2 Kings 12
1 When Jehu had been ruling Israel for almost seven years, Joash became the king of Judah. He ruled in Jerusalem for 40 years. His mother was Zibiah, from Beersheba [city].
Jehu a bawinae kum 7 navah, Jehoash teh siangpahrang lah ao. Jerusalem vah kum 40 touh a uk, a manu min teh Zibiah Beersheba kho e tami doeh.
2 All his life, he did what pleased Yahweh, because Jehoiada the priest instructed/taught him.
Vaihma, Jehoiada ni Jehoash a pâtu nathung pueng teh BAWIPA mithmu vah, hawinae hah ouk a sak.
3 But the places where the people worshiped [Yahweh] on the tops of hills were not destroyed, and they continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at those places, [instead of at the place that God had chosen for them in Jerusalem].
Hatei hmuenrasang lah puen kalawn hoeh. Hmuenrasang dawk tami moikapap ni Cathut thuengnae hmuitui a sawi awh.
4 Joash said to the priests, “You must take all the money which the people contribute, both the money they are required to give and the money that they themselves decide to give, as sacred offerings to buy things for the temple.
Jehoash ni vaihmanaw koe BAWIPA im vah kâenkhai e hno kathoung ratangnae, hnopainaw pueng, milu touk tangcoungnaw koe kacetnaw pueng hanelah, khoe lah kaawm e kâratangnae hnonaw hoi bangpatet e tami ni BAWIPA im vah a ceikhai teh a pasoung awh e naw hah,
5 Each priest must take the money from people who know him (OR, from one of the treasurers), and he must use that money to repair the temple whenever he sees that there is something that needs to be repaired.”
vaihmanaw ni, amamae a uk awh e thungup lat van naseh. Bawkim a rawknae hmuen tangkuem koe rem awh naseh atipouh.
6 But after Joash had been ruling for almost twenty-three years, the priests still had not repaired anything in the temple.
Hatei siangpahrang Jehoash teh kum 23 touh a bawi nakunghai vaihmanaw ni bawkim ka rawk e naw heh pathoup kalawn awh hoeh.
7 So Joash summoned Jehoiada and the other priests and said to them, “(Why are you not repairing things in the temple?/You should have been repairing things in the temple!) [RHQ] From now on, you must not keep the money that you receive from people who know you (OR, the treasurers). You must give it to the people who will be repairing things in the temple!”
Hottelah siangpahrang Jehoash ni vaihma Jehoiada hoi vaihma alouknaw hah a kaw teh, ahnimouh koe, bangkongmaw bawkim ka rawk e hmuennaw hah na pathoup awh hoeh. Atu hoi teh, na uknae thung e tami koe e tangka lat awh hanh lawih. Bawkim ka rawk e pathoup nahanlah poe awh lawih telah a ti.
8 The priests agreed to do that, and they also agreed that they themselves would not do the repair work.
Vaihmanaw ni hai ayânaw koe tangka toung laipalah, bawkim ka rawk e hai pathoup hoeh hanelah a hnâbo awh.
9 Then Jehoiada took a chest and bored a hole in the lid. He placed it alongside the altar [for burning incense/sacrifices] that was on the right as anyone enters the temple. The priests who guarded the entrance to the temple put in the box the money that was brought to the temple.
Hot patetlah, vaihma Jehoiada ni thingkongca a la teh, a khuem hah a paawng. BAWIPA im kâennaw aranglah thuengnae khoungroe teng vah a tâ teh a sin awh e tangkanaw pueng hah, takhang ka ring e vaihma ni paloupalou a ta pouh.
10 Whenever they saw that there was a lot of money in the chest, the king’s secretary and the Supreme Priest would come and count the money. Then they would put it in bags and tie the bags shut.
Hahoi teh hettelah doeh. Thingkong dawk tangka apap toe tie a panue awh toteh, siangpahrang e cakathutkung hoi vaihma kacue ni, a ceikhai teh BAWIPA im vah tangka kaawm e pueng a touk awh.
