Ii Paralipomenon 31

1 Cumque hæc fuissent rite celebrata, egressus est omnis Israel, qui inventus fuerat in urbibus Iuda, et fregerunt simulacra, succideruntque lucos, demoliti sunt excelsa, et altaria destruxerunt, non solum de universo Iuda et Beniamin, sed et de Ephraim quoque et Manasse, donec penitus everterent: reversique sunt omnes filii Israel in possessiones et civitates suas.

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

2 Ezechias autem constituit turmas Sacerdotales, et Leviticas per divisiones suas, unumquemque in officio proprio, tam Sacerdotum videlicet quam Levitarum ad holocausta, et pacifica ut ministrarent et confiterentur, canerentque in portis castrorum Domini.

And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.

3 Pars autem regis erat, ut de propria eius substantia offerretur holocaustum, mane semper et vespere, Sabbatis quoque, et calendis, et sollemnitatibus ceteris, sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi.

He appointed also the king’s portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, 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 the LORD.

4 Præcepit etiam populo habitantium Ierusalem ut darent partes Sacerdotibus, et Levitis, ut possent vacare legi Domini.

Moreover he commanded the people that dwelled in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

5 Quod cum percrebruisset in auribus multitudinis, plurimas obtulere primitias filii Israel frumenti, vini, et olei, mellis quoque: et omnium, quæ gignit humus, decimas obtulerunt.

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

6 Sed et filii Israel et Iuda, qui habitabant in urbibus Iuda, obtulerunt decimas boum et ovium, decimasque sanctorum, quæ voverant Domino Deo suo: atque universa portantes, fecerunt acervos plurimos.

And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelled in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated to the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.

7 Mense tertio cœperunt acervorum iacere fundamenta, et mense septimo compleverunt eos.

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

8 Cumque ingressi fuissent Ezechias, et principes eius, viderunt acervos, et benedixerunt Domino ac populo Israel.

And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

9 Interrogavitque Ezechias Sacerdotes, et Levitas cur ita iacerent acervi.

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

10 Respondit illi Azarias Sacerdos primus de stirpe Sadoc, dicens: Ex quo cœperunt offerri primitiæ in domo Domini, comedimus, et saturati sumus, et remanserunt plurima, eo quod benedixerit Dominus populo suo: reliquarum autem copia est ista, quam cernis.

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

11 Præcepit igitur Ezechias ut præpararent horrea in domo Domini. Quod cum fecissent,

Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,

12 intulerunt tam primitias, quam decimas, et quæcumque voverant, fideliter. Fuit autem præfectus eorum Chonenias Levita, et Semei frater eius, secundus,

And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.

13 post quem Iahiel, et Azarias, et Nahath, et Asael, et Ierimoth, Iozabad quoque, et Eliel, et Iesmachias, et Mahath, et Banaias, præpositi sub manibus Choneniæ, et Semei fratris eius, ex imperio Ezechiæ regis et Azariæ pontificis domus Dei, ad quos omnia pertinebant.

And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

14 Core vero filius Iemna Levites et ianitor Orientalis portæ, præpositus erat iis, quæ sponte offerebantur Domino, primitiisque et consecratis in Sancta sanctorum.

And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.

15 Et sub cura eius Eden, et Beniamin, Iesue, et Semeias, Amarias quoque, et Sechenias in civitatibus Sacerdotum ut fideliter distribuerent fratribus suis partes, minoribus atque maioribus:

And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brothers by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

16 exceptis maribus ab annis tribus et supra, cunctis qui ingrediebantur templum Domini, et quidquid per singulos dies conducebat in ministerio, atque observationibus iuxta divisiones suas,

Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even to every one that enters into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;

17 Sacerdotibus per familias, et Levitis a vigesimo anno et supra, per ordines et turmas suas,

Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;

18 universæque multitudini tam uxoribus, quam liberis eorum utriusque sexus, fideliter cibi de his, quæ sanctificata fuerant, præbebantur.

And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

19 Sed et filiorum Aaron per agros, et suburbana urbium singularum dispositi erant viri, qui partes distribuerent universo sexui masculino de Sacerdotibus, et Levitis.

Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.

20 Fecit ergo Ezechias universa quæ diximus in omni Iuda: operatusque est bonum et rectum, et verum coram Domino Deo suo

And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and worked that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.

21 in universa cultura ministerii domus Domini, iuxta legem et ceremonias, volens requirere Deum suum in toto corde suo: fecitque et prosperatus est.

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