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.
Cuando todo esto terminó, todo Israel que estaba presente salió a las ciudades de Judá y rompió las columnas, cortó los postes de Asera y derribó los lugares altos y los altares de todo Judá y Benjamín, también en Efraín y Manasés, hasta destruirlos todos. Entonces todos los hijos de Israel volvieron, cada uno a su posesión, a sus propias ciudades.
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.
Ezequías designó las divisiones de los sacerdotes y de los levitas según sus divisiones, cada uno según su servicio, tanto los sacerdotes como los levitas, para los holocaustos y las ofrendas de paz, para ministrar, dar gracias y alabar en las puertas del campamento de Yahvé.
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].
También destinó la parte de los bienes del rey para los holocaustos: para los holocaustos matutinos y vespertinos, y para los holocaustos de los sábados, de las lunas nuevas y de las fiestas señaladas, como está escrito en la ley de Yahvé.
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.
Además, ordenó al pueblo que vivía en Jerusalén que diera la parte de los sacerdotes y de los levitas, para que se entregaran a la ley de Yahvé.
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.
Tan pronto como salió el mandamiento, los hijos de Israel dieron en abundancia las primicias del grano, del vino nuevo, del aceite, de la miel y de todo el producto del campo; y trajeron el diezmo de todas las cosas en abundancia.
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.
Los hijos de Israel y de Judá, que vivían en las ciudades de Judá, trajeron también el diezmo del ganado y de las ovejas, y el diezmo de las cosas consagradas a Yahvé su Dios, y lo pusieron en montones.
7 They started to do that in May and finished doing it in September.
En el tercer mes comenzaron a poner los cimientos de los montones, y los terminaron en el séptimo mes.
8 When Hezekiah and his officials saw the heaps, they praised Yahweh and [requested God to] bless the people.
Cuando Ezequías y los príncipes llegaron y vieron los montones, bendijeron a Yahvé y a su pueblo Israel.
9 But Hezekiah asked the priests and other descendants of Levi, “Why are these heaps of things here?”
Luego Ezequías interrogó a los sacerdotes y a los levitas acerca de los montones.
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]!”
Azarías, el jefe de los sacerdotes, de la casa de Sadoc, le respondió y dijo: “Desde que el pueblo comenzó a traer las ofrendas a la casa de Yahvé, hemos comido y nos hemos saciado, y nos ha sobrado, porque Yahvé ha bendecido a su pueblo; y lo que ha quedado es este gran montón.”
11 Then Hezekiah ordered that they should prepare storerooms in the temple. So they did that.
Entonces Ezequías les ordenó que prepararan habitaciones en la casa de Yahvé, y las prepararon.
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.
Trajeron fielmente las ofrendas, los diezmos y las cosas dedicadas. El levita Conanías era el jefe de ellos, y su hermano Simei era el segundo.
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.
Jehiel, Azazías, Nahat, Asael, Jerimot, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismaquías, Mahat y Benaía eran supervisores bajo la mano de Conanías y de Simei, su hermano, por designación del rey Ezequías y de Azarías, jefe de la casa de Dios.
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.
Coré, hijo del levita Imna, guardián de la puerta oriental, estaba a cargo de las ofrendas voluntarias de Dios, para distribuir las ofrendas de Yahvé y las cosas más sagradas.
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.
Debajo de él estaban Edén, Miniamín, Jesúa, Semaías, Amarías y Secanías, en las ciudades de los sacerdotes, en su oficio de confianza, para dar a sus hermanos por divisiones, tanto a los grandes como a los pequeños;
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.
además de los que estaban listados por genealogía de varones, de tres años en adelante, todos los que entraban en la casa de Yahvé, según el deber de cada día, para su servicio en sus oficios según sus divisiones;
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.
y los que estaban en la lista por genealogía de los sacerdotes por sus casas paternas, y los levitas de veinte años en adelante, en sus oficios por sus divisiones;
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.
y los que estaban en la lista por genealogía de todos sus pequeños, sus esposas, sus hijos y sus hijas, por toda la congregación; porque en su oficio de confianza se santificaban en santidad.
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.
También para los hijos de Aarón, los sacerdotes, que estaban en los campos de las tierras de pastoreo de sus ciudades, en cada ciudad, había hombres mencionados por su nombre para dar porciones a todos los varones entre los sacerdotes y a todos los que estaban listados por genealogía entre los levitas.
20 That is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He always faithfully did things that Yahweh his God considered to be right and good.
Así lo hizo Ezequías en todo Judá; e hizo lo bueno, lo justo y lo fiel ante Yahvé su Dios.
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.
En toda obra que comenzó en el servicio de la casa de Dios, en la ley y en los mandamientos, para buscar a su Dios, lo hizo de todo corazón y prosperó.
