1 H ezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

وَاعتَلَى حَزَقِيّا العَرْشَ عِندَما كانَ فِي الخامِسَةِ وَالعِشْرينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ. وَحَكَمَ تِسْعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً في مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. وَأُمُّهُ هِيَ أبِيَّةُ بِنتُ زَكَريّا.

2 H e did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.

عَمِلَ حَزَقيّا ما يُرضِي اللهَ ، تَماماً كَما فَعَلَ جَدُّهُ داوُدَ.

3 I n the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them.

وَأصلَحَ حَزَقِيّا أبْوابَ بَيتِ اللهِ وَمَكَّنَها. وَأعادَ فَتْحَ الهَيْكَلِ في الشَّهرِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الأُولَى الَّتِي حَكَمَ فِيها.

4 H e brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them into the square on the east. Reforms Begun

وَاستَدعَى حَزَقِيّا الكَهَنَةَ وَالَّلاوِيِّينَ وَجَمَعَهُمْ فِي السّاحَةِ عَلَى الجانِبِ الشَّرقيِّ منَ الهَيكَلِ.

5 T hen he said to them, “Listen to me, O Levites. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out from the holy place.

وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «اسمَعُونِي أيُّها الَّلاوِيُّونَ! أعدُّوا أنفُسَكُمْ لِلخِدمَةِ المُقَدَّسَةِ. وَأعدُّوا بَيتَ اللهِ ، إلَهِ آبائِكُمْ، للخِدمَةِ المُقَدَّسَةِ. أَخْرِجُوا مِنَ الهَيكَلِ كُلَّ ما لا يَخُصُّهُ أوْ يُنَجِّسُهُ.

6 F or our fathers have been unfaithful and have done evil in the sight of the Lord our God, and have forsaken Him and turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the Lord, and have turned their backs.

فَلَمْ يَكُنْ آباؤنا مُخلِصِينَ، بَلْ فَعَلُوا الشَّرَّ أمامَ إلَهِنا وَتَخَلَّوا عَنْهُ! أعْطَوهُ ظُهُورَهُمْ، وَحَوَّلُوا وُجُوهَهُمْ بَعِيداً عَنْ بَيتِهِ!

7 T hey have also shut the doors of the porch and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

أغلَقُوا أبْوابَ دِهلِيزِ الهَيكَلِ، وَتَرَكُوا نِيرانَ السُّرُجِ حَتَّى انْطَفأتْ. تَوَقَّفُوا عَنْ حَرْقِ البَخُورَ وَتَقْديْمِ الذَّبائِحِ لإلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ فِي المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ.

8 T herefore the wrath of the Lord was against Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, of horror, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.

فَحَلَّ غَضِبُ اللهِ عَلَى أهلِ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ، وَجَعَلَهُمْ سَبَبَ رُعبٍ وَدَهشَةٍ وَتَعْيّيرٍ كَما تَرَوْنَ بِأعيُنِكُمْ.

9 F or behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

وَلِهَذا هُزِمَ آباؤنا فِي الحُرُوبِ وَقُتِلُوا، وَأُخِذَ أولادُنا وَبَناتُنا وَزَوجاتُنا سَبايا.

10 N ow it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that His burning anger may turn away from us.

وَالآنَ أنا عازِمٌ عَلَى أنْ أقطَعَ عَهْداً مَعَ اللهِ ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ، لِكَي يُبْعِدَ عَنّا غَضَبَهُ الشَّديدَ.

11 M y sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers and burn incense.”

فَالآنَ يا أولادِي، لا تَتَكاسَلُوا أوْ تُضَيِّعُوا مَزِيداً مِنَ الوَقتِ. فَقَدِ اختارَكُمُ اللهُ لكَي تَكُونُوا قَريبِينَ مِنْهُ. اختارَكُمْ لِكَي تَخدمُوهُ فِي الهَيكَلِ وَتَحرِقُوا لَهُ البَخُورَ.»

