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 was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
Joas te gen sètan lè li moute wa. Li pase karantan lavil Jerizalèm ap gouvènen peyi a. Manman l' te yon moun lavil Bècheba ki te rele Zibya.
2 Joash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
Joas te fè sa ki dwat devan Seyè a toutotan Jeojada, prèt la, pa t' ankò mouri.
3 Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
Jeojada te marye wa a ak de madanm ki ba li pitit gason ak pitit fi.
4 After this, Joash intended to restore Yahweh’s house.
Kèk tan apre sa, Joas pran desizyon pou l' repare Tanp Seyè a.
5 He gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money to repair the house of your God from all Israel from year to year. See that you expedite this matter.” However the Levites didn’t do it right away.
Li reyini prèt yo ak moun Levi yo, li di yo: -Ale nan tout lavil peyi Jida yo. Ranmase lajan nan men tout pèp la pou repare Tanp lan chak lanne. Souke kò nou, pa mize. Men moun Levi yo pa t' prese.
6 The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, “Why haven’t you required of the Levites to bring in the tax of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the assembly of Israel, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, for the Tent of the Testimony?”
Lè sa a, wa a fè rele Jeojada, granprèt la, li di l' konsa: -Poukisa ou pa rele dèyè moun Levi yo pou yo ranmase nan men moun peyi Jida yo ak moun lavil Jerizalèm yo lajan Moyiz, sèvitè Seyè a, ansanm ak tout pèp Izrayèl la te dakò pou yo egzije pèp la bay pou Tanp Randevou a?
7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up God’s house; and they also gave all the dedicated things of Yahweh’s house to the Baals.
Atali ki te yon fanm vèmen ansanm ak moun pa l' yo te antre fè dega nan Tanp Seyè a. Yo te pran bagay yo te mete apa pou Bondye nan Tanp lan pou fè sèvis pou Baal li yo.
8 So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of Yahweh’s house.
Lè sa a wa a bay lòd pou yo fè yon gwo bwat pou yo mete bò pòtay Tanp lan, sou deyò.
9 They made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Yahweh the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.
Apre sa, li voye fè konnen nan tout lavil Jerizalèm ak nan peyi Jida pou tout moun pote bay Seyè a lajan Moyiz, sèvitè Bondye a, te mande pèp Izrayèl la bay lè yo te nan dezè a.
10 All the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had filled it.
Sa te fè tout chèf yo ak tout pèp la kontan. Yo pote lajan taks la, yo mete l' nan bwat la jouk li rive plen.
11 Whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the chief 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 gathered money in abundance.
Chak jou, moun Levi yo te pote bwat la bay chèf wa a te mete reskonsab pou sa. Lè yo wè bwat la plen, sekretè wa a ak komisè granprèt la te delege pou sa a wete lajan an. Apre sa, yo mete bwat vid la nan plas li ankò. Yo te fè sa chak jou. Konsa yo te ranmase anpil lajan.
12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of Yahweh’s house. They hired masons and carpenters to restore Yahweh’s house, and also those who worked iron and bronze to repair Yahweh’s house.
Wa a ak Jeojada renmèt lajan an bay moun ki te reskonsab repare Tanp Seyè a. Moun sa yo menm te anplwaye mason ak chapant sou kontra pou repare Tanp Seyè a. Yo te anplwaye bòs ki gen ladrès pou travay fè ak kwiv pou repare Tanp lan tou.
13 So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands. They set up God’s house as it was designed, and strengthened it.
Tout moun ki te reskonsab travay la mete men. Yo repare Tanp lan, yo mete l' jan l' te ye anvan an, yo fè l' byen solid.
14 When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, from which were made vessels for Yahweh’s house, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, including spoons and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in Yahweh’s house continually all the days of Jehoiada.
Lè yo fini ak travay reparasyon an, yo pote rès lò ak rès ajan an renmèt wa a ak Jeojada ki sèvi avèk yo pou fè bagay pou Tanp Seyè a, tankou bòl ak veso yo bezwen lè y'ap fè sèvis, lè y'ap boule bèt yo touye pou Bondye ak tout kalite veso an lò ak an ajan. Pandan tout tan Jeojada te la a, yo pa te sispann boule bèt nèt nan dife nan Tanp Seyè a jan pou yo fè l' la.
