1 E zequias começou a reinar quando tinha vinte e cinco anos; e reinou vinte e nove anos em Jerusalém. E o nome de sua mãe era Abia, filha de Zacarias.

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

2 E le fez o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, conforme tudo quanto fizera Davi, seu pai.

Hezekiah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He did all that his father David had done. Hezekiah Makes the House of God Holy Again

3 P ois ele, no primeiro ano do seu reinado, no primeiro mês, abriu as portas da casa do Senhor, e as reparou.

In the first month of the first year of his rule, he opened the doors of the Lord’s house and made them like new.

4 F ez vir os sacerdotes e os levitas e, ajuntando-os na praça oriental,

He brought in the religious leaders and the Levites, and gathered them in the open space on the east side.

5 d isse-lhes: Ouvi-me, ó levitas; santificai-vos agora, e santificai a casa do Senhor, Deus de vossos pais, e tirai do santo lugar a imundícia.

Then he said to them, “Listen to me, O Levites. Now make yourselves holy. And make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers. Carry what is unclean out from the holy place.

6 P orque nossos pais se houveram traiçoeiramente, e fizeram o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor nosso Deus; deixaram-no e, desviando os seus rostos da habitação do Senhor, voltaram-lhe as costas.

For our fathers have not been faithful. They have done what is bad in the eyes of the Lord our God. They have left Him and turned their faces away from the house of the Lord. They have turned their backs.

7 T ambém fecharam as portas do alpendre, apagaram as lâmpadas, e não queimaram incenso nem ofereceram holocaustos no santo lugar ao Deus de Israel.

They have also shut the doors of the porch and put out the lamps. They have not burned special perfume or given burnt gifts in the holy place to the God of Israel.

8 P elo que veio a ira do Senhor sobre Judá e Jerusalém, e ele os entregou para serem motivo de espanto, de admiração e de escárnio, como vós o estais vendo com os vossos olhos.

So the Lord was angry with Judah and Jerusalem. He has made them an object of fear and wonder and shame, as you see with your own eyes.

9 P orque eis que nossos pais caíram ã espada, e nossos filhos, nossas filhas e nossas mulheres estão por isso em cativeiro.

See, our fathers have fallen by the sword. And our sons, our daughters and our wives have been taken away to a strange land because of this.

10 A gora tenho no coração o propósito de fazer um pacto com o Senhor, Deus de Israel, para que se desvie de nós o ardor da sua ira.

Now it is in my heart to make an agreement with the Lord God of Israel, that His burning anger may turn away from us.

11 F ilhos meus, não sejais negligentes, pois o Senhor vos escolheu para estardes diante dele a fim de o servir, e para serdes seus ministros e queimardes incenso.

My sons, take care now. For the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to do His work and to burn special perfume.”

12 E ntão se levantaram os levitas: Maate, filho de Amasai, e Joel, filho de Azarias, dos filhos dos coatitas; e dos filhos de Merári: Quis, filho de Abdi, e Azurias, filho de Jealelel; e dos gersonitas: Joá, filho de Zima, e Edem filho de Joá;

Then the Levites set to work. There was Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, from the sons of the Kohathites. From the sons of Merari there was Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel. From the Gershonites there was Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah.

13 e dos filhos de Elizafã: Sínri e Jeuel; dos filhos de Asafe; Zacarias e Matanias;

There were Shimri and Jeiel from the sons of Elizaphan. There were Zechariah and Mattaniah from the sons of Asaph.

14 e dos filhos de Hemã: Jeuel e Simei; e dos filhos de Jedutun: Semaías e Uziel.

From the sons of Heman there were Jehiel and Shimei. And from the sons of Jeduthun there were Shemaiah and Uzziel.

15 A juntaram seus irmãos, santificaram-se e entraram conforme a ordem do rei, segundo as palavras do Senhor, para purificarem a casa do Senhor.

They gathered their brothers and made themselves holy, and went in to make the Lord’s house clean, as the king had told them by the words of the Lord.

16 T ambém os sacerdotes entraram na parte interior da casa do Senhor para a limparem, e tirarem para fora, ao átrio da casa do Senhor, toda a imundícia que acharem no templo do Senhor; e os levitas a tomaram e a levaram para fora, ao ribeiro de Cedrom.

The religious leaders went in to the inside part of the Lord’s house to make it clean. They brought out to the open space of the Lord’s house everything they found inside which was unclean. Then the Levites took it and carried it out to the river of Kidron.

17 C omeçaram a santificá-la no primeiro dia do primeiro mês, e ao oitavo dia do mês chegaram ao alpendre do Senhor, e santificaram a casa do Senhor em oito dias; no décimo sexto dia do primeiro mês acabaram.

They began to make it holy on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of the Lord. Then they made the Lord’s house holy in eight days, and finished on the sixteenth day of the first month.

18 E ntão foram ter com o rei Ezequias no palácio, e disseram: Acabamos de limpar toda a casa do Senhor, como também o altar do holocausto com todos os seus utensílios, e a mesa dos pães da proposição com todos os seus utensílios.

Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, “We have made clean the whole house of the Lord, the altar of burnt gifts with all of its objects, and the table of holy bread with all of its objects.

19 T odos os utensílios que o rei Acaz, no seu reinado, lançou fora, na sua infidelidade, já os preparamos e santificamos; e eis que estão diante do altar do Senhor.

