2 Chronicles 24
1 Joash was seven when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
Yoas xɔ ƒe adre esi wòzu fia eye wòɖu fia ƒe blaene le Yerusalem. Dadaa ŋkɔe nye Zibia tso Beerseba.
2 Joash did what was right in the Lord's sight during the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.
Yoas wɔ nu si nyo le Yehowa ŋkume, le nunɔla Yehoiada ƒe agbemeŋkekewo katã me.
3 Jehoiada arranged for him to marry two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
Yehoiada ɖe srɔ̃ eve nɛ, ame siwo dzi viŋutsuwo kple vinyɔnuwo nɛ.
4 Some time later, Joash decided to repair the Lord's Temple.
Emegbe la, Yoas ɖo ta me be yeadzra gbedoxɔ la ɖo.
5 He summoned the priests and Levites and told them, “Go to the towns of Judah and collect the yearly dues from everyone in Israel to repair the Temple of your God. Do it right away.” But the Levites did not go right away.
Eyɔ nunɔlawo kple Levitɔwo ƒo ƒu eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Miyi Yuda duwo katã me eye miadzɔ xɔtuga le Israelviwo si ale be míate ŋu adzra gbedoxɔ la ɖo. Mitso ɖe eŋu kaba! Migahe ɖe megbe o!” Ke Levitɔwo metso ɖe eŋu enumake o.
6 So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and asked him, “Why haven't you ordered the Levites to collect from Judah and Jerusalem the tax that Moses, the Lord's servant, and the assembly of Israel imposed to maintain the Tent of the Law?”
Ale fia la yɔ Yehoiada, nunɔlagã la eye wòbiae be, “Nu ka ta mèzi Levitɔwo dzi be woaɖaxɔ ga tso Yuda duwo me kple Yerusalem hena gbedoxɔ la dzadzraɖo o? Ele be míakpɔ egbɔ be wowɔ se si Mose, Yehowa ƒe dɔla, de la dzi ale be míate ŋu adzra gbedoxɔ la ɖo.”
7 (The supporters of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into God's Temple and had stolen the holy objects of the Lord's Temple and used them to worship the Baals.)
Azɔ la, nyɔnu vɔ̃ɖi ma, Atalia ƒe viŋutsuwo gbã ʋɔa ge ɖe Mawu ƒe gbedoxɔ la me eye wowɔ nu kɔkɔeawo gɔ̃ hã ŋu dɔ na Baalwo.
8 The king ordered a collection chest to be made and placed outside the entrance to the Lord's Temple.
Le fia la ƒe gbeɖeɖe nu la, wokpa tsitrenuɖaka aɖe da ɖe gota le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la ƒe agbo nu.
9 A decree was proclaimed throughout Judea and Jerusalem to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, the Lord's servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness.
Woɖe gbeƒã le Yuda kple Yerusalem be woatsɔ adzɔga si Mawu ƒe dɔla Mose bia tso Israel si le gbea dzi la vɛ na Yehowa.
10 All the leaders and all the people were glad to do so and brought their taxes. They dropped them in the chest until it was full.
Dɔnunɔlawo katã kple ameawo katã tsɔ woƒe nudzɔdzɔwo vɛ kple dzidzɔ eye woda wo ɖe nudzɔɖaka la me va se ɖe esime wòyɔ banaa.
11 Every so often the Levites took the chest to the king's officials. When they saw that it contained a large amount of money, the king's secretary and the chief officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest. Then they would carry it back to its place. They did this every day and collected a great deal of money.
Nenye be Levitɔwo tsɔ gaɖaka la vɛ na fia la ƒe dɔdzikpɔlawo eye wokpɔ be ga geɖe le eme la, fiasãmegbalẽŋlɔla la kple nunɔlagã ƒe dɔdzikpɔla va trɔa ga la le aɖaka la me eye wotsɔa aɖaka ƒuƒlu la ɖadana ɖe enɔƒe. Wowɔa esia enuenu eye wokpɔ ga home gã aɖe.
12 Then the king and Jehoiada would allocate the money of those supervising the work on the Lord's Temple to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the Lord's Temple and craftsmen in iron and bronze to repair the Lord's Temple.
Fia la kple Yehoiada tsɔa ga la naa ŋutsu siwo wɔa dɔ siwo hiã le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la ŋu. Wotsɔa gliɖolawo kple atikpalawo be woaɖɔ Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la ɖo. Nenema kee wotsɔa gayibɔ kple akɔbli dɔwɔlawo be woaɖɔ gbedoxɔ la ɖo.
13 The men doing the repairs worked hard and made good progress. They restored God's Temple to its original condition and strengthened it.
Ŋutsu siwo nɔ dɔa nu la wɔ dɔ kple kutrikuku eye ɖɔɖɔɖodɔ la yi edzi nyuie le woƒe kpɔkplɔ te. Wogbugbɔ Mawu ƒe gbedoxɔ la tu, heglãe ɖe eƒe tata gbãtɔ nu.
14 When they finished, they returned the money that was left to the king and Jehoiada, and with it utensils were made for the Lord's Temple, both for the worship services and for the burnt offerings, also bowls for incense and vessels of gold and silver. Burnt offerings were regularly offered in the Lord's Temple regularly throughout Jehoiada's lifetime.
