2 Tarihler 31
1 Bütün bunlar sona erince, oradaki İsrailliler Yahuda kentlerine giderek dikili taşları parçalayıp Aşera putlarını devirdiler. Yahuda, Benyamin, Efrayim ve Manaşşe bölgelerindeki puta tapılan yerlerin ve sunakların hepsini yıktılar. Sonra herkes kendi kentine, toprağına döndü.
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 Hizkiya kâhinlerle Levililer'i görevlerine göre bölüklere ayırdı. Kimine yakmalık sunuları ve esenlik sunularını sunma, kimine hizmet etme, kimine de RAB'bin Konutu'nun kapılarında şükredip övgüler söyleme görevini verdi.
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 Kral da RAB'bin Yasası uyarınca sabah akşam sunulmak üzere yakmalık sunular, Şabat günleri, Yeni Ay ve bayramlarda sunulacak yakmalık sunular için sürüsünden hayvanlar verdi.
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 Yeruşalim'de yaşayan halka da kâhinlerle Levililer'in paylarına düşeni vermelerini buyurdu; öyle ki, RAB'bin Yasası'na kendilerini adayabilsinler.
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 Kralın bu buyruğunu duyar duymaz İsrailliler ilk yetişen tahıl, yeni şarap, zeytinyağı, bal ve bütün tarla ürünlerinden bol bol verdiler. Bunun yanısıra her şeyin ondalığını da bol bol getirdiler.
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 Yahuda kentlerinde yaşayan İsrailliler'le Yahudalılar da sığırlarının, davarlarının, Tanrıları RAB'be adamış oldukları kutsal armağanların ondalığını getirip bir araya yığdılar.
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 Ondalıkların toplanması üçüncü aydan yedinci aya kadar sürdü.
They started to do that in May and finished doing it in September.
8 Hizkiya ile önderler gelip yığınları görünce, RAB'be övgüler sunup halkı İsrail'i kutsadılar.
When Hezekiah and his officials saw the heaps, they praised Yahweh and [requested God to] bless the people.
9 Hizkiya kâhinlerle Levililer'e yığınları sorunca,
But Hezekiah asked the priests and other descendants of Levi, “Why are these heaps of things here?”
10 Sadok soyundan Başkâhin Azarya şu yanıtı verdi: “Halk RAB'bin Tapınağı'na bağış getirmeye başladıktan bu yana yiyip doyduk; üstelik artırdık da. Çünkü RAB halkını kutsadı. Bu büyük yığın da artakalandır.”
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 Hizkiya RAB'bin Tapınağı'ndaki depoların hazırlanması için buyruk verdi. Depolar hazırlandı.
Then Hezekiah ordered that they should prepare storerooms in the temple. So they did that.
12 Bağışlar, ondalıklar, adanan armağanlar sadakatle içeri getirildi. Bütün bu işlerin sorumlusu olarak Levili Konanya atandı; kardeşi Şimi de yardımcısı oldu.
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 Kral Hizkiya ile Tanrı'nın Tapınağı'nın sorumlusu Azarya, Konanya ile kardeşi Şimi'nin yönetimindeki şu denetçileri atadılar: Yehiel, Azazya, Nahat, Asahel, Yerimot, Yozavat, Eliel, Yismakya, Mahat, Benaya.
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 Tapınağın Doğu Kapısı'nın nöbetçisi Yimna'nın oğlu Levili Kore, Tanrı'ya gönülden verilen sunuların sorumlusuydu. RAB'be adanan bağışları ve kutsal yiyecekleri dağıtmak için bu göreve getirilmişti.
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 Eden, Minyamin, Yeşua, Şemaya, Amarya ve Şekanya kâhinlerin yaşadıkları kentlerde bölükleri uyarınca büyük küçük bütün kardeşlerine bağışları dağıtma işinde Kore'ye sadakatle yardım ettiler.
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 Ayrıca soyağacında adı kayıtlı üç ve daha yukarı yaştaki erkeklere, bölüklerine ve sorumluluklarına göre RAB'bin Tapınağı'na girip günün gerektirdiği değişik görevleri yapanların tümüne; bağlı oldukları boylara göre kütüğe kayıtlı kâhinlere, bölüklerine ve sorumluluklarına göre yirmi ve daha yukarı yaştaki Levililer'e; kâhinlerle Levililer'in soyağacında kayıtlı küçük çocuklara, kadınlara, oğullarla kızlara, yani topluluğa yiyecek dağıtıyorlardı. Çünkü kendilerini sadakatle Tanrı'ya adamışlardı.
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.
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.
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 Kentlerinin çevresindeki kırlarda ya da herhangi bir kentte yaşayan Harun soyundan kâhinlere gelince, onlardan olan bütün erkeklere ve Levililer'in soyağacında kayıtlı herkese yiyecek dağıtmak için belirli kişiler atanmıştı.
[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 Hizkiya bütün Yahuda'da böyle davrandı; Tanrısı RAB'bin önünde iyi, doğru ve hakça olanı yaptı.
That is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He always faithfully did things that Yahweh his God considered to be right and good.
21 Tanrı'nın Tapınağı'nda üstlendiği görevi bütün yüreğiyle yerine getirdi; Kutsal Yasa'ya, buyruklara uydu; Tanrısı'na yöneldi. Bu sayede başarılı oldu.
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.
