Liber II Paralipomenon, 23

1. anno autem septimo confortatus Jojadæ adsumpsit centuriones Azariam videlicet filium Hieroam et Ismaël filium Johanan Azariam quoque filium Oded et Maasiam filium Adajæ et Elisaphat filium Zechri et iniit cum eis fœdus

1. And in the seventh year Joiada being encouraged, took the captains of hundreds, to wit, Azarias the son of Jeroham, and Ismahel the son of Johanan, and Azarias the son of Obed, and Maasias the son of Adaias, and Elisaphat the son of Zechri: and made a covenant with them.

2. qui circumeuntes Judam congregaverunt Levitas de cunctis urbibus Juda et principes familiarum Israël veneruntque in Hierusalem

2. And they went about Juda, and gathered together the Levites out of all the cities of Juda, and the chiefs of the families of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

3. iniit igitur omnis multitudo pactum in domo Domini cum rege dixitque ad eos Jojadæ ecce filius regis regnabit sicut locutus est Dominus super filios David

3. And all the multitude made a covenant with the king in the house of God: and Joiada said to them: Behold the king's son shall reign, as the Lord hath said of the sons of David.

4. iste est ergo sermo quem facietis

4. And this is the thing that you shall do:

5. tertia pars vestrum qui veniunt ad sabbatum sacerdotum et Levitarum et janitorum erit in portis tertia vero pars ad domum regis et tertia in porta quæ appellatur Fundamenti omne vero reliquum vulgus sit in atriis domus Domini

5. A third part of you that come to the sabbath, of the priests, and of the Levites, and of the porters, shall be at the gates: and a third part at the king's house: and a third at the gate that is called the Foundation: but let all the rest of the people be in the courts of the house of the Lord.

6. nec quisquam alius ingrediatur domum Domini nisi sacerdotes et qui ministrant de Levitis ipsi tantummodo ingrediantur quia sanctificati sunt et omne reliquum vulgus observet custodias Domini

6. And let no one come into the house of the Lord, but the priests, and they that minister of the Levites: let them only come in, because they are sanctified : and let all the rest of the people keep the watches of the Lord.

7. Levitæ autem circumdent regem habentes singuli arma sua et si quis alius ingressus fuerit templum interficiatur sintque cum rege et intrante et egrediente

7. And let the Levites be round about the king, every man with his arms; (and if any other come into the temple, let him be slain;) and let them be with the king, both coming in, and going out.

8. fecerunt igitur Levitæ et universus Juda juxta omnia quæ præceperat Jojadæ pontifex et adsumpserunt singuli viros qui sub se erant et veniebant per ordinem sabbati cum his qui jam impleverant sabbatum et egressuri erant siquidem Jojadæ pontifex non dimiserat abire turmas quæ sibi per singulas ebdomadas succedere consueverant

8. So the Levites, and all Juda did according to all that Joiada the high priest bad commanded: and they took every one his men that were under him, and that came in by the course of the sabbath, with those who had fulfilled the sabbath, and were to go out. For Joiada the high priest permitted not the companies to depart, which were accustomed to succeed one another every week.

9. deditque Jojadæ sacerdos centurionibus lanceas clypeosque et peltas regis David quas consecraverat in domo Domini

9. And Joiada the priest gave to the captains the spears, and the shields, and targets of king David, which he had dedicated in the house of the Lord.

10. constituitque omnem populum tenentium pugiones a parte templi dextra usque ad partem templi sinistram coram altari et templo per circuitum regis

10. And he set all the people with swords in their hands from the right side of the temple, to the left side of the temple, before the altar, and the temple, round about the king.

11. et eduxerunt filium regis et inposuerunt ei diadema dederuntque in manu ejus tenendam legem et constituerunt eum regem unxit quoque illum Jojadæ pontifex et filii ejus inprecatique sunt atque dixerunt vivat rex

11. And they brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and the testimony, and gave him the law to hold in his hand, and they made him king: and Joiada the high priest and his sons anointed him: and they prayed for him, and said: God save the king.

12. quod cum audisset Otholia vocem scilicet currentium atque laudantium regem ingressa est ad populum in templum Domini

12. Now when Athalia heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came in to the people, into the temple of the Lord.

13. cumque vidisset regem stantem super gradum in introitu et principes turmasque circa eum omnem quoque populum terræ gaudentem atque clangentem tubis et diversi generis organis concinentem vocemque laudantium scidit vestimenta sua et ait insidiæ insidiæ

13. And when she saw the king standing upon the step in the entrance, and the princes, and the companies about him, and all the people of the land rejoicing, and sounding with trumpets, and playing on instruments of divers kinds, and the voice of those that praised, she rent her garments, and said: Treason, treason.

14. egressus autem Jojadæ pontifex ad centuriones et principes exercitus dixit eis educite illam extra septa templi et interficiatur foris gladio præcepitque sacerdos ne occideretur in domo Domini

14. And Joiada the high priest going out to the captains, and the chiefs of the army, said to them: Take her forth without the precinct of the temple, and when she is without let her be killed with the sword. For the priest commanded that she should not be killed in the house of the Lord.

15. et inposuerunt cervicibus ejus manus cumque intrasset portam Equorum domus regis interfecerunt eam ibi

15. And they laid hold on her by the neck: and when she was come within the horse gate of the palace, they killed her there.

16. pepigit autem Jojadæ fœdus inter se universumque populum et regem ut esset populus Domini

16. And Joiada made a covenant between himself and all the people, and the king, that they should be the people of the Lord.

17. itaque ingressus est omnis populus domum Baal et destruxerunt eam et altaria ac simulacra illius confregerunt Matthan quoque sacerdotem Baal interfecerunt ante aras

17. And all the people went into the house of Baal, and destroyed it: and they broke down his altars and his idols: and they slew Mathan the priest of Baal before the altars.

18. constituit autem Jojadæ præpositos in domo Domini et sub manibus sacerdotum ac Levitarum quos distribuit David in domo Domini ut offerrent holocausta Domino sicut scriptum est in lege Mosi in gaudio et canticis juxta dispositionem David

18. And Joiada appointed overseers in the house of the Lord, under the hands of the priests, and the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord: to offer holocausts to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with joy and singing, according to the disposition of David.

19. constituit quoque janitores in portis domus Domini ut non ingrederetur eam inmundus in omni re

19. He appointed also porters in the gates of the house of the Lord, that none who was unclean in any thing should enter in.

20. adsumpsitque centuriones et fortissimos viros ac principes populi et omne vulgus terræ et fecerunt descendere regem de domo Domini et introire per medium portæ superioris in domum regis et conlocaverunt eum in solio regali

20. And he took the captains of hundreds, and the most valiant men, and the chiefs of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and brought him through the upper gate into the king's house, and set him on the royal throne.

21. lætatusque est omnis populus terræ et urbs quievit porro Otholia interfecta est gladio

21. 21And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: but Athalia was slain with the sword.