Esi wowu dɔ la nu la, wotsɔ ga si susɔ la vɛ na fia la kple Yehoiada eye wotsɔe wɔ Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔmenu siawoe: subɔsubɔnuwo, numevɔsanuwo kple agbawo kple klosalo kple sikanuwo. Zi ale si Yehoiada nɔ agbe la, numevɔsa yi edzi ɣe sia ɣi le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me.
15 Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130, having lived a full life.
Yehoiada tsi ŋutɔ, exɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka blaetɔ̃ hafi ku.
16 He was buried with the kings in the City of David, for all the good he had done in Israel for God and his Temple.
Woɖii ɖe David ƒe Du la me ɖe fiawo dome elabena ewɔ nu nyui geɖewo na Israel kple Mawu kple gbedoxɔ la.
17 But after the death of Jehoiada, the leaders of Judah came to swear their loyalty to the king, and he listened to their advice.
Le Yehoiada ƒe ku megbe la, Israel kplɔlawo va de ta agu na fia la eye fia la ɖo to wo.
18 They abandoned the Temple of the Lord, the God of their forefathers, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols. Judah and Jerusalem were punished because of their sin.
Woɖe asi le Yehowa, wo fofowo ƒe Mawu, ƒe gbedoxɔ la ŋu eye wosubɔ aƒeliwo kple legbawo. Le woƒe nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ ta la, Mawu ƒe dɔmedzoe bi ɖi Yuda kple Yerusalem ŋu.
19 The Lord sent prophets to bring the people back to him and to warn them; but they refused to listen.
Mawu ɖo nyagblɔɖilawo ɖa be woana ameawo natrɔ va ye gbɔ gake ameawo meɖo to wo o.
20 Then the Spirit of God came to Zechariah, son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and told them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you break the Lord's commandments so that you cannot be successful? Since you have abandoned the Lord, he has abandoned you.’”
Azɔ Mawu ƒe Gbɔgbɔ va dze Zekaria, Yehoiada ƒe vi, dzi. Eyɔ ameawo katã ƒo ƒu. Etsi tsitre ɖe kplɔ̃ aɖe dzi le ameawo ŋgɔ hegblɔ na wo be, “Mawu di be yeanya nu si na miele yeƒe sewo dzi wɔm o. Nu sia tae naneke megadzea edzi na mi o. Miegble Yehowa ɖi eya ta eya hã gble mi ɖi azɔ.”
21 Then the leaders hatched a plot to kill Zechariah, and on the orders of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord's Temple.
Tete wobla ɖe eŋu eye woƒu kpee le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ ƒe xɔxɔnu, le fia la ƒe sedede nu.
22 King Joash showed he had forgotten all about the loyalty and love shown to him by Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, by killing his son. As he died, Zechariah cried out, “May the Lord see what you've done and pay you back!”
Fia Yoas meɖo ŋku dɔmenyo Zaxarya fofo, Yehoiada, wɔ nɛ la dzi o eye wòwu Via ŋutsu, Zaxarya, ame si gblɔ esi wòmlɔ anyi nɔ kukum be, “Yehowa, kpɔ nu si wowɔ la ɖa eye nàɖo eteƒe na wo.”
23 At the end of the year, the Aramean army came to attack Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the people's leaders, and sent all their plunder back to the king of Damascus.
Le ɣleti aɖewo megbe la, Siria ƒe aʋakɔ va ɖu Yuda kple Yerusalem dzi eye wowu dukɔa kplɔlawo katã. Woha afunyinu geɖewo ɖo ɖe woƒe fia le Damasko.
24 Even though the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the Lord gave them the victory over a very large army, because Judah had abandoned the Lord, the God of their forefathers. In this way they punished Joash.
Yehowae na Siria ƒe aʋakɔ sue la ɖu Yuda ƒe aʋakɔ gã la dzi elabena Yudatɔwo gble Yehowa, wo fofowo ƒe Mawu la ɖi. Ale Mawu he to na Yoas.
25 When the Arameans departed, they left Joash badly wounded. But then his own officers plotted against him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him in his bed. He was buried in the City of David, but not in the cemetery of the kings.
Esi Siria ƒe aʋakɔ la dzo la, Yoas tsi aba dzi le abi gã si wòxɔ la ta. Yoas ŋutɔ ŋumewo ɖo ta me be yewoawui le esi wòwu nunɔla Yehoiada ƒe vi, Zaxarya ta. Ale wowui le eƒe aba dzi eye woɖii ɖe David Ƒe Du la me gake menye ɖe fiawo ɖiƒe o.
26 Those who plotted against him were Zabad, son of Shimeath, an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, son of Shimrith, a Moabite woman.
Ame siwo wɔ babla ɖe eŋu la woe nye Zabad, ame si dadae nye Simeat, Amon ƒe viwo dometɔ ɖeka kple Yehozabad, Simirit, nyɔnu aɖe si tso Moab.
27 The story of the sons of Joash, as well as the many prophecies about him and about the restoration of God's Temple, are recorded in the Commentary on the Book of the Kings. His son Amaziah took over as king.
Woŋlɔ nu tso Yoas ƒe viŋutsuwo, fiƒode siwo woli kɔe ɖe Yoas dzi kple ale si wogakɔ gbedoxɔ la ŋuti la ɖe Fiawo ƒe ŋutinyawo me. Esi Yoas ku la, via Amazia ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
