2 Chronik 31

1 Und da dies alles war ausgerichtet, zogen hinaus alle Israeliten, die unter den Städten Judas funden wurden, und zerbrachen die Säulen und hieben die Haine ab und brachen ab die Höhen und Altäre aus dem ganzen Juda, Benjamin, Ephraim und Manasse, bis sie sie gar aufräumten. Und die Kinder Israel zogen alle wieder zu ihrem Gut in ihre Städte.

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.

2 Hiskia aber stellete die Priester und Leviten in ihre Ordnung, einen jeglichen nach seinem Amt, beide der Priester und Leviten, zu Brandopfern und Dankopfern, daß sie dieneten, danketen und lobeten in den Toren des Lagers des HERRN.

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.

3 Und der König gab sein Teil von seiner Habe zu Brandopfern des Morgens und des Abends und zu Brandopfern des Sabbats und Neumonden und Festen, wie es geschrieben stehet im Gesetz des HERRN.

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].

4 Und er sprach zum Volk, das zu Jerusalem wohnete, daß sie Teil gäben den Priestern und Leviten, auf daß sie könnten desto härter anhalten am Gesetz des HERRN.

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.

5 Und da das Wort auskam, gaben die Kinder Israel viel Erstlinge von Getreide, Most, Öl, Honig und allerlei Einkommens vom Felde; und allerlei Zehnten brachten sie viel hinein.

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.

6 Und die Kinder Israel und Juda, die in den Städten Judas wohneten, brachten auch Zehnten von Rindern und Schafen und Zehnten von dem Geheiligten, das sie dem HERRN, ihrem Gott, geheiliget hatten, und machten hie einen Haufen und da einen Haufen.

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.

7 Im dritten Monden fingen sie an, Haufen zu legen, und im siebenten Monden richteten sie es aus.

They started to do that in May and finished doing it in September.

8 Und da Hiskia mit den Obersten hineinging und sahen die Haufen, lobeten sie den HERRN und sein Volk Israel.

When Hezekiah and his officials saw the heaps, they praised Yahweh and [requested God to] bless the people.

9 Und Hiskia fragte die Priester und Leviten um die Haufen.

But Hezekiah asked the priests and other descendants of Levi, “Why are these heaps of things here?”

10 Und Asarja, der Priester, der Vornehmste im Hause Zadok, sprach zu ihm: Seit der Zeit man angefangen hat, die Hebe zu bringen ins Haus des HERRN, haben wir gegessen und sind satt worden, und ist noch viel überblieben; denn der HERR hat sein Volk gesegnet, darum ist dieser Haufe überblieben.

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]!”

11 Da befahl der König, daß man Kasten zubereiten sollte am Hause des HERRN. Und sie bereiteten sie zu

Then Hezekiah ordered that they should prepare storerooms in the temple. So they did that.

12 und taten hinein die Hebe, die Zehnten und das Geheiligte treulich. Und über dasselbe war Fürst Chananja, der Levit, und Simei, sein Bruder, der andere,

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.

13 und Jehiel, Asasja, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Josabad, Eliel, Jesmachja, Mahath und Benaja, verordnet von der Hand Chananjas und Simeis, seines Bruders, nach dem Befehl des Königs Hiskia. Aber Asarja war Fürst im Hause Gottes.

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.

14 Und Kore, der Sohn Jemnas, der Levit, der Torhüter gegen Morgen, war über die freiwilligen Gaben Gottes, die dem HERRN zur Hebe gegeben wurden, und über die allerheiligsten.

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.

15 Und unter seiner Hand waren: Eden, Minjamin, Jesua, Semaja, Amarja und Sachanja in den Städten der Priester, auf Glauben, daß sie geben sollten ihren Brüdern nach ihrer Ordnung, dem Kleinsten wie dem Großen;

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.

16 dazu denen, die gerechnet wurden für Mannsbilde von drei Jahren alt und drüber, unter allen, die in das Haus des HERRN gingen, ein jeglicher an seinem Tage zu ihrem Amt in ihrer Hut nach ihrer Ordnung;

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.

17 auch die für Priester gerechnet wurden im Hause ihrer Väter, und die Leviten, von zwanzig Jahren und drüber, in ihrer Hut nach ihrer Ordnung;

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.

18 dazu die gerechnet wurden unter ihre Kinder, Weiber, Söhne und Töchter, unter der ganzen Gemeine. Denn sie heiligten treulich das Geheiligte.

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.

19 Auch waren Männer mit Namen benannt unter den Kindern Aaron, den Priestern, auf den Feldern der Vorstädte in allen Städten, daß sie Teil gäben allen Mannsbildern unter den Priestern und allen, die unter die Leviten gerechnet wurden.

[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.

20 Also tat Hiskia im ganzen Juda und tat, was gut, recht und wahrhaftig war vor dem HERRN, seinem Gott.

That is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He always faithfully did things that Yahweh his God considered to be right and good.

21 Und in allem Tun, das er anfing, am Dienst des Hauses Gottes nach dem Gesetz und Gebot, zu suchen seinen Gott, das tat er von ganzem Herzen; darum hatte er auch Glück.

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.