1 ¶ Now when all this was finished, all Israel went out, those that were present, to the cities of Judah and broke the images in pieces and cut down the groves and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the sons of Israel returned, each man to his possession, into their own cities.

Acabado tudo isso, todos os israelitas que ali estavam saíram

2 A nd Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, each man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.

E Ezequias estabeleceu as turmas dos sacerdotes e levitas, turma por turma, cada um segundo o seu serviço, tanto os sacerdotes como os levitas, para os holocaustos e as ofertas pacíficas, para ministrarem, renderem ações de graças e cantarem louvores nas portas do arraial do Senhor.

3 T he king’s portion of his substance for the burnt offerings was the morning and evening burnt offerings and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths and for the new moons and for the solemn feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

A contribuição da fazenda do rei foi designada para os holocaustos: os holocaustos da manhã e da tarde, e os holocaustos dos sábados, das luas novas e das festas fixas, como está escrito na lei do Senhor.

4 M oreover, he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

Além disso ordenou ao povo que morava em Jerusalém que desse a porção pertencente aos sacerdotes e aos levitas, para que eles se dedicassem ã lei do Senhor.

5 A nd as soon as the commandment burst forth and multiplied, an abundance of firstfruits of grain, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field was multiplied unto the sons of Israel; and likewise, they brought in the tithe, of all things in abundance.

Logo que esta ordem se divulgou, os filhos de Israel trouxeram em abundância as primícias de trigo, mosto, azeite, mel e todo produto do campo; também trouxeram em abundância o dízimo de tudo.

6 A lso the sons of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, gave in the same manner the tithe of the cows and the sheep, and the tithe of that which was sanctified of the things which had been promised unto the LORD their God, and laid them in heaps.

Os filhos de Israel e de Judá que habitavam nas cidades de Judá também trouxeram o dízimo de bois e de ovelhas, e o dízimo das coisas dedicadas que foram consagradas ao Senhor seu Deus, e depositaram-nos em montões.

7 I n the third month they began to found those heaps, and they finished them in the seventh month.

No terceiro mês começaram a formar os montões, e no sétimo mês acabaram.

8 A nd when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and his people Israel.

Vindo, pois, Ezequias e os príncipes, e vendo aqueles montões, bendisseram ao Senhor e ao seu povo Israel.

9 T hen Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

Então perguntou Ezequias aos sacerdotes e aos levitas acerca daqueles montões.

10 A nd Azariah, the high priest of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have eaten and been satisfied and have had an abundance left over; for the LORD has blessed his people, and that which is left is this great store.

Respondeu-lhe Azarias, o sumo sacerdote, que era da casa de Zadoque, dizendo: Desde que o povo começou a trazer as ofertas para a casa do Senhor, tem havido o que comer e de que se fartar, e ainda nos tem sobejado bastante, porque o Senhor abençoou ao seu povo; e os sobejos constituem esta abastança.

11 ¶ Then Hezekiah commanded that they prepare chambers in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them

Então ordenou Ezequias que se preparassem câmaras na casa do Senhor; e as prepararam.

12 a nd brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully, over which Cononiah, the Levite, was ruler and Shimei, his brother, was second.

Ali recolheram fielmente as ofertas, os dízimos e as coisas dedicadas; e tinha o cargo disto o levita Conanias, e depois dele Simei, seu irmão.

13 A nd Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah, the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

E Jeiel, Azazias, Naate, Asael, Jerimote, Jozabade, Eliel, Ismaquias, Maate e Benaías eram superintendentes sob a direção de Conanias e de Simei, seu irmão, por decreto do rei Ezequias e de Azarias, o chefe da casa de Deus.

14 A nd Kore, the son of Imnah, the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the offerings of the LORD and the most holy things.

E o levita Coré, filho de Imná, e guarda da porta oriental, estava encarregado das ofertas voluntárias que se faziam a Deus, para distribuir as ofertas do Senhor e as coisas santíssimas.

15 A nd at his hand were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah in the cities of the priests, to faithfully give their brethren their parts according to their courses, to the great the same as to the small.

E debaixo das suas ordens estavam Edem, Miniamim, Jesuá, Semaías, Amarias e Secanias, nas cidades dos sacerdotes, para fazerem com fidelidade a distribuição a seus irmãos, segundo as suas turmas, tanto aos pequenos como aos grandes,

16 B esides that which is counted for the males from three years old and upward, unto all that entered into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their ministry in their charges according to their courses;

exceto os que estavam contados pelas genealogias, varões da idade de três anos para cima, todos os que entravam na casa do Senhor, para o seu serviço diário nos seus cargos segundo as suas turmas.

17 b oth to those numbered among the priests by the house of their fathers and among the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;

Quanto ao registro dos sacerdotes, era feito segundo as suas casas paternas; e o dos levitas da idade de vinte anos para cima era feito segundo os seus cargos nas suas turmas.

18 a nd likewise unto those of their generation with all their little ones, their wives, and their sons and daughters, through all the congregation, for in their faithfulness they sanctified themselves in holiness.

Os sacerdotes eram arrolados com todos os seus pequeninos, suas mulheres, seus filhos e suas filhas, por toda a congregação; porque estes se dedicavam fielmente

19 L ikewise, to the sons of Aaron, the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in all the cities, the men that were expressed by name, gave portions to all the males among the priests and to all the lineage of the Levites.

Também para os filhos de Arão os sacerdotes que estavam nos campos dos arrabaldes das suas cidades, em cada cidade, havia homens designados por nome para distribuírem porções a todo homem entre os sacerdotes e a todos os arrolados entre os levitas.

20 A nd thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah and wrought that which was good and right and true before the LORD his God.

Assim fez Ezequias em todo o Judá; e fez o que era bom, e reto, e fiel perante o Senhor seu Deus.

21 A nd in every work that he began in the service of the house of God and in the law and in the commandments, he sought God and he did it with all his heart and was prospered.

E toda a obra que empreendeu no serviço da casa de Deus, e de acordo com a lei e os mandamentos, para buscar a seu Deus, ele a fez de todo o seu coração e foi bem sucedido.