2 Chronicles 31
1 Nígbà tí gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí ti dé òpin, àwọn ọmọ Israẹli tí ó wà níbẹ̀ jáde lọ sí àwọn ìlú Juda, wọ́n fọ́ àwọn òkúta ìyàsọ́tọ̀ sí wẹ́wẹ́, wọ́n gé àwọn ère Aṣerah lulẹ̀. Wọ́n ba àwọn ibi gíga jẹ́ àti àwọn pẹpẹ jákèjádò Juda àti Benjamini àti ní Efraimu àti Manase. Lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí wọ́n ti pa gbogbo wọn run, àwọn ọmọ Israẹli padà sí ìlú wọn àti sí nǹkan ìní wọn.
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 Hesekiah fi lé àwọn àlùfáà àti àwọn ará Lefi lọ́wọ́ sí àwọn ìpín olúkúlùkù wọn gẹ́gẹ́ bí iṣẹ́ wọn gẹ́gẹ́ bí àlùfáà tàbí ará Lefi láti tẹ́ ẹbọ sísun àti ọrẹ ìdàpọ̀, láti ṣe iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ láti fi ọpẹ́ fún àti láti kọ àwọn orin ìyìn ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà ibùgbé Olúwa.
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 Ọba fi sílẹ̀ láti ara ohun ìní rẹ̀ fun ẹbọ sísun àárọ̀ àti ìrọ̀lẹ́ àti fún ẹbọ sísun ní ọjọ́ ìsinmi, òṣùpá tuntun àti ní àjọ̀dún tí a yàn gẹ́gẹ́ bi a ti ṣe kọ ọ́ nínú òfin Olúwa.
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 Ó pàṣẹ fún àwọn ènìyàn tí ń gbé ní Jerusalẹmu láti fi ìpín tí ó yẹ fún àlùfáà fún un àti àwọn ará Lefi, kí wọn kí ó lè fi ara wọn jì fún òfin Olúwa.
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 Ní kété tí àṣẹ náà jáde lọ, àwọn ọmọ Israẹli fi tìfẹ́tìfẹ́ fi àkọ́so ti ọkà wọn, ọtí tuntun, òróró àti oyin àti gbogbo ohun tí pápá mú jáde lélẹ̀. Wọ́n kó ọ̀pọ̀ iye, àti ìdámẹ́wàá gbogbo nǹkan wá.
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 Àwọn ọkùnrin Israẹli àti Juda ti gbe inú àwọn ìlú Juda pẹ̀lú mú ìdámẹ́wàá agbo ẹran àti ohun èlò àti ohun ọ̀sìn àti ìdámẹ́wàá ti àwọn nǹkan mímọ́ tí a ti yà sọ́tọ̀ sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run wọn, wọ́n sì kó wọn jọ ní òkìtì.
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 Wọ́n bẹ̀rẹ̀ ṣíṣe èyí ní oṣù kẹta, wọ́n sì parí ní oṣù keje.
They started to do that in May and finished doing it in September.
8 Nígbà tí Hesekiah àti àwọn oníṣẹ́ rẹ̀ wá, tí wọ́n sì rí òkìtì náà, wọ́n yin Olúwa, pẹ̀lú ìbùkún àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ Israẹli.
When Hezekiah and his officials saw the heaps, they praised Yahweh and [requested God to] bless the people.
9 Hesekiah béèrè lọ́wọ́ àwọn àlùfáà àti àwọn ará Lefi nípa òkìtì;
But Hezekiah asked the priests and other descendants of Levi, “Why are these heaps of things here?”
10 àti Asariah olórí àlùfáà ti ìdílé Sadoku sì dáhùn pé, “Ní ìwọ̀n ìgbà tí àwọn ènìyàn ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní mú ìdáwó wọn wá sí ilé Olúwa àti ní èyí tí yóò tó jẹ àti ọ̀pọ̀ láti tọ́jú pamọ́ nítorí Olúwa ti bùkún àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀, ó sì ṣẹ́kù lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀.”
