2 Ihe E Mere 29
1 Hezekaya gbara iri afọ abụọ na ise mgbe ọ malitere ị bụ eze. Ọ chịrị iri afọ abụọ na itoolu na Jerusalem. Aha nne ya bụ Abija, ada Zekaraya.
Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
2 O mere ihe ziri ezi nʼanya Onyenwe anyị dịka nna nna ya Devid mere.
He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.
3 Nʼọnwa mbụ nke afọ ahụ e mere ya eze ka o meghere ụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị, mezie ime ya.
In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the LORD’s house and repaired them.
4 Ọ kpọrọ ndị Livayị, na ndị nchụaja niile oku nʼakụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke ụlọnsọ ukwu Chineke,
He brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them together into the wide place on the east,
5 gwa ha okwu sị ha, “Geenụ m ntị unu ndị Livayị, doonụ onwe unu nsọ, dokwaanụ ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna nna unu nsọ. Wezuganụ ihe arụ niile dị nʼebe nsọ nke ụlọnsọ ahụ.
and said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry the filthiness out of the holy place.
6 Nʼihi na nna anyị ha bụ ndị na-ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi; ha mere ihe jọrọ njọ nʼanya Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke anyị, hapụ ya. Ha wepụrụ ihu ha site nʼebe obibi Onyenwe anyị, gbakụtakwa ya azụ.
For our fathers were unfaithful, and have done that which was evil in the LORD our God’s sight, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.
7 Ha mechikwara ụzọ ndị e si abanye na mpụta ọnụ ụlọ ahụ, menyụọkwa ọkụ dị nʼime ya. E sureekwaghị ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ, ọ dịkwaghị aja nsure ọkụ ọbụla a chụrụ nye Chineke nke Izrel.
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 Nʼihi nke a ka iwe Onyenwe anyị ji dakwasị Juda na Jerusalem. O meela ka ha buru ihe oke egwu, na oke ihere na oke ụjọ, dịka unu jirila anya unu hụ.
Therefore the LORD’s wrath was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to be tossed back and forth, to be an astonishment and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.
9 E gburu nna anyị ha nʼagha, dọtakwa ndị nwunye anyị na ụmụ okorobịa na ụmụ agbọghọbịa anyị nʼagha nʼihi ya.
For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
10 Ma ugbu a, achọrọ m ka anyị na Onyenwe anyị Chineke nke Izrel gbaa ndụ, ka iwe ya jụrụ nʼebe anyị nọ.
Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
11 Ụmụ m, o kwesighị ka unu gbakụta ọrụ unu azụ ọzọ, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị họpụtara unu iguzo nʼihu ya, na ijere ya ozi, na ịrụ ọrụ nʼihu ya, na ịchụrụ ya aja ihe nsure ọkụ na-esi isi ụtọ.”
My sons, don’t be negligent now; for the LORD has chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him, and that you should be his ministers and burn incense.”
12 Nʼoge a ndị Livayị ndị a malitere ọrụ: site nʼikwu Kohat: Mahat na Amasai, na Juel nwa Azaraya; nʼikwu Merari: Kish nwa Abdi, na Azaraya nwa Jehalelel; nʼikwu Geshọn: Joa nwa Zima, na Eden nwa Joa;
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 Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;
13 nʼikwu Elizafan: Shimri, na Jeiel; nʼikwu Asaf: Zekaraya, na Matanaya;
and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
14 nʼikwu Heman: Jehiel, na Shimei; nʼikwu Jedutun: Shemaya, na Uziel.
and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
15 Mgbe ha kpọkọtara ụmụnna ha bụ ndị Livayị, dokwaa onwe ha ọcha, ha bara ido ụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị nsọ, dịka eze nyere nʼiwu, nʼusoro okwu Onyenwe anyị si dị.
They gathered their brothers, sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the LORD’s words, to cleanse the LORD’s house.
16 Ndị nchụaja banyere nʼime ebe nsọ ahụ ido ya nsọ. Ihe niile na-adịghị ọcha ha hụrụ nʼime ya ka ha wepụtasịrị nʼogige ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị ahụ. Ndị Livayị buuru ha gaa bufuo na Ndagwurugwu Kidrọn.
The priests went into the inner part of the LORD’s house to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the LORD’s temple into the court of the LORD’s house. The Levites took it from there to carry it out to the brook Kidron.
17 Ha bidoro mmemme ido nsọ a nʼabalị mbụ nʼọnwa nke mbụ. Nʼabalị nke asatọ ha ruru na mpụta ọnụ ụlọ nke ụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị. Ma o were ha abalị asatọ ọzọ idochasị ụlọnsọ ahụ nsọ maka ofufe, ha jezuru ozi niile nʼabalị iri na isii nke ọnwa mbụ ahụ.
Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the LORD’s porch. They sanctified the LORD’s house in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.
18 Mgbe ahụ, ha bakwuru eze bụ Hezekaya kọọrọ ya sị, “Anyị emeela ebe niile nʼụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị ka ọ dị nsọ, ebe ịchụ aja nke aja nsure ọkụ na ngwongwo ya, na tebul ịdọba achịcha e doro nsọ, na ihe niile dị nʼime ya.
Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace and said, “We have cleansed all the LORD’s house, including the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, and the table of show bread with all its vessels.
19 Ọzọ, anyị edoziela ma dokwaa ngwongwo ahụ niile nsọ, bụ nke eze Ehaz wepụrụ nʼihi ekwesighị ntụkwasị obi ya mgbe ọ bụ eze. Ha dịkwa ugbu a nʼihu ebe ịchụ aja nke Onyenwe anyị.”
Moreover, we have prepared and sanctified all the vessels which King Ahaz threw away in his reign when he was unfaithful. Behold, they are before the LORD’s altar.”
