Yahuuda mansa Hesekiya
(2 Mansoolu 18:1-3)1 Hesekiya siyo be nuŋ sanji muwaŋ niŋ luulu le, biriŋ a be ke la mansa ti. A ye sanji muwaŋ niŋ kononto le ke maraloo la Yerusalaamu. A baamaa too mu Abiya le ti, Jakariya dimmusoo. 2 A baarata kuu betoo le la Yaawe ñaa koto, ko a bonsuŋ Dawuda ye a ke ñaameŋ.
3 A la mansayaa sanji foloo, kari foloo la, a ye Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo* daalu yele, a ye ì dadaakuu. 4 A ye piriisoolu* niŋ Lewi lasiloo moolu bee kili ka ì bendi Batudulaa tiliboo la luwo to. 5 A ko ì ye ko, “Ali i lamoyi n na, alitolu Lewi lasiloo moolu! Ali ali faŋolu seneyandi, aniŋ Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo, ali mumuñolu la Alla. Ali feŋ kosoriŋolu bee bondi ñiŋ dulaa senuŋo to. 6 M̀ mumuñolu maŋ foroyaa Yaawe, ǹ na Alla ma. Ì ye meŋ ke, a jawuyaata a ñaa koto le, ì ye ì koo dii a la, ì ye i ñaa kaasi a taradulaa la. 7 Ì ye Alla Batudulaa daalu fanaa soroŋ, ì ye lampoolu dubeŋ, aduŋ ì buka cuuraayoo siisindi, waraŋ ka jani sadaalu* bondi dulaa senuŋo to Banisirayila la Alla ye. 8 Wo kamma la Yaawe la kamfaa baa jiita Yerusalaamu niŋ Yahuuda moo toomaalu kaŋ. A ye ì ke moolu ye kijabofeŋo ti, jutunna feŋo aniŋ jelefeŋo, ko ali faŋo ye a je ñaameŋ. 9 Wo le ye a tinna m̀ mumuñolu faata keloo to, aduŋ ì ye ǹ dinkewolu niŋ ǹ dimmusoolu aniŋ ǹ na musoolu bee samba mutoo kono.
10 “Saayiŋ ŋa ñiŋ ne ŋaniya ka kambeŋo siti, ǹ niŋ Yaawe teema, Banisirayila la Alla, fo a la jusukandoo si bo ntolu kaŋ. 11 M baadiŋolu, ali kana ali ñaa kaasi ali la dookuwo la. Kaatu Yaawe le ye ali tomboŋ ka loo a ñaatiliŋo la ka a batu, aniŋ ka cuuraayoo siisindi a ye.” 12 Wo to le Lewi lasiloo moolu wulita ka dookuwo ke:
Ka bo Kohati kaabiiloo kono: Mahati, Amasayi dinkewo, aniŋ Yoweli, Asariya dinkewo.
Ka bo Merari kaabiiloo kono: Kisi, Abudi dinkewo, aniŋ Asariya, Yehalleleli dinkewo.
Ka bo Kerisoni kaabiiloo kono: Yowa, Simma dinkewo, aniŋ Edeni, Yowa dinkewo.
13 Ka bo Elisafani kaabiiloo kono: Simuri niŋ Yeyeli.
Ka bo Asafu kaabiiloo kono: Jakariya aniŋ Mataniya.
14 Ka bo Hemani kaabiiloo kono: Yehiyeli aniŋ Simeyi.
Ka bo Yedutuni kaabiiloo kono: Semaya aniŋ Usiyeli.
15 Ñiŋ kewolu ye ì mooñoo Lewi lasiloo moolu kafu ñoo ma, ì ye ì faŋolu seneyandi. Wo koolaa, ì naata Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo seneyandi mansa la yaamaroo kaŋ, ko Yaawe ye a fo ñaameŋ. 16 Piriisoolu dunta Yaawe Batudulaa konoto buŋo kono ka a seneyandi. Ì ye feŋolu bee bondi naŋ luwo to, mennu maŋ seneyaa. Bituŋ Lewi lasiloo moolu ye ì taa, ì ye ì samba Kidironi Wulumbaŋo kono. 17 Ì ye seneyandiroo dati saŋo kari foloo tili foloo le la, tili seyinjaŋo ì futata Batudulaa pereŋo ma. A ye ì taa tili seyi koteŋ na ka Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo faŋo seneyandi. Tili taŋ niŋ wooronjaŋo la, ì la dookuwo banta.
Ì ye Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo kerekere kotenke
18 Bituŋ Lewi lasiloo moolu taata Mansa Hesekiya kaŋ, ì ko a ye ko, “Ŋà Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo bee seneyandi le, sadaajanidulaa* niŋ a jooraŋolu bee, aniŋ taabuloo, Alla la mbuuru senuŋo* ka landi daameŋ, aniŋ a jooraŋolu bee. 19 Ŋà jooraŋolu bee fanaa murundi naŋ ne, ŋà ì seneyandi, Mansa Ahasi ye mennu bondi a la maraloo waatoo la, kabiriŋ a be balaŋ kaŋ Alla ma. Ì hayinaŋ Yaawe la sadaajanidulaa ñaatiliŋo la.”
