2 Chronicles 31
1 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.
Cuando todo esto terminó, los israelitas que estaban allí fueron a las ciudades de Judá y destrozaron las columnas paganas, cortaron los postes de Asera y destruyeron los lugares altos y los altares en todo Judá y Benjamín, así como en Efraín y Manasés, hasta que los demolieron todos por completo. Después de eso, todos se fueron a sus respectivas ciudades.
2 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.
Entonces Ezequías reasignó las divisiones de los sacerdotes y levitas, cada uno según su servicio: presentar holocaustos y ofrendas de amistad, servir, dar gracias y cantar alabanzas en las entradas del Templo del Señor.
3 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].
El rey contribuía personalmente a los holocaustos matutinos y vespertinos, y a los holocaustos de los sábados, las lunas nuevas y las fiestas especiales, como lo exige la Ley del Señor.
4 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.
También ordenó al pueblo que vivía en Jerusalén que mantuviera a los sacerdotes y a los levitas para que pudieran dedicarse a estudiar y enseñar la Ley del Señor.
5 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.
En cuanto se difundió el mensaje, los israelitas dieron generosamente las primicias del grano, del vino nuevo, del aceite de oliva y de la miel, así como de todas las cosechas. Trajeron abundancia, el diezmo de todo.
6 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.
El pueblo de Israel que ahora vivía en Judá, y el pueblo de Judá, trajeron el diezmo de sus vacas y rebaños. También trajeron el diezmo de lo que habían dedicado al Señor su Dios, y lo amontonaron.
7 They started to do that in May and finished doing it in September.
Comenzaron a hacerlo en el tercer mes, y terminaron en el séptimo.
8 When Hezekiah and his officials saw the heaps, they praised Yahweh and [requested God to] bless the people.
Cuando Ezequías y sus funcionarios llegaron y vieron lo que se había recogido, dieron gracias al Señor y a su pueblo Israel.
9 But Hezekiah asked the priests and other descendants of Levi, “Why are these heaps of things here?”
Ezequías preguntó a los sacerdotes y a los levitas sobre lo que se había recogido.
10 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]!”
Azarías, el jefe de los sacerdotes de la familia de Sadoc, respondió: “Desde que el pueblo comenzó a traer sus contribuciones al Templo del Señor, hemos tenido suficiente para comer y de sobra. Como el Señor ha bendecido a su pueblo, nos ha sobrado mucho”.
11 Then Hezekiah ordered that they should prepare storerooms in the temple. So they did that.
Ezequías ordenó la construcción de almacenes en el Templo del Señor. Una vez que estuvieron listos,
12 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.
el pueblo trajo fielmente sus ofrendas, diezmos y regalos dedicados. El levita Conanías era el responsable de ellos, y su hermano Simei era el segundo al mando.
13 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.
Estaban a cargo de los siguientes oficiales: Jehiel, Azazías, Nahat, Asael, Jerimot, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismaquías, Mahat y Benaía eran supervisores que ayudaban a Conanías y a su hermano Simei. Fueron nombrados por el rey Ezequías y Azarías, el jefe del Templo de Dios.
14 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.
El levita Coré, hijo de Imna, guardián de la puerta oriental, era el encargado de recibir las ofrendas voluntarias que se daban a Dios. También distribuía las ofrendas entregadas al Señor, junto con los dones consagrados.
15 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.
Bajo su mando estaban sus ayudantes Edén, Miniamín, Jesúa, Semaías, Amarías y Secanías. Ellos hacían fielmente las asignaciones a sus compañeros levitas en sus ciudades, según las divisiones sacerdotales, compartiendo por igual con los ancianos y los jóvenes.
16 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.
También daban asignaciones a los varones que figuraban en la genealogía y que tenían tres años o más, a todos los que entraban en el Templo del Señor para cumplir con sus deberes diarios de servicio según las responsabilidades de sus divisiones.
17 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.
También dieron asignaciones a los sacerdotes que figuraban por familia en la genealogía, y a los levitas de veinte años o más, según las responsabilidades de sus divisiones.
18 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.
La genealogía incluía a todos los bebés, las esposas, los hijos y las hijas de toda la comunidad, pues eran fieles al asegurarse de que se dedicaban a la santidad.
19 [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.
En el caso de los sacerdotes, los descendientes de Aarón, los que vivían en las tierras de labranza alrededor de sus pueblos, se designaron hombres por nombre en todos los pueblos para distribuir una asignación a cada varón entre los sacerdotes y a cada levita según la lista de las genealogías.
20 That is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He always faithfully did things that Yahweh his God considered to be right and good.
Esto es lo que hizo Ezequías en todo Judá. Hizo lo que era bueno, correcto y verdadero ante el Señor, su Dios.
21 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.
En todo lo que hizo al trabajar para el Templo de Dios y al seguir las leyes y los mandamientos de Dios, Ezequías fue sincero en su compromiso con Dios. Por eso tuvo éxito en todo lo que hizo.
