2 Chronicles 29
King James Version
29 Hezekiah 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.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.
3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.
4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
5 And 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.
6 For 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.
7 Also 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.
8 Wherefore 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.
9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
11 My 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.
12 Then 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:
13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
15 And 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.
16 And 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.
17 Now 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.
18 Then 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.
19 Moreover 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.
20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.
21 And 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.
22 So 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.
23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
24 And 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.
25 And 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.
26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
27 And 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.
28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
30 Moreover 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.
31 Then 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.
32 And 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.
33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
34 But 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.
35 And 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.
36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
2 Chroniques 29
La Bible du Semeur
Le roi Ezéchias purifie le Temple(A)
29 Ezéchias était âgé de vingt-cinq ans lorsqu’il commença à régner et il régna vingt-neuf ans à Jérusalem[a]. Sa mère s’appelait Abiya, elle était fille de Zacharie. 2 Il fit ce que l’Eternel considère comme juste, en tout point comme l’avait fait son ancêtre David.
3 Au premier mois de la première année de son règne, il rouvrit les portes du temple de l’Eternel et les fit remettre en état[b]. 4 Il convoqua les prêtres et les lévites et les réunit sur la place orientale.
5 Il leur dit : Ecoutez-moi, lévites ! Maintenant, rendez-vous rituellement purs, puis purifiez le temple de l’Eternel, le Dieu de vos ancêtres. Faites disparaître du sanctuaire tout ce qui le souille. 6 Car nos pères ont été infidèles, ils ont fait ce que l’Eternel notre Dieu considère comme mal, ils l’ont abandonné, ils ont délaissé la demeure de l’Eternel et lui ont tourné le dos. 7 Ils ont même fermé les portes du portique, ils ont éteint les lampes, ils ont cessé d’offrir au Dieu d’Israël les parfums et les holocaustes dans le sanctuaire. 8 Aussi, l’Eternel s’est mis en colère contre Juda et Jérusalem et a fait de notre peuple un exemple terrifiant et un sujet de raillerie, et de notre pays une étendue désolée, comme vous le constatez vous-mêmes. 9 Car nos pères sont tombés par l’épée, nos fils, nos filles et nos femmes ont été emmenés en captivité à cause de cela. 10 C’est pourquoi j’ai décidé de conclure une alliance avec l’Eternel, le Dieu d’Israël, pour qu’il détourne de nous son ardente colère. 11 Maintenant, mes amis, ne vous dérobez pas, car c’est vous que l’Eternel a choisis pour vous tenir devant lui, à son service, pour célébrer son culte et brûler des parfums en son honneur.
12 Alors les lévites suivants se mirent à l’œuvre : Mahath, fils d’Amasaï, Joël, fils d’Azaria, de la lignée des Qehatites ; de la lignée de Merari ce furent Qish, fils d’Abdi, et Azaria, fils de Yehalléléel ; parmi les Guershonites : Yoah, fils de Zimma, et Eden, fils de Yoah ; 13 de la lignée d’Elitsaphân : Shimri et Yeïel ; de la lignée d’Asaph : Zacharie et Mattania. 14 De la lignée de Hémân : Yehiel et Shimeï et de celle de Yedoutoun : Shemaya et Ouzziel.
15 Ils rassemblèrent les membres de leurs familles respectives et, après s’être rendus rituellement purs, ils allèrent entreprendre la purification du temple de l’Eternel, comme le roi le leur avait ordonné et conformément aux paroles de l’Eternel. 16 Les prêtres entrèrent à l’intérieur du temple de l’Eternel pour le purifier, ils jetèrent dans la cour tous les objets impurs qu’ils y trouvèrent. Les lévites les ramassèrent pour les emporter dehors dans la vallée du Cédron. 17 Ils commencèrent cette purification le premier jour du premier mois et, le huitième jour du mois, ils en arrivèrent au portique du Temple. Ils mirent huit jours à purifier le temple de l’Eternel. Le seizième jour du premier mois, le travail était terminé.
18 Alors ils se rendirent chez le roi Ezéchias et lui dirent : Nous avons purifié tout le temple de l’Eternel, l’autel des holocaustes, tous ses accessoires, et la table des pains exposés devant Dieu avec tous ses accessoires. 19 Nous avons préparé et purifié tous les objets que, dans sa rébellion contre l’Eternel, le roi Ahaz avait profanés pendant son règne : ils sont devant l’autel de l’Eternel.
