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1Thaum tej no tiav tag huvsi cov Yixayee sawvdaws uas tuaj rau hauv Yeluxalees tawm mus rau Yuda tej moos thiab tsoo tej ncej teev dab ua tej dwb daim thiab ntov tej ncej dab Asela vau tag, thiab tsoo tej chaw siab teev dab thiab tej thaj thoob plaws Yuda thiab Npeeyamee thiab Efa‑i thiab Manaxe tebchaws pob tag, mus txog thaum ua rau txhua yam puam tsuaj tag. Cov Yixayee sawvdaws li rov mus rau lawv tej moos nyias mus txog nyias vaj nyias tsev.
Tej uas pub rau cov pov thawj thiab cov Levi
2Hexekhiya faib cov pov thawj thiab cov Levi ua tej pab tej pawg, nyias nrog nyias pab raws li tej haujlwm uas cov pov thawj thiab cov Levi ua, yog ua kevcai hlawv xyeem thiab ua kevcai xyeem sib raug zoo thiab ua haujlwm ntawm Yawmsaub lub chaw nyob tej rooj loog thiab ua tsaug thiab qhuas Vajtswv.
3Vajntxwv pub nws li qhov txhia chaw ua tej uas ua kevcai hlawv xyeem thaum tagkis thiab thaum yuav tsaus ntuj thiab hlawv rau hnub Xanpatau thiab hnub hli xiab thiab hlawv rau tej kevcai uas teem cia, raws li uas sau cia rau hauv Yawmsaub txoj kevcai.
4Nws hais rau cov pejxeem uas nyob hauv Yeluxalees kom pub cov pov thawj thiab cov Levi li feem raws li uas teem cia lawd rau lawv, xwv lawv thiaj rau siab ua haujlwm raws li Yawmsaub txoj kevcai qhia.
5Thaum nws tej lus nrov ncha mus, cov Yixayee kuj pub tej uas hais no ntau kawg li, yog thawj phaum qoob thiab cawv txiv hmab, roj, zib ntab thiab txhua yam uas tau hauv teb ntau kawg li, thiab coj ib feem kaum hauv txhua yam tuaj ntau nplua mias.
6Cov Yixayee thiab cov Yuda uas nyob hauv Yuda tej moos kuj coj ib feem kaum hauv tej nyuj tej yaj thiab hauv tej uas muab pub kiag cais ua yam uas dawb huv rau Yawmsaub uas yog lawv tus Vajtswv, mas khaws tau tej niag pawg.
7Lawv cuab sau ua tej pawg thaum lub peb hlis mus txog lub xya hli li tiav tag.
8Thaum Hexekhiya thiab cov thawj tuaj pom tej pawg ntawd lawv kuj qhuas Yawmsaub thiab foom koob hmoov rau Yawmsaub haiv neeg Yixayee.
9Hexekhiya thiaj nug cov pov thawj thiab cov Levi txog tej niag pawg ntawd.
10Tus tuam pov thawj hlob Axaliya uas yog Xadau caj ces teb nws tias, “Txij thaum lawv coj tej qhov txhia chaw pub rau hauv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev mas peb tau noj tsau npo thiab tseem muaj seem ntau, vim yog Yawmsaub foom koob hmoov rau nws cov neeg, peb thiaj tshuav seem ntau npaum li no.”
11Ces Hexekhiya txawm hais kom lawv npaj tej chav hauv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev. Lawv thiaj npaj chaw.
12Thiab lawv kuj ua ncaj ncees sau tej uas sawvdaws pub thiab tej uas yog ib feem kaum thiab tej uas pub kiag ua yam uas dawb huv los rau hauv. Tus thawj uas saib xyuas tej ntawd yog Khaunaniya uas yog ib tug Levi, thiab nws tus kwv Sime‑i ua tus pab nws.
13Vajntxwv Hexekhiya thiab Axaliya uas yog tus thawj hauv Vajtswv lub tuam tsev tsa Yehi‑ee, Axaxiya, Nahaj, Axahee, Yelimau, Yauxanpa, Eli‑ee, Imakhiya, Maha thiab Npenaya saib xyuas haujlwm pab Khaunaniya thiab nws tus kwv Sime‑i.
14Ina tus tub Khaule uas yog ib tug Levi thiab zov lub rooj loog sab hnub tuaj, ua tus uas saib xyuas tej uas luag zoo siab coj tuaj pub rau Vajtswv, thiab faib tej uas muab pub rau Yawmsaub thiab tej uas xyeem dawb huv kawg nkaus.
