2 Tantara 31
1 Ie heneke zay, le niavotse mb’ amo rova Iehodao mb’eo t’Israele niatrek’ iabioo, le pinozapozake o vatolahio naho nifiraeñe o hazomangao naho rineba’ iareo ambane o toets’ aboo naho o kitrely e Iehodà naho e Beniamine iaby naho Efraime naho e Menasèo ampara’ te fonga rinotsake. Le nimpoly amy zao o ana’ Israeleo, songa mb’am-panaña’e, mb’an-drova’e añe.
After the festival ended, the Israelis who were there went to all the towns in Judah and smashed the stones/pillars [for worshiping idols], and cut down the poles [for worshiping the goddess] Asherah. They destroyed the shrines on the hilltops and the altars [of Baal] throughout the areas where the tribes of Judah and Benjamin lived, and also in the areas of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. After destroying all of them, they returned to their own towns.
2 Le nanendre firimboñam-pisoroñe naho nte-Levy t’Iekizkia, sambe firimboñañe, songa fitoroñam-pisoroñe, naho o nte-Levio, ho amo fisoroñañeo naho amo engam-panintsiñañeo, hitoroñe, hañandriañe naho handrenge amo lalambein-tobe’ Iehovào.
Hezekiah divided the priests and [other] descendants of Levi into groups. He appointed some of the groups to offer sacrifices that would be completely burned [on the altar] and offerings to maintain fellowship [with Yahweh]. He appointed some groups to do other work at the temple: some to lead the people in their worship, some to thank Yahweh, and some to sing songs to praise to Yahweh at the gates of the temple.
3 Tinendre’e ka ty anjara’ i mpanjakay boak’ amo vara’eo ho amo fisoroñañeo: o enga-maraindraiñeo naho o soron-karivao naho o soron-tSabatao naho ho amo pea-bolañeo vaho ho amo andro namantañañeo, ty amy pinatetse amy Ha’ Iehovàio.
The king contributed some of his own funds to buy animals that would be sacrificed in the morning and in the evening of each day, and on the Sabbath days, to celebrate the new moons, and during the other feasts, according to what was written in the laws [that Yahweh gave to Moses].
4 Mbore linili’e o mpimone’ Ierosalaimeo ty hanolotse ty anjara’ o mpisoroñeo naho o nte-Levio, hanolora’ iareo vatañe amy tsara’ Iehovày.
Hezekiah told the people living in Jerusalem to give to the priests and the other descendants of Levi the portions [of meat] that should be given to them, in order that they could devote all their time to obeying the laws of Yahweh.
5 Aa ie niboele i liliy, le nampitobahe’ o ana’ Israeleo ty lohavoan’ ampemba, divay naho menake naho tantele naho ze hene voka’ i tetekey; vaho natoba’ iareo ao iaby ty faha-folom-bara.
As soon as he told that to the people, they generously gave the first part of their harvest of grain, and the first part of the new wine [that they produced], and [olive] oil and honey, and of the crops that grew in their fields. They brought [to the temple] a tenth of all their crops.
6 Nasese’ o ana’ Israele nimoneñe amo rova’ Iehodaoo ty faha-folon’ añombe naho añondry naho ty faha-folon-draha navaheñe ze navike ho am’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ iareo vaho napopoke am-pitoboroñañe.
The men of Israel and Judah who were living in various towns in Judah also brought a tenth of their cattle and sheep and goats, and a tenth of other things that they had dedicated to Yahweh their God, and they piled all those things in heaps.
7 Amy volam-pahateloy ty namotorañe o fitoboroñeo, le nihenefa’ iareo ami’ty volam-pahafito.
They started to do that in May and finished doing it in September.
8 Ie nioni’ Iekizkia naho o mpiaoloo o fitoboroñañeo le nandrenge Iehovà naho ondati’e Israeleo.
When Hezekiah and his officials saw the heaps, they praised Yahweh and [requested God to] bless the people.
9 Nañontanea’ Iekizkia o mpisoroñeo naho o nte-Levio o fitoboroñañeo,
But Hezekiah asked the priests and other descendants of Levi, “Why are these heaps of things here?”
10 le hoe t’i Azarià mpisorom-bey, hasavereña’ i Tsadoke, Mifototse amy nanesea’ ondatio an-kiboho’ Iehovà ao o engaoy, le nienen-kanen-jahay vaho nanisa maro. Nitahie’ Iehovà ondati’eo, le e hoek’eo o maro nahajao.
Then Azariah the [Supreme] Priest, a descendant of Zadok, replied, “Since the time that the people started to bring their offerings to the temple, we have had even more food than we need. This has happened because Yahweh has greatly blessed our fellow Israelis, with the result that all this is left over [after we priests and other descendants of Levi took all that we need]!”
