March 18, 2012, First Reading

The Second Book of Chronicles 36: 14-16, 19-23

36:14 Yna hefyd, all the leaders of the priests, with the people, transgressed iniquitously, in accord with all the abominations of the Gentiles. And they polluted the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.
36:15 Then the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising in the night and daily admonishing them. For he was lenient to his people and to his habitation.
36:16 But they ridiculed the messengers of God, and they gave little weight to his words, and they mocked the prophets, until the fury of the Lord ascended against his people, and there was no remedy.
36:19 The enemies set fire to the house of God, and they destroyed the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the towers. And whatever was precious, they demolished.
36:20 If anyone had escaped from the sword, he was led into Babylon. And he served the king and his sons, until the king of Persia would command,
36:21 and the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah would be fulfilled, and the land would celebrate her Sabbaths. For during all the days of the desolation, she kept a Sabbath, until the seventy years were completed.
36:22 Yna, yn y flwyddyn gyntaf i Cyrus, brenin y Persiaid, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, brenin y Persiaid, who commanded this to be proclaimed throughout his entire kingdom, a hefyd mewn ysgrifen, dweud:
36:23 “Fel hyn y dywed Cyrus, brenin y Persiaid: Yr Arglwydd, y Duw nef, has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. And he has instructed me that I should build for him a house in Jerusalem, yr hwn sydd yn Jwdea. Pwy yn eich plith sydd o blith ei holl bobl? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him ascend.”

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