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 Hesekiah pàṣẹ láti tọ́jú àwọn yàrá ìṣúra nínú ilé Olúwa, wọ́n sì ṣe èyí.
Then Hezekiah ordered that they should prepare storerooms in the temple. So they did that.
12 Nígbà náà wọ́n mú ọrẹ àti ìdámẹ́wàá àti àwọn ẹ̀bùn tí a yà sí mímọ́ wọ ilé náà wá nítòótọ́. Lórí èyí tí Konaniah ọmọ Lefi, ń ṣe olórí, Ṣimei arákùnrin rẹ̀ ni igbákejì rẹ̀.
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 Jehieli, Asasiah, Nahati, Asaheli, Jerimoti, Josabadi, Elieli, Ismakia, Mahati àti Benaiah jẹ́ àwọn alábojútó lábẹ́ Konaniah àti Ṣimei arákùnrin rẹ̀ nípa ipá ọba Hesekiah àti Asariah olórí ti ó wà ní ìkáwọ́ ilé Ọlọ́run.
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 Kore ọmọ Imina ará Lefi olùtọ́jú ẹnu-ọ̀nà ìlà-oòrùn, wà ní ìkáwọ́ àwọn ọrẹ àtinúwá tí a fi fún Ọlọ́run, o ń pín ìdáwó tí a ṣe fún Olúwa pẹ̀lú àwọn ẹ̀bùn tí a yà sọ́tọ̀
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 Edeni, Miniamini, Jeṣua, Ṣemaiah, Amariah àti Ṣekaniah ràn án lọ́wọ́ tọkàntọkàn nínú àwọn ìlú àwọn àlùfáà tí ń dáwó fún àwọn àlùfáà ẹlẹgbẹ́ wọn gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpín wọn, àgbà àti kékeré.
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 Ní àfikún, wọ́n pín sí àwọn ọkùnrin àgbà ọdún mẹ́ta tàbí ọ̀pọ̀ tí orúkọ wọn wà nínú ìtàn ìdílé láti ọ̀dọ̀ baba ńlá wọn. Gbogbo àwọn ti yóò wọ ilé Olúwa láti ṣe oríṣìí iṣẹ́ ti a gbà wọ́n fún gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé wọn àti ìpín wọn.
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 Wọ́n sì pín àwọn àlùfáà, wọn kọ orúkọ àwọn ìdílé wọn sínú ìtàn ìdílé àti sí àwọn ará Lefi ogún ọdún tàbí jù bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpinnu àti ìpín wọn.
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 Wọ́n fi gbogbo àwọn ọmọ kéékèèké sí i, àwọn ìyàwó, àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin àti àwọn ọmọbìnrin gbogbo ará ìlú tí a kọ lẹ́sẹẹsẹ sínú ìtàn ìdílé ti baba ńlá wọn fún ìrántí. Nítorí tí wọ́n ṣe òtítọ́ ní yíya ara wọn sí ọ̀tọ̀.
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 Ní ti àwọn àlùfáà, àwọn ìran ọmọ Aaroni, tí ń gbé ni àwọn ilẹ̀ oko lẹ́bàá àwọn ìlú wọn tàbí ní àwọn ìlú mìíràn. A yan àwọn ọkùnrin pẹ̀lú orúkọ láti pín ìlú fún gbogbo ọkùnrin láàrín wọn àti sí gbogbo àwọn tí a kọ sínú ìtàn ìdílé láti ọ̀dọ̀ baba ńlá àwọn ará Lefi.
[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 Èyí ni Hesekiah ṣe jákèjádò Juda, ó sì ṣe ohun tí ó dára àti tí ó tọ́ àti ohun òtítọ́ níwájú Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ̀.
That is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He always faithfully did things that Yahweh his God considered to be right and good.
21 Nínú ohun gbogbo tí ó dáwọ́lé ní ti iṣẹ́ ìsìn nínú ilé Ọlọ́run àti ní ìgbọ́ràn sí òfin àti àwọn àṣẹ. Ó wá Ọlọ́run rẹ̀, ó sì ṣiṣẹ́ tọkàntọkàn. Ó sì ṣe rere.
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.
