< 2 Chronicles 31 >
1 And at the completion of all this, all [those of] Israel who are found present have gone out to the cities of Judah, and break the standing-pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and break down the high places and the altars, out of all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, even to completion, and all the sons of Israel return, each to his possession, to their cities.
[清除偶像]這一切完成以後,所有在場的以色列人就都出去,到猶大各城,將石柱搗碎,將木偶砍倒,將猶大、本雅明、厄弗辣因和默納協各地的高丘和香壇完全拆除;以後,所有的以色列子民各回了本城,各歸己業。[重整神職班次]
2 And Hezekiah appoints the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, by their divisions, each according to his service, of the priests and of the Levites, for burnt-offering and for peace-offerings, to minister and to give thanks, and to give praise in the gates of the camps of YHWH.
希則克雅又整編了司祭和肋未人的班次,使司祭和肋未人各照自己的班次,各照自己的任務,獻權燔祭與和平祭,或服務於上主的螢幕門口,稱謝讚頌上主。
3 And a portion of the king, from his substance, [is] for burnt-offerings, for burnt-offerings of the morning and of the evening, and the burnt-offerings of Sabbaths, and of new moons, and of appointed times, as it is written in the Law of YHWH.
君王又由自己的產業中劃出一份,作為早晚的全燔祭,安息日、新月和節期的全燔祭,如上主法律上所規定的;
4 And he commands to the people, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests and of the Levites, so that they are strengthened in the Law of YHWH;
又吩咐住在耶路撒冷的百姓,交出司祭和肋未人所應得的一分,令他們堅守上主的法律。
5 and at the spreading forth of the thing, the sons of Israel have multiplied the first-fruit of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field, and they have brought in the tithe of the whole in abundance.
這道諭旨一出,以色列子民便獻了許多初熟的五穀、新酒、蜜,以及田地的出產;同時將所有物的十分之一,也大批的送了來,
6 And the sons of Israel and Judah, those dwelling in cities of Judah, have also brought in a tithe of herd and flock, and a tithe of the holy things that are sanctified to their God YHWH, and they set [them in] heaps of heaps.
連住在猶大各城的以色列和猶大子民,也將牛羊的十分之一,並應獻於上主,他們天主的聖物的十分之一,都送了來,堆積成堆;
7 In the third month they have begun to lay the foundation of the heaps, and in the seventh month they have finished.
由三月開始堆積,至七月纔完畢。
8 And Hezekiah and the heads come in and see the heaps, and bless YHWH and His people Israel,
希則克雅和首領們前來,看見這些堆積之物,便稱讚了上主和他的百姓以色列。
9 and Hezekiah inquires at the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps,
希則克雅向司祭和肋未人問及這些堆積之物,
10 and Azariah the head priest, of the house of Zadok, speaks to him and says, “From the beginning of the bringing of the raised-offering to the house of YHWH, [there is enough] to eat, and to be satisfied, and to leave abundantly, for YHWH has blessed His people, and that left [is] this store.”
匝多克家的司祭之長阿匝黎雅答說:「自從人民將供物獻入上主的殿內以來,我們不但可以飽食,而且還有許多剩餘,因為上主祝福了他的百姓;這一大堆全是剩餘的。」[儲藏與分配供物]
11 And Hezekiah commands to prepare chambers in the house of YHWH, and they prepare,
希則克雅吩咐在上主殿內預備倉房;人便預備了,
12 and they bring in the raised-offering, and the tithe, and the holy things faithfully; and over them is a leader, Conaniah the Levite, and his brother Shimei [is] second;
細心將供物和什一之物,以及奉獻的聖物,都搬入倉內。肋未人苛納尼雅為總管,他的兄弟史米為副。
13 and Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, [are] inspectors under the hand of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah leader of the house of God.
耶希耳、阿匝齊雅、納哈特、阿撒耳、耶黎摩特、約匝巴得,厄里耳、依斯瑪基雅、瑪哈特和貝納雅,自苛納尼和他兄弟史米之下作督察,全是由君王希則克雅和上主殿宇的主席阿匝黎雅所委任的。
14 And Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the gatekeeper at the east, [is] over the willing-offerings of God, to give the raised-offering of YHWH, and the most holy things.
守東門的肋未人,依默納的兒子科勒,掌管自願捐獻於天主的禮品,發放獻於上主的供物和至聖之物;
15 And by his hand [are] Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shechaniah, in cities of the priests, faithfully to give to their brothers in divisions, as the great so the small,
他以下有厄登、本雅明、耶叔亞、舍瑪雅、阿瑪黎雅和舍加尼雅,在各司祭城內,按照班次,不分老幼,將物品細心分發給他們的弟兄。
16 apart from their genealogy, to males from a son of three years and upward, to everyone who has gone into the house of YHWH, by the matter of a day in its day, for their service in their charges, according to their divisions;
此外,又登記了每日進上主殿,依照班次盡職,三十歲以上的男子:
17 and the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and of the Levites, from a son of twenty years and upward, in their charges, in their divisions;
司祭依照家族登記;二十歲以上的肋未人,依照職分班次登記。
18 and to the genealogy among all their infants, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters to all the congregation, for in their faithfulness they sanctify themselves in holiness.
登記時,他們全家妻子兒女,都應包括在內,因為他們都應自潔成聖。
19 And for sons of Aaron, the priests, in the fields of the outskirt of their cities, in each and every city, [are] men who have been defined by name, to give portions to every male among the priests, and to everyone who reckoned himself by genealogy among the Levites.
至於那住在各城郊外作司祭的亞郎子孫,在各城內有指定的人,給司祭中的男子及登記的肋未人,發放應得的一份。
20 And Hezekiah does thus in all Judah, and does that which is good, and that which is right, and that which is true, before his God YHWH;
希則克雅在全猶大行事都是如此:行了上主他的天主視為善,視為正義的事。
21 and in every work that he has begun for the service of the house of God, and for the Law, and for the command, to seek for his God with all his heart, he has worked and prospered.
凡他著手所行的,不論是關於上主殿內的敬禮,或關於法律和誡命,都是為了尋求他的天主;凡他誠心所行的,無不順利。