Liber II Paralipomenon, 30

1. misit quoque Ezechias ad omnem Israël et Judam scripsitque epistulas ad Ephraim et Manassem ut venirent ad domum Domini in Hierusalem et facerent phase Domino Deo Israël

1. 1, whilst they laughed at them and mocked them.

2. inito ergo consilio regis et principum et universi cœtus Hierusalem decreverunt ut facerent phase mense secundo

2. For the king, taking counsel, and the princes, and all the assembly of Jerusalem, decreed to keep the phase the second month.

3. non enim occurrerant facere in tempore suo quia sacerdotes qui possent sufficere sanctificati non fuerant et populus necdum congregatus erat in Hierusalem

3. For they could not keep it in its time; because there were not priests enough sanctified, and the people was not as yet gathered together to Jerusalem.

4. placuitque sermo regi et omni multitudini

4. And the thing pleased the king, and all the people.

5. et decreverunt ut mitterent nuntios in universum Israël de Bersabee usque Dan ut venirent et facerent phase Domino Deo Israël in Hierusalem multi enim non fecerant sicut lege præscriptum est

5. And they decreed to send messengers to all Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, that they should come, and keep the phase to the Lord the God of Israel in Jerusalem: for many had not kept it as it is prescribed by the law.

6. perrexeruntque cursores cum epistulis ex regis imperio et principum ejus in universum Israël et Judam juxta quod rex jusserat prædicantes filii Israël revertimini ad Dominum Deum Abraham et Isaac et Israël et revertetur ad reliquias quæ effugerunt manum regis Assyriorum

6. And the posts went with letters by commandment of the king, and his princes, to all Israel and Juda, proclaiming according to the king's orders: Ye children of Israel, turn again to the Lord the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel: and he will return to the remnant of you that have escaped the hand of the king of the Assyrians.

7. nolite fieri sicut patres vestri et fratres qui recesserunt a Domino Deo patrum suorum et tradidit eos in interitum ut ipsi cernitis

7. Be not like your fathers, and brethren, who departed from the Lord the God of their fathers, and he hath given them up to destruction, as you see.

8. nolite indurare cervices vestras sicut patres vestri tradite manus Domino et venite ad sanctuarium ejus quod sanctificavit in æternum servite Domino Deo patrum vestrorum et avertetur a vobis ira furoris ejus

8. Harden not your necks, as your fathers did: yield yourselves to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: serve the Lord the God of your fathers, and the wrath of his indignation shall be turned away from you.

9. si enim vos reversi fueritis ad Dominum fratres vestri et filii habebunt misericordiam coram dominis suis qui illos duxere captivos et revertentur in terram hanc pius enim et clemens est Dominus Deus vester et non avertet faciem suam a vobis si reversi fueritis ad eum

9. For if you turn again to the Lord: your brethren, and children shall find mercy before their masters, that have led them away captive, and they shall return into this land: for the Lord your God is merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.

10. igitur cursores pergebant velociter de civitate in civitatem per terram Ephraim et Manasse usque Zabulon illis inridentibus et subsannantibus eos

10. So the posts went speedily from city to city, through the land of Ephraim, and of Manasses, even to ZabuloI

11. attamen quidam viri ex Aser et Manasse et Zabulon adquiescentes consilio venerunt Hierusalem

11. Nevertheless some men of Aser, and of Manasses, and of Zabulon, yielding to the counsel, came to Jerusalem.

12. in Juda vero facta est manus Domini ut daret eis cor unum et facerent juxta præceptum regis et principum verbum Domini

12. But the hand of God was in Juda, to give them one heart to do the word of the Lord, according to the commandment of the king, and of the princes.

13. congregatique sunt in Hierusalem populi multi ut facerent sollemnitatem azymorum in mense secundo

13. And much people were assembled to Jerusalem to celebrate the solemnity of the unleavened bread in the second month:

14. et surgentes destruxerunt altaria quæ erant in Hierusalem atque universa in quibus idolis adolebatur incensum subvertentes projecerunt in torrentem Cedron

14. And they arose and destroyed the altars that were in Jerusalem, and took sway all things in which incense was burnt to idols, and cast them into the torrent Cedron.

