2 Chronicles 24
1 Seven years old, was Joash when he began to reign, and, forty years, reigned he, in Jerusalem, —and, the name of his mother, was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
ヨアシは位についた時七歳で、エルサレムで四十年の間、世を治めた。彼の母はベエルシバから出た者で名をヂビアといった。
2 And Joash did that which was right, in the eyes of Yahweh, -all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
ヨアシは祭司エホヤダの世にある日の間は常に主の良しと見られることを行った。
3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives, —and he begat sons and daughters.
エホヤダは彼のためにふたりの妻をめとり、彼に男子と女子が生れた。
4 And it came to pass, after this, that it was near the heart of Joash to renew the house of Yahweh.
この後ヨアシは主の宮を修繕しようと志して、
5 So he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said unto them—Go ye out unto the cities of Judah, and gather out of all Israel silver to repair the house of your God, year by year, and, ye, shall hasten the matter, —but the Levites hastened it not.
祭司とレビびとを集めて言った、「ユダの町々へ行って、あなたがたの神の宮を年々修繕する資金をすべてのイスラエルびとから集めなさい。その事を急いでしなさい」。ところがレビびとはこれを急いでしなかった。
6 Then the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Wherefore hast thou not required of the Levites, to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the convocation of Israel, —for the tent of testimony?
それで王はかしらであるエホヤダを召して言った、「あなたはなぜレビびとに求めて、主のしもべモーセがあかしの幕屋のためにイスラエルの会衆に課した税金をユダとエルサレムから取り立てさせないのか」。
7 For, as for Athaliah the Lawless, her sons, brake up the House of God, —moreover, all the hallowed things of the house of Yahweh, offered they unto the Baalim.
かの悪い女アタリヤの子らが神の宮に侵入して主の宮のもろもろの奉納物をとり、バアルのために用いたからである。
8 So the king bade [them], and they made a certain chest, —and set it in the gate of the house of Yahweh, outside.
そこで王は命じて一個の箱を造らせ、これを主の宮の門の外に置き、
9 And they made a proclamation, throughout Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in unto Yahweh the tribute of Moses the servant of God, laid upon Israel in the desert.
ユダとエルサレムにふれて、神のしもべモーセが荒野でイスラエルに課した税金を主のために持ってこさせた。
10 And all the rulers and all the people rejoiced, —and brought in and cast into the chest, until they had finished.
すべてのつかさたちおよびすべての民は皆喜んでその税金を持って来て、その箱に投げ入れたので、ついに箱はいっぱいになった。
11 And it came to pass, what time the chest was brought into the office of the king by the hand of the Levites, and when they had seen that abundant was the silver, that the scribe of the king came in, and the officer of the chief priest, and they emptied the chest, and bare it, and put it back in its place, —thus, they did, day by day, and collected silver, in abundance;
レビびとはその箱に金が多くあるのを見て、王の役人の所へ持って行くと、王の書記と祭司長の下役とが来て、その箱を傾け、これを取ってもとの所に返した。彼らは日々このようにして金をおびただしく集めた。
12 and the king and Jehoiada gave it unto such as were doing the work of labouring upon the house of Yahweh, and they were hiring masons and carpenters, to renew the house of Yahweh, —moreover also, such as were fashioners of iron and bronze, to repair the house of Yahweh.
王とエホヤダはこれを主の宮の工事をなす者に渡し、石工および木工を雇って、主の宮を修繕させ、また鉄工および青銅工を雇って、主の宮を修復させた。
13 So the doers of the work wrought, and the work of restoration went forward, in their hand, —and they caused the house of God to stand forth according to its due proportions, and made it strong.
工人たちは働いたので、修復の工事は彼らの手によってはかどり、神の宮を、もとの状態に復し、これを堅固にした。
14 And, when they had finished, they brought in before the king and Jehoiada the rest of the silver, and he made it into utensils for the house of Yahweh, utensils of attendance, and bowls and spoons, even utensils of gold and silver. Then were they offering ascending-sacrifices in the house of Yahweh, continually, all the days of Jehoiada.
