2 Chronicles 31

1 And when these things had been celebrated according to ritual, all of Israel who had been found in the cities of Judah went forth, and they broke apart the idols and cut down the sacred groves. They demolished the high places and destroyed the altars, not only out of all Judah and Benjamin, but also out of Ephraim as well as Manasseh, until they utterly destroyed them. And all the sons of Israel returned to their possessions and cities.

Pea ʻi he fakaʻosi ʻae meʻa ni kotoa pē, naʻe ʻalu ʻa ʻIsileli kotoa pē naʻe ʻi ai, ki he ngaahi kolo kotoa pē ʻo Siuta, ʻo laiki ʻae ngaahi meʻa tamapua ke fakaikiiki, pea naʻe tā ʻae ngaahi vao tapu, pea holoki hifo ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga mo e ngaahi feilaulauʻanga mei Siuta kotoa pē mo Penisimani, ʻi ʻIfalemi foki mo Manase, ke fakaʻauha kotoa pē. Pea naʻe toki ʻalu ʻae fānau kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻo taki taha ʻae tangata ki hono tofiʻa, ʻi heʻenau ngaahi kolo ʻonautolu.

2 Then Hezekiah appointed the companies of the priests and Levites by their divisions, each man in his proper office, certainly as much for the priests as for the Levites, for the sake of holocausts and peace offerings, so that they might minister and confess and sing, at the gates of the camp of the Lord.

Pea naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻe Hesekaia ʻae ngaahi lakanga ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau Livai ʻo fakatatau mo honau lakanga, ʻae tangata taki taha ʻo fakatatau mo ʻene ngāue, ko e kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau Livai ki he ngaahi feilaulau tutu, pea mo e ngaahi feilaulau fakamelino, ke ngāue, pea ke nau fakafetaʻi, pea ke fakamālō ʻi he ngaahi matapā ʻoe ngaahi fale nofoʻanga ʻo Sihova.

3 Now the portion of the king, from his own substance, was such that they could offer a holocaust always, in morning and in evening, also on the Sabbaths, and the new moons, and the other solemnities, just as it was written in the law of Moses.

Pea naʻa ne vaheʻi ʻae meʻa ʻae tuʻi ki he feilaulau tutu, ki he feilaulau tutu ʻi he pongipongi mo e efiafi, mo e ngaahi feilaulau tutu ki he ngaahi ʻaho tapu, pea ki he ngaahi tuʻu efiafi, pea ki he ngaahi kātoanga fai maʻu, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he fono ʻa Sihova.

4 And now he instructed the people living in Jerusalem that they were to give portions to the priests and Levites, so that they would be able to attend to the law of the Lord.

Pea naʻa ne fekau foki ki he kakai naʻe nofo ʻi Selūsalema ke ʻatu ʻae vāhenga ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau Livai, koeʻuhi ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻakinautolu ʻi he fono ʻa Sihova.

5 And when this had reached the ears of the multitude, the sons of Israel brought an abundance of first-fruits of grain, wine, and oil, and also honey. And they offered a tenth part of all that the soil brings forth.

Pea ʻi he ongo kituʻa ʻae fekau, naʻe ʻomi leva ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻae ʻuluaki fua lahi ʻaupito ʻoe uite, mo e uaine, mo e lolo, mo e honi, pea mei he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku tupu ʻi he ngoue: pea mo e vāhenga ʻoe meʻa kotoa pē naʻa nau ʻomi ʻo lahi ʻaupito.

6 Then too, the sons of Israel and Judah, who were living in the cities of Judah, brought tithes of oxen and sheep, and tithes of the holy things that they had vowed to the Lord their God. And carrying all these things, they made many stacks.

Pea ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli mo Siuta, naʻe nofo ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻo Siuta, naʻa nau ʻomi foki ʻae vāhenga ʻoe fanga pulu mo e fanga sipi, pea mo e vāhenga ʻoe meʻa tapu naʻe fakatapui kia Sihova ko honau ʻOtua, pea naʻe fokotuʻu ia ʻi he fokotuʻunga.

7 In the third month, they began to lay out the foundations of the stacks. And in the seventh month, they finished them.

‌ʻI hono tolu ʻoe māhina naʻa nau kamata ai hono ngaahi tuʻunga ʻoe ngaahi fokotuʻunga, pea naʻe fakaʻosi ia ʻi hono fitu ʻoe māhina.

8 And when Hezekiah and his rulers had entered, they saw the stacks, and they blessed the Lord and the people of Israel.

Pea ʻi he haʻu ʻa Hesekaia mo e houʻeiki ʻo mamata ki he ngaahi fokotuʻunga, naʻa nau fakafetaʻi kia Sihova mo hono kakai ʻIsileli.

9 And Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites, as to why the stacks were laid out in this way.

Pea naʻe fehuʻi ʻe Hesekaia ki he kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau Livai ki he ngaahi fokotuʻunga meʻa.

10 Azariah, the high priest from the stock of Zadok, answered him, saying: “Since the first-fruits began to be offered in the house of the Lord, we have eaten and been satisfied, and much remains. For the Lord has blessed his people. Then what was left over is this great abundance, which you see.”

Pea naʻe talia ia ʻe ʻAsalia ko e taulaʻeiki lahi ʻi he fale ʻo Satoki, ʻo ne pehē, “Talu mei he ʻaho naʻe kamata ʻomi ʻe he kakai ʻae ngaahi meʻa foaki ki he fale ʻo Sihova, ʻoku mau maʻu ʻae meʻa lahi ke kai, pea ʻoku toe lahi: he kuo tāpuaki ʻe Sihova ʻa hono kakai: pea ko ia ʻoku toe ko e fuʻu meʻa lahi ni.”

