2 Chronicles 30

1 And 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 God of Israel.

١ وَأَرْسَلَ حَزَقِيَّا إِلَى جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا، وَكَتَبَ أَيْضًا رَسَائِلَ إِلَى أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى أَنْ يَأْتُوا إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَعْمَلُوا فِصْحًا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

٢ فَتَشَاوَرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُ وَكُلُّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا ٱلْفِصْحَ فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّانِي،

3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people assembled themselves at Jerusalem.

٣ لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَعْمَلُوهُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْكَهَنَةَ لَمْ يَتَقَدَّسُوا بِٱلْكِفَايَةِ، وَٱلشَّعْبَ لَمْ يَجْتَمِعُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

4 And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.

٤ فَحَسُنَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَعُيُونِ كُلِّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ.

5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done [it] of a long [time in the manner] as it was written.

٥ فَٱعْتَمَدُوا عَلَى إِطْلَاقِ ٱلنِّدَاءِ فِي جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ إِلَى دَانَ أَنْ يَأْتُوا لِعَمَلِ ٱلْفِصْحِ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَعْمَلُوهُ كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ كَثِيرٍ.

6 So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you that have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.

٦ فَذَهَبَ ٱلسُّعَاةُ بِٱلرَّسَائِلِ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَرُؤَسَائِهِ فِي جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا، وَحَسَبَ وَصِيَّةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ: «يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، ٱرْجِعُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ، فَيَرْجِعَ إِلَى ٱلنَّاجِينَ ٱلْبَاقِينَ لَكُمْ مِنْ يَدِ مُلُوكِ أَشُّورَ.

7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, [who] therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

٧ وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَآبَائِكُمْ وَكَإِخْوَتِكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ خَانُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِمْ فَجَعَلَهُمْ دَهْشَةً كَمَا أَنْتُمْ تَرَوْنَ.

8 Now be ye not stiff-necked, as your fathers [were], [but] yield yourselves to the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

٨ ٱلْآنَ لَا تُصَلِّبُوا رِقَابَكُمْ كَآبَائِكُمْ، بَلِ ٱخْضَعُوا لِلرَّبِّ وَٱدْخُلُوا مَقْدِسَهُ ٱلَّذِي قَدَّسَهُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، وَٱعْبُدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ فَيَرْتَدَّ عَنْكُمْ حُمُوُّ غَضَبِهِ.

9 For if ye turn again to the LORD, your brethren and your children [will find] compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they will return into this land: for the LORD your God [is] gracious and merciful, and will not turn away [his] face from you, if ye return to him.

٩ لِأَنَّهُ بِرُجُوعِكُمْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ يَجِدُ إِخْوَتُكُمْ وَبَنُوكُمْ رَحْمَةً أَمَامَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْبُونَهُمْ، فَيَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ حَنَّانٌ وَرَحِيمٌ، وَلَا يُحَوِّلُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ».

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

١٠ فَكَانَ ٱلسُّعَاةُ يَعْبُرُونَ مِنْ مَدِينَةٍ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ فِي أَرْضِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى حَتَّى زَبُولُونَ، فَكَانُوا يَضْحَكُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيَهْزَأُونَ بِهِمْ.

11 Nevertheless, divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

١١ إِلَّا إِنَّ قَوْمًا مِنْ أَشِيرَ وَمَنَسَّى وَزَبُولُونَ تَوَاضَعُوا وَأَتَوْا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

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

١٢ وَكَانَتْ يَدُ ٱللهِ فِي يَهُوذَا أَيْضًا، فَأَعْطَاهُمْ قَلْبًا وَاحِدًا لِيَعْمَلُوا بِأَمْرِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ، حَسَبَ قَوْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

13 And there assembled at Jerusalem many people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

١٣ فَٱجْتَمَعَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ شَعْبٌ كَثِيرٌ لِعَمَلِ عِيدِ ٱلْفَطِيرِ فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّانِي، جَمَاعَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ جِدًّا.

14 And they arose and took away the altars that [were] in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense they took away, and cast [them] into the brook Kidron.

١٤ وَقَامُوا وَأَزَالُوا ٱلْمَذَابِحَ ٱلَّتِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأَزَالُوا كُلَّ مَذَابِحِ ٱلتَّبْخِيرِ وَطَرَحُوهَا إِلَى وَادِي قَدْرُونَ.

