1When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property.
Contributions for Worship
2Hezekiah assigned the priests and Levites to divisions—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—to offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to minister, to give thanks and to sing praises at the gates of the Lord’s dwelling. 3The king contributed from his own possessions for the morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New Moons and at the appointed festivals as written in the Law of the Lord. 4He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due the priests and Levites so they could devote themselves to the Law of the Lord. 5As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything. 6The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the Lord their God, and they piled them in heaps. 7They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month. 8When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and blessed his people Israel.
9Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps; 10and Azariah the chief priest, from the family of Zadok, answered, “Since the people began to bring their contributions to the temple of the Lord, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare, because the Lord has blessed his people, and this great amount is left over.”
11Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the temple of the Lord, and this was done. 12Then they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes and dedicated gifts. Konaniah, a Levite, was the overseer in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was next in rank. 13Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah were assistants of Konaniah and Shimei his brother. All these served by appointment of King Hezekiah and Azariah the official in charge of the temple of God.
14Kore son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions made to the Lord and also the consecrated gifts. 15Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shekaniah assisted him faithfully in the towns of the priests, distributing to their fellow priests according to their divisions, old and young alike.
16In addition, they distributed to the males three years old or more whose names were in the genealogical records—all who would enter the temple of the Lord to perform the daily duties of their various tasks, according to their responsibilities and their divisions. 17And they distributed to the priests enrolled by their families in the genealogical records and likewise to the Levites twenty years old or more, according to their responsibilities and their divisions. 18They included all the little ones, the wives, and the sons and daughters of the whole community listed in these genealogical records. For they were faithful in consecrating themselves.
19As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farm lands around their towns or in any other towns, men were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among them and to all who were recorded in the genealogies of the Levites.
20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. 21In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.
1Nígbà tí gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí ti dé òpin, àwọn ọmọ Israẹli tí ó wà níbẹ̀ jáde lọ sí àwọn ìlú Juda, wọ́n fọ́ àwọn òkúta ìyàsọ́tọ̀ sí wẹ́wẹ́, wọ́n gé àwọn ère Aṣerah lulẹ̀. Wọ́n ba àwọn ibi gíga jẹ́ àti àwọn pẹpẹ jákèjádò Juda àti Benjamini àti ní Efraimu àti Manase. Lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí wọ́n ti pa gbogbo wọn run, àwọn ọmọ Israẹli padà sí ìlú wọn àti sí nǹkan ìní wọn.
Ìdáwó fún ìjọ́sìn
2Hesekiah fi lé àwọn àlùfáà àti àwọn ará Lefi lọ́wọ́ sí àwọn ìpín olúkúlùkù wọn gẹ́gẹ́ bí iṣẹ́ wọn gẹ́gẹ́ bí àlùfáà tàbí ará Lefi láti tẹ́ ẹbọ sísun àti ọrẹ ìdàpọ̀, láti ṣe iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ láti fi ọpẹ́ fún àti láti kọ àwọn orin ìyìn ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà ibùgbé Olúwa. 3Ọba fi sílẹ̀ láti ara ohun ìní rẹ̀ fun ẹbọ sísun àárọ̀ àti ìrọ̀lẹ́ àti fún ẹbọ sísun ní ọjọ́ ìsinmi, òṣùpá tuntun àti ní àjọ̀dún tí a yàn gẹ́gẹ́ bi a ti ṣe kọ ọ́ nínú òfin Olúwa. 4Ó pàṣẹ fún àwọn ènìyàn tí ń gbé ní Jerusalẹmu láti fi ìpín tí ó yẹ fún àlùfáà fún un àti àwọn ará Lefi, kí wọn kí ó lè fi ara wọn jì fún òfin Olúwa. 5Ní kété tí àṣẹ náà jáde lọ, àwọn ọmọ Israẹli fi tìfẹ́tìfẹ́ fi àkọ́so ti ọkà wọn, ọtí tuntun, òróró àti oyin àti gbogbo ohun tí pápá mú jáde lélẹ̀. Wọ́n kó ọ̀pọ̀ iye, àti ìdámẹ́wàá gbogbo nǹkan wá. 6Àwọn ọkùnrin Israẹli àti Juda ti gbe inú àwọn ìlú Juda pẹ̀lú mú ìdámẹ́wàá agbo ẹran àti ohun èlò àti ohun ọ̀sìn àti ìdámẹ́wàá ti àwọn nǹkan mímọ́ tí a ti yà sọ́tọ̀ sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run wọn, wọ́n sì kó wọn jọ ní òkìtì. 7Wọ́n bẹ̀rẹ̀ ṣíṣe èyí ní oṣù kẹta, wọ́n sì parí ní oṣù keje. 8Nígbà tí Hesekiah àti àwọn oníṣẹ́ rẹ̀ wá, tí wọ́n sì rí òkìtì náà, wọ́n yin Olúwa, pẹ̀lú ìbùkún àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀ Israẹli.
9Hesekiah béèrè lọ́wọ́ àwọn àlùfáà àti àwọn ará Lefi nípa òkìtì; 10àti Asariah olórí àlùfáà ti ìdílé Sadoku sì dáhùn pé, “Ní ìwọ̀n ìgbà tí àwọn ènìyàn ti bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní mú ìdáwó wọn wá sí ilé Olúwa àti ní èyí tí yóò tó jẹ àti ọ̀pọ̀ láti tọ́jú pamọ́ nítorí Olúwa ti bùkún àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀, ó sì ṣẹ́kù lọ́pọ̀lọpọ̀.”
11Hesekiah pàṣẹ láti tọ́jú àwọn yàrá ìṣúra nínú ilé Olúwa, wọ́n sì ṣe èyí. 12Nígbà náà wọ́n mú ọrẹ àti ìdámẹ́wàá àti àwọn ẹ̀bùn tí a yà sí mímọ́ wọ ilé náà wá nítòótọ́. Lórí èyí tí Konaniah ọmọ Lefi, ń ṣe olórí, Ṣimei arákùnrin rẹ̀ ni igbákejì rẹ̀. 13Jehieli, Asasiah, Nahati, Asaheli, Jerimoti, Josabadi, Elieli, Ismakia, Mahati àti Benaiah jẹ́ àwọn alábojútó lábẹ́ Konaniah àti Ṣimei arákùnrin rẹ̀ nípa ipá ọba Hesekiah àti Asariah olórí ti ó wà ní ìkáwọ́ ilé Ọlọ́run.
14Kore ọmọ Imina ará Lefi Olùtọ́jú ẹnu-ọ̀nà ìlà-oòrùn, wà ní ìkáwọ́ àwọn ọrẹ àtinúwá tí a fi fún Ọlọ́run, o ń pín ìdáwó tí a ṣe fún Olúwa pẹ̀lú àwọn ẹ̀bùn tí a yà sọ́tọ̀ 15Edeni, Miniamini, Jeṣua, Ṣemaiah, Amariah àti Ṣekaniah ràn án lọ́wọ́ tọkàntọkàn nínú àwọn ìlú àwọn àlùfáà tí ń dáwó fún àwọn àlùfáà ẹlẹgbẹ́ wọn gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpín wọn, àgbà àti kékeré.
16Ní àfikún, wọ́n pín sí àwọn ọkùnrin àgbà ọdún mẹ́ta tàbí ọ̀pọ̀ tí orúkọ wọn wà nínú ìtàn ìdílé láti ọ̀dọ̀ baba ńlá wọn. Gbogbo àwọn ti yóò wọ ilé Olúwa láti ṣe oríṣìí iṣẹ́ ti a gbà wọ́n fún gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé wọn àti ìpín wọn. 17Wọ́n sì pín àwọn àlùfáà, wọn kọ orúkọ àwọn ìdílé wọn sínú ìtàn ìdílé àti sí àwọn ará Lefi ogún ọdún tàbí jù bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpinnu àti ìpín wọn. 18Wọ́n fi gbogbo àwọn ọmọ kéékèèkéé sí i, àwọn ìyàwó, àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin àti àwọn ọmọbìnrin gbogbo ará ìlú tí a kọ lẹ́sẹẹsẹ sínú ìtàn ìdílé ti baba ńlá wọn fún ìrántí. Nítorí tí wọ́n ṣe òtítọ́ ní yíya ara wọn sí ọ̀tọ̀.
19Ní ti àwọn àlùfáà, àwọn ìran ọmọ Aaroni, tí ń gbé ni àwọn ilẹ̀ oko lẹ́bàá àwọn ìlú wọn tàbí ní àwọn ìlú mìíràn. A yan àwọn ọkùnrin pẹ̀lú orúkọ láti pín ìlú fún gbogbo ọkùnrin láàrín wọn àti sí gbogbo àwọn tí a kọ sínú ìtàn ìdílé láti ọ̀dọ̀ baba ńlá àwọn ará Lefi.
20Èyí ni Hesekiah ṣe jákèjádò Juda, ó sì ṣe ohun tí ó dára àti tí ó tọ́ àti ohun òtítọ́ níwájú Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ̀. 21Nínú ohun gbogbo tí ó dáwọ́lé ní ti iṣẹ́ ìsìn nínú ilé Ọlọ́run àti ní ìgbọ́ràn sí òfin àti àwọn àṣẹ. Ó wá Ọlọ́run rẹ̀, ó sì ṣiṣẹ́ tọkàntọkàn. Ó sì ṣe rere.
