2 Chronicles 31
1 After the festival ended, the Israelis who were there went to all the towns in Judah and smashed the stones/pillars [for worshiping idols], and cut down the poles [for worshiping the goddess] Asherah. They destroyed the shrines on the hilltops and the altars [of Baal] throughout the areas where the tribes of Judah and Benjamin lived, and also in the areas of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. After destroying all of them, they returned to their own towns.
А като се свърши всичко това, целият Израил, които се намираха там, излязоха по Юдовите градове та изпотрошиха кумирите, изсякоха ашерите и събориха високите места и жертвениците из целия Юда и Вениамина, също и в Ефрем и Манасия, докле ги унищожиха всички. Тогава всичките израилтяни се върнаха в градовете си, всеки в своята собственост.
2 Hezekiah divided the priests and [other] descendants of Levi into groups. He appointed some of the groups to offer sacrifices that would be completely burned [on the altar] and offerings to maintain fellowship [with Yahweh]. He appointed some groups to do other work at the temple: some to lead the people in their worship, some to thank Yahweh, and some to sing songs to praise to Yahweh at the gates of the temple.
Тогава Езекия определи отредите на свещениците и на левитите, според разпределенията им, всекиго според службата му, и свещениците и левитите, за всеизгарянията и примирителните приноси, за да служат и да славословят и да хвалят в портите на Господния стан.
3 The king contributed some of his own funds to buy animals that would be sacrificed in the morning and in the evening of each day, and on the Sabbath days, to celebrate the new moons, and during the other feasts, according to what was written in the laws [that Yahweh gave to Moses].
Определи и царския дял от имота си за всеизгарянията, а именно, за утринните и вечерните всеизгаряния, и за всеизгарянията в съботите и новолунията и на празниците, според предписанието в Господния закон.
4 Hezekiah told the people living in Jerusalem to give to the priests and the other descendants of Levi the portions [of meat] that should be given to them, in order that they could devote all their time to obeying the laws of Yahweh.
Заповяда още на людете, които жевееха в Ерусалим, да дават дела на свещениците и на левитите, за да се затвърдят в Господния закон.
5 As soon as he told that to the people, they generously gave the first part of their harvest of grain, and the first part of the new wine [that they produced], and [olive] oil and honey, and of the crops that grew in their fields. They brought [to the temple] a tenth of all their crops.
И щом се издаде тая заповед, израилтяните донесоха много от първите плодове на житото, виното, дървеното масло, меда и на всичките земни произведения; донесоха още в изобилие и десетъците от всяко нещо.
6 The men of Israel and Judah who were living in various towns in Judah also brought a tenth of their cattle and sheep and goats, and a tenth of other things that they had dedicated to Yahweh their God, and they piled all those things in heaps.
И израилтяните и юдейците, които живееха в Юдовите градове, също е те донесоха десетъците от говеда и овци, и десетъците от светите неща, които бяха посветени на Господа техния Бог, и туриха ги на купове.
7 They started to do that in May and finished doing it in September.
В третия месец почнаха да правят куповете, и в седмия месец свършиха.
8 When Hezekiah and his officials saw the heaps, they praised Yahweh and [requested God to] bless the people.
И когато дойдоха Езекия и първенците и видяха куповете, благословиха Господа и Неговите люде Израиля.
9 But Hezekiah asked the priests and other descendants of Levi, “Why are these heaps of things here?”
Сетне Езекия запита свещениците и левитите за куповете.
10 Then Azariah the [Supreme] Priest, a descendant of Zadok, replied, “Since the time that the people started to bring their offerings to the temple, we have had even more food than we need. This has happened because Yahweh has greatly blessed our fellow Israelis, with the result that all this is left over [after we priests and other descendants of Levi took all that we need]!”
И първосвещеник Азария, от Садоковия дом, в отговор му рече: Откак почнаха да донасят приносите в Господния дом, яли сме до насита, и остана много; защото Господ е благословил людете Си; и останалото е тоя голям склад.
11 Then Hezekiah ordered that they should prepare storerooms in the temple. So they did that.
Тогава Езекия заповяда да приготвят помещения в Господния дом; и като ги приготвиха,
12 Then they brought into the storerooms all the tithes and offerings and the things dedicated to Yahweh [which the people had brought]. One of the descendants of Levi whose name was Conaniah was in charge of those things, and his [younger] brother Shimei was his assistant.
в тях внесоха вярно приносите, десетъците и посветените неща; а надзирател над тях бе левитинът Хонения, и подир него брат му Семей.
13 Those two men supervised Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah while they did the work. They were appointed by King Hezekiah; Azariah was in charge of [everything that was done in] the temple.
А по заповед на цар Езекия и на настоятеля на Божия дом Азария, Ехиил, Азазия, Нахат, Асаил, Еримот, Иозавад, Елиил, Исмахия, Маат и Ванаия бяха надзиратели под властта на Хонения и брат му Семей.
14 Kore the son of Imnah, another descendant of Levi, who guarded the east gate of the temple, was in charge of the offerings to God that were made voluntarily. He distributed to the priests and [other] descendants of Levi the offerings and other things that were dedicated to Yahweh.
А Коре, син на левитина Емна, вратарят при източната порта, бе над нещата доброволно принесени Богу, за да раздава Господните приноси и пресветите неща.
15 Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him in the towns where the priests lived. They distributed those things to the groups of their fellow priests; they distributed them to everyone, from the youngest to the oldest.
А под него бяха, в градовете на свещениците, Еден, Миниамин, Исус, Семаия, Амария и Сехания, на които бе поръчано да раздават на братята си според отредите им, както на големия, тъй и на малкия,
16 They also distributed things to the males who were at least 30 years old, those whose names were written on the scrolls where lists of family names were written. They were males who [were allowed to] enter the temple to perform their tasks/work each day, the tasks that each group had been assigned to do.
на всекиго, който постъпваше в Господния дом, ежедневния му дял за служенето им в службата, според отредите им, освен ония, които се преброиха според родословието на мъжките от три години на възраст и нагоре;
17 The names of the priests were on the scrolls where their clans’ names were written. They also distributed things to groups of [other] descendants of Levi, those who were at least 20 years old.
да раздават и на преброените от свещениците и от левитите, според бащините им домове, на възраст от двадесет години и нагоре, според службите им, по отредите им,
18 They included all their little children and wives and other sons and daughters whose names were on the scrolls where their clans’ names were written, because they also faithfully had dedicated themselves to Yahweh.
и на всичките им челяди, на жените им, и на синовете им, и на дъщерите им, в цялото общество, които бяха преброени по родословие; защото те се посветиха вярно на светите неща.
19 [Hezekiah] also appointed other men to distribute portions of those offerings to the priests and other descendants of Levi who were living in the pasturelands around the towns in Judah. But they gave things only to those who were descendants of Aaron [the first Supreme Priest], whose names were on the scrolls containing the names of their clans.
А колкото за Аароновите потомци, свещениците, които живееха в полетата на градските пасбища, имаше във всеки град човеци определени по име да раздават дялове на всичките мъжки между свещениците, и на всичките преброени между левитите.
20 That is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He always faithfully did things that Yahweh his God considered to be right and good.
Така направи Езекия и в целия Юда; и върши това, което бе добро, и право, и вярно пред Господа своя Бог.
21 In everything that he did for the worship in the temple, and as he obeyed God’s laws and commands, he tried to find out what his God wanted, and he worked energetically. So he was successful.
Във всяка работа, която почна, относно служенето на Божия дом, и закона, и заповедите, като търсеше своя Бог, вършеше я от все сърце, и успяваше.
