2 Kings 12

1 In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.

١ فِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ مِنْ حُكْمِ يَاهُو تَوَلَّى يَهُوآشُ عَرْشَ يَهُوذَا، فَمَلَكَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ. وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ ظَبْيَةُ مِنْ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ.

2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.

٢ وَسَلَكَ يَهُوآشُ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ طَوَالَ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي أَشْرَفَ فِيهَا يَهُويَادَاعُ الْكَاهِنُ عَلَى تَوْجِيهِهِ،

3 Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.

٣ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَهْدِمِ الْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ، بَلْ ظَلَّ الشَّعْبُ يَذْبَحُ وَيُوقِدُ عَلَيْهَا.

4 Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.

٤ وَقَالَ يَهُوآشُ لِلْكَهَنَةِ: «اجْمَعُوا الْفِضَّةَ الْمُخَصَّصَةَ لِلتَّقْدِمَاتِ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَالْفِضَّةَ الَّتِي جُبِيَتْ مِنَ الإِحْصَاءِ، وَفِضَّةَ النُّذُورِ، وَالْفِضَّةَ الْمُقَدَّمَةَ بِصُورَةٍ طَوْعِيَّةٍ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

5 Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”

٥ وَلْيَتَسَلَّمْ كُلُّ كَاهِنٍ الْفِضَّةَ مِنْ أَمِينِ الْمَالِ لِتَرْمِيمِ كُلِّ مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ».

6 By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.

٦ وَلَكِنَّ الْهَيْكَلَ ظَلَّ مِنْ غَيْرِ تَرْمِيمٍ أَوْ إِصْلاحٍ حَتَّى الْعَامِ الثَّالِثِ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكْمِ يَهُوآشَ.

7 So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”

٧ فَاسْتَدْعَى الْمَلِكُ يَهُوآشُ يَهُويَادَاعَ رَئِيسَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَسَائِرَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لِمَاذَا لَمْ تُرَمِّمُوا مَا تَهَدَّمَ فِي هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ؟ وَالآنَ لَا تَأْخُذُوا فِضَّةً مِنْ أَمِينِ الْمَالِ، بَلْ لِتَظَلَّ مُخَصَّصَةً لِتَرْمِيمِ مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ».

8 So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

٨ فَوَافَقَ الْكَهَنَةُ أَنْ لَا يَأْخُذُوا فِضَّةً مِنَ الشَّعْبِ لِحَاجَتِهِمْ، وَأَنْ لَا يَقُومُوا بِتَرْمِيمِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ.

9 Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.

٩ وَأَحْضَرَ يَهُويَادَاعُ الْكَاهِنُ صُنْدُوقاً ثَقَبَ فِي غِطَائِهِ ثُقْباً، وَوَضَعَهُ إِلَى يَمِينِ الْمَذْبَحِ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، فَكَانَ الْكَهَنَةُ حُرَّاسُ الْمَدْخَلِ يَضَعُونَ فِيهِ كُلَّ الْفِضَّةِ الْمُقَدَّمَةِ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

10 Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.

١٠ وَكَانَ كُلَّمَا امْتَلأَ الصُّنْدُوقُ بِالْفِضَّةِ يَحْضُرُ كَاتِبُ الْمَلِكِ وَرَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ فَيُحْصِيَانِهَا وَيَصُرَّانِهَا.

11 Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,

١١ وَيُسَلِّمَانِ الْفِضَّةَ الْمُحْصَاةَ إِلَى النُّظَّارِ الْمُوَكَّلِينَ بِالإِشْرَافِ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ فَيَدْفَعُونَهَا لِلنَّجَّارِينَ وَالْبَنَّائِينَ الْعَامِلِينَ فِي تَرْمِيمِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ،

12 masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.

١٢ وَلِبَنَّائِي الْجُدْرَانِ وَنَحَّاتِي الْحِجَارَةِ، وَكَذَلِكَ لِشِرَاءِ الأَخْشَابِ وَالْحِجَارَةِ الْمَنْحُوتَةِ، لِتَرْمِيمِ كُلِّ مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنْ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَلِغَيْرِهَا مِنْ نَفَقَاتِ التَّرْمِيمِ.

13 However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.

١٣ إِلّا أَنَّ الأَمْوَالَ لَمْ تُسْتَخْدَمْ فِي صُنْعِ طُسُوسِ فِضَّةٍ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ، وَلا مِقَصَّاتٍ، وَلا مَنَاضِحَ، وَلا أَبْوَاقٍ وَآنِيَةِ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ.

14 Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.

١٤ بَلْ كَانُوا يُسَلِّمُونَ الْفِضَّةَ كُلَّهَا لِلنُّظَّارِ الْمُشْرِفِينَ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ، فَيَقُومُ هَؤُلاءِ بِتَرْمِيمِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ.

15 No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.

١٥ وَلَمْ يُطَالَبِ الْمُشْرِفُونَ عَلَى سَيْرِ الْعَمَلِ بِتَقْدِيمِ حِسَابٍ عَمَّا أَنْفَقُوهُ عَلَى الْعَامِلِينَ فِي إِصْلاحِ الْهَيْكَلِ، لأَنَّ هَؤُلاءِ النُّظَّارَ كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ بِأَمَانَةٍ.

16 The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.

١٦ أَمَّا الفِضَّةُ الَّتِي قَدَّمَهَا الشَّعْبُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَبِيحَةِ الإِثْمِ وَذَبِيحَةِ الْخَطِيئَةِ فَلَمْ تُحْسَبْ مَعَ الْفِضَّةِ الدَّاخِلَةِ إِلَى صُنْدُوقِ الْهَيْكَلِ، بَلْ أُعْطِيَتْ لِلْكَهَنَةِ.

17 At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.

١٧ وَزَحَفَ فِي نَحْوِ ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ حَزَائِيلُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ وَهَاجَمَ جَتَّ وَاسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ تَوَجَّهَ لِمُهَاجَمَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَإسْقَاطِهَا.

18 So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.

١٨ فَجَمَعَ يَهُوآشُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا كُلَّ الأَقْدَاسِ الَّتِي خَصَّصَهَا يَهُوشَافَاطُ وَيَهُورَامُ وَأَخَزْيَا آبَاؤُهُ مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا، وَمَا خَصَّصَهُ هُوَ مِنْ أَقْدَاسٍ، وَكُلَّ الذَّهَبِ الْمَوْجُودِ فِي خَزَائِنِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَقَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ، وَأَرْسَلَهَا إِلَى حَزَائِيلَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ. فَرَجَعَ عَنْ مُهَاجَمَةِ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

19 As for the rest of the acts of Joash, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

١٩ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ يَهُوآشَ وَأَعْمَالُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

20 And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.

٢٠ وَتَمَرَّدَ عَلَيْهِ بَعْضُ ضُبَّاطِهِ فَقَتَلُوهُ فِي بَيْتِ الْقَلْعَةِ عِنْدَ الطَّرِيقِ الْمُفْضِي إِلَى سَلَّى.

21 His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.

٢١ إِذْ اغْتَالَهُ يُوزَاكَارُ بْنُ شِمْعَةَ وَيَهُوزَابَادُ بْنُ شُومِيرَ، فَدَفَنُوهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ. وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَمَصْيَا عَلَى الْعَرْشِ.