2 Chronicles 24
1 Seven years old was Joash when he became king, and forty years did he reign in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother was Zibyah of Beer-sheba'.
Yoas berumur 7 tahun pada waktu ia menjadi raja Yehuda, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem 40 tahun lamanya. Ibunya bernama Zibya dari kota Bersyeba.
2 And Joash did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, all the days of Yehoyada' the priest.
Selama Imam Yoyada masih hidup, Yoas melakukan hal-hal yang menyenangkan hati TUHAN.
3 And Yehoyada' took for himself two wives, and he begat sons and daughters.
Yoyada memilih dua orang wanita untuk istri Yoas, dan dari mereka Yoas mendapat anak-anak laki-laki dan perempuan.
4 And it came to pass after this, that Yoash had it in his mind to renew the house of the Lord.
Setelah memerintah beberapa waktu lamanya, Yoas memutuskan untuk memperbaiki Rumah TUHAN.
5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and ye shall make haste in this matter. But the Levites made no haste.
Para imam dan orang Lewi diperintahkannya untuk pergi ke penduduk kota-kota di Yehuda dan mengumpulkan uang dari seluruh rakyat untuk perbaikan gedung Rumah TUHAN setiap tahun. Ia menyuruh mereka segera melaksanakan tugas itu, tetapi orang-orang Lewi berlambat-lambat.
6 Then called the king for Yehoyada' the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required from the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the contribution [fixed by] Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of the testimony?
Karena itu ia memanggil Imam Yoyada, pemimpin mereka, lalu berkata, "Bukankah Musa hamba TUHAN telah menyuruh rakyat membayar pajak untuk membiayai Kemah TUHAN? Sekarang, mengapa orang-orang Lewi itu tidak Bapak desak untuk mengumpulkan pajak dari rakyat di Yehuda dan Yerusalem?"
7 For the sons of the wicked 'Athalyahu have made breaches [in] the house of God; and also the holy things of the house of the Lord have they applied to the Be'alim.
(Pengikut-pengikut Atalya, wanita jahat itu, sudah merusak Rumah TUHAN, dan banyak dari barang-barang yang dikhususkan untuk Allah telah mereka pakai untuk menyembah Baal.)
8 And at the king's order they made a chest, and placed it at the gate of the house of the Lord on the outside.
Maka raja memerintahkan supaya orang Lewi membuat sebuah kotak uang dan meletakkannya di depan pintu gerbang Rumah TUHAN.
9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the Lord the contribution [fixed by] Moses the servant of God upon Israel in the wilderness.
Di seluruh Yerusalem dan Yehuda diumumkan bahwa semua orang harus membawa pajak untuk TUHAN, seperti yang diwajibkan oleh Musa.
10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and they brought it in, and cast it into the chest, until it was full.
Pengumuman itu menyenangkan hati rakyat dan pemimpin-pemimpin mereka. Beramai-ramai mereka memasukkan uang pajak mereka ke dalam kotak itu.
11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, then came the king's scribe and the high-priest's officer and emptied the chest, and took it up, and brought it back to its place. Thus did they day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
Setiap hari kotak itu dibawa oleh orang-orang Lewi kepada pegawai raja untuk diperiksa. Apabila kotak itu telah penuh sekretaris negara dan wakil Imam Agung mengeluarkan uangnya lalu kotak itu dikembalikan ke tempatnya yang semula. Demikianlah mereka lakukan setiap hari, dan banyak sekali uang yang terkumpul.
12 And the king and Yehoyada' gave it to those who overlooked the service of the house of the Lord, and these hired masons and carpenters to renew the house of the Lord, and also to the workers in iron and copper to repair the house of the Lord.
Kemudian raja dan Yoyada menyerahkan uang itu kepada orang-orang yang mengepalai perbaikan Rumah TUHAN itu. Lalu orang-orang itu mengupah tukang batu, tukang kayu, dan tukang logam untuk mengerjakan pekerjaan itu.
13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was restored through their means, and they replaced the house of God in its [former] state, and strengthened it.
Maka mulailah tukang-tukang itu memperbaiki Rumah TUHAN itu. Mereka semua bekerja begitu sehingga akhirnya Rumah itu menjadi kuat dan bagus seperti semula.
14 And when they had completed it, they brought before the king and Yehoyada' the rest of the money, and they made of it vessels for the house of the Lord, the vessels of the service and for the sacrificing, and the spoons, and [other] vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Yehoyada'.