La reconsécration du Temple
20 Le lendemain, le roi Ezéchias se leva de grand matin. Il rassembla les dirigeants de la ville et monta au temple de l’Eternel. 21 On amena sept taureaux, sept béliers, sept agneaux, ainsi que sept boucs en sacrifice pour le péché, pour le royaume, pour le sanctuaire et pour Juda. Le roi ordonna aux prêtres, de la lignée d’Aaron, de les offrir sur l’autel de l’Eternel. 22 Les prêtres égorgèrent le gros bétail, recueillirent le sang des victimes et le répandirent sur l’autel. Ils égorgèrent de même les béliers et en répandirent le sang sur l’autel. Ils égorgèrent les agneaux et en répandirent le sang sur l’autel[c]. 23 Ensuite on fit approcher les boucs destinés au sacrifice pour le péché devant le roi et devant l’assemblée. Ceux-ci posèrent leurs mains sur eux. 24 Les prêtres les égorgèrent et en répandirent le sang sur l’autel pour l’offrir en sacrifice pour le péché, et accomplir ainsi le rite d’expiation pour tout Israël. Car le roi avait précisé que l’holocauste et le sacrifice pour le péché devaient être offerts pour tout Israël. 25 Il fit placer les lévites dans la cour du temple de l’Eternel avec des cymbales, des luths et des lyres, selon la règle fixée par David, par Gad, le prophète du roi, et par le prophète Nathan, car c’était un commandement de l’Eternel transmis par l’intermédiaire de ses prophètes. 26 Les lévites prirent place avec les instruments de musique de David, et les prêtres tenaient à la main les trompettes. 27 Ezéchias ordonna d’offrir l’holocauste sur l’autel ; et, au moment où commença l’holocauste, retentit aussi le chant en l’honneur de l’Eternel accompagné des trompettes et des instruments de David, roi d’Israël. 28 Toute l’assemblée se prosterna, le chœur chanta et les trompettes résonnèrent jusqu’à ce qu’on ait terminé d’offrir l’holocauste. 29 Quand le sacrifice fut terminé, le roi et tous ceux qui étaient avec lui s’inclinèrent et se prosternèrent. 30 Puis le roi et les dirigeants dirent aux lévites de louer l’Eternel avec les paroles composées par David et le prophète Asaph. Ils se répandirent en joyeuses louanges, puis ils s’inclinèrent et se prosternèrent.
31 Alors Ezéchias reprit la parole et dit : Maintenant que vous avez été reconsacrés à l’Eternel, approchez-vous, amenez les victimes des sacrifices et les offrandes de reconnaissance au temple de l’Eternel.
L’assemblée amena des victimes pour offrir des sacrifices et des offrandes de louange, et tous ceux dont le cœur était généreux offrirent des holocaustes[d]. 32 L’assemblée offrit ainsi en holocauste à l’Eternel soixante-dix taureaux et bœufs, cent béliers et deux cents agneaux. 33 On consacra en outre six cents bovins et trois mille moutons. 34 Mais les prêtres étaient trop peu nombreux pour dépecer tous ces animaux. Leurs frères les lévites les aidèrent[e] jusqu’à ce que ce travail soit terminé et jusqu’à ce que les autres prêtres se soient tous rendus rituellement purs, car il faut dire que les lévites avaient mis plus d’empressement à se purifier que les prêtres. 35 En plus de nombreux holocaustes, il fallait encore brûler la graisse des sacrifices de communion et répandre les coupes de vin accompagnant les holocaustes. Ainsi fut rétabli le culte au temple de l’Eternel. 36 Ezéchias et tout le peuple se réjouirent de la manière dont Dieu avait dirigé les choses, car tout cela s’était fait très rapidement.
Footnotes
- 29.1 Soit de 715 à 686 av. J.-C., soit plutôt de 728 à 698 av. J.-C., avec un temps de corégence avec son père Ahaz jusqu’en 715.
- 29.3 Nécessaire après les déprédations d’Ahaz (28.24). La réparation des portes impliquait l’apposition de plaques d’or (2 R 18.16).
- 29.22 Selon l’ordre de Lv 1.3-5.
- 29.31 Dans l’holocauste, l’animal était presque entièrement brûlé sur l’autel : rien ne revenait à l’adorateur. D’où la mention de la générosité du donateur.
