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.
Pada tahun ketujuh pemerintahan Yehu atas Israel, Yoas menjadi raja Yehuda. Ia memerintah di Yerusalem 40 tahun lamanya. Ibunya bernama Zibya dari kota Bersyeba.
2 And Joas did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days that Jodae the priest instructed him.
Berkat didikan Imam Yoyada, Yoas sepanjang hidupnya melakukan yang menyenangkan hati TUHAN.
3 Only there were not [any] of the high places removed, and the people still sacrificed there, and burned incense on the high places.
Hanya sayang, tempat penyembahan dewa tidak dimusnahkannya, sehingga rakyat masih mempersembahkan kurban dan membakar kemenyan di situ.
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,
Pada suatu hari Yoas memanggil para imam dan menyuruh mereka menyimpan uang yang diperoleh dari persembahan-persembahan di Rumah TUHAN, baik uang pembayaran penyelenggaraan kurban, maupun uang pemberian sukarela.
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.
Setiap imam harus bertanggung jawab atas uang yang dipersembahkan oleh orang-orang yang dilayaninya. Uang itu akan dipakai untuk memperbaiki kerusakan-kerusakan di Rumah TUHAN.
6 And it came to pass in the twenty-third year of king Joas the priests [had] not repaired the breaches of the house.
Sampai pada tahun kedua puluh tiga pemerintah Yoas, para imam belum juga memperbaiki kerusakan di Rumah TUHAN.
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.
Karena itu Yoas memanggil Imam Yoyada bersama imam-imam lainnya, dan berkata, "Mengapa kalian belum juga memperbaiki Rumah TUHAN? Mulai hari ini kalian tidak diizinkan menyimpan uang yang kalian terima. Semuanya harus kalian serahkan untuk memperbaiki Rumah TUHAN."
8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house.
Imam-imam setuju untuk tidak mengumpulkan uang dari rakyat, dan tidak pula bertanggung jawab atas perbaikan Rumah TUHAN.
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.
Maka Yoyada mengambil sebuah kotak dan membuat lubang pada tutupnya, lalu meletakkannya dekat mezbah di sebelah kanan pintu masuk Rumah TUHAN. Semua uang yang dipersembahkan di Rumah TUHAN dimasukkan ke dalam kotak itu oleh imam-imam yang bertugas di pintu masuk.
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.
Setiap kali bila uang di dalam kotak itu sudah banyak, sekretaris raja bersama Imam Agung datang dan menghitung uang itu, lalu membungkusnya.
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.
Setelah jumlahnya dicatat, uang itu diserahkan kepada para pengawas pekerjaan perbaikan di Rumah TUHAN. Selanjutnya para pengawas itu membayar para tukang kayu, tukang bangunan,
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].
tukang batu dan pemahat batu. Para pengawas itu juga yang membeli kayu dan batu, serta mengatur semua pengeluaran untuk perbaikan itu.
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:
Tetapi uang itu sedikit pun tidak dipakai untuk pembuatan cangkir-cangkir perak, mangkuk, trompet, alat-alat pelita atau perkakas lainnya dari emas atau perak.
14 for they were to give it to the workmen, and they repaired therewith the house of the Lord.
Semuanya dibayarkan kepada tukang-tukang dan dibelikan bahan-bahan bangunan yang diperlukan.
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.
Para pengawas pekerjaan itu jujur sekali, jadi tak perlu diminta laporan keuangan dari mereka.
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.
Uang dari kurban ganti rugi dan dari kurban pengampunan dosa tidak dimasukkan ke dalam kotak itu. Uang itu diberikan kepada imam-imam.
17 Then went up Azael king of Syria, and fought against Geth, and took it: and Azael set his face to go against Jerusalem.
Pada masa itu Hazael raja Siria menyerang dan menduduki kota Gat. Lalu ia berniat menyerang Yerusalem juga.
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.
Maka Yoas mengirim kepadanya uang tebusan. Uang itu diperolehnya dari semua persembahan yang dahulu telah diserahkan kepada TUHAN oleh Yoas sendiri, dan oleh Yosafat, Yoram serta Ahazia, yaitu raja-raja yang memerintah sebelum dia. Juga dari semua emas dalam kas Rumah TUHAN dan istana raja. Maka Hazael tidak jadi menyerang Yerusalem.
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?
Kemudian pegawai-pegawai kerajaan Yehuda berkomplot melawan Raja Yoas. Dua orang dari antara mereka, yaitu Yozakar anak Simeat, dan Yozabad anak Somer, membunuh Yoas di sebuah rumah yang dibangun di atas tanah timbunan sebelah timur Yerusalem, di jalan turun ke Sila. Yoas dikubur di pekuburan raja-raja di Kota Daud. Amazia anaknya menjadi raja menggantikan dia. Kisah lainnya mengenai Raja Yoas dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Raja-raja Yehuda.
20 And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy, and struck Joas in the house of Mallo that is in Sela.
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.
