2 Chronicles 24

1 Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he was ruling for forty years in Jerusalem: his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

Naʻe fitu taʻu ʻae motuʻa ʻo Soasi ʻi heʻene kamata ʻene pule, pea naʻe pule ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu ʻi Selūsalema. Pea ko e hingoa ʻo ʻene faʻē ko Sipia mei Peasipa.

2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as long as Jehoiada the priest was living.

Pea naʻe fai ʻe Soasi ʻaia naʻe lelei ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo Sihoiata ko e taulaʻeiki.

3 And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

Pea naʻe ʻomi moʻona ʻe Sihoiata ʻae uaifi ʻe ua: pea naʻe tupu ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.

4 Now after this Joash had a desire to put the house of the Lord into good order again;

Pea hili ʻae meʻa ni naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe loto ʻa Soasi ke teuteuʻi foʻou ʻae fale ʻo Sihova.

5 And getting together the priests and Levites, he said to them, Go out into the towns of Judah year by year, and get from all Israel money to keep the house of your God in good condition; and see that this is done without loss of time. The Levites, however, were slow in doing so.

Pea naʻa ne tānaki fakataha ʻae kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau Livai, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, ʻAlu kituaʻā ki he ngaahi kolo kotoa pē ʻo Siuta, pea tānaki ʻae paʻanga mei ʻIsileli kotoa pē ke ngaohi ʻo fakalelei ai ʻae fale ʻo homou ʻOtua ʻi he taʻu tuku fakaholo, pea vakai ʻo fakavavevave ia. Ka naʻe ʻikai fakavavevave ia ʻe he kau Livai.

6 Then the king sent for Jehoiada, the chief priest, and said to him, Why have you not given the Levites orders that the tax fixed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and by the meeting of Israel, for the Tent of witness, is to be got in from Judah and Jerusalem and handed over?

Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi ke haʻu ʻa Sihoiata ko e tuʻukimuʻa, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Ko e hā naʻe ʻikai te ke fekau ki he kau Livai ke fetuku mei Siuta mo Selūsalema ʻae koloa tānaki, ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻa Mōsese ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻa Sihova, pea mo e fakataha kātoa ʻo ʻIsileli, maʻae fale nofoʻanga ʻoe fakamoʻoni?”

7 For the house of the Lord had been broken up by Athaliah, that evil woman, and her sons; and all its holy things they had given to the Baals.

He ko e ngaahi tama ʻae fefine angakovi ko ia, ko ʻAtalia, naʻa nau maumauʻi ʻae fale ʻoe ʻOtua: pea ko e ngaahi meʻa fakatapui foki ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova naʻa nau foaki kia Peali.

8 So at the king's order they made a chest and put it outside the doorway of the house of the Lord.

Pea ʻi he fekau ʻae tuʻi naʻa nau ngaohi ʻae puha, ʻonau tuku ia ʻituʻa ʻi he matapā ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova,

9 And an order was sent out through all Judah and Jerusalem that payment was to be made to the Lord of the tax which Moses, the servant of God, had put on Israel in the waste land.

Pea naʻa nau fai ʻae fono ki Siuta kotoa pē mo Selūsalema, ke ʻomi kia Sihova ʻae koloa tukuhau ʻaia naʻe fekau ʻe Mōsese ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻae ʻOtua ki ʻIsileli ʻi he toafa:

10 And all the chiefs and all the people came gladly and put their money into the chest, till they had all given.

Pea naʻe fiefia ʻae houʻeiki kotoa pē mo e kakai kotoa pē, ʻonau ʻomi ki loto ʻosi ki he puha, ʻonau fai ai pe ke ʻosi.

11 So when the chest was taken to the king's servants by the Levites, and they saw that there was much money in it, the king's scribe and the chief priest's servant took the money out, and put the chest back in its place. They did this day by day, and got together a great amount of money.

