1Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake 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 children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
1毀棄一切偶像(王下18:4)這一切都作完了,所有在那裡的以色列人就都出去,到猶大的各城,打碎神柱,砍下亞舍拉;又在猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮和瑪拿西各地,把邱壇和祭壇完全拆毀。然後以色列眾人都各回各城,各歸自己的地業去了。
2And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every 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.
2獻祭的條例希西家指派祭司和利未人的班次,使祭司和利未人照著自己的班次,各按各職獻燔祭和平安祭,又在耶和華殿門內事奉,稱謝和讚美耶和華。
3He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.
3王又在自己的財物中定出一份作燔祭,就是早晚的燔祭,安息日、月朔和節期的燔祭,都是照著耶和華律法上所記的。
4Moreover 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.
4王又吩咐住在耶路撒冷的人民,要把祭司和利未人應得的一份給他們,使他們專心執行耶和華的律法。
5And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
5什一奉獻這命令一發出,以色列人就送來很多初熟的五穀、新酒、油和蜜,以及田間各樣的出產,又把各物品的十分之一,大批送來。
6And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.
6住在猶大各城的以色列人和猶大人,也把牛羊的十分之一,和分別為聖耶和華他們的 神的聖物的十分之一,都送了來,屯積成堆。
7In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
7從三月開始屯積,到七月才完畢。
8And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.
8希西家和眾領袖來了,看見這些屯積物品,就稱頌耶和華,又為耶和華的子民以色列祝福。
9Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
9希西家向祭司和利未人詢問這些屯積物品的時候,
10And Azariah the chief 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 had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
10撒督家的大祭司亞撒利雅回答他,說:“自從人民把供物送進耶和華殿以來,我們就可以吃飽,並且還有很多剩下來。因為耶和華賜福給他的子民,所以剩下的才這樣豐盛。”
11Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,
11預備倉房和分配供物希西家吩咐人在耶和華的殿裡預備倉房,他們就預備了。
12And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.
12他們很忠心地把供物、各物品的十分之一和分別為聖之物,都搬進倉裡去。利未人歌楠雅總管這些物品,他的兄弟示每作副總管。
13And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and 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.
13耶歇、亞撒細雅、拿哈、亞撒黑、耶利末、約撒拔、以利、伊斯瑪基雅、瑪哈、比拿雅在歌楠雅和他的兄弟示每手下,負責監督的工作,他們都是由希西家王和 神殿的總管亞撒利雅委派的。
14And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.
14看守東門的利未人音拿的兒子可利,掌管自願獻給 神的禮物,分發獻與耶和華的供物和至聖之物。
15And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
15在他手下有伊甸、泯雅泯、耶書亞、示瑪雅、亞瑪利雅和示迦尼雅,在祭司的各城裡,按著班次,無論大小,把供物分發給他們的親族。
16Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
16此外,按著家譜,三十歲以上的男子:凡是每日按著班次,照著本分進耶和華的殿供職的,也分發給他們。
17Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
17又分發給按著家族登記在家譜上的祭司,也按著班次職責分給二十歲以上的利未人。
18And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:
18又按照家譜的登記,分給他們的全體的小孩、妻子和兒女,因為他們忠心地自潔成聖。
19Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
19至於住在各城郊野作祭司的亞倫的子孫,在各城裡都有指定的人,把應得的分分發給祭司中所有的男子,和所有登記在家譜中的利未人。
20And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
20希西家行耶和華喜悅的希西家在猶大全地都這樣行,他在耶和華他的 神面前行良善、正直和誠實的事。
21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
21他經辦的一切事,無論是關於 神殿的事奉,或是關於律法和誡命的遵行,他都尋求他的 神。因為他盡心去行,所以盡都順利。