- 29.34 Les holocaustes pouvaient normalement être préparés et offerts seulement par les prêtres, mais dans ce cas exceptionnel, les lévites les aidèrent.
2 Chronicles 29
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 29
Hezekiah’s Reforms. 1 (A)Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah. 2 He did what was right in the Lord’s sight, just as David his father had done. 3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the Lord’s house and repaired them.(B) 4 He summoned the priests and Levites, gathering them in the open space to the east, 5 and said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites! Sanctify yourselves now and sanctify the house of the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and clean out the filth from the sanctuary. 6 Our ancestors acted treacherously and did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, our God. They abandoned him, turned away their faces from the Lord’s dwelling, and turned their backs on him. 7 They also closed the doors of the vestibule, extinguished the lamps, and failed to burn incense and sacrifice burnt offerings in the sanctuary to the God of Israel.(C) 8 (D)Therefore the anger of the Lord has come upon Judah and Jerusalem; he has made them an object of terror, horror, and hissing, as you see with your own eyes. 9 For our ancestors fell by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and our wives have been taken captive because of this. 10 Now, I intend to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, that his burning anger may turn away from us. 11 My sons, do not be negligent any longer, for it is you whom the Lord has chosen to stand before him, to minister to him, to be his ministers and to offer incense.”
12 Then the Levites arose: Mahath, son of Amasai, and Joel, son of Azariah, of the Kohathites; of the descendants of Merari: Kish, son of Abdi, and Azariah, son of Jehallel; of the Gershonites: Joah, son of Zimmah, and Eden, son of Joah; 13 of the sons of Elizaphan: Shimri and Jeuel; of the sons of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah; 14 of the sons of Heman: Jehuel and Shimei; of the sons of Jeduthun: Shemiah and Uzziel. 15 They gathered their kinfolk together and sanctified themselves; then they came as the king had ordered, in keeping with the words of the Lord, to cleanse the Lord’s house.
16 The priests entered the interior of the Lord’s house to cleanse it. Whatever they found in the Lord’s temple that was unclean they brought out to the court of the Lord’s house, where the Levites took it from them and carried it out to the Wadi Kidron. 17 They began the work of consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the vestibule of the Lord; they consecrated the Lord’s house over an eight-day period, and on the sixteenth day of the first month, they had finished.
18 Then they went inside to King Hezekiah and said: “We have cleansed the entire house of the Lord, the altar for burnt offerings with all its utensils, and the table for the showbread with all its utensils. 19 We have restored and consecrated all the articles which King Ahaz had thrown away during his reign because of his treachery; they are now before the Lord’s altar.”
The Rite of Expiation. 20 Then King Hezekiah hastened to convoke the princes of the city and went up to the Lord’s house. 21 Seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven he-goats were presented as a purification offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. Hezekiah ordered the sons of Aaron, the priests, to offer them on the altar of the Lord. 22 They slaughtered the bulls, and the priests collected the blood and splashed it on the altar. Then they slaughtered the rams and splashed the blood on the altar; then they slaughtered the lambs and splashed the blood on the altar. 23 Then the he-goats for the purification offering were led before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands upon them. 24 The priests then slaughtered them and offered their blood on the altar to atone for the sin of all Israel. For the king had said, “The burnt offering and the purification offering are for all Israel.”
25 He stationed the Levites in the Lord’s house with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for this command was from the Lord through his prophets. 26 The Levites were stationed with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. 27 Then Hezekiah ordered the burnt offering to be sacrificed on the altar. At the very moment the burnt offering began, they also began the song of the Lord, to the accompaniment of the trumpets and the instruments of David, king of Israel. 28 The entire assembly bowed down, and the song was sung and the trumpets sounded until the burnt offering had been completed. 29 Once the burnt offering was completed, the king and all who were with him knelt and worshiped. 30 King Hezekiah and the princes then told the Levites to sing the praises of the Lord in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises till their joy was full, then fell down and worshiped.
31 Hezekiah then said: “You have dedicated yourselves to the Lord. Approach, and bring forward the sacrifices and thank offerings for the house of the Lord.” Then the assembly brought forward the sacrifices and thank offerings and all their voluntary burnt offerings. 32 The number of burnt offerings that the assembly brought forward was seventy oxen, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all of these as a burnt offering to the Lord. 33 As consecrated gifts there were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. 34 Since there were too few priests to skin all the victims for the burnt offerings, their fellow Levites assisted them until the task was completed and the priests had sanctified themselves. The Levites, in fact, were more careful than the priests to sanctify themselves.(E) 35 The burnt offerings were indeed many, along with the fat of the communion offerings and the libations for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the Lord was re-established. 36 Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced over what God had re-established for the people, and at how suddenly this had been done.