15 But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died. He was one hundred thirty years old when he died.
Men, Jeojada te fin vye granmoun. Li te gen santrantan lè li mouri.
16 They buried him in David’s city among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
Yo antere l' nan tonm wa yo nan lavil David la, paske li te fè anpil pou pèp Izrayèl la, pou Bondye ak pou Tanp li a.
17 Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them.
Mouri Jeojada mouri, chèf peyi Jida yo vin jwenn wa a, yo bese tèt jouk atè devan li. Wa a koute konsèy yo.
18 They abandoned the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and the idols, so wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
Se konsa pèp la sispann sèvi Bondye zansèt yo nan Tanp Seyè a, yo tanmen fè sèvis pou estati Achera yo ak pou lòt zidòl. Poutèt peche sa a, Seyè a fache anpil sou peyi Jida ak sou lavil Jerizalèm.
19 Yet he sent prophets to them to bring them again to Yahweh, and they testified against them; but they would not listen.
Seyè a voye pwofèt pou fè pèp la tounen vin jwenn li, men pèp la derefize koute sa pwofèt yo t'ap di yo.
20 The Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, “God says, ‘Why do you disobey Yahweh’s commandments, so that you can’t prosper? Because you have forsaken Yahweh, he has also forsaken you.’”
Lè sa a, lespri Bondye desann sou Zakari, pitit gason Jeojada, prèt la. li al kanpe yon kote pou tout pèp la wè l', li di yo konsa: -Seyè a, Bondye a mande poukisa nou pa vle swiv kòmandman li yo kifè n'ap rale malè sou nou konsa? Nou vire do ba li, l'ap vire do ban nou tou!
21 They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of Yahweh’s house.
Men pèp la fè konplo sou do Zakari. Wa a bay lòd pou yo touye l' ak kout wòch nan gran lakou Tanp Seyè a.
22 Thus Joash the king didn’t remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, “May Yahweh look at it, and repay it.”
Joas te bliye tout byen Jeojada, papa Zakari, te fè pou li, li fè touye Zakari. Anvan Zakari rann dènye souf li, li di byen fò: -Se pou Seyè a wè sa ou fè la a, se pou l' pini ou pou sa!
23 At the end of the year, the army of the Syrians came up against him. They came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all their plunder to the king of Damascus.
Menm lanne sa a, lè sezon prentan rive, lame peyi Siri a atake wa Joas, yo anvayi peyi Jida ak lavil Jerizalèm. Yo touye tout chèf yo, yo piye peyi a, yo voye tou sa yo te pran bay wa lavil Damas la.
24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Yahweh delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
Lame peyi Siri a pa t' anpil, men Seyè a te kite l' kraze yon lame ki te plis pase yo lontan paske pèp Jida a te vire do bay Seyè a, Bondye zansèt yo a. Se konsa Joas t'ap soufri nan men moun Siri yo pou sa l' te fè a.
25 When they had departed from him (for they left him seriously wounded), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died. They buried him in David’s city, but they didn’t bury him in the tombs of the kings.
Lè moun Siri yo wete kò yo, yo kite wa a malad grav. De nan chèf ki t'ap sèvi avè l' yo fè konplo sou do l' pou yo tire revanj lanmò pitit Jeojada, prèt la. Yo touye wa a sou kabann li. Yo antere l' nan lavil David la, men yo pa mete l' nan tonm wa yo.
26 These are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
Men non chèf ki te fè konplo a: se te Zabad, pitit gason Chimeya, yon fanm peyi Amon ak Jeozabad, pitit Chimrit, yon fanm peyi Moab.
27 Now concerning his sons, the greatness of the burdens laid on him, and the rebuilding of God’s house, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
Nan esplikasyon yo bay sou liv wa yo, n'a jwenn istwa pitit gason Joas yo, mesaj pwofèt yo te bay sou li, epi yo rakonte ki jan li te rebati Tanp Bondye a. Se Amasya, pitit Joas la, ki moute wa nan plas li.
