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1 Hezekia dze fiaɖuɖu gɔme esi wòxɔ ƒe blaeve vɔ atɔ̃. Eɖu fia ƒe blaeve-vɔ-asiekɛ le Yerusalem. Dadaa ŋkɔe nye Abiya, Zekaria ƒe vinyɔnu.
Now Ezechias began to reign, when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Abia, the daughter of Zacharias.
2 Eɖu fia nyuie le Mawu ƒe ŋkume abe fofoa, David ene.
And he did that which was pleasing in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.
3 Le eƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe gbãtɔ ƒe ɣleti gbãtɔ me la, eʋu gbedoxɔ la eye wòdzra ʋɔtruawo ɖo.
In the first year and month of his reign he opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.
4 Eyɔ nunɔlawo kple Levitɔwo ƒo ƒu wo ɖe yaxɔƒe si nɔ ɣedzeƒe lɔƒo
And he brought the priests and the Levites, and assembled them in the east street.
5 eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Miɖo tom, Levitɔwo! Mikɔ mia ɖokuiwo ŋu fifia eye miakɔ Yehowa, mia fofowo ƒe Mawu la ƒe gbedoxɔ la hã ŋu. Miɖe gudoamenuwo katã ɖa le Kɔkɔeƒe la.
And he said to them: Hear me, ye Levites, and be sanctified, purify the house of the Lord the God of your fathers, and take away all filth out of the sanctuary.
6 Mía fofowo wɔ nu vɔ̃ gã aɖe le Yehowa, mía Mawu, ŋkume. Wogble Yehowa kple eƒe gbedoxɔ la ɖi eye wotrɔ megbe dee.
Our fathers have sinned and done evil in the sight of the Lord God, forsaking him: they have turned away their faces from the tabernacle of the Lord, and turned their backs.
7 Wotu ʋɔawo goŋgoŋgoŋ, wotsi akaɖi si nɔa bibim la eye womegadoa dzudzɔ alo sãa numevɔ hã o
They have shut up the doors that were in tile porch, and put out the lamps. and have not burnt incense, nor offered holocausts in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.
8 eya ta Yehowa do dɔmedzoe ɖe Yuda kple Yerusalem ŋu. Ena míezu ŋɔdzidonamenuwo kple alɔmeɖenuwo abe ale si miele ekpɔm egbea ene.
Therefore the wrath of the Lord hath been stirred up against Juda and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, and to destruction, and to be hissed at, as you see with your eyes.
9 Wowu mía fofowo le aʋa me eye woɖe aboyo mía vinyɔnuwo kple mía srɔ̃wo le esia ta.
Behold, our fathers are fallen by the sword, our sons, and our daughters, and wives are led away captives for this wickedness.
10 “Azɔ la, medi be mawɔ nubabla kple Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la ale be wòaɖe eƒe dɔmedzoe helihelĩ la ɖa le mía dzi.
Now therefore I have a mind that we make a covenant with the Lord the God of Israel, and he will turn away the wrath of his indignation from us.
11 Vinyewo, migagbe miaƒe dɔdeasiwo wɔwɔ azɔ o elabena miawoe Yehowa tia be miasubɔ ye eye miado dzudzɔ na ye.”
My sons, be not negligent: the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, and to minister to him, and to worship him, and to burn incense to him.
12 Levitɔwo ƒe vi siwo nɔ afi ma hena subɔsubɔdɔ la woe nye: ame siwo tso Kohat ƒe hlɔ̃ me: Mahat, Amasai ƒe vi; Yoel, Azaria ƒe vi. Ame siwo tso Merari ƒe hlɔ̃ me: Kis, Abdi ƒe vi kple Azaria, Yehalelel ƒe vi. Ame siwo tso Gerson ƒe hlɔ̃ me: Yoas, Zima ƒe vi kple Eden, Yoa ƒe vi.
Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azarias, of the sons of Caath: and of the sons of Merari, Cis the son of Abdi, and Azarias the son of Jalaleel. And of the sons of Gerson, Joah the son of Zemma, and Eden the son of Joah.
13 Ame siwo tso Elizafan ƒe hlɔ̃ me: Yeiel kple Simri. Ame siwo tso Asaf ƒe hlɔ̃ me: Zekaria kple Matania.
And of the sons of Elisaphan, Samri, and Jahiel. Also of the sons of Asaph, Zacharias, and Mathanias.
14 Ame siwo tso Heman ƒe hlɔ̃ me: Yehiel kple Simei. Ame siwo tso Yedutun ƒe hlɔ̃ me. Semaya kple Uziel.
And of the sons of Heman, Jahiel, and Semei: and of the sons of Idithun, Semeias, and Oziel.
