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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.

In the seventh year of Jehu became Jehoash king; and forty years did he reign in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Zibyah of Beer-sheba'.

٢ 2 وَسَلَكَ يَهُوآشُ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ طَوَالَ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي أَشْرَفَ فِيهَا يَهُويَادَاعُ الْكَاهِنُ عَلَى تَوْجِيهِهِ،

And Jehoash did what is right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, that Yehoyada' the priest instructed him.

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

Only the high-places were not removed: the people as yet sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-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.

And Jehoash said to the priests, all the money of the dedicated things that may be brought into the house of the Lord, the money of every one that passeth the numbering, the money any man is valued at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the Lord,

٥ 5 وَلْيَتَسَلَّمْ كُلُّ كَاهِنٍ الْفِضَّةَ مِنْ أَمِينِ الْمَالِ لِتَرْمِيمِ كُلِّ مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ».

The priests shall take to themselves, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach may be found.

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

But it happened, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

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».

Then called king Jehoash for Yehoyada' the priest, and the [other] priests, and he said unto them, Wherefore do ye not repair the breaches of the house? and now ye shall take no more money from your acquaintances, but ye shall give it up [at once] for the breaches of the house.

٨ 8 فَوَافَقَ الْكَهَنَةُ أَنْ لَا يَأْخُذُوا فِضَّةً مِنَ الشَّعْبِ لِحَاجَتِهِمْ، وَأَنْ لَا يَقُومُوا بِتَرْمِيمِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ.

And the priests consented neither to take any more money from the people, nor to repair the breaches of the house.

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.

But Yehoyada' the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in its lid, and he placed it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the Lord: and the priests that kept watch at the threshold put therein all the money, that was brought into the house of the Lord.

١٠ 10 وَكَانَ كُلَّمَا امْتَلأَ الصُّنْدُوقُ بِالْفِضَّةِ يَحْضُرُ كَاتِبُ الْمَلِكِ وَرَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ فَيُحْصِيَانِهَا وَيَصُرَّانِهَا.

And it happened, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high-priest came up, and they put up in bags, after having counted, the money that was found in the house of the Lord.

١١ 11 وَيُسَلِّمَانِ الْفِضَّةَ الْمُحْصَاةَ إِلَى النُّظَّارِ الْمُوَكَّلِينَ بِالإِشْرَافِ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ فَيَدْفَعُونَهَا لِلنَّجَّارِينَ وَالْبَنَّائِينَ الْعَامِلِينَ فِي تَرْمِيمِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ،

And they gave the money, after it was counted, into the hands of those who overlooked the workmen, that had been appointed as overseers of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the carpenters and to the builders, that wrought on the house of the Lord,

١٢ 12 وَلِبَنَّائِي الْجُدْرَانِ وَنَحَّاتِي الْحِجَارَةِ، وَكَذَلِكَ لِشِرَاءِ الأَخْشَابِ وَالْحِجَارَةِ الْمَنْحُوتَةِ، لِتَرْمِيمِ كُلِّ مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَلِغَيْرِهَا مِنْ نَفَقَاتِ التَّرْمِيمِ.

And to the masons, and the hewers of stone, and for the purchase of timber and hewn stones to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

١٣ 13 إِلّا أَنَّ الأَمْوَالَ لَمْ تُسْتَخْدَمْ فِي صُنْعِ طُسُوسِ فِضَّةٍ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَلا مِقَصَّاتٍ، وَلا مَنَاضِحَ، وَلا أَبْوَاقٍ وَآنِيَةِ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ.

Nevertheless there were not made for the house of the Lord bowls of silver, knives, basins, trumpets, all kinds of vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, from the money that was brought into the house of the Lord;

١٤ 14 بَلْ كَانُوا يُسَلِّمُونَ الْفِضَّةَ كُلَّهَا لِلنُّظَّارِ الْمُشْرِفِينَ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ، فَيَقُومُ هَؤُلاءِ بِتَرْمِيمِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

But they gave it to those who overlooked the workmen, and they repaired therewith the house of the Lord.

١٥ 15 وَلَمْ يُطَالَبِ الْمُشْرِفُونَ عَلَى سَيْرِ الْعَمَلِ بِتَقْدِيمِ حِسَابٍ عَمَّا أَنْفَقُوهُ عَلَى الْعَامِلِينَ فِي إِصْلاحِ الْهَيْكَلِ، لأَنَّ هَؤُلاءِ النُّظَّارَ كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ بِأَمَانَةٍ.

And they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give it to those who overlooked the workmen; for they acted in good faith.

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 for trespass-offerings and the money for sin-offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord: it belonged to the priests.

١٧ 17 وَزَحَفَ فِي نَحْوِ ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ حَزَائِيلُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ وَهَاجَمَ جَتَّ وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهَ لِمُهَاجَمَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَإسْقَاطِهَا.

At that time Chazael the king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and captured it: and Chazael directed his face to go up against 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.

Then took Jehoash the king of Judah all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Achazyahu, his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the king's house, and sent it to Chazael the king of Syria: and he withdrew from Jerusalem.

١٩ 19 أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَهُوآشَ وَأَعْمَالُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

٢٠ 20 وَتَمَرَّدَ عَلَيْهِ بَعْضُ ضُبَّاطِهِ فَقَتَلُوهُ فِي بَيْتِ الْقَلْعَةِ عِنْدَ الطَّرِيقِ الْمُفْضِي إِلَى سَلَّى.

And his servants arose, and formed a conspiracy, and smote Joash in Beth-millo, which [lieth on the road] that goeth down to Silla.

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

And Yozachar the son of Shim'ath, and Yehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amazyah his son became king in his stead.