歴代誌Ⅱ 29 – JCB & NIV

Japanese Contemporary Bible

歴代誌Ⅱ 29:1-36

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ユダの王ヒゼキヤ

1ヒゼキヤは二十五歳でユダの王となり、二十九年間エルサレムで治めました。母はゼカリヤの娘アビヤでした。 2彼の治世は、父祖ダビデがそうであったように、主の目にかなうものでした。

3その第一年の第一の月、ヒゼキヤ王は神殿の扉を開けて、内部を修理しました。 4-5それから、祭司とレビ人たちを神殿の東側の広場に呼び集めて言いました。「レビ人たち、聞きなさい。まず、あなたがた自身の身をきよめ、それから、あなたがたの父祖の神、主の神殿をきよめなさい。聖所から、ちりあくたをすべて掃き出しなさい。 6というのも、私たちの父たちが主の前に大きな罪を犯し、主と神殿を捨て去り、それらに背を向けたからだ。 7神殿の扉は閉ざされ、絶やしてはならないともしびの火は消え、香もたかれず、焼き尽くすいけにえもささげられなかった。 8それで、主の怒りがユダとエルサレムに下り、今も見るとおり、主は私たちを、恐れと驚きとあざけりの的となさったのだ。 9父は戦死し、妻子は捕虜になっている。 10私は、主の燃える怒りが去るように、イスラエルの神、主と契約を結びたいと思う。 11さあみんな、これ以上、大切な務めを怠ってはならない。主はあなたがたを選んでご自分に仕えさせ、香をたく務めに任じてくださったのだから。」

12-14そこでレビ人たちは、それぞれの務めに就きました。ケハテ氏族からはアマサイの子マハテとアザルヤの子ヨエル、メラリ氏族からはアブディの子キシュとエハレルエルの子アザルヤ、ゲルション氏族からはジマの子ヨアフとヨアフの子エデン、エリツァファン氏族からはシムリとエイエル、アサフ氏族からはゼカリヤとマタヌヤ、ヘマン氏族からはエヒエルとシムイ、エドトン氏族からはシェマヤとウジエル。

15彼らは次々に身内のレビ人を集め、まず自分自身の身をきよめてから、主に代わって語った王の命令どおり、宮きよめの仕事に取りかかりました。 16祭司たちが神殿の中をきよめ、その中にあった汚れたものや壊れたものを全部、神殿の庭に持ち出すと、レビ人がそれをキデロン川へ運びました。 17これが始まったのは第一の月の一日(ユダヤ暦による。太陽暦では三月中旬)で、その月の八日には神殿の庭のきよめをすませ、さらに八日間にわたって神殿自体をきよめて、十六日に終わりました。

18それから彼らは王宮に戻り、ヒゼキヤ王に報告しました。「ただ今、神殿のきよめを完了しました。焼き尽くすいけにえの祭壇と付属の器具、供えのパンの机と付属の器具も、すべてきよめました。 19また、アハズ王が神殿を閉じた時に取り除いたすべての器具を整え、きよめました。みな祭壇のそばにあります。」

20翌朝早く、王は町の首長を従えて神殿に上りました。 21その時、この国と神殿のためにささげる、罪の赦しのためのいけにえとして、雄の子牛七頭、雄羊七頭、子羊七頭、雄やぎ七頭が用意され、王はアロンの子孫である祭司に命じて、いけにえを主の祭壇にささげさせました。 22雄の子牛が殺されると、祭司はその血を取って祭壇に注ぎかけました。雄羊や子羊の場合も同じでした。 23罪の赦しのためのいけにえ用の雄やぎが、王と役人たちの前に引いて来られると、彼らはその雄やぎの上に手を置きました。 24それから、祭司はこの雄やぎを殺し、血を祭壇に注いで罪の赦しのためのいけにえとし、王が命じたとおり、イスラエル全国民のために贖いをしました。焼き尽くすいけにえと罪の赦しのためのいけにえをイスラエル全国民のためにささげるように、王から指示してあったからです。

25-26王は、神殿に仕えるレビ人に、シンバル、琴、竪琴を持たせて管弦楽団を編成しました。これは主のことばを受けた、ダビデおよび預言者ガドとナタンの意向に従ったものでした。祭司はラッパによる吹奏隊を引き受けました。 27そこで王は、焼き尽くすいけにえを祭壇にささげるよう命じました。いけにえをささげ始めると、シンバルや琴、竪琴がいっせいに賛美歌を演奏し、それに合わせてラッパが吹き鳴らされました。 28この式が終わるまで、歌とラッパに合わせて、全会衆が主を礼拝しました。 29いけにえをささげ終わると、王と側近たちは主を伏し拝みました。 30それから王は、ダビデと預言者アサフの詩を主の前で歌うように、レビ人に命じました。彼らは喜んで主を賛美し、一同はひれ伏して礼拝しました。

