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].
De sete anos era Joás quando começou a reinar, e quarenta anos reinou em Jerusalém. O nome de sua mãe foi Zíbia, de Berseba.
2 Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was [the Supreme] Priest.
E fez Joás o que era correto aos olhos do SENHOR todos os dias de Joiada o sacerdote.
3 Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.
E tomou para ele Joiada duas mulheres; e gerou filhos e filhas.
4 Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired.
Depois disto aconteceu que Joás teve vontade de reparar a casa do SENHOR.
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.
E juntou os sacerdotes e os levitas, e disse-lhes: Saí pelas cidades de Judá, e juntai dinheiro de todo Israel, para que cada ano seja reparada a casa de vosso Deus; e vós ponde diligência no negócio. Mas os levitas não puseram diligência.
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?”
Por isso o rei chamou a Joiada o principal, e disse-lhe: Por que não procuraste que os levitas tragam de Judá e de Jerusalém ao tabernáculo do testemunho, a oferta que impôs Moisés servo do SENHOR, e da congregação de Israel?
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.
Porque a ímpia Atalia e seus filhos haviam destruído a casa de Deus, e ademais haviam gastado nos ídolos todas as coisas consagradas à casa do SENHOR.
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.
Mandou, pois, o rei que fizessem uma arca, a qual puseram fora à porta da casa do SENHOR;
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.
E fizeram apregoar em Judá e em Jerusalém, que trouxessem ao SENHOR a oferta que Moisés servo de Deus havia imposto a Israel no 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 todos os príncipes e todo o povo se alegraram: e traziam, e lançavam no arca até enchê-la.
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.
E quando vinha o tempo para levar a arca ao magistrado do rei por mão dos levitas, quando viam que havia muito dinheiro, vinha o escriba do rei, e o que estava posto pelo sumo sacerdote, e levavam a arca, e esvaziavam-na, e traziam-na de volta a seu lugar; e assim o faziam a cada dia, e recolhiam muito dinheiro.
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].
O qual dava o rei e Joiada aos que faziam a obra do serviço da casa do SENHOR, e tomavam pedreiros e oficiais que reparassem a casa do SENHOR, e ferreiros e artesãos de metal para compor a casa do SENHOR.
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.
Faziam, pois, os oficiais a obra, e por suas mãos foi a obra restaurada, e restituíram a casa de Deus a sua condição, e a consolidaram.
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 houveram acabado, trouxeram o que restava do dinheiro ao rei e a Joiada, e fizeram dele vasos para a casa do SENHOR, vasos para o serviço, utensílios para os sacrifícios, colheres, vasos de ouro e de prata. E sacrificavam holocaustos continuamente na casa do SENHOR todos os dias de Joiada.
15 Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old.
Mas Joiada envelheceu, e morreu farto de dias: de cento e trinta anos era quando morreu.
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 sepultaram-no na cidade de Davi com os reis, porquanto havia feito bem com Israel, e para com Deus, e com 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.
Depois de Joiada ter morrido, vieram os príncipes de Judá, e fizeram reverência ao rei; e o rei os ouviu.
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.
E abandonaram a casa do SENHOR o Deus de seus pais, e serviram aos bosques e às imagens esculpidas; e a ira veio sobre Judá e Jerusalém por este seu pecado.
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 enviou-lhes profetas, para que os reconduzissem ao SENHOR, os quais lhes protestaram: mas eles não os escutaram.
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 o espírito de Deus investiu a Zacarias, filho de Joiada o sacerdote, o qual estando sobre o povo, lhes disse: Assim disse Deus: Por que quebrantais os mandamentos do SENHOR? Não vos virá bem disso; porque por haver deixado ao SENHOR, ele também vos deixará.
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.
Mas eles fizeram conspiração contra ele, e cobriram-lhe de pedras por mandado do rei, no pátio da casa do SENHOR.
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].”
Não teve, pois, memória o rei Joás da misericórdia que seu pai Joiada havia feito com ele, antes matou-lhe seu filho; o qual disse ao morrer: o SENHOR o veja, e o exija.
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.]
À volta do ano subiu contra ele o exército da Síria; e vieram a Judá e a Jerusalém, e destruíram no povo a todos os principais dele, e enviaram todos seus despojos ao rei a 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.
Porque ainda que o exército da Síria houvesse vindo com pouca gente, o SENHOR lhes entregou em suas mãos um exército muito numeroso; porquanto haviam deixado ao SENHOR o Deus de seus pais. E com Joás fizeram juízos.
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 indo-se dele os sírios, deixaram-no em muitas enfermidades; e conspiraram contra ele seus servos a causa dos sangues dos filhos de Joiada o sacerdote, e feriram-lhe em sua cama, e morreu: e sepultaram-lhe na cidade de Davi, mas não o sepultaram nos sepulcros dos reis.
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].
Os que conspiraram contra ele foram Zabade, filho de Simeate amonita, e Jozabade, filho de Sin 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.
De seus filhos, e da multiplicação que fez das rendas, e da restauração da casa do SENHOR, eis que está escrito na história do livro dos reis. E reinou em seu lugar Amazias seu filho.