2 Chronicles 29
New International Version
Hezekiah Purifies the Temple(A)
29 Hezekiah(B) was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David(C) had done.
3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the temple of the Lord and repaired(D) them. 4 He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side 5 and said: “Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate(E) yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary. 6 Our parents(F) were unfaithful;(G) they did evil in the eyes of the Lord our God and forsook him. They turned their faces away from the Lord’s dwelling place and turned their backs on him. 7 They also shut the doors of the portico and put out the lamps. They did not burn incense(H) or present any burnt offerings at the sanctuary to the God of Israel. 8 Therefore, the anger of the Lord has fallen on Judah and Jerusalem; he has made them an object of dread and horror(I) and scorn,(J) as you can see with your own eyes. 9 This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword and why our sons and daughters and our wives are in captivity.(K) 10 Now I intend to make a covenant(L) with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger(M) will turn away from us. 11 My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him and serve him,(N) to minister(O) before him and to burn incense.”
12 Then these Levites(P) set to work:
from the Kohathites,
Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah;
from the Merarites,
Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel;
from the Gershonites,
Joah son of Zimmah and Eden(Q) son of Joah;
13 from the descendants of Elizaphan,(R)
Shimri and Jeiel;
from the descendants of Asaph,(S)
Zechariah and Mattaniah;
14 from the descendants of Heman,
Jehiel and Shimei;
from the descendants of Jeduthun,
Shemaiah and Uzziel.
15 When they had assembled their fellow Levites and consecrated themselves, they went in to purify(T) the temple of the Lord, as the king had ordered, following the word of the Lord. 16 The priests went into the sanctuary of the Lord to purify it. They brought out to the courtyard of the Lord’s temple everything unclean that they found in the temple of the Lord. The Levites took it and carried it out to the Kidron Valley.(U) 17 They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and by the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the Lord. For eight more days they consecrated the temple of the Lord itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.
18 Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported: “We have purified the entire temple of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table for setting out the consecrated bread, with all its articles. 19 We have prepared and consecrated all the articles(V) that King Ahaz removed in his unfaithfulness while he was king. They are now in front of the Lord’s altar.”
20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials together and went up to the temple of the Lord. 21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs and seven male goats(W) as a sin offering[a](X) for the kingdom, for the sanctuary and for Judah. The king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer these on the altar of the Lord. 22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it against the altar; next they slaughtered the rams and splashed their blood against the altar; then they slaughtered the lambs and splashed their blood(Y) against the altar. 23 The goats(Z) for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands(AA) on them. 24 The priests then slaughtered the goats and presented their blood on the altar for a sin offering to atone(AB) for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.(AC)
25 He stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David(AD) and Gad(AE) the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets. 26 So the Levites stood ready with David’s instruments,(AF) and the priests with their trumpets.(AG)
27 Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. As the offering began, singing to the Lord began also, accompanied by trumpets and the instruments(AH) of David king of Israel. 28 The whole assembly bowed in worship, while the musicians played and the trumpets sounded. All this continued until the sacrifice of the burnt offering(AI) was completed.
29 When the offerings were finished, the king and everyone present with him knelt down and worshiped.(AJ) 30 King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.
31 Then Hezekiah said, “You have now dedicated yourselves to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices(AK) and thank offerings to the temple of the Lord.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing(AL) brought burnt offerings.
32 The number of burnt offerings(AM) the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams and two hundred male lambs—all of them for burnt offerings to the Lord. 33 The animals consecrated as sacrifices amounted to six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep and goats. 34 The priests, however, were too few to skin all the burnt offerings;(AN) so their relatives the Levites helped them until the task was finished and until other priests had been consecrated,(AO) for the Levites had been more conscientious in consecrating themselves than the priests had been. 35 There were burnt offerings in abundance, together with the fat(AP) of the fellowship offerings(AQ) and the drink offerings(AR) that accompanied the burnt offerings.
So the service of the temple of the Lord was reestablished. 36 Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had brought about for his people, because it was done so quickly.(AS)
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 29:21 Or purification offering; also in verses 23 and 24
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