2 Cronache 31
La Nuova Diodati
31 Terminato tutto questo, tutti gli Israeliti presenti partirono per le città di Giuda, per fare a pezzi le colonne sacre abbattere gli Ascerim e demolire gli alti luoghi e gli altari in tutto Giuda e Beniamino, come pure in Efraim e Manasse, fino alla completa distruzione. Poi tutti i figli d'Israele tornarono nelle loro città, ognuno nella sua proprietà.
2 Ezechia ricostruí le classi dei sacerdoti e dei Leviti, in base alle loro classi, ognuno secondo il suo servizio, i sacerdoti e i Leviti per gli olocausti e i sacrifici di ringraziamento per servire, per ringraziare e per lodare alle porte degli accampamenti dell'Eterno.
3 Il re stabilí pure la parte dei suoi beni che sarebbe destinata per gli olocausti: gli olocausti del mattino e della sera, gli olocausti dei sabati, dei noviluni e delle feste solenni come sta scritto nella legge dell 'Eterno.
4 Inoltre ordinò al popolo a quelli che abitavano in Gerusalemme, di dare ai sacerdoti e ai Leviti la parte loro dovuta affinché fossero resi fermi nella legge dell'Eterno.
5 Appena l'ordine fu diffuso, i figli d'Israele diedero in abbondanza le primizie del grano, del vino, dell'olio, del miele e di tutti i prodotti dei campi; e portarono una decima abbondante di ogni cosa.
6 I figli d'Israele e di Giuda che abitavano nelle città di Giuda portarono anch'essi la decima dei buoi e delle pecore come pure la decima delle cose sante che erano consacrate all'Eterno il loro DIO, e ne fecero tanti mucchi.
7 Incominciarono a fare i mucchi nel terzo mese e finirono nel settimo mese.
8 Quando Ezechia e i capi vennero a vedere i mucchi, benedissero l'Eterno e il suo popolo d'Israele.
9 Poi Ezechia interrogò i sacerdoti e i Leviti riguardo ai mucchi;
10 il sommo sacerdote Azariah della casa di Tsadok, gli rispose: «Da quando si è cominciato a portare le offerte nella casa dell'Eterno, abbiamo mangiato a sazietà ed è rimasta roba in abbondanza, perché l'Eterno ha benedetto il suo popolo; e questa è la grande quantità rimasta».
11 Allora Ezechia ordinò loro di preparare delle stanze nella casa dell'Eterno. Essi le prepararono,
12 e vi portarono fedelmente le offerte, la decima e le cose consacrate. Il Levita Konaniah ne ebbe la sovrintendenza e dopo di lui c'era suo fratello Scimei.
13 Jehiel, Ahaziah, Nahath, Asahel Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah. Mahath e Benaiah erano sorveglianti agli ordini di Konaniah e di suo fratello Scimei per comando del re Ezechia e di Azariah capo della casa di DIO.
14 Il Levita Kore figlio di Imnah, guardiano della porta orientale, era preposto alle offerte volontarie fatte a DIO per distribuire le offerte elevate dell'Eterno e le cose santissime.
15 Ai suoi ordini c'erano Eden Miniamin, Jeshua, Scemaiah, Amariah Scekaniah nelle città dei sacerdoti che dovevano compiere fedelmente la distribuzione ai loro fratelli, grandi e piccoli secondo le loro classi;
16 ad eccezione dei maschi che erano registrati nelle loro genealogie dall'età di tre anni in su, essi distribuivano a tutti quelli che entravano nella casa dell'Eterno la loro porzione giornaliera per il loro servizio, secondo le loro funzioni e in base alle loro classi.
17 ai sacerdoti registrati nelle genealogie secondo le case paterne e ai Leviti dall'età di vent'anni in su, secondo le loro mansioni e secondo le loro classi,
18 e a tutti quelli che erano scritti nella genealogia, e cioè, i loro piccoli, le loro mogli, i loro figli e le loro figlie, come membri dell'intera assemblea; poiché nell'ufficio loro assegnato si consacrarono nella SANTITA'.
