e segundo o mandado do rei, dizendo: Filhos d'Israel, convertei-vos ao Senhor, Deus d'Abrahão, d'Isaac e de Israel; para que elle se torne para aquelles de vós que escaparam, e ficaram da mão dos reis d'Assyria.
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.
E não sejaes como vossos paes e como vossos irmãos, que transgrediram contra o Senhor, Deus de seus paes, pelo que os deu em assolação como o vêdes.
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.
Não endureçaes agora a vossa cerviz, como vossos paes; dae a mão ao Senhor, e vinde ao seu sanctuario que elle sanctificou para sempre, e servi ao Senhor vosso Deus, para que o ardor da sua ira se desvie de vós.
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.”
Porque, em vos convertendo ao Senhor, vossos irmãos e vossos filhos acharão misericordia perante os que os levaram captivos, e tornarão a esta terra; porque o Senhor vosso Deus é piedoso e misericordioso, e não desviará de vós o seu rosto, se vos converterdes a elle
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.
E os correios foram passando de cidade em cidade, pela terra d'Ephraim e Manasseh até Zebulon; porém riram-se e zombaram d'elles.
11 Even so, certain men from Asher, and from Manasseh, and from Zebulun, acquiescing to this counsel, went to Jerusalem.
Todavia alguns d'Aser, e de Manasseh, e de Zebulon, se humilharam, e vieram a Jerusalem.
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.
E em Judah esteve a mão de Deus, dando-lhes um só coração, para fazerem o mandado do rei e dos principes, conforme á palavra do Senhor.
13 And many people gathered together in Jerusalem, so that they could keep the solemnity of unleavened bread, in the second month.
E ajuntou-se em Jerusalem muito povo, para celebrar a festa dos pães asmos, no segundo mez; uma mui grande congregação.
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.
E levantaram-se, e tiraram os altares que havia em Jerusalem: tambem tiraram todos os vasos de incenso, e os lançaram no ribeiro de Cedron.
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.
Então sacrificaram a paschoa no dia decimo quarto do segundo mez; e os sacerdotes e levitas se envergonharam e se sanctificaram e trouxeram holocaustos á casa do Senhor.
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,
E pozeram-se no seu posto, segundo o seu costume, conforme a lei de Moysés o homem de Deus: e os sacerdotes espargiam o sangue, tomando-o da mão dos levitas.
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.
Porque havia muitos na congregação que se não tinham sanctificado; pelo que os levitas tinham cargo de matarem os cordeiros da paschoa por todo aquelle que não estava limpo, para o sanctificarem ao Senhor.
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
Porque uma multidão do povo, muitos d'Ephraim e Manasseh, Issacar e Zebulon, se não tinham purificado, e comtudo comeram a paschoa, não como está escripto; porém Ezequias orou por elles, dizendo: O Senhor, que é bom, faça reconciliação com aquelle
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.”
Que tem preparado o seu coração para buscar ao Senhor, Deus, o Deus de seus paes, ainda que não esteja purificado segundo a purificação do sanctuario.
20 And the Lord heeded him, and was reconciled to the people.
E ouviu o Senhor a Ezequias, e sarou o povo.
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.
E os filhos de Israel, que se acharam em Jerusalem, celebraram a festa dos pães asmos sete dias com grande alegria: e os levitas e os sacerdotes louvaram ao Senhor de dia em dia com instrumentos fortemente retinintes ao Senhor.
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.
E Ezequias fallou benignamente a todos os levitas, que tinham entendimento no bom conhecimento do Senhor: e comeram as offertas da solemnidade por sete dias, offerecendo offertas pacificas, e louvando ao Senhor, Deus de seus paes.
23 And it pleased the entire multitude that they should celebrate, even for another seven days. And they did this with enormous gladness.
E, tendo toda a congregação conselho para celebrarem outros sete dias, celebraram ainda sete dias com alegria.
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.
Porque Ezequias, rei de Judah, apresentou á congregação mil novilhos e sete mil ovelhas; e os principes apresentaram á congregação mil novilhos e dez mil ovelhas: e os sacerdotes se sanctificaram em grande numero.
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.
E alegraram-se, toda a congregação de Judah, e os sacerdotes, e os levitas, toda a congregação de todos os que vieram de Israel; como tambem os estrangeiros que vieram da terra de Israel e os que habitavam em Judah.
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.
E houve grande alegria em Jerusalem; porque desde os dias de Salomão, filho de David, rei de Israel, tal não houve em Jerusalem.
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.
Então os sacerdotes, os levitas, se levantaram e abençoaram o povo; e a sua voz foi ouvida: porque a sua oração chegou até á sua sancta habitação, aos céus.
