2 Kings 12
1 In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
Katika mwaka wa saba wa Yehu, utawala wa Yoashi ulianza; alitawala kwa mda wa miaka arobaini huko Yerusalimu. Mama yake alikuwa anaitwa Sibia, wa Beersheba.
2 And Jehoash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, all the days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Yoashi akafanya yaliyo mema usoni mwa Yahwe siku zote, kwa sababu Yehoyada kuhani alimfundisha.
3 Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Lakini sehemu ya juu haikuchukuliwa. Watu wakaendelea kutoa sadaka na kuchoma ubani kwenye sehemu za juu.
4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the hallowed things that is brought into the house of Jehovah, the money of every one that passes [the account], the money at which every man is valued, [and] all the money that comes into any man's heart to bring into the house of Jehovah,
Yoashi akamwambia kuhani, “Pesa zote zilizokuja kama sadaka takatifu kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe, pesa ya matumizi pesa ya watu kadiri alivyoandikiwa kila mtu, na pesa yote aonayo moyoni mwake kuileta kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe-
5 let the priests take it, every man of his acquaintance; and let them repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach is found.
makuhani watapokea pesa kutoka miongoni mwa mmoja wa watunza pesa na kutengeneza kila sehemu itakayoonekana imeharibika kwenye hekalu.”
6 And it was [so that] in the twenty-third year of king Jehoash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
Lakini kama mwaka wa ishirini na tatu wa mfalme Yoashi, makuhani hawakuwa wameandaa kitu chochote kwenye hekalu.
7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the priests, and said to them, Why have ye not repaired the breaches of the house? And now receive no money of your acquaintances, but give it for the breaches of the house.
Mfalme Yoashi akamwita Yehoyada kuhani na kuhani mwingine; akawaambia, “Kwa nini hamjaandaa kitu chochote kwenye hekalu? Sasa msichukue tena pesa kutoka kwa walipa kodi wenu, lakini chukueni kile kilichokuwa kikikusanywa kwa ajili ya matengenezo ya hekalu na uwapatia wale wanaoweza kufanya matengenezo.
8 And the priests consented to receive no money of the people, and that they should only repair the breaches of the house.
Hivyo makuhani wakakubaliana wasichukue pesa tena kutoka kwa watu na wasitengeneze wenyewe.
9 And Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of Jehovah; and the priests that kept the door put into it all the money brought into the house of Jehovah.
Badala yake, Yehoyada yule kuhani akachukua kasha, akatoboa tundu kwenye kifuniko chake, na kuliweka karibu na madhabahu, upande wa kulia kama mtu anaingia kwenye madhabahu ya Yahwe. Makuhani ambao walikuwa wakilinda mlango wa hekalu wakatumbukiza pesa zote ambazo zilizokuwa zimeletwa kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe.
10 And it came to pass when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they tied up and counted the money that was found in the house of Jehovah.
Ikawa walipoona kwamba kulikuwa na pesa za kutosha kwenye kasha, mwadishi wa mfalme na kuhani mkuu wakaja na kuweka pesa kwenye mifuko na kisha kuhesabu, pesa ikaonekana kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe.
11 And they gave the money, weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, who were appointed over the house of Jehovah; and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders that wrought upon the house of Jehovah,
Wakawapa pesa ambayo ilikuwa imepimwa kwenye mikono ya watu ambao waliokuwa wanatunza nyumba ya Yahwe. Wakawalipa mafundi seremala na wajenzi ambao walikuwa wemefanya kazi kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe,
12 and to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah, and for all that had to be laid out on the house for repairs.
na waashi na wakata mawe, kwa ajili ya kununua mbao na kukata mawe kwa ajili ya kutengenezea nyumba ya Yahwe, na yote iliyokuwa inahitajika kulipwa kwa ajili ya kuitengeneza.
13 However there were not made for the house of Jehovah basons of silver, knives, bowls, trumpets, nor any utensil of gold or utensil of silver, of the money that was brought [into] the house of Jehovah;
Lakini ile pesa iliyokuwa imeletwa kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe haikulipwa kwa ajili ya vikombe vya fedha, mabeseni, au dhahabu au fedha yoyote ya vyombo.
14 but they gave that to the workmen, and repaired the house of Jehovah with it.
Waliwapa hizi fedha wale ambao waliokuwa wamefanya kazi ya kutengeneza nyumba ya Yahwe.
15 And they did not reckon with the men into whose hand they gave the money to be bestowed on workmen; for they dealt faithfully.
Pia, hakukuhitajika zile pesa zilipwe kwa ajili ya matengenezo ili kuwajibika kwa kuwa watu walizipokea nakuzilipa kwa watenda kazi, kwa sababu hawa watu walikuwa waadilifu.
16 The money of trespass-offerings, and the money of sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of Jehovah: it was for the priests.
Lakini pesa kwa ajili ya matoleo ya hatia na pesa kwa ajili ya matoleo ya dhambi hazikuwa zimeletwa kwenye hekalu la Yahwe, kwa sababu zilikuwa mali ya makuhani.
17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it. And Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.
Kisha Hazaeli mfalme wa Shamu akashambuliwa na kupigana dhidi ya Gathi, na kuichukua.
18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria; and he went away from Jerusalem.
Ndipo Hazaeli akageuka kuishambulia Yerusalemu. Yoashi mfalme wa Yuda akavichukua vitu vyote ambavyo Yehoshefati na Yehoramu na Ahazia, baba zake, wafalme wa Yuda, na kuviweka wakfu, na vile alivyokuwa ameviweka wakfu, na dhahabu zote zilizokuwa zimeonekana kwenye gala la nyumba ya Yahwe na la mfalme akawatuma kwenda kwa Ahazi mfalme wa Shamu. Kisha Hazaeli akaenda zake kutoka Yerusamu.
19 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Kama mambo mengine yanayomuhusu Yoashi, yote aliyoyafanya, je hayakuandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda?
20 And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash in the house of Millo, at the descent of Silla.
Watumishi wake wakainuka na kupanga pamoja; wakamteka Yoashi katika Bethi Milo, kwenye njia ya kushukia kwa Sila.
21 And Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
Yozakari mwana wa Shimeathi, na Yehozabadi mwana wa Shomeri, watumishi wake, wakamshambulia na akafa. Wakamzika Yoashi pamoja na mababu zake katika mji wa Daudi, na Amazia, mtoto wake, akawa mfalme kwenye sehemu yake.
