2 Chronicles 30
1 The king and his officials and all the other people who had gathered in Jerusalem wanted to celebrate the Passover Festival. But they were not able to celebrate it at the usual time, because many of the priests had still not performed the rituals to purify themselves; therefore they were not allowed to do serve in the festival. Also, everyone had still not come to Jerusalem [to celebrate the Passover]. So they decided to celebrate it one month later than usual.
and to send: depart Hezekiah upon all Israel and Judah and also letter to write upon Ephraim and Manasseh to/for to come (in): come to/for house: temple LORD in/on/with Jerusalem to/for to make: do Passover to/for LORD God Israel
and to advise [the] king and ruler his and all [the] assembly in/on/with Jerusalem to/for to make: do [the] Passover in/on/with month [the] second
for not be able to/for to make: do him in/on/with time [the] he/she/it for [the] priest not to consecrate: consecate to/for what? sufficiency and [the] people not to gather to/for Jerusalem
4 The king and all the other people who had gathered thought that was a good plan.
and to smooth [the] word: thing in/on/with eye: appearance [the] king and in/on/with eye: appearance all [the] assembly
5 So they decided to send messages to all the towns in Judah and in Israel, from Beersheba [in the far south] to Dan [in the far north], including towns in the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, to invite people to come to the temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover [Festival] to [honor] Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people [worshiped/belonged to]. Many of the people had not previously celebrated that festival, even though it had been written [in the laws of Moses that they should do that].
and to stand: appoint word: promised to/for to pass voice: message in/on/with all Israel from Beersheba Beersheba and till Dan to/for to come (in): come to/for to make: do Passover to/for LORD God Israel in/on/with Jerusalem for not to/for abundance to make: do like/as to write
6 Obeying what the king commanded, messengers went throughout Judah and Israel, taking messages that had been written by the king and his officials. This is what they wrote: “You Israeli people, you who survived after being slaves of the kings of Assyria, return to Yahweh, the God whom [our great ancestors] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [worshiped/belonged to], in order that he may return to you. Your fathers and brothers did not faithfully obey Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped].
and to go: went [the] to run: run in/on/with letter from hand: to [the] king and ruler his in/on/with all Israel and Judah and like/as commandment [the] king to/for to say son: descendant/people Israel to return: return to(wards) LORD God Abraham Isaac and Israel and to return: return to(wards) [the] survivor [the] to remain to/for you from palm king Assyria
7 Do not act like they did, because what they did caused other people to become disgusted with them.
and not to be like/as father your and like/as brother: male-sibling your which be unfaithful in/on/with LORD God father their and to give: make them to/for horror: destroyed like/as as which you(m. p.) to see: see
8 Do not be stubborn as our ancestors were. Do what Yahweh desires. Come [to Jerusalem] to the temple, which he has set apart forever. Do what pleases Yahweh our God, in order that he will no longer be angry with you.
now not to harden neck your like/as father your to give: give hand: themselves to/for LORD and to come (in): come to/for sanctuary his which to consecrate: consecate to/for forever: enduring and to serve: minister [obj] LORD God your and to return: return from you burning anger face: anger his
9 If you return to Yahweh, the people who have captured our brothers [and sisters] and our children will be kind to them, and allow them to return to this land. Do not forget that Yahweh our God is kind and merciful. If you return to him, he will no longer reject you.”
for in/on/with to return: return you upon LORD brother: male-sibling your and son: child your to/for compassion to/for face: before to take captive them and to/for to return: return to/for land: country/planet [the] this for gracious and compassionate LORD God your and not to turn aside: turn aside face from you if to return: return to(wards) him
10 The messengers went to all the towns in the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far [north] as the tribe of Zebulun, [and gave them this message, ] but most of the people there scorned them and ridiculed them.
and to be [the] to run: run to pass from city to/for city in/on/with land: country/planet Ephraim and Manasseh and till Zebulun and to be to laugh upon them and to mock in/on/with them
11 But some of the people of [the tribes of] Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and went to Jerusalem.
surely human from Asher and Manasseh and from Zebulun be humble and to come (in): come to/for Jerusalem
12 Also in Judah God motivated the people to be united in wanting to do what Yahweh wanted them to do, which is what the king and his officials had told them to do in the message that they sent.
also in/on/with Judah to be hand: power [the] God to/for to give: give to/for them heart one to/for to make: do commandment [the] king and [the] ruler in/on/with word LORD
13 So a huge crowd of people gathered in Jerusalem in May, to celebrate the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread.
and to gather Jerusalem people many to/for to make: do [obj] feast [the] unleavened bread in/on/with month [the] second assembly to/for abundance much
14 They removed the altars [of Baal] in Jerusalem and took away the altars for burning incense [to honor other gods, and burned them] in Kidron Valley.
