٢ أخبار 31

١ 1 وَلَمَّا كَمَلَ هَذَا خَرَجَ كُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْحَاضِرِينَ إِلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا، وَكَسَّرُوا ٱلْأَنْصَابَ وَقَطَعُوا ٱلسَّوَارِيَ، وَهَدَمُوا ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ وَٱلْمَذَابِحَ مِنْ كُلِّ يَهُوذَا وَبَنْيَامِينَ وَمِنْ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى حَتَّى أَفْنَوْهَا، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ كُلُّ إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى مُلْكِهِ، إِلَى مُدُنِهِمْ.

Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

٢ 2 وَأَقَامَ حَزَقِيَّا فِرَقَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ حَسَبَ أَقْسَامِهِمْ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ حَسَبَ خِدْمَتِهِ، ٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ لِلْمُحْرَقَاتِ وَذَبَائِحِ ٱلسَّلَامَةِ، لِلْخِدْمَةِ وَٱلْحَمْدِ وَٱلتَّسْبِيحِ فِي أَبْوَابِ مَحَلَّاتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of YHWH.

٣ 3 وَأَعْطَى ٱلْمَلِكُ حِصَّةً مِنْ مَالِهِ لِلْمُحْرَقَاتِ، مُحْرَقَاتِ ٱلصَّبَاحِ وَٱلْمَسَاءِ، وَٱلْمُحْرَقَاتِ لِلسُّبُوتِ وَٱلْأَشْهُرِ وَٱلْمَوَاسِمِ، كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي شَرِيعَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of YHWH.

٤ 4 وَقَالَ لِلشَّعْبِ سُكَّانِ أُورُشَلِيمَ أَنْ يُعْطُوا حِصَّةَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ لِكَيْ يَتَمَسَّكُوا بِشَرِيعَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of YHWH.

٥ 5 وَلَمَّا شَاعَ ٱلْأَمْرُ كَثَّرَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَوَائِلِ ٱلْحِنْطَةِ وَٱلْمِسْطَارِ وَٱلزَّيْتِ وَٱلْعَسَلِ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ غَلَّةِ ٱلْحَقْلِ وَأَتَوْا بِعُشْرِ ٱلْجَمِيعِ بِكِثْرَةٍ.

As soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

٦ 6 وَبَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا ٱلسَّاكِنُونَ فِي مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا أَتَوْا هُمْ أَيْضًا بِعُشْرِ ٱلْبَقَرِ وَٱلضَّأْنِ، وَعُشْرِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةِ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِمْ، وَجَعَلُوهَا صُبَرًا صُبَرًا.

The children of Israel and Judah, who lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to YHWH their God, and laid them by heaps.

٧ 7 فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّالِثِ ٱبْتَدَأُوا بِتَأْسِيسِ ٱلصُّبَرِ، وَفِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلسَّابِعِ أَكْمَلُوا.

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

٨ 8 وَجَاءَ حَزَقِيَّا وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ وَرَأَوْا ٱلصُّبَرَ، فَبَارَكُوا ٱلرَّبَّ وَشَعْبَهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And when Hezekiah and the leaders came and saw the heaps, they blessed YHWH, and his people Israel.

٩ 9 وَسَأَلَ حَزَقِيَّا ٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ عَنِ ٱلصُّبَرِ،

Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

١٠ 10 فَكَلَّمَهُ عَزَرْيَا ٱلْكَاهِنُ ٱلرَّأْسُ لِبَيْتِ صَادُوقَ وَقَالَ: «مُنْذُ ٱبْتَدَأَ بِجَلْبِ ٱلتَّقْدِمَةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، أَكَلْنَا وَشَبِعْنَا وَفَضَلَ عَنَّا بِكِثْرَةٍ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ بَارَكَ شَعْبَهُ، وَٱلَّذِي فَضَلَ هُوَ هَذِهِ ٱلْكَثْرَةُ».

Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, "Since people began to bring the offerings into the house of YHWH, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for YHWH has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store."

١١ 11 وَأَمَرَ حَزَقِيَّا بِإِعْدَادِ مَخَادِعَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَأَعَدُّوا.

Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of YHWH; and they prepared them.