15Mas hauv cov pov thawj tej moos Edee, Meeyamee, Yesua, Semaya, Amaliya thiab Sekhaniya ua ncaj ncees pab Khaule faib rau lawv cov kwvtij tus hlob tus yau sib npaug zos raws li lawv tej pab tej pawg.
16Lawv faib rau cov txivneej uas hnub nyoog peb xyoos rov saud txhua tus uas nkag rau hauv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev raws li lawv pawg muaj haujlwm ua rau hnub ntawd, yog mus ua haujlwm raws li lawv pawg li feem ua, tsuas yog tseg tsis faib rau cov uas nce npe rau hauv lawv tej cum.⚓
17Cov pov thawj nce npe ua pab ua pawg raws li lawv tej cum, cov Levi uas hnub nyoog nees nkaum xyoo rov saud kuj nce npe raws lawv tej haujlwm thiab raws li lawv tej pab tej pawg.
18Cov pov thawj mas lawv tej menyuam yaus lawv tej pojniam tej tub tej ntxhais tag nrho lawv cov neeg sawvdaws kuj nce npe ua ke, rau qhov cov pov thawj mob siab tswj lawv tus kheej kom dawb huv mus li.
19Hais txog Aloo caj ces uas ua pov thawj uas nyob hauv tej zej zog ib ncig tej moos, mas muaj cov txivneej hauv txhua lub moos uas muaj npe ua tus faib qhov txhia chaw rau txhua tus txivneej uas yog cov pov thawj li neeg thiab faib rau txhua tus Levi uas nce npe lawd.
20Hexekhiya ua li no thoob plaws Yuda tebchaws, thiab nws ua yam uas zoo thiab raug cai thiab ncaj ncees rau ntawm Yawmsaub uas yog nws tus Vajtswv xubntiag.
21Thiab txhua yam haujlwm uas nws ua pab Vajtswv tej haujlwm hauv lub tuam tsev thiab qhov uas ua raws li txoj kevcai thiab Vajtswv tej lus nkaw, uas yog nrhiav nws tus Vajtswv, nws ua kawg siab kawg ntsws, nws thiaj vam meej.
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The Reforms of Hezekiah
1Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and ⚓broke the sacred pillars in pieces, cut down the wooden images, and threw down the high places and the altars—from all Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh—until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned to their own cities, every man to his possession.
2And Hezekiah appointed ⚓the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each man according to his service, the priests and Levites ⚓for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to serve, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of the Lord.
3The king also appointed a portion of his ⚓possessions for the burnt offerings: for the morning and evening burnt offerings, the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths and the New Moons and the set feasts, as it is written in the ⚓Law of the Lord.
4Moreover he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to contribute ⚓support for the priests and the Levites, that they might devote themselves to ⚓the Law of the Lord.
5As soon as the commandment was circulated, the children of Israel brought in abundance ⚓the firstfruits of grain and wine, oil and honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the ⚓tithe of everything.
6And the children of Israel and Judah, who dwelt in the cities of Judah, brought the tithe of oxen and sheep; also the ⚓tithe of holy things which were consecrated to the Lord their God they laid in heaps.
7In the third month they began laying them in heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.
8And when Hezekiah and the leaders came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord and His people Israel.
9Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
10And Azariah the chief priest, from 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 plenty left, for the Lord has blessed His people; and what is left is this great ⚓abundance.”
11Now Hezekiah commanded them to ⚓prepare rooms in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them.
12Then they faithfully brought in the offerings, the tithes, and the dedicated things; ⚓Cononiah the Levite had charge of them, and Shimei his brother was the next.
13Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, 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.
14Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was over the ⚓freewill offerings to God, to distribute the offerings of the Lord and the most holy things.
15And under him were⚓Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, his faithful assistants in ⚓the cities of the priests, to distribute ⚓allotments to their brethren by divisions, to the great as well as the small.
16Besides those males from three years old and up who were written in the genealogy, they distributed to everyone who entered the house of the Lord his daily portion for the work of his service, by his division,
17and to the priests who were written in the genealogy according to their father’s house, and to the Levites ⚓from twenty years old and up according to their work, by their divisions,
18and to all who were written in the genealogy—their little ones and their wives, their sons and daughters, the whole company of them—for in their faithfulness they sanctified themselves in holiness.
19Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in ⚓the fields of the common-lands of their cities, in every single city, there were men who were ⚓designated by name to distribute portions to all the males among the priests and to all who were listed by genealogies among the Levites.
20Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he ⚓did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.
21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he ⚓prospered.