2 Istwa 29

1 Ezekyas te gen vennsenkan lè li moute wa peyi Jida. Li gouvènen nan lavil Jerizalèm pandan ventnevan. Manman l' te rele Abija. Se te pitit fi Zakari.

Hezekiah [was] a son of twenty-five years [when] he has reigned, and he has reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Abijah daughter of Zechariah;

2 Ezekyas te fè sa ki dwat devan Seyè a tankou David, zansèt li a, te fè l'.

and he does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his father David did.

3 Ezekyas te gen yon mwa depi li te wa, lè li louvri tout pòt nan Tanp Seyè a. Li fè repare yo.

He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, has opened the doors of the house of YHWH, and strengthens them,

4 Lèfini, li fè chache tout prèt yo ak moun Levi yo, li reyini yo sou lakou ki bay sou bò solèy leve nan Tanp lan.

and brings in the priests and the Levites, and gathers them to the broad place to the east.

5 Li di yo: -Nou menm fanmi Levi yo, koute sa m'ap di nou: mete nou nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis pou Seyè a. Mete Tanp Seyè a, Bondye zansèt nou yo, nan kondisyon pou yo ka fè sèvis ladan l' pou li. Wete tout vye bagay yo te mete ladan l' kifè li pa nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis Bondye a.

And he says to them, “Hear me, O Levites, now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of YHWH, God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the holy place,

6 Zansèt nou yo pa t' kenbe pawòl yo ak Bondye. Yo te fè sa ki mal devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an, yo vire do ba li. Yo pa t' okipe Tanp kote Seyè a rete a ankò. Yo pa gade l' menm!

for our fathers have trespassed, and done that which is evil in the eyes of our God YHWH, and forsake him, and turn around their faces from the Dwelling Place of YHWH, and give the neck.

7 Yo kondannen tout pòt nan Tanp lan, yo kite lanp yo mouri, yo sispann boule lansan, yo sispann boule bèt nan Tanp lan pou Bondye pèp Izrayèl la.

They have also shut the doors of the porch, and quench the lamps, and they have not made incense, and have not caused burnt-offering to ascend in the holy place to the God of Israel,

8 Se poutèt sa Seyè a te fache anpil sou peyi Jida ak sou lavil Jerizalèm. Tout moun te sezi, tout moun te pè lè yo wè sa ki rive yo, tout moun t'ap pase yo nan betiz, tankou nou wè l' nou menm ak pwòp je nou tou.

and the wrath of YHWH is on Judah and Jerusalem, and He gives them for a trembling, for an astonishment, and for a hissing, as you are seeing with your eyes.

9 Yo touye papa nou yo nan lagè. Yo fè madanm ak pitit nou yo prizonye.

And behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives [are] in captivity for this.

10 Se konsa mwen pran desizyon jòdi a pou m' pase yon kontra ak Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, pou li ka pa janm move sou nou ankò.

Now [it is] with my heart to make a covenant before YHWH, God of Israel, and the fierceness of His anger turns back from us.

11 Koulye a, pitit mwen yo, souke kò nou. Se nou menm Seyè a te chwazi pou toujou kanpe devan l', pou sèvi l', pou fè travay li, pou boule lansan pou li.

My sons, do not be at rest now, for YHWH has fixed on you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be ministering and making incense to Him.”

12 Men moun Levi ki vin pote tèt yo an premye: Nan branch fanmi Keyat la, se te Makat, pitit Amasayi ak Joèl, pitit Azarya. Nan branch fanmi Merari a, se te Kich, pitit Abdi ak Azarya, pitit Jealelèl. Nan branch fanmi Gèchon an, se te Joak, pitit Zimna ak Edèn, pitit Joak.

And the Levites rise—Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathite; and of the sons of Merari: Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehalelel; and of the Gershonite: Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;

13 Nan branch fanmi Elizafan an, se te Chimri ak Jeiyèl. Nan branch fanmi Asaf la, se te Zekaraja ak Matanya.

and of the sons of Elizaphan: Shimri and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah;

14 Nan branch fanmi Eyman an, se te Jeiyèl ak Chimeyi. Nan branch fanmi Jedoutoun lan, se te Chemaja ak Ouziyèl.

and of the sons of Heman: Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel—

15 Mesye sa yo reyini tout fanmi yo, yo fè sèvis pou yo ka nan kondisyon sèvi Bondye. Lèfini, yo antre nan Tanp lan pou mete l' nan kondisyon sèvi Bondye, jan wa a te ba yo lòd la, dapre sa ki nan lalwa Seyè a.

