2 Chronicles 30
1 Then sent Hezekiah unto all Israel and Judah, moreover also, letters, wrote he unto Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come unto the house of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, —to keep a passover unto Yahweh, God of Israel.
Misit quoque Ezechias ad omnem Israel et Iudam: scripsitque epistolas ad Ephraim et Manassen ut venirent ad domum Domini in Ierusalem, et facerent Phase Domino Deo Israel.
2 Yea, the king and his rulers and all the convocation in Jerusalem, had taken counsel, —to keep the passover in the second month.
Inito ergo consilio regis et principum, et universi coetus Ierusalem, decreverunt ut facerent Phase mense secundo.
3 For they were unable to keep it at that time, —because, the priests, had not hallowed themselves in sufficient numbers, and, the people, had not gathered themselves unto Jerusalem.
Non enim occurerant facere in tempore suo, quia sacerdotes, qui possent sufficere, sanctificati non fuerant, et populus nondum congregatus fuerat in Ierusalem.
4 And the thing was right, in the eyes of the king, —and in the eyes of all the convocation.
Placuitque sermo regi, et omni multitudini.
5 So they established a decree, to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even unto Dan, that they should come in to keep a passover unto Yahweh the God of Israel, in Jerusalem, —for, not for a long time, had they kept it as written.
Et decreverunt ut mitterent nuncios in universum Israel de Bersabee usque Dan ut venirent, et facerent Phase Domino Deo Israel in Ierusalem: multi enim non fecerant sicut lege praescriptum est.
6 The runners, therefore, went with letters from the hand of the king and his rulers, throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, —Ye sons of Israel, return ye unto Yahweh, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, and he will return unto the remnant, that which is left to you, out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
Perrexeruntque cursores cum epistolis ex regis imperio, et principum eius, in universum Israel et Iudam iuxta id, quod rex iusserat, praedicantes: Filii Israel revertimini ad Dominum Deum Abraham, et Isaac, et Israel: et revertetur ad reliquias, quae effugerunt manum regis Assyriorum.
7 And be not ye like your fathers, or like your brethren, who acted unfaithfully with Yahweh, God of your fathers, —who therefore delivered them up for an astonishment, as, ye yourselves, can see.
Nolite fieri sicut patres vestri, et fratres qui recesserunt a Domino Deo patrum suorum, qui tradidit eos in interitum, ut ipsi cernitis.
8 Now, do not stiffen your neck, like your fathers, —stretch forth the hand unto Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary which he hath hallowed unto times age-abiding, and serve Yahweh your God, that he may turn from you the glow of his anger.
Nolite indurare cervices vestras, sicut patres vestri: tradite manus Domino, et venite ad sanctuarium eius, quod sanctificavit in aeternum: servite Domino Deo patrum vestrorum, et avertetur a vobis ira furoris eius.
9 For, by your returning unto Yahweh, your brethren and your children, shall find compassion before their captors, so as to return unto this land. For, gracious and compassionate, is Yahweh your God, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye will return unto him.
Si enim vos reversi fueritis ad Dominum: fratres vestri, et filii habebunt misericordiam coram dominis suis, qui illos duxerunt captivos, et revertentur in terram hanc: pius enim et clemens est Dominus Deus vester, et non avertet faciem suam a vobis, si reversi fueritis ad eum.
10 So the runners were passing from city to city throughout the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun, —but they were laughing them to scorn, and mocking them.
Igitur cursores pergebant velociter de civitate in civitatem per terram Ephraim, et Manasse usque ad Zabulon, illis irridentibus et subsannantibus eos.
11 Howbeit, some, out of Asher and Manasseh and out of Zebulun, humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
Attamen quidam viri ex Aser, et Manasse, et Zabulon acquiescentes consilio, venerunt Ierusalem.
12 Also, upon Judah, came the hand of God, to give them one heart, —to keep the commandment of the king and the rulers, as the word of Yahweh.
In Iuda vero facta est manus Domini ut daret eis cor unum, ut facerent iuxta praeceptum regis, et principum verbum Domini.
13 And there gathered themselves unto Jerusalem much people, to keep the festival of unleavened cakes, in the second month, —an exceeding large convocation.
Congregatique sunt in Ierusalem populi multi ut facerent sollemnitatem azymorum, in mense secundo:
14 Then rose they up, and removed the altars, which were in Jerusalem, -and, all the censers, removed they, and cast them into the Kidron ravine.
et surgentes destruxerunt altaria quae erant in Ierusalem, atque universa, in quibus idolis adolebatur incensum, subvertentes, proiecerunt in Torrentem cedron.
