2. Tarihler 31

¹Bütün bunlar tamamlandığında, orada bulunan tüm İsrail halkı Yahuda kentlerine giderek dikili taşları parçaladı, kutsal korulukları kesti; Yahuda, Benyamin, Efrayim ve Manaşe bölgelerindeki yüksek yerleri ve sunakları sonuna kadar yıkıp yok etti. Sonra tüm İsrail halkından her biri kendi mülküne ve kendi kentlerine geri döndü.

²Hizkiya, kâhinlerin ve Levililerin günlük nöbet gruplarını, her bir kâhini ve Leviliyi kendi hizmetine göre, yakmalık sunuları ve esenlik kurbanlarını sunmak, Rab'bin tapınağının kapılarında ve avlularında hizmet etmek, şükretmek ve övgüler sunmak üzere düzenledi.

³Kral, sabah ve akşam yakmalık sunuları ile Rab'bin Yasası'nda yazıldığı gibi Şabat günleri, Yeni Ay şenlikleri ve belirli bayramlar için sunulacak yakmalık sunular için kendi mülkünden pay ayırdı.

⁴Yeruşalim'de yaşayan halka, Rab'bin tapınağındaki hizmetlerinde etkin ve güçlü kalabilmeleri için kâhinlerin ve Levililerin payını vermelerini buyurdu.

⁵Bu buyruk ilan edilir edilmez, İsrail halkı tahılın, yeni şarabın, zeytinyağının, balın ve tüm tarla ürünlerinin ilk ürünlerini bol bol getirdi; İsrail ve Yahuda oğulları her şeyin ondalığını da büyük miktarda sundular.

⁶Yahuda kentlerinde yaşayanlar da sığırların, koyunların ve keçilerin ondalıklarını getirip Tanrıları Rab'be adadılar; bunları getirip yığınlar halinde üst üste koydular.

⁷Üçüncü ayda yığınların temellerini atmaya başladılar ve yedinci ayda tamamladılar.

⁸Hizkiya ile önderler gelip yığınları görünce Rab'bi övdüler ve O'nun halkı İsrail'i kutsadılar.

⁹Hizkiya, yığınlar hakkında kâhinlere ve Levililere danıştı.

¹⁰Sadok soyundan başkâhin Azarya ona şöyle yanıt verdi: "İlk ürünler Rab'bin tapınağına getirilmeye başlandığından beri yedik, içtik ve fazlasıyla geriye bıraktık; çünkü Rab halkını kutsadı ve geriye bu büyük miktar kaldı."

¹¹Bunun üzerine Hizkiya, Rab'bin tapınağında depolar hazırlanmasını buyurdu; onlar da hazırladılar.

¹²İlk ürünleri ve ondalıkları sadakatle içeri taşıdılar. Bunların başında Levili Konenya, yardımcısı olarak da kardeşi Şimei bulunuyordu.

¹³Kral Hizkiya ile Rab'bin tapınağının sorumlusu Azarya'nın buyruğu uyarınca, Konenya ile kardeşi Şimei'nin gözetimi altında şu kişiler görevlendirildi: Yehiel, Ozazya, Nahat, Asahel, Yerimot, Yozabad, Eliel, Samahya, Mahat ve Benaya ile oğulları.

¹⁴Doğu kapısının nöbetçisi olan Levili Yimna oğlu Kore, Rab'bin ilk ürünlerini ve en kutsal sunuları dağıtmaktan ve Tanrı'ya sunulan sunulardan sorumluydu.

¹⁵Kâhinlerin gözetiminde sadakatle görev yapan Eden, Benyamin, Yeşu, Şimei, Amarya ve Şekanya, nöbet gruplarına göre büyük küçük tüm kardeşlerine paylarını dağıtmakla görevliydiler.

¹⁶Soylarına göre kaydedilenlerden, üç yaşında ve daha yukarı yaştaki tüm erkekler hariç tutulmak üzere, günlük görevlerini yerine getirmek üzere Rab'bin tapınağına girenlerin her birine, nöbet gruplarındaki hizmetlerine ve düzenlerine göre pay veriliyordu.