15. immolaverunt autem phase quartadecima die mensis secundi sacerdotes quoque atque Levitæ tandem sanctificati obtulerunt holocausta in domo Domini

15. And they immolated the phase on the fourteenth day of the second month. And the priests and the Levites being at length sanctified offered holocausts in the house of the Lord.

16. steteruntque in ordine suo juxta dispositionem et legem Mosi hominis Dei sacerdotes vero suscipiebant effundendum sanguinem de manibus Levitarum

16. And they stood in their order according to the disposition, and law of Moses the man of God: but the priests received the blood which was to be poured out, from the hands of the Levites,

17. eo quod multa turba sanctificata non esset et idcirco Levitæ immolarent phase his qui non occurrerant sanctificari Domino

17. Because a great number was not sanctified: and therefore the Levites immolated the phase for them that came not in time to be sanctified to the Lord.

18. magna etiam pars populi de Ephraim et Manasse et Isachar et Zabulon quæ sanctificata non fuerat comedit phase non juxta quod scriptum est et oravit pro eis Ezechias dicens Dominus bonus propitiabitur

18. For a great part of the people from Ephraim, and Manasses, and Issachar, and Zabulon, that had not been sanctified, ate the phase otherwise than it is written: and Ezechias prayed for them, saying: The Lord who is good will shew mercy,

19. cunctis qui in toto corde requirunt Dominum Deum patrum suorum et non inputabit eis quod minus sanctificati sunt

19. To all them, who with their whole heart, seek the Lord the God of their fathers: and will not impute it to them that they are not sanctified.

20. quem exaudivit Dominus et placatus est populo

20. And the Lord heard him, and was merciful to the people.

21. feceruntque filii Israël qui inventi sunt in Hierusalem sollemnitatem azymorum septem diebus in lætitia magna laudantes Dominum per singulos dies Levitæ quoque et sacerdotes per organa quæ suo officio congruebant

21. And the children of Israel, that were found at Jerusalem, kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great joy, praising the Lord every day: the Levites also, and the priests, with instruments that agreed to their office.

22. et locutus est Ezechias ad cor omnium Levitarum qui habebant intellegentiam bonam super Domino et comederunt septem diebus sollemnitatis immolantes victimas pacificorum et laudantes Dominum Deum patrum suorum

22. And Ezechias spoke to the heart of all the Levites, that had good understanding concerning the Lord: and they ate during the seven days of the solemnity, immolating victims of peace offerings, and praising the Lord the God of their fathers.

23. placuitque universæ multitudini ut celebrarent etiam alios dies septem quod et fecerunt cum ingenti gaudio

23. And it pleased the whole multitude to keep other seven days: which they did with great joy.

24. Ezechias enim rex Juda præbuerat multitudini mille tauros et septem milia ovium principes vero dederant populo tauros mille et oves decem milia sanctificata ergo est sacerdotum plurima multitudo

24. For Ezechias the king of Juda had given to the multitude a thousand bullocks, and seven thousand sheep: and the princes had given the people a thousand bullocks, and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests was sanctified.

25. et hilaritate perfusa omnis turba Juda tam sacerdotum et Levitarum quam universæ frequentiæ quæ venerat ex Israël proselytorum quoque de terra Israël et habitantium in Juda

25. And all the multitude of Juda with the priests and Levites, and all the assembly, that came out of Israel; and the proselytes of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Juda were full of joy.

26. factaque est grandis celebritas in Hierusalem qualis a diebus Salomonis filii David regis Israël in ea urbe non fuerat

26. And there was a great solemnity in Jerusalem, such as had not been in that city since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel.

27. surrexerunt autem sacerdotes atque Levitæ benedicentes populo et exaudita est vox eorum pervenitque oratio in habitaculum sanctum cæli

27. And the priests and the Levites rose up and blessed the people: and their voice was heard: and their prayer came to the holy dwelling place of heaven.