歴代誌Ⅱ 31
1 この事がすべて終った時、そこにいたイスラエルびとは皆、ユダの町々に出て行って、石柱を砕き、アシラ像を切り倒し、ユダとベニヤミンの全地、およびエフライムとマナセにある高き所と祭壇とを取りこわし、ついにこれをことごとく破壊した。そしてイスラエルの人々はおのおのその町々、その所領に帰った。
And when these things had been duly celebrated, all Israel that were found in the cities of Juda, went out, and they broke the idols, and cut down the groves. demolished the high places, and destroyed the altars, not only out of all Juda and Benjamin, but out of Ephraim also and Manasses, till they had utterly destroyed them: then all the children of Israel returned to their possessions and cities.
2 ヒゼキヤは祭司およびレビびとの班を定め、班ごとにおのおのその勤めに従って、祭司とレビびとに燔祭と酬恩祭をささげさせ、主の営の門で勤めをし、感謝をし、さんびをさせた。
And Ezechias appointed companies of the priests, and the Levites, by their courses, every man in his own office, to wit, both of the priests, and of the Levites, for holocausts, and for peace offerings, to minister, and to praise, and to sing in the gates of the camp of the Lord.
3 また燔祭のために自分の財産のうちから王の分を出した。すなわち朝夕の燔祭および安息日、新月、定めの祭などの燔祭のために出して、主の律法にしるされているとおりにした。
And the king’s part was, that of his proper substance the holocaust should be offered always morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and the new moons and the other solemnities, as it is written in the law of Moses.
4 またエルサレムに住む民に、祭司とレビびとにその分を与えることを命じた。これは彼らをして主の律法に身をゆだねさせるためである。
He commanded also the people that dwelt in Jerusalem, to give to the priests, and the Levites their portion, that they might attend to the law of the Lord.
5 その命令が伝わるやいなや、イスラエルの人々は穀物、酒、油、蜜ならびに畑のもろもろの産物の初物を多くささげ、またすべての物の十分の一をおびただしく携えて来た。
Which when it was noised abroad in the ears of the people, the children of Israel offered in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey: and brought the tithe of all things which the ground bringeth forth.
6 ユダの町々に住んでいたイスラエルとユダの人々もまた牛、羊の十分の一ならびにその神、主にささげられた奉納物を携えて来て、これを積み重ねた。
Moreover the children of Israel and Juda, that dwelt in the cities of Juda, brought in the tithes of oxen, and sheep, and the tithes of holy things, which they had vowed to the Lord their God: and carrying them all, made many heaps.
7 三月にこれを積み重ねることを始め、七月にこれを終った。
In the third month they began to lay the foundations of the heaps, and in the seventh month, they finished them.
8 ヒゼキヤおよびつかさたちは来て、その積み重ねた物を見、主とその民イスラエルを祝福した。
And when Ezechias and his princes came in, they saw the heaps, and they blessed the Lord and the people of Israel.
9 そしてヒゼキヤがその積み重ねた物について祭司およびレビびとに問い尋ねた時、
And Ezechias asked the priests and the Levites, why the heaps lay so.
10 ザドクの家から出た祭司の長アザリヤは彼に答えて言った、「民が主の宮に供え物を携えて来ることを始めてからこのかた、われわれは飽きるほど食べたが、たくさん残りました。主がその民を恵まれたからです。それでわれわれは、このように多くの残った物をもっているのです」。
Azarias the chief priest of the race of Sadoc answered him, saying: Since the firstfruits began to be offered in the house of the Lord, we have eaten, and have been filled, and abundance is left, because the Lord hath blessed his people: and of that which is left is this great store which thou seest.
11 そこでヒゼキヤは主の宮のうちに室を設けることを命じたので、彼らはこれを設け、
Then Ezechias commanded to prepare storehouses in the house of the Lord. And when they had done so,
12 その供え物の十分の一および奉納物を忠実に携え入れた。これをつかさどる者のかしらはレビびとコナニヤで、その兄弟シメイは彼に次ぐ者となり、
They brought in faithfully both the firstfruits, and the tithes, and all they had vowed. And the overseer of them was Chonenias the Levite, and Semei his brother was the second,
13 エヒエル、アザジヤ、ナハテ、アサヘル、エレモテ、ヨザバデ、エリエル、イスマキヤ、マハテ、ベナヤらは、ヒゼキヤ王および神の宮のつかさアザリヤの任命によって、コナニヤおよびその兄弟シメイを助けて、その監督者となった。
And after him Jehiel, and Azarias, and Nahath, and Asael, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Jesmachias, and Mahath, and Banaias, overseers under the hand of Chonenias, and Semei his brother, by the commandment of Ezechias the king, and Azarias the high priest of the house of God, to whom all things appertained.
14 東の門を守る者レビびとイムナの子コレは、神にささげる自発のささげ物をつかさどり、主の供え物および最も聖なる物を分配した。
But Core the son of Jemna the Levite, the porter of the east gate, was overseer of the things which were freely offered to the Lord, and of the firstfruits and the things dedicated for the holy of holies.
15 彼を助ける者はエデン、ミニヤミン、エシュア、シマヤ、アマリヤおよびシカニヤで、皆祭司の町々でその兄弟たちに、班によって、老若ひとしく忠実に分配した。
And under his charge were Eden, and Benjamin, Jesue, and Semeias, and Amarias, and Sechenias, in the cities of the priests, to distribute faithfully portions to their brethren, both little and great:
16 ただしすべて登録された三歳以上の男子で主の宮に入り、その班に従って日々の職分をつくし、その受持の勤めをなす者は除かれた。
Besides the males from three years old and upward, to all that went into the temple of the Lord, and whatsoever there was need of in the ministry, and their offices according to their courses, day by day.
17 祭司の登録はその氏族によってなされ、二十歳以上のレビびとの登録はその班により、その受持にしたがってなされた。
To the priests by their families, and to the Levites from the twentieth year and upward, by their classes and companies.
18 また祭司はその幼な子、その妻、そのむすこ、その娘、全会衆と共に登録した。彼らは忠実に身を聖なる事にささげたからである。
And to all the multitude, both to their wives, and to their children of both sexes, victuals were given faithfully out of the things that had been sanctified.
19 また町々の放牧地におるアロンの子孫である祭司たちのためには、町ごとに人を名ざし選んで、祭司のうちのすべての男およびレビびとのうちの登録されたすべての者に、その分を与えさせた。
Also of the sons of Aaron who were in the fields and in the suburbs of each city, there were men appointed, to distribute portions to all the males, among the priests and the Levites.
20 ヒゼキヤはユダ全国にこのようにし、良い事、正しい事、忠実な事をその神、主の前に行った。
So Ezechias did all things, which we have said in all Juda, and wrought that which was good; and right, and truth, before the Lord his God,
21 彼がその神を求めるために神の宮の務につき、律法につき、戒めについて始めたわざは、ことごとく心をつくして行い、これをなし遂げた。
In all the service of the ministry of the house of the Lord according to the law and the ceremonies, desiring to seek his God with all his heart, and he did it and prospered,
