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¹Jiex zipv nyei jauv yietc zungv sung nzengc, da'faanh yiem wuov nyei I^saa^laa^en Mienh mingh taux Yu^ndaa nyei norm-norm zingh mborqv huv zaangc zienh nyei la'bieiv-dongc aengx goix nzengc ⟨Aa^se^laa⟩ zienh nyeiz nyei fangx. Ninh mbuo caeqv nzengc yiem Yu^ndaa caux Mben^yaa^min, E^faa^im caux Maa^natv^se yiem hlang zaangc zienh nyei dorngx caux ziec-dorngh. Mietc nzengc naaiv deix yietc zungv liuz, I^saa^laa^en Mienh nzuonx ninh mbuo ganh nyei zingh, gorqv-mienh nzuonx gorqv-mienh nyei buonv-deic dorngx.

Fongc Horc Ga'naaiv Bun Sai Mienh Caux Lewi Mienh

²He^se^ki^yaa paaiv sai mienh caux ⟨Lewi Mienh⟩ benx ziex guanh, guanh guanh yaac ziux ninh mbuo zoux sai mienh fai Lewi Mienh nyei gong fu-sux. Ninh mbuo oix zuqc fongc horc buov ziec yaac ziec weic jiu tong, oix zuqc yiem zaangc Ziouv nyei biauv nyei dauh dauh gaengh fu-sux, ceng yaac laengz zingh Tin-Hungh. ³Hungh diex yaac fongc horc ninh ganh nyei ga'naaiv weic hnoi-hnoi lungh ndorm caux lungh maanz-hmuangx buov ziec nyei yaac weic ⟨Lewi Mienh⟩ bieqc Siang-Hlaax caux ziux Ziouv nyei Leiz-Latc dingc daaih nyei zipv fongc horc buov ziec nyei ga'naaiv. ⁴Ninh paaiv yiem Ye^lu^saa^lem nyei baeqc fingx dorh horpc zuqc fongc horc bun sai mienh caux Lewi Mienh duqv nyei buonc, weic bun ninh haih longc nzengc hnyouv gan Ziouv nyei Leiz-Latc. ⁵Naaiv diuh lingc yietv cuotv mingh taux norm-norm dorngx, I^saa^laa^en Mienh zorqv ninh mbuo nyei daauh torngx laangh ziqc, siang-a'ngunc diuv, ga'lanv youh, mueiz-dorngh caux lingh deic cuotv nyei yietc zungv gaeng-zuangx camv-camv nyei bun daaih. Ninh mbuo za'gengh dorh camv haic, nyungc-nyungc ziepc gouv nyei yietc gouv fungx daaih. ⁶Yiem I^saa^laa^en caux Yu^ndaa nyei norm-norm zingh nyei mienh yaac dorh ninh mbuo nyei ngongh caux ba'gi yungh ziepc gouv nyei yietc gouv fungx bun Ziouv, ninh mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh, yaac dorh fungx bun Ziouv nyei cing-nzengc ga'naaiv ziepc gouv nyei yietc gouv, an jienv benx yietc ndui yietc ndui nyei. ⁷Yiem faah hlaax ninh mbuo jiez gorn hnangv naaiv zoux, taux cietv hlaax ziangx mi'aqv. ⁸He^se^ki^yaa caux zuangx jien daaih mangc buatc naaiv deix ndui jienv nyei ga'naaiv, ninh mbuo ceng Ziouv, yaac buang waac bun ninh nyei baeqc fingx, I^saa^laa^en Mienh.
⁹He^se^ki^yaa naaic sai mienh caux Lewi Mienh taux ndui jienv naaiv deix ga'naaiv. ¹⁰Saax^ndokc nyei douh zong, Aa^saa^li^yaa domh sai mienh, dau ninh, “Yiem baeqc fingx jiez gorn dorh fongc horc nyei ga'naaiv taux Ziouv nyei biauv, yie mbuo duqv nyanc beuv corc zengc camv, weic zuqc Ziouv ceix fuqv bun ninh nyei mienh. Weic naaiv yie mbuo cingx maaih naaiv deix zengc njiec nyei ga'naaiv ndongc naaiv camv.