31そののち、ヒゼキヤは言いました。「きよめの儀式はこれで終了した。さあ、今度は、あなたがたの感謝のいけにえを持って来なさい。」そこで各地から集まった人々は、感謝のいけにえを持って来ました。中には進んで、焼き尽くすいけにえを持って来る人もいました。 32-33焼き尽くすいけにえは全部で、雄の子牛が七十頭、雄羊が百頭、子羊が二百頭でした。さらに聖なるささげ物として、牛六百頭、羊三千頭が加えられました。 34ただし、焼き尽くすいけにえの用意をする祭司の手が足りなかったので、彼らの兄弟であるレビ人がその仕事をしました。このあとも彼らは、さらに多くの祭司が加えられるまで仕事を手伝いました。レビ人は、祭司よりも早く身をきよめて準備していたのです。 35たくさんの焼き尽くすいけにえ、そのための注ぎのぶどう酒、それに、多くの和解のいけにえがありました。このようにして、神殿での奉仕が再開され、いけにえがささげられるようになりました。 36ヒゼキヤとすべての民は、神がこのようにすばやく事を運んでくださったことを心から喜びました。

New International Version

2 Chronicles 29:1-36

Hezekiah Purifies the Temple

1Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. 2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done.

3In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the temple of the Lord and repaired them. 4He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side 5and said: “Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary. 6Our parents were unfaithful; they did evil in the eyes of the Lord our God and forsook him. They turned their faces away from the Lord’s dwelling place and turned their backs on him. 7They also shut the doors of the portico and put out the lamps. They did not burn incense or present any burnt offerings at the sanctuary to the God of Israel. 8Therefore, the anger of the Lord has fallen on Judah and Jerusalem; he has made them an object of dread and horror and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes. 9This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword and why our sons and daughters and our wives are in captivity. 10Now I intend to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us. 11My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him and to burn incense.”

12Then these Levites set to work:

from the Kohathites,

Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah;

from the Merarites,

Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel;

from the Gershonites,

Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;

13from the descendants of Elizaphan,

Shimri and Jeiel;

from the descendants of Asaph,

Zechariah and Mattaniah;

14from the descendants of Heman,

Jehiel and Shimei;

from the descendants of Jeduthun,

Shemaiah and Uzziel.

15When they had assembled their fellow Levites and consecrated themselves, they went in to purify the temple of the Lord, as the king had ordered, following the word of the Lord. 16The priests went into the sanctuary of the Lord to purify it. They brought out to the courtyard of the Lord’s temple everything unclean that they found in the temple of the Lord. The Levites took it and carried it out to the Kidron Valley. 17They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and by the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the Lord. For eight more days they consecrated the temple of the Lord itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.

18Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported: “We have purified the entire temple of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table for setting out the consecrated bread, with all its articles. 19We have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz removed in his unfaithfulness while he was king. They are now in front of the Lord’s altar.”

20Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials together and went up to the temple of the Lord. 21They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs and seven male goats as a sin offering29:21 Or purification offering; also in verses 23 and 24 for the kingdom, for the sanctuary and for Judah. The king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer these on the altar of the Lord. 22So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it against the altar; next they slaughtered the rams and splashed their blood against the altar; then they slaughtered the lambs and splashed their blood against the altar. 23The goats for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them. 24The priests then slaughtered the goats and presented their blood on the altar for a sin offering to atone for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

25He stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David and Gad the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets. 26So the Levites stood ready with David’s instruments, and the priests with their trumpets.

27Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. As the offering began, singing to the Lord began also, accompanied by trumpets and the instruments of David king of Israel. 28The whole assembly bowed in worship, while the musicians played and the trumpets sounded. All this continued until the sacrifice of the burnt offering was completed.

29When the offerings were finished, the king and everyone present with him knelt down and worshiped. 30King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.

31Then Hezekiah said, “You have now dedicated yourselves to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the temple of the Lord.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.

32The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams and two hundred male lambs—all of them for burnt offerings to the Lord. 33The animals consecrated as sacrifices amounted to six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep and goats. 34The priests, however, were too few to skin all the burnt offerings; so their relatives the Levites helped them until the task was finished and until other priests had been consecrated, for the Levites had been more conscientious in consecrating themselves than the priests had been. 35There were burnt offerings in abundance, together with the fat of the fellowship offerings and the drink offerings that accompanied the burnt offerings.

So the service of the temple of the Lord was reestablished. 36Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had brought about for his people, because it was done so quickly.