2 Chronicles 30

1 Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.

1 وَأَرْسَلَ حَزَقِيَّا إِلَى جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا، وَكَتَبَ أَيْضًا رَسَائِلَ إِلَى أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى أَنْ يَأْتُوا إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَعْمَلُوا فِصْحًا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

2 For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,

2 فَتَشَاوَرَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَرُؤَسَاؤُهُ وَكُلُّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا ٱلْفِصْحَ فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّانِي،

3 since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.

3 لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَعْمَلُوهُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْكَهَنَةَ لَمْ يَتَقَدَّسُوا بِٱلْكِفَايَةِ، وَٱلشَّعْبَ لَمْ يَجْتَمِعُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

4 This plan pleased the king and the whole assembly.

4 فَحَسُنَ ٱلْأَمْرُ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَعُيُونِ كُلِّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ.

5 So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it in great numbers as prescribed.

5 فَٱعْتَمَدُوا عَلَى إِطْلَاقِ ٱلنِّدَاءِ فِي جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ إِلَى دَانَ أَنْ يَأْتُوا لِعَمَلِ ٱلْفِصْحِ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَعْمَلُوهُ كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ كَثِيرٍ.

6 At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.

6 فَذَهَبَ ٱلسُّعَاةُ بِٱلرَّسَائِلِ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَرُؤَسَائِهِ فِي جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَيَهُوذَا، وَحَسَبَ وَصِيَّةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ: «يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، ٱرْجِعُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ، فَيَرْجِعَ إِلَى ٱلنَّاجِينَ ٱلْبَاقِينَ لَكُمْ مِنْ يَدِ مُلُوكِ أَشُّورَ.

7 Do not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see.

7 وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَآبَائِكُمْ وَكَإِخْوَتِكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ خَانُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِمْ فَجَعَلَهُمْ دَهْشَةً كَمَا أَنْتُمْ تَرَوْنَ.

8 Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.

8 ٱلْآنَ لَا تُصَلِّبُوا رِقَابَكُمْ كَآبَائِكُمْ، بَلِ ٱخْضَعُوا لِلرَّبِّ وَٱدْخُلُوا مَقْدِسَهُ ٱلَّذِي قَدَّسَهُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، وَٱعْبُدُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ فَيَرْتَدَّ عَنْكُمْ حُمُوُّ غَضَبِهِ.

9 For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

9 لِأَنَّهُ بِرُجُوعِكُمْ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ يَجِدُ إِخْوَتُكُمْ وَبَنُوكُمْ رَحْمَةً أَمَامَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْبُونَهُمْ، فَيَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ حَنَّانٌ وَرَحِيمٌ، وَلَا يُحَوِّلُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ».

10 And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and mocked them.

10 فَكَانَ ٱلسُّعَاةُ يَعْبُرُونَ مِنْ مَدِينَةٍ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ فِي أَرْضِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى حَتَّى زَبُولُونَ، فَكَانُوا يَضْحَكُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيَهْزَأُونَ بِهِمْ.

11 Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

11 إِلَّا إِنَّ قَوْمًا مِنْ أَشِيرَ وَمَنَسَّى وَزَبُولُونَ تَوَاضَعُوا وَأَتَوْا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

12 Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.

12 وَكَانَتْ يَدُ ٱللهِ فِي يَهُوذَا أَيْضًا، فَأَعْطَاهُمْ قَلْبًا وَاحِدًا لِيَعْمَلُوا بِأَمْرِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ، حَسَبَ قَوْلِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

13 In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

13 فَٱجْتَمَعَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ شَعْبٌ كَثِيرٌ لِعَمَلِ عِيدِ ٱلْفَطِيرِ فِي ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّانِي، جَمَاعَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ جِدًّا.

14 They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.

14 وَقَامُوا وَأَزَالُوا ٱلْمَذَابِحَ ٱلَّتِي فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأَزَالُوا كُلَّ مَذَابِحِ ٱلتَّبْخِيرِ وَطَرَحُوهَا إِلَى وَادِي قَدْرُونَ.

