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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.
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1Thaus tej nuav tav taag huvsw cov Yixayee suavdawg kws tuaj rua huv Yeluxalee tawm moog rua Yuta tej moos hab tsoo tej ncej teev daab ua tej dwb daim hab ntuv tej ncej daab Asela qaug taag, hab tsoo tej chaw sab teev daab hab tej thaaj thoob plawg Yuta hab Npeeyamee hab Efa‑i hab Manaxe tebchaws pob taag, moog txug thaus ua rua txhua yaam puam tsuaj taag. Cov Yixayee suavdawg le rov moog rua puab tej moos nyag moog txug nyag vaaj nyag tsev.
Tej kws pub rua cov pov thawj hab cov Levi
2Hexekhiya faib cov pov thawj hab cov Levi ua tej paab tej pawg, nyag nrug nyag paab lawv le tej num kws cov pov thawj hab cov Levi ua, yog ua kevcai hlawv xyeem hab ua kevcai xyeem sws raug zoo hab ua num ntawm Yawmsaub lub chaw nyob tej rooj loog hab ua tsaug hab qhuas Vaajtswv.
3Vaajntxwv pub nwg le hov txhua chaw ua tej kws ua kevcai hlawv xyeem thaus taagkig hab thaus yuav tsaus ntuj hab hlawv rua nub Xanpatau hab nub hli xab hab hlawv rua tej kevcai kws teem ca, lawv le kws sau ca rua huv Yawmsaub txuj kevcai.
4Nwg has rua cov pejxeem kws nyob huv Yeluxalee kuas pub cov pov thawj hab cov Levi le feem lawv le kws teem ca lawd rua puab, sub puab txhad rau sab ua num lawv le Yawmsaub txuj kevcai qha.
5Thaus nwg tej lug nrov nchaa moog, cov Yixayee kuj pub tej kws has nuav ntau kawg le, yog thawj phaum qoob hab cawv txwv maab, roj, zwb ntaab hab txhua yaam kws tau huv teb ntau kawg le, hab coj ib feem kaum huv txhua yaam tuaj ntau nplua mag.
6Cov Yixayee hab cov Yuta kws nyob huv Yuta tej moos kuj coj ib feem kaum huv tej nyuj tej yaaj hab huv tej kws muab pub hlo cais ua yaam kws dawb huv rua Yawmsaub kws yog puab tug Vaajtswv, mas khaws tau tej nam pawg.
7Puab cuab sau ua tej pawg thaus lub peb hlis moog txug lub xyaa hli le tav taag.
8Thaus Hexekhiya hab cov thawj tuaj pum tej pawg hov puab kuj qhuas Yawmsaub hab foom koob moov rua Yawmsaub haiv tuabneeg Yixayee.
9Hexekhiya txhad nug cov pov thawj hab cov Levi txug tej nam pawg hov.
10Tug tuam pov thawj hlub Axaliya kws yog Xantau caaj ceg teb nwg tas, “Txwj thaus puab coj tej hov txhua chaw pub rua huv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev mas peb tau noj tsau npo hab tseed muaj seem ntau, vem yog Yawmsaub foom koob moov rua nwg cov tuabneeg, peb txhad tshuav seem ntau npaum le nuav.”
11Tes Hexekhiya txawm has kuas puab npaaj tej chaav huv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev. Puab txhad npaaj chaw.
12Hab puab kuj ua ncaaj nceeg sau tej kws suavdawg pub hab tej kws yog ib feem kaum hab tej kws pub hlo ua yaam kws dawb huv lug rua huv. Tug thawj kws saib tej ntawd yog Khaunaniya kws yog ib tug Levi, hab nwg tug kwv Sime‑i ua tug paab nwg.
13Vaajntxwv Hexekhiya hab Axaliya kws yog tug thawj huv Vaajtswv lub tuam tsev tsaa Yehi‑ee, Axaxiya, Nahaj, Axahee, Yelimau, Yauxanpa, Eli‑ee, Imakhiya, Maha hab Npenaya saib num paab Khaunaniya hab nwg tug kwv Sime‑i.
14Ina tug tub Khaule kws yog ib tug Levi hab zuv lub rooj loog saab nub tuaj, ua tug kws saib tej kws luas zoo sab coj tuaj pub rua Vaajtswv, hab faib tej kws muab pub rua Yawmsaub hab tej kws xyeem dawb huv kawg nkaus.
15Mas huv cov pov thawj tej moos Entee, Meeyamee, Yesua, Semaya, Amaliya hab Sekhaniya ua ncaaj nceeg paab Khaule faib rua puab cov kwvtij tug hlub tug yau sws npaug zog lawv le puab tej paab tej pawg.
16Puab faib rua cov txwvneej kws noob nyoog peb xyoos rov sau txhua tug kws nkaag rua huv Yawmsaub lub tuam tsev lawv le puab pawg muaj num ua rua nub hov, yog moog ua num lawv le puab pawg le feem ua, tsuas yog tseg tsw faib rua cov kws nce npe rua huv puab tej cum.⚓
17Cov pov thawj nce npe ua paab ua pawg lawv le puab tej cum, cov Levi kws noob nyoog neeg nkaum xyoo rov sau kuj nce npe lawv puab tej num hab lawv le puab tej paab tej pawg.
18Cov pov thawj mas puab tej mivnyuas yau puab tej quaspuj tej tub tej ntxhais taag nrho puab cov tuabneeg suavdawg kuj nce npe ua ke, tsua qhov cov pov thawj mob sab tswj puab tug kheej kuas dawb huv moog le.
19Has txug Aloo caaj ceg kws ua pov thawj kws nyob huv tej zej zog ib ncig tej moos, mas muaj cov txwvneej huv txhua lub moos kws muaj npe ua tug faib hov txhua chaw rua txhua tug txwvneej kws yog cov pov thawj le tuabneeg hab faib rua txhua tug Levi kws nce npe lawd.
20Hexekhiya ua le nuav thoob plawg Yuta tebchaws, hab nwg ua yaam kws zoo hab raug cai hab ncaaj nceeg rua ntawm Yawmsaub kws yog nwg tug Vaajtswv xubndag.
21Hab txhua yaam num kws nwg ua paab Vaajtswv tej num huv lub tuam tsev hab qhov kws ua lawv le txuj kevcai hab Vaajtswv tej lug nkaw, kws yog nrhav nwg tug Vaajtswv, nwg ua kawg sab kawg ntsws, nwg txhad vaam meej.