¹हिजकियाह जब पच्चीस वर्ष पुगे तब तिनी राजा भए। तिनले यरूशलेममा उनन्तीस वर्षसम्म राज गरे। तिनकी आमाको नाउँ अबियाह थियो। अबियाह जकर्याहकी छोरी थिइन्।

¹Hezekiah began to reign 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.

²हिजकियाहले परमप्रभुले तिनीद्वारा गर्न चाहनु भएका कुराहरू गरे तिनले आफ्ना पुर्खा दाऊदले गरेका जस्तै सही कार्य गरे।

²He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.

³हिजकियाहले परमप्रभुको मन्दिरका ढोकाहरू लगाइ दिए अनि तिनीहरूलाई दृढ बनाए। हिजकियाहले मन्दिर फेरि खुल्ला गरि दिए। तिनले यो काम आफू राजा भएको पहिलो वर्षको पहिलो महीनामा गरे।

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

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⁴He brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,

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⁵and said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filthiness out of the holy place.

⁶हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले परमप्रभुलाई त्याग गरे अनि आफ्ना अनुहार परमप्रभुको मन्दिरबाट टाढा फर्काए।

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

⁷तिनीहरूले मन्दिरको दलानका ढोकाहरू थुनि दिए अनि दीपहरूमा बत्ती निभ्न दिए। तिनीहरूले इस्राएलका परमेश्वरलाई पवित्र स्थानमा धूप बाल्न अनि होमबलि चढाउन बन्द गरे।

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 to the God of Israel.

⁸यसर्थ परमप्रभु यहूदा अनि यरूशलेमका मानिसहरू प्रति अत्यन्त क्रोधित हुनु भयो। परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूलाई दण्ड दिनु भयो। अरू मानिसहरू भयभीत भए अनि विचलित भए जब तिनीहरूले देखे परमप्रभुले यहूदा अनि यरूशलेमका मानिसहरूलाई के गरे। ती अन्य मानिसहरूले यहूदाका मानिसहरूका निम्ति घृणा अनि लाजले आफ्ना शिरहरू हल्लाए। तिमीहरू जान्दछौ, यी कुराहरू सत्य हुन्। तिमीहरू आफ्नै आँखाले देख्न सक्छौ।

⁸Therefore the wrath of Yahweh was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to be tossed back and forth, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.

⁹अनि, त्यसै कारणले गर्दा हाम्रो पुर्खाहरू युद्धमा मारिए। हाम्रा छोरा अनि छोरीहरू अनि पत्नीहरूलाई कैदी बनाइए।

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

¹⁰यसकारण अब म, हिजकियाहले इस्राएलका परमप्रभु परमेश्वर सित करार गर्ने निश्चय गरेको छु। तब उहाँ हामी सित अब उप्रान्त क्रोधित हुनहुने छैन।

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

¹¹यसकारण मेरो छोराहरू, अल्छे नबन वा अझ अधिक समय खेर नफाल। परमप्रभुले उहाँको सेवा गर्नका निम्ति तिमीहरूलाई चुन्नु भएको छ। उहाँले तिमीहरूलाई उँहाको मन्दिरमा सेवा गर्न अनि धूप बाल्नका निम्ति चुन्नु भएको छ।”

¹¹My sons, don’t be negligent now; for Yahweh has chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him, and that you should be his ministers, and burn incense.”

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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 Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

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¹³and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

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¹⁴and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

¹⁵तब, यी लेवीहरूले आफ्ना दाज्यू-भाइहरूलाई पनि तिनीहरू सित भेला गरे अनि स्वयंलाई पवित्र सेवाका निम्ति तयार पारे। तिनीहरूले राजाका आदेशको पालन गरे जो परमप्रभुबाट आएको थियो। तिनीहरूले यसलाई शुद्ध पार्नका निम्ति परमप्रभुको मन्दिर भित्र गए।

¹⁵They gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Yahweh, to cleanse the house of Yahweh.