15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt-offerings into the house of the LORD.

١٥ وَذَبَحُوا ٱلْفِصْحَ فِي ٱلرَّابِعِ عَشَرَ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّانِي. وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱللَّاوِيُّونَ خَجِلُوا وَتَقَدَّسُوا وَأَدْخَلُوا ٱلْمُحْرَقَاتِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ،

16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, [which they received] from the hand of the Levites.

١٦ وَأَقَامُوا عَلَى مَقَامِهِمْ حَسَبَ حُكْمِهِمْ كَنَامُوسِ مُوسَى رَجُلِ ٱللهِ. كَانَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ يَرُشُّونَ ٱلدَّمَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ.

17 For [there were] many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one [that was] not clean, to sanctify [them] to the LORD.

١٧ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ كَثِيرُونَ فِي ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ لَمْ يَتَقَدَّسُوا، فَكَانَ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ عَلَى ذَبْحِ ٱلْفِصْحِ عَنْ كُلِّ مَنْ لَيْسَ بِطَاهِرٍ لِتَقْدِيسِهِمْ 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 was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one,

١٨ لِأَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ، كَثِيرِينَ مِنْ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى وَيَسَّاكَرَ وَزَبُولُونَ لَمْ يَتَطَهَّرُوا، بَلْ أَكَلُوا ٱلْفِصْحَ لَيْسَ كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ. إِلَّا إِنَّ حَزَقِيَّا صَلَّى عَنْهُمْ قَائِلًا: «ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلصَّالِحُ يُكَفِّرُ عَنْ

19 [That] prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though [he is] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.

١٩ كُلِّ مَنْ هَيَّأَ قَلْبَهُ لِطَلَبِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِ، وَلَيْسَ كَطَهَارَةِ ٱلْقُدْسِ».

20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

٢٠ فَسَمِعَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِحَزَقِيَّا وَشَفَى ٱلشَّعْبَ.

21 And the children of Israel [that 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 وَعَمِلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْمَوْجُودُونَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ عِيدَ ٱلْفَطِيرِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ بِفَرَحٍ عَظِيمٍ، وَكَانَ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ يَوْمًا فَيَوْمًا بِآلَاتِ حَمْدٍ لِلرَّبِّ.

22 And Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they ate throughout the feast seven days, offering peace-offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.

٢٢ وَطَيَّبَ حَزَقِيَّا قُلُوبَ جَمِيعِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ ٱلْفَطِنِينَ فِطْنَةً صَالِحَةً لِلرَّبِّ، وَأَكَلُوا ٱلْمَوْسِمَ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ يَذْبَحُونَ ذَبَائِحَ سَلَامَةٍ وَيَحْمَدُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِمْ.

23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept [other] seven days with gladness.

٢٣ وَتَشَاوَرَ كُلُّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ أُخْرَى، فَعَمِلُوا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ بِفَرَحٍ.

24 For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

٢٤ لِأَنَّ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا قَدَّمَ لِلْجَمَاعَةِ أَلْفَ ثَوْرٍ وَسَبْعَةَ آلَافٍ مِنَ ٱلضَّأْنِ، وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ قَدَّمُوا لِلْجَمَاعَةِ أَلْفَ ثَوْرٍ وَعَشَرَةَ آلَافٍ مِنَ ٱلضَّأْنِ، وَتَقَدَّسَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ.

25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came from the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.

٢٥ وَفَرِحَ كُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ يَهُوذَا، وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱللَّاوِيُّونَ، وَكُلُّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ ٱلْآتِينَ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَٱلْغُرَبَاءُ ٱلْآتُونَ مِنْ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَٱلسَّاكِنُونَ 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 وَكَانَ فَرَحٌ عَظِيمٌ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِأَنَّهُ مِنْ أَيَّامِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَكُنْ كَهَذَا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer ascended to his holy dwelling-place, [even] to heaven.

٢٧ وَقَامَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ وَبَارَكُوا ٱلشَّعْبَ، فَسُمِعَ صَوْتُهُمْ وَدَخَلَتْ صَلَاتُهُمْ إِلَى مَسْكَنِ قُدْسِهِ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ.