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

¹Hezekiah hath reigned -- a son of twenty and five years, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Abijah daughter of Zechariah;

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

²and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did.

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

³He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, hath opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and strengtheneth them,

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

⁴and bringeth in the priests and the Levites, and gathereth them to the broad place to the east.

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

⁵And he saith to them, `Hear me, O Levites, now, sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the sanctuary,

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.

⁶for our fathers have trespassed, and done that which is evil in the eyes of Jehovah our God, and forsake him, and turn round their faces from the tabernacle of Jehovah, and give the neck.

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

⁷`Also -- they have shut the doors of the porch, and quench the lamps, and perfume they have not made, and burnt-offering have not caused to ascend in the sanctuary to the God of Israel,

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.

⁸and the wrath of Jehovah is on Judah and Jerusalem, and He giveth them for a trembling, for an astonishment, and for a hissing, as ye are seeing with your eyes.

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

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

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

¹⁰`Now -- with my heart -- to make a covenant before Jehovah, God of Israel, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from us.

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.

¹¹My sons, be not now at rest, for on you hath Jehovah fixed to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be to Him ministering and making perfume.'

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;

¹²And the Levites rise -- Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathite; and of the sons of Merari: Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehalelel; and of the Gershonite: Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;

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

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

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

¹⁴and of the sons of Heman: Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel --

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

¹⁵and they gather their brethren, and sanctify themselves, and come in, according to the command of the king in the matters of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah,

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.

¹⁶and the priests come in to the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse [it], and bring out all the uncleanness that they have found in the temple of Jehovah to the court of the house of Jehovah, and the Levites receive [it], to take [it] out to the brook Kidron without.

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.

¹⁷And they begin on the first of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they have come to the porch of Jehovah, and they sanctify the house of Jehovah in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they have finished.

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.

¹⁸And they come in within unto Hezekiah the king, and say, `We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and the table of the arrangement, and all its vessels,

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.

¹⁹and all the vessels that king Ahaz cast away in his reign -- in his trespass -- we have prepared and sanctified, and lo, they [are] before the altar of Jehovah.'

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

²⁰And Hezekiah the king riseth early, and gathereth the heads of the city, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah;

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.

²¹and they bring in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven young he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah; and he saith to sons of Aaron, the priests, to cause [them] to ascend on the altar of Jehovah.

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.

²²And they slaughter the oxen, and the priests receive the blood, and sprinkle on the altar; and they slaughter the rams, and sprinkle the blood on the altar; and they slaughter the lambs, and sprinkle the blood on the altar;

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

²³and they bring nigh the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands upon them;

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.

²⁴and the priests slaughter them, and make a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel, for `For all Israel,' said the king, `[is] the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.'

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.

²⁵And he appointeth the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, by the command of David, and of Gad, seer of the king, and of Nathan the prophet, for by the hand of Jehovah [is] the command, by the hand of His prophets;

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

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

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.

²⁷And Hezekiah saith to cause the burnt-offering to ascend on the altar; and at the time the burnt-offering began -- began the song of Jehovah, and the trumpets, even by the hands of the instruments of David king of Israel.

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

²⁸And all the assembly are doing obeisance, and the singers singing, and the trumpeters blowing; the whole [is] till the completion of the burnt-offering.

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

²⁹And at the completion of the offering up bowed have the king and all those found with him, and do obeisance.

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.

³⁰And Hezekiah the king saith, and the princes, to the Levites to give praise to Jehovah in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, and they praise -- unto joy, and they bow, and do obeisance.

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.

³¹And Hezekiah answereth and saith, `Now ye have filled your hand to Jehovah, come nigh, and bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings to the house of Jehovah;' and the assembly bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings, and every willing-hearted one -- burnt-offerings.

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

³²And the number of the burnt-offerings that the assembly have brought in, is seventy oxen, a hundred rams, lambs two hundred; for a burnt-offering to Jehovah [are] all these.

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

³³And the sanctified things [are] oxen six hundred, and sheep three thousand.

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.

³⁴Only, the priests have become few, and have not been able to strip the whole of the burnt-offerings, and their brethren the Levites strengthen them till the completion of the work, and till the priests sanctify themselves, for the Levites [are] more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

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.

³⁵And also, burnt-offerings [are] in abundance, with fat of the peace-offerings, and with oblations for the burnt-offering; and the service of the house of Jehovah is established,

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

³⁶and rejoice doth Hezekiah and all the people, because of God's giving preparation to the people, for the thing hath been suddenly.