2 Nyakati 31
1 Sasa wakati haya yote yalipokwisha, watu wote wa Israeli waliokuwepo pale wakaenda huko kwenye mji wa Yuda na wakazivunja vipande vipande nguzo za mawe na wakazikata nchi za maashera, na wakazibomoa sehemu za juu na madhabahu katika Yuda yote na Benyamini, na katika Efraimu na Manase, hadi walipoziharibu zote. Kisha watu wote wa Israeli wakarudi, kila mtu kwenye mali zake na kwenye mji wake.
And when all these things were finished, all Israel that were found in the cities of Juda went out, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the groves, and tore down the high places and the altars out of all Judea and Benjamin, also of Ephraim and Manasse, till they made an end: and all Israel returned, every one to his inheritance, and to their cities.
2 Hezekia akayapanga makundi ya makuhani na Walawi wakajipanaga kwa makundi yao, kila mtu akapangwa katika kazi yake, wote makuhani na Walawi. Aliwapanga wafanye sadaka za kuteketezwa na sadaka za amani, kuhudumu, kutoa shukrani, na kusifu katika malango ya hekalu la Yahwe.
And Ezekias appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, and the courses of each one according to his ministry, to the priests and to the Levites, for the whole burnt offering, and for the peace-offering, and to praise, and to give thanks, and to minister in the gates, [and] in the courts of the house of the Lord.
3 Pia akawapanga katika sehemu ya mfalme kwa ajili ya sadaka za kuteketezwa kutoka katika mali zake, hiyo ni kwa ajili ya, sadaka za kuteketezwa za asubuhi na jioni, na sadaka za kuteketezwa kwa ajili ya siku za Sabato, mwezi mpya, na sikukuu zisizobadilika, kama ilivyokuwa imeandikwa katika sheria ya Yahwe.
And the king's proportion out of his substance [was appointed] for the whole burnt offerings, the morning and the evening one, and the whole burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the feasts that were ordered in the law of the Lord.
4 Vilevile, akawaamuru watu walioishi Yerusalemu kutoa fungu kwa ajili ya makuhani na Walawi, ili kwamba wawe makini katika kuitii sheria ya Yahwe.
And they told the people who lived in Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be strong in the ministry of the house of the Lord.
5 Mapema mara baada ya amri kutolewa, watu wa Israeli kwa ukarimu wakatoa malimbuko ya nafaka, divai mpya, mafuta. asali, na kila kitu kutoka kwenye mavuno ya shamba. Wakaleta ndani fungu la kumi la kila kitu; ambavyo vilikuwa kiasi kikubwa sana.
And as he gave the command, Israel brought abundantly first fruits of corn, and wine, and oil, and honey, and every fruit of the field: and the children of Israel and Juda brought tithes of everything abundantly.
6 Watu wa Israeli na Yuda ambao waliishi katika mji wa Yuda pia wakaleta zaka za ng'ombe na kondoo, na zaka za vitu vitakatifu amabavyo vilikuwa vimewekwa wakfu kwa Yahwe Mungu wao, na wakavifunga katika marundo.
And they that lived in the cities of Juda themselves also brought tithes of calves and sheep, and tithes of goats, and consecrated them to the Lord their God, and they brought them and laid them in heaps.
7 Ilikuwa mwezi wa tatu wakati walipoanza kufunga michango yao katika marundo, na wakamaliza mwezi wa saba.
In the third month the heaps began to be piled, and in the seventh month they were finished.
8 Hezekia na viongozi walipokuja na kuyaona marundo, wakambariki Yahwe na watu wake Israeli.
And Ezekias and the princes came and saw the heaps, and blessed the Lord, and his people Israel.
9 Kisha Hezekia akawauliza makuhani na Walawi kuhusu marundo.
Then Ezekias enquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
10 Azaria, kuhani mkuu, wa nyumba ya Zadoki, akamjibu na akasema, “Tangu watu walipoanza kuleta matoleo katika nyumba ya Yahwe, tumekula na tulikuwa navyo vya kutosha, tulibakiza vingi, kwa maana Yahwe amewabariki watu wake. kilichokuwa kimebaki ni kiasi kikubwa hiki hapa.”
And Azarias the priest, the chief over the house of Sadoc, spoke to him, and said, From the time that the first fruits began to be brought into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and drunk, and left even abundantly; for the Lord has blessed his people, and we have left to this amount.
