2 Chronicles 24

1 Joash [was] seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

١ كَانَ يُوآشُ فِي السَّابِعَةِ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ حِينَ تَوَلَّى الْمُلْكَ، وَدَامَ حُكْمُهُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ ظَبْيَةُ مِنْ بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ.

2 And Joash did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

٢ وَصَنَعَ يُوآشُ مَا هُوَ صَالِحٌ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ يَهُويَادَاعَ الْكَاهِنِ.

3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

٣ وَاتَّخَذَ يَهُويَادَاعُ لِيُوآشَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ أَنْجَبَتَا لَهُ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ.

4 And it came to pass after this, [that] Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.

٤ وَإِذْ كَانَ فِي عَزْمِ يُوآشَ أَنْ يُرَمِّمَ بَيْتَ الرَّبِّ،

5 And he convened the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. But the Levites hastened [it] not.

٥ جَمَعَ الْكَهَنَةَ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذَا وَاجْمَعُوا الْمُخَصَّصَاتِ السَّنَوِيَّةَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فِضَّةً مِنْ أَجْلِ تَرْمِيمِ بَيْتِ إِلَهِكُمْ، وَبَادِرُوا بِتَنْفِيذِ ذَلِكَ الآنَ». غَيْرَ أَنَّ اللّاوِيِّينَ تَقَاعَسُوا عَنْ إِنْجَازِ الأَمْرِ.

6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, [according to the commandment] of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

٦ فَاسْتَدْعَى الْمَلِكُ يَهُويَادَاعَ رَئِيسَ الْكَهَنَةِ وَسَأَلَهُ: «لِمَاذَا لَمْ تَطْلُبْ مِنَ اللّاوِيِّينَ أَنْ يَجْمَعُوا مِنْ بَنِي يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ الضَّرِيبَةَ الَّتِي فَرَضَهَا مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ وَجَمَاعَةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ لِصِيَانَةِ خَيْمَةِ الشَّهَادَةِ؟».

7 For the sons of Athaliah that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD they bestowed upon Baalim.

٧ وَكَانَ أَبْنَاءُ عَثَلْيَا الْخَبِيثَةِ قَدْ هَدَمُوا بَيْتَ اللهِ وَاسْتَخْدَمُوا مُقَدَّسَاتِ الْهَيْكَلِ لِعِبَادَةِ الْبَعْلِيمِ.

8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

٨ وَأَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ فَصَنَعُوا صُنْدُوقاً وَضَعُوهُ عِنْدَ الْمَدْخَلِ الْخَارِجِيِّ لِهَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ،

9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection [that] Moses the servant of God [laid] upon Israel in the wilderness.

٩ وَأَذَاعُوا فِي كُلِّ أَرْجَاءِ يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ دَاعِينَ الشَّعْبَ أَنْ يُقَدِّمُوا لِلرَّبِّ الضَّرِيبَةَ الَّتِي فَرَضَهَا مُوسَى عَبْدُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ.

10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

١٠ فَفَرِحَ كُلُّ الرُّؤَسَاءِ وَسَائِرُ الشَّعْبِ، وَتَبَرَّعُوا بِالْمَالِ حَتَّى امْتَلأَ الصُّنْدُوقُ.

11 Now it came to pass, that at the time the chest was brought to the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that [there was] much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and collected money in abundance.

١١ وَكُلَّمَا كَثُرَتِ الْفِضَّةُ فِي الصُّنْدُوقِ يَجِيءُ اللّاوِيُّونَ وَيَحْمِلُونَهُ إِلَى مَقَرِّ وِكَالَةِ مُوَظَّفِي الْمَلِكِ، فَيَأْتِي كَاتِبُ الْمَلِكِ وَوَكِيلُ رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ، وَيُفْرِغَانِ الصُّنْدُوقَ، ثُمَّ يَحْمِلانِهِ وَيَرُدَّانِهِ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ. هَكَذَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ حَتَّى جَمَعُوا فِضَّةً وَفِيرَةً،

12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

١٢ دَفَعَهَا الْمَلِكُ وَيَهُويَادَاعُ لِلْمُشْرِفِينَ عَلَى أَعْمَالِ خِدْمَةِ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ، فَكَانَ هَؤُلاءِ يَسْتَأْجِرُونَ نَحَّاتِينَ وَنَجَّارِينَ وَحَدَّادِينَ لِصِيَانَةِ هَيْكَلِ الرَّبِّ وَتَرْمِيمِهِ.

13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.

١٣ وَجَدَّ الْمُشْرِفُونَ فِي عَمَلِهِمْ فَأَفْلَحُوا، وَأَعَادُوا تَرْمِيمَ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ بِمُوْجِبِ رَسْمِهِ الأَصْلِيِّ، وَثَبَّتُوهُ.

14 And when they had finished [it], they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, of which were made vessels for the house of the LORD, [even] vessels to minister, and to offer [with], and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

١٤ وَلَمَّا تَمَّ إِنْجَازُ الْعَمَلِ حَمَلُوا مَا تَبَقَّى مِنْ فِضَّةٍ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ وَيَهُويَادَاعَ، فَصَاغُوا آنِيَةً لِلْهَيْكَلِ وَلِتَقْرِيبِ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ، وَصُحُوناً وَآنِيَةَ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ. وَوَاظَبُوا عَلَى إِصْعَادِ الْمُحْرَقَاتِ فِي بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ بِصُورَةٍ دَائِمَةٍ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ يَهُويَادَاعَ.

15 But Jehoiada grew old, and was full of days when he died; a hundred and thirty years old [was] he when he died.

١٥ وَشَاخَ يَهُويَادَاعُ وَطَعَنَ فِي السِّنِّ، ثُمَّ مَاتَ بَعْدَ أَنْ بَلَغَ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ مِئَةً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً،

16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both towards God, and towards his house.

١٦ فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ فِي مَقَابِرِ الْمُلُوكِ، اعْتِرَافاً بِفَضْلِهِ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمَا بَذَلَهُ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فِي خِدْمَةِ اللهِ وَهَيْكَلِهِ.

17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened to them.

١٧ وَبَعْدَ وَفَاةِ يَهُويَاداعَ جَاءَ قَادَةُ يَهُوذَا وَأَظْهَرُوا وَلاءَهُمْ لِلْمَلِكِ وَأَمَالُوا قَلْبَهُ،

18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

١٨ فَهَجَرُوا هَيْكَلَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِمْ، وَعَبَدُوا تَمَاثِيلَ عَشْتَارُوثَ وَالأَصْنَامَ، فَانْصَبَّ غَضَبُ اللهِ عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ إِثْمِهِمْ هَذَا.

19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again to the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

١٩ وَأَرْسَلَ اللهُ أَنْبِيَاءَ يُنْذِرُونَهُمْ وَيَدْعُونَهُمْ لِلتَّوْبَةِ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَرْتَدِعُوا

20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said to them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

٢٠ فَحَلَّ رُوحُ اللهِ عَلَى زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ يَهُويَادَاعَ الْكَاهِنِ، فَوَقَفَ أَمَامَ الشَّعْبِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: لِمَاذَا تَتَعَدَّوْنَ أَوَامِرَ الرَّبِّ فَلا تُفْلِحُوا؟ لَقَدْ نَبَذْتُمُ الرَّبَّ فَنَبَذَكُمُ الرَّبُّ».

21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

٢١ فَكَادُوا لَهُ حَتَّى أَمَرَ الْمَلِكُ بِرَجْمِهِ بِالْحِجَارَةِ فِي سَاحَةِ الْهَيْكَلِ.

22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon [it], and require [it].

٢٢ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الْمَلِكُ الْفَضْلَ الَّذِي أَسْدَاهُ إِلَيْهِ يَهُويَادَاعُ، بَلْ قَتَلَ ابْنَهُ، وَفِيمَا هُوَ يَلْفِظُ أَنْفَاسَهُ قَالَ: «لِيَنْظُرِ الرَّبُّ وَيُجْرِ قَضَاءَهُ».

23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, [that] the army of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus.

٢٣ وَفِي خِتَامِ السَّنَةِ الْعِبْرِيَّةِ هَاجَمَ جَيْشُ الأَرَامِيِّينَ يُوآشَ، وَأَغَارُوا عَلَى يَهُوذَا وَأُورُشَلِيمَ، وَأَفْنَوْا قَادَةَ الشَّعْبِ، وَأَرْسَلُوا مَا اسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ غَنَائِمَ إِلَى مَلِكِ دِمَشْقَ.

24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

٢٤ وَمَعَ أَنَّ جَيْشَ الأَرَامِيِّينَ لَمْ يَكُنْ سِوَى شِرْذِمَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ، فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ نَصَرَهُمْ عَلَى جَيْشٍ كَبِيرٍ، لأَنَّ بَنِي يَهُوذَا قَدْ تَخَلَّوْا عَنِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِمْ، فَأَنْزَلُوا قَضَاءَ الرَّبِّ بِيُوآشَ.

25 And when they had departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases, ) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchers of the kings.

٢٥ وَعِنْدَمَا انْسَحَبَ جَيْشُ الأَرَامِيِّينَ كَانَ يُوآشُ يُعَانِي مِمَّا تَكَبَّدَهُ مِنْ جِرَاحٍ فِي الْقِتَالِ، فَتَآمَرَ عَلَيْهِ ضَابِطَانِ مِنْ رِجَالِهِ ثَأْراً لِدِمَاءِ ابْنِ يَهُويَادَاعَ الْكَاهِنِ، وَقَتَلاهُ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ، فَدَفَنُوهُ فِي مَدِينَةِ دَاوُدَ، وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ فِي مَقَابِرِ الْمُلُوكِ.

26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

٢٦ أَمَّا الْمُتَآمِرَانِ عَلَيْهِ فَهُمَا زَابَادُ ابْنُ شِمْعَةَ الْعَمُّونِيَّةِ، وَيَهُوزَابَادُ ابْنُ شِمْرِيتَ الْمُوآبِيَّةِ.

27 Now [concerning] his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they [are] written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

٢٧ وَقَدْ وَرَدَتْ فِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ الْمُلُوكِ سِيَرُ أَبْنَائِهِ، وَمَا جَاءَ مِنْ نُبُوءَاتٍ ضِدَّهُ، وَبَيَانٌ بِتَرْمِيمِهِ لِلْهَيْكَلِ. وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أَمَصْيَا عَلَى الْمُلْكِ.