¹⁷Kâhinlerin kaydı ata evlerine göre yapılmıştı; yirmi yaşında ve daha yukarı yaştaki Levililer de düzenlerine ve nöbet görevlerine göre kaydedilmişti.

¹⁸Bütün toplulukla birlikte onların tüm çocukları, karıları, oğulları ve kızları da kaydedilmişti; çünkü onlar kutsal olanı sadakatle kutsal kılmışlardı.

¹⁹Harun soyundan gelen kâhinler için ise, kendi kentlerinde ve her kentte adı belirlenmiş adamlar, kâhinler arasındaki her erkeğe ve Levililer arasında kaydedilmiş olan herkese paylarını dağıtmak üzere görevlendirildi.

²⁰Hizkiya bütün Yahuda'da böyle yaptı; Tanrısı Rab'bin önünde iyi ve doğru olanı gerçekleştirdi.

²¹Tanrı'nın tapınağındaki hizmetle, yasayla ve buyruklarla ilgili başlattığı her işte Tanrısını bütün yüreğiyle aradı, çalıştı ve başarılı kılındı.

¹ΚΑΙ ὡς συνετελέσθη πάντα ταῦτα, ἐξῆλθε πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ οἱ εὑρεθέντες ἐν πόλεσιν ᾿Ιούδα καὶ συνέτριψαν τὰς στήλας καὶ ἔκοψαν τά ἄλση καὶ κατέσπασαν τὰ ὑψηλὰ καὶ τοὺς βωμοὺς ἀπὸ πάσης τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας καὶ Βενιαμίν, καὶ ἐξ ᾿Εφραὶμ καὶ ἀπὸ Μανασσῆ ἕως εἰς τέλος, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ ἕκαστος εἰς τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς τὰς πόλεις αὐτῶν.

²καὶ ἔταξεν ᾿Εζεκίας τὰς ἐφημερίας τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν καὶ τὰς ἐφημερίας ἑκάστου κατὰ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ λειτουργίαν τοῖς ἱερεῦσι καὶ τοῖς Λευίταις εἰς τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν καὶ εἰς τὴν θυσίαν τοῦ σωτηρίου καὶ αἰνεῖν καὶ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι καὶ λειτουργεῖν ἐν ταῖς πύλαις ἐν ταῖς αὐλαῖς οἴκου Κυρίου.

³καὶ μερὶς τοῦ βασιλέως ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς ὁλοκαυτώσεις τὴν πρωϊνὴν καὶ τὴν δειλινὴν καὶ ὁλοκαυτώσεις εἰς τὰ σάββατα καὶ εἰς τὰς νουμηνίας καὶ εἰς τὰς ἑορτὰς τὰς γεγραμμένας ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου.

⁴καὶ εἶπαν τῷ λαῷ τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ δοῦναι τὴν μερίδα τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν, ὅπως κατισχύσωσιν ἐν τῇ λειτουργίᾳ οἴκου Κυρίου.

⁵καὶ ὡς προσέταξε τὸν λόγον, ἐπλεόνασεν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀπαρχὴν σίτου καὶ οἴνου καὶ ἐλαίου καὶ μέλιτος καὶ πᾶν γέννημα ἀγροῦ, καὶ ἐπιδέκατα πάντα εἰς πλῆθος ἤνεγκαν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιούδα.

⁶καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν ᾿Ιούδα καὶ αὐτοὶ ἤνεγκαν ἐπιδέκατα μόσχων καὶ προβάτων καὶ ἐπιδέκατα αἰγῶν καὶ ἡγίασαν τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ αὐτῶν καὶ εἰσήνεγκαν καὶ ἔθηκαν σωροὺς σωρούς·

⁷ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ τρίτῳ ἤρξαντο οἱ σωροὶ θεμελιοῦσθαι, καὶ ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ συνετελέσθησαν.