11 Kisha Hezekia akaagiza vyumba vya kuhifadhia viandaliwe katika nyumba ya Yahwe, na wakaviandaa.
And Ezekias told them yet farther to prepare chambers for the house of the Lord; and they prepared [them],
12 Kisha kwa uaminifu wakayaleta ndani matoleo, zaka, na vitu ambavyo ni vya Yahwe. Konania, Mlawi, alikuwa meneja mkuu wa hivyo vitu, na Shimei, ndu yake, alikuwa wa pili kwake.
and they brought there the first fruits and the tithes faithfully: and Chonenias the Levite was superintendent over them, and Semei his brother was next.
13 Yehieli, Azaria, Nahathi, Asaheli, na Yerimothi, Yazabadi, Elieli, Ismakia, Mahathi, na Benania walikuwa wasimamizi chini ya mkono wa Konania na Shimei ndu yake, kwa uteuzi wa Hezekia, mfalme, na Azaria mwanagalizi mkuu wa nyumba ya Mungu.
and Jeiel, and Ozias, and Naeth, and Asael, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Samachia, and Maath, and Banaias, and his sons, were appointed by Chonenias and Semei his brother, as Ezekias the king, and Azarias who was over the house of the Lord commanded.
14 Kore mwana wa Imna Mlawi, bawabu katika mlango wa mashariki, alikuwa juu ya sadaka za hiari za Mungu, msimamizi wa kugawa sadaka kwa Yahwe na sadaka takatifu kuliko zote.
And Core, the [son] of Jemna the Levite, the porter eastward, [was] over the gifts, to distribute the first fruits of the Lord, and the most holy things,
15 Chini yake walikuwepo Edeni, Miniamini, Yoshua, Shemai, Amaaria, na Shekania, katika miji ya makuhani. Wakazijaza ofisi za uaminifu, ili kutoa sadaka hizi kwa ndugu zao fungu kwa fungu, kwa wote walio muhimu na wasiomuhimu.
by the hand of Odom, and Benjamin, and Jesus, and Semei, and Amarias, and Sechonias, by the hand of the priests faithfully, to give to their brethren according to the courses, as well to great as small;
16 Pia wakatoa kwa wale wanaume wenye umri wa miaka mitatu na kuendelea, amabao walikuwa wameandikwa kataika kaitatu cha babu zao walioiingia nyumba ya Yahwe, kwa mujibu wa ratiba ya kila siku, kuifanya kazi katika ofisi zao na zamu zao. (Mandishi ya kale yanasema hivi: “badala ya wanaume wa umri wa miaka mitatu na kuendelea”, wanaume wa mika thelathini na kuendelea.”).
besides the increase of males from three years old and upward, to every one entering into the house of the Lord, [a portion] according to a daily rate, for service in the daily courses of their order.
17 Waliwaganya makuhani kwa mujibu wa kumbu kumbu za babu zao, na hivyo hivyo kwa Walawi wenye umri wa miaka ishirini na zaidi, kwa mujibu wa ofisi zao na zamu zao.
This [is] the distribution of the priests according to the houses of their families; and the Levites in their daily courses from twenty years old and upward [were] in [their] order,
18 Waliwajumuisha watoto wao wadogo wote, wake zao, wana wao, na binti zao, katika jamii yote, kwa maana walikuwa waaminifu katika kujitunza wenye watakatifu.
to assign stations for all the increase of their sons and their daughters, for the whole number: for they faithfully sanctified the holy place.
19 Kwa maana makuhani, uzao wa Haruni, amabao walikuwa katika mashamba ya vijiji wakimilikiwa na miji yao, au katika kila mji, palikuwa na watu walioteuliwa kwa majina kutoa mafungu kwa ajili ya wanaume miongoni mwa makuhani, na kwa wote waliokuwa wameorodheshwa katika kumbukumbu za babu zao kuwa miongoni mwa Walawi.
As for the sons of Aaron that executed the priests' office, —even those from their cities the men in each several city who were named expressly, —[were appointed] to give a portion to every male amongst the priests, and to every one reckoned amongst the Levites.
20 Hezekia alifanya haya katika Yuda yote. Akakamilisha kilichokuwa chema, haki, na uaminifu mbele za Yahwe Mungu wake.
And Ezekias did so through all Juda, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God.
21 Katika kila jambo ambalo alianzisha katika ibada ya nyumba ya Mungu, sheria, na zile amri, kumtafuta Mungu, alikifanya kwa moyo wake wote, na alifanikiwa.
And in every work which he began in service in the house of the Lord, and in the law, and in the ordinances, he sought his God with all his soul, and wrought, and prospered.
