2 Chronicles 24
1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
Yoas berumur tujuh tahun pada waktu ia menjadi raja, dan empat puluh tahun lamanya ia memerintah di Yerusalem. Nama ibunya ialah Zibya, dari Bersyeba.
2 And Joash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
Yoas melakukan apa yang benar di mata TUHAN selama hidup imam Yoyada.
3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begot sons and daughters.
Yoyada mengambil dua orang isteri bagi dia; dari mereka ia mendapat anak laki-laki dan anak perempuan.
4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to renew the house of Jehovah.
Kemudian Yoas bermaksud untuk membaharui rumah TUHAN.
5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah and collect of all Israel money for the repair of the house of your God from year to year, and ye shall hasten the matter. But the Levites hastened it not.
Ia mengumpulkan para imam dan orang Lewi dan berkata kepada mereka: "Pergilah kamu ke kota-kota Yehuda dan kumpulkanlah uang dari seluruh orang Israel untuk memperbaiki rumah Allahmu setiap tahun. Lakukanlah hal itu dengan segera!" Tetapi orang Lewi itu tidak melakukannya dengan segera.
6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses the servant of Jehovah [laid upon] the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
Lalu raja memanggil imam kepala Yoyada dan bertanya kepadanya: "Mengapa engkau tidak menuntut kepada orang-orang Lewi untuk membawa dari Yehuda dan dari Yerusalem pajak yang dikenakan Musa, hamba Allah itu, kepada jemaah Israel untuk Kemah tempat hukum Allah?
7 For the wicked Athaliah [and] her sons had devastated the house of God; and also all the hallowed things of the house of Jehovah had they employed for the Baals.
Sebab anak-anak Atalya, perempuan fasik itu, telah membongkar rumah Allah, bahkan memakai barang-barang kudus rumah TUHAN untuk para Baal."
8 And the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without,
Sesudah itu raja memerintahkan supaya dibuat sebuah peti dan ditempatkan di depan pintu gerbang rumah TUHAN,
9 and they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring to Jehovah the tribute of Moses the servant of God [laid upon] Israel in the wilderness.
lalu menyuruh mengumumkan di Yehuda dan di Yerusalem, bahwa orang harus membawa bagi TUHAN pajak yang dikenakan Musa, hamba Allah itu, kepada orang Israel di padang gurun.
10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in and cast into the chest, until they had finished.
Maka bersukacitalah semua pemimpin dan seluruh rakyat; mereka datang membawa pajaknya dan memasukkannya ke dalam peti itu sampai penuh.
11 And it came to pass at the time the chest was brought for the king's control by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and high priest's officer came, and they emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
Setiap kali peti itu dibawa masuk untuk diperiksa oleh orang-orang Lewi atas nama raja, dan apabila mereka melihat bahwa sudah banyak uang di dalamnya, maka datanglah panitera raja dan kuasa usaha imam kepala mengeluarkan isi peti itu; kemudian mereka mengangkat peti itu, lalu menaruhnya pula di tempatnya. Demikianlah mereka lakukan setiap kali, dan banyaklah uang yang dikumpulkan.
12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and they hired masons and carpenters to renew the house of Jehovah, and also such as wrought in iron and bronze, to repair the house of Jehovah.
Raja dan Yoyada menyerahkan uang itu kepada mereka yang memanduri pekerjaan pada rumah TUHAN. Mereka ini mengupah tukang-tukang pahat dan tukang-tukang kayu untuk membaharui rumah TUHAN; juga tukang-tukang besi dan tembaga untuk memperbaiki rumah TUHAN.
13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.
Setelah itu mulailah tukang-tukang itu bekerja; pekerjaan perbaikan maju di bawah tangan mereka. Mereka membangun kembali rumah Allah menurut keadaannya semula dan mengokohkannya.
14 And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; and they made of it vessels for the house of Jehovah, utensils to minister, and with which to offer up, and cups, and utensils of gold and silver. And they offered up burnt-offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada.
Setelah mereka selesai, mereka membawa uang yang kelebihan kepada raja dan Yoyada. Uang itu dipakai untuk membuat perkakas-perkakas rumah TUHAN, yakni: perkakas-perkakas untuk penyelenggaraan kebaktian, perkakas-perkakas untuk korban bakaran, juga cawan-cawan dan perkakas-perkakas emas dan perak. Sepanjang umur Yoyada korban bakaran tetap dipersembahkan dalam rumah TUHAN.
15 And Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; he was a hundred and thirty years old when he died.
Yoyada menjadi tua, dan lanjut umur, lalu matilah ia. Seratus tiga puluh tahun umurnya ketika ia mati.
16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God and toward his house.
Ia dikuburkan di kota Daud di samping raja-raja, karena perbuatan-perbuat yang baik di Israel terhadap Allah dan rumah-Nya.
17 And after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and made obeisance to the king; then the king hearkened to them.
Sesudah Yoyada mati, pemimpin-pemimpin Yehuda datang menyembah kepada raja. Sejak itu raja mendengarkan mereka.
18 And they forsook the house of Jehovah the God of their fathers, and served the Asherahs and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
Mereka meninggalkan rumah TUHAN, Allah nenek moyang mereka, lalu beribadah kepada tiang-tiang berhala dan patung-patung berhala. Oleh karena kesalahan itu Yehuda dan Yerusalem tertimpa murka.
19 And he sent prophets among them to bring them again to Jehovah, and they testified against them; but they would not give ear.
Namun TUHAN mengutus nabi-nabi kepada mereka, supaya mereka berbalik kepada-Nya. Nabi-nabi itu sungguh-sungguh memperingatkan mereka, tetapi mereka tidak mau mendengarkannya.
20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood up above the people and said unto them, Thus saith God: Wherefore do ye transgress the commandments of Jehovah? And ye cannot prosper; for ye have forsaken Jehovah, and he hath forsaken you.
Lalu Roh Allah menguasai Zakharia, anak imam Yoyada. Ia tampil di depan rakyat, dan berkata kepada mereka: "Beginilah firman Allah: Mengapa kamu melanggar perintah-perintah TUHAN, sehingga kamu tidak beruntung? Oleh karena kamu meninggalkan TUHAN, Iapun meninggalkan kamu!"
21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
Tetapi mereka mengadakan persepakatan terhadap dia, dan atas perintah raja mereka melontari dia dengan batu di pelataran rumah TUHAN.
22 And king Joash remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah see and require [it]!
Raja Yoas tidak mengingat kesetiaan yang ditunjukkan Yoyada, ayah Zakharia itu, terhadap dirinya. Ia membunuh anak Yoyada itu, yang pada saat kematiannya berseru: "Semoga TUHAN melihatnya dan menuntut balas!"
23 And it came to pass at the end of the year [that] the army of Syria came up against him; and they entered into Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king at Damascus.
Pada pergantian tahun tentara Aram maju menyerang Yoas dan masuk ke Yehuda dan Yerusalem. Dari bangsa itu semua pemimpin habis dibunuh mereka dan segala jarahan dikirim mereka kepada raja negeri Damsyik.
24 Truly with a small company of men came the army of the Syrians, but Jehovah delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers; and they executed judgment upon Joash.
Walaupun tentara Aram itu datang dengan sedikit orang, namun TUHAN menyerahkan tentara yang sangat besar kepada mereka, karena orang Yehuda telah meninggalkan TUHAN, Allah nenek moyang mereka. Demikianlah orang Aram melakukan penghukuman kepada Yoas.
25 And when they had departed from him (for they left him in great diseases), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the sepulchres of the kings.
Ketika mereka pergi dari padanya, --mereka meninggalkannya dengan luka-luka berat--pegawai-pegawainya mengadakan persepakatan terhadap dia karena darah anak imam Yoyada itu, lalu membunuhnya di atas tempat tidurnya. Ia mati dan dikuburkan di kota Daud, tetapi tidak di pekuburan raja-raja.
26 And these are they that conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
Mereka yang mengadakan persepakatan terhadap dia ialah: Zabad, anak Simeat perempuan Amon, dan Yozabad, anak Simrit perempuan Moab.
27 And as to his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] upon him, and the building of the house of God, behold, they are written in the treatise of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
Tentang anak-anaknya dan ucapan-ucapan ilahi yang banyak terhadap dia, serta tentang perbaikan rumah Allah, semua itu tertulis dalam tafsiran kitab raja-raja. Maka Amazia, anaknya, menjadi raja menggantikan dia.
