Chronicles II 24
1 Joas was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Sabia of Bersabee.
Yowaasi yalina emyaka musanvu we yafuukira kabaka, era n’afugira emyaka amakumi ana mu Yerusaalemi n’erinnya lya nnyina ye yali Zebbiya ow’e Beeruseba.
2 And Joas did that which right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jodae the priest.
Yowaasi n’akola ebirungi mu maaso ga Mukama mu biro byonna ebya Yekoyaada kabona.
3 And Jodae took to himself two wives, and they bore sons and daughters.
Yekoyaada n’amulondera abakyala babiri, era ne bamuzaalira abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
4 And it came to pass afterward that it came into the heart of Joas to repair the house of the Lord.
Bwe waayitawo ebbanga, Yowaasi n’ayagala okuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama.
5 And he gathered the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out into the cities of Juda, and collect money of all Israel to repair the house of the Lord from year to year, and make haste to speak [of it]. But the Levites hasted not.
N’ayita bakabona n’Abaleevi, n’abagamba nti, “Mugende mu bibuga bya Yuda, musolooze ensimbi eza buli mwaka okuva mu Isirayiri yenna, olw’okuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama, era mutandikirewo.” Naye Abaleevi ne batakikolerawo.
6 And king Joas called Jodae the chief, and said to him, Why have you not looked after the Levites, so that they should bring from Juda and Jerusalem that which was prescribed by Moses the man of God, when he assembled Israel at the tabernacle of witness?
Awo kabaka n’atumya Yekoyaada kabona asinga obukulu, n’amubuuza nti, “Kiki ekyakulobera okugamba Abaleevi, n’ekibiina kya Isirayiri ku lw’eweema ey’Obujulirwa, okuva eri Yuda ne Yerusaalemi okuleetanga omusolo, Musa omuddu wa Katonda gwe yalagira?”
7 For Gotholia was a transgressor, and her sons tore down the house of God; for they offered the holy things of the house of the Lord to Baalim.
Mu biro eby’emabegako, batabani ba Asaliya, omukazi oli omubi, baali baamenya ne bayingira mu yeekaalu ya Mukama, ne bakozesa ebintu byonna ebyawongebwa mu yeekaalu ya Mukama, emirimu gya Baali.
8 And the king said, Let a box be made, and let it be put at the gate of the house of the Lord without.
Awo kabaka n’alagira ne bakola essanduuko, ne bagissa ebweru wa wankaaki wa yeekaalu ya Mukama.
9 And let [men] proclaim in Juda an in Jerusalem, that [the people] should bring to the Lord, as Moses the servant of God spoke concerning Israel in the wilderness.
Ekiragiro ne kiyita mu Yuda yonna ne mu Yerusaalemi yonna, okuleeteranga Mukama omusolo, Musa omuddu wa Katonda gwe yalagira Isirayiri nga bali mu ddungu.
10 And all the princes and all the people gave, and brought in, and cast into the box until it was filled.
Abakungu bonna n’abantu bonna ne baleetanga omusolo ogwo nga basanyufu, ne baguteekanga mu ssanduuko, okutuusa lwe yajjulanga.
11 And it came to pass, when they brought in the box to the officers of the king by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that the money was more than sufficient, then came the king's scribe, and the officer of the high priest, and emptied the box, and restored it to its place. Thus they did day by day, and collected much money.
Buli essanduuko bwe yaleetebwanga Abaleevi eri abakungu ba kabaka ne balaba ng’erimu sente nnyingi, omuwandiisi wa kabaka n’omukungu wa kabona asinga obukulu, baagitwalanga ne baziggyamu, ne bagikomyawo mu kifo kyayo. Kino baakikolanga buli lunaku, era ne bakuŋŋaanya ensimbi nnyingi.
12 And the king and Jodae the priest gave it to the workmen employed in the service of the house of the Lord, and they hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, also smiths and braziers to repair the house of the Lord.
Kabaka ne Yekoyaada ne bazikwasa abo abaavunaanyizibwanga omulimu gwa yeekaalu ya Mukama, bo ne bapangisa abaagula amayinja n’ababazzi okuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama, n’abalala baali baweesi ba byuma n’ebikomo era nabo nga baakuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama.
13 And the workmen wrought, and the works prospered in their hands, and they established the house of the Lord on its foundation, and strengthened [it].
Abasajja abaavunaanyizibwanga omulimu ogwo baali banyiikivu, era n’omulimu ogwo gwali mu mikono gyabwe, era ne baddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Katonda okutuuka ku mutindo gwayo ogugisaanira, ne baginyweza.
14 And when they had finished [it], they brought to the king and to Jodae the remainder of the money, and they made vessels for the house of the Lord, vessels of service for whole burnt offerings, and gold and silver [censers]: and they offered up whole burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jodae.
Awo bwe baamaliriza, ensimbi ezafikkawo ne bazikomyawo ewa kabaka ne Yekoyaada, ate ezo ne zikozesebwa okukola ebintu eby’omu yeekaalu ya Mukama, eby’obuweereza n’eby’ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa, ne bbakuli ez’obubaane, n’ebibya ebya zaabu ne ffeeza. Era ne baweerangayo ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa mu yeekaalu ya Mukama ennaku zonna eza Yekoyaada.
15 And Jodae grew old, being full of days, and he died, being a hundred and thirty years old at his death.
Yekoyaada n’akaddiwa, n’awangaala nnyo, n’afa ng’aweza emyaka kikumi mu asatu egy’obukulu.
16 And they buried him with the kings in the city of David, because he had dealt well with Israel, and with God and his house.
N’aziikibwa mu kibuga kya Dawudi ne bassekabaka, kubanga yakola ebirungi mu Isirayiri, ku lwa Katonda ne ku lwa yeekaalu ye.
17 And it came to pass after the death of Jodae, [that] the princes of Juda went in, and did obeisance to the king. Then the king listened to them.
Awo Yekoyaada ng’amaze okufa, abakungu ba Yuda ne bajja ne bavuunamira kabaka, n’abawuliriza.
18 And they forsook the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served the Astartes and idols: and there was wrath upon Juda and Jerusalem in that day.
Ne baleka yeekaalu ya Mukama, Katonda wa bajjajjaabwe, ne baweerezanga Baasera n’ebifaananyi, obusungu bwa Katonda kyebwava bubuubuukira ku Yuda ne Yerusaalemi.
19 yet he sent prophets to them, to turn them to the Lord; but they listened not: and he testified to them, but they obeyed not.
Newaakubadde nga Mukama yabatumira bannabbi okubakomyawo gy’ali, ne babalumiriza, tebassaayo mwoyo.
20 And the Spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Jodae the priest, and he stood up above the people, and said, Thus says the Lord, Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord? so shall you not prosper; for you have forsaken the Lord, and he will forsake you.
Awo Omwoyo wa Katonda n’akka ku Zekkaliya muzzukulu wa Yekoyaada, n’ayimirira mu maaso g’abantu n’ayogera nti, “Bw’ati bw’ayogera Katonda nti, ‘Lwaki mujeemera amateeka ga Mukama? Temujja kufuna mukisa kukulaakulana. Kubanga muvudde ku Mukama naye kyavudde abaleka.’”
21 And they conspired against him, and stone him by command of king Joas in the court of the Lord's house.
Naye ne basala olukwe okutta Zekkaliya, kabaka n’alagira n’akubibwa amayinja, n’afiira mu luggya lwa yeekaalu ya Mukama.
22 So Joas remembered not the kindness which his father Jodae had exercised towards him, but killed his son. And as he died, he said, The Lord look upon [it], and judge.
Kabaka Yowaasi n’atajjukira kisa Yekoyaada kitaawe wa Zekkaliya kye yamulaga, n’atta mutabani we. Zekkaliya bwe yali ng’afa n’ayogera nti, “Mukama kino akirabe, era akuvunaane.”
23 And it came to pass after the end of the year, [that] the host of Syria went up against him, and came against Juda and Jerusalem: and they killed all the chiefs of the people amongst the people, and all their spoils they sent to the king of Damascus.
Ku nkomerero ey’omwaka, eggye ery’Abasuuli ne lirumba Yowaasi. Ne bajja mu Yuda ne mu Yerusaalemi ne bazikiriza abakungu bonna, ne baweereza omunyago gwonna eri kabaka waabwe e Ddamasiko.
24 For the army of Syria came with few men, yet God gave into their hands a very large army, because they had forsaken the God of their fathers; and he brought judgements on Joas.
Newaakubadde ng’eggye ery’Abasuuli ly’ajja n’abasajja batono, Mukama yawaayo eggye eddene ennyo erya Yuda mu mukono gw’Abasuuli kubanga Yuda baava ku Mukama, Katonda wa bajjajjaabwe. Abasuuli ne babonereza Yowaasi.
25 And after they had departed from him, when they had left him in sore diseases, then his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jodae the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchre of the kings.
Awo Abasuuli bwe baavaayo, ne baleka nga Yowaasi alumizibbwa nnyo, era abaddu be ne bamusalira olukwe, olw’omusaayi gw’abaana ba Yekoyaada kabona, gwe yayiwa, ne bamuttira mu kitanda kye. Bwe yafa, n’aziikibwa mu kibuga kya Dawudi, naye si mu masiro ga bassekabaka.
26 And they that conspired against him were Zabed the son of Samaath the Ammanite, and Jozabed the son of Samareth the Moabite.
Abaamusalira olukwe baali Zabadi mutabani wa Simeyaasi omukazi Omwamoni, ne Yekozabadi mutabani wa Simulisi omukazi Omumowaabu.
27 And all his sons, and the five came to him: and the other [matters], behold, they are written in the book of the kings. And Amasias his son reigned in his stead.
Ebyafaayo ebikwata ku batabani be, n’ebyamulagulwako, n’eby’okuddaabiriza kwa yeekaalu ya Katonda, byawandiikibwa mu ngero ez’ekitabo ekya bassekabaka. Amaziya mutabani we n’amusikira.
