II Chronicles 30

vayyishlakh yekhizqiyyahu al-kol-yisra'el vihudah vegam-iggerot katav al-efrayim umenasheh lavo levet-Adonai birushalai͏m la'asot pesakh la-Adonai elohe yisra'el

Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah; he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the House of GOD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover for the ETERNAL God of Israel.

vayyivva'ats hammelekh vesarayw vekhol-haqqahal birushalai͏m la'asot happesakh bakhodesh hasheni

The king and his officers and the congregation in Jerusalem had agreed to keep the Passover in the second month,

ki lo yakhelu la'asoto ba'et hahi ki hakkohanim lo-hitqaddeshu lemadday veha'am lo-ne'esfu lirushalai͏m

for at the time, they were unable to keep it, for not enough priests had sanctified themselves, nor had the people assembled in Jerusalem.

vayyishar haddavar be'ene hammelekh uve'ene kol-haqqahal

The king and the whole congregation thought it proper

vayya'amidu davar leha'avir qol bekhol-yisra'el mibbe'er-sheva ve'ad-dan lavo la'asot pesakh la-Adonai elohe-yisra'el birushalai͏m ki lo larov asu kakkatuv

to issue a decree and proclaim throughout all Israel from Beer-sheba to Dan that they come and keep the Passover for the ETERNAL God of Israel in Jerusalem—not often did they act in accord with what was written.

vayyelekhu haratsim ba'iggerot miyyad hammelekh vesarayw bekhol-yisra'el vihudah ukhemitsvat hammelekh lemor bene yisra'el shuvu el-Adonai elohe avraham yitskhaq veyisra'el veyashov el-happeletah hannisheret lakhem mikkaf malkhe ashur

The couriers went out with the letters from the king and his officers through all Israel and Judah, by order of the king, proclaiming, “O you Israelites! Return to the ETERNAL God of your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and [God] will return to the remnant of you who escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.

ve'al-tihyu ka'avotekhem vekha'akhekhem asher ma'alu ba-Adonai elohe avotehem vayyittenem leshammah ka'asher attem ro'im

Do not be like your ancestors and kindred who trespassed against the ETERNAL God of their ancestors and were turned into a horror, as you see.

attah al-taqshu orpekhem ka'avotekhem tenu-yad la-Adonai uvo'u lemiqdasho asher hiqdish le'olam ve'ivdu et-Adonai elohekhem veyashov mikkem kharon appo

Now do not be stiffnecked like your ancestors; submit yourselves to GOD and come to the sanctuary that has been consecrated forever, and serve the ETERNAL your God, whose anger may hopefully turn back from you.

ki veshuvekhem al-Adonai akhekhem uvenekhem lerakhamim lifne shovehem velashuv la'arets hazzot ki-khannun verakhum Adonai elohekhem velo-yasir panim mikkem im-tashuvu elayw

If you return to GOD, your brothers and children will be regarded with compassion by their captors, and will return to this land; the ETERNAL your God, being gracious and merciful, will not turn away from you if you return.”

vayyihyu haratsim overim me'ir la'ir be'erets-efrayim umenasheh ve'ad-zevulun vayyihyu maskhiqim alehem umaligim bam

As the couriers passed from town to town in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh till they reached Zebulun, they were laughed at and mocked.

akh-anashim me'asher umenasheh umizzevulun nikhne'u vayyavo'u lirushalai͏m

Some of the people of Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun, however, were contrite, and came to Jerusalem.

gam bihudah hayetah yad ha'elohim latet lahem lev ekhad la'asot mitsvat hammelekh vehassarim bidvar Adonai

The hand of God was on Judah, too, making them of a single mind to carry out the command of the king and officers concerning the ordinance of GOD.

vayye'asefu yerushalai͏m am-rav la'asot et-khag hammatsot bakhodesh hasheni qahal larov me'od

A great crowd assembled at Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

vayyaqumu vayyasiru et-hammizbekhot asher birushalai͏m ve'et kol-hameqatterot hesiru vayyashlikhu lenakhal qidron