12 T hen the Levites arose: Mahath, the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah, from the sons of the Kohathites; and from the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and from the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah;

أمّا الَّلاويُّونَ الَّذينَ بَدَأُوا العَمَلَ فَهُمْ مَحَثُ بْنُ عَماسايَ وَيُوئيلُ بْنُ عَزَرْيا منْ عائِلَةِ قَهاتَ، قَيْسٌ بْنُ عَبْدي وَعَزَرْيا بْنُ يَهلَلْئِيلَ مِنْ عائلَةِ مَرارِي، يُوآخُ بْنُ زِمَّةَ وَعِيدَنُ بْنُ يُوآخَ منْ عائلَةِ جَرشُونَ،

13 a nd from the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and from the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

شِمرِي وَيَعيئيلُ منْ نَسلِ ألِيصافانَ، زَكَريّا وَمَتَّنْيا مِنْ نَسلِ آسافَ،

14 a nd from the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and from the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

يَحِيئيلُ وَشَمْعَى مِنْ نَسلِ هَيْمانَ، شَمَعْيا وَعُزِّيئِيلُ مِنْ نَسلِ يَدُوثُونَ.

15 T hey assembled their brothers, consecrated themselves, and went in to cleanse the house of the Lord, according to the commandment of the king by the words of the Lord.

ثُمَّ جَمَعَ هَؤُلاءِ الَّلاوِيُّونَ إخْوَتَهُمْ وَطَهَّرُوا أنفُسَهُمُ استِعداداً للخِدمَة المُقَدَّسَةِ فِي الهَيكَلِ. فَأطاعُوا بذَلكَ أمرَ المَلِكِ الَّذي جاءَ بإيعازٍ منَ اللهِ. وَدَخَلُوا إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ لكَي يُطَهِّرُوهُ.

16 S o the priests went in to the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the Lord they brought out to the court of the house of the Lord. Then the Levites received it to carry out to the Kidron valley.

فَدَخَلَ الكَهَنَةُ إلَى الهَيكَلِ، وَأخرَجُوا كُلَّ الأشياءِ النَّجِسَةِ الَّتِي وَجَدُوها في هَيكَلِ اللهِ ، وَأحضَرُوها إلَى ساحَةِ بَيْتِ اللهِ. ثُمَّ حَمَلَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ هَذِهِ الأشْياءَ النَّجِسَةَ إلَى وادِي قَدْرُونَ.

17 N ow they began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they entered the porch of the Lord. Then they consecrated the house of the Lord in eight days, and finished on the sixteenth day of the first month.

فِي اليَومِ الأوَّلِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ الأوَّلِ بَدَأ الَّلاوِيُّونَ يُطَهِّرُونَ أنفُسَهُمُ اسْتِعداداً لِلخِدمَةِ المُقَدَّسَةِ. وَفِي اليَوم الثّامِنِ مِنَ الشَّهرِ، جاءَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ إلَى دِهلِيزِ بَيتِ اللهِ. وَراحُوا يُطَهّرُونَ بَيتَ اللهِ ثَمانيَةَ أيّامٍ لإعْدادِهِ لِلاسْتِعْمالِ المُقَدَّسِ. وَأكمَلُوا عَمَلَهُمْ هَذا فِي السّادِسَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأوَّلِ.

18 T hen they went in to King Hezekiah and said, “We have cleansed the whole house of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering with all of its utensils, and the table of showbread with all of its utensils.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبُوا إلَى المَلِكِ حَزَقِيّا وَقالُوا لَهُ: «لَقَدْ طَهَّرْنا هَيكَلَ اللهِ كُلَّهُ وَمَذبَحَ التَّقْدِماتِ الصّاعِدَةِ وَكُلَّ الأشياءِ فِي الهَيكَلِ. طَهَّرْنا طاوِلَةَ خُبزِ مَحْضَرِ اللهِ مَعَ كُلِّ تَوابعِها.

19 M oreover, all the utensils which King Ahaz had discarded during his reign in his unfaithfulness, we have prepared and consecrated; and behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.” Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship

وَقَدْ أصلَحْنا جَمِيعَ الأغْراضِ الَّتِي أهْمَلَها آحازُ عندَما كانَ مَلِكاً. فَطَهَّرْناها وَأعْدَدْناها لِلخِدْمَةِ. وَها هِيَ الآنَ أمامَ مَذبَحِ اللهِ.»

