Liber II Paralipomenon, 29

1. Igitur Ezechias regnare coepit, cum viginti quinque esset annorum, et viginti novem annis regnavit in Ierusalem. Nomen matris eius Abi filia Zachariae.

1. Hezeki'ah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi'jah the daughter of Zechari'ah.

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

2. And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

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

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

4. Adduxitque sacerdotes atque Levitas et congregavit eos in plateam orientalem

4. He brought in the priests and the Levites, and assembled them in the square on the east,

5. dixitque ad eos: “Audite me, Levitae! Nunc sanctificamini; mundate domum Domini, Dei patrum vestrorum, et auferte omnem immunditiam de sanctuario.

5. and said to them, "Hear me, Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the holy place.

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

6. For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the LORD our God; they have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

7. Insuper clauserunt ostia, quae erant in porticu, et exstinxerunt lucernas incensumque non adoleverunt et holocausta non obtulerunt in sanctuario Deo Israel.

7. They also shut the doors of the vestibule and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or 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 stuporem et in sibilum, sicut ipsi cernitis oculis vestris.

8. Therefore the wrath of the LORD came on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them an object of horror, of astonishment, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.

9. En, corruerunt patres nostri gladiis, filii nostri et filiae nostrae et coniuges captivae ductae sunt propter hoc scelus.

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

10. Nunc igitur placet mihi, ut ineam foedus cum Domino, Deo Israel, et avertat a nobis furorem irae suae.

10. 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 neglegere; vos enim elegit Dominus, ut stetis coram eo et ministretis illi colatisque eum et adoleatis”.

11. My sons, do not now be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister to him, and to be his ministers and burn incense to him."

12. Surrexerunt ergo Levitae, Mahath filius Amasai et Ioel filius Azariae de filiis Caath; porro de filiis Merari Cis filius Abdi et Azarias filius Iallelel; de filiis autem Gerson Ioah filius Zimma et Eden filius Ioah;

12. Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Ama'sai, and Jo'el the son of Azari'ah, of the sons of the Ko'hathites; and of the sons of Merar'i, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azari'ah the son of Jehal'lelel; and of the Gershonites, Jo'ah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Jo'ah;

13. at vero de filiis Elisaphan Semri et Iehiel; de filiis quoque Asaph Zacharias et Matthanias;

13. and of the sons of Eli-za'phan, Shimri and Jeu'el; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechari'ah and Mattani'ah;

14. necnon de filiis Heman Iahiel et Semei; sed et de filiis Idithun Semeias et Oziel.

14. and of the sons of Heman, Jehu'el and Shim'e-i; and of the sons of Jedu'thun, Shemai'ah and Uz'ziel.

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

15. They gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in as the king had commanded, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

16. Sacerdotes quoque ingressi intra templum Domini, ut mundarent illud, extulerunt omnem immunditiam, quam intro reppererant in vestibulum domus Domini, quam tulerunt Levitae et asportaverunt ad torrentem Cedron foras.

16. The priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD; and the Levites took it and carried it out to the brook Kidron.

17. Coeperunt autem prima die mensis primi sanctificare et in die octava eiusdem mensis ingressi sunt porticum templi Domini et sanctificaverunt templum Domini diebus octo; et in die sexta decima mensis eiusdem, quod coeperant, impleverunt.

17. They began to sanctify on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the LORD; then for eight days they sanctified the house of the LORD, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.

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

18. Then they went in to Hezeki'ah the king and said, "We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table for the showbread and all its utensils.

19. cunctamque templi supellectilem, quam removerat rex Achaz in regno suo in praevaricatione sua, restituimus et sanctificavimus. Ecce exposita sunt omnia coram altari Domini”.

19. All the utensils which King Ahaz discarded in his reign when he was faithless, we have made ready and sanctified; and behold, they are before the altar of the LORD."

20. Consurgensque diluculo Ezechias rex adunavit principes civitatis et ascendit domum Domini.

20. Then Hezeki'ah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

21. Attuleruntque simul tauros septem, arietes septem, agnos septem et hircos septem pro peccato, pro regno, pro sanctuario, pro Iuda; dixit quoque sacerdotibus filiis Aaron, ut offerrent super altare Domini.

21. And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven he-goats for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

22. Mactaverunt igitur tauros et susceperunt sacerdotes sanguinem et fuderunt illum super altare; mactaverunt etiam arietes et illorum sanguinem super altare fuderunt; immolaverunt agnos et fuderunt super altare sanguinem.

22. So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and threw it against the altar; and they killed the rams and their blood was thrown against the altar; and they killed the lambs and their blood was thrown against the altar.

23. Applicaverunt hircos pro peccato coram rege et universa multitudine imposueruntque manus suas super eos,

23. Then the he-goats for the sin offering were brought to the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands upon them,

24. et immolaverunt illos sacerdotes et asperserunt sanguinem eorum super altare pro piaculo universi Israelis; pro omni quippe Israel praeceperat rex, ut holocaustum fieret et pro peccato.

24. and the priests killed them and 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 et Gad videntis regis et Nathan prophetae; siquidem Domini praeceptum fuit per manum prophetarum eius.

25. And he stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the commandment of David and of Gad the king's seer and of Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was from the LORD through his prophets.

26. Steteruntque Levitae tenentes organa David, et sacerdotes tubas.

26. The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

27. Et iussit Ezechias, ut offerrent holocaustum super altare; cumque offerretur holocaustum, coeperunt laudes canere Domino et clangere tubis atque in diversis organis David regis Israel concrepare.

27. Then Hezeki'ah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song to the LORD began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.

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

28. The whole assembly worshiped, and 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.

29. When the offering was finished, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.

30. Praecepitque Ezechias et principes Levitis, ut laudarent Dominum verbis David et Asaph videntis; qui laudaverunt eum magna laetitia et curvato genu adoraverunt.

30. And Hezeki'ah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.

31. Ezechias autem etiam haec addidit: “Nunc, impletis manibus vestris Domino, accedite et afferte victimas et sacrificia pro gratiarum actione in domo Domini”. Attulit ergo universa multitudo hostias et sacrificia pro gratiarum actione, et omnis voluntarius et proni animi holocausta.

31. Then Hezeki'ah said, "You have now consecrated yourselves to the LORD; come near, bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD." And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings; and all who were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.

32. Porro numerus holocaustorum, quae attulit multitudo, hic fuit: tauros septuaginta, arietes centum, agnos ducentos, in holocaustum Domino omnia haec.

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

33. Sanctificaveruntque Domino boves sescentos et oves tria milia.

33. And the consecrated offerings were six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep.

34. Sacerdotes vero pauci erant nec poterant sufficere, ut pelles holocaustorum detraherent; unde et Levitae fratres eorum adiuverunt eos, donec impleretur opus, et sanctificarentur sacerdotes; Levitae quippe recti corde, ut sanctificarentur magis quam sacerdotes.

34. But the priests were too few and could not flay all the burnt offerings, so until other priests had sanctified themselves their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was finished -- for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in sanctifying themselves.

35. Fuerunt igitur holocausta plurima, adipes pacificorum et libamina, quae pertinebant ad holocausta. Restitutus est ita cultus domus Domini.

35. Besides the great number of burnt offerings there was the fat of the peace offerings, and there were the libations for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the LORD was restored.

36. Laetatusque est Ezechias et omnis populus de eo, quod paravit Dominus populo; repente quippe hoc factum est.

36. And Hezeki'ah and all the people rejoiced because of what God had done for the people; for the thing came about suddenly.