2 Kings 12

1 In the seventh year of Jehu Joas began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee.

١ فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلسَّابِعَةِ لِيَاهُو، مَلَكَ يَهُوآشُ. مَلَكَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ ظَبْيَةُ مِنْ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ.

2 And Joas did that which was right before the Lord all the days that Joiada the priest taught him.

٢ وَعَمِلَ يَهُوآشُ مَا هُوَ مُسْتَقِيمٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ كُلَّ أَيَّامِهِ ٱلَّتِي فِيهَا عَلَّمَهُ يَهُويَادَاعُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ،

3 But yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

٣ إِلَّا أَنَّ ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ لَمْ تُنْتَزَعْ، بَلْ كَانَ ٱلشَّعْبُ لَا يَزَالُونَ يَذْبَحُونَ وَيُوقِدُونَ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْتَفَعَاتِ.

4 And Joas said to the priests: O All the money of the sanctified things, which is brought into the temple of the Lord by those that pass, which is offered for the price of a soul, and which of their own accord, and of their own free heart they bring into the temple of the Lord:

٤ وَقَالَ يَهُوآشُ لِلْكَهَنَةِ: «جَمِيعُ فِضَّةِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ ٱلَّتِي أُدْخِلَتْ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، ٱلْفِضَّةُ ٱلرَّائِجَةُ، فِضَّةُ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ حَسَبَ ٱلنُّفُوسِ ٱلْمُقَوَّمَةِ، كُلُّ فِضَّةٍ يَخْطُرُ بِبَالِ إِنْسَانٍ أَنْ يُدْخِلَهَا إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ،

5 Let the priests take it according to their order, and repair the house, wheresoever they shall see any thing that wanteth repairing.

٥ لِيَأْخُذَهَا ٱلْكَهَنَةُ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ صَاحِبِهِ، وَهُمْ يُرَمِّمُونَ مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ، كُلَّ مَا وُجِدَ فِيهِ مُتَهَدِّمًا».

6 Now till the three and twentieth year of king Joas, the priests did not make the repairs of the temple.

٦ وَفِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّالِثَةِ وَٱلْعِشْرِينَ لِلْمَلِكِ يَهُوآشَ لَمْ تَكُنِ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ رَمَّمُوا مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ.

7 And king Joas called Joiada the high priest and the priests, saying to them: Why do you not repair the temple? Take you therefore money no more according to your order, but restore it for the repairing of the temple.

٧ فَدَعَا ٱلْمَلِكُ يَهُوآشُ يَهُويَادَاعَ ٱلْكَاهِنَ وَٱلْكَهَنَةَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «لِمَاذَا لَمْ تُرَمِّمُوا مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ؟ فَٱلْآنَ لَا تَأْخُذُوا فِضَّةً مِنْ عِنْدِ أَصْحَابِكُمْ، بَلِ ٱجْعَلُوهَا لِمَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ».

8 And the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people, and to make the repairs of the house.

٨ فَوَافَقَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ عَلَى أَنْ لَا يَأْخُذُوا فِضَّةً مِنَ ٱلشَّعْبِ، وَلَا يُرَمِّمُوا مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْتِ.

9 And Joiada the high priest took a chest and bored a hole in the top, and set it by the altar at the right hand of them that came into the house of the Lord, and the priests that kept the doors put therein all the money that was brought to the temple of the Lord.

٩ فَأَخَذَ يَهُويَادَاعُ ٱلْكَاهِنُ صُنْدُوقًا وَثَقَبَ ثَقْبًا فِي غِطَائِهِ، وَجَعَلَهُ بِجَانِبِ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ عِنْدَ دُخُولِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ. وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ حَارِسُو ٱلْبَابِ جَعَلُوا فِيهِ كُلَّ ٱلْفِضَّةِ ٱلْمُدْخَّلَةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

10 And when they saw that there was very much money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and poured it out, and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord:

١٠ وَكَانَ لَمَّا رَأَوْا ٱلْفِضَّةَ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ فِي ٱلصُّنْدُوقِ، أَنَّهُ صَعِدَ كَاتِبُ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَٱلْكَاهِنُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ وَصَرُّوا وَحَسَبُوا ٱلْفِضَّةَ ٱلْمَوْجُودَةَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

11 And they gave it out by number and measure into the hands of them that were over the builders of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the carpenters, and the masons that wrought in the house of the Lord,

١١ وَدَفَعُوا ٱلْفِضَّةَ ٱلْمَحْسُوبَةَ إِلَى أَيْدِي عَامِلِي ٱلشُّغْلِ ٱلْمُوَكَّلِينَ عَلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَأَنْفَقُوهَا لِلنَّجَّارِينَ وَٱلْبَنَّائِينَ ٱلْعَامِلِينَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ،

12 And made the repairs: and to them that cut stones, and to buy timber, and stones, to be hewed, that the repairs of the house of the Lord might be completely finished, and wheresoever there was need of expenses to uphold the house.