20 T hen King Hezekiah arose early and assembled the princes of the city and went up to the house of the Lord.

فَجَمَعَ حَزَقِيّا مَسؤُولي المَدينَةِ وَصَعِدُوا إلَى هَيكَل اللهِ فِي الصَّباح الباكر منَ اليَومِ التّالي.

21 T hey brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. And he ordered the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord.

وَأحضَرُوا سَبعَةَ ثِيرانٍ وَسَبعَةَ كِباشٍ وَسَبعَةَ حِملانٍ وَسَبعَةَ تُيُوسٍ. كانَتْ هَذِهِ الحَيواناتُ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيَّةٍ عَنْ مَملَكَةِ يَهُوذا، وَعَنْ المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ مِنْ أجل تَطهِيرهِ، وَعَنْ شَعبِ يَهُوذا. وَأمَرَ المَلِكُ حَزَقِيّا الكَهَنَةَ المُتَحَدِّرينَ منْ هارُونَ بِتَقدِيمِ تلكَ الذَّبائِحِ عَلَى مَذبَحِ اللهِ.

22 S o they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They also slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar; they slaughtered the lambs also and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

فَذَبَحَ الكَهَنَةُ الثِّيرانَ، وَحَمَلُوا دَمَها وَرَشُّوهُ عَلَى المَذْبَحِ، وَذَبَحُوا الكباشَ وَرَشُّوا دَمَها عَلَى المَذبَحِ، وَذَبَحُوا الحِملانَ وَرَشُّوا دَمَها عَلَى المَذبَحِ.

23 T hen they brought the male goats of the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.

ثُمَّ أحضَرَ الكَهَنَةُ التُّيُوسَ لِذَبِيحَةِ الخَطِيَّةِ أمامَ المَلِكِ وَالشَّعْبِ المُجتَمِعينَ هُناكَ، فَوَضَعُوا أيدِيَهُمْ عَلَى التُّيُوسِ،

24 T he priests slaughtered them and purged the altar with their blood to atone for all Israel, for the king ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

وَذَبَحَها الكَهَنَةُ عَلَى المَذبَحِ لِيُكَفِّرُوا بِدَمِها خَطايا بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. فَقَدْ قالَ المَلِكُ إنَّ الذَّبَيحَةَ الصّاعِدَةَ وَذَبِيحَةَ الخَطِيَّةِ هُما عَنْ جَميعِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.

25 H e then stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with harps and with lyres, according to the command of David and of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the command was from the Lord through His prophets.

وَوَضَعَ المَلِكُ حَزَقيّا الَّلاوِيِّينَ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ مَعَ صُنُوجٍ وَقَياثِيرَ وَرَبابٍ كَما أمَرَ داوُدُ وَالرّائي جادُ وَالنَّبِيُّ ناثانُ. وَقَدْ جاءَ هَذا الأمرُ مِنَ اللهِ عَلَى فَمِ أنبِيائهِ.

26 T he Levites stood with the musical instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

فَوَقَفَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ مُتَأهِّبِينَ بِآلاتِ داوُدَ المُوسِيقِيَّةِ، وَوَقَفَ الكَهَنَةُ بِأبواقِهِمْ.

27 T hen Hezekiah gave the order to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song to the Lord also began with the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David, king of Israel.

ثُمَّ أمَرَ حَزَقِيّا بِتَقدِيمِ الذَّبَيحَةِ الصّاعِدَةِ عَلَى المَذبَحِ. وَعِندَ بَدءِ تَقدِيمِ الذَّبَيحَةِ، بَدَأ تَسْبِيحُ اللهِ. وَنُفِخَتِ الأبواقُ وَعُزِفَ عَلَى آلاتِ المَلِكِ داوُدَ المُوسِيقِيَّةِ.

28 W hile the whole assembly worshiped, the singers also sang and the trumpets sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

وَسَجَدَتْ كُلُّ الجَماعَةِ وَرَنَّمَ المُرَنِّمُونَ، وَنَفَخَ نافِخُو الأبواقِ أبواقَهُمْ إلَى أنْ تَمَّ تَقدِيمُ الذَّبِيحَةِ.