19 Anche per i sacerdoti, figli di Aaronne, che dimoravano in campagna, nelle zone attorno alle loro città, c'erano in ogni città uomini designati per nome per distribuire le porzioni a ogni maschio tra i sacerdoti, e a tutti i Leviti registrati nelle genealogie.
20 Ezechia fece cosí in tutto Giuda; fece ciò che è buono, retto e vero davanti all'Eterno, il suo DIO.
21 In ogni lavoro che intraprese per il servizio della casa di DIO, per la legge e per i comandamenti, per cercare il suo DIO, egli lo fece con tutto il suo cuore; per questo egli prosperò.
2 Chronicles 31
21st Century King James Version
31 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the images in pieces, and cut down the Asherah poles, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
2 And Hezekiah appointed the watches of the priests and the Levites according to their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord.
3 He appointed also the king’s portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit: for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths and for the new moons and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the Lord.
4 Moreover he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord.
5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, who dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the Lord their God, and laid them in heaps.
7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord and His people Israel.
9 Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him and said, “Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat and have left plenty; for the Lord hath blessed His people, and that which is left is this great store.
11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare storage chambers in the house of the Lord; and they prepared them,
12 and faithfully brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things, over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler and Shimei his brother was the next.
13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother at the commandment of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the gatekeeper toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God to distribute the oblations of the Lord and the most holy things.
15 And next to him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small;
16 besides their genealogy of males from three years old and upward, even unto every one who entereth into the house of the Lord, his daily portion for their service in their charges, according to their courses,
17 both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
18 and to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation; for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness;
20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God.
21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
2 Chronicles 31
English Standard Version
Hezekiah Organizes the Priests
31 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and (A)broke in pieces the (B)pillars and cut down (C)the Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, every man to his possession.
2 And Hezekiah appointed (D)the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, division by division, each according to his service, the priests and the Levites, (E)for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to minister in the gates of the camp of the Lord and to give thanks and praise. 3 (F)The contribution of the king from his own possessions was for the burnt offerings: the burnt offerings of morning and evening, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths, the new moons, and the appointed feasts, (G)as it is written in the Law of the Lord. 4 And he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give (H)the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the Law of the Lord. 5 As soon as the command was spread abroad, the people of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field. And they brought in abundantly (I)the tithe of everything. 6 And the people of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and (J)the tithe of the dedicated things that had been dedicated to the Lord their God, and laid them in heaps. 7 In the third month they began to pile up the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. 8 When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord and his people Israel. 9 And Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps. 10 Azariah the chief priest, who was (K)of the house of Zadok, answered him, “Since they began to bring the contributions into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and had enough and have plenty left, (L)for the Lord has blessed his people, so that we have this large amount left.”
11 Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare (M)chambers in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them. 12 And they faithfully brought in the contributions, the tithes, and the dedicated things. The chief officer (N)in charge of them was Conaniah the Levite, with (O)Shimei his brother as second, 13 (P)while Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, (Q)Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers assisting Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king and (R)Azariah the chief officer of the house of God. 14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the east gate, was over the freewill offerings to God, to apportion the contribution reserved for the Lord and the most holy offerings. 15 (S)Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah were faithfully assisting him in (T)the cities of the priests, to distribute the portions to their brothers, old and young alike, by divisions, 16 except those enrolled by genealogy, males from three years old and upward—all who entered the house of the Lord (U)as the duty of each day required—for their service according to their offices, by their divisions. 17 The enrollment of the priests was according to their fathers' houses; that of the Levites (V)from twenty years old and upward was according to their offices, by their divisions. 18 They were enrolled with all their little children, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, the whole assembly, for they were faithful in keeping themselves holy. 19 And for the sons of Aaron, the priests, who were in the fields of common land belonging to their cities, there were men in the several cities who were (W)designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to everyone among the Levites who was enrolled.
20 Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, (X)and he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. 21 And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered.
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