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻilonga ʻae ʻaho naʻe ʻomi ai ʻae puha ki he fale ʻoe tuʻi ʻi he nima ʻoe kau Livai, pea nau mamata ʻoku lahi ʻae paʻanga, naʻe haʻu ai ʻae tangata tohi ʻae tuʻi mo e matāpule ʻoe taulaʻeiki lahi pea lilingi ke maha ʻae puha, pea naʻe ʻave ia, ʻo haʻamo ki hono potu. Naʻe pehē ʻenau hokohoko fai ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, pea naʻe tānaki ʻae paʻanga lahi ʻaupito.

12 Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were responsible for getting the work done on the Lord's house, and with it they got wall-builders and woodworkers and metal-workers to put the house of the Lord in good order again.

Pea naʻe ʻatu ia ʻe he tuʻi mo Sihoiata kiate kinautolu naʻe fai ʻae ngāue ʻi he ngāue ki he fale ʻo Sihova, ʻonau totongi ki he kau tufunga maka, mo e kau tufunga ʻakau ke fakalelei ʻae fale ʻo Sihova, pea mo e niʻihi foki naʻe ngāue ʻi he ukamea mo e palasa ke ngaohi ke lelei ʻae fale ʻo Sihova.

13 So the workmen did their work, making good what was damaged and building up the house of God till it was strong and beautiful again.

Ko ia naʻe ngāue ʻae kau tangata ngāue, pea naʻe fakaʻosi lelei ʻae ngāue ʻekinautolu, pea naʻa nau teuʻi ʻae fale ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi hono anga ʻo ia, pea fakamālohiʻi ia.

14 And when the work was done, they took the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and it was used for making the vessels for the house of the Lord, all the vessels needed for the offerings, the spoons and the vessels of gold and silver. And as long as Jehoiada was living, the regular burned offerings were offered in the house of the Lord.

Pea hili ʻa hono fakaʻosi, naʻa nau ʻomi hono toe ʻoe paʻanga ki he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi mo Sihoiata, pea naʻe ngaohi ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi ipu ki he fale ʻo Sihova, ʻio ʻoe ngaahi ipu ke ngāueʻaki, pea ke fai ʻi ai ʻae ʻatu [meʻa], mo e ngaahi sēpuni, mo e ngaahi ipu koula mo e siliva. Pea naʻa nau ʻatu ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu maʻuaipē ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo Sihoiata.

15 But Jehoiada became old and full of days, and he came to his end; he was a hundred and thirty years old at the time of his death.

Ka naʻe fakaʻaʻau ʻo motuʻa ʻa Sihoiata, pea naʻe lahi hono ʻaho ʻi heʻene pekia: ko e taʻu ʻe teau ma tolungofulu hono motuʻa pea ne toki pekia.

16 And they put him into his last resting-place in the town of David, among the kings, because he had done good in Israel for God and for his house.

Pea naʻa nau tanu ia ʻi he Kolo ʻo Tevita fakataha mo e ngaahi tuʻi, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene fai lelei ʻi ʻIsileli, ki he ʻOtua, pea ki hono fale.

17 Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them.

Pea hili ʻae pekia ʻa Sihoiata naʻe haʻu ʻae houʻeiki ʻo Siuta, ʻonau fai ʻae hū ki he tuʻi. Pea naʻe tokanga ʻae tuʻi kiate kinautolu.

18 And they gave up the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and became worshippers of pillars of wood and of the images; and because of this sin of theirs, wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem.

Pea naʻa nau liʻaki ʻae fale ʻo Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai, ke tauhi ʻae ngaahi vaotapu mo e ngaahi ʻotua loi: pea naʻe hoko ai ʻae houhau ki Siuta mo Selūsalema, ʻi heʻenau angahala ni.

19 And the Lord sent them prophets to make them come back to him; and they gave witness against them, but they would not give ear.

Ka naʻa ne fekau ʻae kau palōfita kiate kinautolu, ke toe ʻomi ʻakinautolu kia Sihova: pea naʻa nau lea valoki kiate kinautolu: ka naʻe ʻikai te nau loto ke tokanga ki ai.

