2 Chronicles 30

1 Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel.

١ وَبَعَثَ حَزَقِيَّا يَسْتَدْعِي جَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا، وَكَتَبَ رَسَائِلَ إِلَى أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى يَحُضُّهُمْ عَلَى الْمَجِيءِ إِلَى هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِيَحْتَفِلُوا بِفِصْحِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

2 For the king had taken counsel, and his officials, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month.

٢ وَاتَّفَقَ الْمَلِكُ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُ وَكُلُّ الْجَمَاعَةِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، بَعْدَ التَّدَاوُلِ، عَلَى الاحْتِفَالِ بِالْفِصْحِ فِي الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي،

3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

٣ لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَتَمَكَّنُوا مِنَ الاحْتِفَالِ بِهِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْحِينِ، إِذْ لَمْ يَكُنِ الْكَهَنَةُ قَدْ تَقَدَّسُوا تَقْدِيساً كَافِياً، وَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الشَّعْبُ الاجْتِمَاعَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

4 The thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.

٤ فَلَقِيَ الاتِّفَاقُ اسْتِحْسَاناً لَدَى الْمَلِكِ وَلَدَى سَائِرِ الْجَمَاعَةِ،

5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: for they had not kept it in great numbers in such sort as it is written.

٥ وَقَرَّرُوا إِطْلاقَ النِّدَاءِ فِي جَمِيعِ أَرْجَاءِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ إِلَى دَانٍ، لِيَأْتُوا لِلاحْتِفَالِ بِفِصْحِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، إِذْ إِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَحْتَفِلُوا بِهِ كَمَا هُوَ مَنْصُوصٌ عَلَيْهِ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ طَوِيلٍ.

6 So the couriers went with the letters from the king and his officers throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, "children of Israel, turn again to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant of you who have escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

٦ فَانْطَلَقَ السُّعَاةُ حَامِلِينَ رَسَائِلَ الْمَلِكِ وَقَادَتِهِ إِلَى جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا، دَاعِينَ النَّاسَ بِمُوْجِبِ أَمْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَقَائِلِينَ لَهُمْ: «يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، ارْجِعُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ، فَيَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ أَنْتُمُ الْبَاقِينَ النَّاجِينَ مِنْ يَدِ مُلُوكِ أَشُّورَ.

7 Do not be like your fathers, and like your brothers, who trespassed against the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as you see.

٧ وَلا تَخُونُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِكُمْ كَمَا خَانَهُ أَبَاؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَتُكُمْ، فَجَعَلَهُمْ مَثَارَ دَهْشَةٍ كَمَا تَرَوْنَ.

8 Now do not be stiff-necked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves to the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve the LORD your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.

٨ وَلا تُعَانِدُوا الآنَ كَآبَائِكُمْ، بَلْ أَذْعِنُوا لِلرَّبِّ وَادْخُلُوا إِلَى مَقْدِسِهِ الَّذِي قَدَّسَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، وَاعْبُدُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ فَيَتَحَوَّلَ عَنْكُمْ غَضَبُهُ الشَّدِيدُ.

9 For if you turn again to the LORD, your brothers and your children shall find compassion before those who led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him."

٩ لأَنَّ رُجُوعَكُمْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ يَجْعَلُ إِخْوَتَكُمْ وَأَبْنَاءَكُمْ يَلْقَوْنَ رَحْمَةً مِنْ آسِرِيهِمْ فَيَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى هَذِهِ الأَرْضِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ رَؤُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ، وَلا يُحَوِّلُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْكُمْ إِنْ رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ».

10 So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun: but they ridiculed them, and mocked them.

١٠ فَكَانَ السُّعَاةُ يَنْطَلِقُونَ مِنْ مَدِينَةٍ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ فِي أَرْضِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى حَتَّى بَلَغُوا مَوَاطِنَ سِبْطِ زَبُولُونَ، فَكَانُوا يَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ وَيَهْزَأُونَ بِهِمْ،

11 Nevertheless some from Asher and from Manasseh and from Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

١١ بِاسْتِثْنَاءِ قِلَّةٍ مِنْ أَسْبَاطِ أَشِيرَ وَمَنَسَّى وَزَبُولُونَ مِمَّنْ تَوَاضَعُوا وَقَدِمُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

12 Also in Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the leaders by the word of the LORD.

١٢ وَعَمِلَتْ يَدُ الرَّبِّ فِي أَوْسَاطِ يَهُوذَا فَوَحَّدَتْ قُلُوبَهُمْ لِتَنْفِيذِ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الْمَلِكُ وَالرُّؤَسَاءُ، بِمُوْجِبِ وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ.

13 Many people assembled at Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.

١٣ فَاحْتَشَدَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ جُمْهُورٌ غَفِيرٌ لِلاحْتِفَالِ بِعِيدِ الْفَطِيرِ فِي الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي.

14 They arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the Kidron Valley.

١٤ فَأَنْزَلُوا مَذَابِحَ الأَوْثَانِ الْمَبْنِيَّةَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَهَدَمُوا مَذَابِحَ التَّبْخِيرِ وَطَرَحُوهَا جَمِيعَهَا فِي وَادِي قَدْرُونَ،

15 Then they killed the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.

١٥ وَذَبَحُوا الْفِصْحَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الثَّانِي. وَاعْتَرَى الْخَجَلُ الْكَهَنَةَ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ، فَتَطَهَّرُوا وَأَدْخَلُوا الْمُحْرَقَاتِ إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ.