20 Wo saamoo Mansa Hesekiya sorita, a ye saatewo alifaalu bendi, bituŋ ì taata Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo to. 21 Ì ye ninsituuraa woorowula le samba ñoo la, saakotoŋ woorowula, saajiiriŋ woorowula aniŋ baakotoŋ woorowula ka ì ke junube kafarilaŋo ti mansa la dimbaayaa ye, Batudulaa Senuŋo niŋ Yahuuda moolu ye. A ye piriisoolu, Haaruna koomalankoolu yaamari ka ì bo sadaa ti Yaawe la sadaajanidulaa kaŋ. 22 Wo to le ì ye ninsituuraalu faa, piriisoolu ye ì yeloo taa, ì ye a sari sadaajanidulaa kaŋ. Ì ye saakotoŋolu fanaa faa, ì ye ì yeloo sari sadaajanidulaa kaŋ, ì naata saajiiriŋolu fanaa faa, ì ye ì yeloo sari sadaajanidulaa kaŋ. 23 Bituŋ ì ye baakotoŋolu samba naŋ, mennu ñanta ke la junube kafarilaŋo ti. Ì ye ì londi mansa niŋ jamaa ñaatiliŋo la, ì ye ì buloolu laa ì kaŋ. 24 Bituŋ piriisoolu ye ñiŋ baakotoŋolu faa, ì ye ì yeloo sari sadaajanidulaa kaŋ ka ke junube kafarilaŋ sadaa ti. Ì ye a ke ka junube kafaroo sii Banisirayila bee ma. Kaatu mansa ye yaamaroo dii ì la le ko, ì ñanta jani sadaa niŋ junube kafarilaŋ sadaa bo la Banisirayila bee ye le.
25 A ye Lewi lasiloo moolu londi Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo kono, ì niŋ jaawali palaatoolu, kontiŋolu, aniŋ kooraalu, ko Dawuda niŋ Annabilayi Kadu niŋ Annabilayi Natani ye a yaamari ñaameŋ. Kaatu ñiŋ yaamaroo bota naŋ Yaawe le bulu, ka bo niŋ annabiyomoolu la. 26 Lewi lasiloo moolu niŋ ì la kuma feŋolu loota, Dawuda ye mennu dadaa, piriisoolu fanaa niŋ ì la footaŋolu.
27 Bituŋ Hesekiya ye yaamaroo dii ka jani sadaa bo sadaajanidulaa kaŋ. Kabiriŋ sadaaboo ñiŋ datita doroŋ, ì ye a dati ka suukuwo laa Yaawe ye, ì niŋ footaŋolu niŋ Banisirayila mansa Dawuda la kuma feŋolu. 28 Bituŋ jamaa moo bee ye baturoo ke, suukuulaalaalu ye suukuwo laa, footaŋ feelaalu ye footaŋolu fee. Ì tententa ñiŋ ne la fo jani sadaa banta bo la.
29 Kabiriŋ sadaaboo ñiŋ banta, mansa niŋ moolu mennu be nuŋ a fee, sujudita, ì ye baturoo ke. 30 Mansa Hesekiya niŋ a la ñaatonkoolu ye Lewi lasiloo moolu yaamari ka Yaawe tentu ka bo niŋ kumoolu la, Dawuda niŋ Annabilayi Asafu ye mennu dii. Aduŋ ì seewootoo ye jayiri suukuwolu laa, aduŋ ì sujudita ka baturoo ke.
31 Bituŋ Hesekiya ko ì ye ko, “Saayiŋ ali ye ali faŋo dii Yaawe la le, ali naa a kaŋ, ali beeyaŋ sadaalu niŋ tenturulaŋ sadaalu samba naŋ, Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo to.” Bituŋ jamaa moolu ye sadaalu ñiŋ samba naŋ, moolu mennu bee ye ŋaniya kendoo soto, fanaa ye jani sadaalu samba naŋ. 32 Ì ye ninsituuraa taŋ woorowula, saakotoŋ keme aniŋ saajiiriŋ keme fula le samba naŋ jani sadaa ti Yaawe ye. 33 Sadaa jankuriŋ toomaalu taata kaañaŋ ninsituuraa keme wooro le fee, saajiyo niŋ baa kafuriŋo wuli saba.
34 Bari piriisoolu maŋ siyaa wo ñaama ka beeyaŋolu bee busu, ka ke jani sadaalu ti. Piriisi doolu maŋ ì faŋ seneyandi foloo, wo kamma la ì baadiŋolu, Lewi lasiloo moolu, ye ì maakoyi busuroo la, fo dookuwo ñiŋ banta. Kaatu Lewi lasiloo moolu le soobeeyaata faŋ seneyandoo to ka tambi piriisoolu la.