and to arise: establish and to turn aside: remove [obj] [the] altar which in/on/with Jerusalem and [obj] all [the] incense-altar to turn aside: remove and to throw to/for torrent: valley Kidron
15 They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of that month. Some of the priests and the other descendants of Levi were ashamed [because they had not performed the rituals to cause them to be acceptable to work for Yahweh]. So they performed those rituals, and brought to the temple animals to be completely burned [on the altar].
and to slaughter [the] Passover in/on/with four ten to/for month [the] second and [the] priest and [the] Levi be humiliated and to consecrate: consecate and to come (in): bring burnt offering house: temple LORD
16 Then they stood at the places where Moses had written in his laws that they should stand. Then the descendants of Levi gave to the priests [bowls containing blood of the animals that were being sacrificed], and the priests sprinkled [the altar] with some of the blood.
and to stand: stand upon post their like/as justice: custom their like/as instruction Moses man [the] God [the] priest to scatter [obj] [the] blood from hand [the] Levi
17 Many people in the crowd had not purified themselves, and therefore they were not able to kill the lambs [and dedicate them] to Yahweh. So it was necessary for the descendants of Levi to kill the lambs for them.
for many in/on/with assembly which not to consecrate: consecate and [the] Levi upon slaughtering [the] Passover to/for all not pure to/for to consecrate: consecate to/for LORD
18 Although most of the people who had come from [the tribes of] Ephraim, Manasseh, and Issachar had not purified themselves, they ate the food of the Passover Festival anyway, ignoring the rules written [by Moses]. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying “Yahweh, you always do what is good; I pray that you will forgive everyone
for greatness [the] people many from Ephraim and Manasseh Issachar and Zebulun not be pure for to eat [obj] [the] Passover in/on/with not like/as to write for to pray Hezekiah upon them to/for to say LORD [the] pleasant to atone about/through/for
19 who sincerely wants to honor you, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], even if they have not purified themselves by obeying the sacred laws that you gave to us.”
all heart his to establish: establish to/for to seek [the] God LORD God father his and not like/as purifying [the] holiness
20 And Yahweh heard what Hezekiah prayed; he forgave the people, [and did not punish them].
and to hear: hear LORD to(wards) Hezekiah and to heal [obj] [the] people
21 The Israeli people who were there in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread for seven days. They rejoiced greatly as they celebrated, while the priests and other descendants of Levi sang to Yahweh every day, and played musical instruments to [praise] God.
and to make: do son: descendant/people Israel [the] to find (in/on/with Jerusalem *L(abh)*) [obj] feast [the] unleavened bread seven day in/on/with joy great: large and to boast: praise to/for LORD day: daily in/on/with day: daily [the] Levi and [the] priest in/on/with article/utensil strength to/for LORD
22 Hezekiah thanked all the descendants of Levi for doing this work for Yahweh, and for very skillfully leading the people who were worshiping. For those seven days the people ate the Passover food and brought offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh and praised Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [belonged to/had worshiped].
and to speak: speak Hezekiah upon heart all [the] Levi [the] be prudent understanding pleasant to/for LORD and to eat [obj] [the] meeting: festival seven [the] day to sacrifice sacrifice peace offering and to give thanks to/for LORD God father their
23 Then the whole group decided to celebrate for seven more days, so they did: They celebrated joyfully for seven more days.
and to advise all [the] assembly to/for to make: do seven day another and to make: do seven day joy
24 King Hezekiah provided 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep to be slaughtered for the people [to eat during the festival], and the officials also gave them 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep and goats. Many priests consecrated themselves.
for Hezekiah king Judah to exalt to/for assembly thousand bullock and seven thousand flock and [the] ruler to exalt to/for assembly bullock thousand and flock ten thousand and to consecrate: consecate priest to/for abundance
25 All the people of Judah rejoiced, including the priests and other descendants of Levi and all the people from Israel who had come, and including some from other countries who were living in Israel and some from other countries who were living in Judah.
and to rejoice all assembly Judah and [the] priest and [the] Levi and all [the] assembly [the] to come (in): come from Israel and [the] sojourner [the] to come (in): come from land: country/planet Israel and [the] to dwell in/on/with Judah
26 Everyone in Jerusalem was very joyful, because nothing like this had happened in Jerusalem since the time when David’s son Solomon was the king of Israel.
and to be joy great: large in/on/with Jerusalem for from day Solomon son: child David king Israel not like/as this in/on/with Jerusalem
27 The priests and the other descendants of Levi stood up to bless the people, and God heard them in heaven, the holy place where he lives.
and to arise: rise [the] priest [the] Levi and to bless [obj] [the] people and to hear: hear in/on/with voice their and to come (in): come prayer their to/for habitation holiness his to/for heaven
