2 Chronicles 24
1 Joash was seven years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zibiah, from Beersheba.
De sete anos era Joás quando começou a reinar, e quarenta anos reinou em Jerusalém. O nome de sua mãe foi Zíbia, de Berseba.
2 And he did what is good before the Lord during all the days of Jehoiada, the priest.
E fez Joás o que era correto aos olhos do SENHOR todos os dias de Joiada o sacerdote.
3 Now Jehoiada gave to him two wives, from whom he conceived sons and daughters.
E tomou para ele Joiada duas mulheres; e gerou filhos e filhas.
4 After these things, it pleased Joash to repair the house of the Lord.
Depois disto aconteceu que Joás teve vontade de reparar a casa do SENHOR.
5 And he gathered together the priests and Levites, and he said to them: “Go out to the cities of Judah, and collect from all of Israel money to repair the surfaces of the temple of your God, throughout each year. And do this promptly.” But the Levites acted negligently.
E juntou os sacerdotes e os levitas, e disse-lhes: Saí pelas cidades de Judá, e juntai dinheiro de todo Israel, para que cada ano seja reparada a casa de vosso Deus; e vós ponde diligência no negócio. Mas os levitas não puseram diligência.
6 And the king summoned Jehoiada, the leader, and he said to him: “Why was there no concern with you, so that you would compel the Levites to bring, from Judah and from Jerusalem, the money that was appointed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, so as to bring it, from the entire multitude of Israel, to the tabernacle of the testimony?
Por isso o rei chamou a Joiada o principal, e disse-lhe: Por que não procuraste que os levitas tragam de Judá e de Jerusalém ao tabernáculo do testemunho, a oferta que impôs Moisés servo do SENHOR, e da congregação de Israel?
7 For that very impious woman Athaliah and her sons have destroyed the house of God, and they have adorned the shrine of Baal from all the things that had been sanctified in the temple of the Lord.”
Porque a ímpia Atalia e seus filhos haviam destruído a casa de Deus, e ademais haviam gastado nos ídolos todas as coisas consagradas à casa do SENHOR.
8 Therefore, the king instructed, and they made an ark. And they placed it beside the gate of the house of the Lord, on the outside.
Mandou, pois, o rei que fizessem uma arca, a qual puseram fora à porta da casa do SENHOR;
9 And they proclaimed, in Judah and Jerusalem, that each one should bring to the Lord the money that Moses, the servant of God, appointed in the desert, concerning all of Israel.
E fizeram apregoar em Judá e em Jerusalém, que trouxessem ao SENHOR a oferta que Moisés servo de Deus havia imposto a Israel no deserto.
10 And all the leaders and all the people rejoiced. And upon entering, they together took and placed so much into the ark of the Lord that it was filled.
E todos os príncipes e todo o povo se alegraram: e traziam, e lançavam no arca até enchê-la.
11 And when it was time for them to bring the ark before the king by the hands of the Levites, for they saw that there was much money, the scribe of the king, and the one whom the high priest had appointed, entered. And they poured out the money that was in the ark. Then they carried the ark back to its place. And they did this on each day. And an immense sum of money was gathered.
E quando vinha o tempo para levar a arca ao magistrado do rei por mão dos levitas, quando viam que havia muito dinheiro, vinha o escriba do rei, e o que estava posto pelo sumo sacerdote, e levavam a arca, e esvaziavam-na, e traziam-na de volta a seu lugar; e assim o faziam a cada dia, e recolhiam muito dinheiro.
12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were in charge of the works of the house of the Lord. Then with it they hired hewers of stone, and artisans of every kind, so that they might repair the house of the Lord, and also so that the works of iron and of brass, which had begun to fall, would be reinforced.
O qual dava o rei e Joiada aos que faziam a obra do serviço da casa do SENHOR, e tomavam pedreiros e oficiais que reparassem a casa do SENHOR, e ferreiros e artesãos de metal para compor a casa do SENHOR.
13 And those who were hired were working industriously. And the breach in the walls was healed by their hands. And they returned the house of the Lord to a pristine state. And they caused it stand firm.
Faziam, pois, os oficiais a obra, e por suas mãos foi a obra restaurada, e restituíram a casa de Deus a sua condição, e a consolidaram.
14 And when they had completed all the works, they brought the remaining part of the money before the king and Jehoiada. And from it, the vessels of the temple were made, for the ministry and for the holocausts, including bowls and other vessels of gold and silver. And holocausts were being offered in the house of the Lord continually, during all the days of Jehoiada.
E quando houveram acabado, trouxeram o que restava do dinheiro ao rei e a Joiada, e fizeram dele vasos para a casa do SENHOR, vasos para o serviço, utensílios para os sacrifícios, colheres, vasos de ouro e de prata. E sacrificavam holocaustos continuamente na casa do SENHOR todos os dias de Joiada.
15 But Jehoiada was old and full of days. And he died when he was one hundred thirty years old.
Mas Joiada envelheceu, e morreu farto de dias: de cento e trinta anos era quando morreu.
16 And they buried him in the City of David, with the kings, because he had done good to Israel and to his house.
E sepultaram-no na cidade de Davi com os reis, porquanto havia feito bem com Israel, e para com Deus, e com sua casa.
17 Then, after Jehoiada passed away, the leaders of Judah entered and reverenced the king. And he was enticed by their obsequiousness, and so he acquiesced to them.
Depois de Joiada ter morrido, vieram os príncipes de Judá, e fizeram reverência ao rei; e o rei os ouviu.
18 And they abandoned the temple of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and they served sacred groves and graven images. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of this sin.
E abandonaram a casa do SENHOR o Deus de seus pais, e serviram aos bosques e às imagens esculpidas; e a ira veio sobre Judá e Jerusalém por este seu pecado.
19 And he sent prophets to them, so that they might return to the Lord. And though they were offering testimony, they were not willing to listen to them.
E enviou-lhes profetas, para que os reconduzissem ao SENHOR, os quais lhes protestaram: mas eles não os escutaram.
20 And so the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest. And he stood in the sight of the people, and he said to them: “Thus says the Lord God: Why have you transgressed the precept of the Lord, though it was not to your benefit, and why have you abandoned the Lord, so that he would then abandon you?”
E o espírito de Deus investiu a Zacarias, filho de Joiada o sacerdote, o qual estando sobre o povo, lhes disse: Assim disse Deus: Por que quebrantais os mandamentos do SENHOR? Não vos virá bem disso; porque por haver deixado ao SENHOR, ele também vos deixará.
21 And gathering together against him, they stoned him, beside the place of the king, in the atrium of the house of the Lord.
Mas eles fizeram conspiração contra ele, e cobriram-lhe de pedras por mandado do rei, no pátio da casa do SENHOR.
22 And king Joash did not remember the mercy with which Jehoiada, his father, had treated him; instead he put to death his son. And as he was dying, he said: “May the Lord see and take account.”
Não teve, pois, memória o rei Joás da misericórdia que seu pai Joiada havia feito com ele, antes matou-lhe seu filho; o qual disse ao morrer: o SENHOR o veja, e o exija.
23 And when a year had turned, the army of Syria ascended against him. And they went to Judah and Jerusalem. And they put to death all the leaders of the people. And they sent all the spoils to the king of Damascus.
À volta do ano subiu contra ele o exército da Síria; e vieram a Judá e a Jerusalém, e destruíram no povo a todos os principais dele, e enviaram todos seus despojos ao rei a Damasco.
24 And although certainly there had arrived a very small number of Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an immense multitude. For they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Also, against Joash they executed disgraceful judgments.
Porque ainda que o exército da Síria houvesse vindo com pouca gente, o SENHOR lhes entregou em suas mãos um exército muito numeroso; porquanto haviam deixado ao SENHOR o Deus de seus pais. E com Joás fizeram juízos.
25 And upon departing, they left him greatly debilitated. Then his servants rose up against him, in vengeance for the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest. And they killed him on his bed, and he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but not in the sepulchers of the kings.
E indo-se dele os sírios, deixaram-no em muitas enfermidades; e conspiraram contra ele seus servos a causa dos sangues dos filhos de Joiada o sacerdote, e feriram-lhe em sua cama, e morreu: e sepultaram-lhe na cidade de Davi, mas não o sepultaram nos sepulcros dos reis.
26 Truly, those who ambushed him were Zabad, the son of an Ammonite woman named Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of a Moabite woman named Shimrith.
Os que conspiraram contra ele foram Zabade, filho de Simeate amonita, e Jozabade, filho de Sin moabita.
27 But concerning his sons, and the sum of money that had been amassed under him, and the repairing of the house of God, these things have been written more diligently in the book of kings. Then his son, Amaziah, reigned in his place.
De seus filhos, e da multiplicação que fez das rendas, e da restauração da casa do SENHOR, eis que está escrito na história do livro dos reis. E reinou em seu lugar Amazias seu filho.
