2 Chronicles 29

1 Hezekiah was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

١ عِنْدَمَا تَوَلَّى حَزَقِيَّا الْمُلْكَ كَانَ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ تِسْعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ أَبِيَّةُ بِنْتُ زَكَرِيَّا.

2 He did what was right in the Lord's sight, just as his forefather David had done.

٢ وَصَنَعَ مَا هُوَ قَوِيمٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ عَلَى غِرَارِ دَاوُدَ أَبِيهِ.

3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened the doors of the Lord's Temple and repaired them.

٣ وَفِي الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الأُولَى مِنْ مُلْكِهِ فَتَحَ أَبْوَابَ الْهَيْكَلِ وَرَمَّمَهَا.

4 He summoned the priests and the Levites, and had them gather on the square to the east.

٤ وَأَدْخَلَ الْكَهَنَةَ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ وَجَمَعَهُمْ فِي سَاحَةِ الْهَيْكَلِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ،

5 He told them, “Listen to me, Levites. Purify yourselves now and purify the Temple of the Lord, the God of your forefathers. Take away from the Holy Place everything that is filthy.

٥ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَصْغُوا إِلَيَّ أَيُّهَا اللّاوِيُّونَ، تَقَدَّسُوا الآنَ، وَقَدِّسُوا بَيْتَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِكُمْ، وَأَزِيلُوا النَّجَاسَةَ مِنَ الْقُدْسِ،

6 For our fathers were sinful, and did what was evil in the Lord's sight. They abandoned him and paid no attention to the Lord's Temple, turning their backs on him.

٦ لأَنَّ آبَاءَنَا خَانُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَنَا، وَارْتَكَبُوا الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ وَتَرَكُوهُ، وَحَوَّلُوا وُجُوهَهُمْ عَنْ هَيْكَلِهِ وَأَدَارُوا لَهُ ظُهُورَهُمْ،

7 They shut the doors at the entrance to the Temple and put out the lamps. They didn't burn incense or present burnt offerings at the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

٧ وَأَغْلَقُوا أَيْضاً أَبْوَابَ الرَّوَاقِ، وَأَطْفَأُوا السُّرُجَ، وَلَمْ يُوْقِدُوا بَخُوراً، وَلَمْ يُقَرِّبُوا مُحْرَقَةً فِي القُدْسِ، لإِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

8 So the Lord's anger fell on Judah and Jerusalem, and he made them into something appalling, terrifying, and ridiculous, as you can see for yourselves.

٨ فَانْصَبَّ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، وَجَعَلَهُمْ مَحَلَّ رُعْبٍ وَدَهْشَةٍ وَاحْتِقَارٍ، كَمَا أَنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ الآنَ.

9 As a result, our fathers have died in battle, and our sons and our daughters and our wives have been captured.

٩ وَهُوَذَا آبَاؤُنَا قَدْ سَقَطُوا صَرْعَى السَّيْفِ، وَأَبْنَاؤُنَا وَبَنَاتُنَا وَنِسَاؤُنَا فِي الأَسْرِ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ هَذَا.

10 But now I'm going to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will no longer fall on us.

١٠ لِذَلِكَ قَرَّرْتُ أَنْ أَقْطَعَ عَهْداً مَعَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَرُدُّ عَنَّا لَهِيبَ غَضَبِهِ.

11 My sons, don't neglect your responsibilities, for the Lord has chosen you to stand in his presence to serve him, and to be his ministers presenting burnt offerings.”

١١ يَا بَنِيَّ لَا تَضِلُّوا الآنَ، فَقَدِ اخْتَارَكُمُ الرَّبُّ لِتَمْثُلُوا أَمَامَهُ عَابِدِينَ خَادِمِينَ، وَمُوْقِدِينَ لَهُ».