15 Then slaughtered they the passover, on the fourteenth of the second month, —and, the priests and the Levites, were put to shame, and hallowed themselves, and brought in the ascending-sacrifices of the house of Yahweh.
Immolaverunt autem Phase quartadecima die mensis secundi. Sacerdotes quoque, atque Levitae tandem sanctificati obtulerunt holocausta in domo Domini:
16 And they stood in their place, according to their regulation, according to the law of Moses the man of God, —the priests, dashing the blood, [which they received] at the hand of the Levites.
Steteruntque in ordine suo iuxta dispositionem, et legem Moysi hominis Dei: Sacerdotes vero suscipiebant effundendum sanguinem de manibus Levitarum,
17 For there were many in the convocation, who had not hallowed themselves, —but, the Levites, were over the slaughtering of the passover-lambs, for every one who was, not pure, to hallow him unto Yahweh.
eo quod multa turba sanctificata non esset: et idcirco immolarent Levitae Phase his, qui non occurrerant sanctificari Domino.
18 For, the multitude of the people, many out of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, for they did eat the passover, otherwise than as was written, —for Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, May Yahweh the Good, put a propitiatory-covering about
Magna etiam pars populi de Ephraim, et Manasse, et Issachar, et Zabulon, quae sanctificata non fuerat, comedit Phase, non iuxta quod scriptum est: et oravit pro eis Ezechias, dicens: Dominus bonus propitiabitur
19 every one who hath prepared, his heart, to seek God, even Yahweh, God of his fathers, —though not according to the purification of the sanctuary!
cunctis, qui in toto corde requirunt Dominum Deum patrum suorum: et non imputabit eis quod minus sanctificati sunt.
20 And Yahweh hearkened unto Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Quem exaudivit Dominus, et placatus est populo.
21 And so the sons of Israel who were found in Jerusalem kept the festival of unleavened cakes seven days, with great rejoicing, —and the Levites and the priests, were offering praise unto Yahweh day by day, with loud instruments, unto Yahweh.
Feceruntque filii Israel, qui inventi sunt in Ierusalem, sollemnitatem azymorum septem diebus in laetitia magna, laudantes Dominum per singulos dies: Levitae quoque, et Sacerdotes per organa, quae suo officio congruebant.
22 And Hezekiah spake unto the heart of all the Levites who were giving good instruction respecting Yahweh, —and they did eat the appointed feast seven days, sacrificing the peace-offerings, and offering praise unto Yahweh, God of their fathers.
Et locutus est Ezechias ad cor omnium Levitarum, qui habebant intelligentiam bonam super Domino: et comederunt septem diebus sollemnitatis, immolantes victimas pacificorum, et laudantes Dominum Deum patrum suorum.
23 Then all the convocation took counsel, to keep seven days more, —and they kept seven days, with rejoicing.
Placuitque universae multitudini ut celebrarent etiam alios dies septem: quod et fecerunt cum ingenti gaudio.
24 For, Hezekiah king of Judah, presented to the convocation, a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep, and, the rulers, presented to the convocation, a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep, -and, priests in great numbers, hallowed themselves.
Ezechias enim rex Iuda praebuerat multitudini mille tauros, et septem millia ovium: principes vero dederant populo tauros mille, et oves decem millia: sanctificata est ergo sacerdotum plurima multitudo.
25 So all the convocation of Judah, and the priests and the Levites, and all the convocation that came in out of Israel, rejoiced, —also the sojourners who were coming in out of the land of Israel, and the dwellers in Judah.
Et hilaritate perfusa omnis turba Iuda tam Sacerdotum et Levitarum, quam universae frequentiae, quae venerat ex Israel; proselytorum quoque de Terra Israel, et habitantium in Iuda.
26 Thus was there great rejoicing, in Jerusalem, —for, since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel, there had not been the like of this, in Jerusalem.
Factaque est grandis celebritas in Ierusalem, qualis a diebus Salomonis filii David regis Israel in ea urbe non fuerat.
27 Then rose up the priests the Levites, and blessed the people, and there was a hearkening unto their voice, —and their prayer entered into his holy dwelling-place, even into the heavens.
Surrexerunt autem Sacerdotes atque Levitae benedicentes populo: et exaudita est vox eorum: pervenitque oratio in habitaculum sanctum caeli.
