2 Thusimbu 24
1 Joash leng ahung chanchun kum 7 ahibepmin ahi, chuleh Jerusalemma chun kum somli vai anahomme, anuchu Beersheba khopia konna Zibiah kitinu chu ahi
Joash was seven years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled in Jerusalem for 40 years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba [city].
2 Aman Jehoiada thempupa ahin laisen Pakai lungdei lam ngen ana bollin ahi
Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was [the Supreme] Priest.
3 Jehoiada in Joash lengpa chu ji ni apuipeh in ama nin chapa le chanuho ahinpeh lhonin ahi
Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.
4 Ama leng ahung chan phatchomkhat jouin Pathen Houin chu semphat ding ahin gotaan ahi
Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired.
5 Aman thempu holeh Levite chu Judah khopihoa hi cheleova kumlhun seh a houin semphatna dinga mipi hojouse laha sum gadong dingin thupeh aneitaan ahi. Aman gang tah a tohpat jengdiuvin thu anapen ahi, ahivangin Levi miten gangtah in anatong panthei tapouvin ahi
He summoned the priests and other descendants of Levi and said to them, “Go to the towns in Judah and collect from the people the tax money that they are required to pay each year, and use that money to pay for repairing the temple. Do it immediately.” But the descendants of Levi did not do it immediately.
6 Hijechun Joash lengpan thempulen Jehoiada chu akouvin adongtan ahi, “Ipi dinga kumseh a houin semphatna dinga Pakai lhachapa Mosen mipiholah a sum dong dinga daan anasem dungjui ja thupeh kanei chu Levi ten Judah leh Jerusalemma agadon louvu ham? atin ahi
So the king summoned Jehoiada and said to him, “Why have you not required the descendants of Levi to bring to Jerusalem from various places in Judah the annual/yearly tax that Moses said that the people of Judah must pay, for taking care of the Sacred Tent?”
7 Ajeh chu miphalou numeinu Athaliah chaten houin chu avohsetnuva Pakai houin sunga thil theng hochu Baal doi houna – ana manna asuhboh ahi
[The temple needed to be repaired] because the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had entered into the temple [and had wrecked some of the things], and had also used some of the sacred items that were in it for [the worship of] Baal.
8 Hichun lengpa thupeh dungjuijin thingkhong khatchu Pakai Houin kelkot polanga chun akhaijun ahi
So, obeying what the king commanded, the descendants of Levi made a chest and placed it outside the temple, at one of the entrances.
9 Amahon Juda gamleh Jerusalem gampumpia thu athotnun Pathen lhacha pa Mose Pathenin gamthipma thu anapeh bang banga apehding chule atohdoh chehdiu ahi
Then the king sent letters everywhere in Judah, requesting everyone to bring their tax money to the temple, like Moses had required the Israeli people to do [when they were] in the desert.
10 Hijouchun lamkai hojouseleh mipi hojouse chun kipahleh thanom tah chehin atohdohdiu hochhu thingkhonga chun aga hong dimset jiovin ahi
All the officials and the other people [agreed, and they] brought their contributions gladly. They put the money into the chest until it was full.
11 Nisehleh Levi ten thingkhong chu hiche kinna amanchah lamkai ho khutna chun agapelut jiovin ahi. thingkhong chu adimphat phatleh lengpa secretary leh thempulen thaleng khatnin sum chu alahdoh lhonna thingkhong chu aum na – a alekoikit ji lhon ahi. hitichun amahon sumtamtah akholdoh taovin ahi
Whenever the descendants of Levi brought the chest to the king’s officials, and they saw that there was a lot of money in it, the king’s secretary and the assistant to the [Supreme] Priest would take all the money from the chest, and then put the chest back in its place. They did this frequently, and they collected a huge amount of money.
12 Lengpaleh Jehoiada chun houin semphatnadinga mopohna neiho kommachun apelut jilhonin ahi. amaho chun houin semphatna dinga songkheng them holeh thingthem bolho chuleh thihkheng themho komma apehlutjiuvin ahi
The king and Jehoiada gave the money to the men who were supervising the work of repairing the temple. Those men hired stoneworkers and carpenters to repair the temple. They also hired men who worked with iron and bronze to repair things in the temple [that were broken].
13 Natongho chun hatahin atongun houin chu dettah in akisah tilla tobang asodoh sahtaovin ahi
The men who did the repair work worked hard, and the work of repairing the temple progressed. They rebuilt the temple so that it was like it was originally, and they even made it stronger.
14 Asemphat chaiphatnun Sana leh Dangka avalhochu lengpaleh Jehoiada khutna apelutnun amanin Pakai houin na manchahding sana le dangka chu kong le bel semna in amang lhonnin ahi, Jehoiada hin laisen Pakai houin nah pumgo thilto tanglouvin aboljingun ahi
When they had finished the repair work, they brought to the king and to Jehoiada the money that they had not used for the repairs. That money was used to make things to use for offering the sacrifices that were completely burned [on the altar], and to make bowls and other gold and silver things for the temple. As long as Joash lived, the people continually brought to the temple sacrifices that were to be completely burned on the altar.
15 Jehoiada chu atehcheh tan kum jakhat le som thum alhingin athitan ahi
Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old.