and they gather their brothers, and sanctify themselves, and come in, according to the command of the king in the matters of YHWH, to cleanse the house of YHWH,

16 Prèt yo antre anndan Tanp lan pou mete l' nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis Bondye. Yo pran tout vye bagay yo jwenn ladan l', yo pote yo deyò nan lakou Tanp lan. Moun Levi yo menm ranmase yo nan lakou a, yo al jete yo nan ravin Sedwon an.

and the priests come into the inner part of the house of YHWH to cleanse [it], and bring out all the uncleanness that they have found in the temple of YHWH to the court of the house of YHWH, and the Levites receive [it], to take [it] out to the Brook of Kidron outside.

17 Yo konmanse travay la premye jou premye mwa a. Sou wit jou, yo te rive anndan kote ki apa pou Bondye nan Tanp lan. Yo travay pandan wit jou ankò. Sou sèzyèm jou mwa a yo te fini nèt ak travay pou mete Tanp lan nan kondisyon pou l' fè sèvis Bondye ankò.

And they begin to sanctify on the first of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they have come to the porch of YHWH, and they sanctify the house of YHWH in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they have finished.

18 Lè yo fini, moun Levi yo ale lakay wa Ezekyas, yo di l': -Monwa, nou fin travay la, nou mete tout kay Seyè a, lotèl pou boule ofrann yo ak tout batri ki mache avè l' yo, tab pou pen yo mete apa pou Seyè a ak tout batri pa l' yo tou, nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis Bondye ankò.

And they come in to Hezekiah the king within, and say, “We have cleansed all the house of YHWH, and the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and the table of the arrangement, and all its vessels,

19 Nou pran tout veso wa Akaz te detounen yo pandan tout tan li te vire do bay Bondye a, nou repare yo, nou mete yo nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis Bondye ankò. Koulye a, yo tout devan lotèl Seyè a.

and all the vessels that King Ahaz cast away in his reign—in his trespass—we have prepared and sanctified, and behold, they [are] before the altar of YHWH.”

20 Nan denmen maten, byen bonè, wa Ezekyas leve, li reyini tout chèf lavil la, li moute ak yo nan Tanp Seyè a.

And Hezekiah the king rises early, and gathers the heads of the city, and goes up to the house of YHWH;

21 Yo mennen sèt ti towo, sèt belye mouton, sèt ti mouton, sèt bouk kabrit, yo ofri yo pou peye pou sa fanmi wa a ak tout moun pèp Jida yo te fè ki mal ak pou sa moun te fè ki mal nan Tanp lan. Wa a mande prèt yo, moun fanmi Arawon yo, pou yo touye bèt yo sou lotèl Seyè a.

and they bring in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven young male goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah; and he commands to sons of Aaron, the priests, to cause [them] to ascend on the altar of YHWH.

22 Prèt yo touye towo yo anvan, yo ranmase tout san an nan yon veso, yo al vide l' sou lotèl la. Apre sa, yo touye belye mouton yo, yo al vide san yo sou lotèl la. Apre sa ankò, yo touye ti mouton yo, yo al vide san yo sou lotèl la tou.

And they slaughter the oxen, and the priests receive the blood, and sprinkle on the altar; and they slaughter the rams, and sprinkle the blood on the altar; and they slaughter the lambs, and sprinkle the blood on the altar;

23 Lè yo fini, yo mennen bouk kabrit yo te ofri pou peche yo devan wa a ansanm ak lòt moun ki te la yo pou yo mete men yo sou tèt bèt yo.

and they bring the male goats of the sin-offering near before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands on them;

24 Lè yo fin fè sa, prèt yo touye bouk kabrit yo, yo vide san yo sou lotèl la tankou yon ofrann pou peche yo. Yo ofri yo bay Bondye pou mande padon pou peche tout pèp Izrayèl la, paske wa a te bay lòd pou yo te boule ofrann lan pou tout pèp Izrayèl la.

and the priests slaughter them, and make a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel, that “For all Israel,” said the king, “[is] the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.”

25 Wa Ezekyas mete moun Levi nan Tanp Seyè a avèk senbal, bandjo ak gita, dapre regleman David, Gad, pwofèt wa a ansanm ak pwofèt Natan te bay, paske tout lòd Seyè a vle bay, se nan bouch pwofèt li yo li toujou mete yo.