They set to and removed the altars that were in Jerusalem, and they removed all the incense stands and threw them into Wadi Kidron.

vayyishkhatu happesakh be'arba'ah asar lakhodesh hasheni vehakkohanim vehaleviyyim nikhlemu vayyitqaddeshu vayyavi'u olot bet Adonai

They slaughtered the passover sacrifice on the fourteenth of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they sanctified themselves and brought burnt offerings to the House of GOD.

vayya'amdu al-omdam kemishpatam ketorat mosheh ish-ha'elohim hakkohanim zoreqim et-haddam miyyad haleviyyim

They took their stations, as was their rule according to the Teaching of Moses, agent of God. The priests dashed the blood [that they received] from the Levites.

ki-rabbat baqqahal asher lo-hitqaddashu vehaleviyyim al-shekhitat happesakhim lekhol lo tahor lehaqdish la-Adonai

Since many in the congregation had not sanctified themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the passover sacrifice for everyone who was not pure, so as to consecrate them to GOD.

ki marbit ha'am rabbat me'efrayim umenasheh yissashkhar uzevulun lo hitteharu ki-okhlu et-happesakh belo khakkatuv ki hitpallel yekhizqiyyahu alehem lemor Adonai hattov yekhapper be'ad

For most of the people—many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the passover sacrifice in violation of what was written. Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “The good GOD will provide atonement for

kol-levavo hekhin lidrosh ha'elohim Adonai elohe avotayw velo ketohorat haqqodesh

all who set their mind on worshiping God—the ETERNAL God of their ancestors—even if they are not purified for the sanctuary.”

vayyishma Adonai el-yekhizqiyyahu vayyirpa et-ha'am

GOD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

vayya'asu vene-yisra'el hannimtse'im birushalai͏m et-khag hammatsot shivat yamim besimkhah gedolah umehalelim la-Adonai yom beyom haleviyyim vehakkohanim bikhle-oz la-Adonai

The Israelites who were in Jerusalem kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days, with great rejoicing, the Levites and the priests praising GOD daily with powerful instruments for GOD.

vayedabber yekhizqiyyahu al-lev kol-haleviyyim hammaskilim sekhel-tov la-Adonai vayyokhelu et-hammo'ed shivat hayyamim mezabbekhim zivkhe shelamim umitvaddim la-Adonai elohe avotehem

Hezekiah persuaded all the Levites who performed skillfully for GOD to spend the seven days of the festival making offerings of well-being, and confessing to the ETERNAL God of their ancestors.

vayyivva'atsu kol-haqqahal la'asot shivat yamim akherim vayya'asu shivat-yamim simkhah

All the congregation resolved to keep seven more days, so they kept seven more days of rejoicing.

ki khizqiyyahu melekh-yehudah herim laqqahal elef parim veshivat alafim tson vehassarim herimu laqqahal parim elef vetson aseret alafim vayyitqaddeshu khohanim larov

King Hezekiah of Judah contributed to the congregation 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep. And the officers contributed to the congregation 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. And the priests sanctified themselves in large numbers.

vayyismekhu kol-qehal yehudah vehakkohanim vehaleviyyim vekhol-haqqahal habba'im miyyisra'el vehaggerim habba'im me'erets yisra'el vehayyoshevim bihudah

All the congregation of Judah and the priests and the Levites and all the congregation that came from Israel, and the resident aliens who came from the land of Israel and who lived in Judah, rejoiced.

vattehi simkhah-gedolah birushalai͏m ki mime shelomoh ven-david melekh yisra'el lo khazot birushalai͏m

There was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for since the time of King Solomon son of David of Israel nothing like it had happened in Jerusalem.

vayyaqumu hakkohanim haleviyyim vayevarekhu et-ha'am vayyishama beqolam vattavo tefillatam limon qodsho lashamayim

The Levite priests rose and blessed the people, and their voice was heard, and their prayer went up to God’s holy abode, to heaven.