¹Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

¹Ezekija je začel vladati v svojem petindvajsetem letu in je vladal devetindvajset let v Jeruzalemu; in materi njegovi je bilo ime Abija, hči Zaharijeva.

²And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

²In delal je, kar je bilo prav v očeh GOSPODOVIH, po vsem, kar je bil delal David, oče njegov.

³He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

³On je prvo leto vladanja svojega, v prvem mesecu, odprl duri hiše GOSPODOVE ter jih popravil.

⁴And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,

⁴In velel je priti duhovnikom in levitom, in ko jih zbere na široki ulici ob vzhodu,

⁵And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

⁵jim reče: Poslušajte me, leviti! Posvetite se zdaj in posvetite hišo GOSPODA, Boga očetov svojih, in odpravite nečednost iz svetinje.

⁶For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

⁶Zakaj očetje naši so se izneverili in delali, kar je hudo v očeh GOSPODA, našega Boga, in so ga zapustili; in okrenili so obraz od prebivališča GOSPODOVEGA in so mu hrbet obrnili.

⁷Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

⁷Zaklenili so tudi duri do veže in pogasili svetilnice ter niso žgali kadila, ne darovali nobene žgalščine v svetišču Bogu Izraelovemu.

⁸Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

⁸Odtod je prišel srd GOSPODOV nad Judo in Jeruzalem, in izdal jih je, da jih peste, zatirajo in nad njimi žvižgajo, kakor vidite na svoje oči.

⁹For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

⁹Kajti, glejte, očetje naši so padli po meču in sinovi naši in hčere in žene naše so v ujetništvu zavoljo tega.

¹⁰Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

¹⁰Sedaj pa sem se na menil v srcu svojem skleniti zavezo z GOSPODOM, Bogom Izraelovim, da bi se odvrnila togota jeze njegove od nas.

¹¹My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.

¹¹Sinovi moji, ne bodite zdaj leni, zakaj vas je GOSPOD izvolil, da imate stati v službi pred njim ter da mu bodete strežaji in kadilci.

¹²Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

¹²Tedaj vstanejo leviti: Mahat, sin Amasajev, in Joel, sin Azarijev, iz sinov Kahatovcev; in izmed sinov Merarijevih Kis, sin Abdijev, in Azarija, sin Jehalelelov, in iz Gersonovcev Joah, sin Zimov, in Eden, sin Joahov;

¹³And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

¹³in iz sinov Elizafanovih Simri in Jegiel, in iz sinov Asafovih Zeharija in Matanija,

¹⁴And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

¹⁴in iz sinov Hemanovih Jehiel in Simej, in iz sinov Jedutunovih Semaja in Uziel.

¹⁵And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

¹⁵In zbero brate svoje in se posvete ter stopijo noter, kakor je velel kralj po besedah GOSPODOVIH, da očistijo hišo GOSPODOVO.

¹⁶And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.

¹⁶In duhovniki stopijo v notranji del hiše GOSPODOVE, da bi očiščevali, in izneso vso nesnago, ki se je našla v templju GOSPODOVEM, na dvorišče hiše GOSPODOVE. Leviti pa jo nakladajo in nosijo ven k potoku Kidronu.

¹⁷Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

¹⁷Začeli so pa s posvečevanjem prvi dan prvega meseca, in osmi dan meseca so šli v vežo GOSPODOVO in posvečevali hišo GOSPODOVO osem dni; in šestnajsti dan prvega meseca so dokončali.

¹⁸Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.

¹⁸In stopijo v palačo h kralju Ezekiju in reko: Očistili smo vso hišo GOSPODOVO in oltar žgalnih daritev z vsemi njegovimi pripravami in mizo razvrščenih kruhov z vsemi posodami njenimi.

¹⁹Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.

¹⁹Tudi vse posode, ki jih je bil kralj Ahaz, dokler je kraljeval, v zaničevanje spravil v verolomnosti svoji, smo pripravili in posvetili, in glej, pred GOSPODOVIM oltarjem so.

