Kronika 2 30
1 Hezekia ɖo du ɖe Israel kple Yuda blibo la eye wòŋlɔ agbalẽwo hã ɖo ɖe Efraim kple Manase toawo, nɔ wo kpem be woava Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me le Yerusalem eye woaɖu Ŋutitotoŋkekenyui na Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la.
Also, Hezekiah sent to all of Israel and Judah. And he wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, so that they would come to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and so that they would keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel.
2 Fia la kple eƒe dziɖulawo kple ameha blibo la si nɔ Yerusalem ɖo tame be yewoaɖu Ŋutitotoŋkekenyui la le ɣleti evelia me.
Therefore, having taken counsel, the king and the rulers, and the entire assembly of Jerusalem, resolved that they would keep the Passover, in the second month.
3 Womete ŋu ɖu ŋkekenyui sia le ɣeyiɣi ɖoɖi la dzi ƒe sia ƒe o elabena nunɔla siwo kɔ wo ɖokuiwo ŋu la mesɔ gbɔ o eye ameawo mekpe ta ɖe Yerusalem o.
For they had not been able to keep it at its proper time. For the priests, who were unable to suffice, had not been sanctified. And the people had not yet been gathered together in Jerusalem.
4 Fia la kple eƒe aɖaŋudelawo katã lɔ̃ ɖe ɖoɖo sia dzi
And the word was pleasing to the king, and to the entire multitude.
5 eya ta woɖe gbeƒã Ŋutitotoŋkekenyui la ɖuɖu to Israelnyigba blibo la dzi, tso Dan yi Beerseba eye wokpe ame sia ame va Yerusalem hena ŋkekenyuia ɖuɖu na Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la, elabena eteƒe didi Israelviwo megaɖu Ŋutitotoŋkekenyui la kpɔ, abe ale si woŋlɔe ɖi ene o.
And they resolved that they would send messengers to all of Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, so that they might come and keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem. For many had not kept it, just as it was prescribed by the law.
6 Dɔlawo xɔ agbalẽawo le fia la kple eƒe amegãwo si ɖatsa le le Israel blibo la kple Yuda eye wogblɔ le fia la ƒe sedede nu be be, “Israelviwo, mitrɔ gbɔ va Yehowa, Abraham kple Isak kple Israel ƒe Mawu la gbɔ, ale be eya hã natrɔ ɖe mi ame siwo do le Asiria fiawo ƒe ŋusẽ te la ŋu.
And carriers traveled with the letters, by order of the king and his rulers, to all of Israel and Judah, proclaiming, in accord with what the king had ordered: “O sons of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel. And he will return to the remnant who escaped from the hand of the king of the Assyrians.
7 Miganɔ abe mia nɔviwo, ame siwo wɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe Yehowa, wo fofowo ƒe Mawu ŋu eye wòtsrɔ̃ wo la ene o.
Do not choose to be like your fathers and brothers, who withdrew from the Lord, the God of their fathers. And so he delivered them over to destruction, as you yourselves discern.
8 Miganye kɔlialiatɔwo abe woawo ene o, ke boŋ miɖe asi le mia ɖokuiwo ŋu na Yehowa eye miatrɔ va eƒe gbedoxɔ si ŋu wokɔ tegbee la me. Misubɔ Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ale be eƒe dɔmedzoe helihelĩ la naɖe ɖa le mia dzi.
Do not choose to harden your necks, as your fathers did. Surrender to the hands of the Lord. And go to his Sanctuary, which he has sanctified unto eternity. Serve the Lord, the God of your fathers, and the fury of his wrath will be turned away from you.
9 Ne miegatrɔ ɖe Aƒetɔ la ŋu la, ame siwo ɖe aboyo mia nɔviwo kple mia viwo la, akpɔ nublanui na wo eye woagate ŋu atrɔ agbɔ va anyigba sia dzi elabena Yehowa, míaƒe Mawu la ƒe dɔme nyo eye eƒe amenuveve li tegbee eya ta magble mí ɖi, ne míetrɔ ɖe eŋu o.”
For if you will return to the Lord, your brothers and sons will find mercy before their masters, who led them away as captives, and they will be returned to this land. For the Lord your God is compassionate and lenient, and he will not avert his face from you, if you will return to him.”
10 Ale dɔlawo tsa le duwo katã me le Efraim kple Manase kple Zebulon. Ke enuenu la, ameawo xɔa wo kple nukoko kple vlodoame!
And so, the carriers were traveling quickly from city to city, throughout the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun, though they were ridiculing and mocking them.
11 Ke ame aɖewo ya tso Aser, Manase kple Zebulon ƒe viwo dome trɔ ɖe Mawu ŋu eye wova Yerusalem.
Even so, certain men from Asher, and from Manasseh, and from Zebulun, acquiescing to this counsel, went to Jerusalem.
12 Le Yuda la, Mawu ƒe Gbɔgbɔ nyɔ didi sesẽ aɖe le dukɔ blibo la me be woawɔ Yehowa ƒe ɖoɖowo dzi abe ale si fia la kple eŋumewo bia tso wo si la ene.
Truly, the hand of God was working in Judah, to give them one heart, so that they would accomplish the word of the Lord, according to the precept of the king and of the rulers.
13 Ale ameha gã aɖe va kpe ta ɖe Yerusalem le ɣleti evelia me hena Ŋutitotoŋkekenyui la ɖuɖu.
And many people gathered together in Jerusalem, so that they could keep the solemnity of unleavened bread, in the second month.
14 Wogbã trɔ̃subɔlawo ƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo kple dzudzɔdovɔsamlekpuiwo katã le Yerusalem eye wolɔ woƒe gbagbãwo yi ɖakɔ ɖe Kidron tɔʋu la me.
