2 Tawarikh 31
1 Setelah semuanya ini diakhiri, seluruh orang Israel yang hadir pergi ke kota-kota di Yehuda, lalu meremukkan segala tugu berhala, menghancurkan segala tiang berhala, dan merobohkan segala bukit pengorbanan dan mezbah di seluruh Yehuda dan Benyamin, juga di Efraim dan Manasye, sampai musnah semuanya. Kemudian pulanglah seluruh orang Israel ke kota-kotanya, ke miliknya masing-masing.
And when these things had been celebrated according to ritual, all of Israel who had been found in the cities of Judah went forth, and they broke apart the idols and cut down the sacred groves. They demolished the high places and destroyed the altars, not only out of all Judah and Benjamin, but also out of Ephraim as well as Manasseh, until they utterly destroyed them. And all the sons of Israel returned to their possessions and cities.
2 Hizkia menetapkan rombongan para imam dan orang-orang Lewi, rombongan demi rombongan, masing-masing menurut tugas jabatannya sebagai imam atau sebagai orang Lewi, untuk mempersembahkan korban bakaran dan korban keselamatan, untuk mengucap syukur dan menyanyikan puji-pujian dan untuk melayani di pintu-pintu gerbang di tempat perkemahan TUHAN.
Then Hezekiah appointed the companies of the priests and Levites by their divisions, each man in his proper office, certainly as much for the priests as for the Levites, for the sake of holocausts and peace offerings, so that they might minister and confess and sing, at the gates of the camp of the Lord.
3 Raja memberi sumbangan dari harta miliknya untuk korban bakaran, yakni: korban bakaran pada waktu pagi dan pada waktu petang, korban bakaran pada hari-hari Sabat dan pada bulan-bulan baru dan pada hari-hari raya, yang semuanya tertulis di dalam Taurat TUHAN.
Now the portion of the king, from his own substance, was such that they could offer a holocaust always, in morning and in evening, also on the Sabbaths, and the new moons, and the other solemnities, just as it was written in the law of Moses.
4 Ia memerintahkan rakyat, yakni penduduk Yerusalem, untuk memberikan sumbangan yang menjadi bagian para imam dan orang-orang Lewi, supaya mereka dapat mencurahkan tenaganya untuk melaksanakan Taurat TUHAN.
And now he instructed the people living in Jerusalem that they were to give portions to the priests and Levites, so that they would be able to attend to the law of the Lord.
5 Segera setelah perintah ini tersiar, orang Israel membawa dalam jumlah yang besar hasil pertama dari pada gandum, anggur, minyak, madu dan segala macam hasil bumi. Mereka membawa juga persembahan persepuluhan dari segala sesuatu dalam jumlah yang besar.
And when this had reached the ears of the multitude, the sons of Israel brought an abundance of first-fruits of grain, wine, and oil, and also honey. And they offered a tenth part of all that the soil brings forth.
6 Orang Israel dan orang Yehuda yang tinggal di kota-kota Yehuda juga membawa persembahan persepuluhan yang terdiri dari lembu sapi dan kambing domba, dan persembahan persepuluhan yang terdiri dari persembahan kudus yang telah dikuduskan bagi TUHAN Allah mereka. Semuanya itu diletakkan mereka bertimbun-timbun.
Then too, the sons of Israel and Judah, who were living in the cities of Judah, brought tithes of oxen and sheep, and tithes of the holy things that they had vowed to the Lord their God. And carrying all these things, they made many stacks.
7 Mereka mulai membuat timbunan itu pada bulan yang ketiga, dan mereka selesai pada bulan yang ketujuh.
In the third month, they began to lay out the foundations of the stacks. And in the seventh month, they finished them.
8 Hizkia dan para pemimpin datang melihat timbunan itu, dan mereka memuji TUHAN dan umat-Nya, orang Israel.
And when Hezekiah and his rulers had entered, they saw the stacks, and they blessed the Lord and the people of Israel.
9 Hizkia menanyakan para imam dan orang-orang Lewi tentang timbunan itu,
And Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites, as to why the stacks were laid out in this way.
10 dan dijawab oleh Azarya, imam kepala keturunan Zadok demikian: "Sejak persembahan khusus mulai dibawa ke rumah TUHAN, kami telah makan sekenyang-kenyangnya, namun sisanya masih banyak. Sebab TUHAN telah memberkati umat-Nya, sehingga tinggal sisa yang banyak ini."
Azariah, the high priest from the stock of Zadok, answered him, saying: “Since the first-fruits began to be offered in the house of the Lord, we have eaten and been satisfied, and much remains. For the Lord has blessed his people. Then what was left over is this great abundance, which you see.”