それをなし終ったとき、余った金を王とエホヤダの前に持って来たので、それをもって主の宮のために器物を造った。すなわち勤めの器、燔祭の器、香の皿、および金銀の器を造った。エホヤダの世にある日の間は、絶えず主の宮で燔祭をささげた。
15 But Jehoiada waxed old and became satisfied with days, and died, —a hundred and thirty years old, when he died.
しかしエホヤダは年老い、日が満ちて死んだ。その死んだ時は百三十歳であった。
16 And they buried him in the city of David, with the kings, —because he had done good in Israel, both toward God and his house.
人々は彼をダビデの町で王たちの中に葬った。彼はイスラエルにおいて神とその宮とに良い事を行ったからである。
17 Now, after the death of Jehoiada, came the rulers of Judah, and bowed themselves down unto the king, —then, hearkened the king unto them.
エホヤダの死んだ後、ユダのつかさたちが来て、うやうやしく王に敬意を表した。王は彼らに聞き従った。
18 And they forsook the house of Yahweh, God of their fathers, and served the Sacred Stems, and the images, —so there was wrath against Judah and Jerusalem, for this their guilt.
彼らはその先祖の神、主の宮を捨てて、アシラ像および偶像に仕えたので、そのとがのために、怒りがユダとエルサレムに臨んだ。
19 And he sent among them prophets, to bring them back unto Yahweh, —and they testified against them, but they would not give ear.
主は彼らをご自分に引き返そうとして、預言者たちをつかわし、彼らにむかってあかしをさせられたが、耳を傾けなかった。
20 And, the spirit of God, clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he took his stand above the people, —and said unto them, Thus, saith God, Wherefore are, ye, transgressing the commandments of Yahweh, so that ye cannot prosper, because ye have forsaken Yahweh, therefore hath he forsaken you.
そこで神の霊が祭司エホヤダの子ゼカリヤに臨んだので、彼は民の前に立ち上がって言った、「神はこう仰せられる、『あなたがたが主の戒めを犯して、災を招くのはどういうわけであるか。あなたがたが主を捨てたために、主もあなたがたを捨てられたのである』」。
21 So they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones, by the commandment of the king, —in the court of the house of Yahweh.
しかし人々は彼を害しようと計り、王の命によって、石をもって彼を主の宮の庭で撃ち殺した。
22 Thus Joash the king, remembered not, the lovingkindness which Jehoiada his father had done for him, but slew his son, —and, as he died, he said, Yahweh see and require!
このようにヨアシ王はゼカリヤの父エホヤダが自分に施した恵みを思わず、その子を殺した。ゼカリヤは死ぬ時、「どうぞ主がこれをみそなわして罰せられるように」と言った。
23 And it came to pass, when the year had gone round, that the force of Syria came up against him, and they entered Judah, and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the rulers of the people, from among the people, —and, all the spoil of them, sent they unto the king of Damascus.
年の終りになって、スリヤの軍勢はヨアシにむかって攻め上り、ユダとエルサレムに来て、民のつかさたちをことごとく民のうちから滅ぼし、そのぶんどり物を皆ダマスコの王に送った。
24 Although, with a comparatively few men, came the force of Syria, yet, Yahweh, delivered into their hand an exceeding large force, —because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers, —and, upon Joash, executed they judgments.
この時スリヤの軍勢は少数で来たのであるが、主は大軍を彼らの手に渡された。これは彼らがその先祖の神、主を捨てたためである。このように彼らはヨアシを罰した。
25 And, when they had departed from him, for they left him with sore diseases, his own servants conspired against him, for the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him upon his bed, and he died, —and, though they buried him in the city of David, yet did they not bury him in the sepulchres of the kings.
スリヤ軍はヨアシに大傷を負わせて捨て去ったが、ヨアシの家来たちは祭司エホヤダの子の血のために、党を結んで彼にそむき、彼を床の上に殺して、死なせた。人々は彼をダビデの町に葬ったが、王の墓には葬らなかった。
26 Now, these, are they that conspired against him, —Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
党を結んで彼にそむいた者は、アンモンの女シメアテの子ザバデおよびモアブの女シムリテの子ヨザバデであった。
27 But, as for his sons, and the greatness of the oracle on him, and the foundation of the house of God, lo! there they are written, in the commentary of the Book of Kings, —and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
ヨアシの子らのこと、ヨアシに対する多くの預言および神の宮の修理の事などは、列王の書の注釈にしるされている。ヨアシの子アマジヤが彼に代って王となった。
