Anden Kongebog 12
1 I Jehus syvende Regeringsaar blev Joas Konge, og han herskede fyrretyve Aar i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Zibja og var fra Be'ersjeba.
In the seventh year of Jehu's rule, Jehoash became king; and he was ruling for forty years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 Joas gjorde hele sit Liv, hvad der var ret i HERRENS Øjne, idet Præsten Jojada vejledede ham.
Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because he was guided by the teaching of Jehoiada the priest.
3 Hun forsvandt Offerhøjene ikke, men Folket blev ved med at ofre og tænde Offerild paa Højene.
But the high places were not taken away; the people went on making offerings and burning them in the high places.
4 Joas sagde til Præsterne: »Alle Penge, der indkommer i HERRENS Hus som Helliggaver, de Penge, det paalægges at udrede efter Vurdering — de Penge, Personer vurderes til — og alle Penge, man efter Hjertets Tilskyndelse bringer til HERRENS Hus,
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the holy things, which comes into the house of the Lord, (the amount fixed for every man's payment, ) and all the money given by any man freely from the impulse of his heart,
5 skal Præsterne tage imod, hver af sine Kendinge, og for dem skal de istandsætte de brøstfældige Steder paa Templet, alle brøstfældige Steder, som findes.«
Let the priests take, every man from his friends and neighbours, to make good what is damaged in the house, wherever it is to be seen.
6 Men i Kong Joas's tre og tyvende Regeringsaar havde Præsterne endnu ikke istandsat de brøstfældige Steder paa Templet.
But in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had not made good the damaged parts of the house.
7 Da lod Kong Joas Præsten Jojada og de andre Præster kalde og sagde til dem: »Hvorfor istandsætter I ikke de brøstfældige Steder paa Templet? Nu maa I ikke mere tage mod Penge af eders Kendinge, men I skal afgive Pengene til Istandsættelse af de brøstfældige Steder paa Templet!«
Then King Jehoash sent for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, Why have you not made good what is damaged in the house? now take no more money from your neighbours, but give it for the building up of the house.
8 Og Præsterne gik ind paa ikke mere at modtage Penge af Folket, mod at de blev fri for at istandsætte de brøstfældige Steder paa Templet.
So the priests made an agreement to take no more money from the people, and not to make good what was damaged in the house.
9 Præsten Jojada tog saa en Kiste, borede Hul i Laaget og satte den ved Stenstøtten til højre for Indgangen til HERRENS Hus, og der lagde Præsterne, der holdt Vagt ved Dørtærskelen, alle de Penge, der indkom i HERRENS Hus.
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and making a hole in the cover of it, put it by the altar, on the right side when one comes into the house of the Lord; and the priests who kept the door put in it regularly all the money which was taken into the house of the Lord.
10 Og naar de saa, at der var mange Penge i Kisten, kom Kongens Skriver og Ypperstepræsten op og bandt Pengene, som fandtes i HERRENS Hus, sammen og talte dem.
And when they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's scribe and the high priest came and put it in bags, noting the amount of all the money there was in the house of the Lord.
11 Derpaa gav man de afvejede Penge til dem, der stod for Arbejdet, dem, der havde Tilsyn med HERRENS Hus, og de udbetalte dem til Tømrerne og Bygningsmændene, der arbejdede paa HERRENS Hus,
And the money which was measured out they gave regularly to those who were responsible for overseeing the work, and these gave it in payment to the woodworkers and the builders who were working on the house of the Lord,
12 til Murerne og Stenhuggerne, eller brugte dem til Indkøb af Træ og tilhugne Sten til Istandsættelse af de brøstfældige Steder paa HERRENS Hus og til at dække alle Udgifter ved Templets Istandsættelse.
And to the wall-builders and the stone-cutters, and to get wood and cut stone for building up the broken parts of the house of the Lord, and for everything needed to put the house in good order.
13 Derimod blev der for de Penge, der indkom i HERRENS Hus, hverken lavet Sølvfade eller Knive, Skaale, Trompeter eller nogen som helst anden Ting af Sølv eller Guld til HERRENS Hus;
But the money was not used for making silver cups or scissors or basins or wind-instruments or any vessels of gold or silver for the house of the Lord;
14 men Pengene blev givet til dem, der stod for Arbejdet, og de brugte dem til Istandsættelsen af HERRENS Hus.
But it was all given to the workmen who were building up the house.
15 Og man holdt ikke Regnskab med de Mænd, hvem Pengene overlodes til Udbetaling til Arbejderne, men de handlede paa Tro og Love.
And they did not get any statement of accounts from the men to whom the money was given for the workmen, for they made use of it with good faith.
16 Men Skyldoffer— og Syndofferpengene blev ikke bragt til HERRENS Hus; de tilfaldt Præsterne.
The money of the offerings for error and the sin-offerings was not taken into the house of the Lord; it was the priests'.
17 Paa den Tid drog Kong Hazael af Aram op og belejrede og indtog Gat. Da han truede med at drage mod Jerusalem,
Then Hazael, king of Aram, went up against Gath and took it; and his purpose was to go up to Jerusalem.
18 tog Kong Joas af Juda alle de Helliggaver, som hans Fædre, Judas Konger Josafat, Joram og Ahazja havde helliget, sine egne Helliggaver og alt det Guld, der fandtes i Skatkamrene i HERRENS Hus og Kongens Palads, og sendte det til Kong Hazael af Aram. Saa opgav han Angrebet paa Jerusalem og drog bort.
Then Jehoash, king of Judah, took all the holy things which Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers, the kings of Judah, had given to the Lord, together with the things he himself had given, and all the gold in the Temple store and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael, king of Aram; and he went away from Jerusalem.
19 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Joas, alt, hvad han udførte, staar optegnet i Judas Kongers Krønike.
Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
20 Men Joas's Hoffolk rejste sig og stiftede en Sammensværgelse og dræbte ham, engang han gik ned til Millos Hus.
And his servants made a secret design and put Joash to death at the house of Millo on the way down to Silla.
21 Det var hans Hoffolk Jozakar, Sjim'ats Søn, og Jozabad, Sjomers Søn, der slog ham ihjel. Og man jordede ham hos hans Fædre i Davidsbyen; og hans Søn Amazja blev Konge i hans Sted.
And Jozacar, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer, his servants, came to him and put him to death; and they put him into the earth with his fathers in the town of David; and Amaziah his son became king in his place.
