¹Језекији беше двадесет и пет година кад поче царовати, и царова двадесет и девет година у Јерусалиму. Матери му беше име Авија, кћи Захаријина.

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.

²И чињаше што је право пред Господом сасвим како је чинио Давид отац његов.

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

³Прве године свог царовања, првог месеца, отвори врата на дому Господњем, и оправи их.

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

⁴И сазва свештенике и Левите, и сабра их на источну улицу,

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

⁵И рече им: Чујте ме, Левити, освештајте се сада и осветите дом Господа Бога отаца својих, и изнесите нечистоту из светиње.

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.

⁶Јер сагрешише оци наши и чинише што је зло пред Господом Богом нашим, и оставише га; и одвратише лице своје од шатора Господњег и окренуше му леђа;

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.

⁷И затворише врата од трема, и погасише жишке, и кадом не кадише, нити жртава паљеница приносише у светињи Богу Израиљевом.

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.

⁸Зато се разгневи Господ на Јуду и на Јерусалим, те их даде да се потуцају, и да буду чудо и подсмех, како видите својим очима.

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.

⁹Јер, ето, падоше оци наши од мача, и синови наши и кћери наше и жене наше заробише се зато.

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

¹⁰Сада дакле наумио сам задати веру Господу Богу Израиљевом, да би се одвратила од нас жестина гнева Његовог.

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.

¹¹Синови моји, не оклевајте више, јер је вас изабрао Господ да стојите пред Њим и служите му, и да му будете слуге и да му кадите.

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.

¹²Тада усташе Левити Мат син Амасајев и Јоило син Азаријин од синова Катових; а од синова Мераријевих Кис син Авдијев и Азарија син Јалелеилов; и од синова Гирсонових Јоах син Зимин и Еден син Јоахов;

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:

¹³И од синова Елифасанових Симрије и Јеило, и од синова Асафових Захарија и Матанија;

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

¹⁴И од синова Амонових Јеило и Симеј, и од синова Једутунових Семаја и Озило;

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

¹⁵И скупише браћу своју, и освештавши се дођоше, како беше заповедио цар по речи Господњој, да очисте дом Господњи.

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.

¹⁶И ушавши свештеници у дом Господњи да га очисте, износише сву нечистоту што нађоше у цркви Господњој у трем дома Господњег; а Левити купише и износише напоље на поток Кедрон.

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.

¹⁷А почеше освећивати првог дана првог месеца; а осмог дана тог месеца уђоше у трем Господњи, и освећиваше дом Господњи осам дана, и шеснаестог дана првог месеца свршише.

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.

¹⁸Потом дођоше к цару Језекији и рекоше: Очистисмо сав дом Господњи и олтар за жртве паљенице и све судове његове и сто за постављање и све судове његове,

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.

¹⁹И све судове које беше бацио цар Ахаз докле цароваше грешећи, и спремисмо и осветисмо, и ено их пред олтаром Господњим.

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.

²⁰Потом цар Језекија уста рано, и сазва управитеље градске, и отиде у дом Господњи.

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

²¹И доведе седам јуница и седам овнова и седам јагањаца и седам јараца за грех, за царство и за светињу и за Јуду; и рече синовима Ароновим свештеницима да принесу на олтару Господњем.

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.

²²Тада заклаше говеда, и свештеници узевши крв њихову покропише олтар; заклаше и овнове, и крвљу њиховом покропише олтар; и заклаше јагањце и крвљу њиховом покропише олтар.

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.

²³Потом доведоше јарце за грех пред цара и пред збор, и они метнуше руке своје на њих.

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

²⁴И заклаше их свештеници, и очистише крвљу њиховом олтар на очишћење свему Израиљу, јер цар заповеди да се за сав народ Израиљев принесе жртва паљеница и жртва за грех.

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.

²⁵И постави Левите у дому Господњем с кимвалима и псалтирима и гуслама, како беше заповедио Давид и Гад виделац царев и Натан пророк; јер од Господа беше заповест преко пророка Његових.

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.

²⁶И тако стајаху Левити са справама Давидовим а свештеници с трубама.

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

²⁷Тада заповеди Језекија да принесу жртву паљеницу на олтару. И кад се поче жртва паљеница, поче се песма Господња уз трубе и справе Давида, цара Израиљевог.

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.

²⁸И сав се збор клањаше, и певачи певаху и трубачи трубљаху, и то све докле се не сврши жртва паљеница.

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

²⁹А кад свршише жртву, цар и сви који беху с њим падоше и поклонише се.

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

³⁰Потом рече цар и кнезови Левитима да хвале Господа речима Давидовим и Асафа видеоца; и хвалише с великим весељем, и савивши се поклонише се.

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.

³¹Тада Језекија проговори и рече: Сада посветисте руке своје Господу, приступите и донесите приносе и жртве захвалне у дом Господњи. И донесе сав збор приносе и жртве захвалне, и ко год беше вољног срца жртве паљенице.

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.

³²И на број беше жртава паљеница што донесе збор, седамдесет волова, сто овнова, двеста јагањаца, све за жртву паљеницу Господу;

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.

³³А других ствари посвећених беше шест стотина волова и три хиљаде оваца.

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

³⁴Али мало беше свештеника, те не могаху драти свих жртава паљеница; зато им помагаху браћа њихова Левити, докле се не сврши посао и докле се не освешташе други свештеници; јер Левити беху радији освештати се него свештеници.

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.

³⁵И беше врло много жртава паљеница с претилином од жртава захвалних и налива на жртве паљенице. Тако би повраћена служба у дому Господњем.

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.

³⁶И радоваше се Језекија и сав народ, што Бог управи народ, јер ово би нагло.

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