II Chronicles 29

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

مَلَكَ حَزَقِيَّا وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، وَمَلَكَ تِسْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ أَبِيَّةُ بِنْتُ زَكَرِيَّا.

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

وَعَمِلَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا عَمِلَ دَاوُدُ أَبُوهُ.

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

هُوَ فِي السَّنَةِ الأُولَى مِنْ مُلْكِهِ فِي الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ فَتَحَ أَبْوَابَ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ وَرَمَّمَهَا.

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,

وَأَدْخَلَ الْكَهَنَةَ وَاللاَّوِيِّينَ وَجَمَعَهُمْ إِلَى السَّاحَةِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ،

And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

وَقَالَ لَهُمُ: «اسْمَعُوا لِي أَيُّهَا اللاَّوِيُّونَ، تَقَدَّسُوا الآنَ وَقَدِّسُوا بَيْتَ الرَّبِّ إِلهِ آبَائِكُمْ، وَأَخْرِجُوا النَّجَاسَةَ مِنَ الْقُدْسِ،

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

لأَنَّ آبَاءَنَا خَانُوا وَعَمِلُوا الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِنَا وَتَرَكُوهُ، وَحَوَّلُوا وُجُوهَهُمْ عَنْ مَسْكَنِ الرَّبِّ وَأَعْطَوْا قَفًا،

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

وَأَغْلَقُوا أَيْضًا أَبْوَابَ الرِّوَاقِ وَأَطْفَأُوا السُّرُجَ وَلَمْ يُوقِدُوا بَخُورًا وَلَمْ يُصْعِدُوا مُحْرَقَةً فِي الْقُدْسِ لإِلهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

فَكَانَ غَضَبُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأَسْلَمَهُمْ لِلْقَلَقِ وَالدَّهْشِ وَالصَّفِيرِ كَمَا أَنْتُمْ رَاؤُونَ بِأَعْيُنِكُمْ.

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

وَهُوَذَا قَدْ سَقَطَ آبَاؤُنَا بِالسَّيْفِ، وَبَنُونَا وَبَنَاتُنَا وَنِسَاؤُنَا فِي السَّبْيِ لأَجْلِ هذَا.

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

فَالآنَ فِي قَلْبِي أَنْ أَقْطَعَ عَهْدًا مَعَ الرَّبِّ إِلهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَرُدُّ عَنَّا حُمُوَّ غَضَبِهِ.

My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.

يَا بَنِيَّ، لاَ تَضِلُّوا الآنَ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ اخْتَارَكُمْ لِكَيْ تَقِفُوا أَمَامَهُ وَتَخْدِمُوهُ وَتَكُونُوا خَادِمِينَ وَمُوقِدِينَ لَهُ».

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 Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

فَقَامَ اللاَّوِيُّونَ: مَحَثُ بْنُ عَمَاسَايَ وَيُوئِيلُ بْنُ عَزَرْيَا مِنْ بَنِي الْقَهَاتِيِّينَ، وَمِنْ بَنِي مَرَارِي: قَيْسُ بْنُ عَبْدِي وَعَزَرْيَا بْنُ يَهْلَلْئِيلَ، وَمِنَ الْجَرْشُونِيِّينَ: يُوآخُ بْنُ زِمَّةَ وَعِيدَنُ بْنُ يُوآخَ،

And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

وَمِنْ بَنِي أَلِيصَافَانَ: شِمْرِي وَيَعِيئِيلُ، وَمِنْ بَنِي آسَافَ: زَكَرِيَّا وَمَتَّنْيَا،

And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

وَمِنْ بَنِي هَيْمَانَ: يَحِيئِيلُ وَشِمْعِي، وَمِنْ بَنِي يَدُوثُونَ: شِمْعِيَا وَعُزِّيئِيلُ.

And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

وَجَمَعُوا إِخْوَتَهُمْ وَتَقَدَّسُوا وَأَتَوْا حَسَبَ أَمْرِ الْمَلِكِ بِكَلاَمِ الرَّبِّ لِيُطَهِّرُوا بَيْتَ الرَّبِّ.

And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and 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, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.

وَدَخَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ إِلَى دَاخِلِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ لِيُطَهِّرُوهُ، وَأَخْرَجُوا كُلَّ النَّجَاسَةِ الَّتِي وَجَدُوهَا فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ إِلَى دَارِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، وَتَنَاوَلَهَا اللاَّوِيُّونَ لِيُخْرِجُوهَا إِلَى الْخَارِجِ إِلَى وَادِي قَدْرُونَ.

Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

وَشَرَعُوا فِي التَّقْدِيسِ فِي أَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ. وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّامِنِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ انْتَهَوْا إِلَى رِوَاقِ الرَّبِّ وَقَدَّسُوا بَيْتَ الرَّبِّ فِي ثَمَانِيَةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّادِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ انْتَهَوْا.

Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.

وَدَخَلُوا إِلَى دَاخِل إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا الْمَلِكِ وَقَالُوا: «قَدْ طَهَّرْنَا كُلَّ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ وَمَذْبَحَ الْمُحْرَقَةِ وَكُلَّ آنِيَتِهِ وَمَائِدَةَ خُبْزِ الْوُجُوهِ وَكُلَّ آنِيَتِهَا.

Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.

وَجَمِيعُ الآنِيَةِ الَّتِي طَرَحَهَا الْمَلِكُ آحَازُ فِي مُلْكِهِ بِخِيَانَتِهِ، قَدْ هَيَّأْنَاهَا وَقَدَّسْنَاهَا، وَهَا هِيَ أَمَامَ مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ».

Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

وَبَكَّرَ حَزَقِيَّا الْمَلِكُ وَجَمَعَ رُؤَسَاءَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and 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.

فَأَتَوْا بِسَبْعَةِ ثِيرَانٍ وَسَبْعَةِ كِبَاشٍ وَسَبْعَةِ خِرْفَانٍ وَسَبْعَةِ تُيُوسِ مِعْزًى ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيَّةٍ عَنِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ وَعَنِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَعَنْ يَهُوذَا. وَقَالَ لِبَنِي هَارُونَ الْكَهَنَةِ أَنْ يُصْعِدُوهَا عَلَى مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ.

So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

فَذَبَحُوا الثِّيرَانَ، وَتَنَاوَلَ الْكَهَنَةُ الدَّمَ وَرَشُّوهُ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ، ثُمَّ ذَبَحُوا الْكِبَاشَ وَرَشُّوا الدَّمَ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ، ثُمَّ ذَبَحُوا الْخِرْفَانَ وَرَشُّوا الدَّمَ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ.

And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمُوا بِتُيُوسِ ذَبِيحَةِ الْخَطِيَّةِ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ، وَوَضَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَيْهَا،

And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

وَذَبَحَهَا الْكَهَنَةُ وَكَفَّرُوا بِدَمِهَا عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ تَكْفِيرًا عَنْ جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لأَنَّ الْمَلِكَ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُحْرَقَةَ وَذَبِيحَةَ الْخَطِيَّةِ هُمَا عَنْ كُلِّ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.

وَأَوْقَفَ اللاَّوِيِّينَ فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ بِصُنُوجٍ وَرَبَابٍ وَعِيدَانٍ حَسَبَ أَمْرِ دَاوُدَ وَجَادَ رَائِي الْمَلِكِ وَنَاثَانَ النَّبِيِّ، لأَنَّ مِنْ قِبَلِ الرَّبِّ الْوَصِيَّةَ عَنْ يَدِ أَنْبِيَائِهِ.

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

فَوَقَفَ اللاَّوِيُّونَ بِآلاَتِ دَاوُدَ، وَالْكَهَنَةُ بِالأَبْوَاقِ.

And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.

وَأَمَرَ حَزَقِيَّا بِإِصْعَادِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ. وَعِنْدَ ابْتِدَاءِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ ابْتَدَأَ نَشِيدُ الرَّبِّ وَالأَبْوَاقُ بِوَاسِطَةِ آلاَتِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

وَكَانَ كُلُّ الْجَمَاعَةِ يَسْجُدُونَ وَالْمُغَنُّونَ يُغَنُّونَ وَالْمُبَوِّقُونَ يُبَوِّقُونَ. الْجَمِيعُ، إِلَى أَنِ انْتَهَتِ الْمُحْرَقَةُ.

And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.

وَعِنْدَ انْتِهَاءِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ خَرَّ الْمَلِكُ وَكُلُّ الْمَوْجُودِينَ مَعَهُ وَسَجَدُوا.

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

وَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا الْمَلِكُ وَالرُّؤَسَاءُ لِلاَّوِيِّينَ أَنْ يُسَبِّحُوا الرَّبَّ بِكَلاَمِ دَاوُدَ وَآسَافَ الرَّائِي، فَسَبَّحُوا بِابْتِهَاجٍ وَخَرُّوا وَسَجَدُوا.

Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.

ثُمَّ أَجَابَ حَزَقِيَّا وَقَالَ: «الآنَ مَلأْتُمْ أَيْدِيَكُمْ لِلرَّبِّ. تَقَدَّمُوا وَأْتُوا بِذَبَائِحَ وَقَرَابِينِ شُكْرٍ لِبَيْتِ الرَّبِّ». فَأَتَتِ الْجَمَاعَةُ بِذَبَائِحَِ وَقَرَابِينِ شُكْرٍ، وَكُلُّ سَمُوحِ الْقَلْبِ أَتَى بِمُحْرَقَاتٍ.

And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

وَكَانَ عَدَدُ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ الَّتِي أَتَى بِهَا الْجَمَاعَةُ سَبْعِينَ ثَوْرًا وَمِئَةَ كَبْشٍ وَمِئَتَيْ خَرُوفٍ. كُلُّ هذِهِ مُحْرَقَةٌ لِلرَّبِّ.

And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

وَالأَقْدَاسُ سِتُّ مِئَةٍ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَثَلاَثَةُ آلاَفٍ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ.

But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

إِلاَّ إِنَّ الْكَهَنَةَ كَانُوا قَلِيلِينَ فَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَسْلُخُوا كُلَّ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ، فَسَاعَدَهُمْ إِخْوَتُهُمُ اللاَّوِيُّونَ حَتَّى كَمَلَ الْعَمَلُ وَحَتَّى تَقَدَّسَ الْكَهَنَةُ. لأَنَّ اللاَّوِيِّينَ كَانُوا أَكْثَرَ اسْتِقَامَةَ قَلْبٍ مِنَ الْكَهَنَةِ فِي التَّقَدُّسِ.

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

وَأَيْضًا كَانَتِ الْمُحْرَقَاتُ كَثِيرَةً بِشَحْمِ ذَبَائِحِ السَّلاَمَةِ وَسَكَائِبِ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ. فَاسْتَقَامَتْ خِدْمَةُ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ.

And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

وَفَرِحَ حَزَقِيَّا وَكُلُّ الشَّعْبِ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ اللهَ أَعَدَّ الشَّعْبَ، لأَنَّ الأَمْرَ كَانَ بَغْتَةً.