Ii Paralipomenon 29
1 Igitur Ezechias regnare cœpit, cum vigintiquinque esset annorum, et vigintinovem annis regnavit in Ierusalem: nomen matris eius Abia, filia Zachariæ.
Hezekiah was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
2 Fecitque quod erat placitum in conspectu Domini iuxta omnia quæ fecerat David pater eius.
He did what was right in the Lord's sight, just as his forefather David had done.
3 Ipse anno, et mense primo regni sui aperuit valvas domus Domini, et instauravit eas.
In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened the doors of the Lord's Temple and repaired them.
4 Adduxitque Sacerdotes atque Levitas, et congregavit eos in plateam Orientalem.
He summoned the priests and the Levites, and had them gather on the square to the east.
5 Dixitque ad eos: Audite me Levitæ, et sanctificamini, mundate domum Domini Dei patrum vestrorum, et auferte omnem immunditiam de Sanctuario.
He told them, “Listen to me, Levites. Purify yourselves now and purify the Temple of the Lord, the God of your forefathers. Take away from the Holy Place everything that is filthy.
6 Peccaverunt patres nostri, et fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini Dei nostri, derelinquentes eum: averterunt facies suas a tabernaculo Domini, et præbuerunt dorsum.
For our fathers were sinful, and did what was evil in the Lord's sight. They abandoned him and paid no attention to the Lord's Temple, turning their backs on him.
7 Clauserunt ostia, quæ erant in porticu, et extinxerunt lucernas, incensumque non adoleverunt, et holocausta non obtulerunt in sanctuario Deo Israel.
They shut the doors at the entrance to the Temple and put out the lamps. They didn't burn incense or present burnt offerings at the sanctuary of the God of Israel.
8 Concitatus est itaque furor Domini super Iudam et Ierusalem, tradiditque eos in commotionem, et in interitum, et in sibilum, sicut ipsi cernitis oculis vestris.
So the Lord's anger fell on Judah and Jerusalem, and he made them into something appalling, terrifying, and ridiculous, as you can see for yourselves.
9 En, corruerunt patres nostri gladiis, filii nostri, et filiæ nostræ, et coniuges captivæ ductæ sunt propter hoc scelus.
As a result, our fathers have died in battle, and our sons and our daughters and our wives have been captured.
10 Nunc ergo placet mihi ut ineamus fœdus cum Domino Deo Israel, et avertet a nobis furorem iræ suæ.
But now I'm going to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will no longer fall on us.
11 Filii mei nolite negligere: vos elegit Dominus ut stetis coram eo, et ministretis illi, colatisque eum, et cremetis ei incensum.
My sons, don't neglect your responsibilities, for the Lord has chosen you to stand in his presence to serve him, and to be his ministers presenting burnt offerings.”
12 Surrexerunt ergo Levitæ: Mahath filius Amasai, et Ioel filius Azariæ de filiis Caath: Porro de filiis Merari, Cis filius Abdi, et Azarias filius Ialaleel. De filiis autem Gersom, Ioah filius Zemma, et Eden filius Ioah.
Then the Levites went to work. They were Mahath, son of Amasai, and Joel, son of Azariah, from the Kohathites; Kish, son of Abdi, and Azariah, son of Jehallelel, from the Merarites; Joah, son of Zimmah, and Eden, son of Joah, from the Gershonites;
13 At vero de filiis Elisaphan, Samri, et Iahiel. De filiis quoque Asaph, Zacharias, et Mathanias:
from the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and from the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
14 Necnon de filiis Heman, Iahiel, et Semei: Sed et de filiis Idithun, Semeias, et Oziel.
from the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and from the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
15 Congregaveruntque fratres suos, et sanctificati sunt, et ingressi sunt iuxta mandatum regis et imperium Domini, ut expiarent domum Dei.
They called together the other Levites and all of them purified themselves. Then they went in to clean the Lord's Temple, as the king had commanded, following the instructions as required by the Lord.
16 Sacerdotes quoque ingressi templum Domini ut sanctificarent illud, extulerunt omnem immunditiam, quam intro repererant in vestibulo domus Domini, quam tulerunt Levitæ, et asportaverunt ad Torrentem Cedron foras.
The priests went into the inner sanctuary of the Lord's Temple to clean it. They removed all the unclean things that they found in the Lord's Temple and placed them in the Temple courtyard. Then the Levites took them out and carried them to the Kidron Valley.
17 Cœperunt autem prima die mensis primi mundare, et in die octavo eiusdem mensis ingressi sunt porticum templi Domini, expiaveruntque templum diebus octo, et in die sextadecima mensis eiusdem, quod cœperant impleverunt.
They started the work of purification on the first day of the first month, and by the eighth day of the month they had reached the Temple porch. For eight more days they worked on purifying the Temple itself, and finished on the sixteenth day of the first month.
18 Ingressi quoque sunt ad Ezechiam regem, et dixerunt ei: Sanctificavimus omnem domum Domini, et altare holocausti, vasaque eius, necnon et mensam propositionis cum omnibus vasis suis,
Then they went in to tell King Hezekiah, “We have cleaned the entire Temple of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils.
