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.

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 he did what is good before the Lord during all the days of Jehoiada, the priest.

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 Now Jehoiada gave to him two wives, from whom he conceived 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 After these things, it pleased Joash to repair the house of the Lord.

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

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.

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 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?

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 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.”

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 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.

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

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 was old and full of days. And he died when he was one hundred thirty years old.

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 buried him in the City of David, with the kings, because he had done good to Israel and to 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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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?”

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 And gathering together against him, they stoned him, beside the place of the king, in the atrium of the house of the Lord.

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 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.”

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.