16 They stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of the hand of the Levites.

١٦ وَأَخَذُوا أَمَاكِنَهُمْ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ حَسَبَ مَا نَصَّتْ عَلَيْهِ شَرِيعَةُ مُوسَى رَجُلِ اللهِ، وَتَنَاوَلُوا الدَّمَ مِنْ يَدِ اللّاوِيِّينَ وَرَشُّوهُ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ.

17 For there were many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites were in charge of killing the Passovers for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to the LORD.

١٧ لأَنَّ لَفِيفاً كَبِيراً مِنَ الشَّعْبِ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ تَطَهَّرَ، فَكَانَ عَلَى اللّاوِيِّينَ أَنْ يَقُومُوا بِذَبْحِ حُمْلانِ الْفِصْحِ نِيَابَةً عَنْ غَيْرِ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ، وَتَكْرِيسِ تِلْكَ الْحُمْلانِ لِلرَّبِّ،

18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, "May the good LORD pardon everyone

١٨ إِذْ إِنَّ جَمْعاً غَفِيراً مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى وَيَسَّاكَرَ وَزَبُولُونَ لَمْ يَتَطَهَّرُوا، بَلْ أَكَلُوا مِنَ الْفِصْحِ عَلَى خِلافِ مَا هُوَ مَنْصُوصٌ عَلَيْهِ. إِلّا أَنَّ حَزَقِيَّا ابْتَهَلَ إِلَى اللهِ عَنْهُمْ قَائِلاً: «الرَّبُّ صَالِحٌ يُكَفِّرُ

19 who sets his heart to seek God, the LORD, the God of his fathers, even if they aren't clean according to the purification of the sanctuary."

١٩ عَنْ كُلِّ مَنْ أَعَدَّ قَلْبَهُ لِطَلَبِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِ، حَتَّى لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ طَاهِراً وَفْقَ فَرَائِضِ التَّطْهِيرِ الَّتِي نَصَّتْ عَلَيْهَا أَحْكَامُ الْهَيْكَلِ».

20 The LORD listened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

٢٠ فَاسْتَجَابَ الرَّبُّ لِحَزَقِيَّا وَأَبْرَأَ الشَّعْبَ.

21 The children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments to the LORD.

٢١ وَاحْتَفَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ الْحَاضِرُونَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ بِفَرَحٍ عَظِيمٍ بِعِيدِ الْفَطِيرِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ، سَبَّحَ فِيهَا اللّاوِيُّونَ وَالْكَهَنَةُ، يَوْماً فَيَوْماً، بِآلاتِ حَمْدٍ لِلرَّبِّ.

22 Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites who had good understanding in the service of the LORD. So they completed the seven days of the feast, offering sacrifices of peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

٢٢ وَعَزَّى حَزَقِيَّا بِكَلِمَاتِ التَّشْجِيعِ قُلُوبَ اللّاوِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ أَبْدَوْا فِطْنَةً فِي خِدْمَةِ الرَّبِّ. وَظَلُّوا يَأْكُلُونَ نَصِيبَهُمْ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ، وَيُقَرِّبُونَ ذَبَائِحَ سَلامٍ حَامِدِينَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِمْ.

23 The whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they kept another seven days with gladness.

٢٣ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقُوا عَلَى الاسْتِمْرَارِ بِالاحْتِفَالِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ أُخْرَى قَضَوْهَا بِفَرَحٍ عَظِيمٍ،

24 For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the assembly for offerings one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep, and the leaders gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. And a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

٢٤ لأَنَّ حَزَقِيَّا تَبَرَّعَ لِلْجَمَاعَةِ بِأَلْفِ ثَوْرٍ وَسَبْعَةِ آلافٍ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ، كَمَا تَبَرَّعَ رُؤَسَاءُ الشَّعْبِ بِأَلْفِ ثَوْرٍ وَعَشَرَةِ آلافٍ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ، وَتَطَهَّرَ عَدَدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ الْكَهَنَةِ.

25 All the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the assembly who came out of Israel, and the foreigners who came out of the land of Israel, and who lived in Judah, rejoiced.

٢٥ وَعَمَّتِ الْبَهْجَةُ كُلَّ جَمَاعَةِ يَهُوذَا وَالْكَهَنَةِ واللّاوِيِّينَ، وَكُلَّ الْوَافِدِينَ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَالْغُرَبَاءَ الْقَادِمِينَ مِنْ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي يَهُوذَا.

26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.

٢٦ وَغَمَرَتِ الْفَرْحَةُ الْعَظِيمَةُ أُورُشَلِيمَ لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُحْتَفَلْ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ مُنْذُ أَيَّامِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ.

27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.

٢٧ وَوَقَفَ الْكَهَنَةُ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ وَطَلَبُوا الْبَرَكَةَ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ فَاسْتَجَابَ الرَّبُّ صَلاتَهُمُ الَّتِي صَعِدَتْ إِلَى مَسْكَنِ قُدْسِهِ فِي السَّمَاءِ.