2 Chronicles 24

1 Joash [is] a son of seven years in his reigning, and he has reigned forty years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zibiah of Beer-Sheba.

Naʻe fitu taʻu ʻae motuʻa ʻo Soasi ʻi heʻene kamata ʻene pule, pea naʻe pule ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu ʻi Selūsalema. Pea ko e hingoa ʻo ʻene faʻē ko Sipia mei Peasipa.

2 And Joash does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

Pea naʻe fai ʻe Soasi ʻaia naʻe lelei ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo Sihoiata ko e taulaʻeiki.

3 And Jehoiada takes two wives for him, and he begets sons and daughters.

Pea naʻe ʻomi moʻona ʻe Sihoiata ʻae uaifi ʻe ua: pea naʻe tupu ʻiate ia ʻae ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine.

4 And it comes to pass after this, it has been with the heart of Joash to renew the house of YHWH,

Pea hili ʻae meʻa ni naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe loto ʻa Soasi ke teuteuʻi foʻou ʻae fale ʻo Sihova.

5 and he gathers the priests and the Levites, and says to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money from all Israel to strengthen the house of your God sufficiently year by year, and you, hurry to the matter”; and the Levites have not hurried.

Pea naʻa ne tānaki fakataha ʻae kau taulaʻeiki mo e kau Livai, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, ʻAlu kituaʻā ki he ngaahi kolo kotoa pē ʻo Siuta, pea tānaki ʻae paʻanga mei ʻIsileli kotoa pē ke ngaohi ʻo fakalelei ai ʻae fale ʻo homou ʻOtua ʻi he taʻu tuku fakaholo, pea vakai ʻo fakavavevave ia. Ka naʻe ʻikai fakavavevave ia ʻe he kau Livai.

6 And the king calls for Jehoiada the head and says to him, “Why have you not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses, servant of YHWH, and of the assembly of Israel, for the Tent of the Testimony?

Pea naʻe fekau ʻe he tuʻi ke haʻu ʻa Sihoiata ko e tuʻukimuʻa, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Ko e hā naʻe ʻikai te ke fekau ki he kau Livai ke fetuku mei Siuta mo Selūsalema ʻae koloa tānaki, ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau ʻa Mōsese ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻa Sihova, pea mo e fakataha kātoa ʻo ʻIsileli, maʻae fale nofoʻanga ʻoe fakamoʻoni?”

7 For sons of Athaliah, the wicked one, have broken up the house of God, and also, they have prepared all the holy things of the house of YHWH for Ba‘alim.”

He ko e ngaahi tama ʻae fefine angakovi ko ia, ko ʻAtalia, naʻa nau maumauʻi ʻae fale ʻoe ʻOtua: pea ko e ngaahi meʻa fakatapui foki ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova naʻa nau foaki kia Peali.

8 And the king commands, and they make one chest, and put it at the gate of the house of YHWH outside,

Pea ʻi he fekau ʻae tuʻi naʻa nau ngaohi ʻae puha, ʻonau tuku ia ʻituʻa ʻi he matapā ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova,

9 and give an intimation in Judah and in Jerusalem to bring to YHWH the tribute of Moses, servant of God, [laid] on Israel in the wilderness.

Pea naʻa nau fai ʻae fono ki Siuta kotoa pē mo Selūsalema, ke ʻomi kia Sihova ʻae koloa tukuhau ʻaia naʻe fekau ʻe Mōsese ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻae ʻOtua ki ʻIsileli ʻi he toafa:

10 And all the heads, and all the people rejoice, and they bring in, and cast into the chest, to completion.

Pea naʻe fiefia ʻae houʻeiki kotoa pē mo e kakai kotoa pē, ʻonau ʻomi ki loto ʻosi ki he puha, ʻonau fai ai pe ke ʻosi.

11 And it comes to pass, at the time one brings in the chest for the inspection of the king by the hand of the Levites, and at their seeing that the money [is] abundant, that a scribe of the king has come in, and an officer of the head-priest, and they empty the chest, and take it up and turn it back to its place; thus they have done day by day, and gather money in abundance.

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻilonga ʻae ʻaho naʻe ʻomi ai ʻae puha ki he fale ʻoe tuʻi ʻi he nima ʻoe kau Livai, pea nau mamata ʻoku lahi ʻae paʻanga, naʻe haʻu ai ʻae tangata tohi ʻae tuʻi mo e matāpule ʻoe taulaʻeiki lahi pea lilingi ke maha ʻae puha, pea naʻe ʻave ia, ʻo haʻamo ki hono potu. Naʻe pehē ʻenau hokohoko fai ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē, pea naʻe tānaki ʻae paʻanga lahi ʻaupito.

12 And the king and Jehoiada give it to the doers of the work of the service of the house of YHWH, and they are hiring hewers and craftsmen to renew the house of YHWH, and also—to craftsmen in iron and bronze to strengthen the house of YHWH.

Pea naʻe ʻatu ia ʻe he tuʻi mo Sihoiata kiate kinautolu naʻe fai ʻae ngāue ʻi he ngāue ki he fale ʻo Sihova, ʻonau totongi ki he kau tufunga maka, mo e kau tufunga ʻakau ke fakalelei ʻae fale ʻo Sihova, pea mo e niʻihi foki naʻe ngāue ʻi he ukamea mo e palasa ke ngaohi ke lelei ʻae fale ʻo Sihova.

13 And those doing the business work, and there goes up lengthening to the work by their hand, and they establish the house of God by its proper measure, and strengthen it.

Ko ia naʻe ngāue ʻae kau tangata ngāue, pea naʻe fakaʻosi lelei ʻae ngāue ʻekinautolu, pea naʻa nau teuʻi ʻae fale ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi hono anga ʻo ia, pea fakamālohiʻi ia.

14 And at their completing [it], they have brought in the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, and they make [with] it vessels for the house of YHWH, vessels of serving, and of offering up, and spoons, even vessels of gold and silver; and they are causing burnt-offerings to ascend in the house of YHWH continually, all the days of Jehoiada.

Pea hili ʻa hono fakaʻosi, naʻa nau ʻomi hono toe ʻoe paʻanga ki he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi mo Sihoiata, pea naʻe ngaohi ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi ipu ki he fale ʻo Sihova, ʻio ʻoe ngaahi ipu ke ngāueʻaki, pea ke fai ʻi ai ʻae ʻatu [meʻa], mo e ngaahi sēpuni, mo e ngaahi ipu koula mo e siliva. Pea naʻa nau ʻatu ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu maʻuaipē ʻi he fale ʻo Sihova ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo Sihoiata.

15 And Jehoiada is aged and satisfied with days, and dies—a son of one hundred and thirty years in his death,

Ka naʻe fakaʻaʻau ʻo motuʻa ʻa Sihoiata, pea naʻe lahi hono ʻaho ʻi heʻene pekia: ko e taʻu ʻe teau ma tolungofulu hono motuʻa pea ne toki pekia.

16 and they bury him in the City of David with the kings, for he has done good in Israel, and with God and his house.

Pea naʻa nau tanu ia ʻi he Kolo ʻo Tevita fakataha mo e ngaahi tuʻi, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene fai lelei ʻi ʻIsileli, ki he ʻOtua, pea ki hono fale.

17 And after the death of Jehoiada, heads of Judah have come in, and bow themselves to the king; then the king has listened to them,

Pea hili ʻae pekia ʻa Sihoiata naʻe haʻu ʻae houʻeiki ʻo Siuta, ʻonau fai ʻae hū ki he tuʻi. Pea naʻe tokanga ʻae tuʻi kiate kinautolu.

18 and they forsake the house of YHWH, God of their fathers, and serve the Asherim and the idols, and there is wrath on Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.

Pea naʻa nau liʻaki ʻae fale ʻo Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai, ke tauhi ʻae ngaahi vaotapu mo e ngaahi ʻotua loi: pea naʻe hoko ai ʻae houhau ki Siuta mo Selūsalema, ʻi heʻenau angahala ni.

19 And He sends among them prophets, to bring them back to YHWH, and they testify against them, and they have not given ear;

Ka naʻa ne fekau ʻae kau palōfita kiate kinautolu, ke toe ʻomi ʻakinautolu kia Sihova: pea naʻa nau lea valoki kiate kinautolu: ka naʻe ʻikai te nau loto ke tokanga ki ai.

20 and the Spirit of God has clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stands above the people, and says to them, “Thus said God: Why are you transgressing the commands of YHWH, and do not prosper? Because you have forsaken YHWH, He forsakes you.”

Pea naʻe hoko ʻae Laumālie ʻae ʻOtua kia Sakalia ko e foha ʻo Sihoiata ko e taulaʻeiki, pea tuʻu ki ʻolunga ia ʻi he kakai, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku pehē mai ʻe he ʻOtua, Koeʻumaʻā hoʻomou fai talangataʻa ki he ngaahi fekau ʻa Sihova, ko ia ʻoku ʻikai ai te mou faʻa monūʻia? Ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou liʻaki ʻa Sihova, kuo ne liʻaki ai ʻakimoutolu foki.”

21 And they conspire against him, and stone him [with] stone by the command of the king, in the court of the house of YHWH,

Pea naʻa nau alea fakataha ʻo tuʻu kiate ia ʻo tolongaki ia ʻaki ʻae maka ʻi he fekau ʻae tuʻi, ʻi he lotoʻā ʻoe fale ʻo Sihova.

22 and Joash the king has not remembered the kindness that his father Jehoiada did with him, and slays his son, and in his death he said, “YHWH sees and requires.”

Ko ia naʻe ʻikai manatuʻi ʻe he tuʻi ko Soasi ki he angalelei ʻaia naʻe fai ʻe Sihoiata kiate ia, ka naʻa ne tāmateʻi hono foha. Pea ʻi heʻene pekia, naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Ke ʻafio ki ai ʻa Sihova, pea totongi ki ai.”

23 And it comes to pass, at the turn of the year, the force of Aram has come up against him, and they come to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroy all the heads of the people from the people, and they have sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus,

Pea ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻoe taʻu naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe haʻu ʻae tau mei Silia ke tauʻi ia: pea naʻa nau ʻomi ki Siuta mo Selūsalema, ʻonau tāmateʻi ʻae houʻeiki kotoa pē mei he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai, ʻonau foaki ʻae koloa vete kotoa pē ʻanautolu ki he tuʻi ʻo Tamasikusi.

24 for with few men the force of Aram has come in, and YHWH has given into their hand a mighty force for multitude, because they have forsaken YHWH, God of their fathers; and they have executed judgments with Joash.

He naʻe haʻu ʻae tau ʻae kakai Silia mo e kau tangata tau tokosiʻi, pea naʻe tuku ʻe Sihova ʻae fuʻu tau lahi ki honau nima, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau liʻaki ʻa Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai. Naʻe pehē ʻenau fai ʻae tautea kia Soasi.

25 And in their going from him—for they left him with many diseases—his servants themselves have conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slay him on his bed, and he dies; and they bury him in the City of David, and have not buried him in the graves of the kings.

Pea ʻi heʻenau ʻalu ʻiate ia, (he naʻa nau tuku ia kuo ne mahaki lahi, ) naʻe lapasi ia ʻe heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki koeʻuhi ko e toto ʻoe ngaahi foha ʻo Sihoiata ko e taulaʻeiki, ʻonau tāmateʻi ia ʻi hono mohenga, pea naʻe pekia ia: pea naʻa nau tanu ia ʻi he kolo ʻa Tevita, ka naʻe ʻikai te nau tanu ia ʻi he faʻitoka ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi.

26 And these [are] those conspiring against him: Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

Pea ko kinautolu eni, naʻe fai ʻae lapa kiate ia: ko Sapati ko e tama ʻa Simiati ko e fefine ʻAmoni, mo Sihosapati ko e tama ʻa Similiti ko e fefine Moape.

27 As for his sons, and the greatness of the burden on him, and the foundation of the house of God, behold, they are written on the commentary of the scroll of the Kings; and his son Amaziah reigns in his stead.

Pea ko e meʻa ki hono ngaahi foha, mo hono lahi ʻoe ngaahi kavenga [naʻe hili ]kiate ia, mo hono fakalelei ʻoe fale ʻoe ʻOtua, vakai, kuo tohi ia ʻi he tohi fakamatala ʻoe ngaahi tuʻi. Pea naʻe fetongi ia ʻi he pule ʻe ʻAmasia ko hono foha.