¹⁶पूजाहारीहरू परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको भित्री भाग शुद्ध गर्न गए। तिनीहरूले भेट्टाएका सबै अशुद्ध चीज-बीजहरू निकाले। तिनीहरूले अशुद्ध चीज-बीजहरू परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको आँगनमा ल्याए। तब लेवीहरूले ती अशुद्ध चीज-बीजहरू बाहिर किद्रोन बेंसीमा लगे।

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

¹⁷पहिलो महीनाको पहिलो दिनमा लेवीहरूले स्वयंलाई पवित्र सेवाका निम्ति तयार पार्न शुरू गरे। त्यो महीनाको आठौं दिनमा लेवीहरू परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको दलानमा आए। अझ आठ दिन तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुको मन्दिरलाई पवित्र प्रयोगका निम्ति तयार पार्नका निम्ति सफा गरे। तिनीहरूले पहिलो महीनाको सोह्रौं दिनमा काम पूर्ण गरे।

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 Yahweh; and they sanctified the house of Yahweh in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

¹⁸तब तिनीहरू राजा हिजकियाह कहाँ गए। तिनीहरूले तिनलाई भने, “राजा हिजकियाह, हामीले परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको, होमबलिको वेदी अनि मन्दिरका सबै चीजहरू सफा गर्यौं। हामीले रोटीका लहर राख्ने मेच त्यस मेच सित प्रयोग गरिने सबै चीहरू सहित सफा गर्यौं।

¹⁸Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace, and said, “We have cleansed all the house of Yahweh, and the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and the table of show bread, with all its vessels.

¹⁹आहाज राजा रहेको समयमा तिनले परमेश्वरको विरूद्ध विद्रोह गरे। तिनले मन्दिरमा भएका धेरै चीजहरू फ्याँकी दिए। तर हामीले ती सबै चीजहरू राखि दियौं अनि तिनीहरूलाई तिनीहरूको विशेष प्रयोगका निम्ति तयार पार्यौं। अहिले तिनीहरू परमप्रभुको वेदी सामुन्ने छन्।”

¹⁹Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign threw away when he trespassed, have we prepared and sanctified; and behold, they are before the altar of Yahweh.”

²⁰राजा हिजकियाहले शहर अधिकारीहरूलाई भेला गरे अनि भोलि पल्ट बिहानै परमप्रभुको मन्दिर सम्म गए।

²⁰Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Yahweh.

²¹तिनीहरूले सातवटा गोरूहरू सातवटा भेडाहरू, सातवटा भेडाका थुमाहरू अनि सातवटा भेडका पाठाहरू ल्याए। यी पशुहरू राज्यका पापबलिको निम्ति थिए, पवित्र स्थानलाई शुद्ध तुल्याउन अनि यहूदाका मानिसहरूका निम्ति थिए। राजा हिजकियाहले ती पशुहरूलाई परमप्रभुको वेदीमाथि अर्पण गर्नु भनी पूजाहारीहरूलाई आज्ञा दिए जो हारूनका सन्तानहरू थिए, तिनीहरूलाई आदेश दिए।

²¹They brought seven bulls, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Yahweh.

²²यसर्थ पूजाहारीहरूले गोरूहरूलाई मारे अनि रगत लिए। त्यसपछि तिनीहरूले गोरूको रगत वेदीमा छर्किदिए। तब पूजाहारीहरूले भेंडाका पाठाहरू मारे अनि भेंडाका पाठाको रगत वेदीमा छर्किदिए।

²²So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar: they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

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²³They brought near the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them:

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²⁴and the priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

²⁵राजा हिजकियाहले लेवीहरूलाई दाऊद, राजाका दर्शी गाद अनि अगमवक्ता नातानले आदेश गरेका प्रकारले, झ्याम्टा, सितार अनि वीणाहरू सहित परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा राखे। यो आदेश उहाँका अगमवक्ता मार्फत परमप्रभुबाट आएको हो।

²⁵He set the Levites in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Yahweh by his prophets.