١٢ وَلِبَنَّائِي ٱلْحِيطَانِ وَنَحَّاتِي ٱلْحِجَارَةِ، وَلِشِرَاءِ ٱلْأَخْشَابِ وَٱلْحِجَارَةِ ٱلْمَنْحُوتَةِ لِتَرْمِيمِ مَا تَهَدَّمَ مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَلِكُلِّ مَا يُنْفَقُ عَلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ لِتَرْمِيمِهِ.

13 But there were not made of the same money for the temple of the Lord, bowls, or fleshhooks, or censers, or trumpets, or any vessel of gold and silver, of the money that was brought into the temple of the Lord.

١٣ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُعْمَلْ لِبَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ طُسُوسُ فِضَّةٍ وَلَا مِقَصَّاتٌ وَلَا مَنَاضِحُ وَلَا أَبْوَاقٌ، كُلُّ آنِيَةِ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَآنِيَةِ ٱلْفِضَّةِ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ ٱلدَّاخِلَةِ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ،

14 For it was given to them that did the work, that the temple of the Lord might be repaired.

١٤ بَلْ كَانُوا يَدْفَعُونَهَا لِعَامِلِي ٱلشُّغْلِ، فَكَانُوا يُرَمِّمُونَ بِهَا بَيْتَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

15 And they reckoned not with the men that received the money to distribute it to the workmen, but they bestowed it faithfully.

١٥ وَلَمْ يُحَاسِبُوا ٱلرِّجَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ سَلَّمُوهُمُ ٱلْفِضَّةَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لِكَيْ يُعْطُوهَا لِعَامِلِي ٱلشُّغْلِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ بِأَمَانَةٍ.

16 But the money for trespass, and the money for sins, they brought not into the temple of the Lord, because it was for the priests.

١٦ وَأَمَّا فِضَّةُ ذَبِيحَةِ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَفِضَّةُ ذَبِيحَةِ ٱلْخَطِيَّةِ فَلَمْ تُدْخَلْ إِلَى بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، بَلْ كَانَتْ لِلْكَهَنَةِ.

17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Geth, and took it and set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

١٧ حِينَئِذٍ صَعِدَ حَزَائِيلُ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ وَحَارَبَ جَتَّ وَأَخَذَهَا، ثُمَّ حَوَّلَ حَزَائِيلُ وَجْهَهُ لِيَصْعَدَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ.

18 Wherefore Joas king of Juda took all the sanctified things, which Josaphat, and Joram, and Ochozias his fathers the kings of Juda had dedicated to holy uses, and which he himself had offered: and all the silver that could be found in the treasures of the temple of the Lord, and in the king’s palace: and sent it to Hazael king of Syria, and he went off from Jerusalem.

١٨ فَأَخَذَ يَهُوآشُ مَلِكُ يَهُوذَا جَمِيعَ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ ٱلَّتِي قَدَّسَهَا يَهُوشَافَاطُ وَيَهُورَامُ وَأَخَزْيَا آبَاؤُهُ مُلُوكُ يَهُوذَا، وَأَقْدَاسَهُ وَكُلَّ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلْمَوْجُودِ فِي خَزَائِنِ بَيْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَبَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَأَرْسَلَهَا إِلَى حَزَائِيلَ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ فَصَعِدَ عَنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ.

19 And the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?

١٩ وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ يُوآشَ وَكُلُّ مَا عَمِلَ، أَمَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لِمُلُوكِ يَهُوذَا؟

20 And his servants arose, and conspired among themselves, and slew Joas in the house of Mello in the descent of Sella.

٢٠ وَقَامَ عَبِيدُهُ وَفَتَنُوا فِتْنَةً وَقَتَلُوا يُوآشَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلْقَلْعَةِ حَيْثُ يَنْزِلُ إِلَى سَلَّى.

21 For Josachar the son of Semaath, and Jozabad the son of Somer his servant struck him, and he died: and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amasias his son reigned in his stead.

٢١ لِأَنَّ يُوزَاكَارَ بْنَ شِمْعَةَ وَيَهُوزَابَادَ بْنَ شُومِيرَ عَبْدَيْهِ ضَرَبَاهُ فَمَاتَ، فَدَفَنُوهُ مَعَ آبَائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَمَلَكَ أَمَصْيَا ٱبْنُهُ عِوَضًا عَنْهُ.