¹¹He^se^ki^yaa paaiv yiem zaangc Ziouv nyei biauv liuc leiz ziex qongx siou ga'naaiv nyei dorngx. Ninh mbuo ziouc zoux aqv. ¹²Nqa'haav ninh mbuo ziepc zuoqv nyei dorh fongc horc nyei ga'naaiv caux ziepc gouv nyei yietc gouv caux fungx bun Ziouv nyei cing-nzengc ga'naaiv. Maaih dauh Lewi Mienh, Ko^naa^ni^yaa, zoux hlo gunv naaiv deix sic. Ninh nyei youz, Si^me^i, zoux da'nyeic. ¹³Ziux He^se^ki^yaa Hungh caux goux zaangc Tin-Hungh nyei biauv nyei jien, Aa^saa^si^yaa, paaiv nyei waac maaih Ye^hi^en, Aa^saa^si^yaa, Naa^hatc, Aa^saax^hen, Ye^li^motv, Yo^saa^mbaatc, E^li^en, Itc^saa^maa^ki^yaa, Maa^haatv caux Mbe^nai^yaa zoux gunv gong mienh yiem Ko^naa^ni^yaa caux ninh nyei youz, Si^me^i, nyei buoz-ndiev zoux gong.
¹⁴Lewi Mienh, Imnaa nyei dorn, Ko^le, se zuov Dong Bung Laatc Gaengh nyei mienh, goux cuotv fim fongc horc bun Tin-Hungh nyei ga'naaiv, yaac bun nqoi naaiv deix fungx bun Ziouv nyei ga'naaiv caux cing-nzengc nyei ga'naaiv. ¹⁵Maaih E^nden, Min^yaa^min, Ye^su^aa, Se^mai^aa, Aa^maa^li^yaa caux Se^kaa^ni^yaa yiem sai mienh nyei norm-norm zingh ziepc zuoqv nyei tengx ninh zorqv ga'naaiv bun nqoi ninh mbuo nyei gorx-youz ziux ninh mbuo nyei guanh, maiv gunv gox lunx, ¹⁶maiv zeiz ziux ninh mbuo nyei douh zong. Ninh bun dauh dauh faah ziepc hnyangx⚓ nyei m'jangc dorn, da'faanh oix zuqc ziux ninh mbuo nyei luonh baan bieqc zaangc Ziouv nyei biauv, zoux hnoi-hnoi oix zuqc ei ninh mbuo nyei guanh zoux ninh mbuo nyei gong-buonc. ¹⁷Sai mienh faaux mbuox ziux ninh mbuo nyei douh zong nyei bungh buonc. Lewi Mienh faaux mbuox ziux ninh mbuo nyei gong-buonc caux ninh mbuo nyei guanh. ¹⁸Ninh mbuo yaac faaux ninh mbuo fu'jueiv-faix nyei mbuox, liemh ninh mbuo nyei auv-jueiv naamh nyouz, ninh mbuo yietc zungv mienh ziux ninh mbuo nyei douh zong, weic zuqc ninh mbuo ziepc zuoqv nyei saax ganh cing-nzengc.
¹⁹Aalon nyei zeiv-fun wuov deix sai mienh, dongh yiem weih gormx ninh mbuo nyei zingh nyei miev-ciangv, fai yiem ninh mbuo nyei haaix norm zingh, ziux maaih mbuox dingc ziangx nyei mienh, zorqv bun nqoi nyei buonc bun yiem ninh mbuo mbu'ndongx nyei dauh dauh m'jangc dorn caux yietc zungv faaux mbuox yiem Lewi Mienh nyei douh zong daan.
²⁰He^se^ki^yaa hnangv naaiv nor zoux gormx Yu^ndaa Deic. Ziux Ziouv, ninh nyei Tin-Hungh, mangc, ninh zoux longx, zoux horpc yaac ziepc zuoqv nyei zoux. ²¹Da'faanh ninh weic Tin-Hungh nyei biauv zoux haaix nyungc gong fu-sux fai ei jienv leiz-latc fai lingc, ninh lorz ninh nyei Tin-Hungh yaac longc nzengc hnyouv zoux. Ninh ziouc duqv longx jienv faaux.

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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.