35 Wo jani sadaa jamaa koolaa, kayira sabatindiraŋ sadaa keŋolu be jee, aniŋ miŋ feŋ sadaalu meŋ niŋ jani sadaa ka taa. Bituŋ baturoo datita Yaawe Batudulaa Buŋo kono kotenke. 36 Mansa Hesekiya niŋ jamaa moolu bee seewoota, kaatu Alla ye ì maakoyi le, fo ñiŋ kuwolu tariyaatoo keta.
King Hezekiah of Judah
(2 Kings 18.1-3)1 Hezekiah became king of Judah at the age of twenty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 2 Following the example of his ancestor King David, he did what was pleasing to the Lord.
The Purification of the Temple
3 In the first month of the year after Hezekiah became king, he reopened the gates of the Temple and had them repaired. 4 He assembled a group of priests and Levites in the east courtyard of the Temple 5 and spoke to them there. He said, “You Levites are to consecrate yourselves and purify the Temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove from the Temple everything that defiles it. 6 Our ancestors were unfaithful to the Lord our God and did what was displeasing to him. They abandoned him and turned their backs on the place where he dwells. 7 They closed the doors of the Temple, let the lamps go out, and failed to burn incense or offer burnt offerings in the Temple of the God of Israel. 8 Because of this the Lord has been angry with Judah and Jerusalem, and what he has done to them has shocked and frightened everyone. You know this very well. 9 Our fathers were killed in battle, and our wives and children have been taken away as prisoners.
10 “I have now decided to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that he will no longer be angry with us. 11 My sons, do not lose any time. You are the ones that the Lord has chosen to burn incense to him and to lead the people in worshiping him.”
12-14 The following Levites were there:
From the clan of Kohath, Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of AzariahFrom the clan of Merari, Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of JehallelelFrom the clan of Gershon, Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of JoahFrom the clan of Elizaphan, Shimri and JeuelFrom the clan of Asaph, Zechariah and MattaniahFrom the clan of Heman, Jehuel and ShimeiFrom the clan of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel15 These men assembled their fellow Levites, and they all made themselves ritually clean. Then, as the king had commanded them to do, they began to make the Temple ritually clean, according to the Law of the Lord. 16 The priests went inside the Temple to purify it, and they carried out into the Temple courtyard everything that was ritually unclean. From there the Levites took it all outside the city to Kidron Valley.
17 The work was begun on the first day of the first month, and by the eighth day they had finished it all, including the entrance room to the Temple. Then they worked for the next eight days, until the sixteenth of the month, preparing the Temple for worship.
The Temple Is Rededicated
18 The Levites made the following report to King Hezekiah: “We have completed the ritual purification of the whole Temple, including the altar for burnt offerings, the table for the sacred bread, and all their equipment. 19 We have also brought back all the equipment which King Ahaz took away during those years he was unfaithful to God, and we have rededicated it. It is all in front of the Lord's altar.”
20 Without delay King Hezekiah assembled the leading men of the city, and together they went to the Temple. 21 As an offering to take away the sins of the royal family and of the people of Judah and to purify the Temple, they took seven bulls, seven sheep, seven lambs, and seven goats. The king told the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, to offer the animals as sacrifices on the altar. 22 The priests killed the bulls first, then the sheep, and then the lambs, and sprinkled the blood of each sacrifice on the altar. 23 Finally they took the goats to the king and to the other worshipers, who laid their hands on them. 24 Then the priests killed the goats and poured their blood on the altar as a sacrifice to take away the sin of all the people, for the king had commanded that burnt offerings and sin offerings be made for all Israel.
25 The king followed the instructions that the Lord had given to King David through Gad, the king's prophet, and through the prophet Nathan; he stationed Levites in the Temple, with harps and cymbals, 26 instruments like those that King David had used. The priests also stood there with trumpets. 27 Hezekiah gave the order for the burnt offering to be presented; and as the offering began, the people sang praise to the Lord, and the musicians began to play the trumpets and all the other instruments. 28 Everyone who was there joined in worship, and the singing and the rest of the music continued until all the sacrifices had been burned. 29 Then King Hezekiah and all the people knelt down and worshiped God. 30 The king and the leaders of the nation told the Levites to sing to the Lord the songs of praise that were written by David and by Asaph the prophet. So everyone sang with great joy as they knelt and worshiped God.
31 Hezekiah said to the people, “Now that you are ritually clean, bring sacrifices as offerings of thanksgiving to the Lord.” They obeyed, and some of them also voluntarily brought animals to be sacrificed as burnt offerings. 32 They brought 70 bulls, 100 sheep, and 200 lambs as burnt offerings for the Lord; 33 they also brought 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep as sacrifices for the people to eat. 34 Since there were not enough priests to kill all these animals, the Levites helped them until the work was finished. By then more priests had made themselves ritually clean. (The Levites were more faithful in keeping ritually clean than the priests were.) 35 In addition to offering the sacrifices that were burned whole, the priests were responsible for burning the fat that was offered from the sacrifices which the people ate, and for pouring out the wine that was presented with the burnt offerings.
And so worship in the Temple was begun again. 36 King Hezekiah and the people were happy, because God had helped them to do all this so quickly.
