Kings IV 12
1 Joas began to reign in the seventh year of Ju, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Sabia of Bersabee.
I Jehus syvende Aar blev Joas Konge og regerede fyrretyve Aar i Jerusalem, og hans Moders Navn var Zibja fra Beersaba.
2 And Joas did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days that Jodae the priest instructed him.
Og Joas gjorde det, som ret var for Herrens Øjne, alle sine Dage, i hvilke Jojada, Præsten, vejledede ham.
3 Only there were not [any] of the high places removed, and the people still sacrificed there, and burned incense on the high places.
Dog bleve Højene ikke borttagne; Folket ofrede og gjorde Røgelse endnu paa Højene.
4 And Joas said to the priests, [As for] all the money of the holy things that is brought into the house of the Lord, the money of valuation, [as] each man brings the money of valuation, all the money which any man may feel disposed to bring into the house of the Lord,
Og Joas sagde til Præsterne: Alle Penge for de Ting, som helliges, som bringes til Herrens Hus, nemlig Penge for hver, som gaar over i Mandtallet, Penge, som de give for Personer, hver efter sin Vurdering, alle Penge, som hver Mand ofrer af et frivilligt Hjerte for at bringe dem til Herrens Hus,
5 let the priests take it to themselves, every man from [the proceeds of] his sale: and they shall repair the breaches of the house in all [places] wherever a breach shall be found.
dem skulle Præsterne modtage, hver af sin Kynding, og de skulle istandsætte Husets Brøst, nemlig alt det, som findes der brøstfældigt.
6 And it came to pass in the twenty-third year of king Joas the priests [had] not repaired the breaches of the house.
Men i Kong Joas's tre og tyvende Aar havde Præsterne endnu ikke istandsat det, som var brøstfældigt i Huset.
7 And king Joas called Jodae the priest, and the [other] priests, and said to them, Why have you not repaired the breaches of the house? now then receive no [more] money from your sales, for you shall give it to [repair the] breaches of the house.
Da kaldte Kong Joas ad Jojada, Præsten, og de andre Præster og sagde til dem: Hvi istandsætte I ikke det, som er brøstfældigt i Huset? nu vel, modtager ikke Penge af eders Kyndinger, men afgiver dem til det, som er brøstfældigt i Huset.
8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house.
Og Præsterne samtykkede deri, saa at de ikke modtoge Penge af Folket og ikke istandsatte det, som var brøstfældigt i Huset.
9 And Jodae the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it by the altar in the house of a man [belonging to] the house of the Lord, and the priests that kept the door put [therein] all the money that was found in the house of the Lord.
Men Jojada, Præsten, tog en Kiste og borede et Hul i Laaget derpaa og satte den ved den højre Side af Alteret, hvor man gaar ind i Herrens Hus, og Præsterne, som toge Vare paa Dørtærskelen, lagde deri alle Penge, som bleve bragte til Herrens Hus.
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 went up, and they tied up and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord.
Og det skete, naar de saa, at der var mange Penge i Kisten, da kom Kongens Skriver og Ypperstepræsten op, og de sammenbandt og talte Pengene, som fandtes i Herrens Hus.
11 And they gave the money that had been collected into the hands of them that wrought the works, the overseers of the house of the Lord; and they gave it out to the carpenters and to the builders that wrought in the house of the Lord.
Og de gave Pengene, som vare aftalte, i deres Hænder, som havde med Gerningen at gøre, og som vare beskikkede over Herrens Hus; og de gave dem ud til Tømmermændene og til Bygningsmændene, som arbejdede paa Herrens Hus,
12 And to the masons, and to the hewers of stone, to purchase timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, for all that was spent on the house of the Lord to repair [it].
og til Murmestere og Stenhuggere og til at købe Træ og hugne Sten til at istandsætte det, som var brøstfældigt paa Herrens Hus, ja til alt det, som gik med til Husets Istandsættelse.
13 Only there were not to be made for the house of the Lord silver plates, studs, bowls, or trumpets, any vessel of gold or vessel of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord:
Dog blev der ikke gjort Sølvbækkener, Knive, Skaaler, Basuner eller noget Kar af Guld eller Kar af Sølv til Herrens Hus for de Penge, som bragtes til Herrens Hus.
14 for they were to give it to the workmen, and they repaired therewith the house of the Lord.
Men de gave dem til dem, som havde med Gerningen at gøre, og de istandsatte Herrens Hus for dem.
15 Also they took no account of the men into whose hands they gave the money to give to the workmen, for they acted faithfully.
Og de holdt ikke Regnskab med Mændene, i hvis Haand de overgave Pengene, for at give dem til dem, som gjorde Gerningen; thi de handlede med Troskab.
16 Money for a sin-offering, and money for a trespass-offering, whatever happened to be brought into the house of the Lord, went to the priests.
Men Pengene for Skyldofferet og Pengene for Syndofferet bleve ikke bragte til Herrens Hus, de hørte Præsterne til.
17 Then went up Azael king of Syria, and fought against Geth, and took it: and Azael set his face to go against Jerusalem.
Da drog Hasael, Kongen af Syrien, op og stred imod Gath og indtog den, og Hasael rettede sit Ansigt til at drage op imod Jerusalem.
18 And Joas king of Juda took all the holy things which Josaphat, and Joram, Ochozias, his fathers, and kings of Juda [had] consecrated, and what he had himself dedicated, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the Lord's house and the king's house, and he sent [them] to Azael king of Syria; and he went up from Jerusalem.
Da tog Joas, Judas Konge, alle de hellige Ting, som Josafat og Joram og Ahasia, hans Fædre, Judas Konger, havde helliget, og hvad han selv havde helliget, dertil alt det Guld, som man fandt i Herrens Hus's og i Kongens Hus's Skatkamre, og sendte det til Hasael, Kongen af Syrien; og denne drog da bort fra Jerusalem.
19 And the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did, behold, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
Men det øvrige af Joas's Handeler, og alt det, som han gjorde, ere de Ting ikke skrevne i Judas Kongers Krønikers Bog?
20 And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy, and struck Joas in the house of Mallo that is in Sela.
Og hans Tjenere rejste sig og indgik et Forbund, og de ihjelsloge Joas i Millos Hus, hvor man gaar ned til Silla:
21 And Jezirchar the son of Jemuath, and Jezabuth Somer's son, his servants, struck him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amessias his son reigned in his stead.
Nemlig Josakar, Simeaths Søn, og Josabad, Somers Søn, hans Tjenere, sloge ham ihjel, og han døde; og de begravede ham hos hans Fædre i Davids Stad, og Amazia, hans Søn, blev Konge i hans Sted.