29 N ow at the completion of the burnt offerings, the king and all who were present with him bowed down and worshiped.

وَبَعدَ الانْتِهاءِ مِنْ تَقديمِ الذَّبائِحِ، سَجَدَ المَلِكُ حَزَقِيّا وَكُلُّ الشَّعبِ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ.

30 M oreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.

وَأمَرَ المَلِكُ حَزَقِيّا وَكِبارُ مَسؤُولِيهِ الَّلاوِيِّينَ بِأنْ يُسَبِّحُوا اللهَ. فَرَنَّمُوا تَرانِيمَ كَتَبَها داوُدُ وَالرّائِي آسافُ. وَسَبَّحُوا اللهَ بِفَرَحٍ غامِرٍ، وَسَجَدُوا وَعَبَدُوا اللهَ.

31 T hen 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.” And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all those who were willing brought burnt offerings.

فَقالَ حَزَقِيّا: «الآنَ وَهَبتُمْ أنفُسَكُمْ وَكَرَّسْتُمُوها للهِ ، يا شَعبَ يَهُوذا. فَاقتَرِبُوا وَأحْضِرُوا الذَّبائحَ وَتَقدِماتِ الشُّكرِ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ.» فَأحْضَرَ الشَّعبُ ذَبائِحَ وَتَقدِماتِ شُكرٍ. وَكُلُّ مَنْ أرادَ كانَ أيضاً يَأْتِي بِذَبائِحَ صاعِدَةٍ.

32 T he number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord.

وَهَذا هُوَ عَدَدُ الذَّبائِحِ الَّتِي قَدَّمَتْها الجَماعَةُ إلَى الهَيكَلِ: سَبعُونَ ثَوراً، وَمِئَةُ كَبْشٍ، وَمِئَتا حَمَلٍ. قُدِّمَتْ هَذَهِ كُلُّها ذَبائِحَ صاعِدَةً إلَى اللهِ.

33 T he consecrated things were 600 bulls and 3, 000 sheep.

وَكانَ عَدَدُ الذَّبائِحِ المُقَدَّسَةِ للهِ سِتَّ مِئَةِ ثَورٍ، وَثَلاثَةَ آلافِ خَرُوفٍ وَتَيسٍ.

34 B ut the priests were too few, so that they were unable to skin all the burnt offerings; therefore their brothers the Levites helped them until the work was completed and until the other priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites were more conscientious to consecrate themselves than the priests.

إلّا أنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ هُناكَ عَدَدٌ كافٍ مِنَ الكَهَنَةِ لِسَلخِ جِلدِ كُلِّ الحَيواناتِ وَتَقطيعها مِنْ أجلِ تَقدِيمِها ذَبائحَ صاعِدَةً، فَأعانَهُمْ أقرِباؤُهُمُ الَّلاوِيُّونَ إلَى أنْ اكتَمَلَ العَمَلُ وَإلَى أنْ أعَدَّ الكَهَنَةُ أنفُسَهُمْ لِلخِدمَةِ المُقَدَّسَةِ. وَكانَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ أكثَرَ إخلاصاً مِنَ الكَهَنَةِ فِي إعدادِ أنفُسِهمْ لِلخِدمَةِ.

35 T here were also many burnt offerings with the fat of the peace offerings and with the libations for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the Lord was established again.

كانَتْ هُناكَ ذَبائِحُ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَشَحمٌ كَثِيرٌ لِذَبائِحِ السَّلامِ، وَسَكِيبٌ كَثِيرٌ. فَبَدَأتِ الخِدمَةُ في هَيكَل اللهِ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ.

36 T hen Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced over what God had prepared for the people, because the thing came about suddenly.

وَفَرِحَ حِزَقِيّا وَالشَّعْبُ كَثِيراً بِالأُمُور الكَثِيرَةِ الَّتِي أعَدَّها اللهُ لِشَعبِهِ. وَقَدْ فَرِحُوا أكثَرَ لِأنَّ العَمَلَ تَمَّ عَلَى نَحوٍ سَرِيعٍ جِدّاً!