Ii Paralipomenon 29
1 Igitur Ezechias regnare coepit, cum vigintiquinque esset annorum, et vigintinovem annis regnavit in Ierusalem: nomen matris eius Abia, filia Zachariae.
Hezekiah became king when five and twenty years old, and twenty and nine years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abiyah, the daughter of Zecharyahu.
2 Fecitque quod erat placitum in conspectu Domini iuxta omnia quae fecerat David pater eius.
And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that David his father had done.
3 Ipse anno, et mense primo regni sui aperuit valvas domus Domini, et instauravit eas.
He it was that in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.
4 adduxitque Sacerdotes atque Levitas, et congregavit eos in plateam Orientalem.
And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the open place at the east;
5 Dixitque ad eos: Audite me Levitae, et sanctificamini, mundate domum Domini Dei patrum vestrorum, et auferte omnem immunditiam de sanctuario.
And he said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify yourselves now, and sanctity the house of the Lord the God of your fathers, and carry forth the unclean thing out of the sanctuary.
6 Peccaverunt patres nostri, et fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini Dei nostri, derelinquentes eum: averterunt facies suas a tabernaculo Domini, et praebuerunt dorsum.
For our fathers have dealt faithlessly, and have done what is evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him; and they have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs.
7 Clauserunt ostia, quae erant in porticu, et extinxerunt lucernas, incensumque non adoleverunt, et holocausta non obtulerunt in sanctuario Deo Israel.
They had also locked up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and incense have they not burnt, and the burnt-offerings have they not offered in the sanctuary, unto 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.
Wherefore the wrath of the Lord is upon Judah and Jerusalem. and he hath rendered them to be a horror, an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
9 En, corruerunt patres nostri gladiis, filii nostri, et filiae nostrae, et coniuges captivae ductae sunt propter hoc scelus.
And, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives are in captivity because of this.
10 Nunc ergo placet mihi ut ineamus foedus cum Domino Deo Israel, et avertet a nobis furorem irae suae.
Now it is in my heart to make a covenant for the Lord the God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
11 Filii mei nolite negligere: vos elegit Dominus ut stetis coram eo, et ministretis illi, colatisque eum, et cremetis ei incensum.
My sons, be not negligent now; for of you hath the Lord made choice to stand before him, to minister unto him, and that ye might be unto him ministers and those that burn incense.
12 Surrexerunt ergo Levitae: Mahath filius Amasai, et Ioel filius Azariae 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 arose the Levites, Machath the son of 'Amassai, and Joel the son of 'Azaryahu, of the sons of the Kehathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of 'Abdi, and 'Azaryahu the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershunites, Joach the son of Zimmah, and 'Eden the son of Joach:
13 At vero de filiis Elisaphan, Samri, et Iahiel. De filiis quoque Asaph, Zacharias, et Mathanias:
And of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri, and Je'iel; and of the sons of Assaph, Zecharyahu and Matthanyahu;
14 Necnon de filiis Heman, Iahiel, et Semei: Sed et de filiis Idithun, Semeias, et Oziel.
And of the sons of Heman, Jechiel and Shim'i; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shema'yah and 'Uzziel;
15 Congregaveruntque fratres suos, et sanctificati sunt, et ingressi sunt iuxta mandatum regis et imperium Domini, ut expiarent domum Dei.
And they gathered together their brethren, and they sanctified themselves, and came, according to the command of the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.
16 Sacerdotes quoque ingressi templum Domini ut sanctificarent illud, extulerunt omnem immunditiam, quam intro repererant in vestibulo domus Domini, quam tulerunt Levitae, et asportaverunt ad Torrentem cedron foras.
And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it; and they brought out every thing unclean which they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord; and the Levites received it, to carry it out abroad unto the brook Kidron.
17 Coeperunt 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 coeperant impleverunt.
And they commenced on the first day of the first month to sanctify; and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of the Lord, and they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
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 went they in the inner part [of the palace] to king Hezekiah, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and the table of shewbread, and all its vessels.
19 cunctamque templi supellectilem, quam polluerat rex Achaz in regno suo, postquam praevaricatus est: et ecce exposita sunt omnia coram altare Domini.
