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2 Cronica 29
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2 Cronica 29
Magandang Balita Biblia
Si Haring Ezequias ng Juda(A)
29 Si Ezequias ay dalawampu't limang taóng gulang nang maging hari at dalawampu't siyam na taon siyang naghari sa Jerusalem. Ang kanyang ina ay si Abija na anak ni Zacarias. 2 Katulad ng kanyang ninunong si David, gumawa siya ng kalugud-lugod sa paningin ni Yahweh.
Ipinalinis ang Templo
3 Sa unang buwan ng unang taon ng paghahari ni Ezequias, pinabuksan niya ang mga pintuan ng Templo at ipinaayos ito. 4 Tinipon niya ang mga pari at mga Levita sa bulwagan sa gawing silangan ng Templo. 5 Sinabi niya: “Makinig kayo, mga Levita. Italaga ninyo ngayon ang inyong sarili at ang Templo ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng inyong mga ninuno. Alisin ninyo ang mga karumal-dumal na bagay sa dakong banal. 6 Nagkasala ang ating mga magulang. Hindi sila naging tapat kay Yahweh na ating Diyos. Kanilang tinalikuran siya at ang kanyang Templo. 7 Isinara nila ang mga pintuan sa portiko. Hindi nila sinindihan ang mga ilawan at hindi na nagsunog ng insenso. Hindi na rin sila nagdala ng handog na susunugin sa dakong banal ng Diyos ng Israel. 8 Kaya nagalit si Yahweh sa Juda at sa Jerusalem at ginawa niyang kahiya-hiya at kakila-kilabot ang kanilang sinapit gaya ng inyong nakikita. 9 Kaya naman napatay sa digmaan ang ating mga magulang at nabihag ng mga kaaway ang ating mga anak at mga asawa. 10 Napagpasyahan kong manumpa tayo kay Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel, upang mapawi ang galit niya sa atin. 11 Mga anak, huwag na kayong mag-aksaya ng panahon. Kayo ang pinili ni Yahweh na mag-alay ng handog at magsunog ng insenso at manguna sa pagsamba sa kanya.”
12 Inihanda ng mga Levita ang kanilang sarili. Sa angkan ni Kohat: si Mahat na anak ni Amasai at si Joel na anak ni Azarias. Sa angkan ni Merari: si Kish na anak ni Abdi at si Azarias na anak ni Jehalelel. Sa angkan ni Gershon: si Joah na anak ni Zimma at si Eden na anak naman ni Joah. 13 Sa angkan naman ni Elizafan: si Simri na anak ni Jeiel. Sa angkan ni Asaf: sina Zacarias at Matanias. 14 Sa angkan ni Heman: sina Jehiel at Simei. Sa angkan ni Jeduthun: sina Semaias at Uziel.
15 Tinipon ng mga ito ang kanilang mga kapwa Levita at nilinis ang kanilang sarili ayon sa Kautusan. Gaya ng utos sa kanila ng hari, pumasok sila at nilinis ang Templo ayon sa Kautusan ni Yahweh. 16 Pumasok naman sa loob ng Templo ang mga pari at inilabas ang maruruming bagay sa bulwagan ng Templo ni Yahweh. Kinuha naman ito ng mga Levita at dinala sa Libis ng Kidron. 17 Sinimulan nila ang gawain ng paglilinis noong unang araw ng unang buwan at ikawalong araw nang umabot sila sa portiko. Walong araw pa nilang nilinis ang Templo ni Yahweh at natapos nila ito sa ikalabing-anim na araw ng buwan ding iyon.
Muling Itinalaga ang Templo
18 Pagkatapos, pumunta ang mga Levita kay Haring Ezequias at sinabi dito, “Nalinis na po namin ang Templo ni Yahweh, ang altar na pinagsusunugan ng mga handog at ang lahat ng kagamitan doon, pati ang hapag ng mga tinapay na handog at ang mga kagamitan doon. 19 Ang mga kasangkapan namang inalis ni Haring Ahaz nang tumalikod siya sa Diyos ay ibinalik namin at muling inilaan para sa Diyos. Nakalagay na po ang lahat ng ito sa harap ng altar ni Yahweh.”
20 Maagang bumangon si Haring Ezequias at tinipon niya ang mga pinuno ng lunsod. Magkakasama silang pumunta sa Templo ni Yahweh. 21 May dala silang pitong toro, pitong lalaking tupa, pitong kordero at pitong lalaking kambing na handog pangkasalanan para sa kaharian, sa Templo at sa Juda. Iniutos ng hari sa mga paring mula sa angkan ni Aaron na ihandog ang mga ito sa altar ni Yahweh. 22 Kaya't pinatay ng mga pari ang mga toro at ang dugo nito'y iwinisik nila sa altar. Gayundin ang ginawa sa mga lalaking tupa at kordero. 23 Ngunit ang mga lalaking kambing na handog pangkasalanan ay dinala sa harapan ng hari at ng kapulungan. Ipinatong nila ang kanilang mga kamay sa mga hayop na ito. 24 Pagkatapos, pinatay ng mga pari ang mga kambing at ang dugo ng mga ito'y dinala nila sa altar at inihandog bilang pambayad sa kasalanan ng buong Israel, sapagkat iniutos ng hari na ialay para sa buong Israel ang handog na susunugin at ang handog pangkasalanan.