11 Then, after they weighed it, they would give the money to the men who supervised the work in the temple. Then the supervisors would use that money to pay the carpenters and builders who did the repair work in the temple,
A touk awh e tangka teh thaw katawknaw, BAWIPA im kasakkungnaw, imsakkathoumnaw e kut phu, talung kadeinaw hoiyah talung katâcawtsaknaw e kut phu hoi,
12 and the masons and the stone cutters. Also with some of that money they bought timber and stones that had been cut to be used in the repair work, and to pay all the other expenses for the repair work.
Bawipa e Bawkim ka rawk e naw pathoup nahanlah thing hoi talung kuennae hoi im a rawknae koe, a pankinae hmuen pueng koe a hno awh.
13 But they did not use any of that money [to pay men] to make silver cups or wick trimmers or bowls or trumpets or any other items made of silver or gold to be used in the temple.
Hatei BAWIPA imthungkhu tangka a sin awh hoi BAWIPA im hanlah, ngun, rahum, hoi hmai paduenae hoi Ailo ka dung hoi mongka hoi suihlaamnaw, ngunhlaamnaw hah hote tangka hoi sak hoeh.
14 All that money was given to the men who were doing the work of repairing the temple.
Hatei, thaw katawkkungnaw ouk a poe awh teh BAWIPA e im pathoup nahanlah a hno awh.
15 The men who supervised the work always did things honestly, so the king’s secretary and the Supreme Priest never required that the supervisors report what they had spent the money for.
Thaw katawkkungnaw, poe hanlah tangka a kuem sak awh e naw hoi kuekluek parei pouh hoeh toe. Bangkongtetpawiteh, yuemkamculah a tawk awh.
16 But the money that people gave to pay for the wrong things that they had done and the money they gave to purify themselves because of the sins that they had committed was not put in the chest. That money belonged to the priests.
Kâtapoe thuengnae tangka hoi yon thuengnae tangka teh BAWIPA im dawk kâen sak a hoeh. Hot teh vaihmanaw e ham doeh.
17 At that time, Hazael, the king of Syria, went [with his army] and attacked Gath [city] and conquered it. Then he decided that they would attack Jerusalem.
Siria siangpahrang Hazael ni, Gath a tuk. Be a la hnukkhu Hazael teh Jerusalem ban hanlah a noe.
18 So Joash, the king of Judah, took all the money that the previous kings, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, had dedicated to Yahweh. He added some of his own money, and all the gold that was in the rooms in the temple where valuable things were kept/stored, and the gold in his palace, and sent it all to King Hazael, [to (appease him/persuade him to not attack Jerusalem)]. So King Hazael [took his army] away from Jerusalem.
Judah siangpahrang Jehoash ni a na pa hoi Jehoshaphat hoi Jehoram hoi Ahaziah tinaw ni ouk a poe awh e kathounge hnonaw pueng, amamouh ni thoung sak awh e hnonaw hoi BAWIPA im kaawmnaw pueng hoi siangpahrang im vah kaawm, suinaw pueng a la awh teh, Siria siangpahrang Hazael a patawn awh. Hahoi teh Jerusalem a kamlang takhai awh.
19 [If you want to read more of] what Joash did, [it] is all written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
Hot patetlah, Joash a tawksaknae naw thung dawk e kaawm rae naw, a sakyoe e naw pueng teh Judah siangpahrang setouknae cauk dawkvah koung thut lah ao nahoehmaw.
20 Joash’s officials plotted against him, and two of them killed Joash on the road that goes down to [the] Silla [district]. The two men who did that were Jozabad, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer. Joash was buried in the place where his ancestors were buried, [in the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then Joash’s son Amaziah became the king of Judah.
Hahoi a taminaw a thaw awh teh a kâcoun awh. Joash teh Silla lah ceinae lam, Millo im vah, a hem awh teh a thei awh.
A san Shimeath capa Jozakhar koevah, Devit khopui dawk a pakawp awh teh a capa Amaziah teh a yueng lah a bawi.