⁸καὶ ἦλθεν ᾿Εζεκίας καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες καὶ εἶδον τοὺς σωροὺς καὶ ηὐλόγησαν τὸν Κύριον καὶ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ.

⁹καὶ ἐπυνθάνετο ᾿Εζεκίας τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν ὑπὲρ τῶν σωρῶν,

¹⁰καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν ᾿Αζαρίας ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ ἄρχων εἰς οἶκον Σαδὼκ καὶ εἶπεν· ἐξ οὗ ἦρκται ἡ ἀπαρχὴ φέρεσθαι εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου, ἐφάγομεν καὶ ἐπίομεν καὶ κατελίπομεν ἕως εἰς πλῆθος, ὅτι Κύριος ηὐλόγησε τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατελίπομεν ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦτο.

¹¹καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Εζεκίας ἔτι ἑτοιμάσαι παστοφόρια εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου, καὶ ἡτοίμασαν.

¹²καὶ ἤνεγκαν ἐκεῖ τὰς ἀπαρχὰς καὶ τὰ ἐπιδέκατα ἐν πίστει, καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτῶν ἐπιστάτης Χωνενίας ὁ Λευίτης, καὶ Σεμεΐ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ διαδεχόμενος,

¹³καὶ ᾿Ιεϊὴλ καὶ ᾿Οζαζίας καὶ Ναὲθ καὶ ᾿Ασαὴλ καὶ ῾Ιεριμὼθ καὶ ᾿Ιωζαβὰδ καὶ ᾿Ελιὴλ καὶ Σαμαχία καὶ Μαὰθ καὶ Βαναΐας καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καθεσταμένοι διὰ Χωνενίου καὶ Σεμεΐ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, καθὼς προσέταξεν ᾿Εζεκίας ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ᾿Αζαρίας ὁ ἡγούμενος οἴκου Κυρίου.

¹⁴καὶ Κωρὴ ὁ τοῦ ᾿Ιεμνὰ ὁ Λευίτης ὁ πυλωρὸς κατὰ ἀνατολὰς ἐπὶ τῶν δομάτων δοῦναι τὰς ἀπαρχὰς Κυρίου καὶ τὰ ἅγια τῶν ἁγίων

¹⁵διὰ χειρὸς ᾿Οδὸμ καὶ Βενιαμὶν καὶ ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ Σεμεΐ καὶ ᾿Αμαρίας, καὶ Σεχονίας διὰ χειρὸς τῶν ἱερέων ἐν πίστει δοῦναι τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτῶν κατὰ τὰς ἐφημερίας, κατὰ τὸν μέγαν καὶ τὸν μικρόν,

¹⁶ἐκτὸς τῆς ἐπιγονῆς τῶν ἀρσενικῶν ἀπὸ τριετοῦς καὶ ἐπάνω, παντὶ τῷ εἰσπορευομένῳ εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου, εἰς λόγον ἡμερῶν εἰς ἡμέραν, εἰς λειτουργίαν ἐφημερίαις διατάξεως αὐτῶν.

¹⁷οὗτος ὁ καταλοχισμὸς τῶν ἱερέων κατ’ οἴκους πατριῶν, καὶ οἱ Λευῖται ἐν ταῖς ἐφημερίαις αὐτῶν ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς καὶ ἐπάνω ἐν διατάξει,

¹⁸ἐν καταλοχίαις, ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιγονῇ υἱῶν αὐτῶν καὶ θυγατέρων αὐτῶν εἰς πᾶν πλῆθος, ὅτι ἐν πίστει ἥγνισαν τὸ ἅγιον

¹⁹τοῖς υἱοῖς ᾿Ααρὼν τοῖς ἱερατεύουσι, καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων αὐτῶν ἐν πάσῃ πόλει καὶ πόλει ἄνδρες, οἳ ὠνομάσθησαν ἐν ὀνόματι, δοῦναι μερίδα παντὶ ἀρσενικῷ ἐν τοῖς ἱερεῦσι καὶ παντὶ καταριθμουμένῳ ἐν τοῖς Λευίταις.

