¹Igitur Ezechias regnare cœpit,And so Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old.cum viginti quinque esset annorum,And he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem.et viginti novem annis regnavit in Jerusalem:The name of his mother was Abijah,nomen matris ejus Abia filia Zachariæ.the daughter of Zechariah.

¹Igitur Ezechias regnare cœpit,And so Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old.cum viginti quinque esset annorum,And he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem.et viginti novem annis regnavit in Jerusalem:The name of his mother was Abijah,nomen matris ejus Abia filia Zachariæ.the daughter of Zechariah.

²Fecitque quod erat placitum in conspectu Domini,And he did what was pleasing in the sight of the Lord,juxta omnia quæ fecerat David pater ejus.in accord with all that his father David had done.

²Fecitque quod erat placitum in conspectu Domini,And he did what was pleasing in the sight of the Lord,juxta omnia quæ fecerat David pater ejus.in accord with all that his father David had done.

³Ipse,In the first yearanno et mense primo regni sui,and month of his reign,aperuit valvas domus Domini,he opened the double doors of the house of the Lord,et instauravit eas.and he repaired them.

³Ipse,In the first yearanno et mense primo regni sui,and month of his reign,aperuit valvas domus Domini,he opened the double doors of the house of the Lord,et instauravit eas.and he repaired them.

⁴Adduxitque sacerdotes atque Levitas,And he brought together the priests and Levites.et congregavit eos in plateam orientalem.And he gathered them in the wide eastern street.

⁴Adduxitque sacerdotes atque Levitas,And he brought together the priests and Levites.et congregavit eos in plateam orientalem.And he gathered them in the wide eastern street.

⁵Dixitque ad eos:And he said to them:Audite me,“Listen to me,Levitæ,O Levites,et sanctificamini:and be sanctified.mundate domum Domini Dei patrum vestrorum,Cleanse the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers,et auferte omnem immunditiam de sanctuario.and take away every uncleanness from the sanctuary.

⁵Dixitque ad eos:And he said to them:Audite me,“Listen to me,Levitæ,O Levites,et sanctificamini:and be sanctified.mundate domum Domini Dei patrum vestrorum,Cleanse the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers,et auferte omnem immunditiam de sanctuario.and take away every uncleanness from the sanctuary.

⁶Peccaverunt patres nostri,Our fathers sinnedet fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini Dei nostri,and did evil in the sight of the Lord our God,derelinquentes eum:abandoning him.averterunt facies suas a tabernaculo Domini,They turned their faces away from the tabernacle of the Lord,et præbuerunt dorsum.and they presented their backs.

⁶Peccaverunt patres nostri,Our fathers sinnedet fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini Dei nostri,and did evil in the sight of the Lord our God,derelinquentes eum:abandoning him.averterunt facies suas a tabernaculo Domini,They turned their faces away from the tabernacle of the Lord,et præbuerunt dorsum.and they presented their backs.

⁷Clauserunt ostia quæ erant in porticu,They closed up the doors which were in the portico,et extinxerunt lucernas,and they extinguished the lamps.incensumque non adoleverunt,And they did not burn incense,et holocausta non obtulerunt in sanctuario Deo Israël.and they did not offer holocausts, in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

⁷Clauserunt ostia quæ erant in porticu,They closed up the doors which were in the portico,et extinxerunt lucernas,and they extinguished the lamps.incensumque non adoleverunt,And they did not burn incense,et holocausta non obtulerunt in sanctuario Deo Israël.and they did not offer holocausts, in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

⁸Concitatus est itaque furor Domini super Judam et Jerusalem,And so the fury of the Lord was stirred up against Judah and Jerusalem,tradiditque eos in commotionem,and he handed them over to turmoil,et in interitum,and to destruction,et in sibilum,and to hissing,sicut ipsi cernitis oculis vestris.just as you discern with your own eyes.

⁸Concitatus est itaque furor Domini super Judam et Jerusalem,And so the fury of the Lord was stirred up against Judah and Jerusalem,tradiditque eos in commotionem,and he handed them over to turmoil,et in interitum,and to destruction,et in sibilum,and to hissing,sicut ipsi cernitis oculis vestris.just as you discern with your own eyes.

⁹En corruerunt patres nostri gladiis:Lo,filii nostri,our fathers have fallen by the sword.et filiæ nostræ,Our sons,et conjuges captivæ ductæ sunt propter hoc scelus.and our daughters and wives have been led away as captives because of this wickedness.

⁹En corruerunt patres nostri gladiis:Lo,filii nostri,our fathers have fallen by the sword.et filiæ nostræ,Our sons,et conjuges captivæ ductæ sunt propter hoc scelus.and our daughters and wives have been led away as captives because of this wickedness.