And rising up, they destroyed the altars which were in Jerusalem, and all the things in which incense was burned to idols. Overturning these things, they cast them into the torrent Kidron.
15 Le ɣleti evelia ƒe ŋkeke gbãtɔ dzi la, ameawo wu alẽviwo hena Ŋutitotoŋkekenyui la ɖuɖu. Ŋukpe lé nunɔlawo kple Levitɔwo, ale wokɔ wo ɖokuiwo ŋu eye wotsɔ numevɔsanuwo yi gbedoxɔ la me.
Then they immolated the Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month. Also, the priests and Levites, at length having been sanctified, offered the holocausts in the house of the Lord.
16 Wotsi tsitre ɖe woƒe nɔƒewo abe ale si Mose, Mawu ƒe ame la, ƒe sewo ɖo na wo ene. Levitɔwo tsɔ vɔsalẽwo ƒe ʋu na nunɔlawo eye wohlẽe.
And they stood in their order, according to the disposition and law of Moses, the man of God. Yet truly, the priests took up the blood, which was to be poured out, from the hands of the Levites,
17 Esi ameawo dometɔ geɖewo mekɔ wo ɖokuiwo ŋu o ta la, womete ŋu wu alẽviwo na Ŋutitotoŋkekenyui la ɖuɖu o eya ta Levitɔwo wu wo na wo eye wotsɔ alẽviawo de asi na Yehowa.
because a great number were not sanctified. And therefore, the Levites immolated the Passover for those who had not been sanctified to the Lord in time.
18 Hekpe ɖe esia ŋu la, ame siwo tso Efraim, Manase, Isaka kple Zebulon ƒe hlɔ̃wo me va la, dometɔ geɖewo mekɔ wo ɖokuiwo ŋuti o ale womenɔ Ŋutitotoŋkekenyui la ɖum nyuie ɖe se la nu o. Fia Hezekia do gbe ɖa ɖe wo ta be,
And now a great portion of the people from Ephraim, and Manasseh, and Issachar, and Zebulun, who had not been sanctified, ate the Passover, which is not in accord with what was written. And Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “The good Lord will be forgiving
19 “Oo Yehowa, mía fofowo ƒe Mawu, le wò dɔmenyo ta la, tsɔ nu vɔ̃ ke ame siwo le subɔwòm kple woƒe dzi blibo togbɔ be womekɔ wo ɖokuiwo ŋu o hã.”
to all who, with their whole heart, seek the Lord, the God of their fathers. And he will not impute it to them, though they have not been sanctified.”
20 Yehowa se Hezekia ƒe gbedodoɖa eye metsrɔ̃ ameawo o.
And the Lord heeded him, and was reconciled to the people.
21 Ale Israelviwo ɖu Ŋutitotoŋkekenyui la le Yerusalem ŋkeke adre kple dzidzɔ gã. Le ɣe ma ɣi la, Levitɔwo kple nunɔlawo kafua Mawu sesĩe kple hadzidziwo kple gakogoewo gbe sia gbe.
And the sons of Israel who were found at Jerusalem kept the solemnity of unleavened bread for seven days with great rejoicing, praising the Lord throughout each day, with the Levites and the priests, accompanied by the musical instruments corresponding to their office.
22 Fia Hezekia kafu Levitɔwo le woƒe ha viviwo dzidzi ta. Ale ŋkekenyui la ɖuɖu yi edzi ŋkeke adre. Wosa akpedavɔwo eye amewo ʋu woƒe nu vɔ̃wo me na Yehowa, wo fofowo ƒe Mawu la.
And Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites, who had a good understanding concerning the Lord. And they ate during the seven days of the solemnity, immolating victims of peace offerings, and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers.
23 Ameawo gayi vividodo ɖe ŋkekenyui la ŋu dzi eya ta wo katã woɖoe be yewoagayi ŋkekenyui la ɖuɖu dzi ŋkeke adre bubu.
And it pleased the entire multitude that they should celebrate, even for another seven days. And they did this with enormous gladness.
24 Fia Hezekia na nyitsu akpe ɖeka kple alẽ akpe adre ameawo eye fiaviŋutsuwo hã na nyitsu fɛ̃ akpe ɖeka kple alẽ akpe ewo. Nunɔla geɖewo kɔ wo ɖokuiwo ŋu ɣe ma ɣi.
For Hezekiah, the king of Judah, had offered to the multitude one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep. Truly, the rulers had given the people one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. Then a great multitude of priests was sanctified.
25 Yudatɔwo, nunɔlawo, Levitɔwo kple amedzrowo kple ame siwo tso Israelnyigba dzi va la kpɔ dzidzɔ gã aɖe.
And the whole multitude of Judah, as much the priests and Levites as the entire crowd that had arrived from Israel, and also the converts from the land of Israel, and those with a habitation in Judah, was overflowing with cheerfulness.
26 Eva eme alea elabena womegaɖu ŋkekenyui sia tɔgbi kpɔ alea le Yerusalem le Solomo, Fia David ƒe vi ƒe ŋkekewo megbe o.
And there was a great celebration in Jerusalem, to such an extent as had not been in that city since the days of Solomon, the son of David, the king of Israel.
27 Azɔ la, nunɔlawo kple Levitɔwo tsi tsitre, yra ameawo eye Yehowa se woƒe gbedodoɖawo le eƒe gbedoxɔ kɔkɔe la me le dziƒo.
Then the priests and Levites rose up and blessed the people. And their voice was heeded. And their prayer reached the holy habitation of heaven.