Moreover all the vessels, which king Achaz had cast aside during his reign in his faithlessness, have we put in order and sanctified: and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.
20 Consurgensque diluculo Ezechias rex, adunavit omnes principes civitatis, et ascendit in domum Domini:
Then arose king Hezekiah early, and gathered together the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.
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.
And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven sheep, and seven he-goats, as a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he ordered the sons of Aaron the priests 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 slaughtered the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar; and they slaughtered the rams, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar; they also slaughtered the sheep, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
23 Applicuerunt hircos pro peccato coram rege, et universa multitudine, imposueruntque manus suas super eos:
And they brought near the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
24 et immolaverunt illos Sacerdotes, et asperserunt sanguinem eorum coram altare pro piaculo universi Israelis: pro omni quippe Israel praeceperat rex ut holocaustum fieret et pro peccato.
And the priests slaughtered them, and they made an expiation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel; because for all the people, said the king, should be the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.
25 Constituit quoque Levitas in domo Domini cum cymbalis, et psalteriis, et citharis secundum dispositionem David regis, et Gad Videntis, et Nathan prophetae: siquidem Domini praeceptum fuit per manum prophetarum eius.
And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the command of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: because from the Lord was this commandment by means of his prophets.
26 Steteruntque Levitae tenentes organa David, et Sacerdotes tubas.
And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
27 Et iussit Ezechias ut offerrent holocausta super altare: cumque offerrentur holocausta, coeperunt laudes canere Domino, et clangere tubis, atque in diversis organis, quae David rex Israel praeparaverat, concrepare.
And Hezekiah ordered to offer the burnt-offering on the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of the Lord began [also] with the trumpets, and with the instruments of David the king of Israel.
28 Omni autem turba adorante, cantores, et ii, qui tenebant tubas, erant in officio suo donec compleretur holocaustum.
And all the assembly prostrated themselves, and the song sounded, and the trumpeters blew; all this [continued] until the burnt-offering was completed.
29 Cumque finita esset oblatio, incurvatus est rex, et omnes qui erant cum eo, et adoraverunt.
And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him kneeled down and prostrated themselves.
30 Praecepitque Ezechias, et principes Levitis ut laudarent Dominum sermonibus David, et Asaph Videntis: qui laudaverunt eum magna laetitia, et incurvato genu adoraverunt.
And king Hezekiah and the princes then said to the Levites to sing praises unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Assaph the seer. And they sang praises with great joy, and they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.
31 Ezechias autem etiam haec 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 commenced Hezekiah, and said, Now have ye consecrated yourselves unto the Lord: come near and bring sacrifices and thanksgiving-offerings unto the house of the Lord. And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thanksgiving-offerings, and every one who was liberal of heart, burnt-offerings.
32 Porro numerus holocaustorum, quae obtulit multitudo, hic fuit, Tauros septuaginta, arietes centum, agnos ducentos.
And the number of the burnt-offerings, which the assembly brought, was seventy bullocks, one hundred rams, [and] two hundred sheep: as a burnt-offering unto the Lord were all these.
33 Sanctificaveruntque Domino boves sexcentos, et oves tria millia.
And the hallowed sacrifices were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
34 Sacerdotes vero pauci erant, nec poterant sufficere ut pelles holocaustorum detraherent: unde et Levitae fratres eorum adiuverunt eos, donec impleretur opus, et sanctificarentur antistites: Levitae quippe faciliori ritu sanctificantur, quam Sacerdotes.
Only the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites assisted them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests could sanctify themselves, for the Levites were of upright heart to sanctify themselves more than the priests.
35 Fuerunt ergo holocausta plurima, adipes pacificorum, et libamina holocaustorum: et completus est cultus domus Domini.
But there were also burnt-offerings in abundance, with the fat of the peace-offerings, and the drink-offerings for the burnt-offerings. So was [again] established the service of the house of the Lord.
36 Laetatusque est Ezechias, et omnis populus eo quod ministerium Domini esset expletum. De repente quippe hoc fieri placuerat.
And Hezekiah rejoiced, with all the people, over that which God had prepared for the people; because the thing occurred suddenly.