١٢ 12 وَأَتَوْا بِٱلتَّقْدِمَةِ وَٱلْعُشْرِ وَٱلْأَقْدَاسِ بِأَمَانَةٍ. وَكَانَ رَئِيسًا عَلَيْهِمْ كُونَنْيَا ٱللَّاوِيُّ، وَشِمْعِي أَخُوهُ ٱلثَّانِي،

They brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.

١٣ 13 وَيَحِيئِيلُ وَعَزَزْيَا وَنَحَثُ وَعَسَائِيلُ وَيَرِيمُوثُ وَيُوزَابَادُ وَإِيلِيئِيلُ وَيَسْمَخْيَا وَمَحَثُ وَبَنَايَا وُكَلَاءَ تَحْتَ يَدِ كُونَنْيَا وَشِمْعِي أَخِيهِ، حَسَبَ تَعْيِينِ حَزَقِيَّا ٱلْمَلِكِ وَعَزَرْيَا رَئِيسِ بَيْتِ ٱللهِ.

Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismakiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of God's house.

١٤ 14 وَقُورِي بْنُ يَمْنَةَ ٱللَّاوِيُّ ٱلْبَوَّابُ نَحْوَ ٱلشَّرْقِ كَانَ عَلَى ٱلْمُتَبَرَّعِ بِهِ لِلهِ لِإِعْطَاءِ تَقْدِمَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَأَقْدَاسِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ.

Kore the son of Jimnah the Levite, the keeper of the east gate, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the offerings of YHWH, and the most holy things.

١٥ 15 وَتَحْتَ يَدِهِ: عَدَنُ وَمَنْيَامِينُ وَيَشُوعُ وَشِمْعِيَا وَأَمَرْيَا وَشَكُنْيَا فِي مُدُنِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ بِأَمَانَةٍ لِيُعْطُوا لِإِخْوَتِهِمْ حَسَبَ ٱلْفِرَقِ ٱلْكَبِيرِ كَٱلصَّغِيرِ،

Under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, alongside the priests, to faithfully make disbursements to their brothers by divisions, as well to the great as to the small:

١٦ 16 فَضْلًا عَنِ ٱنْتِسَابِ ذُكُورِهِمْ مِنِ ٱبْنِ ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ فَمَا فَوْقُ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاخِلٍ بَيْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ، أَمْرَ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ بِيَوْمِهِ حَسَبَ خِدْمَتِهِمْ فِي حِرَاسَاتِهِمْ حَسَبَ أَقْسَامِهِمْ،

besides those who were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even everyone who entered into the house of YHWH, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions.

١٧ 17 وَٱنْتِسَابِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ حَسَبَ بُيُوتِ آبَائِهِمْ، وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ مِنِ ٱبْنِ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فَمَا فَوْقُ حَسَبَ حِرَاسَاتِهِمْ وَأَقْسَامِهِمْ،

This is the enrollment of the priests by their fathers' houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their divisions;

١٨ 18 وَٱنْتِسَابِ جَمِيعِ أَطْفَالِهِمْ وَنِسَائِهِمْ وَبَنِيهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ بِأَمَانَتِهِمْ تَقَدَّسُوا تَقَدُّسًا.

and those who were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.

١٩ 19 وَمِنْ بَنِي هَارُونَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ فِي حُقُولِ مَسَارِحِ مُدُنِهِمْ فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ فَمَدِينَةٍ، ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلْمُعَيَّنَةُ أَسْمَاؤُهُمْ لِإِعْطَاءِ حِصَصٍ لِكُلِّ ذَكَرٍ مِنَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَلِكُلِّ مَنِ ٱنْتَسَبَ مِنَ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ.

Also for the descendants of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.

٢٠ 20 هَكَذَا عَمِلَ حَزَقِيَّا فِي كُلِّ يَهُوذَا، وَعَمِلَ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ وَمُسْتَقِيمٌ وَحَقٌّ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ.

Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he worked that which was good and right and faithful before YHWH his God.

٢١ 21 وَكُلُّ عَمَلٍ ٱبْتَدَأَ بِهِ فِي خِدْمَةِ بَيْتِ ٱللهِ وَفِي ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ وَٱلْوَصِيَّةِ لِيَطْلُبَ إِلَهَهُ، إِنَّمَا عَمِلَهُ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِهِ وَأَفْلَحَ.

In every work that he began in the service of God's house, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.