12 Then the Levites went to work. They were Mahath, son of Amasai, and Joel, son of Azariah, from the Kohathites; Kish, son of Abdi, and Azariah, son of Jehallelel, from the Merarites; Joah, son of Zimmah, and Eden, son of Joah, from the Gershonites;

١٢ عِنْدَئِذٍ قَامَ اللّاوِيُّونَ: مَحَثُ بْنُ عَمَاسَايَ وَيُوئِيلُ بْنُ عَزَرْيَا مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ الْقَهَاتِيِّينَ، وَقَيْسُ بْنُ عَبْدِي وَعَزَرْيَا بْنُ يَهْلَلْئِيلَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ الْمَرَارِيِّينَ، وَيُوآخُ بْنُ زِمَّةَ وَعِيدَنُ بْنُ يُوآخَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ الْجَرْشُونِيِّينَ.

13 from the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and from the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

١٣ وَمِنْ عَشِيرَةِ أَلِيصَافَانَ: شِمْرِى وَيَعِيئِيلُ، وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ آسَافَ: زَكَرِيَّا وَمَتَّنْيَا.

14 from the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and from the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

١٤ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ هَيْمَانَ: يَحِيئِيلُ وَشِمْعِي، وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ يَدُوثُونَ: شَمْعِيَا وَعُزِّيئِيلُ.

15 They called together the other Levites and all of them purified themselves. Then they went in to clean the Lord's Temple, as the king had commanded, following the instructions as required by the Lord.

١٥ وَجَمَعُوا أَقْرِبَاءَهُمُ اللّاوِيِّينَ، وَتَقَدَّسُوا، وَبَدَأُوا يُطَهِّرُونَ الْهَيْكَلَ بِمُوْجِبِ أَمْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَكَمَا نَصَّتْ عَلَيْهِ شَرِيعَةُ الرَّبِّ.

16 The priests went into the inner sanctuary of the Lord's Temple to clean it. They removed all the unclean things that they found in the Lord's Temple and placed them in the Temple courtyard. Then the Levites took them out and carried them to the Kidron Valley.

١٦ وَدَخَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ إِلَى قُدْسِ الْهَيْكَلِ لِيُطَهِّرُوهُ، وَأَخْرَجُوا مِنْهُ كُلَّ النَّجَاسَةِ الَّتِي وَجَدُوهَا فِي الْهَيْكَلِ إِلَى فِنَاءِ الْهَيْكَلِ، فَأَخَذَهَا اللّاوِيُّونَ وَطَرَحُوهَا فِي وَادِي قَدْرُونَ خَارِجَ الْمَدِينَةِ.

17 They started the work of purification on the first day of the first month, and by the eighth day of the month they had reached the Temple porch. For eight more days they worked on purifying the Temple itself, and finished on the sixteenth day of the first month.

١٧ وَشَرَعُوا فِي التَّقْدِيسِ فِي أَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ، وَانْتَهَوْا فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّامِنِ إِلَى رِوَاقِ الرَّبِّ. وَهَكَذَا طَهَّرُوهُ فِي ثَمَانِيَةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَتَمَّ تَقْدِيسُ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ بِكَامِلِهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّادِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ.

18 Then they went in to tell King Hezekiah, “We have cleaned the entire Temple of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils.

١٨ وَمَثَلَ اللّاوِيُّونَ فِي حَضْرَةِ حَزَقِيَّا قَائِلِينَ: «قَدْ طَهَّرْنَا كُلَّ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَمَذْبَحَ الْمُحْرَقَةِ وَكُلَّ آنِيَتِهِ، وَمَائِدَةَ خُبْزِ التَّقْدِمَةِ وَكُلَّ آنِيَتِهَا،

19 We have recovered and purified all the items that King Ahaz threw away during his reign when he was unfaithful. They are now before the Lord's altar.”

١٩ وَسَائِرَ الأَوَانِي الَّتِي أَزَالَهَا الْمَلِكُ آحَازُ فِي أَثْنَاءِ فَتْرَةِ حُكْمِهِ الَّتِي خَانَ فِيهَا الرَّبَّ، وَأَعْدَدْنَاهَا وَقَدَّسْنَاهَا، وَهَا هِيَ أَمَامَ مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ».