¹⁰Nunc ergo placet mihi ut ineamus fœdus cum Domino Deo Israël,Now therefore, it is pleasing to me that we should enter into a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel.et avertet a nobis furorem iræ suæ.And he will turn away the fury of his indignation from us.

¹⁰Nunc ergo placet mihi ut ineamus fœdus cum Domino Deo Israël,Now therefore, it is pleasing to me that we should enter into a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel.et avertet a nobis furorem iræ suæ.And he will turn away the fury of his indignation from us.

¹¹Filii mei,My sons,nolite negligere:do not choose to be negligent.vos elegit Dominus ut stetis coram eo,The Lord has chosen you so that you would stand before him,et ministretis illi,and minister to him,colatisque eum,and worship him,et cremetis ei incensum.and burn incense to him.”

¹¹Filii mei,My sons,nolite negligere:do not choose to be negligent.vos elegit Dominus ut stetis coram eo,The Lord has chosen you so that you would stand before him,et ministretis illi,and minister to him,colatisque eum,and worship him,et cremetis ei incensum.and burn incense to him.”

¹²Surrexerunt ergo Levitæ:Therefore, the Levites rose up,Mahath filius Amasai,Mahath, the son of Amasai,et Joël filius Azariæ de filiis Caath:and Joel, the son of Azariah, from the sons of Kohath;porro de filiis Merari,then, from the sons of Merari,Cis filius Abdi,Kish, the son of Abdi,et Azarias filius Jalaleel.and Azariah, the son of Jehallelel;De filiis autem Gersom,and from the sons of Gershon,Joah filius Zemma,Joah, the son of Zimmah,et Eden filius Joah.and Eden, the son of Joah;

¹²Surrexerunt ergo Levitæ:Therefore, the Levites rose up,Mahath filius Amasai,Mahath, the son of Amasai,et Joël filius Azariæ de filiis Caath:and Joel, the son of Azariah, from the sons of Kohath;porro de filiis Merari,then, from the sons of Merari,Cis filius Abdi,Kish, the son of Abdi,et Azarias filius Jalaleel.and Azariah, the son of Jehallelel;De filiis autem Gersom,and from the sons of Gershon,Joah filius Zemma,Joah, the son of Zimmah,et Eden filius Joah.and Eden, the son of Joah;

¹³At vero de filiis Elisaphan,and truly,Samri,from the sons of Elizaphan,et Jahiel.Shimri and Jeuel;De filiis quoque Asaph,also,Zacharias,from the sons of Asaph,et Mathanias:Zechariah and Mattaniah;

¹³At vero de filiis Elisaphan,and truly,Samri,from the sons of Elizaphan,et Jahiel.Shimri and Jeuel;De filiis quoque Asaph,also,Zacharias,from the sons of Asaph,et Mathanias:Zechariah and Mattaniah;

¹⁴necnon de filiis Heman,indeed also,Jahiel,from the sons of Heman,et Semei:Jehuel and Shimei;sed et de filiis Idithun,then too,Semeias,from the sons of Jeduthun,et Oziel.Shemaiah and Uzziel.

¹⁴necnon de filiis Heman,indeed also,Jahiel,from the sons of Heman,et Semei:Jehuel and Shimei;sed et de filiis Idithun,then too,Semeias,from the sons of Jeduthun,et Oziel.Shemaiah and Uzziel.

¹⁵Congregaveruntque fratres suos,And they gathered together their brothers.et sanctificati sunt,And they were sanctified.et ingressi sunt juxta mandatum regis et imperium Domini,And they entered in accord with the command of the king and the order of the Lord,ut expiarent domum Dei.so that they might expiate the house of God.

¹⁵Congregaveruntque fratres suos,And they gathered together their brothers.et sanctificati sunt,And they were sanctified.et ingressi sunt juxta mandatum regis et imperium Domini,And they entered in accord with the command of the king and the order of the Lord,ut expiarent domum Dei.so that they might expiate the house of God.

¹⁶Sacerdotes quoque ingressi templum Domini ut sanctificarent illud,And the priests, entering the temple of the Lord so that they might sanctify it,extulerunt omnem immunditiam quam intro repererant in vestibulo domus Domini:took every uncleanness, which they had found inside, out to the vestibule of the house of the Lord;quam tulerunt Levitæ, et asportaverunt ad torrentem Cedron foras.and the Levites took it away and transported it outside, to the torrent Kidron.