11 And so Hezekiah instructed that they should prepare storage places for the house of the Lord. And when they had done so,

Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Hesekaia ke teuteu ʻae ngaahi potu fale ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova: pea naʻa nau teuteu ia,

12 they faithfully brought in the first-fruits, as well as the tithes and all that they had vowed. Now the overseer of these things was Conaniah, a Levite; and his brother, Shimei, was second.

‌ʻO nau ʻomi totonu ki ai ʻae ngaahi meʻa foaki mo e ngaahi vāhenga meʻa ʻoe ngaahi meʻa naʻe fakatapui: pea naʻe pule ki ai ʻa Kononaia ko e tangata Livai, pea hoko mo ia ʻa Simi ko hono tokoua.

13 And after him, there was Jehiel, and Azariah, and Nahath, and Asaahel, and Jerimoth, and also Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, who were overseers under the hands of Conaniah, and his brother, Shimei, by the authority of Hezekiah, the king, and Azariah, the high priest of the house of God, to whom all these things belonged.

Pea ko Sehieli, mo ʻAsasia, mo Nehati, mo ʻAsaeli, mo Selimoti, mo Sosapati, mo Ilieli, mo Isimakia, mo Mehati, mo Penaia, ko e kau enginaki ʻi he pule ʻa Kononaia, mo Simi ko hono tokoua, ʻi he fekau ʻa Hesekaia ko e tuʻi, mo ʻAsalia ko e pule ʻoe fale ʻoe ʻOtua.

14 Yet truly, Kore, the son of Imnah, a Levite and the porter of the eastern gate, was the overseer of the things that were being offered freely to the Lord, and of the first-fruits, and of the things consecrated for the Holy of Holies.

Pea ko Kole ko e foha ʻo Imina ko e tangata Livai, ko e leʻo matapā ki he potu hahake, naʻe pule ia ki he ngaahi meʻa foaki loto ʻofa ki he ʻOtua, ke tufaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa foaki ʻa Sihova, mo e ngaahi meʻa māʻoniʻoni lahi.

15 And under his charge were Eden, and Benjamin, Jeshua, and Shemaiah, and also Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, so that they would distribute faithfully to their brothers, the small as well as the great, their portions

Pea naʻe hoko mo ia, ʻa Iteni, mo Miniamini, mo Sesua, mo Simaia, mo ʻAmalia, mo Sikania, ʻi he ngaahi kolo ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki, ʻi heʻenau ngāue totonu, ke tufa ki honau ngaahi kāinga ʻi honau lakanga, ki he lahi pea mo e siʻi:

16 (except for the males from three years old and upward) for all who were entering the temple of the Lord, and for whatever was needed for the ministry, throughout each day, as well as for the observances according to their divisions.

Pea mo ʻenau tohi hohoko ʻoe fānau tangata, mei he tolu taʻu ʻo fai hake, ʻio, ke ʻatu kiate kinautolu taki taha naʻe hū ki he fale ʻo Sihova, honau ʻinasi ki he ʻaho taki taha ʻo fakatatau mo ʻenau ngāue ʻo fakatatau mo honau lakanga:

17 And so, for the priests, by their families, and for the Levites, from the twentieth year and upward, by their orders and companies,

Ki he hokohoko ʻoe kau taulaʻeiki ʻi he fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai, mo e kau Livai mei he uofulu taʻu ʻo fai hake, ʻo fakatatau mo ʻenau ngāue mo honau lakanga:

18 and for the entire multitude, as much for the wives as for their children of both sexes, provisions were offered faithfully from whatever had been sanctified.

Pea ki he hokohoko ʻo ʻenau fānau siʻi kotoa pē, ko honau ngaahi uaifi, mo ʻenau ngaahi foha, mo honau ngaahi ʻofefine, ʻi he kakai fakataha kotoa pē: he naʻa nau fakatapui ʻakinautolu ʻi he māʻoniʻoni ʻi heʻenau ngāue totonu:

19 Then too, men were appointed of the sons of Aaron, throughout the fields and the suburbs of each city, who would distribute portions to all the males among the priests and Levites.

Pea ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻElone foki ʻaia ko e kau taulaʻeiki ʻakinautolu, naʻa nau nofo ʻi he ngaahi ngoue ʻi he ngaahi potu ʻituʻa ʻi honau ngaahi kolo, ʻi honau ngaahi kolo kotoa pē, ko e kau tangata naʻe lau honau hingoa, ke ʻatu ʻae ngaahi vāhenga ki he fānau tangata kotoa pē ʻi he kau taulaʻeiki, pea kiate kinautolu kotoa pē naʻe lau ʻi honau hokohoko ʻi he kau Livai.

20 Therefore, Hezekiah did all these things (which we have said) in all of Judah. And he worked what is good and upright and true before the Lord his God,

Pea naʻe fai pehē pe ʻe Hesekaia ʻi Siuta kotoa pē, ʻo ne fai ʻaia naʻe lelei mo angatonu mo moʻoni ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko hono ʻOtua.

21 for the whole service of the ministry of the house of the Lord, in accord with the law and the ceremonies, desiring to seek his God with his whole heart. And he did so, and he prospered.

Pea ko e ngāue kotoa pē naʻa ne hoko ʻo fai ʻi he ngāue ʻoe fale ʻoe ʻOtua, pea ʻi he fono, pea ʻi he ngaahi fekau, ke kumi ki hono ʻOtua, naʻa ne fai ia ʻaki hono loto kotoa, pea naʻa ne monūʻia ai.