15 Woawo hã yɔ Levitɔ bubuawo, wokɔ wo ɖokuiwo ŋuti eye wode asi gbedoxɔ la dzadzraɖo kple eŋu kɔkɔ me, abe ale si fia la gblɔ Yehowa ƒe nya na wo eye wòɖe gbe na wo be woawɔ ene.
And they gathered together their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in according to the commandment of the king, and the precept of the Lord, to purify the house of God.
16 Nunɔlawo dzra xɔ emetɔ le gbedoxɔ la me ɖo eye wolɔ ʋuʋudedi kple nu gbegblẽwo katã tso afi ma va kɔ ɖe xɔxɔnu. Levitɔwo lɔ nu siawo yi Kidron tɔʋu la me.
And the priests went into the temple of the Lord to sanctify it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found within to the entrance of the house of the Lord, and the Levites took it away, and carried it out abroad to the torrent Cedron.
17 Wodze nu siawo katã wɔwɔ gɔme le Ɣleti gbatɔ ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ dzi eye woɖo xɔxɔnu egodotɔ le ŋkeke enyilia dzi. Wowɔ dɔ le afi sia hã ŋkeke enyi; ale wotsɔ ŋkeke wuiade wɔ dɔ blibo lae.
And they began to cleanse on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the same month they came into the porch of the temple of the Lord, and they purified the temple in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the same month they finished what they had begun.
18 Le esia megbe la, wotrɔ yi Fia Hezekia gbɔ le eƒe fiasã la me eye wogblɔ nɛ be, “Míewu gbedoxɔ la, numevɔsamlekpui la, Ŋkumeɖobolo ƒe kplɔ̃ la kple eŋunuwo ŋu kɔkɔ nu.
And they went is to king Ezechias, and said to him: We have sanctified all the house of the Lord, and the altar of holocaust, and the vessels thereof, and the table of proposition with all its vessels,
19 Gawu la, míefɔ gbedoxɔmenu siwo Fia Ahaz tsɔ ƒu gbe esi wòtu gbedoxɔ la eye míekɔ woawo hã ŋuti. Míetsɔ wo da ɖe Yehowa ƒe vɔsamlekpui la gbɔ.”
And all the furniture of the temple, which king Achaz in his reign had defiled, after his transgression; and behold they are all set forth before the altar of the Lord.
20 Esi ŋu ke ŋdi kanyaa la, Fia Hezekia yi Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la me kple dumegãwo.
And king Ezechias rising early, assembled all the rulers of the city, and went up into the house of the Lord:
21 Wotsɔ nyitsu adre, agbo adre, alẽvi adre kple gbɔ̃tsu adre sa nu vɔ̃ ŋuti vɔsa ɖe fiaɖuƒe, Kɔkɔeƒe la kple Yuda ta. Egblɔ na nunɔlaawo, Aron ƒe dzidzimeviwo, be woatsɔ wo asa vɔe le Yehowa ƒe vɔsamlekpui la dzi.
And they offered together seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats for sin, for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, for Juda: and he spoke to the priests the sons of Aaron, to offer them upon the altar of the Lord.
22 Ale wowu nyitsuawo eye nunɔlaawo tsɔ ʋua hlẽ ɖe vɔsamlekpui la ŋu. Emegbe wowu agboawo eye wotsɔ woƒe ʋu hlẽ ɖe vɔsamlekpui la ŋu. Nenema ke wowu alẽviawo eye wotsɔ eƒe ʋu hlẽ ɖe vɔsamlekpui la ŋu.
Therefore they killed the bullocks, and the priests took the blood, and poured it upon the altar; they killed also the rams, and their blood they poured also upon the altar, and they killed the lambs, and poured the blood upon the altar.
23 Wokplɔ gbɔ̃tsu siwo wotsɔ vɛ na nu vɔ̃ ŋuti vɔsa la va fia la kple ameha la ŋkume eye woda woƒe asiwo ɖe wo dzi.
And they brought the he goats for sin before the king, and the whole multitude, and they laid their hand upon them:
24 Le esia megbe la, nunɔlaawo wu gbɔ̃tsuawo eye wotsɔ woƒe ʋu sa nu vɔ̃ ŋuti vɔsa le vɔsamlekpui la dzi be wòalé avu ɖe Israel blibo la nu abe ale si fia la ɖoe ene elabena fia la ɖo be woasa numevɔ la kple nu vɔ̃ ŋuti vɔsa la ɖe dukɔ blibo la nu.
