And Yeĥizqiyyahu sent to all Yisra᾽el and Yehuda, and wrote letters also to Efrayim and Menashshe, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Yerushalayim, to keep the passover to the Lord God of Yisra᾽el.

And Yechizkiyahu sent to all of Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Menasheh to come to the house of the L rd in Jerusalem to perform the Pesach (sacrifice) to the L rd, the G d of Israel.

For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Yerushalayim, to keep the passover in the second month.

And the king and his officers and all the congregation took counsel in Jerusalem to perform the Pesach in the second month.

For they could not keep it in its time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, nor had the people gathered themselves together to Yerushalayim.

For they could not perform it at that time [(in the first month, Nissan, as prescribed)], for a sufficient number of priests had not (yet) cleansed themselves, and [all] the people had not yet gathered in Jerusalem.

And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.

And the thing was just in the eyes of the king and in the eyes of all the congregation.

So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Yisra᾽el, from Be᾽er-sheva as far as Dan, that they should come to keep the passover to the Lord God of Yisra᾽el at Yerushalayim: for they had not done it for long as it was written.

And they resolved that it be proclaimed in all of Israel, from Beersheva until Dan, to come to perform the Pesach to the L rd, the G d of Israel, in Jerusalem, because for many (years) they had not performed it as prescribed.

So the runners went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Yisra᾽el and Yehuda, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, You children of Yisra᾽el, turn back to the Lord God of Avraham, Yiżĥaq, and Yisra᾽el, and he will turn again to the remnant of you, who have escaped out of the hand of the kings of Ashshur.

And the runners went with letters from the hand of the king and his officers throughout all of Israel and Judah, saying, by command of the king: Children of Israel, return to the L rd, the G d of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and He will return to the remnant left of you from the hand of the kings of Ashur.

And be not like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as you see.

And do not be like your fathers and like your brothers, who were faithless to the L rd, the G d of their fathers, who condemned them to desolation, as you (now) see.

Now be not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever: and worship the Lord your God, so that the fierceness of his anger may turn away from you.

Now, do not stiffen your necks as your fathers (did). Cast your lot with the L rd, and come to His sanctuary which He has consecrated forever, and serve the L rd your G d, and He will remove His wrath from you.

For if you return to the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before those who led them away captive, so that they shall come back into this land: for the Lord your God is gracious, and merciful, and he will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him.

For when you return to the L rd, your brothers and your sons [in exile] will [find] mercy in the eyes of their captors, and [they will be permitted] to return to this land. For gracious and merciful is the L rd your G d, and He will not turn His face from you if you return to Him.

So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Efrayim and Menashshe as far as Zevulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

And the runners passed from city to city in the land of Ephraim and Menasheh until Zevulun, but they laughed at them and mocked them.

Nevertheless certain men of Asher and Menashshe and of Zevulun humbled themselves, and came to Yerushalayim.

But [some] men of Asher and Menasheh and Zevulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

The hand of God was also upon Yehuda to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.

In Judah, too, was the hand of G d to give them one heart to do the command of the king and of the officers by word of the L rd.

And there assembled at Yerushalayim a numerous concourse to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

And there assembled in Jerusalem a great throng to celebrate the Festival of Matzoth in the second month, a very great congregation.

And they arose and took away the altars that were in Yerushalayim, and all the altars for incense they took away, and cast them into the wadi of Qidron.

And they arose and removed all the altars [to idolatry] that were in Jerusalem; and they removed all of the incense [altars], and they cast them into the Kidron Valley.

Then they killed the paschal lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and they sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.

And they slaughtered the Pesach on the fourteenth day of the second month. And the priests and the Levites were embarrassed [(at having delayed cleansing themselves)], and they cleansed themselves, and they offered up [conciliatory] burnt-offerings in the house of the L rd.

And they stood in their place according to the form prescribed for them, according to the Tora of Moshe the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.

And they stood at their stations as ordained, according to the Torah of Moses, the man of G d, the priests sprinkling the blood from [the receptacle in] the hand of the Levites [(who had slaughtered the sacrifice for the owners)].

For there were many in the congregation who were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the paschal lambs for every one who was not clean, to sanctify them to the Lord.

For many in the congregation had not cleansed themselves, wherefore the Levites slaughtered the Pesach [(sacrifices)] for all who were not clean for consecration [of the Pesach] to the L rd.

For a multitude of the people, many of Efrayim, and Menashshe, Yissakhar, and Zevulun had not cleansed themselves, so that they did eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Yeĥizqiyyahu prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon

For the majority of the people, the greater part of Ephraim, Menasheh, Yissachar, and Zevulun, had not cleansed themselves, and ate the Pesach not as prescribed, Yechizkiyahu having prayed for them: "May the good L rd atone for

every one who directs his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

all [i.e., for each of them] who has readied his heart to seek out the L rd G d, the G d of his fathers, though he not [eat the Pesach] in the purity [requisite] for consecrated things."

And the Lord hearkened to Yeĥizqiyyahu, and healed the people.

And the L rd heeded Yechizkiyahu and He healed the people.

And the children of Yisra᾽el who were present at Yerushalayim kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with loud instruments to the Lord.

And the children of Israel who were in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Matzoth with great joy. And the Levites and the priests praised the L rd day by day with instruments resounding to the L rd.

And Yeĥizqiyyahu spoke encouragement to all the Levites who displayed good sense in the service of the Lord: and they did eat the food of the festival for seven days, offering peace offerings, and giving thanks to the Lord God of their fathers.

And Yechizkiyahu spoke to the hearts of all the Levites invested with goodly wisdom [(song)] for the [service of] the L rd, and they ate the festival [offerings] for seven days, slaughtering peace-offerings and thanking the L rd the G d of their fathers [(over thank-offerings)].

And the whole assembly took counsel to keep another seven days: and they kept another seven days with glad­ness.

And all the congregation took counsel to observe seven additional days. And they observed seven [additional] days of joy.

For Ḥizqiyyahu king of Yehuda did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

For Chizkiyahu king of Judah set apart for the congregation one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep. And the officers set apart for the congregation one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep, and priests in abundance cleansed themselves [(for the sacrificial service)].

And all the congregation of Yehuda, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Yisra᾽el, and the strangers who came out of the land of Yisra᾽el, and who dwelt in Yehuda, rejoiced.

And there rejoiced all the congregation of Judah and the priests and the Levites and all the people that came from Israel, and the proselytes who came from Eretz Yisrael and the dwellers in Judah.

So there was great joy in Yerushalayim: for since the time of Shelomo the son of David king of Yisra᾽el there was not the like in Yerushalayim.

And there was great joy in Jerusalem. For from the days of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there had not been the like in Jerusalem.

Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, to heaven.

And the priests, the Levites, arose and blessed the people, and their voice was heeded. And their prayer came to His holy abode in heaven.