11 Aa le nafanto’ Iekizkia am’ iereo ty hañajary riha añ’ anjomba’ Iehovà ao; le hinajari’ iereo.
Then Hezekiah ordered that they should prepare storerooms in the temple. So they did that.
12 Le nampizilihe’ iereo ao o engao naho o fahafoloo naho o raha nengaeñeo, le tsy nihilotse; vaho nampifeheañe i Konanià nte-Levy izay naho i Simey rahalahi’e ty faharoe,
Then they brought into the storerooms all the tithes and offerings and the things dedicated to Yahweh [which the people had brought]. One of the descendants of Levi whose name was Conaniah was in charge of those things, and his [younger] brother Shimei was his assistant.
13 naho Iekiele naho i Azazià naho i Nakate naho i Asaele naho Ieriemote naho Iozabade naho i Eliele naho Iismakiaho naho i Makate vaho i Benaià ty nimpisary am-banem-pità’ i Kononià naho i Simey rahalahi’e, ty amy fanendrea’ Iekizkia mpanjakay vaho nimpifehe i anjomban’ Añaharey t’i Azarià.
Those two men supervised Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah while they did the work. They were appointed by King Hezekiah; Azariah was in charge of [everything that was done in] the temple.
14 Le i Kore ana’ Imnà nte-Levy, i mpiamben-dalañe maniñanañey, ty nifehe o engan-tsatrin’ arofo aman’ Añahareo hanjarà’e o enga amy Iehovào naho o miava-do’eo.
Kore the son of Imnah, another descendant of Levi, who guarded the east gate of the temple, was in charge of the offerings to God that were made voluntarily. He distributed to the priests and [other] descendants of Levi the offerings and other things that were dedicated to Yahweh.
15 Le am-pità’e t’i Edene naho i Miniamine naho Iesoa naho i Semaià, i Amarià vaho i Sekanià amo rovam-pisoroñeo, ty hanolotse am-pigahiñañe amo rahalahi’ iareoo ty amo firimboña’ iareoo, ty bey mira ami’ty kede;
Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him in the towns where the priests lived. They distributed those things to the groups of their fellow priests; they distributed them to everyone, from the youngest to the oldest.
16 mandikoatse o volilieñe amy fanoñonañe lahilahy telo taoñe mañamboneo, le o mizilik’ añ’anjomba’ Iehovào, songa fitoloña’e boak-andro itoroña’e amy nandiliañe azey, Vaho sindre firimboñañe;
They also distributed things to the males who were at least 30 years old, those whose names were written on the scrolls where lists of family names were written. They were males who [were allowed to] enter the temple to perform their tasks/work each day, the tasks that each group had been assigned to do.
17 naho namolily mpisoroñe am-panoñonan-droae, sambe anjomban-drae, naho o nte-Levio, ze ana-dahy roapolo taoñe mañambone, songa fitoloña’e sindre firimboña’e.
The names of the priests were on the scrolls where their clans’ names were written. They also distributed things to groups of [other] descendants of Levi, those who were at least 20 years old.
18 ie nivolilieñe am-panoñonan-drae e amo anak’ajaja’e iaby, amo vali’e naho ana-dahy vaho anak’ampela, ho amy fivori-bey iabiy, fa am-pigahiñañe ty niavaha’iereo ho am-piavahañe do’e.
They included all their little children and wives and other sons and daughters whose names were on the scrolls where their clans’ names were written, because they also faithfully had dedicated themselves to Yahweh.
19 Amo ana’ i Aharone mpisoroñe an-tanem-piandraza’ o rova’ iareoo naho amo rova iabio, le teo ty ondaty kinanjy hiantoñoñe an-tahinañe hanolorañe anjara’ amy ze lahilahy amo mpisoroñeo toe ze hene’ nivolilieñe ty amy fanoñona’e amo nte-Levio.
[Hezekiah] also appointed other men to distribute portions of those offerings to the priests and other descendants of Levi who were living in the pasturelands around the towns in Judah. But they gave things only to those who were descendants of Aaron [the first Supreme Priest], whose names were on the scrolls containing the names of their clans.
20 Nitsitsihe’ Iekizkià e Iehodà izay vaho nanoe’e ty soa naho ty mahity vaho vantañe añatrefa’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’e.
That is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He always faithfully did things that Yahweh his God considered to be right and good.
21 Ze fitoloñañe nifotora’e am-pitoroñañe añ’ anjomban’ Añahare naho amy Hake naho amo fepetseo, le nipaia’e t’i Andrianañahare’e naho nanoe’e añ’ añoñ’ arofo vaho niraorao.
In everything that he did for the worship in the temple, and as he obeyed God’s laws and commands, he tried to find out what his God wanted, and he worked energetically. So he was successful.
