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١ 1 فِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ يَاهُو تَوَلَّى يَهُوآشُ عَرْشَ يَهُوذَا، فَمَلَكَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَاسْمُ 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 وَسَلَكَ يَهُوآشُ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ طَوَالَ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي أَشْرَفَ فِيهَا يَهُويَادَاعُ الْكَاهِنُ عَلَى تَوْجِيهِهِ،

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

٣ 3 غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَهْدِمِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، بَلْ ظَلَّ الشَّعْبُ يَذْبَحُ وَيُوقِدُ عَلَيْهَا.

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: «اجْمَعُوا الْفِضَّةَ الْمُخَصَّصَةَ لِلتَّقْدِمَاتِ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَالْفِضَّةَ الَّتِي جُبِيَتْ مِنَ الإِحْصَاءِ، وَفِضَّةَ النُّذُورِ، وَالْفِضَّةَ الْمُقَدَّمَةَ بِصُورَةٍ طَوْعِيَّةٍ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

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 وَلْيَتَسَلَّمْ كُلُّ كَاهِنٍ الْفِضَّةَ مِنْ أَمِينِ الْمَالِ لِتَرْمِيمِ كُلِّ مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ».

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

٦ 6 وَلَكِنَّ الْهَيْكَلَ ظَلَّ مِنْ غَيْرِ تَرْمِيمٍ أَوْ إِصْلاحٍ حَتَّى الْعَامِ الثَّالِثِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكْمِ يَهُوآشَ.

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

٧ 7 فَاسْتَدْعَى الْمَلِكُ يَهُوآشُ يَهُويَادَاعَ رَئِيسَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَسَائِرَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لِمَاذَا لَمْ تُرَمِّمُوا مَا تَهَدَّمَ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ؟ وَالآنَ لَا تَأْخُذُوا فِضَّةً مِنْ أَمِينِ الْمَالِ، بَلْ لِتَظَلَّ مُخَصَّصَةً لِتَرْمِيمِ مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ».

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 الْكَهَنَةُ أَنْ لَا يَأْخُذُوا فِضَّةً مِنَ الشَّعْبِ لِحَاجَتِهِمْ، وَأَنْ لَا يَقُومُوا بِتَرْمِيمِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ.

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 وَأَحْضَرَ يَهُويَادَاعُ الْكَاهِنُ صُنْدُوقاً ثَقَبَ فِي غِطَائِهِ ثُقْباً، وَوَضَعَهُ إِلَى يَمِينِ الْمَذْبَحِ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، فَكَانَ الْكَهَنَةُ حُرَّاسُ الْمَدْخَلِ يَضَعُونَ فِيهِ كُلَّ الْفِضَّةِ الْمُقَدَّمَةِ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

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 كُلَّمَا امْتَلأَ الصُّنْدُوقُ بِالْفِضَّةِ يَحْضُرُ كَاتِبُ الْمَلِكِ وَرَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ فَيُحْصِيَانِهَا وَيَصُرَّانِهَا.

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 وَيُسَلِّمَانِ الْفِضَّةَ الْمُحْصَاةَ إِلَى النُّظَّارِ الْمُوَكَّلِينَ بِالإِشْرَافِ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ فَيَدْفَعُونَهَا لِلنَّجَّارِينَ وَالْبَنَّائِينَ الْعَامِلِينَ فِي تَرْمِيمِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ،

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 الْجُدْرَانِ وَنَحَّاتِي الْحِجَارَةِ، وَكَذَلِكَ لِشِرَاءِ الأَخْشَابِ وَالْحِجَارَةِ الْمَنْحُوتَةِ، لِتَرْمِيمِ كُلِّ مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَلِغَيْرِهَا مِنْ نَفَقَاتِ التَّرْمِيمِ.

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 إِلّا أَنَّ الأَمْوَالَ لَمْ تُسْتَخْدَمْ فِي صُنْعِ طُسُوسِ فِضَّةٍ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَلا مِقَصَّاتٍ، وَلا مَنَاضِحَ، وَلا أَبْوَاقٍ وَآنِيَةِ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ.

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 يُسَلِّمُونَ الْفِضَّةَ كُلَّهَا لِلنُّظَّارِ الْمُشْرِفِينَ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ، فَيَقُومُ هَؤُلاءِ بِتَرْمِيمِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

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

١٥ 15 وَلَمْ يُطَالَبِ الْمُشْرِفُونَ عَلَى سَيْرِ الْعَمَلِ بِتَقْدِيمِ حِسَابٍ عَمَّا أَنْفَقُوهُ عَلَى الْعَامِلِينَ فِي إِصْلاحِ الْهَيْكَلِ، لأَنَّ هَؤُلاءِ النُّظَّارَ 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 أَمَّا الفِضَّةُ الَّتِي قَدَّمَهَا الشَّعْبُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَبِيحَةِ الإِثْمِ وَذَبِيحَةِ الْخَطِيئَةِ فَلَمْ تُحْسَبْ مَعَ الْفِضَّةِ الدَّاخِلَةِ إِلَى صُنْدُوقِ الْهَيْكَلِ، بَلْ أُعْطِيَتْ 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 وَزَحَفَ فِي نَحْوِ ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ حَزَائِيلُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ وَهَاجَمَ جَتَّ وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهَ لِمُهَاجَمَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَإسْقَاطِهَا.

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

١٨ 18 فَجَمَعَ يَهُوآشُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا كُلَّ الأَقْدَاسِ الَّتِي خَصَّصَهَا يَهُوشَافَاطُ وَيَهُورَامُ وَأَخَزْيَا آبَاؤُهُ مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا، وَمَا خَصَّصَهُ هُوَ مِنْ أَقْدَاسٍ، وَكُلَّ الذَّهَبِ الْمَوْجُودِ فِي خَزَائِنِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَقَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَأَرْسَلَهَا إِلَى حَزَائِيلَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ. فَرَجَعَ عَنْ مُهَاجَمَةِ 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 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَهُوآشَ وَأَعْمَالُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ مُلُوكِ 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 وَتَمَرَّدَ عَلَيْهِ بَعْضُ ضُبَّاطِهِ فَقَتَلُوهُ فِي بَيْتِ الْقَلْعَةِ عِنْدَ الطَّرِيقِ الْمُفْضِي إِلَى سَلَّى.

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

٢١ 21 إِذْ اغْتَالَهُ يُوزَاكَارُ بْنُ شِمْعَةَ وَيَهُوزَابَادُ بْنُ شُومِيرَ، فَدَفَنُوهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ. وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَمَصْيَا عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.

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.