Anden Kongebog 12
1 I Jehus syvende Aar blev Joas Konge og regerede fyrretyve Aar i Jerusalem, og hans Moders Navn var Zibja fra Beersaba.
In the seventh year of Jehu, the reign of Joash began; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
2 Og Joas gjorde det, som ret var for Herrens Øjne, alle sine Dage, i hvilke Jojada, Præsten, vejledede ham.
Joash did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh all the time, because Jehoiada the priest was instructing him.
3 Dog bleve Højene ikke borttagne; Folket ofrede og gjorde Røgelse endnu paa Højene.
But the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
4 Og Joas sagde til Præsterne: Alle Penge for de Ting, som helliges, som bringes til Herrens Hus, nemlig Penge for hver, som gaar over i Mandtallet, Penge, som de give for Personer, hver efter sin Vurdering, alle Penge, som hver Mand ofrer af et frivilligt Hjerte for at bringe dem til Herrens Hus,
Joash said to the priests, “All the money that is brought in as sacred offerings into the house of Yahweh, that money for which each person is assessed—whether it is the money collected in the census, or the money received from personal vows, or the money brought in by people motivated by Yahweh in their hearts to give—
5 dem skulle Præsterne modtage, hver af sin Kynding, og de skulle istandsætte Husets Brøst, nemlig alt det, som findes der brøstfældigt.
the priests should receive the money from one of their treasurers and repair whatever damage is found in the temple.”
6 Men i Kong Joas's tre og tyvende Aar havde Præsterne endnu ikke istandsat det, som var brøstfældigt i Huset.
But by the twenty-third year of King Joash, the priests had not repaired anything in the temple.
7 Da kaldte Kong Joas ad Jojada, Præsten, og de andre Præster og sagde til dem: Hvi istandsætte I ikke det, som er brøstfældigt i Huset? nu vel, modtager ikke Penge af eders Kyndinger, men afgiver dem til det, som er brøstfældigt i Huset.
Then King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest and for the other priests; he said to them, “Why have you not repaired anything in the temple? Now take no more money from your taxpayers, but take what has been collected for repairs of the temple and give it to those who can make the repairs.”
8 Og Præsterne samtykkede deri, saa at de ikke modtoge Penge af Folket og ikke istandsatte det, som var brøstfældigt i Huset.
So the priests consented to take no more money from the people and not repair the temple themselves.
9 Men Jojada, Præsten, tog en Kiste og borede et Hul i Laaget derpaa og satte den ved den højre Side af Alteret, hvor man gaar ind i Herrens Hus, og Præsterne, som toge Vare paa Dørtærskelen, lagde deri alle Penge, som bleve bragte til Herrens Hus.
Instead, Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of Yahweh. The priests who were guarding the temple entrance put into it all the money that was brought to the house of Yahweh.
10 Og det skete, naar de saa, at der var mange Penge i Kisten, da kom Kongens Skriver og Ypperstepræsten op, og de sammenbandt og talte Pengene, som fandtes i Herrens Hus.
Whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's scribe and the high priest would come and put the money in bags and then count it, the money found in the temple of Yahweh.
11 Og de gave Pengene, som vare aftalte, i deres Hænder, som havde med Gerningen at gøre, og som vare beskikkede over Herrens Hus; og de gave dem ud til Tømmermændene og til Bygningsmændene, som arbejdede paa Herrens Hus,
They gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of men who took care of the temple of Yahweh. They paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the temple of Yahweh,
12 og til Murmestere og Stenhuggere og til at købe Træ og hugne Sten til at istandsætte det, som var brøstfældigt paa Herrens Hus, ja til alt det, som gik med til Husets Istandsættelse.
and to the masons and the stonecutters, for buying timber and cutting stone to repair the temple of Yahweh, and for all that was needed to be paid to repair it.
13 Dog blev der ikke gjort Sølvbækkener, Knive, Skaaler, Basuner eller noget Kar af Guld eller Kar af Sølv til Herrens Hus for de Penge, som bragtes til Herrens Hus.
But the money that was brought into the house of Yahweh did not pay to make for it any silver cups, lamp trimmers, basins, trumpets, or any gold or silver furnishing.
14 Men de gave dem til dem, som havde med Gerningen at gøre, og de istandsatte Herrens Hus for dem.
They gave this money to those who did the work of repairing the house of Yahweh.
15 Og de holdt ikke Regnskab med Mændene, i hvis Haand de overgave Pengene, for at give dem til dem, som gjorde Gerningen; thi de handlede med Troskab.
In addition, they did not require the money paid for repairs to be accounted for by the men who received it and paid it to the workmen, because these men were honest.
16 Men Pengene for Skyldofferet og Pengene for Syndofferet bleve ikke bragte til Herrens Hus, de hørte Præsterne til.
But the money for the guilt offerings and the money for the sin offerings was not brought into the temple of Yahweh, because it belonged to the priests.
17 Da drog Hasael, Kongen af Syrien, op og stred imod Gath og indtog den, og Hasael rettede sit Ansigt til at drage op imod Jerusalem.
Then Hazael king of Aram attacked and fought against Gath, and took it. Hazael then turned to attack Jerusalem.
18 Da tog Joas, Judas Konge, alle de hellige Ting, som Josafat og Joram og Ahasia, hans Fædre, Judas Konger, havde helliget, og hvad han selv havde helliget, dertil alt det Guld, som man fandt i Herrens Hus's og i Kongens Hus's Skatkamre, og sendte det til Hasael, Kongen af Syrien; og denne drog da bort fra Jerusalem.
Joash king of Judah took all the things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had set apart, and what he had set apart, and all the gold that was found in the storerooms of the houses of Yahweh and of the king and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem.
19 Men det øvrige af Joas's Handeler, og alt det, som han gjorde, ere de Ting ikke skrevne i Judas Kongers Krønikers Bog?
As for the other matters concerning Joash, all that he did, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah?
20 Og hans Tjenere rejste sig og indgik et Forbund, og de ihjelsloge Joas i Millos Hus, hvor man gaar ned til Silla:
His servants arose and plotted together; they attacked Joash in Beth Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
21 Nemlig Josakar, Simeaths Søn, og Josabad, Somers Søn, hans Tjenere, sloge ham ihjel, og han døde; og de begravede ham hos hans Fædre i Davids Stad, og Amazia, hans Søn, blev Konge i hans Sted.
Jozabad son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad son of Shomer, his servants, attacked him, and he died. They buried Joash with his ancestors in the city of David, and Amaziah, his son, became king in his place.