25 Naglagay din siya ng manunugtog sa Templo ni Yahweh: mga Levitang tutugtog ng mga pompiyang, lira at alpa. Ito ang utos ni David, ni Gad na propeta ng hari at ni propeta Natan, ayon sa utos ni Yahweh na ibinigay sa pamamagitan ng kanyang mga propeta. 26 Nakatayo doon ang mga Levita na may hawak na mga panugtog na ginamit ni David at ang mga pari naman ang may hawak ng mga trumpeta. 27 Iniutos ni Ezequias na ialay sa altar ang handog na susunugin. Kasabay ng paghahandog, inawit ang papuri kay Yahweh sa saliw ng trumpeta at mga instrumento ni David. 28 Ang buong kapulungan ay sumamba, umawit ang mga mang-aawit at hinipan ang mga trumpeta hanggang sa matapos ang pagsusunog ng mga handog. 29 Pagkatapos, ang hari naman at ang kanyang mga kasama ang nagpatirapa at sumamba sa Diyos. 30 Iniutos ni Haring Ezequias at ng mga pinunong kasama niya sa mga Levita na awitin para kay Yahweh ang mga awit at papuring likha ni Haring David at ng propeta niyang si Asaf. Buong galak silang umawit ng papuri, nagpatirapa at sumamba sa Diyos.
31 Sinabi ni Ezequias sa mga tao, “Nalinis na ninyo ngayon ang inyong mga sarili para kay Yahweh. Lumapit na kayo at dalhin sa Templo ang inyong mga handog ng pasasalamat kay Yahweh.” Nagdala nga ang buong kapulungan ng mga handog ng pasasalamat at ang iba nama'y kusang-loob na nagdala ng mga handog na susunugin. 32 Ang mga handog na susunugin para kay Yahweh ay umabot sa pitumpung toro, sandaang lalaking tupa at dalawandaang kordero. 33 Ang inialay na mga handog ay umabot sa 600 toro at 3,000 tupa. 34 Ngunit iilan lamang ang mga pari at hindi nila kayang gawin lahat ang pag-aalay sa mga handog na susunugin. Kaya tinulungan sila ng mga Levita. Dahil dito, nagkaroon ng pagkakataong makapaglinis ng sarili ang ibang pari. Sapagkat naging mas masigasig sa paglilinis ng sarili ang mga Levita kaysa mga pari. 35 Bukod sa mga handog na susunugin, marami rin ang taba ng mga handog na pagkaing butil at inumin. Sa ganitong paraan, naibalik ang dating pagsamba sa Templo ni Yahweh. 36 Tuwang-tuwa si Haring Ezequias at ang buong bayan sa ginawa ng Diyos para sa kanila sapagkat hindi nila akalaing ito'y matatapos agad.
2 Chronicles 29
New International Version
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
2 Chronicles 29
English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 29
English Standard Version
Hezekiah Reigns in Judah
29 (A)Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah[a] the daughter of (B)Zechariah. 2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.
Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple
3 In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he (C)opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them. 4 He brought in the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east 5 and said to them, “Hear me, Levites! Now (D)consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth[b] from the Holy Place. 6 For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the Lord our God. They have forsaken him and (E)have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord and turned their backs. 7 They also (F)shut the doors of the vestibule and put out the lamps and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the Holy Place to the God of Israel. 8 Therefore (G)the wrath of the Lord came on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them (H)an object of horror, of astonishment, (I)and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes. 9 For behold, (J)our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 10 Now (K)it is in my heart (L)to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, in order that his fierce anger may turn away from us. 11 My sons, do not now be negligent, (M)for the Lord has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister to him and to be his ministers and make offerings to him.”
12 Then the Levites arose, (N)Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of (O)the Kohathites; and of the sons of (P)Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the (Q)Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah; 13 and of the sons of (R)Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of (S)Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah; 14 and of the sons of (T)Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of (U)Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel. 15 They gathered their brothers and (V)consecrated themselves and went in as the king had commanded, (W)by the words of the Lord, (X)to cleanse the house of the Lord. 16 The priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and they 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 and carried it out to (Y)the brook Kidron. 17 They began to consecrate (Z)on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the Lord. Then for eight days they consecrated the house of the Lord, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished. 18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king and said, “We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table for the showbread and all its utensils. 19 All the utensils (AA)that King Ahaz discarded in his reign when he was faithless, we have made ready and consecrated, and behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.”
Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship
20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the Lord. 21 And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats (AB)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 slaughtered the bulls, and the priests received the blood (AC)and threw it against the altar. And they slaughtered the rams, and their blood was thrown against the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs, and their blood was thrown against the altar. 23 Then the goats for the sin offering were brought to the king and the assembly, (AD)and they laid their hands on them, 24 and the priests slaughtered them and made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, (AE)to make atonement for all Israel. For the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
25 (AF)And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, (AG)according to the commandment of David and of Gad (AH)the king's seer and of (AI)Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets. 26 The Levites stood with (AJ)the instruments of David, (AK)and the priests with the trumpets. 27 Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, (AL)the song to the Lord began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. 28 The whole assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until the burnt offering was finished. 29 When the offering was finished, (AM)the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped. 30 And Hezekiah the king and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.
31 Then Hezekiah said, (AN)“You have now consecrated yourselves to[c] the Lord. Come near; bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the Lord.” And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all who were (AO)of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. 32 The number of the burnt offerings that the assembly brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. 33 And the consecrated offerings were 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep. 34 But the priests were too few and could not flay all the burnt offerings, so until other priests had consecrated themselves, (AP)their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was finished—(AQ)for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in consecrating themselves. 35 Besides the great number of burnt offerings, there was (AR)the fat of the peace offerings, and there were (AS)the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the Lord was restored. 36 And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because God had provided for the people, for the thing came about suddenly.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 29:1 Spelled Abi in 2 Kings 18:2
- 2 Chronicles 29:5 Hebrew impurity
- 2 Chronicles 29:31 Hebrew filled your hand for
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