And we have made all the objects holy which King Ahaz had thrown away during his rule when he was not faithful. See, they are before the altar of the Lord.” Worship in the House of God Again

20 E ntão o rei Ezequias se levantou de madrugada, e ajuntou os príncipes da cidade e subiu ã casa do Senhor.

Then King Hezekiah got up early and gathered the city rulers and went up to the house of the Lord.

21 E trouxeram sete novilhos, sete carneiros, sete cordeiros e sete bodes, como oferta pelo pecado a favor do reino, e do santuário e de Judá; e o rei deu ordem aos sacerdotes, filhos de Arão, que os oferecessem sobre o altar do Senhor.

They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin gift for the nation, the holy place, and Judah. Hezekiah told the religious leaders, the sons of Aaron, to give them on the altar of the Lord.

22 O s sacerdotes pois imolaram os novilhos, e tomando o sangue o espargiram sobre o altar; também imolaram os carneiros, e espargiram o sangue sobre o altar; semelhantemente imolaram os cordeiros, e espargiram o sangue sobre o altar.

So they killed the bulls, and the religious leaders took the blood and put it on the altar. They killed the rams and put the blood on the altar. And they killed the lambs and put the blood on the altar.

23 E ntão trouxeram os bodes, como oferta pelo pecado, perante o rei e a congregação, que lhes impuseram as mãos;

Then they brought the male goats of the sin gift in front of the king and the people. They laid their hands on them.

24 e os sacerdotes os imolaram, e com o seu sangue fizeram uma oferta pelo pecado, sobre o altar, para fazer expiação por todo o Israel. Porque o rei tinha ordenado que se fizesse aquele holocausto e aquela oferta pelo pecado por todo o Israel.

And the religious leaders killed them and gave a sin gift with their blood, to pay for the sins of all Israel. For the king said that the burnt gift and the sin gift should be made for all Israel.

25 T ambém dispôs os levitas na casa do Senhor com címbalos, alaúdes e harpas conforme a ordem de Davi, e de Gade, o vidente do rei, e do profeta Natã; porque esta ordem viera do Senhor, por meio de seus profetas.

Then Hezekiah put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord with timbrels and different kinds of harps. He did as David, Gad and Nathan, the men who spoke for God, had all said. For through these men the Lord said that this was to be done.

26 E os levitas estavam em pé com os instrumentos de Davi, e os sacerdotes com as trombetas.

The Levites stood with the objects for making music which David had made. And the religious leaders stood with the horns.

27 E Ezequias ordenou que se oferecesse o holocausto sobre o altar; e quando começou o holocausto, começou também o canto do Senhor, ao som das trombetas e dos instrumentos de Davi, rei de Israel.

Then Hezekiah told them to give the burnt gift on the altar. When the burnt gift began, the song to the Lord also began, with the horns and the objects for music made by David, king of Israel.

28 E ntão toda a congregação adorava, e os cantores cantavam, e os trombeteiros tocavam; tudo isso continuou até se acabar o holocausto.

While all the people worshiped, the singers sang and the horns sounded. The music went on until the burnt gift was finished.

29 T endo eles acabado de fazer a oferta, o rei e todos os que estavam com ele se prostraram e adoraram.

When the burnt gift was finished, the king and all who were with him bowed down and worshiped.

30 E o rei Ezequias e os príncipes ordenaram aos levitas que louvassem ao Senhor com as palavras de Davi, e de Asafe, o vidente. E eles cantaram louvores com alegria, e se inclinaram e adoraram.

King Hezekiah and the rulers told the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and Asaph the man of God. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.

31 E ntão Ezequias disse: Agora que vos consagrastes ao Senhor chegai-vos e trazei sacrifícios e ofertas em ação de graças a casa do Senhor. E a congregação trouxe sacrifícios e ofertas em ação de graças, e todos os que estavam dispostos de coração trouxeram holocaustos.

Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have made yourselves holy to the Lord, come near and bring gifts for the altar and gifts of thanks to the house of the Lord.” And the people brought gifts for the altar and gifts of thanks. All those who were willing brought burnt gifts.

32 E o número dos holocaustos que a congregação trouxe foi de setenta novilhos, cem carneiros e duzentos cordeiros, tudo isso em holocausto ao Senhor.

The number of the burnt gifts which the people brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs. All these were for a burnt gift to the Lord.

33 H ouve também, de coisas consagradas, seiscentos bois e três mil ovelhas.

And the holy gifts were 600 bulls and 3, 000 sheep.

34 E ram, porém, mui poucos os sacerdotes, de modo que não podiam esfolar todos os holocaustos; pelo que seus irmãos, os levitas, os ajudaram, até se acabar a obra, e até que os outros sacerdotes se santificassem, pois os levitas foram mais retos de coração, para se santificarem, do que os sacerdotes.

But there were not enough religious leaders to skin all the burnt gifts. So their brothers the Levites helped them until the work was finished, and until all the religious leaders had made themselves holy. For the Levites put more care into making themselves holy than the religious leaders.

35 E houve também holocaustos em abundância, juntamente com a gordura das ofertas pacíficas, e com as ofertas de libação para cada holocausto. Assim se restabeleceu o ministério da casa do Senhor.

There were also many burnt gifts with the fat of the peace gifts. And there were the drink gifts for the burnt gifts. So the worship was returned to the house of the Lord.

36 E Ezequias regozijou-se, e com ele todo o povo, por causa daquilo que Deus tinha preparado a favor do povo; pois isto se fizera de improviso.

Then Hezekiah and all the people were filled with joy because of what God had done for the people, for it was done all at once.