اَلْمُلُوكِ ٱلثَّانِي 12

١ 1 فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلسَّابِعَةِ لِيَاهُو، مَلَكَ يَهُوآشُ. مَلَكَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ ظَبْيَةُ مِنْ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ.

Joash became king in the seventh year of the reign of Jehu, and he reigned in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

٢ 2 وَعَمِلَ يَهُوآشُ مَا هُوَ مُسْتَقِيمٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ كُلَّ أَيَّامِهِ ٱلَّتِي فِيهَا عَلَّمَهُ يَهُويَادَاعُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ،

Joash did what was right in the Lord's sight during the years that Jehoiada the priest advised him.

٣ 3 إِلَّا أَنَّ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ لَمْ تُنْتَزَعْ، بَلْ كَانَ ٱلشَّعْبُ لَا يَزَالُونَ يَذْبَحُونَ وَيُوقِدُونَ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ.

Even so, the high places were not removed—the people went on sacrificing and presenting burnt offerings at these places.

٤ 4 وَقَالَ يَهُوآشُ لِلْكَهَنَةِ: «جَمِيعُ فِضَّةِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ ٱلَّتِي أُدْخِلَتْ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، ٱلْفِضَّةُ ٱلرَّائِجَةُ، فِضَّةُ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ حَسَبَ ٱلنُّفُوسِ ٱلْمُقَوَّمَةِ، كُلُّ فِضَّةٍ يَخْطُرُ بِبَالِ إِنْسَانٍ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهَا إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ،

Joash told the priests, “Collect together all the money that is brought as holy offerings to the Lord's Temple, whether the census money, the money from individual vows, and the money brought as a voluntary donation to the Lord's Temple.

٥ 5 لِيَأْخُذَهَا ٱلْكَهَنَةُ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ صَاحِبِهِ، وَهُمْ يُرَمِّمُونَ مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ، كُلَّ مَا وُجِدَ فِيهِ مُتَهَدِّمًا».

Let each priest receive the money from those who give, and use it to repair whatever damage is discovered in the Temple.”

٦ 6 وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّالِثَةِ وَٱلْعِشْرِينَ لِلْمَلِكِ يَهُوآشَ لَمْ تَكُنِ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ رَمَّمُوا مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ.

But by the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, the priests still had not repaired the damage to the Temple.

٧ 7 فَدَعَا ٱلْمَلِكُ يَهُوآشُ يَهُويَادَاعَ ٱلْكَاهِنَ وَٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لِمَاذَا لَمْ تُرَمِّمُوا مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ؟ فَٱلْآنَ لَا تَأْخُذُوا فِضَّةً مِنْ عِنْدِ أَصْحَابِكُمْ، بَلِ ٱجْعَلُوهَا لِمَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ».

So King Joash called together Jehoiada and the other priests and asked, “Why haven't you repaired the damage in the Temple? Don't use any more money you're given for yourselves, instead hand it over to others to repair the Temple.”

٨ 8 فَوَافَقَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ عَلَى أَنْ لَا يَأْخُذُوا فِضَّةً مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ، وَلَا يُرَمِّمُوا مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ.

The priests agreed not to receive any more money from the people, and that they wouldn't carry out the repairs to the Temple themselves.

٩ 9 فَأَخَذَ يَهُويَادَاعُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ صُنْدُوقًا وَثَقَبَ ثَقْبًا فِي غِطَائِهِ، وَجَعَلَهُ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ عِنْدَ دُخُولِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ. وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ حَارِسُو ٱلْبَابِ جَعَلُوا فِيهِ كُلَّ ٱلْفِضَّةِ ٱلْمُدْخَّلَةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

Jehoiada the priest took a large wooden box, cut a hole in its lid, and placed it on the right side of the altar next to the entrance to the Lord's Temple. There the priests who guarded the doorway put all the money brought into the Lord's Temple into the collection box.

١٠ 10 وَكَانَ لَمَّا رَأَوْا ٱلْفِضَّةَ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ فِي ٱلصُّنْدُوقِ، أَنَّهُ صَعِدَ كَاتِبُ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَٱلْكَاهِنُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ وَصَرُّوا وَحَسَبُوا ٱلْفِضَّةَ ٱلْمَوْجُودَةَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

Whenever they saw there was a lot of money in the box, the king's secretary and the high priest would come, count the money brought into the Lord's Temple, and put it into bags.

