II Livro das Crônicas 30

SAGRADA BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Ezequias enviou mensageiros a todo o Israel e a todo o Judá; escreveu também cartas a Efraim e a Manassés para convidá-los a vir ao templo de Jerusalém, a fim de celebrarem a Páscoa em honra do Senhor, Deus de Israel.	1 Also, Hezekiah sent to all of Israel and Judah. And he wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, so that they would come to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and so that they would keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel.
2 O rei, seus chefes e toda a multidão de Jerusalém, tinham resolvido celebrar a Páscoa no segundo mês;	2 Therefore, having taken counsel, the king and the rulers, and the entire assembly of Jerusalem, resolved that they would keep the Passover, in the second month.
3 não puderam fazê-lo em tempo, porque não estavam santificados sacerdotes em número suficiente, e o povo não se tinha ainda reunido em Jerusalém.	3 For they had not been able to keep it at its proper time. For the priests, who were unable to suffice, had not been sanctified. And the people had not yet been gathered together in Jerusalem.
4 Tendo isto agradado ao rei e à assembléia,	4 And the word was pleasing to the king, and to the entire multitude.
5 decidiram publicar em todo o Israel, desde Bersabéia até Dã, a ordem de vir a Jerusalém para celebrar a Páscoa em honra do Senhor, Deus de Israel, pois desde muito tempo não mais fora celebrada como estava prescrito.	5 And they resolved that they would send messengers to all of Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, so that they might come and keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem. For many had not kept it, just as it was prescribed by the law.
6 Partiram, então, os correios com as cartas do rei e dos chefes, para todo o Israel e Judá. Por ordem do rei, eles diziam: Israelitas, voltai ao Senhor, o Deus de Abraão, de Isaac e de Israel, a fim de que ele se volte àqueles dentre vós que conseguiram escapar das mãos do rei da Assíria.	6 And carriers traveled with the letters, by order of the king and his rulers, to all of Israel and Judah, proclaiming, in accord with what the king had ordered: “O sons of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel. And he will return to the remnant who escaped from the hand of the king of the Assyrians.
7 Não sejais como vossos pais e vossos irmãos que prevaricaram contra o Senhor, Deus de seus pais, o qual os entregou à desolação, como vedes.	7 Do not choose to be like your fathers and brothers, who withdrew from the Lord, the God of their fathers. And so he delivered them over to destruction, as you yourselves discern.
8 Não endureçais vossa cerviz como fizeram vossos pais. Dai a mão ao Senhor, vinde a seu santuário que ele consagrou para sempre, e servi ao Senhor, vosso Deus, a fim de que ele afaste de vós o ardor de sua cólera.	8 Do not choose to harden your necks, as your fathers did. Surrender to the hands of the Lord. And go to his Sanctuary, which he has sanctified unto eternity. Serve the Lord, the God of your fathers, and the fury of his wrath will be turned away from you.
9 Se voltardes para o Senhor, vossos irmãos e vossos filhos acharão misericórdia diante daqueles que os levaram para o cativeiro e voltarão à sua terra, pois o Senhor Deus é generoso e misericordioso e não desviará os olhos de vós, se voltardes para ele.	9 For if you will return to the Lord, your brothers and sons will find mercy before their masters, who led them away as captives, and they will be returned to this land. For the Lord your God is compassionate and lenient, and he will not avert his face from you, if you will return to him.”
10 Assim os correios passaram de cidade em cidade, na terra de Efraim, de Manassés e até de Zabulon. Zombaram deles e os escarneceram.	10 And so, the carriers were traveling quickly from city to city, throughout the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun, though they were ridiculing and mocking them.
11 Contudo, alguns homem de Aser, de Manassés e de Zabulon humilharam-se e dirigiram-se a Jerusalém.	11 Even so, certain men from Asher, and from Manasseh, and from Zebulun, acquiescing to this counsel, went to Jerusalem.
12 Também em Judá, a mão de Deus operou sobre os habitantes para dar-lhes um mesmo desejo de executar o mandato do rei e de seus chefes, conforme a palavra do Senhor.	12 Truly, the hand of God was working in Judah, to give them one heart, so that they would accomplish the word of the Lord, according to the precept of the king and of the rulers.
13 Grandes multidões afluíram a Jerusalém para celebrar a festa dos Ázimos, no segundo mês. Foi uma imensa afluência de povo.	13 And many people gathered together in Jerusalem, so that they could keep the solemnity of unleavened bread, in the second month.