20 King Hezekiah got up early, summoned the city officials, and went to the Lord's Temple.

٢٠ وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ التَّالِي اسْتَدْعَى حَزَقِيَّا الْمَلِكُ رُؤَسَاءَ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. The king ordered the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord.

٢١ فَقَدَّمُوا سَبْعَةَ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ وَسَبْعَةَ خِرَافٍ وَسَبْعَةَ تُيُوسِ مِعْزَى لِتَكُونَ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ عَنِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ وَعَنِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَعَنْ يَهُوذَا. وَطَلَبَ الْمَلِكُ مِنَ الْكَهَنَةِ الْمُنْحَدِرِينَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ هرُونَ أَنْ يُقَرِّبُوهَا عَلَى مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ،

22 So they killed the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

٢٢ فَذَبَحُوا الثِّيرَانَ أَوَّلاً ثُمَّ الْكِبَاشَ ثُمَّ الْخِرْفَانَ، وَرَشُّوا دَمَ كُلِّ ذَبِيحَةٍ بِدَوْرِهَا عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ.

23 Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who placed their hands on them.

٢٣ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ جَاءُوا بِتُيُوسِ ذَبِيحَةِ الْخَطِيئَةِ وَأَقَامُوهَا أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ وَالْحَاضِرِينَ مَعَهُ، فَوَضَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا.

24 Then the priests killed the goats and placed their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for the whole of Israel, because the king had ordered that the burnt offering and sin offering were for the whole of Israel.

٢٤ وَذَبَحَهَا الْكَهَنَةُ، وَكَفَّرُوا بِدَمِهَا عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَنَّ الْمَلِكَ أَمَرَ أَنْ تَكُونَ الْمُحْرَقَةُ وَذَبِيحَةُ الْخَطِيئَةِ عَنْ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

25 Hezekiah had the Levites stand in the Lord's Temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres, following the instructions of David, Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet. The instructions had come from the Lord through His prophets.

٢٥ وَأَوْقَفَ حَزَقِيَّا الْمَلِكُ اللّاوِيِّينَ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ بِالصُّنُوجِ وَالرَّبَابِ وَالأَعْوَادِ، بِمُقْتَضَى أَمْرِ دَاوُدَ وَجَادَ النَّبِيِّ وَنَاثَانَ النَّبِيِّ، تَلْبِيَةً لِوَصَايَا الرَّبِّ الَّتِي نَطَقَ بِها عَلَى لِسَانِ أَنْبِيَائِهِ،

26 The Levites stood with the musical instruments provided by David, with the priests holding their trumpets.

٢٦ فَوَقَفَ اللّاوِيُّونَ بِآلاتِ دَاوُدَ، وَالْكَهَنَةُ بِالأَبْوَاقِ.

27 Then Hezekiah gave the order for the burnt offering to be offered on the altar. As the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began at the same time, the trumpets sounded, and music was played on the instruments of David, once king of Israel.

٢٧ وَأَمَرَ حَزَقِيَّا بِتَقْرِيبِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ. وَمَا إِنِ ابْتَدَأَ تَقْدِيمُ الْمُحْرَقَةِ حَتَّى ارْتَفَعَ نَشِيدُ الرَّبِّ مَصْحُوباً بِالْعَزْفِ عَلَى الأَبْوَاقِ وَآلاتِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

28 All the people in the assembly were worshiping, the singers were singing, and the trumpeters were playing. This continued until the burnt offering was finished.

٢٨ وَرَاحَ كُلُّ الْحَاضِرِينَ يَشْتَرِكُونَ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ، وَأَخَذَ الْمُغَنُّونَ يَشْدُونَ، وَالْمُبَوِّقُونَ يَنْفُخُونَ بِالأَبْوَاقِ، إِلَى أَنِ انْتَهَى تَقْدِيمُ الْمُحْرَقَةِ.