١١ 11 وَدَفَعُوا ٱلْفِضَّةَ ٱلْمَحْسُوبَةَ إِلَى أَيْدِي عَامِلِي ٱلشُّغْلِ ٱلْمُوَكَّلِينَ عَلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَأَنْفَقُوهَا لِلنَّجَّارِينَ وَٱلْبَنَّائِينَ ٱلْعَامِلِينَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ،

Then they weighed out the money and gave it to the supervisors of the work on the Lord's Temple. They paid the ones doing the work—the carpenters, builders,

١٢ 12 وَلِبَنَّائِي ٱلْحِيطَانِ وَنَحَّاتِي ٱلْحِجَارَةِ، وَلِشِرَاءِ ٱلْأَخْشَابِ وَٱلْحِجَارَةِ ٱلْمَنْحُوتَةِ لِتَرْمِيمِ مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَلِكُلِّ مَا يُنْفَقُ عَلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ لِتَرْمِيمِهِ.

masons, and stonecutters. They also bought the timber and blocks of cut stone needed for the repair of the Lord's Temple, and paid all the other costs of restoring the Temple.

١٣ 13 إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُعْمَلْ لِبَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ طُسُوسُ فِضَّةٍ وَلَا مِقَصَّاتٌ وَلَا مَنَاضِحُ وَلَا أَبْوَاقٌ، كُلُّ آنِيَةِ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَآنِيَةِ ٱلْفِضَّةِ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ ٱلدَّاخِلَةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ،

However, the money collected for the Lord's Temple was not used for making silver basins, lamp trimmers, bowls, trumpets, or any items of gold or silver for the Lord's Temple.

١٤ 14 بَلْ كَانُوا يَدْفَعُونَهَا لِعَامِلِي ٱلشُّغْلِ، فَكَانُوا يُرَمِّمُونَ بِهَا بَيْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

It was used to pay the workers doing the repairs to the Lord's Temple.

١٥ 15 وَلَمْ يُحَاسِبُوا ٱلرِّجَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ سَلَّمُوهُمُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لِكَيْ يُعْطُوهَا لِعَامِلِي ٱلشُّغْلِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ بِأَمَانَةٍ.

No accounts were demanded from the men who received the money to pay the workers because they did everything honestly.

١٦ 16 وَأَمَّا فِضَّةُ ذَبِيحَةِ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَفِضَّةُ ذَبِيحَةِ ٱلْخَطِيَّةِ فَلَمْ تُدْخَلْ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، بَلْ كَانَتْ لِلْكَهَنَةِ.

The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not collected for the Lord's Temple because it belonged to the priests.

١٧ 17 حِينَئِذٍ صَعِدَ حَزَائِيلُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ وَحَارَبَ جَتَّ وَأَخَذَهَا، ثُمَّ حَوَّلَ حَزَائِيلُ وَجْهَهُ لِيَصْعَدَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

Around this time Hazael, king of Aram, went and attacked Gath, and captured it. Then he marched to attack Jerusalem.

١٨ 18 فَأَخَذَ يَهُوآشُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا جَمِيعَ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ ٱلَّتِي قَدَّسَهَا يَهُوشَافَاطُ وَيَهُورَامُ وَأَخَزْيَا آبَاؤُهُ مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا، وَأَقْدَاسَهُ وَكُلَّ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلْمَوْجُودِ فِي خَزَائِنِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَبَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَأَرْسَلَهَا إِلَى حَزَائِيلَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ فَصَعِدَ عَنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

So King Joash of Judah took all the holy objects dedicated by his forefathers Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah, along with all the items he had dedicated himself, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the Lord's Temple and the royal palace, and he sent everything to Hazael, king of Aram. So Hazael retreated from Jerusalem.

١٩ 19 وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ يُوآشَ وَكُلُّ مَا عَمِلَ، أَمَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لِمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

The rest of what happened in Joash's reign and all that he did are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.

٢٠ 20 وَقَامَ عَبِيدُهُ وَفَتَنُوا فِتْنَةً وَقَتَلُوا يُوآشَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلْقَلْعَةِ حَيْثُ يَنْزِلُ إِلَى سَلَّى.

His officials plotted against him and murdered him at Beth Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.

٢١ 21 لِأَنَّ يُوزَاكَارَ بْنَ شِمْعَةَ وَيَهُوزَابَادَ بْنَ شُومِيرَ عَبْدَيْهِ ضَرَبَاهُ فَمَاتَ، فَدَفَنُوهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَمَلَكَ أَمَصْيَا ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.

The officials who attacked and killed him were Jozacar, son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, son of Shomer. They buried him with his forefathers in the City of David. His son Amaziah succeeded him as king.