II Chronicles 29

yekhizqiyyahu malakh ben-esrim vekhamesh shanah ve'esrim vatesha shanah malakh birushalai͏m veshem immo aviyyah bat-zekharyahu

Hezekiah became king at the age of twenty-five, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.

vayya'as hayyashar be'ene Adonai kekhol asher-asah david aviv

He did what was pleasing to GOD, just as his forefather David had done.

hu vashanah harishonah lemolkho bakhodesh harishon patakh et-daltot bet-Adonai vayekhazzeqem

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

vayyave et-hakkohanim ve'et-haleviyyim vayya'asfem lirkhov hammizrakh

He summoned the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the east square.

vayyomer lahem shema'uni haleviyyim attah hitqaddeshu veqaddeshu et-bet Adonai elohe avotekhem vehotsi'u et-hanniddah min-haqqodesh

He said to them, “Listen to me, Levites! Sanctify yourselves and sanctify the House of the ETERNAL God of your ancestors, and take the abhorrent things out of the holy place.

ki-ma'alu avotenu ve'asu hara be'ene Adonaielohenu vayya'azvuhu vayyassebbu fenehem mimmishkan Adonai vayyittenu-oref

For our ancestors trespassed and did what displeased the ETERNAL our God—whom they forsook as they turned their faces away from the dwelling-place of GOD, turning their backs on it.

gam sageru daltot ha'ulam vayekhabbu et-hannerot uqetoret lo hiqtiru ve'olah lo-he'elu vaqqodesh lelohe yisra'el

They also shut the doors of the porch and put out the lights; they did not offer incense and did not make burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

vayehi qetsef Adonai al-yehudah virushalai͏m vayyittenem (lzvh) [leza'avah] leshammah velishreqah ka'asher attem ro'im be'enekhem

GOD’s wrath was upon Judah and Jerusalem; they were made to be an object of horror, amazement, and hissing—as you see with your own eyes.

vehinneh nafelu avotenu bekharev uvanenu uvenotenu venashenu bashevi al-zot

Our ancestors died by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity on account of this.

attah im-levavi likhrot berit la-Adonai elohe yisra'el veyashov mimmennu kharon appo

Now I wish to make a covenant with the ETERNAL God of Israel, whose rage may hopefully be withdrawn from us.

banay attah al-tishalu ki-vakhem bakhar Adonai la'amod lefanayw leshareto velihyot lo mesharetim umaqtirim

Now, my sons, do not be slack, for GOD chose you to be in attendance, to render service, to minister, and to make offerings.”

vayyaqumu haleviyyim makhat ben-amasay veyo'el ben-azaryahu min-bene haqqehati umin-bene merari qish ben-avdi va'azaryahu ben-yehallelel umin-haggereshunni yo'akh ben-zimmah ve'eden ben-yo'akh

So the Levites set to—Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah of the sons of Kohath; and of the sons of Merari, Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;

umin-bene elitsafan shimri (vyvl) [vi'i'el] umin-bene asaf zekharyahu umattanyahu

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

umin-bene heman (ykhvl) [yekhi'el] veshimi umin-bene yedutun shemayah ve'uzzi'el

and of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel—

vayya'asfu et-akhehem vayyitqaddeshu vayyavo'u khemitsvat-hammelekh bedivre Adonai letaher bet Adonai

and, gathering their brothers, they sanctified themselves and came, by a command of the king concerning GOD’s ordinances, to purify the House of GOD.

vayyavo'u hakkohanim lifnimah vet-Adonai letaher vayyotsi'u et kol-hattumah asher matse'u behekhal Adonai lakhatsar bet Adonai vayeqabbelu haleviyyim lehotsi lenakhal-qidron khutsah

The priests went into the House of GOD to purify it, and brought all the impure things they found in the Temple of GOD out into the court of the House of GOD; [there] the Levites received them, to take them outside to Wadi Kidron.

vayyakhellu be'ekhad lakhodesh harishon leqaddesh uveyom shemonah lakhodesh ba'u le'ulam Adonai vayeqaddeshu et-bet-Adonai leyamim shemonah uveyom shisha asar lakhodesh harishon killu

They began the sanctification on the first day of the first month; on the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of GOD. They sanctified the House of GOD for eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.

vayyavo'u fenimah el-khizqiyyahu hammelekh vayyomeru tiharnu et-kol-bet Adonai et-mizbakh ha'olah ve'et-kol-kelayw ve'et-shulkhan hamma'arekhet ve'et-kol-kelayw

Then they went into the palace of King Hezekiah and said, “We have purified the whole House of GOD and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table of the bread of display and all its utensils;

ve'et kol-hakkelim asher hizniakh hammelekh akhaz bemalkhuto bema'alo hekhannu vehiqdashenu vehinnam lifne mizbakh Adonai

and all the utensils that King Ahaz had befouled during his reign, when he trespassed, we have made ready and sanctified. They are standing in front of the altar of GOD.”

vayyashkem yekhizqiyyahu hammelekh vayye'esof et sare ha'ir vayya'al bet Adonai

King Hezekiah rose early, gathered the officers of the city, and went up to the House of GOD.