11 Kemudian Hizkia menyuruh menyediakan bilik-bilik di rumah TUHAN dan mereka menyediakannya.
And so Hezekiah instructed that they should prepare storage places for the house of the Lord. And when they had done so,
12 Dan dengan setia mereka membawa segala persembahan khusus, persembahan persepuluhan dan persembahan-persembahan kudus itu ke sana. Konanya, seorang Lewi, mengawasi semuanya, dan Simei, saudaranya, adalah orang kedua,
they faithfully brought in the first-fruits, as well as the tithes and all that they had vowed. Now the overseer of these things was Conaniah, a Levite; and his brother, Shimei, was second.
13 sedang Yehiel, Azazya, Nahat, Asael, Yerimot, Yozabad, Eliel, Yismakhya, Mahat dan Benanya adalah penilik di bawah Konanya dan Simei, saudaranya itu, sesuai dengan petunjuk raja Hizkia dan Azarya, kepala rumah Allah.
And after him, there was Jehiel, and Azariah, and Nahath, and Asaahel, and Jerimoth, and also Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, who were overseers under the hands of Conaniah, and his brother, Shimei, by the authority of Hezekiah, the king, and Azariah, the high priest of the house of God, to whom all these things belonged.
14 Dan Kore bin Yimna, seorang Lewi, penunggu pintu gerbang di sebelah timur, mengawasi pemberian-pemberian sukarela untuk Allah, serta membagi-bagikan persembahan khusus yang untuk TUHAN dan persembahan-persembahan maha kudus.
Yet truly, Kore, the son of Imnah, a Levite and the porter of the eastern gate, was the overseer of the things that were being offered freely to the Lord, and of the first-fruits, and of the things consecrated for the Holy of Holies.
15 Di kota-kota imam ia dibantu dengan setia oleh Eden, Minyamin, Yesua, Semaya, Amarya dan Sekhanya dalam pembagian itu kepada saudara-saudara mereka menurut rombongan, kepada orang dewasa dan anak-anak,
And under his charge were Eden, and Benjamin, Jeshua, and Shemaiah, and also Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, so that they would distribute faithfully to their brothers, the small as well as the great, their portions
16 kecuali kepada setiap orang yang masuk ke rumah TUHAN, menurut hari-hari yang ditetapkan, menurut tugas jabatan yang ditugaskan kepadanya, dan menurut rombongannya, yakni mereka yang tercatat dalam daftar sebagai laki-laki yang berumur tiga tahun ke atas.
(except for the males from three years old and upward) for all who were entering the temple of the Lord, and for whatever was needed for the ministry, throughout each day, as well as for the observances according to their divisions.
17 Para imam dicatat dalam daftar menurut puak-puak mereka, sedang orang-orang Lewi yang berumur dua puluh tahun ke atas dicatat menurut tugas dan rombongan mereka.
And so, for the priests, by their families, and for the Levites, from the twentieth year and upward, by their orders and companies,
18 Para imam terdaftar dengan seluruh keluarga mereka, yakni isteri, anak laki-laki dan perempuan, seluruh kaum itu, karena dengan setia mereka menguduskan diri untuk persembahan kudus.
and for the entire multitude, as much for the wives as for their children of both sexes, provisions were offered faithfully from whatever had been sanctified.
19 Bagi keturunan Harun, yakni imam-imam, yang tinggal di padang-padang penggembalaan sekitar kota-kota mereka, di setiap kota ada orang-orang yang ditunjuk dengan disebut namanya, untuk mengadakan pembagian kepada setiap orang laki-laki dari keluarga imam dan kepada setiap orang Lewi yang terdaftar.
Then too, men were appointed of the sons of Aaron, throughout the fields and the suburbs of each city, who would distribute portions to all the males among the priests and Levites.
20 Demikianlah perbuatan Hizkia di seluruh Yehuda. Ia melakukan apa yang baik, apa yang jujur, dan apa yang benar di hadapan TUHAN, Allahnya.
Therefore, Hezekiah did all these things (which we have said) in all of Judah. And he worked what is good and upright and true before the Lord his God,
21 Dalam setiap usaha yang dimulainya untuk pelayanannya terhadap rumah Allah, dan untuk pelaksanaan Taurat dan perintah Allah, ia mencari Allahnya. Semuanya dilakukannya dengan segenap hati, sehingga segala usahanya berhasil.
for the whole service of the ministry of the house of the Lord, in accord with the law and the ceremonies, desiring to seek his God with his whole heart. And he did so, and he prospered.
