Ii Paralipomenon 29

1 Igitur Ezechias regnare cœpit, cum vigintiquinque esset annorum, et vigintinovem annis regnavit in Ierusalem: nomen matris eius Abia, filia Zachariæ.

Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

2 Fecitque quod erat placitum in conspectu Domini iuxta omnia quæ fecerat David pater eius.

He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.

3 Ipse anno, et mense primo regni sui aperuit valvas domus Domini, et instauravit eas.

In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the LORD’s house and repaired them.

4 Adduxitque Sacerdotes atque Levitas, et congregavit eos in plateam Orientalem.

He brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them together into the wide place on the east,

5 Dixitque ad eos: Audite me Levitæ, et sanctificamini, mundate domum Domini Dei patrum vestrorum, et auferte omnem immunditiam de Sanctuario.

and said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry the filthiness out of the holy place.

6 Peccaverunt patres nostri, et fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini Dei nostri, derelinquentes eum: averterunt facies suas a tabernaculo Domini, et præbuerunt dorsum.

For our fathers were unfaithful, and have done that which was evil in the LORD our God’s sight, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

7 Clauserunt ostia, quæ erant in porticu, et extinxerunt lucernas, incensumque non adoleverunt, et holocausta non obtulerunt in sanctuario Deo Israel.

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burnt incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

8 Concitatus est itaque furor Domini super Iudam et Ierusalem, tradiditque eos in commotionem, et in interitum, et in sibilum, sicut ipsi cernitis oculis vestris.

Therefore the LORD’s wrath was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to be tossed back and forth, to be an astonishment and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.

9 En, corruerunt patres nostri gladiis, filii nostri, et filiæ nostræ, et coniuges captivæ ductæ sunt propter hoc scelus.

For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

10 Nunc ergo placet mihi ut ineamus fœdus cum Domino Deo Israel, et avertet a nobis furorem iræ suæ.

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

11 Filii mei nolite negligere: vos elegit Dominus ut stetis coram eo, et ministretis illi, colatisque eum, et cremetis ei incensum.

My sons, don’t be negligent now; for the LORD has chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him, and that you should be his ministers and burn incense.”

12 Surrexerunt ergo Levitæ: Mahath filius Amasai, et Ioel filius Azariæ de filiis Caath: Porro de filiis Merari, Cis filius Abdi, et Azarias filius Ialaleel. De filiis autem Gersom, Ioah filius Zemma, et Eden filius Ioah.

Then the Levites arose: Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of 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;

13 At vero de filiis Elisaphan, Samri, et Iahiel. De filiis quoque Asaph, Zacharias, et Mathanias:

and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

14 Necnon de filiis Heman, Iahiel, et Semei: Sed et de filiis Idithun, Semeias, et Oziel.

and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

15 Congregaveruntque fratres suos, et sanctificati sunt, et ingressi sunt iuxta mandatum regis et imperium Domini, ut expiarent domum Dei.

They gathered their brothers, sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the LORD’s words, to cleanse the LORD’s house.

16 Sacerdotes quoque ingressi templum Domini ut sanctificarent illud, extulerunt omnem immunditiam, quam intro repererant in vestibulo domus Domini, quam tulerunt Levitæ, et asportaverunt ad Torrentem Cedron foras.

The priests went into the inner part of the LORD’s house to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the LORD’s temple into the court of the LORD’s house. The Levites took it from there to carry it out to the brook Kidron.

17 Cœperunt autem prima die mensis primi mundare, et in die octavo eiusdem mensis ingressi sunt porticum templi Domini, expiaveruntque templum diebus octo, et in die sextadecima mensis eiusdem, quod cœperant impleverunt.

Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the LORD’s porch. They sanctified the LORD’s house in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.

18 Ingressi quoque sunt ad Ezechiam regem, et dixerunt ei: Sanctificavimus omnem domum Domini, et altare holocausti, vasaque eius, necnon et mensam propositionis cum omnibus vasis suis,

Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace and said, “We have cleansed all the LORD’s house, including the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, and the table of show bread with all its vessels.