29 Once the offerings were completed, the king and everyone there with him bowed down and worshiped.

٢٩ عِنْدَئِذٍ سَجَدَ الْمَلِكُ وَسَائِرُ الْمَاثِلِينَ مَعَهُ وَعَبَدُوا الرَّبَّ.

30 Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the Lord using the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed their heads and worshiped.

٣٠ وَطَلَبَ حَزَقِيَّا الْمَلِكُ وَالرُّؤَسَاءُ مِنَ اللّاوِيِّينَ أَنْ يُسَبِّحُوا الرَّبَّ بِتَرَانِيمِ دَاوُدَ وَآسَافَ النَّبِيِّ، فَرَتَّلُوا بِابْتِهَاجٍ، وَسَجَدُوا وَعَبَدُوا الرَّبَّ.

31 Then Hezekiah told them, “Now that you have dedicated yourselves to the Lord, come and bring your sacrifices and thank offerings to the Lord's Temple.” So the people in the assembly brought their sacrifices and thank offerings, and everyone who wanted to brought burnt offerings.

٣١ ثُمَّ قَالَ حَزَقِيَّا لِلْحَاضِرِينَ: «الآنَ قَدْ كَرَّسْتُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لِلرَّبِّ، فَهَاتُوا ذَبَائِحَ وَقَرَابِينَ الشُّكْرِ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ». فَأَقْبَلَتِ الْجَمَاعَةُ بِذَبَائِحَ وَقَرَابِينِ شُكْرٍ، وَأَتَى كُلُّ سَخِيٍّ بِمُحْرَقَاتٍ.

32 The total number of burnt offerings they brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were to be a burnt offering to the Lord.

٣٢ وَبَلَغَتْ جُمْلَةُ مَا تَقَدَّمَتْ بِهِ الْجَمَاعَةُ مِنْ مُحْرَقَاتٍ سَبْعِينَ ثَوْراً وَمِئَةَ كَبْشٍ وَمِئَتَيْ خَرُوفٍ، قُرِّبَتْ جَمِيعُهَا مُحْرَقَاتٍ لِلرَّبِّ.

33 In addition there were dedicated offerings of six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep.

٣٣ أَمَّا الذَّبَائِحُ الْمُخَصَّصَةُ كَأَقْدَاسٍ فَقَدْ بَلَغَ عَدَدُهَا سِتَّ مِئَةٍ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَثَلاثَةَ آلافٍ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ.

34 Since there weren't enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite relatives helped them until the work was finished and the priests had been purified. (The Levites had been more conscientious in purifying themselves than the priests had.)

٣٤ وَلَمَّا كَانَ عَدَدُ الْكَهَنَةِ غَيْرَ كَافٍ لِلْقِيَامِ بِسَلْخِ كُلِّ تِلْكَ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ، سَاعَدَهُمُ اللّاوِيُّونَ حَتَّى اكْتَمَلَ الْعَمَلُ، وَحَتَّى تَطَهَّرَ بَقِيَّةُ الْكَهَنَةِ، لأَنَّ اللّاوِيِّينَ كَانُوا أَكْثَرَ اهْتِمَاماً بِتَطْهِيرِ أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنَ الْكَهَنَةِ.

35 Apart from the large number of burnt offerings, there was the fat of the friendship offerings, as well as the drink offerings that went with the burnt offerings. In this way the service of the Lord's Temple was restored.

٣٥ وَفَضْلاً عَنِ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ الْكَثِيرَةِ فَقَدْ تَوَافَرَ شَحْمُ ذَبَائِحِ السَّلامِ وَسَكَائِبُ خَمْرِ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ. وَهَكَذَا عَادَتِ الْعِبَادَةُ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ إِلَى سَابِقِ عَهْدِهَا.

36 Hezekiah and everyone there were so happy at what God done for the people, because everything had been achieved so quickly.

٣٦ وَابْتَهَجَ حَزَقِيَّا وَجَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ بِمَا أَنْعَمَ الرَّبُّ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ، لأَنَّ الأَمْرَ حَدَثَ بِصُورَةٍ مُفَاجِئَةٍ.