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 [was] a son of twenty-five years [when] he has reigned, and he has reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Abijah daughter of Zechariah;

2 Fecitque quod erat placitum in conspectu Domini iuxta omnia quae fecerat David pater eius.

and he does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his father David did.

3 Ipse anno, et mense primo regni sui aperuit valvas domus Domini, et instauravit eas.

He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, has opened the doors of the house of YHWH, and strengthens them,

4 adduxitque Sacerdotes atque Levitas, et congregavit eos in plateam Orientalem.

and brings in the priests and the Levites, and gathers them to the broad place to 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 says to them, “Hear me, O Levites, now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of YHWH, God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the holy place,

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 trespassed, and done that which is evil in the eyes of our God YHWH, and forsake him, and turn around their faces from the Dwelling Place of YHWH, and give the neck.

7 Clauserunt ostia, quae erant in porticu, et extinxerunt lucernas, incensumque non adoleverunt, et holocausta non obtulerunt in sanctuario Deo Israel.

They have also shut the doors of the porch, and quench the lamps, and they have not made incense, and have not caused burnt-offering to ascend in the holy place to 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.

and the wrath of YHWH is on Judah and Jerusalem, and He gives them for a trembling, for an astonishment, and for a hissing, as you are seeing with your eyes.

9 En, corruerunt patres nostri gladiis, filii nostri, et filiae nostrae, et coniuges captivae ductae sunt propter hoc scelus.

And behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives [are] in captivity for this.

10 Nunc ergo placet mihi ut ineamus foedus cum Domino Deo Israel, et avertet a nobis furorem irae suae.

Now [it is] with my heart to make a covenant before YHWH, God of Israel, and the fierceness of His anger turns back 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, do not be at rest now, for YHWH has fixed on you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be ministering and making incense to Him.”

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.

And the Levites rise—Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathite; and of the sons of Merari: Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehalelel; and of the Gershonite: Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;

13 At vero de filiis Elisaphan, Samri, et Iahiel. De filiis quoque Asaph, Zacharias, et Mathanias:

and of the sons of Elizaphan: Shimri and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah;

14 Necnon de filiis Heman, Iahiel, et Semei: Sed et de filiis Idithun, Semeias, et Oziel.

and of the sons of Heman: Jehiel and Shimei; and of 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.

and they gather their brothers, and sanctify themselves, and come in, according to the command of the king in the matters of YHWH, to cleanse the house of YHWH,

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 come into the inner part of the house of YHWH to cleanse [it], and bring out all the uncleanness that they have found in the temple of YHWH to the court of the house of YHWH, and the Levites receive [it], to take [it] out to the Brook of Kidron outside.

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 begin to sanctify on the first of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they have come to the porch of YHWH, and they sanctify the house of YHWH in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they have finished.

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,

And they come in to Hezekiah the king within, and say, “We have cleansed all the house of YHWH, and the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and the table of the arrangement, 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.

and all the vessels that King Ahaz cast away in his reign—in his trespass—we have prepared and sanctified, and behold, they [are] before the altar of YHWH.”

20 Consurgensque diluculo Ezechias rex, adunavit omnes principes civitatis, et ascendit in domum Domini:

And Hezekiah the king rises early, and gathers the heads of the city, and goes up to the house of YHWH;

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 bring in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven young male goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah; and he commands to sons of Aaron, the priests, to cause [them] to ascend on the altar of YHWH.

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.

And they slaughter the oxen, and the priests receive the blood, and sprinkle on the altar; and they slaughter the rams, and sprinkle the blood on the altar; and they slaughter the lambs, and sprinkle the blood on the altar;

23 Applicuerunt hircos pro peccato coram rege, et universa multitudine, imposueruntque manus suas super eos:

and they bring the male goats of the sin-offering near before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands on 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 slaughter them, and make a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel, that “For all Israel,” said the king, “[is] 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 appoints the Levites in the house of YHWH with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, by the command of David, and of Gad, seer of the king, and of Nathan the prophet, for the command [is] by the hand of YHWH, by the hand of His prophets;

26 Steteruntque Levitae tenentes organa David, et Sacerdotes tubas.

and the Levites stand 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 commands to cause the burnt-offering to ascend on the altar; and at the time the burnt-offering began, the song of YHWH began, and the trumpets, and with [the] hands of [the] instruments of David 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 are worshiping, and the singers singing, and the trumpeters blowing; the whole [is] until the completion of the burnt-offering.

29 Cumque finita esset oblatio, incurvatus est rex, et omnes qui erant cum eo, et adoraverunt.

And at the completion of the offering up, the king and all those found with him have bowed, and pay respect.

30 Praecepitque Ezechias, et principes Levitis ut laudarent Dominum sermonibus David, et Asaph Videntis: qui laudaverunt eum magna laetitia, et incurvato genu adoraverunt.

And Hezekiah the king commands—and the princes—to the Levites [to cause them] to give praise to YHWH in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, and they praise—to joy, and they bow, and pay respect.

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.

And Hezekiah answers and says, “Now you have filled your hand for YHWH, come near, and bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings to the house of YHWH”; and the assembly brings in sacrifices and thank-offerings, and every willing-hearted one—burnt-offerings.

32 Porro numerus holocaustorum, quae obtulit multitudo, hic fuit, Tauros septuaginta, arietes centum, agnos ducentos.

And the number of the burnt-offerings that the assembly has brought in is seventy oxen, one hundred rams, [and] two hundred lambs; for all these [are] a burnt-offering to YHWH.

33 Sanctificaveruntque Domino boves sexcentos, et oves tria millia.

And the sanctified things [are] 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 have become few, and have not been able to strip the whole of the burnt-offerings, and their brothers the Levites strengthen them until the completion of the work, and until the priests sanctify themselves, for the Levites [are] more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

35 Fuerunt ergo holocausta plurima, adipes pacificorum, et libamina holocaustorum: et completus est cultus domus Domini.

And also, burnt-offerings [are] in abundance, with fat of the peace-offerings, and with oblations for the burnt-offering; and the service of the house of YHWH is established,

36 Laetatusque est Ezechias, et omnis populus eo quod ministerium Domini esset expletum. De repente quippe hoc fieri placuerat.

and Hezekiah and all the people rejoice because of God’s giving preparation to the people, for the thing has been suddenly.