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.
Hezekiah começou a reinar aos vinte e cinco anos de idade, e reinou vinte e nove anos em Jerusalém. O nome de sua mãe era Abias, a filha de Zacarias.
2 He did what was right in the Lord's sight, just as his forefather David had done.
Ele fez o que era certo aos olhos de Iavé, de acordo com tudo o que David, seu pai, havia feito.
3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened the doors of the Lord's Temple and repaired them.
No primeiro ano de seu reinado, no primeiro mês, ele abriu as portas da casa de Yahweh e as reparou.
4 He summoned the priests and the Levites, and had them gather on the square to the east.
Ele trouxe os sacerdotes e os levitas e os reuniu no amplo lugar do leste,
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.
e lhes disse: “Escutem-me, levitas! Agora santificai-vos e santificai a casa de Yahweh, o Deus de vossos pais, e levai a sujeira para fora do lugar santo”.
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.
Pois nossos pais foram infiéis, e fizeram o que era mau aos olhos de Iavé, nosso Deus, e o abandonaram, e viraram seus rostos para longe da habitação de Iavé, e viraram as costas.
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.
Também fecharam as portas do alpendre, apagaram as lâmpadas e não queimaram incenso nem ofereceram holocaustos no lugar santo ao Deus de Israel.
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.
Portanto, a ira de Javé recaiu sobre Judá e Jerusalém, e ele os entregou para serem jogados para frente e para trás, para ser um espanto e um assobio, como você vê com seus olhos.
9 As a result, our fathers have died in battle, and our sons and our daughters and our wives have been captured.
Pois eis que nossos pais caíram pela espada, e nossos filhos, nossas filhas e nossas esposas estão em cativeiro por isso.
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.
Agora está em meu coração fazer um pacto com Javé, o Deus de Israel, para que sua raiva feroz se afaste de nós.
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.”
Meus filhos, não sejam negligentes agora; pois Javé vos escolheu para estar diante dele, para ministrar a ele, e que vós sejais seus ministros e queimeis incenso”.
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;
Depois surgiram os Levitas: Mahath, filho de Amasai, e Joel, filho de Azarias, dos filhos dos coatitas; e dos filhos de Merari, Kish, filho de Abdi, e Azarias, filho de Jehallelel; e dos gersonitas, Joah, filho de Zimmah, e Eden, filho de Joah;
13 from the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and from the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
e dos filhos de Elizaphan, Shimri e Jeuel; e dos filhos de Asafe, Zacarias e Mattaniah;
14 from the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and from the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
e dos filhos de Heman, Jehuel e Shimei; e dos filhos de Jedutum, Semaías e Uzziel.
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.
Eles reuniram seus irmãos, santificaram-se e entraram, de acordo com o mandamento do rei pelas palavras de Javé, para limpar a casa de Javé.
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.
Os sacerdotes entraram na parte interna da casa de Iavé para limpá-la, e trouxeram toda a impureza que encontraram no templo de Iavé para a corte da casa de Iavé. Os levitas a levaram de lá para levá-la até o riacho Kidron.
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.
Agora eles começaram no primeiro dia do primeiro mês a santificar, e no oitavo dia do mês vieram ao alpendre de Yahweh. Eles santificaram a casa de Yahweh em oito dias, e no décimo sexto dia do primeiro mês eles terminaram.
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.
Então eles foram ao rei Ezequias dentro do palácio e disseram: “Limpamos toda a casa de Iavé, incluindo o altar de holocausto com todas as suas vasilhas, e a mesa de mostrar pão com todas as suas vasilhas”.
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.”
Moreover, preparamos e santificamos todas as vasilhas que o rei Acaz jogou fora em seu reinado quando foi infiel. Eis que estão diante do altar de Yahweh”.
20 King Hezekiah got up early, summoned the city officials, and went to the Lord's Temple.
Então o rei Ezequias levantou-se cedo, reuniu os príncipes da cidade e foi até a casa de Yahweh.
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.
Eles trouxeram sete touros, sete carneiros, sete cordeiros e sete bodes, para uma oferta pelo pecado, pelo reino, pelo santuário e por Judá. Ele ordenou aos sacerdotes os filhos de Aarão que os oferecessem no altar de Iavé.
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.
Então eles mataram os touros, e os sacerdotes receberam o sangue e o aspergiram sobre o altar. Eles mataram os carneiros e aspergiram o sangue sobre o altar. Eles também mataram os cordeiros e aspergiram o sangue sobre o altar.
23 Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who placed their hands on them.
Aproximaram-se dos bodes macho para a oferta pelo pecado perante o rei e a assembléia; e colocaram suas mãos sobre eles.
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.
Então os sacerdotes os mataram e fizeram uma oferta pelo pecado com seu sangue sobre o altar, para fazer expiação por todo Israel; pois o rei ordenou que a oferta queimada e a oferta pelo pecado fossem feitas por todo Israel.
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.
Ele colocou os levitas na casa de Iavé com címbalos, com instrumentos de cordas e com harpas, de acordo com o mandamento de Davi, de Gad, o vidente do rei, e Nathan, o profeta; pois o mandamento era de Iavé por seus profetas.
26 The Levites stood with the musical instruments provided by David, with the priests holding their trumpets.
Os levitas estavam com os instrumentos de Davi, e os sacerdotes com as trombetas.
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.
Hezekiah ordenou-lhes que oferecessem o holocausto sobre o altar. Quando o holocausto começou, o canto de Javé também começou, junto com as trombetas e os instrumentos de Davi, rei de Israel.
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.
Toda a assembléia adorou, os cantores cantaram, e os trombeteiros tocaram. Tudo isso continuou até que o holocausto foi terminado.
29 Once the offerings were completed, the king and everyone there with him bowed down and worshiped.
Quando terminaram de oferecer, o rei e todos os que estavam presentes com ele se curvaram e adoraram.
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.
Moreover O rei Ezequias e os príncipes ordenaram aos levitas que cantassem louvores a Javé com as palavras de Davi, e de Asafe, o vidente. Eles cantaram louvores com alegria, e inclinaram a cabeça e adoraram.
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.
Então Hezekiah respondeu: “Agora vocês se consagraram a Yahweh”. Aproximai-vos e trazei sacrifícios e agradecimentos na casa de Iavé”. A assembléia trouxe sacrifícios e ofertas de agradecimento, e todos os que tinham um coração disposto trouxeram ofertas queimadas.
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.
O número de ofertas queimadas que a assembléia trouxe foi de setenta touros, cem carneiros e duzentos cordeiros. Todos estes foram para uma oferta queimada a Javé.
33 In addition there were dedicated offerings of six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep.
As coisas consagradas eram seiscentas cabeças de gado e três mil ovelhas.
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.)
Mas os sacerdotes eram muito poucos, de modo que não podiam esfolar todos os holocaustos. Por isso seus irmãos, os levitas os ajudaram até o fim da obra e até que os sacerdotes se santificassem, pois os levitas estavam mais retos de coração para se santificarem do que os sacerdotes.
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.
Também as ofertas queimadas estavam em abundância, com a gordura das ofertas de paz e com as ofertas de bebida para cada holocausto. Assim, o serviço da casa de Yahweh foi posto em ordem.
36 Hezekiah and everyone there were so happy at what God done for the people, because everything had been achieved so quickly.
Hezekiah e todo o povo se regozijaram por causa daquilo que Deus havia preparado para o povo; pois a coisa foi feita de repente.