²⁰Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

²⁰Tedaj vstane kralj Ezekija zgodaj zjutraj in zbere mestne poglavarje ter gre gori v hišo GOSPODOVO.

²¹And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

²¹In prineso sedem juncev in sedem ovnov in sedem jagnjet in sedem kozlov v daritev za greh za kraljestvo in za svetišče in za Judo. In veli duhovnikom, sinovom Aronovim, naj jih darujejo na oltarju GOSPODOVEM.

²²So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

²²Tedaj zakoljejo goveda, in duhovniki so prejeli kri in kropili ž njo oltar; potem zakoljejo ovne in krope ž njih krvjo oltar; zakoljejo tudi jagnjeta in krope kri na oltar.

²³And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

²³In pripeljejo kozle daritve za greh pred kralja in zbor, in oni polože roke nanje,

²⁴And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

²⁴in duhovniki jih zakoljejo in denejo njih kri v daritev za greh na oltar, da se izvrši poravnava za vsega Izraela; kajti za vsega Izraela, je velel kralj, bodi žgalna daritev in daritev za greh.

²⁵And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.

²⁵In postavil je levite v hiši GOSPODOVI s cimbali, s psalmovimi citrami in s harfami po zapovedi Davida in Gada, kraljevega vidca, in Natana proroka; zakaj ta zapoved je bila od GOSPODA po prorokih njegovih.

²⁶And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

²⁶In leviti so stali z glasbili Davidovimi in duhovniki s trobentami.

²⁷And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.

²⁷In Ezekija ukaže, naj darujejo žgalno daritev na oltarju. In ko se je pričelo darovanje žgalščine, se začne tudi petje GOSPODOVO in trobentanje vred z glasbili Davida, kralja Izraelovega.

²⁸And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

²⁸In ves zbor je molil, in pevci so peli in trobentači so trobili toliko časa, dokler se ni končala žgalna daritev.

²⁹And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.

²⁹In ko so končali darovanje, poklekne kralj in vsi, ki so bili pri njem, ter molijo.

³⁰Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

³⁰In kralj Ezekija in poglavarji so veleli levitom, naj pojo hvalnice GOSPODU z besedami Davida in Asafa vidca. In peli so hvalnice z veseljem in pripogibaje se molili.

³¹Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.

³¹Nato izpregovori Ezekija in reče: Sedaj ste se posvetili GOSPODU, pristopite in prinesite klalne in zahvalne daritve v hišo GOSPODOVO! Tedaj prinese zbor klalne in zahvalne daritve, in vsi, kolikor jih je bilo radovoljnega srca, prineso žgalne daritve.

³²And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

³²In število žgalnih daritev, ki jih je prinesel zbor, je bilo sedemdeset goved, sto ovnov in dvesto jagnjet: vse to v žgalno daritev GOSPODU.

³³And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

³³In posvečenih daril je bilo šeststo volov in tri tisoč ovac.

³⁴But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

³⁴Duhovnikov pa je bilo premalo, da niso mogli vseh žgalščin iz kože dejati; zato so jim pomagali njih bratje, leviti, dokler ni bilo delo končano in dokler se niso posvetili duhovniki; kajti leviti so bili bolj pripravnega srca, da se posvetijo, nego duhovniki.

³⁵And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.

³⁵Pa tudi žgalnih žrtev je bilo obilo s tolstino mirovnih daritev vred in s pitnimi darovi za vsako žgalščino. In tako je bila v red spravljena služba hiše GOSPODOVE.In Ezekija se je veselil z vsem ljudstvom tega, kar je Bog bil pripravil ljudstvu svojemu, zakaj povelje se je hitro izvršilo.

³⁶And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

³⁶In Ezekija se je veselil z vsem ljudstvom tega, kar je Bog bil pripravil ljudstvu svojemu, zakaj povelje se je hitro izvršilo.