Kronika 2 29

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.

Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Eɖu fia nyuie le Mawu ƒe ŋkume abe fofoa, David ene.

And he did that which was right 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.

He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, 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 in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into 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 said to them, Hear me, you Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

6 Mía fofowo wɔ nu vɔ̃ gã aɖe le Yehowa, mía Mawu, ŋkume. Wogble Yehowa kple eƒe gbedoxɔ la ɖi eye wotrɔ megbe dee.

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation 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

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place to 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.

Why the wrath of the LORD was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes.

9 Wowu mía fofowo le aʋa me eye woɖe aboyo mía vinyɔnuwo kple mía srɔ̃wo le esia ta.

For, see, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

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 it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away 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 now negligent: for the LORD has chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that you should minister to him, and burn incense.

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 Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, 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 Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

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; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

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 their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

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 inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.

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.

Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

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.

Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the show bread table, with all the vessels thereof.

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.”

Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.

20 Esi ŋu ke ŋdi kanyaa la, Fia Hezekia yi Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la me kple dumegãwo.

Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to 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 brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on 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.

So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood on the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood on 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 forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands on 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 killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood on the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering 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, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by 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 the 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 Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.

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 congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

29 Esi vɔsawo wu enu la, fia la kple ame siwo katã nɔ teƒea kplii la dze klo hesubɔ.

And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.

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.

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise to the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

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.

Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.

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 burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was three score and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

33 Ke lã siwo ŋuti wokɔ abe vɔsalãwo ene la, le nyitsu alafa ade, alẽ kple gbɔ̃ akpe etɔ̃.

And the consecrated things were 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 too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: why their brothers the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves 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.

And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.

36 Hezekia kple ameawo katã kpɔ dzidzɔ ŋutɔ le nu siwo Mawu wɔ le ɣeyiɣi kpui ma me la ta.

And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.