2 Chronicles 29
1 Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he was king in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
Ezechia avea venticinque anni quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò ventinove anni a Gerusalemme. Sua madre si chiamava Abija, figliuola di Zaccaria.
2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done.
Egli fece ciò ch’è giusto agli occhi dell’Eterno, interamente come avea fatto Davide suo padre.
3 In the first year of his rule, in the first month, opening the doors of the Lord's house, he made them strong.
Nel primo anno del suo regno, nel primo mese, riaperse le porte della casa dell’Eterno, e le restaurò.
4 And he sent for the priests and the Levites, and got them together in the wide place on the east side,
Fece venire i sacerdoti e i Leviti, li radunò sulla piazza orientale,
5 And said to them, Give ear to me, O Levites: now make yourselves holy, and make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away everything unclean from the holy place.
e disse loro: “Ascoltatemi, o Leviti! Ora santificatevi, e santificate la casa dell’Eterno, dell’Iddio de’ vostri padri, e portate fuori dal santuario ogni immondezza.
6 For our fathers have done evil, sinning in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have given him up, turning away their faces from the house of the Lord, and turning their backs on him.
Poiché i nostri padri sono stati infedeli e hanno fatto ciò ch’è male agli occhi dell’Eterno, dell’Iddio nostro, l’hanno abbandonato, han cessato di volger la faccia verso la dimora dell’Eterno, e le han voltato le spalle.
7 The doors of his house have been shut and the lights put out; no perfumes have been burned or offerings made to the God of Israel in his holy place.
Ed hanno chiuse le porte del portico, hanno spente le lampade, non hanno più bruciato profumi né offerto olocausti nel santuario all’Iddio d’Israele.
8 And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.
Perciò l’ira dell’Eterno ha colpito Giuda e Gerusalemme; ed ei li ha abbandonati alle vessazioni, alla desolazione ed agli scherni, come vedete con gli occhi vostri.
9 For see, our fathers have been put to death with the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives have been taken away prisoners because of this.
Ed ecco che, a causa di questo i nostri padri son periti di spada, e i nostri figliuoli, le nostre figliuole e le nostre mogli sono in cattività.
10 Now it is my purpose to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from us.
Or io ho in cuore di fare un patto con l’Eterno, coll’Iddio d’Israele, affinché l’ardore della sua ira si allontani da noi.
11 My sons, take care now: for you have been marked out by the Lord to come before him and to be his servants, burning offerings to him.
Figliuoli miei, non siate negligenti; poiché l’Eterno vi ha scelti affinché stiate davanti a lui per servirgli, per esser suoi ministri, e per offrirgli profumi”.
12 Then the Levites took their places; Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel, the son of Azariah, among the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish, the son of Abdi, and Azariah, the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah, the son of Zimmah, and Eden, the son of Joah;
Allora i Leviti si levarono: Mahath, figliuolo d’Amasai, Joel, figliuolo di Azaria, de’ figliuoli di Kehath. De’ figliuoli di Merari: Kish, figliuolo d’Abdi, e Azaria, figliuolo di Jehalleleel. Dei Ghershoniti: Joah, figliuolo di Zimma, e Eden, figliuolo di Joah.
13 And of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
Dei figliuoli di Elitsafan: Scimri e Jeiel. Dei figliuoli di Asaf: Zaccaria e Mattania.
14 And of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
Dei figliuoli di Heman: Jehiel e Scimei. Dei figliuoli di Jeduthun: Scemaia e Uzziel.
15 And they got their brothers together and made themselves holy, and went in, as the king had said by the word of the Lord, to make the house of the Lord clean.
Ed essi adunarono i loro fratelli e, dopo essersi santificati, vennero a purificare la casa dell’Eterno, secondo l’ordine del re, conformemente alle parole dell’Eterno.
16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to make it clean, and everything unclean which was to be seen in the Temple of the Lord they took out into the outer square of the Lord's house, and the Levites got it together and took it away to the stream Kidron.
E i sacerdoti entrarono nell’interno della casa dell’Eterno per purificarla, e portaron fuori, nel cortile della casa dell’Eterno, tutte le immondezze che trovarono nel tempio dell’Eterno; e i Leviti le presero per portarle fuori e gettarle nel torrente Kidron.
17 On the first day of the first month the work of making the house holy was started, and on the eighth day they came to the covered way of the Lord; in eight days they made the Lord's house holy, and on the sixteenth day of the first month the work was done.
Cominciarono queste purificazioni il primo giorno del primo mese; e l’ottavo giorno dello stesso mese vennero al portico dell’Eterno, e misero otto giorni a purificare la casa dell’Eterno; il sedicesimo giorno del primo mese aveano finito.
18 Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, We have made all the house of the Lord clean, as well as the altar of burned offerings with all its vessels, and the table for the holy bread, with all its vessels.
Allora vennero al re Ezechia, nel suo palazzo, e gli dissero: “Noi abbiam purificata tutta la casa dell’Eterno, l’altare degli olocausti con tutti i suoi utensili, la tavola dei pani della presentazione con tutti i suoi utensili;
19 And all the vessels which were turned out by King Ahaz in his sin while he was king, we have put in order and made holy, and now they are in their places before the altar of the Lord.
come pure abbiamo rimesso in buono stato e purificati tutti gli utensili che re Achaz avea profanati durante il suo regno, quando si rese infedele; ed ecco, stanno davanti all’altare dell’Eterno”.
20 Then Hezekiah the king got up early, and got together the great men of the town, and went up to the house of the Lord.