¹⁶Sacerdotes quoque ingressi templum Domini ut sanctificarent illud,And the priests, entering the temple of the Lord so that they might sanctify it,extulerunt omnem immunditiam quam intro repererant in vestibulo domus Domini:took every uncleanness, which they had found inside, out to the vestibule of the house of the Lord;quam tulerunt Levitæ, et asportaverunt ad torrentem Cedron foras.and the Levites took it away and transported it outside, to the torrent Kidron.

¹⁷Cœperunt autem prima die mensis primi mundare,Now they began to cleanse on the first day of the first month.et in die octavo ejusdem mensis ingressi sunt porticum templi Domini,And on the eighth day of the same month,expiaveruntque templum diebus octo,they entered the portico of the temple of the Lord.et in die sextadecima mensis ejusdem,And then they expiated the temple over eight days.quod cœperant,And on the sixteenth day of the same month,impleverunt.they finished what they had begun.

¹⁷Cœperunt autem prima die mensis primi mundare,Now they began to cleanse on the first day of the first month.et in die octavo ejusdem mensis ingressi sunt porticum templi Domini,And on the eighth day of the same month,expiaveruntque templum diebus octo,they entered the portico of the temple of the Lord.et in die sextadecima mensis ejusdem,And then they expiated the temple over eight days.quod cœperant,And on the sixteenth day of the same month,impleverunt.they finished what they had begun.

¹⁸Ingressi quoque sunt ad Ezechiam regem,Also, they entered to king Hezekiah,et dixerunt ei:and they said to him:Sanctificavimus omnem domum Domini,“We have sanctified the entire house of the Lord,et altare holocausti,and the altar of holocaust,vasaque ejus,and its vessels,necnon et mensam propositionis cum omnibus vasis suis,indeed also the table of the presence, with all its vessels,

¹⁸Ingressi quoque sunt ad Ezechiam regem,Also, they entered to king Hezekiah,et dixerunt ei:and they said to him:Sanctificavimus omnem domum Domini,“We have sanctified the entire house of the Lord,et altare holocausti,and the altar of holocaust,vasaque ejus,and its vessels,necnon et mensam propositionis cum omnibus vasis suis,indeed also the table of the presence, with all its vessels,

¹⁹cunctamque templi supellectilem,and all the equipment of the temple,quam polluerat rex Achaz in regno suo,which king Ahaz, during his reign,postquam prævaricatus est:had polluted after his transgression.et ecce exposita sunt omnia coram altare Domini.And behold, these have all been set forth before the altar of the Lord.”

¹⁹cunctamque templi supellectilem,and all the equipment of the temple,quam polluerat rex Achaz in regno suo,which king Ahaz, during his reign,postquam prævaricatus est:had polluted after his transgression.et ecce exposita sunt omnia coram altare Domini.And behold, these have all been set forth before the altar of the Lord.”

²⁰Consurgensque diluculo Ezechias rex,And rising up at first light,adunavit omnes principes civitatis,king Hezekiah joined as one all the leaders of the city,et ascendit in domum Domini:and they ascended to the house of the Lord.

²⁰Consurgensque diluculo Ezechias rex,And rising up at first light,adunavit omnes principes civitatis,king Hezekiah joined as one all the leaders of the city,et ascendit in domum Domini:and they ascended to the house of the Lord.

²¹obtuleruntque simul tauros septem,And together they offered seven bulls and seven rams,et arietes septem,seven lambs and seven he-goats,agnos septem,for sin,et hircos septem pro peccato,for the kingdom,pro regno,for the Sanctuary,pro sanctuario,for Judah.pro Juda:And he spoke to the priests,dixitque sacerdotibus filiis Aaron,the sons of Aaron,ut offerrent super altare Domini.so that they would offer these upon the altar of the Lord.

²¹obtuleruntque simul tauros septem,And together they offered seven bulls and seven rams,et arietes septem,seven lambs and seven he-goats,agnos septem,for sin,et hircos septem pro peccato,for the kingdom,pro regno,for the Sanctuary,pro sanctuario,for Judah.pro Juda:And he spoke to the priests,dixitque sacerdotibus filiis Aaron,the sons of Aaron,ut offerrent super altare Domini.so that they would offer these upon the altar of the Lord.

²²Mactaverunt igitur tauros,And so they slaughtered the bulls.et susceperunt sanguinem sacerdotes,And the priests took up the blood,et fuderunt illum super altare:and they poured it upon the altar.mactaverunt etiam arietes,Then they also slaughtered the rams,et illorum sanguinem super altare fuderunt,and they poured their blood upon the altar.immolaveruntque agnos,And they immolated the lambs,et fuderunt super altare sanguinem.and they poured the blood upon the altar.

