Ii Paralipomenon 31
1 Cumque hæc fuissent rite celebrata, egressus est omnis Israel, qui inventus fuerat in urbibus Iuda, et fregerunt simulacra, succideruntque lucos, demoliti sunt excelsa, et altaria destruxerunt, non solum de universo Iuda et Beniamin, sed et de Ephraim quoque et Manasse, donec penitus everterent: reversique sunt omnes filii Israel in possessiones et civitates suas.
Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, also in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
2 Ezechias autem constituit turmas Sacerdotales, et Leviticas per divisiones suas, unumquemque in officio proprio, tam Sacerdotum videlicet quam Levitarum ad holocausta, et pacifica ut ministrarent et confiterentur, canerentque in portis castrorum Domini.
Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the LORD’s camp.
3 Pars autem regis erat, ut de propria eius substantia offerretur holocaustum, mane semper et vespere, Sabbatis quoque, et calendis, et sollemnitatibus ceteris, sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi.
He also appointed the king’s portion of his possessions for the burnt offerings: for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths, for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the LORD’s law.
4 Præcepit etiam populo habitantium Ierusalem ut darent partes Sacerdotibus, et Levitis, ut possent vacare legi Domini.
Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the LORD’s law.
5 Quod cum percrebruisset in auribus multitudinis, plurimas obtulere primitias filii Israel frumenti, vini, et olei, mellis quoque: et omnium, quæ gignit humus, decimas obtulerunt.
As soon as the commandment went out, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and of all the increase of the field; and they brought in the tithe of all things abundantly.
6 Sed et filii Israel et Iuda, qui habitabant in urbibus Iuda, obtulerunt decimas boum et ovium, decimasque sanctorum, quæ voverant Domino Deo suo: atque universa portantes, fecerunt acervos plurimos.
The children of Israel and Judah, who lived in the cities of Judah, also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to the LORD their God, and laid them in heaps.
7 Mense tertio cœperunt acervorum iacere fundamenta, et mense septimo compleverunt eos.
In the third month, they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
8 Cumque ingressi fuissent Ezechias, et principes eius, viderunt acervos, et benedixerunt Domino ac populo Israel.
When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and his people Israel.
9 Interrogavitque Ezechias Sacerdotes, et Levitas cur ita iacerent acervi.
Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps.
10 Respondit illi Azarias Sacerdos primus de stirpe Sadoc, dicens: Ex quo cœperunt offerri primitiæ in domo Domini, comedimus, et saturati sumus, et remanserunt plurima, eo quod benedixerit Dominus populo suo: reliquarum autem copia est ista, quam cernis.
Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, “Since people began to bring the offerings into the LORD’s house, we have eaten and had enough, and have plenty left over, for the LORD has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.”
11 Præcepit igitur Ezechias ut præpararent horrea in domo Domini. Quod cum fecissent,
Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the LORD’s house, and they prepared them.
12 intulerunt tam primitias, quam decimas, et quæcumque voverant, fideliter. Fuit autem præfectus eorum Chonenias Levita, et Semei frater eius, secundus,
They brought in the offerings, the tithes, and the dedicated things faithfully. Conaniah the Levite was ruler over them, and Shimei his brother was second.
13 post quem Iahiel, et Azarias, et Nahath, et Asael, et Ierimoth, Iozabad quoque, et Eliel, et Iesmachias, et Mahath, et Banaias, præpositi sub manibus Choneniæ, et Semei fratris eius, ex imperio Ezechiæ regis et Azariæ pontificis domus Dei, ad quos omnia pertinebant.
Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the ruler of God’s house.
14 Core vero filius Iemna Levites et ianitor Orientalis portæ, præpositus erat iis, quæ sponte offerebantur Domino, primitiisque et consecratis in Sancta sanctorum.
Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the gatekeeper at the east gate, was over the free will offerings of God, to distribute the LORD’s offerings and the most holy things.
15 Et sub cura eius Eden, et Beniamin, Iesue, et Semeias, Amarias quoque, et Sechenias in civitatibus Sacerdotum ut fideliter distribuerent fratribus suis partes, minoribus atque maioribus:
Under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brothers by divisions, to the great as well as to the small;
16 exceptis maribus ab annis tribus et supra, cunctis qui ingrediebantur templum Domini, et quidquid per singulos dies conducebat in ministerio, atque observationibus iuxta divisiones suas,
in addition to those who were listed by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even everyone who entered into the LORD’s house, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions;
17 Sacerdotibus per familias, et Levitis a vigesimo anno et supra, per ordines et turmas suas,
and those who were listed by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their divisions;
18 universæque multitudini tam uxoribus, quam liberis eorum utriusque sexus, fideliter cibi de his, quæ sanctificata fuerant, præbebantur.
and those who were listed by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation; for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.
19 Sed et filiorum Aaron per agros, et suburbana urbium singularum dispositi erant viri, qui partes distribuerent universo sexui masculino de Sacerdotibus, et Levitis.
Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the pasture lands of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name to give portions to all the males amongst the priests and to all who were listed by genealogy amongst the Levites.
20 Fecit ergo Ezechias universa quæ diximus in omni Iuda: operatusque est bonum et rectum, et verum coram Domino Deo suo
Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he did that which was good, right, and faithful before the LORD his God.
21 in universa cultura ministerii domus Domini, iuxta legem et ceremonias, volens requirere Deum suum in toto corde suo: fecitque et prosperatus est.
In every work that he began in the service of God’s house, in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart and prospered.