Allora Ezechia, levatosi di buon’ora, adunò i capi della città, e salì alla casa dell’Eterno.
21 And they took with them seven oxen and seven male sheep and seven lambs and seven he-goats as a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the holy house and for Judah. And he gave orders to the sons of Aaron, the priests, that these were to be offered on the altar of the Lord.
Essi menarono sette giovenchi, sette montoni e sette agnelli; e sette capri, come sacrifizio per il peccato, a pro del regno, del santuario e di Giuda. E il re ordinò ai sacerdoti, figliuoli d’Aaronne, d’offrirli sull’altare dell’Eterno.
22 So they put the oxen to death and their blood was given to the priests to be drained out against the altar; then they put the male sheep to death, draining out their blood against the altar, and they put the lambs to death, draining out their blood against the altar.
I sacerdoti scannarono i giovenchi, e ne raccolsero il sangue, e lo sparsero sull’altare; scannarono i montoni, e ne sparsero il sangue sull’altare; e scannarono gli agnelli, e ne sparsero il sangue sull’altare.
23 Then they took the he-goats for the sin-offering, placing them before the king and the meeting of the people, and they put their hands on them:
Poi menarono i capri del sacrifizio per il peccato, davanti al re e alla raunanza, e questi posarono su d’essi le loro mani.
24 And the priests put them to death, and made a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to take away the sin of all Israel: for the king gave orders that the burned offering and the sin-offering were for all Israel.
I sacerdoti li scannarono, e ne offrirono il sangue sull’altare come sacrifizio per il peccato, per fare l’espiazione dei peccati di tutto Israele; giacché il re aveva ordinato che si offrisse l’olocausto e il sacrifizio per il peccato, a pro di tutto Israele.
25 Then he put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments of music as ordered by David and Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the order was the Lord's, given by his prophets.
Il re stabilì i Leviti nella casa dell’Eterno, con cembali, con saltèri e con cetre, secondo l’ordine di Davide, di Gad, il veggente del re, e del profeta Nathan; poiché tale era il comandamento dato dall’Eterno per mezzo de’ suoi profeti.
26 So the Levites took their places with David's instruments, and the priests with their horns.
E i Leviti presero il loro posto con gli strumenti di Davide; e i sacerdoti, con le trombe.
27 And Hezekiah gave the word for the burned offering to be offered on the altar. And when the burned offering was started, then the song of the Lord was started, with the blowing of horns and with all the instruments of David, king of Israel.
Allora Ezechia ordinò che si offrisse l’olocausto sull’altare; e nel momento in cui si cominciò l’olocausto, cominciò pure il canto dell’Eterno e il suono delle trombe, con l’accompagnamento degli strumenti di Davide, re d’Israele.
28 And all the people gave worship, to the sound of songs and the blowing of horns; and this went on till the burned offering was ended.
E tutta la raunanza si prostrò, e i cantori cominciarono a cantare e le trombe a sonare; e tutto questo continuò sino alla fine dell’olocausto.
29 And at the end of the offering, the king and all who were present with him gave worship with bent heads.
E quando l’offerta dell’olocausto fu finita, il re e tutti quelli ch’erano con lui s’inchinarono e si prostrarono.
30 Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.
Poi il re Ezechia e i capi ordinarono ai Leviti di celebrare le lodi dell’Eterno con le parole di Davide e del veggente Asaf; e quelli le celebrarono con gioia, e s’inchinarono e si prostrarono.
31 Then Hezekiah made answer and said, Now that you have given yourselves to the Lord, come near and take offerings and praise-offerings into the house of the Lord. So all the people took in offerings and praise-offerings: and those whose hearts were moved, took in burned offerings.
Allora Ezechia prese a dire: “Ora che vi siete consacrati all’Eterno, avvicinatevi, e offrite vittime e sacrifizi di lode nella casa dell’Eterno”. E la raunanza menò vittime e offrì sacrifizi di azioni di grazie; e tutti quelli che aveano il cuore ben disposto, offrirono olocausti.
32 The number of burned offerings which the people took in was seventy oxen, a hundred male sheep, and two hundred lambs: all these were for burned offerings to the Lord.
Il numero degli olocausti offerti dalla raunanza fu di settanta giovenchi, cento montoni, duecento agnelli: tutto per l’olocausto all’Eterno.
33 And the holy things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
E furon pure consacrati seicento buoi e tremila pecore.
34 There were not enough priests for the work of cutting up all the burned offerings; so their brothers the Levites gave them help till the work was done and the priests had made themselves holy: for the Levites were more upright in heart to make themselves holy than the priests.
Ma i sacerdoti erano troppo pochi, e non potevano scorticare tutti gli olocausti; perciò i loro fratelli, i Leviti, li aiutarono finché l’opera fu compiuta, e finché gli altri sacerdoti si furono santificati; perché i Leviti avean messo più rettitudine di cuore a santificarsi, dei sacerdoti.
35 And there was a great amount of burned offerings, with the fat of the peace-offerings and the drink offerings for every burned offering. So the work of the Lord's house was put in order.
E v’era pure abbondanza d’olocausti, oltre ai grassi de’ sacrifizi d’azioni di grazie e alle libazioni degli olocausti. Così fu ristabilito il servizio della casa dell’Eterno.
36 And Hezekiah and all the people were full of joy, because God had made the people ready: for the thing was done suddenly.
Ed Ezechia e tutto il popolo si rallegrarono che Dio avesse ben disposto il popolo, perché la cosa s’era fatta subitamente.