²⁶यसर्थ लेवीहरू दाऊदका वाद्य यन्त्रहरू सहित अनि पूजाहारीहरू आफ्ना तुरहीहरू सहित उभिए।

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

²⁷तब हिजकियाहले वेदीमा होमबलि चढाउने आदेश दिए। जब होमबलि शुरू भयो परमप्रभुको स्तुति गान पनि शुरू भयो। तुरहीहरू फुके अनि इस्राएलका राजा दाऊदका बाजा बजाइए।

²⁷Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of Yahweh began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel.

²⁸सम्पूर्ण सभाले शिर झुकाए, संङ्गीतकारहरूले गाए अनि तुरही बजाउनेहरूले आ-आफ्ना तुरही होमबलि पूर्ण नभएसम्म बजाए।

²⁸All the assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

²⁹बलिदानहरू पूरा भए पछि राजा हिजकियाह अनि तिनका साथ भएका सबै मानिसहरू तल झुके र आराधना गरे।

²⁹When they had made an end of offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.

³⁰राजा हिजकियाह अनि तिनका अधिकारीहरूले लेवीहरूलाई परमप्रभुको प्रशंसा गर्ने आज्ञा दिए। तिनीहरूले ती गीतहरू गाए जो दाऊद अनि दर्शी आसापले लेखेका थिए। तिनीहरूले परमेश्वरको प्रशंसा गरे अनि प्रशन्न भए। तिनीहरू सबै झुके र परमेश्वरको आराधना गरे।

³⁰Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.

³¹हिजकियाहले भने, “अब यहूदाका मानिसहरू तिमीहरूले स्वयंलाई परमप्रभु प्रति अर्पण गरिसकेकाछौ। नजिक आऊ बलि र धन्यवादको भेटी परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा ल्याऊ।” तब मानिसहरूले बलिहरू अनि धन्यवादका भेटीहरू ल्याए। कुनै पनि व्यक्ति जसले चाहन्थे, तिनीहरूले पनि होमबलि ल्याए।

³¹Then Hezekiah answered, “Now you have consecrated yourselves to Yahweh; come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of Yahweh.” The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.

³²सभाले मन्दिरमा ल्याएका होमबलिहरू यी हुन्; 70 गोरूहरू, 100वटा भेडाहरू अनि 200 भेडाका थुमाहरू। यी सबै पशुहरूलाई परमप्रभुका निम्ति होमबलिको रूपमा बलिदान गरिए।

³²The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to Yahweh.

³³परमप्रभुको निम्ति पवित्र भेटीहरू 600 गोरूहरू अनि 3,000 भेडा अनि बाख्रहरू थिए।

³³The consecrated things were six hundred head of cattle and three thousand sheep.

³⁴तर त्यहाँ होमबलिका निम्ति पशुहरूको छाला काढ्ने अनि पशुहरूलाई काट्ने पर्याप्त पूजाहारीहरू थिएनन्। यसर्थ तिनीहरूका आफन्तहरू, लेवीहरूले काम नसकुञ्जेल अनि अन्य पूजाहारीहरूले स्वयंलाई पवित्र सेवाका निम्ति तयार नपारूञ्जेल तिनीहरूलाई सहायता गरे। तिनीहरू स्वयंलाई परमप्रभुको सेवाका निम्ति तयार गर्न लेवीहरू अधिक ध्यान मग्न थिए। तिनीहरू पूजाहारीहरू भन्दा अधिक ध्यान मग्न थिए।

³⁴But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

³⁵त्यहाँ अनेक होमबलि, अनि मेलबलिको बोसो अनि अर्घबलिहरू थिए। यसरी परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा सेवा कार्य फेरि शुरू भयो।

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

³⁶हिजकियाह अनि मानिसहरू अति प्रशन्न थिए परमेश्वरले मानिसहरूका निम्ति प्रस्तुत गर्नु भएका कुराहरूको बारेमा। अनि तिनीहरू उहाँले यति चाँडो गर्नु भएकोमा खुशी थिए।

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