²²Mactaverunt igitur tauros,And so they slaughtered the bulls.et susceperunt sanguinem sacerdotes,And the priests took up the blood,et fuderunt illum super altare:and they poured it upon the altar.mactaverunt etiam arietes,Then they also slaughtered the rams,et illorum sanguinem super altare fuderunt,and they poured their blood upon the altar.immolaveruntque agnos,And they immolated the lambs,et fuderunt super altare sanguinem.and they poured the blood upon the altar.

²³Applicuerunt hircos pro peccato coram rege,They brought the he-goats for sin before the kinget universa multitudine,and the entire multitude.imposueruntque manus suas super eos:And they laid their hands upon them.

²³Applicuerunt hircos pro peccato coram rege,They brought the he-goats for sin before the kinget universa multitudine,and the entire multitude.imposueruntque manus suas super eos:And they laid their hands upon them.

²⁴et immolaverunt illos sacerdotes,And the priests immolated them,et asperserunt sanguinem eorum coram altare pro piaculo universi Israëlis:and they sprinkled their blood before the altar,pro omni quippe Israël præceperat rex ut holocaustum fieret,for the expiation of all Israel.et pro peccato.For certainly the king had instructed that the holocaust and the sin offering should be made on behalf of all Israel.

²⁴et immolaverunt illos sacerdotes,And the priests immolated them,et asperserunt sanguinem eorum coram altare pro piaculo universi Israëlis:and they sprinkled their blood before the altar,pro omni quippe Israël præceperat rex ut holocaustum fieret,for the expiation of all Israel.et pro peccato.For certainly the king had instructed that the holocaust and the sin offering should be made on behalf of all Israel.

²⁵Constituit quoque Levitas in domo Domini cum cymbalis,Also, he situated the Levites in the house of the Lord, with cymbals,et psalteriis,and psalteries,et citharis secundum dispositionem David regis,and harps, according to the disposition of king David,et Gad videntis,and of the seer Gad,et Nathan prophetæ:and of the prophet Nathan.siquidem Domini præceptum fuit per manum prophetarum ejus.For indeed, this was the precept of the Lord, by the hand of his prophets.

²⁵Constituit quoque Levitas in domo Domini cum cymbalis,Also, he situated the Levites in the house of the Lord, with cymbals,et psalteriis,and psalteries,et citharis secundum dispositionem David regis,and harps, according to the disposition of king David,et Gad videntis,and of the seer Gad,et Nathan prophetæ:and of the prophet Nathan.siquidem Domini præceptum fuit per manum prophetarum ejus.For indeed, this was the precept of the Lord, by the hand of his prophets.

²⁶Steteruntque Levitæ tenentes organa David,And the Levites stood, holding the musical instruments of David,et sacerdotes tubas.and the priests held the trumpets.

²⁶Steteruntque Levitæ tenentes organa David,And the Levites stood, holding the musical instruments of David,et sacerdotes tubas.and the priests held the trumpets.

²⁷Et jussit Ezechias ut offerrent holocausta super altare:And Hezekiah ordered that they should offer holocausts upon the altar.cumque offerrentur holocausta,And when the holocausts were being offered,cœperunt laudes canere Domino,they began to sing praises to the Lord,et clangere tubis,and to sound the trumpets,atque in diversis organis quæ David rex Israël præparaverat,and to play various musical instruments, which David, the king of Israel,concrepare.had prepared.

²⁷Et jussit Ezechias ut offerrent holocausta super altare:And Hezekiah ordered that they should offer holocausts upon the altar.cumque offerrentur holocausta,And when the holocausts were being offered,cœperunt laudes canere Domino,they began to sing praises to the Lord,et clangere tubis,and to sound the trumpets,atque in diversis organis quæ David rex Israël præparaverat,and to play various musical instruments, which David, the king of Israel,concrepare.had prepared.

²⁸Omni autem turba adorante,Then the entire crowd was adoring,cantores,and the singerset ii qui tenebant tubas,and those who were holding the trumpeters were exercising their office,erant in officio suo donec compleretur holocaustum.until the holocaust was completed.

²⁸Omni autem turba adorante,Then the entire crowd was adoring,cantores,and the singerset ii qui tenebant tubas,and those who were holding the trumpeters were exercising their office,erant in officio suo donec compleretur holocaustum.until the holocaust was completed.

²⁹Cumque finita esset oblatio,And when the oblation was finished,incurvatus est rex,the king,et omnes qui erant cum eo,and all who were with him,et adoraverunt.bowed down and adored.