19 cunctamque templi supellectilem, quam polluerat rex Achaz in regno suo, postquam prævaricatus est: et ecce exposita sunt omnia coram altare Domini.

Moreover, we have prepared and sanctified all the vessels which King Ahaz threw away in his reign when he was unfaithful. Behold, they are before the LORD’s altar.”

20 Consurgensque diluculo Ezechias rex, adunavit omnes principes civitatis, et ascendit in domum Domini:

Then Hezekiah the king arose early, gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the LORD’s house.

21 obtuleruntque simul tauros septem, et arietes septem, agnos septem, et hircos septem pro peccato, pro regno, pro sanctuario, pro Iuda, dixitque sacerdotibus filiis Aaron ut offerrent super altare Domini.

They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the LORD’s altar.

22 Mactaverunt igitur tauros, et susceperunt sanguinem Sacerdotes, et fuderunt illum super altare, mactaverunt etiam arietes, et illorum sanguinem super altare fuderunt, immolaveruntque agnos, et fuderunt super altare sanguinem.

So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

23 Applicuerunt hircos pro peccato coram rege, et universa multitudine, imposueruntque manus suas super eos:

They brought near the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them.

24 et immolaverunt illos Sacerdotes, et asperserunt sanguinem eorum coram altare pro piaculo universi Israelis: pro omni quippe Israel præceperat rex ut holocaustum fieret et pro peccato.

Then the priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

25 Constituit quoque Levitas in domo Domini cum cymbalis, et psalteriis, et citharis secundum dispositionem David regis, et Gad Videntis, et Nathan prophetæ: siquidem Domini præceptum fuit per manum prophetarum eius.

He set the Levites in the LORD’s house with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was from the LORD by his prophets.

26 Steteruntque Levitæ tenentes organa David, et Sacerdotes tubas.

The Levites stood with David’s instruments, and the priests with the shofars.

27 Et iussit Ezechias ut offerrent holocausta super altare: cumque offerrentur holocausta, cœperunt laudes canere Domino, et clangere tubis, atque in diversis organis, quæ David rex Israel præparaverat, concrepare.

Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the LORD’s song also began, along with the shofars and instruments of David king of Israel.

28 Omni autem turba adorante, cantores, et ii, qui tenebant tubas, erant in officio suo donec compleretur holocaustum.

All the assembly worshipped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

29 Cumque finita esset oblatio, incurvatus est rex, et omnes qui erant cum eo, et adoraverunt.

When they had finished offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped.

30 Præcepitque Ezechias, et principes Levitis ut laudarent Dominum sermonibus David, et Asaph Videntis: qui laudaverunt eum magna lætitia, et incurvato genu adoraverunt.

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

31 Ezechias autem etiam hæc addidit: Implestis manus vestras Domino, accedite, et offerte victimas, et laudes in domo Domini. Obtulit ergo universa multitudo hostias, et laudes, et holocausta mente devota.

Then Hezekiah answered, “Now you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD. Come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the LORD’s house.” The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.

32 Porro numerus holocaustorum, quæ obtulit multitudo, hic fuit, tauros septuaginta, arietes centum, agnos ducentos.

The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs. All these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

33 Sanctificaveruntque Domino boves sexcentos, et oves tria millia.

The consecrated things were six hundred head of cattle and three thousand sheep.

34 Sacerdotes vero pauci erant, nec poterant sufficere ut pelles holocaustorum detraherent: unde et Levitæ fratres eorum adiuverunt eos, donec impleretur opus, et sanctificarentur antistites: Levitæ quippe faciliori ritu sanctificantur, quam Sacerdotes.

But the priests were too few, so that they could not skin all the burnt offerings. Therefore their brothers the Levites helped them until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves, for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

35 Fuerunt ergo holocausta plurima, adipes pacificorum, et libamina holocaustorum: et completus est cultus domus Domini.

Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings and with the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the LORD’s house was set in order.

36 Lætatusque est Ezechas, et omnis populus eo quod ministerium Domini esset expletum. De repente quippe hoc fieri placuerat.

Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of that which God had prepared for the people; for the thing was done suddenly.