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.

١ وَلَمَّا كَمَلَ هَذَا خَرَجَ كُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْحَاضِرِينَ إِلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا، وَكَسَّرُوا ٱلْأَنْصَابَ وَقَطَعُوا ٱلسَّوَارِيَ، وَهَدَمُوا ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ وَٱلْمَذَابِحَ مِنْ كُلِّ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ وَمِنْ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى حَتَّى أَفْنَوْهَا، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ كُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى مُلْكِهِ، إِلَى مُدُنِهِمْ.

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.

٢ وَأَقَامَ حَزَقِيَّا فِرَقَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ حَسَبَ أَقْسَامِهِمْ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ حَسَبَ خِدْمَتِهِ، ٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ لِلْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَذَبَائِحِ ٱلسَّلَامَةِ، لِلْخِدْمَةِ وَٱلْحَمْدِ وَٱلتَّسْبِيحِ فِي أَبْوَابِ مَحَلَّاتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

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.

٣ وَأَعْطَى ٱلْمَلِكُ حِصَّةً مِنْ مَالِهِ لِلْمُحْرَقَاتِ، مُحْرَقَاتِ ٱلصَّبَاحِ وَٱلْمَسَاءِ، وَٱلْمُحْرَقَاتِ لِلسُّبُوتِ وَٱلْأَشْهُرِ وَٱلْمَوَاسِمِ، كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي شَرِيعَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

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.

٤ وَقَالَ لِلشَّعْبِ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ أَنْ يُعْطُوا حِصَّةَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ لِكَيْ يَتَمَسَّكُوا بِشَرِيعَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

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.

٥ وَلَمَّا شَاعَ ٱلْأَمْرُ كَثَّرَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَوَائِلِ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ وَٱلْمِسْطَارِ وَٱلزَّيْتِ وَٱلْعَسَلِ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ غَلَّةِ ٱلْحَقْلِ وَأَتَوْا بِعُشْرِ ٱلْجَمِيعِ بِكِثْرَةٍ.

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.

٦ وَبَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا ٱلسَّاكِنُونَ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا أَتَوْا هُمْ أَيْضًا بِعُشْرِ ٱلْبَقَرِ وَٱلضَّأْنِ، وَعُشْرِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةِ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ، وَجَعَلُوهَا صُبَرًا صُبَرًا.

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

٧ فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّالِثِ ٱبْتَدَأُوا بِتَأْسِيسِ ٱلصُّبَرِ، وَفِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلسَّابِعِ أَكْمَلُوا.

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

٨ وَجَاءَ حَزَقِيَّا وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ وَرَأَوْا ٱلصُّبَرَ، فَبَارَكُوا ٱلرَّبَّ وَشَعْبَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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

٩ وَسَأَلَ حَزَقِيَّا ٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ عَنِ ٱلصُّبَرِ،

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.

١٠ فَكَلَّمَهُ عَزَرْيَا ٱلْكَاهِنُ ٱلرَّأْسُ لِبَيْتِ صَادُوقَ وَقَالَ: «مُنْذُ ٱبْتَدَأَ بِجَلْبِ ٱلتَّقْدِمَةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، أَكَلْنَا وَشَبِعْنَا وَفَضَلَ عَنَّا بِكِثْرَةٍ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ بَارَكَ شَعْبَهُ، وَٱلَّذِي فَضَلَ هُوَ هَذِهِ ٱلْكَثْرَةُ».

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

١١ وَأَمَرَ حَزَقِيَّا بِإِعْدَادِ مَخَادِعَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَأَعَدُّوا.

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.

١٢ وَأَتَوْا بِٱلتَّقْدِمَةِ وَٱلْعُشْرِ وَٱلْأَقْدَاسِ بِأَمَانَةٍ. وَكَانَ رَئِيسًا عَلَيْهِمْ كُونَنْيَا ٱللَّاوِيُّ، وَشِمْعِي أَخُوهُ ٱلثَّانِي،

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.

١٣ وَيَحِيئِيلُ وَعَزَزْيَا وَنَحَثُ وَعَسَائِيلُ وَيَرِيمُوثُ وَيُوزَابَادُ وَإِيلِيئِيلُ وَيَسْمَخْيَا وَمَحَثُ وَبَنَايَا وُكَلَاءَ تَحْتَ يَدِ كُونَنْيَا وَشِمْعِي أَخِيهِ، حَسَبَ تَعْيِينِ حَزَقِيَّا ٱلْمَلِكِ وَعَزَرْيَا رَئِيسِ بَيْتِ ٱللهِ.

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,

١٤ وَقُورِي بْنُ يَمْنَةَ ٱللَّاوِيُّ ٱلْبَوَّابُ نَحْوَ ٱلشَّرْقِ كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْمُتَبَرَّعِ بِهِ لِلهِ لِإِعْطَاءِ تَقْدِمَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَأَقْدَاسِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ.

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;

١٥ وَتَحْتَ يَدِهِ: عَدَنُ وَمَنْيَامِينُ وَيَشُوعُ وَشِمْعِيَا وَأَمَرْيَا وَشَكُنْيَا فِي مُدُنِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ بِأَمَانَةٍ لِيُعْطُوا لِإِخْوَتِهِمْ حَسَبَ ٱلْفِرَقِ ٱلْكَبِيرِ كَٱلصَّغِيرِ،

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.

١٦ فَضْلًا عَنِ ٱنْتِسَابِ ذُكُورِهِمْ مِنِ ٱبْنِ ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ فَمَا فَوْقُ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاخِلٍ بَيْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ، أَمْرَ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ حَسَبَ خِدْمَتِهِمْ فِي حِرَاسَاتِهِمْ حَسَبَ أَقْسَامِهِمْ،

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,

١٧ وَٱنْتِسَابِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ حَسَبَ بُيُوتِ آبَائِهِمْ، وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ مِنِ ٱبْنِ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فَمَا فَوْقُ حَسَبَ حِرَاسَاتِهِمْ وَأَقْسَامِهِمْ،

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.

١٨ وَٱنْتِسَابِ جَمِيعِ أَطْفَالِهِمْ وَنِسَائِهِمْ وَبَنِيهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ بِأَمَانَتِهِمْ تَقَدَّسُوا تَقَدُّسًا.

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 among the priests, and to every one reckoned among the Levites.

١٩ وَمِنْ بَنِي هَارُونَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ فِي حُقُولِ مَسَارِحِ مُدُنِهِمْ فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ فَمَدِينَةٍ، ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلْمُعَيَّنَةُ أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ لِإِعْطَاءِ حِصَصٍ لِكُلِّ ذَكَرٍ مِنَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَلِكُلِّ مَنِ ٱنْتَسَبَ مِنَ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ.

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

٢٠ هَكَذَا عَمِلَ حَزَقِيَّا فِي كُلِّ يَهُوذَا، وَعَمِلَ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ وَمُسْتَقِيمٌ وَحَقٌّ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ.

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.

٢١ وَكُلُّ عَمَلٍ ٱبْتَدَأَ بِهِ فِي خِدْمَةِ بَيْتِ ٱللهِ وَفِي ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ وَٱلْوَصِيَّةِ لِيَطْلُبَ إِلَهَهُ، إِنَّمَا عَمِلَهُ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِهِ وَأَفْلَحَ.