16 Amachu athiphatnin David khopia lengte kivuina – a avui taovin ahi, ajeh chu amahin Pakai Houin le Pathen dingin chuleh Israel mipite dingin thilpha anabollin ahi
He was buried where the kings had been buried, in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. [He was buried there] because of the good things that he had done in Judah for God and for God’s temple.
17 Jehoiada thinunghin Juda lamkaite ahungun lengpa komah chibai ahung bohun ahileh lengpan jong amaho thu angaitaan ahi
After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash, bowed in front of him, and persuaded him to do what they wanted.
18 Hitichun amahon apu apateo Pakai Pathen chu adalhaovin semthu pathen leh doiho ahouvun hitia hi asuhkhel jeh'un Pathen lunghanna Judah le Jerusalem mite chunga ahung chutaan ahi
So they and the other people stopped worshiping at the temple, and they started worshiping the poles dedicated to [the goddess] Asherah and other idols. Because of their doing those sinful things, God was very angry with the people of Jerusalem and [with the people in other places in] Judah.
19 Ahijeng vang'in Pakaiyin athemgao ho asollin amakom langa ahung kile kitnadiuvin gihnathu agasei sah in ahinla amaho ahung kilehei nompon ahi
Although Yahweh sent prophets to persuade them to return to him, and although the prophets told them about the evil things that they had done, the people would not pay attention.
20 Hijouchun Pathen lhagaochu Jehoiada thempupa chapa Zechariah chungah ahung pansan ahileh amajong munsanga adingin hitihin ahin samtaan ahi: Pakai Pathenin hitihin aseije “Pakaiyin hitin aseije, “Nanghon ipi dinga thupeh hi nangai daova nachunguva hamsetna nakiloilut khummuham! nanghon Pathen nada lhahtao vin ahileh amanjong nadalha taove!” ati
Then God’s Spirit came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the [Supreme] Priest. He stood up front of the people and said, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you disobeying what I, Yahweh, have commanded? You have abandoned me, so I will abandon you.’”
21 Lengpa Joash hin Zechariah dounan mipitoh akihoutohun, hitichun lengpa thupeh dungjuijin mipihon Pakai houin hongcha – a songin aseptaovin ahi
But the people planned to kill Zechariah. And the king joined them in doing it. The people killed Zechariah by throwing stones at him in the temple courtyard.
22 Joash lengpan apa Jehoiada in itobang thilpha abolpeh tichu asumilhel jengin achapa chu athat tan ahi, Zechariah chun athikonnin “Pakai eibolnaohohi hinvenlang kaphu neihin lahpeh teijin” atin ahi
King Joash had forgotten about how Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had been kind to him. That’s why he gave orders for the people to kill Jehoiada’s son Zechariah, who said as he was dying, “I hope that Yahweh will see [what you are doing to me] and punish [you for doing it].”
23 Hiche kumchun nipi laijin Syria sepaiten Judah leh Jerusalem mite ahindel khummun alamkai hou athat gammun thiltamtah achomdohun Damascus lengpa agah thotnun ahi
Near the end of that year (OR, early in the following year), the army of Syria marched to attack [the army of] Joash. They invaded Judah and attacked Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people. They [seized many valuable things and] sent them to their king in Damascus, [their capital city.]
24 Syria galmichu lhomcha bou ahi, ahinla Pakaiyin amaho sanga gamchenga tamjo Judahte chu ajosahin ahi ajeh chu amipi ten apu apa tao Pakai apathennu chu donlouvin anakoitaovin ahi. Hitichun Joash lengpa chunga chun Pathen thutanna analhung taan ahi
The army of Syria [that came to Judah] was very small, but Yahweh allowed them to defeat the large army of Judah, because he was punishing Joash and the other people of Judah for having abandoned him, the God whom their ancestors worshiped.
25 Ama chu nasatah in akisuhkha tan chuleh agalmiten adalhah phat chun asepai lamkai teni akihoutoh lhonin alupna – a agathat lhon taan ahi. Jehoiada thempupa chapa anatha jeh a aphu ana lah lhon ahitai. amachu David khopia anavuijun ahi, ahinlah lengte kivuina mun ana hitapoi
Before the battle ended, Joash was severely wounded. Then his officials decided to kill him for murdering Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the [Supreme] Priest. They killed him while he was in his bed. He was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, but they did not bury him in the place where the other kings had been buried.
26 Ama douna –a ana kihoutoh teni chu Ammon mi Shimeath chapa Zabad leh Moab mi Shimrith chapa Jehozabad ahi lhonne
Those who conspired to kill him were Zabad the son of Shimeath, who was a woman from the Ammon [people-group], and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith, who was a woman from the Moab [people-group].
27 Lengte lekhabu ah Joash chate thusim leh ama douna chung changa themgao thusei dohho chuleh houin ana sahphat thuho thusim ana kijih lut in ahi, ama khellin achapa Amaziah in vai ahin homtaan ahi
An account of the things that were done by the sons of Joash and the many prophecies about Joash and what he did to repair the temple are written in the scroll called ‘the History of the Kings [of Judah and Israel]’. Then after Joash died, Amaziah his son became the king.