14 Eles puseram-se a destruir os altares que se encontravam em Jerusalém, a destruir todos os altares dos perfumes, e os atiraram na torrente do Cedron.	14 And rising up, they destroyed the altars which were in Jerusalem, and all the things in which incense was burned to idols. Overturning these things, they cast them into the torrent Kidron.
15 Imolaram a Páscoa no décimo quarto dia do segundo mês. Os sacerdotes e os levitas, cheios de confusão, tinham-se santificado e ofereceram holocaustos no templo.	15 Then they immolated the Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month. Also, the priests and Levites, at length having been sanctified, offered the holocausts in the house of the Lord.
16 Ocupavam seu lugar normal, como o prescreve a lei de Moisés, homem de Deus. Os sacerdotes esparziam o sangue que lhes davam os levitas.	16 And they stood in their order, according to the disposition and law of Moses, the man of God. Yet truly, the priests took up the blood, which was to be poured out, from the hands of the Levites,
17 Como houvesse na assistência muitos que não se tinham purificado, os levitas encarregaram-se de imolar a Páscoa, para todos os que não estavam puros, a fim de consagrá-los ao Senhor.	17 because a great number were not sanctified. And therefore, the Levites immolated the Passover for those who had not been sanctified to the Lord in time.
18 Grande parte do povo, com efeito, muitos de Efraim, de Manassés, de Issacar e de Zabulon, comeu a Páscoa, contrariamente à prescrição, sem se ter purificado. Mas Ezequias fez por eles esta prece: Digne-se o Senhor, na sua bondade,	18 And now a great portion of the people from Ephraim, and Manasseh, and Issachar, and Zebulun, who had not been sanctified, ate the Passover, which is not in accord with what was written. And Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “The good Lord will be forgiving
19 perdoar todos os que aplicaram seu coração à procura de Deus, o Senhor, Deus de seus pais, conquanto não tivessem a purificação exigida para o santuário!	19 to all who, with their whole heart, seek the Lord, the God of their fathers. And he will not impute it to them, though they have not been sanctified.”
20 O Senhor escutou Ezequias e perdoou o povo.	20 And the Lord heeded him, and was reconciled to the people.
21 Os israelitas que se encontravam em Jerusalém celebraram alegremente a festa dos Ázimos durante uma semana: e cada dia os levitas e os sacerdotes louvaram o Senhor com instrumentos possantes em honra do Senhor.	21 And the sons of Israel who were found at Jerusalem kept the solemnity of unleavened bread for seven days with great rejoicing, praising the Lord throughout each day, with the Levites and the priests, accompanied by the musical instruments corresponding to their office.
22 Ezequias dirigiu palavras de encorajamento a todos os levitas que se tinham mostrado compreensivos no serviço do Senhor. Durante sete dias comeram as vítimas da festa, ofereceram sacrifícios pacíficos e glorificaram o Senhor, Deus de seus pais.	22 And Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites, who had a good understanding concerning the Lord. And they ate during the seven days of the solemnity, immolating victims of peace offerings, and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers.
23 Mas a opinião de toda a multidão era de prolongar a festa por mais uma semana, e esses sete dias {suplementares} foram celebrados com alegria.	23 And it pleased the entire multitude that they should celebrate, even for another seven days. And they did this with enormous gladness.
24 Ezequias tinha dado à multidão mil touros e sete mil ovelhas; os chefes ajuntaram a isso mil touros e dez mil ovelhas; os sacerdotes, em grande número, se tinham purificado.	24 For Hezekiah, the king of Judah, had offered to the multitude one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep. Truly, the rulers had given the people one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. Then a great mulititude of priests was sanctified.
25 A alegria reinava em toda a multidão dos homens de Judá, entre os sacerdotes e levitas, a multidão vinda de Israel e os estrangeiros vindos de Israel ou estabelecidos em Judá.	25 And the whole multitude of Judah, as much the priests and Levites as the entire crowd that had arrived from Israel, and also the converts from the land of Israel, and those with a habitation in Judah, was overflowing with cheerfulness.
26 Em Jerusalém houve grande júbilo, tanto que nada de semelhante se tinha visto na cidade desde o tempo de Salomão, filho de Davi, rei de Israel.	26 And there was a great celebration in Jerusalem, to such an extent as had not been in that city since the days of Solomon, the son of David, the king of Israel.
27 Finalmente os sacerdotes e os levitas levantaram-se para abençoar a multidão. A voz deles foi ouvida e a prece deles chegou até a morada santa do Senhor, no céu.	27 Then the priests and Levites rose up and blessed the people. And their voice was heeded. And their prayer reached the holy habitation of heaven.