20 Then the spirit of God came on Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, and, getting up before the people, he said to them, God has said, Why do you go against the orders of the Lord, so that everything goes badly for you? because you have given up the Lord, he has given you up.

Pea naʻe hoko ʻae Laumālie ʻae ʻOtua kia Sakalia ko e foha ʻo Sihoiata ko e taulaʻeiki, pea tuʻu ki ʻolunga ia ʻi he kakai, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku pehē mai ʻe he ʻOtua, Koeʻumaʻā hoʻomou fai talangataʻa ki he ngaahi fekau ʻa Sihova, ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ai te mou faʻa monūʻia? Ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou liʻaki ʻa Sihova, kuo ne liʻaki ai ʻakimoutolu foki.”

21 But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house.

Pea naʻa nau alea fakataha ʻo tuʻu kiate ia ʻo tolongaki ia ʻaki ʻae maka ʻi he fekau ʻae tuʻi, ʻi he lotoʻā ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova.

22 So King Joash did not keep in mind how good Jehoiada his father had been to him, but put his son to death. And in the hour of his death he said, May the Lord see it and take payment!

Ko ia naʻe ʻikai manatuʻi ʻe he tuʻi ko Soasi ki he angalelei ʻaia naʻe fai ʻe Sihoiata kiate ia, ka naʻa ne tāmateʻi hono foha. Pea ʻi heʻene pekia, naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Ke ʻafio ki ai ʻa Sihova, pea totongi ki ai.”

23 Now in the spring, the army of the Aramaeans came up against him; they came against Judah and Jerusalem, putting to death all the great men of the people and sending all the goods they took from them to the king of Damascus.

Pea ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻoe taʻu naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe haʻu ʻae tau mei Silia ke tauʻi ia: pea naʻa nau ʻomi ki Siuta mo Selūsalema, ʻonau tāmateʻi ʻae houʻeiki kotoa pē mei he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai, ʻonau foaki ʻae koloa vete kotoa pē ʻanautolu ki he tuʻi ʻo Tamasikusi.

24 For though the army of Aram was only a small one, the Lord gave a very great army into their hands, because they had given up the Lord, the God of their fathers. So they put into effect the punishment of Joash.

He naʻe haʻu ʻae tau ʻae kakai Silia mo e kau tangata tau tokosiʻi, pea naʻe tuku ʻe Sihova ʻae fuʻu tau lahi ki honau nima, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau liʻaki ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai. Naʻe pehē ʻenau fai ʻae tautea kia Soasi.

25 And when they had gone away from him, (for he was broken with disease, ) his servants made a secret design against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they put him to death on his bed; and they put his body into the earth in the town of David, but not in the resting-place of the kings.

Pea ʻi heʻenau ʻalu ʻiate ia, (he naʻa nau tuku ia kuo ne mahaki lahi, ) naʻe lapasi ia ʻe heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki koeʻuhi ko e toto ʻoe ngaahi foha ʻo Sihoiata ko e taulaʻeiki, ʻonau tāmateʻi ia ʻi hono mohenga, pea naʻe pekia ia: pea naʻa nau tanu ia ʻi he kolo ʻa Tevita, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau tanu ia ʻi he faʻitoka ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi.

26 Those who made designs against him were Zabad, the son of Shimeath, an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, the son of Shimrith, a Moabite woman.

Pea ko kinautolu eni, naʻe fai ʻae lapa kiate ia: ko Sapati ko e tama ʻa Simiati ko e fefine ʻAmoni, mo Sihosapati ko e tama ʻa Similiti ko e fefine Moape.

27 Now the story of his sons, and all the words said by the prophet against him, and the building up again of the Lord's house, are recorded in the account in the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son became king in his place.

Pea ko e meʻa ki hono ngaahi foha, mo hono lahi ʻoe ngaahi kavenga [naʻe hili ]kiate ia, mo hono fakalelei ʻoe fale ʻoe ʻOtua, vakai, kuo tohi ia ʻi he tohi fakamatala ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi. Pea naʻe fetongi ia ʻi he pule ʻe ʻAmasia ko hono foha.