Setelah pekerjaan itu selesai, emas dan perak yang selebihnya diserahkan kepada raja dan Yoyada. Lalu emas dan perak itu dipakai untuk membuat perkakas-perkakas bagi Rumah TUHAN, antara lain: alat-alat untuk upacara ibadat, untuk kurban bakaran, piring-piring untuk dupa, dan mangkuk-mangkuk. Selama Imam Yoyada masih hidup, kurban bakaran tetap dipersembahkan di Rumah TUHAN.
15 And Yehoyada' became old, and was full of days, and died: he was old one hundred and thirty years when he died.
Yoyada mencapai usia yang lanjut dan meninggal ketika berumur 130 tahun.
16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings; because he had done a good thing in Israel, and toward God, and his house.
Ia dikuburkan di makam raja-raja di Kota Daud untuk menghargai jasa-jasanya kepada Allah, kepada Rumah TUHAN dan kepada umat Israel.
17 But after the death of Yehoyada' came the princes of Judah, and bowed themselves down to the king. Then did the king hearken unto them.
Setelah Yoyada meninggal, Yoas dibujuk dan dipengaruhi oleh pemimpin-pemimpin Yehuda sehingga ia tidak lagi mengindahkan ajaran Yoyada.
18 And they forsook the house of the Lord the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and there came wrath over Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
Maka rakyat tidak lagi beribadat di Rumah TUHAN, Allah leluhur mereka, tetapi menyembah berhala dan patung-patung Dewi Asyera. Dosa mereka itu menyebabkan TUHAN marah kepada Yehuda dan Yerusalem.
19 And he sent prophets among them, to bring them back again unto the Lord; and they gave them warning; but they did not give ear.
TUHAN mengutus nabi-nabi untuk menegur mereka supaya kembali mengabdi kepada TUHAN, tetapi rakyat tidak mau mendengarkan.
20 And the spirit of God endued Zechariah the son of Yehoyada' the priest, and he stood up above the people, and he said unto them, Thus hath said the [true] God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord? ye cannot prosper so; because [as] ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you.
Lalu Roh Allah menguasai Zakharia anak Imam Yoyada. Zakharia tampil di depan rakyat, lalu berseru, "TUHAN Allah berkata, 'Mengapa kamu tidak taat kepada perintah-perintah-Ku dan mencelakakan dirimu sendiri. Kamu tidak peduli kepada-Ku, maka Aku pun tidak peduli kepadamu!'"
21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.
Tetapi rakyat berkomplot menentang Zakharia, dan Raja Yoas ikut dalam komplotan itu. Ia tidak ingat akan jasa-jasa dan kesetiaan Yoyada, ayah Zakharia. Atas perintah raja, Zakharia dilempari batu sampai mati di pelataran Rumah TUHAN. Pada saat akan meninggal, Zakharia berseru, "Semoga TUHAN melihat perbuatanmu ini dan membalasnya!"
22 And king Joash did not remember the kindness which Yehoyada' his father had shown to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord will see [this], and require [my blood].
23 And it came to pass at the expiration of the year, that the army of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and all their spoil they sent off unto the king of Damascus.
Tahun itu juga, pada pergantian musim, tentara Siria menyerang Yehuda dan Yerusalem. Mereka membunuh semua pemimpin dan mengangkut banyak barang rampasan ke Damsyik.
24 Indeed with a small company of men did the army of Syria come; but the Lord delivered into their hand an army exceedingly numerous; because they had forsaken the Lord the God of their fathers. And on Joash they executed punishment.
Tentara Siria sedikit saja jumlahnya, tetapi TUHAN membiarkan mereka mengalahkan tentara Yehuda yang jauh lebih besar, karena orang Yehuda tidak menghiraukan TUHAN Allah leluhur mereka. Dengan cara itu TUHAN menghukum Raja Yoas.
25 And when these were gone away from him—for they left him [suffering] with great diseases—his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the sons of Yehoyada' the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
Yoas luka berat. Setelah tentara musuh pergi, dua orang pegawainya berkomplot. Mereka membunuh dia di tempat tidurnya sebagai balasan terhadap pembunuhan anak Imam Yoyada. Raja Yoas dikuburkan di Kota Daud, tetapi tidak di makam raja-raja.
26 And these are those that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shim'ath the 'Ammonitess, and Yehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
(Orang-orang yang berkomplot melawan dia adalah Zabad anak Simeat wanita Amon, dan Yozabad anak Simrit wanita Moab.)
27 Now concerning his sons, and the great prophecy concerning him, and the founding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amazyahu his son became king in his stead.
Kisah mengenai anak-anak Yoas, mengenai ramalan-ramalan yang tidak baik tentang dia, dan mengenai bagaimana ia memperbaiki Rumah TUHAN, semuanya tercantum dalam buku Penjelasan Kitab Raja-raja. Amazia, putra Yoas, menjadi raja menggantikan ayahnya.