²⁰καὶ ἐποίησεν οὕτως ᾿Εζεκίας ἐν παντὶ ᾿Ιούδᾳ καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ καλὸν καὶ τὸ εὐθὲς ἐναντίον τοῦ Κυρίου Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ.

²¹καὶ ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ, ᾧ ἤρξατο ἐν ἐργασίᾳ ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ ἐν τοῖς προστάγμασιν ἐξεζήτησε τὸν Θεὸν αὐτοῦ ἐξ ὅλης ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐποίησε καὶ εὐωδώθη.

¹And when all these things were finished, all Israel that were found in the cities of Juda went out, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the groves, and tore down the high places and the altars out of all Judea and Benjamin, also of Ephraim and Manasse, till they made an end: and all Israel returned, every one to his inheritance, and to their cities.

²And Ezekias appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, and the courses of each one according to his ministry, to the priests and to the Levites, for the whole-burnt-offering, and for the peace-offering, and to praise, and to give thanks, and to minister in the gates, [and] in the courts of the house of the Lord.

³And the king’s proportion out of his substance [was appointed] for the whole-burnt-offerings, the morning and the evening one, and the whole-burnt-offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the feasts that were ordered in the law of the Lord.

⁴And they told the people who dwelt in Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be strong in the ministry of the house of the Lord.

⁵And as he gave the command, Israel brought abundantly first-fruits of corn, and wine, and oil, and honey, and every fruit of the field: and the children of Israel and Juda brought tithes of everything abundantly.

⁶And they that dwelt in the cities of Juda themselves also brought tithes of calves and sheep, and tithes of goats, and consecrated them to the Lord their God, and they brought them and laid tem in heaps.

⁷In the third month the heaps began to be piled, and in the seventh month they were finished.

⁸And Ezekias and the princes came and saw the heaps, and blessed the Lord, and his people Israel.

⁹Then Ezekias enquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

¹⁰And Azarias the priest, the chief over the house of Sadoc, spoke to him, and said, From the time that the first-fruits began to be brought into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and drunk, and left even abundantly; for the Lord has blessed his people, and we have left to this amount.

¹¹And Ezekias told them yet farther to prepare chambers for the house of the Lord; and they prepared [them],

¹²and they brought thither the first-fruits and the tithes faithfully: and Chonenias the Levite was superintendent over them, and Semei his brother was next.

¹³and Jeiel, and Ozias, and Naeth, and Asael, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Samachia, and Maath, and Banaias, and his sons, were appointed by Chonenias and Semei his brother, as Ezekias the king, and Azarias who was over the house of the Lord commanded.

¹⁴And Core, the [son] of Jemna the Levite, the porter eastward, [was] over the gifts, to distribute the first-fruits of the Lord, and the most holy things,

¹⁵by the hand of Odom, and Benjamin, and Jesus, and Semei, and Amarias, and Sechonias, by the hand of the priests faithfully, to give to their brethren according to the courses, as well to great as small;

¹⁶besides the increase of males from three years old and upward, to every one entering into the house of the Lord, [a portion] according to a daily rate, for service in the daily courses of their order.

¹⁷This [is] the distribution of the priests according to the houses of their families; and the Levites in their daily courses from twenty years old and upward [were] in [their] order,

¹⁸to assign stations for all the increase of their sons and their daughters, for the whole number: for they faithfully sanctified the holy place.

¹⁹As for the sons of Aaron that executed the priests’ office,-- even those from their cities the men in each several city who were named expressly,-- [were appointed] to give a portion to every male among the priests, and to every one reckoned among the Levites.

²⁰And Ezekias did so through all Juda, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God.

²¹And in every work which he began in service in the house of the Lord, and in the law, and in the ordinances, he sought his God with all his soul, and wrought, and prospered.