2 Královská 12

1 Léta sedmého Jéhu počal kralovati Joas, a kraloval čtyřidceti let v Jeruzalémě. Jméno matky jeho bylo Sebia z Bersabé.

When Jehu had been ruling Israel for almost seven years, Joash became the king of Judah. He ruled in Jerusalem for 40 years. His mother was Zibiah, from Beersheba [city].

2 I činil Joas, což dobrého jest před očima Hospodinovýma po všecky dny své, pokudž ho vyučoval Joiada kněz.

All his life, he did what pleased Yahweh, because Jehoiada the priest instructed/taught him.

3 A však výsosti nebyly zkaženy, ještě lid obětoval a kadil na těch výsostech.

But the places where the people worshiped [Yahweh] on the tops of hills were not destroyed, and they continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at those places, [instead of at the place that God had chosen for them in Jerusalem].

4 Řekl pak Joas kněžím: Všecky peníze svaté, kteréž se vnášejí do domu Hospodinova, totiž peníze těch, kteříž jdou v počet, a peníze ceny za osobu jednoho každého, a všecky peníze, kteréž by kdo dobrovolně uložil dáti do domu Hospodinova,

Joash said to the priests, “You must take all the money which the people contribute, both the money they are required to give and the money that they themselves decide to give, as sacred offerings to buy things for the temple.

5 Vezmou kněží k sobě, jeden každý od známého svého, a oni opraví zbořeniny domu všudy, kdež by bylo zboření.

Each priest must take the money from people who know him (OR, from one of the treasurers), and he must use that money to repair the temple whenever he sees that there is something that needs to be repaired.”

6 Stalo se potom léta dvadcátého třetího krále Joasa, když ještě neopravili kněží zbořenin chrámových,

But after Joash had been ruling for almost twenty-three years, the priests still had not repaired anything in the temple.

7 Že povolal král Joas Joiady kněze i jiných kněží, a řekl jim: Proč neopravujete zbořenin chrámových? Protož nyní nepřijímejte peněz od známých svých, ale na zbořeniny domu dávejte je.

So Joash summoned Jehoiada and the other priests and said to them, “(Why are you not repairing things in the temple?/You should have been repairing things in the temple!) [RHQ] From now on, you must not keep the money that you receive from people who know you (OR, the treasurers). You must give it to the people who will be repairing things in the temple!”

8 Jemuž povolivše kněží, nebrali peněz od lidu, ani neopravovali domu.

The priests agreed to do that, and they also agreed that they themselves would not do the repair work.

9 Protož Joiada kněz vzav jednu truhlici, udělal díru v víku jejím, a postavil ji vedlé oltáře po pravé straně, kudy se vchází do domu Hospodinova. I postavili tu kněží ostříhající prahu i všech peněz, kteréž vnášíny byly do domu Hospodinova.

Then Jehoiada took a chest and bored a hole in the lid. He placed it alongside the altar [for burning incense/sacrifices] that was on the right as anyone enters the temple. The priests who guarded the entrance to the temple put in the box the money that was brought to the temple.

10 A když rozuměli, že by mnoho peněz bylo v truhlici, tedy přicházel kancléř královský a kněz nejvyšší, a sčetše, schovávali ty peníze, kteréž se nalézaly v domě Hospodinově.

Whenever they saw that there was a lot of money in the chest, the king’s secretary and the Supreme Priest would come and count the money. Then they would put it in bags and tie the bags shut.

11 Odkudž vydávali peníze hotové v ruce řemeslníků postavených nad dílem domu Hospodinova, a ti obraceli je na tesaře a dělníky, kteříž opravovali dům Hospodinův,

Then, after they weighed it, they would give the money to the men who supervised the work in the temple. Then the supervisors would use that money to pay the carpenters and builders who did the repair work in the temple,

12 Totiž na zedníky a kameníky, a k jednání dříví i tesaného kamení, aby opraveny byly zbořeniny domu Hospodinova, i na všecko to, což obráceno mělo býti na dům k opravě jeho.

and the masons and the stone cutters. Also with some of that money they bought timber and stones that had been cut to be used in the repair work, and to pay all the other expenses for the repair work.

13 A však nebylo děláno do domu Hospodinova číší stříbrných, žaltářů, kotlíků, trub a žádné nádoby zlaté, ani nádoby stříbrné z peněz, kteréž přinášíny byly do domu Hospodinova,

But they did not use any of that money [to pay men] to make silver cups or wick trimmers or bowls or trumpets or any other items made of silver or gold to be used in the temple.

14 Ale těm, kteříž představeni byli nad dílem, dávali je, a opravovali na ně dům Hospodinův.

All that money was given to the men who were doing the work of repairing the temple.

15 Aniž žádali počtu od mužů těch, jimž v ruce peníze dávali, aby platili dělníkům; nebo věrně dělali.

The men who supervised the work always did things honestly, so the king’s secretary and the Supreme Priest never required that the supervisors report what they had spent the money for.

16 Peněz za vinu, a peněz za hříchy nebylo vnášíno do domu Hospodinova; kněžím se dostávaly.

But the money that people gave to pay for the wrong things that they had done and the money they gave to purify themselves because of the sins that they had committed was not put in the chest. That money belonged to the priests.

17 Tedy vytáhl Hazael král Syrský, a bojoval proti Gát a dobyl ho. Potom obrátil Hazael tvář svou, aby táhl proti Jeruzalému.

At that time, Hazael, the king of Syria, went [with his army] and attacked Gath [city] and conquered it. Then he decided that they would attack Jerusalem.

18 Protož pobral Joas král Judský všecky věci svaté, kterýchž byli nadali Jozafat a Jehoram a Ochoziáš, otcové jeho, králové Judští, i to, čehož sám posvětil, i všecko zlato, kteréž se nalezlo v pokladích domu Hospodinova a domu královského, a poslal k Hazaelovi králi Syrskému. I odtáhl od Jeruzaléma.

So Joash, the king of Judah, took all the money that the previous kings, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, had dedicated to Yahweh. He added some of his own money, and all the gold that was in the rooms in the temple where valuable things were kept/stored, and the gold in his palace, and sent it all to King Hazael, [to (appease him/persuade him to not attack Jerusalem)]. So King Hazael [took his army] away from Jerusalem.

19 O jiných pak činech Joasových, a cožkoli činil, psáno jest v knize o králích Judských.

[If you want to read more of] what Joash did, [it] is all written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

20 Potom povstavše služebníci jeho, spikli se spolu, a zabili Joasa v Betmillo, kudy se chodí do Silla,

Joash’s officials plotted against him, and two of them killed Joash on the road that goes down to [the] Silla [district]. The two men who did that were Jozabad, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer. Joash was buried in the place where his ancestors were buried, [in the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then Joash’s son Amaziah became the king of Judah.

21 Totiž Jozachar syn Simatův, a Jozabad syn Somerův. Ti služebníci jeho zabili ho, a umřel. I pochovali jej s otci jeho v městě Davidově, a kraloval Amaziáš syn jeho místo něho.