2 Chronicles 29

1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

1 希西迦二十五岁登基，在耶路撒冷执政二十九年。他母亲叫亚比雅，是撒迦利雅的女儿。

2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.

2 希西迦事事效法他祖先大卫，做耶和华视为正的事。

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

3 希西迦元年一月，他开启耶和华殿的门，重新修理。

4 Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.

4 他把众祭司和利未人召集在东边的广场，

5 “Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.

5 对他们说：“利未人啊，请听我说！现在你们要洁净自己，也要洁净你们祖先的上帝耶和华的殿，除去圣所中的污秽之物。

6 For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.

6 我们的祖先行事不忠，做我们的上帝耶和华视为恶的事，背弃祂，转脸背向祂的居所。

7 They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.

7 他们封锁殿廊的门，吹灭灯火，不在圣所里向以色列的上帝烧香、献燔祭。

8 Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.

8 因此，耶和华的烈怒临到犹大和耶路撒冷，使他们的遭遇令人恐惧、震惊、嗤笑，正如你们亲眼所见的。

9 For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.

9 所以我们的祖先死在刀下，我们的妻儿也被掳去。

10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.

10 现在我决心要与以色列的上帝耶和华立约，好使祂的烈怒转离我们。

11 Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense.”

11 我的孩子们啊，不要懈怠！因为耶和华拣选你们站在祂面前事奉祂，向祂烧香。”

12 Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;

12 于是，利未人开始供职。其中哥辖宗族有亚玛赛的儿子玛哈和亚撒利雅的儿子约珥，米拉利宗族有亚伯底的儿子基士和耶哈利勒的儿子亚撒利雅，革顺宗族有薪玛的儿子约亚和约亚的儿子伊甸，

13 Shimri and Jeuel from the Elizaphanites; Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaphites;

13 以利撒反宗族有申利和耶利，亚萨宗族有撒迦利雅和玛探雅，

14 Jehiel and Shimei from the Hemanites; and Shemaiah and Uzziel from the Jeduthunites.

14 希幔宗族有耶歇和示每，耶杜顿宗族有示玛雅和乌薛。

15 When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.

15 他们召集其他利未人一起洁净自己，并遵照王的吩咐和耶和华的命令，进去洁净耶和华的殿。

16 So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.

16 祭司们进去洁净耶和华的殿，把所有污秽之物搬到耶和华殿的院子里，然后再由利未人运到外面的汲沦溪丢掉。

17 They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.

17 他们一月一日开始洁净的工作，到一月八日已经洁净到耶和华殿的走廊，又用八天洁净耶和华的殿，一月十六日完成洁净的工作。

18 Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils.

18 然后，他们晋见希西迦王，说：“我们已经洁净了整个耶和华的殿、燔祭坛以及坛上的一切器皿、供饼的桌子及桌子上的一切器皿。

19 Moreover, we have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside during his reign. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD.”

19 我们已备齐亚哈斯王对上帝不忠时所废弃的器皿，并洁净了它们，现在都放在耶和华的坛前。”

20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.

20 希西迦王清早起来，召集城中官员一同上到耶和华的殿。

21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

21 他们牵来七头公牛、七只公绵羊、七只羊羔和七只公山羊，作国家、圣所和犹大人的赎罪祭。王吩咐做祭司的亚伦子孙把这些牲畜献在耶和华的坛上。

22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splattered it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and splattered the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and splattered the blood on the altar.

22 他们宰了公牛，祭司取过血来洒在坛上，然后宰了公绵羊并把血洒在坛上，又宰了羊羔并把血洒在坛上。

23 Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.

23 有人把作赎罪祭的公山羊牵到王和会众面前，他们就将手按在公山羊身上。

24 And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

24 祭司宰了公山羊，把血洒在坛上作赎罪祭，为所有以色列人赎罪，因为王吩咐要为所有以色列人献上燔祭和赎罪祭。

25 Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.

25 王又分派利未人在耶和华的殿里敲钹、鼓瑟、弹琴，正如大卫王、王的先见迦得和先知拿单的指示，就是耶和华借先知所吩咐的。

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

26 利未人拿着大卫的乐器侍立在那里，祭司拿着号角侍立在那里。

27 And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.

27 希西迦下令在坛上献燔祭。开始献燔祭时，伴随着号角声和以色列王大卫的乐器声，响起了颂赞耶和华的歌声。

28 The whole assembly was worshiping, the singers were singing, and the trumpeters were playing. All this continued until the burnt offering was completed.

28 全体会众伴着歌声和号角声俯伏敬拜，直到献完燔祭。

29 When the offerings were completed, the king and all those present with him bowed down and worshiped.

29 献完燔祭后，王和所有在场的人都俯伏敬拜。

30 Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.

30 希西迦王与众官员又吩咐利未人用大卫和亚萨先见的诗词颂赞耶和华。他们欢然歌唱，并低头敬拜。

31 Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.

31 希西迦说：“你们既然已经把自己献给了耶和华，现在就把祭物和感恩祭带到耶和华的殿里来吧。”于是，会众就把祭物和感恩祭送来，有些人甘心乐意地送来燔祭。

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

32 会众献给耶和华作燔祭的有七十头公牛、一百只公绵羊、二百只羊羔，

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

33 献为圣物的有六百头公牛、三千只绵羊。

34 However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.

34 但祭司人数太少，剥不完燔祭牲的皮，于是他们的亲族利未人就来帮助他们，直到献完燔祭，并且别的祭司也洁净了自己，因为利未人比祭司更诚心洁净自己。

35 Furthermore, the burnt offerings were abundant, along with the fat of the peace offerings and the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. So the service of the house of the LORD was established.

35 他们献上大量燔祭和平安祭祭牲的脂肪，以及与燔祭同献的奠祭。 从此，耶和华殿里的事奉恢复了。

36 Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had prepared for the people, because everything had been accomplished so quickly.

36 希西迦和民众因上帝为他们做的而欢喜快乐，因为这事很快成就了。