And he appoints the Levites in the house of YHWH with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, by the command of David, and of Gad, seer of the king, and of Nathan the prophet, for the command [is] by the hand of YHWH, by the hand of His prophets;

26 Moun Levi yo al nan plas yo ak enstriman mizik David yo. Prèt yo te la tou ak twonpèt yo.

and the Levites stand with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

27 Ezekyas bay lòd pou yo boule ofrann yo nèt sou lotèl la. Lè yo konmanse seremoni an, pèp la pran chante pou Seyè a, yo t'ap kònen twonpèt anmenmtan yo t'ap jwe lòt enstriman mizik David, wa peyi Izrayèl la.

And Hezekiah commands to cause the burnt-offering to ascend on the altar; and at the time the burnt-offering began, the song of YHWH began, and the trumpets, and with [the] hands of [the] instruments of David king of Israel.

28 Tout moun ki te la yo mete ajenou, mizisyen yo t'ap chante, yo t'ap kònen twonpèt pandan tout seremoni boule a.

And all the assembly are worshiping, and the singers singing, and the trumpeters blowing; the whole [is] until the completion of the burnt-offering.

29 Lè yo fin boule ofrann yo sou lotèl la, wa a ak tout moun ki te la yo mete ajenou, yo bese tèt yo jouk atè devan Bondye.

And at the completion of the offering up, the king and all those found with him have bowed, and pay respect.

30 Apre sa, wa Ezekyas ak lòt chèf yo mande moun Levi yo pou yo chante pou Seyè a chante David ak pwofèt Asaf te ekri pou fè lwanj Seyè a. Se konsa tout moun t'ap chante ak kè kontan, antan yo te ajenou ak tèt yo bese jouk atè.

And Hezekiah the king commands—and the princes—to the Levites [to cause them] to give praise to YHWH in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, and they praise—to joy, and they bow, and pay respect.

31 Lè sa a, Ezekyas di pèp la: -Koulye a nou menm ki mete tèt nou apa pou fè sèvis Seyè a, pwoche non! Pote ofrann nou ansanm ak bèt pou yo touye pou di Bondye mèsi. Se konsa tout pèp la pote bèt pou yo touye ak lòt ofrann pou di Bondye mèsi. Gen ladan yo ki te ofri bèt pou yo boule nèt pou Bondye paske yo te vle fè l'.

And Hezekiah answers and says, “Now you have filled your hand for YHWH, come near, and bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings to the house of YHWH”; and the assembly brings in sacrifices and thank-offerings, and every willing-hearted one—burnt-offerings.

32 Yo mennen swasanndis towo, san belye mouton ak desan (200) ti mouton pou yo te boule nèt pou Seyè a.

And the number of the burnt-offerings that the assembly has brought in is seventy oxen, one hundred rams, [and] two hundred lambs; for all these [are] a burnt-offering to YHWH.

33 Konsa tou, yo ofri sisan (600) towo, twamil (3.000) mouton pou yo touye pou Bondye.

And the sanctified things [are] six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

34 Men prèt yo pa t' anpil, yo pa t' ka kòche tout bèt yo te ofri pou boule nèt yo. Se moun Levi yo, moun menm fanmi ak yo, ki te vin ede yo fin fè travay la, jouk lòt prèt yo te fin mete yo nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis Bondye a, paske moun Levi yo te pi prese mete yo nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis Bondye a pase prèt yo.

Only, the priests have become few, and have not been able to strip the whole of the burnt-offerings, and their brothers the Levites strengthen them until the completion of the work, and until the priests sanctify themselves, for the Levites [are] more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

35 Lèfini, san konte tout bèt yo te touye pou boule nèt pou Seyè a, prèt yo te gen pou ofri bay Bondye grès lòt bèt yo te touye pou mande Bondye padon ak ofrann diven ki mache ak bèt yo boule nèt pou Seyè a. Se konsa yo konmanse ankò ap fè sèvis pou Bondye nan Tanp lan.

And also, burnt-offerings [are] in abundance, with fat of the peace-offerings, and with oblations for the burnt-offering; and the service of the house of YHWH is established,

36 Wa Ezekyas ak tout pèp la te kontan deske Bondye te penmèt yo fè tou sa san pèdi twòp tan.

and Hezekiah and all the people rejoice because of God’s giving preparation to the people, for the thing has been suddenly.