And the priests immolated them, and sprinkled their blood before the altar for an expiation of all Israel: for the king had commanded that the holocaust and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
25 Eda Levitɔwo ɖe Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la me kple gakogoewo, saŋkuwo kple kasaŋkuwo abe ale si David kple Gad, fia la ƒe nukpɔla kple Natan, nyagblɔɖila la ɖoe da ɖi la ene. Yehowae de se sia to eƒe nyagblɔɖilawo dzi.
And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps according to the regulation of David the king, and of Gad the seer, and of Nathan the prophet: for it was the commandment of the Lord by the hand of his prophets.
26 Ale Levitɔwo nɔ klalo kple David ƒe haƒonuwo eye nunɔlaawo nɔ klalo kple woƒe kpẽwo.
And the Levites stood, with the instruments of David, and the priests with trumpets.
27 Hezekia ɖe gbe be woawɔ numevɔsa la le vɔsamlekpui la dzi. Esi wodze vɔsasa la gɔme la, hadzidzi na Yehowa hã dze egɔme eye kpẽkuku kple hadzidziŋunu siwo Israel fia David wɔ la kplɔe ɖo.
And Ezechias commanded that they should offer holocausts upon the altar: and when the holocausts were offered, they began to sing praises to the Lord, and to sound with trumpets, and divers instruments which David the king of Israel had prepared.
28 Esime hadzilawo nɔ ha dzim eye wonɔ kpẽawo kum la, ameha blibo la de ta agu hesubɔ. Esiawo yi edzi va se ɖe esime numevɔsa la wu enu.
And all the multitude adored, and the singers, and the trumpeters, were in their office till the holocaust was finished.
29 Esi vɔsawo wu enu la, fia la kple ame siwo katã nɔ teƒea kplii la dze klo hesubɔ.
And when the oblation was ended, the king, and all that were with him bowed down and adored.
30 Fia Hezekia kple eŋumewo ɖe gbe na Levitɔwo be woakafu Yehowa kple David kple nukpɔla Asaf ƒe hagbewo. Ale wodzi kafukafuhawo kple dzidzɔ eye wode woƒe tawo agu hesubɔ.
And Ezechias and the princes commanded the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David, and Asaph the seer: and they praised him with great joy, and bowing the knee adored.
31 Hezekia gblɔ be, “Míewu ŋutikɔkɔ ƒe kɔnuwo nu, azɔ la, mitsɔ miaƒe nunanawo kple akpedavɔsanuwo vɛ.” Ale ameawo tso dukɔ la ƒe akpa ɖe sia ɖe tsɔ woƒe nunanawo kple akpedavɔsanuwo vɛ eye ame siwo lɔ̃ la, tsɔ numevɔsanuwo hã vɛ.
And Ezechias added, and said: You have filled your hands to the Lord, come and offer victims, and praises in the house of the Lord. And all the multitude offered victims, and praises, and holocausts with a devout mind.
32 Nu siwo ameha la tsɔ vɛ na numevɔsa lae nye nyitsu blaadre, agbo alafa ɖeka kple agbovi alafa eve. Wotsɔ nu siawo katã vɛ hena numevɔsasa na Yehowa.
And the number of the holocausts which the multitude offered, was seventy bullocks, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs.
33 Ke lã siwo ŋuti wokɔ abe vɔsalãwo ene la, le nyitsu alafa ade, alẽ kple gbɔ̃ akpe etɔ̃.
And they consecrated to the Lord six hundred oxen, and three thousand sheep.
34 Ke nunɔlawo mesɔ gbɔ na numevɔ la sasa o, ale wo nɔvi Levitɔwo kpe ɖe wo ŋu va se ɖe esime wowu dɔ la nu eye va se ɖe esime nunɔla geɖewo va dɔwɔƒe la; elabena Levitɔwo nɔ klalo be yewoakɔ yewo ɖokuiwo ŋu wu ale si nunɔlawo nɔ klaloe.
But the priests were few, and were not enough to flay the holocausts: wherefore the Levites their brethren helped them, till the work was ended, and priests were sanctified, for the Levites are sanctified with an easier rite than the priests.
35 Numevɔsawo sɔ gbɔ kpe ɖe woƒe nunovɔsawo ŋu eye akpedavɔsawo hã sɔ gbɔ. Ale wogadze mawusubɔsubɔ kple vɔwo sasa gɔme le gbedoxɔ la me.
So there were many holocausts, and the fat of peace offerings, and the libations of holocausts: and the service of the house of the Lord was completed.
36 Hezekia kple ameawo katã kpɔ dzidzɔ ŋutɔ le nu siwo Mawu wɔ le ɣeyiɣi kpui ma me la ta.
And Ezechias, and all the people rejoiced because the ministry of the Lord was accomplished. For the resolution of doing this thing was taken suddenly.