15 And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.

15 وَذَبَحُوا ٱلْفِصْحَ فِي ٱلرَّابِعِ عَشَرَ مِنَ ٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلثَّانِي. وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱللَّاوِيُّونَ خَجِلُوا وَتَقَدَّسُوا وَأَدْخَلُوا ٱلْمُحْرَقَاتِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ،

16 They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splattered the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.

16 وَأَقَامُوا عَلَى مَقَامِهِمْ حَسَبَ حُكْمِهِمْ كَنَامُوسِ مُوسَى رَجُلِ ٱللهِ. كَانَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ يَرُشُّونَ ٱلدَّمَ مِنْ يَدِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ.

17 Since there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the LORD.

17 لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ كَثِيرُونَ فِي ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ لَمْ يَتَقَدَّسُوا، فَكَانَ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ عَلَى ذَبْحِ ٱلْفِصْحِ عَنْ كُلِّ مَنْ لَيْسَ بِطَاهِرٍ لِتَقْدِيسِهِمْ لِلرَّبِّ.

18 A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone

18 لِأَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ، كَثِيرِينَ مِنْ أَفْرَايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى وَيَسَّاكَرَ وَزَبُولُونَ لَمْ يَتَطَهَّرُوا، بَلْ أَكَلُوا ٱلْفِصْحَ لَيْسَ كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ. إِلَّا إِنَّ حَزَقِيَّا صَلَّى عَنْهُمْ قَائِلًا: «ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلصَّالِحُ يُكَفِّرُ عَنْ

19 who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”

19 كُلِّ مَنْ هَيَّأَ قَلْبَهُ لِطَلَبِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِ، وَلَيْسَ كَطَهَارَةِ ٱلْقُدْسِ».

20 And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

20 فَسَمِعَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِحَزَقِيَّا وَشَفَى ٱلشَّعْبَ.

21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.

21 وَعَمِلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْمَوْجُودُونَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ عِيدَ ٱلْفَطِيرِ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ بِفَرَحٍ عَظِيمٍ، وَكَانَ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ يَوْمًا فَيَوْمًا بِآلَاتِ حَمْدٍ لِلرَّبِّ.

22 And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

22 وَطَيَّبَ حَزَقِيَّا قُلُوبَ جَمِيعِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ ٱلْفَطِنِينَ فِطْنَةً صَالِحَةً لِلرَّبِّ، وَأَكَلُوا ٱلْمَوْسِمَ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ يَذْبَحُونَ ذَبَائِحَ سَلَامَةٍ وَيَحْمَدُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِهِمْ.

23 The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.

23 وَتَشَاوَرَ كُلُّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ أُخْرَى، فَعَمِلُوا سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ بِفَرَحٍ.

24 For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.

24 لِأَنَّ حَزَقِيَّا مَلِكَ يَهُوذَا قَدَّمَ لِلْجَمَاعَةِ أَلْفَ ثَوْرٍ وَسَبْعَةَ آلَافٍ مِنَ ٱلضَّأْنِ، وَٱلرُّؤَسَاءُ قَدَّمُوا لِلْجَمَاعَةِ أَلْفَ ثَوْرٍ وَعَشَرَةَ آلَافٍ مِنَ ٱلضَّأْنِ، وَتَقَدَّسَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ.

25 Then the whole assembly of Judah rejoiced along with the priests and Levites and the whole assembly that had come from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and those who lived in Judah.

25 وَفَرِحَ كُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ يَهُوذَا، وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ وَٱللَّاوِيُّونَ، وَكُلُّ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ ٱلْآتِينَ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَٱلْغُرَبَاءُ ٱلْآتُونَ مِنْ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَٱلسَّاكِنُونَ فِي يَهُوذَا.

26 So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.

26 وَكَانَ فَرَحٌ عَظِيمٌ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، لِأَنَّهُ مِنْ أَيَّامِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمْ يَكُنْ كَهَذَا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

27 Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.

27 وَقَامَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ وَبَارَكُوا ٱلشَّعْبَ، فَسُمِعَ صَوْتُهُمْ وَدَخَلَتْ صَلَاتُهُمْ إِلَى مَسْكَنِ قُدْسِهِ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ.