Ezechias repaireth the Temple, and divine service, 5. Zealously exhorteth offenders to repentance, 12. the Temple is purified in sixteen days. 18. the king and nobles offer hosts, which the Priests immolate. 25. With solemn music (ordained by king David) and great joy of all the people.Ezechias repayreth the Temple, and diuine seruice 5. Zelously exhorteth offenders to repentance, 12. the Temple is purified in sixtene daies. 18. the king and nobles offer hostes, which the Priestes immolate. 25. With solemne musick (ordained by king Dauid) and great ioy of al the people.✦
Therefore Ezechias began to reign, when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Abia, the daughter of Zacharias.THERFORE Ezechias began to reigne, when he was fiue and twentie yeares old, and he reigned nine and twentie yeares in Ierusalem: the name of his mother was Abia, the daughter of Zacharias.✦Igitur Ezechias regnare cœpit, cum viginti quinque esset annorum, et viginti novem annis regnavit in Jerusalem : nomen matris ejus Abia filia Zachariæ.
2And he did that which was pleasing in the sight of our Lord, according to all things that David his father had done.And he did that which was pleasing in the sight of our Lord, according to al thinges that Dauid his father had done.Fecitque quod erat placitum in conspectu Domini, juxta omnia quæ fecerat David pater ejus.
3He in the first year and month of his reign opened the doors of the house of our Lord, and repaired them.He in the first yeare and moneth of his reigne opened the doores of the house of our Lord, and repayred them.Ipse, anno et mense primo regni sui, aperuit valvas domus Domini, et instauravit eas.
4And he brought the Priests and the Levites, and assembled them in the East street.And he brought the Priestes and the Leuites, and assembled them in the East streate.✦Adduxitque sacerdotes atque Levitas, et congregavit eos in plateam orientalem.
5And he said to them: Hear me ye Levites, and be sanctified, cleanse the house of our Lord the God of your fathers, and take away all uncleanness out of the Sanctuary.And he sayd to them: Heare me ye Leuites, and be sanctified, cleanse the house of our Lord the God of your fathers, and take away al vncleannes out of the Sanctuarie.Dixitque ad eos : Audite me, Levitæ, et sanctificamini : mundate domum Domini Dei patrum vestrorum, et auferte omnem immunditiam de sanctuario.
6Our fathers have sinned and done evil in the sight of our Lord God, forsaking him: they have turned away their faces from the tabernacle of our Lord, and given the back.Our fathers haue sinned and done euil in the sight of our Lord God, forsaking him: they haue turned away their faces from the tabernacle of our Lord, and geuen the backe.Peccaverunt patres nostri, et fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini Dei nostri, derelinquentes eum : averterunt facies suas a tabernaculo Domini, et præbuerunt dorsum.
7They have shut the doors, that were in the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burnt incense, and have not offered holocausts in the Sanctuary of the God of Israel.They haue shut the doores, that were in the porch, and put out the lampes, and haue not burnt incense, and haue not offered holocaustes in the Sanctuarie of the God of Israel.Clauserunt ostia quæ erant in porticu, et extinxerunt lucernas, incensumque non adoleverunt, et holocausta non obtulerunt in sanctuario Deo Israël.
8Therefore was the fury of our Lord stirred up upon Juda and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them into commotion, and into destruction, and to be hissed at, as your selves see with your eyes.Therfore was the furie of our Lord stirred vp vpon Iuda and Ierusalem, and he hath deliuered them into commotion, and into destruction, & to be hissed at, as your selues see with your eyes.Concitatus est itaque furor Domini super Judam et Jerusalem, tradiditque eos in commotionem, et in interitum, et in sibilum, sicut ipsi cernitis oculis vestris.
9Behold, our fathers have fallen by the swords, our sons, and our daughters, and wives are led captive for this wickedness.Behold, our fathers haue fallen by the swordes, our sonnes, and our daughters, and wiues are led captiue for this wickednesse.En corruerunt patres nostri gladiis : filii nostri, et filiæ nostræ, et conjuges captivæ ductæ sunt propter hoc scelus.
10Now therefore it pleaseth me that we make a covenant with our Lord the God of Israel, and he will turn away the fury of his wrath from us.Now therfore it pleaseth me that we make a couenant with our Lord the God of Israel, and he wil turne away the furie of his wrath from vs.Nunc ergo placet mihi ut ineamus fœdus cum Domino Deo Israël, et avertet a nobis furorem iræ suæ.
11My children be not negligent: our Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, and to minister to him, and to worship him, and to burn incense to him.My children be not negligent: our Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, and to minister to him, and to worshipe him, and to burne incense to him.Filii mei, nolite negligere : vos elegit Dominus ut stetis coram eo, et ministretis illi, colatisque eum, et cremetis ei incensum.
12The Levites therefore arose: Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azarias, of the children of Caath; moreover the children of Merari, Cis the son of Abdi, and Azarias the son of Jalaleel. And of the children of Gerson, Joah the son of Zemma, and Eden the son of Joah.The Leuites therfore arose Mahath the sonne of Amasai, and Ioel the sonne of Azarias, of the children of Caath; moreouer the children of Merari, Cis the sonne of Abdi, and Azarias the sonne of Ialaleel. And of the children of Gerson, Ioah the sonne of Zemma, and Eden the sonne of Ioah.Surrexerunt ergo Levitæ : Mahath filius Amasai, et Joël filius Azariæ de filiis Caath : porro de filiis Merari, Cis filius Abdi, et Azarias filius Jalaleel. De filiis autem Gersom, Joah filius Zemma, et Eden filius Joah.
13But of the children of Elisaphan, Samri, and Jahiel. Also of the children of Asaph, Zacharias, and Mathanias.By of the children of Elisaphan, Samri, and Iahiel. Also of the children of Asaph, Zacharias, and Mathanias.At vero de filiis Elisaphan, Samri, et Jahiel. De filiis quoque Asaph, Zacharias, et Mathanias :
14Moreover also of the children of Heman, Jahiel, and Semei: yea and of the children of Idithun, Semeias, and Oziel.Moreouer also of the children of Heman, Iahiel, & Semei: yea and of the children of Idithun, Semeias, and Oziel.necnon de filiis Heman, Jahiel, et Semei : sed et de filiis Idithun, Semeias, et Oziel.
15And they gathered together their brethren, and were sanctified, and went in according to the commandment of the king, and the precept of our Lord, to purge the house of God.And they gathered together their brethren, and were sanctified, and went in according to the commandment of the king, and the precept of our Lord, to purge the house of God.✦Congregaveruntque fratres suos, et sanctificati sunt, et ingressi sunt juxta mandatum regis et imperium Domini, ut expiarent domum Dei.
16The Priests also going into the Temple of our Lord to sanctify it, brought out all uncleanness, which they found within the entrance of the house of our Lord, which the Levites took, and carried to the Torrent Cedron without.The Priestes also going into the Temple of our Lord to sanctifie it, brought out al vncleannes, which they found within the entrance of the house of our Lord, which the Leuites tooke, and caried to the Torrent cedron without.Sacerdotes quoque ingressi templum Domini ut sanctificarent illud, extulerunt omnem immunditiam quam intro repererant in vestibulo domus Domini : quam tulerunt Levitæ, et asportaverunt ad torrentem Cedron foras.
17And they began to cleanse it the first day of the first month, and in the eighth day of the same month they entered into the porch of the temple of our Lord, and they purged the temple in eight days, and in the sixteenth day of the same month, they accomplished that which they began.And they began to clense it the first day of the first moneth, and in the eight day of the same moneth they entred into the porche of the temple of our Lord, and they purged the temple in eight dayes, and in the sixtenth day of the same moneth, they accomplished that which they began.✦Cœperunt autem prima die mensis primi mundare, et in die octavo ejusdem mensis ingressi sunt porticum templi Domini, expiaveruntque templum diebus octo, et in die sextadecima mensis ejusdem, quod cœperant, impleverunt.
18They entered in also to Ezechias the king, and said to him: We have sanctified all the house of our Lord, and the altar of holocaust, and the vessels thereof, moreover also the table of propositionis: a proposal put forward; the shewbread, the loaves set forth before God with all the vessels thereof,They entered in also to Ezechias the king, and sayd to him: We haue sanctified al the house of our Lord, and the altar of holocaust, and the vessels therof, moreouer also the table of proposition with al the vessels therof,Ingressi quoque sunt ad Ezechiam regem, et dixerunt ei : Sanctificavimus omnem domum Domini, et altare holocausti, vasaque ejus, necnon et mensam propositionis cum omnibus vasis suis,
19and all the furniture of the temple, which king Achaz in his reign had polluted, after that he transgressed; and behold all things are set forth before the altar of our Lord.and al the furniture of the temple, which king Achaz in his reigne had polluted, after that he transgressed; and behold al thinges are set forth before the altar of our Lord.cunctamque templi supellectilem, quam polluerat rex Achaz in regno suo, postquam prævaricatus est : et ecce exposita sunt omnia coram altare Domini.
20and Ezechias the king rising early, assembled all the princes of the city, and went up into the house of our Lord:and Ezechias the king rising early, assembled al the princes of the citie, and went vp into the house of our Lord:Consurgensque diluculo Ezechias rex, adunavit omnes principes civitatis, et ascendit in domum Domini :
21and they offered together seven oxen, and seven rams, seven lambs, and seven hircos: he-goats for sin, for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, for Juda, and he said to the Priests the children of Aaron, that they should offer them upon the altar of our Lord.and they offered together seuen oxen, and seuen rammes, seuen lambes, and seuen buckgoates for sinne, for the kingdom, for the sanctuarie, for Iuda, and he sayd to the Priestes the children of Aaron, that they should offer them vpon the altar of our Lord.obtuleruntque simul tauros septem, et arietes septem, agnos septem, et hircos septem pro peccato, pro regno, pro sanctuario, pro Juda : dixitque sacerdotibus filiis Aaron, ut offerrent super altare Domini.
22They killed therefore the oxen, and the Priests took the blood, and poured it upon the altar, they killed also the rams, and their blood they poured also upon the altar, and they immolated the lambs, and poured the blood upon the altar.They killed therfore the oxen, and the Priestes tooke the bloud, and powred it vpon the altar, they killed also the rammes, and their bloud they powred also vpon the altar, and they immolated the lambes, and powred the bloud vpon the altar.Mactaverunt igitur tauros, et susceperunt sanguinem sacerdotes, et fuderunt illum super altare : mactaverunt etiam arietes, et illorum sanguinem super altare fuderunt, immolaveruntque agnos, et fuderunt super altare sanguinem.
23They brought the buckgoats for sin before the king, and the whole multitude, and they put their hands upon them:They brought the buckgoates for sinne before the king, and the whole multitude, and they put their handes vpon them:Applicuerunt hircos pro peccato coram rege, et universa multitudine, imposueruntque manus suas super eos :
24and the Priests immolated them, and sprinkled their blood on the altar for an expiation of all Israel: for the king had commanded for all Israel, that holocaust should be made, and for sin.and the Priestes immolated them, and sprinkled their bloud on the altar for an expiation of al Israel: for the king had commanded for al Israel, that holocaust should be made, and for sinne.✦et immolaverunt illos sacerdotes, et asperserunt sanguinem eorum coram altare pro piaculo universi Israëlis : pro omni quippe Israël præceperat rex ut holocaustum fieret, et pro peccato.
25He appointed also the Levites in the house of our Lord with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps according to the disposition of David the king, and of Gad the Seer, and of Nathan the Prophet: for it was the precept of our Lord by the hand of his prophets.He appoynted also the Leuites in the house of our Lord with cymbals, and psalteries, and harpes according to the disposition of Dauid the king, and of Gad the Seer, and of Nathan the Prophete: for it was the precept of our Lord by the hand of his prophetes.Constituit quoque Levitas in domo Domini cum cymbalis, et psalteriis, et citharis secundum dispositionem David regis, et Gad videntis, et Nathan prophetæ : siquidem Domini præceptum fuit per manum prophetarum ejus.
26And the Levites stood, holding the instruments of David, and the Priests trumpets.And the Leuites stoode, holding the instrumentes of Dauid, and the Priestes trumpettes.Steteruntque Levitæ tenentes organa David, et sacerdotes tubas.
27And Ezechias commanded that they should offer holocausts upon the altar: and when holocausts were offered, they began to sing praises to our Lord, and to sound with trumpets, and on divers instruments, which David the king of Israel had prepared for to sound.And Ezechias commanded that they should offer holocaustes vpon the altar: and when holocaustes were offered, they began to sing prayses to our Lord, and to sound with trumpettes, and on diuerse instrumentes, which Dauid the king of Israel had prepared for to sound.Et jussit Ezechias ut offerrent holocausta super altare : cumque offerrentur holocausta, cœperunt laudes canere Domino, et clangere tubis, atque in diversis organis quæ David rex Israël præparaverat, concrepare.
28And all the multitude adoring, the singing men, and they that held the trumpets, were in their office, whiles the holocaust was accomplished.And al the multitude adoring, the singing men, and they that held the trumpettes, were in their office, whiles the holocaust was accomplished.Omni autem turba adorante, cantores, et ii qui tenebant tubas, erant in officio suo donec compleretur holocaustum.
29And when the oblation was ended, the king bowed, and all that were with him, and adored.And when the oblation was ended, the king bowed, and al that were with him, and adored.Cumque finita esset oblatio, incurvatus est rex, et omnes qui erant cum eo, et adoraverunt.
30And Ezechias, and the princes commanded the Levites, that they should praise our Lord in the words of David, and Asaph the Seer: who praised him with great joy, and bowing the knee adored.And Ezechias, and the princes commanded the Leuites, that they should prayse our Lord in the wordes of Dauid, and Asaph the Seer: who praysed him with great ioy, and bowing the knee adored.✦Præcepitque Ezechias et principes Levitis, ut laudarent Dominum sermonibus David, et Asaph videntis : qui laudaverunt eum magna lætitia, et incurvato genu adoraverunt.
31But Ezechias added these words also: You have filled your hands to our Lord, come, and offer victims, and praises in the house of our Lord. All the multitude therefore offered hosts, and praises, and holocausts with a devout mind.But Ezechias added these wordes also: You haue filled your handes to our Lord, come, and offer victimes, and prayses in the house of our Lord. Al the multitude therfore offered hostes, and prayses, and holocaustes with a deuout minde.✦Ezechias autem etiam hæc addidit : Implestis manus vestras Domino : accedite, et offerte victimas et laudes in domo Domini. Obtulit ergo universa multitudo hostias, et laudes, et holocausta, mente devota.
32Moreover the number of the holocausts, which the multitude offered, was this, oxen seventy, rams an hundred, lambs two hundred.Moreouer the number of the holocaustes, which the multitude offered, was this, oxen seuentie, rammes an hundred, lambes two hundred.Porro numerus holocaustorum quæ obtulit multitudo, hic fuit : tauros septuaginta, arietes centum, agnos ducentos.
33And they sanctified to our Lord oxen six hundred, and sheep three thousand.And they sanctified to our Lord oxen six hunered, & sheepe three thousand.✦Sanctificaveruntque Domino boves sexcentos, et oves tria millia.
34But the Priests were few, neither could they suffice to draw of the skins of the holocausts: wherefore the Levites also their brethren adjuverunt: helped them, till the work was accomplished, and the Priests were sanctified, for the Levites are sanctified with an easier rite, then the Priests.But the Priestes were few, neither could they suffise to draw of the skinnes of the holocaustes: wherfore the Leuites also their brethren holpe them, til the worke was accomplished, and the Priestes were sanctified, for the Leuites are sanctified with an easier rite, then the Priestes.✦Sacerdotes vero pauci erant, nec poterant sufficere ut pelles holocaustorum detraherent : unde et Levitæ fratres eorum adjuverunt eos, donec impleretur opus, et sanctificarentur antistites : Levitæ quippe faciliori ritu sanctificantur quam sacerdotes.
35There were holocausts therefore very many, the fat of pacificorum: peace offerings, and the libamina: drink offerings poured out before the Lord of the holocausts: and the service of the house of our Lord was accomplished.There were holocaustes therfore verie many, the fatte of pacifiques, and the libamentes of the holocaustes: and the seruice of the house of our Lord was accomplished.Fuerunt ergo holocausta plurima, adipes pacificorum, et libamina holocaustorum : et completus est cultus domus Domini.
36And Ezechias rejoiced, and all the people, because the ministry of our Lord was accomplished. For it pleased them that the thing should be done of a sudden.And Ezechias reioysed, and al the people, because the ministerie of our Lord was accomplished. For it pleased them that the thing should be done of a soden.Lætatusque est Ezechias et omnis populus, eo quod ministerium Domini esset expletum : de repente quippe hoc fieri placuerat.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.