19 cunctamque templi supellectilem, quam polluerat rex Achaz in regno suo, postquam prævaricatus est: et ecce exposita sunt omnia coram altare Domini.
We have recovered and purified all the items that King Ahaz threw away during his reign when he was unfaithful. They are now before the Lord's altar.”
20 Consurgensque diluculo Ezechias rex, adunavit omnes principes civitatis, et ascendit in domum Domini:
King Hezekiah got up early, summoned the city officials, and went to the Lord's Temple.
21 obtuleruntque simul tauros septem, et arietes septem, agnos septem, et hircos septem pro peccato, pro regno, pro sanctuario, pro Iuda, dixitque sacerdotibus filiis Aaron ut offerrent super altare Domini.
They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. The king ordered the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord.
22 Mactaverunt igitur tauros, et susceperunt sanguinem Sacerdotes, et fuderunt illum super altare, mactaverunt etiam arietes, et illorum sanguinem super altare fuderunt, immolaveruntque agnos, et fuderunt super altare sanguinem.
So they killed the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
23 Applicuerunt hircos pro peccato coram rege, et universa multitudine, imposueruntque manus suas super eos:
Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who placed their hands on them.
24 et immolaverunt illos Sacerdotes, et asperserunt sanguinem eorum coram altare pro piaculo universi Israelis: pro omni quippe Israel præceperat rex ut holocaustum fieret et pro peccato.
Then the priests killed the goats and placed their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for the whole of Israel, because the king had ordered that the burnt offering and sin offering were for the whole of Israel.
25 Constituit quoque Levitas in domo Domini cum cymbalis, et psalteriis, et citharis secundum dispositionem David regis, et Gad Videntis, et Nathan prophetæ: siquidem Domini præceptum fuit per manum prophetarum eius.
Hezekiah had the Levites stand in the Lord's Temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres, following the instructions of David, Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet. The instructions had come from the Lord through His prophets.
26 Steteruntque Levitæ tenentes organa David, et Sacerdotes tubas.
The Levites stood with the musical instruments provided by David, with the priests holding their trumpets.
27 Et iussit Ezechias ut offerrent holocausta super altare: cumque offerrentur holocausta, cœperunt laudes canere Domino, et clangere tubis, atque in diversis organis, quæ David rex Israel præparaverat, concrepare.
Then Hezekiah gave the order for the burnt offering to be offered on the altar. As the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began at the same time, the trumpets sounded, and music was played on the instruments of David, once king of Israel.
28 Omni autem turba adorante, cantores, et ii, qui tenebant tubas, erant in officio suo donec compleretur holocaustum.
All the people in the assembly were worshiping, the singers were singing, and the trumpeters were playing. This continued until the burnt offering was finished.
29 Cumque finita esset oblatio, incurvatus est rex, et omnes qui erant cum eo, et adoraverunt.
Once the offerings were completed, the king and everyone there with him bowed down and worshiped.
30 Præcepitque Ezechias, et principes Levitis ut laudarent Dominum sermonibus David, et Asaph Videntis: qui laudaverunt eum magna lætitia, et incurvato genu adoraverunt.
Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the Lord using the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed their heads and worshiped.
31 Ezechias autem etiam hæc addidit: Implestis manus vestras Domino, accedite, et offerte victimas, et laudes in domo Domini. Obtulit ergo universa multitudo hostias, et laudes, et holocausta mente devota.
Then Hezekiah told them, “Now that you have dedicated yourselves to the Lord, come and bring your sacrifices and thank offerings to the Lord's Temple.” So the people in the assembly brought their sacrifices and thank offerings, and everyone who wanted to brought burnt offerings.
32 Porro numerus holocaustorum, quæ obtulit multitudo, hic fuit, tauros septuaginta, arietes centum, agnos ducentos.
The total number of burnt offerings they brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were to be a burnt offering to the Lord.
33 Sanctificaveruntque Domino boves sexcentos, et oves tria millia.
In addition there were dedicated offerings of six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep.
34 Sacerdotes vero pauci erant, nec poterant sufficere ut pelles holocaustorum detraherent: unde et Levitæ fratres eorum adiuverunt eos, donec impleretur opus, et sanctificarentur antistites: Levitæ quippe faciliori ritu sanctificantur, quam Sacerdotes.
Since there weren't enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite relatives helped them until the work was finished and the priests had been purified. (The Levites had been more conscientious in purifying themselves than the priests had.)
35 Fuerunt ergo holocausta plurima, adipes pacificorum, et libamina holocaustorum: et completus est cultus domus Domini.
Apart from the large number of burnt offerings, there was the fat of the friendship offerings, as well as the drink offerings that went with the burnt offerings. In this way the service of the Lord's Temple was restored.
36 Lætatusque est Ezechas, et omnis populus eo quod ministerium Domini esset expletum. De repente quippe hoc fieri placuerat.
Hezekiah and everyone there were so happy at what God done for the people, because everything had been achieved so quickly.
