2 Chronicles 24
1 Joash was seven years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled in Jerusalem for 40 years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba [city].
GIOAS [era] d'età di sette anni, quando cominciò a regnare; e regnò quarant'anni in Gerusalemme. E il nome di sua madre [era] Sibia, da Beerseba.
2 Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was [the Supreme] Priest.
E Gioas fece quello che piace al Signore tutto il tempo del sacerdote Gioiada.
3 Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.
E Gioiada gli prese due mogli; ed egli generò figliuoli e figliuole.
4 Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired.
Dopo questo venne in cuore a Gioas di ristorare la Casa del Signore.
5 He summoned the priests and other descendants of Levi and said to them, “Go to the towns in Judah and collect from the people the tax money that they are required to pay each year, and use that money to pay for repairing the temple. Do it immediately.” But the descendants of Levi did not do it immediately.
Perciò adunò i sacerdoti e i Leviti, e disse loro: Andate per le città di Giuda, e raccogliete, anno per anno, da tutto Israele, danari per ristorar la Casa dell'Iddio vostro; e voi sollecitate questo affare. Ma i Leviti non [lo] sollecitarono.
6 So the king summoned Jehoiada and said to him, “Why have you not required the descendants of Levi to bring to Jerusalem from various places in Judah the annual/yearly tax that Moses said that the people of Judah must pay, for taking care of the Sacred Tent?”
E il re chiamò Gioiada, sommo [sacerdote], e gli disse: Perchè non hai tu usata diligenza, che i Leviti portassero da Giuda, e da Gerusalemme, la colta di Mosè, servitor del Signore, e della raunanza d'Israele, per lo Tabernacolo della Testimonianza?
7 [The temple needed to be repaired] because the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had entered into the temple [and had wrecked some of the things], and had also used some of the sacred items that were in it for [the worship of] Baal.
(Conciossiachè la scellerata Atalia, [ed] i suoi figliuoli avessero fatte delle rotture nella Casa di Dio; ed anche avessero adoperate per i Baali tutte le cose consacrate della Casa del Signore.)
8 So, obeying what the king commanded, the descendants of Levi made a chest and placed it outside the temple, at one of the entrances.
Il re adunque comandò che si facesse una cassetta, e che quella si mettesse alla porta della Casa del Signore, di fuori.
9 Then the king sent letters everywhere in Judah, requesting everyone to bring their tax money to the temple, like Moses had required the Israeli people to do [when they were] in the desert.
Poi fu fatta una grida per Giuda ed in Gerusalemme, che si portasse al Signore la colta che Mosè, servitor di Dio, [avea fatta] sopra Israele nel deserto.
10 All the officials and the other people [agreed, and they] brought their contributions gladly. They put the money into the chest until it was full.
E tutti i capi, e tutto il popolo, [la] portavano allegramente, e la gittavano nella cassetta, finchè fu finita [l'opera].
11 Whenever the descendants of Levi brought the chest to the king’s officials, and they saw that there was a lot of money in it, the king’s secretary and the assistant to the [Supreme] Priest would take all the money from the chest, and then put the chest back in its place. They did this frequently, and they collected a huge amount of money.
Ora, quando la cassetta si portava, per le mani de' Leviti, a quelli ch'erano deputati del re ([il che si faceva], quando vedevano che [vi erano dentro] danari assai), il segretario del re, ed un commessario del sommo sacerdote venivano, e vuotavano la cassetta; poi la riportavano, e la rimettevano nel suo luogo. Così facevano ogni giorno; e raccolsero gran quantità di danari.
12 The king and Jehoiada gave the money to the men who were supervising the work of repairing the temple. Those men hired stoneworkers and carpenters to repair the temple. They also hired men who worked with iron and bronze to repair things in the temple [that were broken].
E il re, e Gioiada, davano que' [danari] a quelli che aveano la cura dell'opera [che si faceva] per lo servigio della Casa del Signore; ed essi [ne] prezzolavano scarpellini, e legnaiuoli, per rinnovar la Casa del Signore; ed anche fabbri di ferro e di rame, per ristorarla.
13 The men who did the repair work worked hard, and the work of repairing the temple progressed. They rebuilt the temple so that it was like it was originally, and they even made it stronger.
Coloro adunque che aveano la cura dell'opera, si adoperarono; e l'opera fu ristorata per le lor mani; ed essi rimisero la Casa di Dio nello stato suo, e la rinforzarono.
14 When they had finished the repair work, they brought to the king and to Jehoiada the money that they had not used for the repairs. That money was used to make things to use for offering the sacrifices that were completely burned [on the altar], and to make bowls and other gold and silver things for the temple. As long as Joash lived, the people continually brought to the temple sacrifices that were to be completely burned on the altar.
E quando ebber finito, portarono davanti al re, e davanti a Gioiada, il rimanente de' danari; ed egli li impiegò in arredi per la Casa del Signore, in arredi per [fare] il servigio, e [per] offerir [sacrificii], ed in coppe, ed [altri] vasellamenti d'oro e d'argento. E nel tempo di Gioiada, furono del continuo offerti olocausti nella Casa del Signore.