²⁹Cumque finita esset oblatio,And when the oblation was finished,incurvatus est rex,the king,et omnes qui erant cum eo,and all who were with him,et adoraverunt.bowed down and adored.

³⁰Præcepitque EzechiasAnd Hezekiah and the rulers instructed the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David,et principes Levitis,and of Asaph,ut laudarent Dominum sermonibus David,the seer.et Asaph videntis:And they praised him with great joy,qui laudaverunt eum magna lætitia,and kneeling down,et incurvato genu adoraverunt.they adored.

³⁰Præcepitque EzechiasAnd Hezekiah and the rulers instructed the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David,et principes Levitis,and of Asaph,ut laudarent Dominum sermonibus David,the seer.et Asaph videntis:And they praised him with great joy,qui laudaverunt eum magna lætitia,and kneeling down,et incurvato genu adoraverunt.they adored.

³¹Ezechias autem etiam hæc addidit:And now Hezekiah also added:Implestis manus vestras Domino:“You have filled your hands for the Lord.accedite,Draw near,et offerte victimas et laudes in domo Domini.and offer victims and praises in the house of the Lord.”Obtulit ergo universa multitudo hostias, et laudes,Therefore, the entire multitude offered victims and praises and holocausts,et holocausta, mente devota.with devout intention.

³¹Ezechias autem etiam hæc addidit:And now Hezekiah also added:Implestis manus vestras Domino:“You have filled your hands for the Lord.accedite,Draw near,et offerte victimas et laudes in domo Domini.and offer victims and praises in the house of the Lord.”Obtulit ergo universa multitudo hostias, et laudes,Therefore, the entire multitude offered victims and praises and holocausts,et holocausta, mente devota.with devout intention.

³²Porro numerus holocaustorum quæ obtulit multitudo, hic fuit: tauros septuaginta,Now the number of the holocausts that the multitude offered was seventy bulls,arietes centum,one hundred rams,agnos ducentos.two hundred lambs.

³²Porro numerus holocaustorum quæ obtulit multitudo, hic fuit: tauros septuaginta,Now the number of the holocausts that the multitude offered was seventy bulls,arietes centum,one hundred rams,agnos ducentos.two hundred lambs.

³³Sanctificaveruntque Domino boves sexcentos,And they sanctified to the Lord six hundred oxenet oves tria millia.and three thousand sheep.

³³Sanctificaveruntque Domino boves sexcentos,And they sanctified to the Lord six hundred oxenet oves tria millia.and three thousand sheep.

³⁴Sacerdotes vero pauci erant,Truly, the priests were few;nec poterant sufficere ut pelles holocaustorum detraherent:neither were they sufficient to remove the pelts from the holocausts. Therefore,unde et Levitæ fratres eorum adjuverunt eos,the Levites, their brothers, also assisted them,donec impleretur opus,until the work was completed,et sanctificarentur antistites:and the priests, who were of higher rank,Levitæ quippe faciliori ritu sanctificantur quam sacerdotes.were sanctified. For indeed, the Levites are sanctified with an easier ritual than the priests.

³⁴Sacerdotes vero pauci erant,Truly, the priests were few;nec poterant sufficere ut pelles holocaustorum detraherent:neither were they sufficient to remove the pelts from the holocausts. Therefore,unde et Levitæ fratres eorum adjuverunt eos,the Levites, their brothers, also assisted them,donec impleretur opus,until the work was completed,et sanctificarentur antistites:and the priests, who were of higher rank,Levitæ quippe faciliori ritu sanctificantur quam sacerdotes.were sanctified. For indeed, the Levites are sanctified with an easier ritual than the priests.

³⁵Fuerunt ergo holocausta plurima,Thus,adipes pacificorum,there were very numerous holocausts,et libamina holocaustorum:with the fat of the peace offerings and the libations of the holocausts.et completus est cultus domus Domini.And the service of the house of the Lord was completed.

³⁵Fuerunt ergo holocausta plurima,Thus,adipes pacificorum,there were very numerous holocausts,et libamina holocaustorum:with the fat of the peace offerings and the libations of the holocausts.et completus est cultus domus Domini.And the service of the house of the Lord was completed.

³⁶Lætatusque est Ezechias et omnis populus,And Hezekiah and all the people were joyful because the ministry of the Lord was accomplished.eo quod ministerium Domini esset expletum:For certainly,de repente quippe hoc fieri placuerat.it had pleased them to do this suddenly.

³⁶Lætatusque est Ezechias et omnis populus,And Hezekiah and all the people were joyful because the ministry of the Lord was accomplished.eo quod ministerium Domini esset expletum:For certainly,de repente quippe hoc fieri placuerat.it had pleased them to do this suddenly.