vayyavi'u farim-shivah ve'elim shivah ukhevasim shivah utsefire izzim shivah lekhattat al-hammamlakhah ve'al-hammiqdash ve'al-yehudah vayyomer livne aharon hakkohanim leha'alot al-mizbakh Adonai

They brought seven bulls and seven rams and seven lambs and seven he-goats as a purgation offering for the kingdom and for the Sanctuary and for Judah. He ordered the Aaronite priests to offer them on the altar of GOD.

vayyishkhatu habbaqar vayeqabbelu hakkohanim et-haddam vayyizrequ hammizbekhah vayyishkhatu ha'elim vayyizrequ haddam hammizbekhah vayyishkhatu hakkevasim vayyizrequ haddam hammizbekhah

The cattle were slaughtered, and the priests received the blood and dashed it against the altar; the rams were slaughtered and the blood was dashed against the altar; the lambs were slaughtered and the blood was dashed against the altar.

vayyaggishu et-se'ire hakhattat lifne hammelekh vehaqqahal vayyismekhu yedehem alehem

The he-goats for the purgation offering were presented to the king and the congregation, who laid their hands upon them.

vayyishkhatum hakkohanim vayekhatte'u et-damam hammizbekhah lekhapper al-kol-yisra'el ki lekhol-yisra'el amar hammelekh ha'olah vehakhattat

The priests slaughtered them and performed the purgation rite with the blood against the altar, to expiate for all Israel, for the king had designated the burnt offering and the purgation offering to be for all Israel.

vayya'amed et-haleviyyim bet Adonai bimtsiltayim binvalim uvekhinnorot bemitsvat david vegad khozeh-hammelekh venatan hannavi ki veyad-Adonai hammitsvah beyad-nevi'ayw

He stationed the Levites in the House of GOD with cymbals and harps and lyres, as David and Gad the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet had ordained, for the ordinance was by GOD through those prophets.

vayya'amdu haleviyyim bikhle david vehakkohanim bakhatsotserot

When the Levites were in place with the instruments of David, and the priests with their trumpets,

vayyomer khizqiyyahu leha'alot ha'olah lehammizbeakh uve'et hekhel ha'olah hekhel shir-Adonai vehakhatsotserot ve'al-yede kele david melekh-yisra'el

Hezekiah gave the order to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of GOD and the trumpets began also, together with the instruments of King David of Israel.

vekhol-haqqahal mishtakhavim vehashir meshorer vehakhatsotserot (mkhtstsrym) [makhtserim] hakkol ad likhlot ha'olah

All the congregation prostrated themselves, the song was sung and the trumpets were blown—all this until the end of the burnt offering.

ukhekhallot leha'alot kare'u hammelekh vekhol-hannimtse'im itto vayyishtakhavu

When the offering was finished, the king and all who were there with him knelt and prostrated themselves.

vayyomer yekhizqiyyahu hammelekh vehassarim lalviyyim lehallel la-Adonai bedivre david ve'asaf hakhozeh vayehalelu ad-lesimkhah vayyiqqedu vayyishtakhavu

King Hezekiah and the officers ordered the Levites to praise GOD in the words of David and Asaph the seer; so they praised rapturously, and they bowed and prostrated themselves.

vayya'an yekhizqiyyahu vayyomer attah milletem yedkhem la-Adonai goshu vehavi'u zevakhim vetodot levet Adonai vayyavi'u haqqahal zevakhim vetodot vekhol-nediv lev olot

Then Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves to GOD; come, bring sacrifices of well-being and thanksgiving to the House of GOD.” The congregation brought sacrifices of well-being and thanksgiving, and all who felt so moved brought burnt offerings.

vayehi mispar ha'olah asher hevi'u haqqahal baqar shivim elim me'ah kevasim matayim le'olah la-Adonai kol-elleh

The number of burnt offerings that the congregation brought was 70 cattle, 100 rams, 200 lambs—all these for burnt offerings to GOD.

vehaqqodashim baqar shesh me'ot vetson sheloshet alafim

The sacred offerings were 600 large cattle and 3,000 small cattle.

raq hakkohanim hayu limat velo yakhelu lehafshit et-kol-ha'olot vayekhazzequm akhehem haleviyyim ad-kelot hammelakhah ve'ad yitqaddeshu hakkohanim ki haleviyyim yishre levav lehitqaddesh mehakkohanim

The priests were too few to be able to flay all the burnt offerings, so their kindred, the Levites, reinforced them till the end of the work, and till the [rest of the] priests sanctified themselves. (The Levites were more conscientious about sanctifying themselves than the priests.)

vegam-olah larov bekhelve hashelamim uvannesakhim la'olah vattikkon avodat bet-Adonai

For beside the large number of burnt offerings, there were the fat parts of the sacrifices of well-being and the libations for the burnt offerings; so the service of the House of GOD was properly accomplished.

vayyismakh yekhizqiyyahu vekhol-ha'am al hahekhin ha'elohim la'am ki befitom hayah haddavar

Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced over what God had enabled the people to accomplish, because it had happened so suddenly.