列王紀下 12
1 耶戶第七年，約阿施登基，在耶路撒冷作王四十年。他母親名叫西比亞，是別是巴人。
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.
2 約阿施在祭司耶何耶大教訓他的時候，就行耶和華眼中看為正的事；
Joash did what was right in the Lord's sight during the years that Jehoiada the priest advised him.
3 只是邱壇還沒有廢去，百姓仍在那裏獻祭燒香。
Even so, the high places were not removed—the people went on sacrificing and presenting burnt offerings at these places.
4 約阿施對眾祭司說：「凡奉到耶和華殿分別為聖之物所值通用的銀子，或各人當納的身價，或樂意奉到耶和華殿的銀子，
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.
5 你們當從所認識的人收了來，修理殿的一切破壞之處。」
Let each priest receive the money from those who give, and use it to repair whatever damage is discovered in the Temple.”
6 無奈到了約阿施王二十三年，祭司仍未修理殿的破壞之處。
But by the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, the priests still had not repaired the damage to the Temple.
7 所以約阿施王召了大祭司耶何耶大和眾祭司來，對他們說：「你們怎麼不修理殿的破壞之處呢？從今以後，你們不要從所認識的人再收銀子，要將所收的交出來，修理殿的破壞之處。」
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.”
8 眾祭司答應不再收百姓的銀子，也不修理殿的破壞之處。
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.
9 祭司耶何耶大取了一個櫃子，在櫃蓋上鑽了一個窟窿，放於壇旁，在進耶和華殿的右邊；守門的祭司將奉到耶和華殿的一切銀子投在櫃裏。
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.
10 他們見櫃裏的銀子多了，便叫王的書記和大祭司上來，將耶和華殿裏的銀子數算包起來。
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.
11 把所平的銀子交給督工的，就是耶和華殿裏辦事的人；他們把銀子轉交修理耶和華殿的木匠和工人，
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,
12 並瓦匠、石匠，又買木料和鑿成的石頭，修理耶和華殿的破壞之處，以及修理殿的各樣使用。
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.
13 但那奉到耶和華殿的銀子，沒有用以做耶和華殿裏的銀杯、蠟剪、碗、號，和別樣的金銀器皿，
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.
14 乃將那銀子交給督工的人修理耶和華的殿；
It was used to pay the workers doing the repairs to the Lord's Temple.
15 且將銀子交給辦事的人轉交做工的人，不與他們算賬，因為他們辦事誠實。
No accounts were demanded from the men who received the money to pay the workers because they did everything honestly.
16 惟有贖愆祭、贖罪祭的銀子沒有奉到耶和華的殿，都歸祭司。
The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not collected for the Lord's Temple because it belonged to the priests.
17 那時，亞蘭王哈薛上來攻打迦特，攻取了，就定意上來攻打耶路撒冷。
Around this time Hazael, king of Aram, went and attacked Gath, and captured it. Then he marched to attack Jerusalem.
18 猶大王約阿施將他列祖猶大王約沙法、約蘭、亞哈謝所分別為聖的物和自己所分別為聖的物，並耶和華殿與王宮府庫裏所有的金子都送給亞蘭王哈薛；哈薛就不上耶路撒冷來了。
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.
19 約阿施其餘的事，凡他所行的都寫在猶大列王記上。
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.
20 約阿施的臣僕起來背叛，在下悉拉的米羅宮那裏將他殺了。
His officials plotted against him and murdered him at Beth Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.
21 殺他的那臣僕就是示米押的兒子約撒甲和朔默的兒子約薩拔。眾人將他葬在大衛城他列祖的墳地裏。他兒子亞瑪謝接續他作王。
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.
