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].
Ní ọdún keje tí Jehu, Jehoaṣi di ọba, ó sì jẹ ọba ní Jerusalẹmu fún ogójì ọdún. Orúkọ ìyá rẹ̀ a máa jẹ́ Sibia: Ó wá láti Beerṣeba.
2 All his life, he did what pleased Yahweh, because Jehoiada the priest instructed/taught him.
Jehoaṣi ṣe ohun tí ó tọ́ ní ojú Olúwa ní gbogbo ọdún tí Jehoiada àlùfáà fi àṣẹ fún un.
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].
Àwọn ibi gíga, bí ó ti wù kí ó rí, a kò sí wọn ní ìdí, àwọn ènìyàn sì tẹ̀síwájú láti máa rú ẹbọ àti sísun tùràrí níbẹ̀.
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.
Jehoaṣi sọ fún àwọn àlùfáà pé, “Gba gbogbo owó tí wọ́n mú wá gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọrẹ mímọ́ sí ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa owó tí a gbà ní ìgbà kíka àwọn ènìyàn ìlú, owó tí a gbà láti ọwọ́ olúkúlùkù bí wọ́n ti ṣe jẹ́ ẹ̀yà àti owó tí ó ti ọkàn olúkúlùkù wá tí a mú wá sí ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa.
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.”
Jẹ́ kí gbogbo àlùfáà gba owó náà lọ́wọ́ ọ̀kan nínú àwọn akápò. Kí a sì lò ó fún tuntun ohunkóhun tí ó bá bàjẹ́ nínú ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa ṣe.”
6 But after Joash had been ruling for almost twenty-three years, the priests still had not repaired anything in the temple.
Ṣùgbọ́n ní ọdún kẹtàlélógún ọba Jehoaṣi, àwọn àlùfáà kò ì tí ì tún ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa ṣe.
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!”
Nígbà náà, ọba Jehoaṣi pe Jehoiada àlùfáà àti àwọn àlùfáà yòókù, ó sì bi wọ́n pé, “Kí ni ó dé tí ẹ̀yin kò fi tún ìbàjẹ́ tí a ṣe sí ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa ṣe? Ẹ má ṣe gba owó mọ́ lọ́wọ́ àwọn afowópamọ́, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ gbé e kalẹ̀ fún títún ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa ṣe.”
8 The priests agreed to do that, and they also agreed that they themselves would not do the repair work.
Àwọn àlùfáà fi ara mọ́ pé wọn kò nígbà owó kankan mọ́ lọ́wọ́ àwọn ènìyàn bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni, wọn kò sì ní tún ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa ṣe mọ́ fúnra wọn.
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.
Jehoiada àlùfáà mú àpótí kan, ó sì lu ihò sí ìdérí rẹ̀. Ó gbé e sí ẹ̀gbẹ́ pẹpẹ ní apá ọ̀tún bí ẹnìkan ti wọlé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa. Àwọn àlùfáà tí ó ṣọ́ ẹnu-ọ̀nà àbáwọlé fi sínú àpótí náà gbogbo owó tí a mú wá sí ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa.
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.
Ìgbàkígbà tí wọ́n bá ti rí wí pé owó púpọ̀ wà nínú àpótí, akọ̀wé ọba àti olórí àlùfáà yóò wá, wọ́n á ka owó náà tí wọ́n ti mú wá sí ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa. Wọn a sì kó o sínú àwọn àpò.
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,
Nígbà tí wọ́n bá ti pinnu iye rẹ̀, wọn a kó owó náà fún àwọn tí a ti yàn láti bojútó iṣẹ́ náà lórí ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa. Pẹ̀lú u rẹ̀, wọ́n sọ fún àwọn tí ó ń ṣiṣẹ́ lórí ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa; àwọn gbẹ́nàgbẹ́nà àti àwọn olùkọ́lé.
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.
Àwọn ilé ńlá àti àwọn agékúta. Wọ́n ra igi gẹdú àti òkúta tí wọ́n tọ́jú fún tuntun ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa ṣe. Wọ́n tún ohun gbogbo tí wọ́n ná fún títún tẹmpili ṣe.
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.
Owó tí a mú wá sí ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa kò jẹ́ níná fún ṣíṣe òpó fàdákà, ohun èlò ta fi ń fa ẹnu fìtílà, àwokòtò, ìpè, ohun èlò wúrà tàbí ohun èlò fàdákà kan fún ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa.
14 All that money was given to the men who were doing the work of repairing the temple.
A sì san án fún àwọn ọkùnrin tí ó ń ṣiṣẹ́, tí wọ́n ń tọ́jú ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa.
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.
Wọn kò sì bá àwọn ọkùnrin náà ṣírò, ní ọwọ́ ẹni tí wọ́n fún ní owó láti san fún àwọn òṣìṣẹ́. Torí wọ́n ṣe é pẹ̀lú òdodo tí ó pé.
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.
Owó láti ibi ọrẹ ẹ̀bi àti ọrẹ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ní a kò mú wá sí ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa, ó jẹ́ ti àwọn àlùfáà.
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.
Ní déédé àkókò yìí, Hasaeli ọba Siria gòkè lọ láti dojúkọ Gati àti láti fi agbára mú un. Nígbà náà, ó yípadà láti dojúkọ Jerusalẹmu.
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.
Ṣùgbọ́n Jehoaṣi ọba Juda mú gbogbo ohun mímọ́ tí a gbé ka iwájú tí a yà sọ́tọ̀ nípasẹ̀ baba rẹ̀ Jehoṣafati, Jehoramu àti Ahasiah, àwọn ọba Juda, àti àwọn ẹ̀bùn tí òun tìkára rẹ̀ ti yà sọ́tọ̀ àti gbogbo wúrà, tí ó rí nínú ibi ìfowópamọ́ sí ilé tí a kọ́ fún Olúwa àti ní ti ààfin ọba, ó sì fi wọ́n ránṣẹ́ sí Hasaeli; ọba Siria, tí ó sì fà padà kúrò ní Jerusalẹmu.
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’.
Pẹ̀lú ìyókù ìṣe Joaṣi, àti ohun gbogbo tí ó ṣe, a kò ha kọ wọ́n sínú ìwé ìtàn ayé àwọn ọba Juda?
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.
Àwọn oníṣẹ́ rẹ̀ dìtẹ̀ sí i wọ́n sì lù ú pa ní Beti-Milo ní ọ̀nà sí Silla.
Àwọn oníṣẹ́ tí ó pa á jẹ́ Josabadi ọmọ Ṣimeati àti Jehosabadi ọmọ Ṣomeri. Ó kú, wọ́n sì sin ín pẹ̀lú baba rẹ̀ ní ìlú ńlá ti Dafidi. Amasiah ọmọ rẹ̀ sì rọ́pò rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọba.