15 Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old.
Or Gioiada, essendo diventato vecchio e sazio di giorni, morì. [Egli era] d'età di centotrent'anni, quando morì.
16 He was buried where the kings had been buried, in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. [He was buried there] because of the good things that he had done in Judah for God and for God’s temple.
E fu seppellito nella Città di Davide coi re; perciocchè egli avea fatto bene [assai] inverso Israele, ed inverso Iddio, e la sua Casa.
17 After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash, bowed in front of him, and persuaded him to do what they wanted.
E dopo che Gioiada fu morto, i capi di Giuda vennero al re, e si prostesero davanti a lui; allora egli attese a loro.
18 So they and the other people stopped worshiping at the temple, and they started worshiping the poles dedicated to [the goddess] Asherah and other idols. Because of their doing those sinful things, God was very angry with the people of Jerusalem and [with the people in other places in] Judah.
Ed essi lasciarono la Casa del Signore Iddio de' lor padri, e servirono a' boschi ed agl'idoli; laonde vi fu indegnazione contro a Giuda, e contro a Gerusalemme, per questa lor colpa.
19 Although Yahweh sent prophets to persuade them to return to him, and although the prophets told them about the evil things that they had done, the people would not pay attention.
E benchè il Signore mandasse loro de' profeti, per convertirli a sè, e ch'essi protestassero loro, non però prestarono l'orecchio.
20 Then God’s Spirit came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the [Supreme] Priest. He stood up front of the people and said, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you disobeying what I, Yahweh, have commanded? You have abandoned me, so I will abandon you.’”
E lo Spirito di Dio investì Zaccaria, figliuolo del sacerdote Gioiada. Ed egli, stando in piè disopra al popolo, disse loro: Così ha detto Iddio: Perchè trasgredite voi i comandamenti del Signore? Voi non prospererete: perciocchè voi avete abbandonato il Signore, egli altresì vi abbandonerà.
21 But the people planned to kill Zechariah. And the king joined them in doing it. The people killed Zechariah by throwing stones at him in the temple courtyard.
Ed essi fecero congiura contro a lui, e lo lapidarono, per comandamento del re, nel cortile della Casa del Signore.
22 King Joash had forgotten about how Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had been kind to him. That’s why he gave orders for the people to kill Jehoiada’s son Zechariah, who said as he was dying, “I hope that Yahweh will see [what you are doing to me] and punish [you for doing it].”
E il re Gioas non si ricordò della benignità usata da Gioiada, padre di esso, inverso lui; anzi uccise il suo figliuolo. Ora, mentre egli moriva, disse: Il Signore [lo] vegga, e [ne] ridomandi [conto].
23 Near the end of that year (OR, early in the following year), the army of Syria marched to attack [the army of] Joash. They invaded Judah and attacked Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people. They [seized many valuable things and] sent them to their king in Damascus, [their capital city.]
Ed avvenne, in capo all'anno, che l'esercito de' Siri salì contro a Gioas; e venne in Giuda ed in Gerusalemme; ed ammazzarono d'infra il popolo tutti i capi di esso; e mandarono tutte le spoglie loro al re in Damasco.
24 The army of Syria [that came to Judah] was very small, but Yahweh allowed them to defeat the large army of Judah, because he was punishing Joash and the other people of Judah for having abandoned him, the God whom their ancestors worshiped.
[E] benchè l'esercito de' Siri fosse venuto con poca gente, nondimeno il Signore diede loro nelle mani un esercito grandissimo; perciocchè aveano abbandonato il Signore Iddio de' padri loro; ed [i Siri] eseguirono i giudicii sopra Gioas.
25 Before the battle ended, Joash was severely wounded. Then his officials decided to kill him for murdering Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the [Supreme] Priest. They killed him while he was in his bed. He was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, but they did not bury him in the place where the other kings had been buried.
E, quando si furono partiti da lui, perciocchè l'aveano lasciato in gran languori, i suoi servitori fecero congiura contro a lui, per cagione dell'omicidio de' figliuoli del sacerdote Gioiada, e l'uccisero in sul suo letto. Così morì, e fu seppellito nella Città di Davide, ma non già nelle sepolture dei re.
26 Those who conspired to kill him were Zabad the son of Shimeath, who was a woman from the Ammon [people-group], and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith, who was a woman from the Moab [people-group].
Ora, questi [son] quelli che congiurarono contro a lui: Zabad, figliuolo di Simat, [donna] Ammonita; e Iozabad, figliuolo di Simrit, [donna] Moabita.
27 An account of the things that were done by the sons of Joash and the many prophecies about Joash and what he did to repair the temple are written in the scroll called ‘the History of the Kings [of Judah and Israel]’. Then after Joash died, Amaziah his son became the king.
Ora, quant'è a' figliuoli di esso, ed alla gran colta [di danari] che fu fatta per lui, ed alla fondazione della Casa di Dio; ecco, queste cose [sono] scritte nella storia del libro dei re. Ed Amasia, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.