20 Nʼụtụtụ echi ya, eze bụ Hezekaya kpọkọtara ndịisi obodo niile, gaa nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị ahụ.
Then Hezekiah the king arose early, gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the LORD’s house.
21 Ha wetara oke ehi asaa, na ebule asaa, na ụmụ ebule asaa, na mkpi asaa, maka ịchụ aja mmehie nʼihi alaeze ahụ, maka ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ, na ala Juda. Eze nyere ndị nchụaja bụ ụmụ Erọn iwu sị ha gbuo anụ ụlọ ndị ahụ nʼebe ịchụ aja nye Onyenwe anyị.
They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the LORD’s altar.
22 Ya mere, ha gburu oke ehi ahụ niile. Ndị nchụaja fesara ọbara ha nʼelu ebe ịchụ aja. Ha gbukwara ebule ndị ahụ fesa ọbara ha nʼebe ịchụ aja, gbukwaa ụmụ atụrụ ndị ahụ fesakwa ọbara ha nʼebe ịchụ aja.
So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
23 Ha wetara mkpi ndị ahụ eji achụ aja mmehie nʼihu eze na ọgbakọ ahụ, ha bikwasịkwara ha aka nʼelu.
They brought near the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them.
24 Ndị nchụaja gburu mkpi ndị ahụ, chee ọbara ha nʼelu ebe nchụaja maka ikpuchi mmehie ndị Izrel niile. Nʼihi na eze nyere iwu ka a chụọ aja nsure ọkụ na aja mmehie nʼihi ndị Izrel niile.
Then the priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
25 O mere ka ụfọdụ ndị Livayị nọdụ nʼụlọnsọ ahụ, dịka ndị na-abụ abụ. O nyere ha ogene, na une, na ụbọ akwara. O mere nke a nʼusoro dịka Devid na Gad, bụ ọhụ ụzọ eze, na Netan, bụ onye amụma, nke a bụ dịka Onyenwe anyị nyererịị nʼiwu site nʼaka ndị amụma ya.
He set the Levites in the LORD’s house with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was from the LORD by his prophets.
26 Ya mere, ndị Livayị ji ihe egwu Devid ndị ahụ niile guzoro na njikere, ma ndị nchụaja jikwa opi ha nke ha na-afụ.
The Levites stood with David’s instruments, and the priests with the shofars.
27 Hezekaya nyere iwu ka a chụọ aja nsure ọkụ ahụ nʼelu ebe ịchụ aja. Mgbe a malitere isure aja ahụ ọkụ, a malitekwara ịbụ abụ nye Onyenwe anyị, na ịfụ opi na iti ihe egwu niile nke Devid, eze Izrel.
Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the LORD’s song also began, along with the shofars and instruments of David king of Israel.
28 Nʼoge mmemme ọchụchụ aja ahụ, mmadụ niile kpọrọ isiala nye Chineke, mgbe ndị abụ na-abụ abụ, ndị opi na-afụkwa opi ha. Ihe niile a nọ na-eme tutu ruo mgbe a chụsịrị aja niile ahụ.
All the assembly worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
29 Mgbe ha chụchara aja ndị ahụ, eze na ndị niile nọ nʼebe ahụ gburu ikpere nʼala, kpọkwaa isiala.
When they had finished offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.
30 Eze Hezekaya na ndịisi ozi ya nyere iwu ka ndị Livayị bụọ ụfọdụ nʼime abụ ọma Devid, na nke Asaf onye amụma, maka iji ya too Onyenwe anyị. Ha mere otu a, kpọọkwa isiala nye Chineke.
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
31 Emesịa, Hezekaya sịrị, “Ugbu a unu edoola onwe unu nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị, bịanụ nso, webatanụ aja na onyinye ekele nʼime ụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị.” Ya mere, nzukọ ahụ niile wetaara aja na onyinye ekele ha, ndị niile nwere mkpebi nʼobi ha wetara aja nsure ọkụ.
Then Hezekiah answered, “Now you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD. Come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the LORD’s house.” The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.
32 Ọnụọgụgụ anụ ụlọ niile ha wetara bụ ndị a: iri oke ehi asaa, na narị ebule, na narị ụmụ ebule abụọ, ka e wetara maka aja nsure ọkụ nye Onyenwe anyị.
The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs. All these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
33 Anụ ndị e doro nsọ maka ịchụ aja dị narị oke ehi isii na atụrụ na ewu dị puku atọ.
The consecrated things were six hundred head of cattle and three thousand sheep.
34 Ma ndị nchụaja dị ole na ole, ha apụghịkwa ịgba akpụkpọ anụ niile ahụ maka aja nsure ọkụ, nʼihi ya, ụmụnne ha bụ ndị Livayị nyeere ha aka tutu ruo mgbe ozi ahụ gwụsịrị, ruokwa mgbe e doro ndị nchụaja ndị ọzọ nsọ. Nʼihi na ndị Livayị nwere obi ziri ezi karịa ndị nchụaja ido onwe ha nsọ.
But the priests were too few, so that they could not skin all the burnt offerings. Therefore their brothers the Levites helped them until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves, for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
35 Aja nsure ọkụ bara ụba, tinyere abụba nke aja udo niile, na aja ihe ọṅụṅụ nke so aja nsure ọkụ ndị a. Ọ bụ nʼụzọ dị otu a ka e si weghachite ije ozi na ịchụ aja nke na-adị nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị.
Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings and with the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the LORD’s house was set in order.
36 Hezekaya na ndị Juda niile ṅụrịrị ọṅụ nʼihi ihe Chineke doziri nye ndị ya, nʼihi na ihe niile ndị a mere ngwangwa.
Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of that which God had prepared for the people; for the thing was done suddenly.
