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.

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

²He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, and repaired them.

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

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

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

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.

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 sight of Yahweh our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Yahweh, 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 to 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.

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.

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, behold, 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 my heart to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger 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, 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.”

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 Jehallelel; 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 Jeuel; 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, Jehuel 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.

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.

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

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.

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 Yahweh; and they sanctified the house of Yahweh in eight days: and on 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 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.

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 threw away when he trespassed, have we prepared and sanctified; and behold, they are before the altar of Yahweh.”

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 arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Yahweh.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

²⁸All the assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; 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.

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

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 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.

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, “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.

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.

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.

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

³³The consecrated things were six hundred head of cattle 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: 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.

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.

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.

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.

³⁶Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for 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.