Fiawo 2 12
1 Le Yehu ƒe fiaɖuɖu le Israel ƒe ƒe adrelia me la, Yoas zu Yuda fia. Eɖu fia le Yerusalem ƒe blaene. Dadae nye Zibia tso Beerseba.
In the seventh year of Jehu, the reign of Joash began; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
2 Ewɔ nu dzɔdzɔe le eƒe agbemeŋkekewo katã me elabena nunɔlagã Yehoiada fia afɔɖoƒee.
Joash did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh all the time, because Jehoiada the priest was instructing him.
3 Gake, megbã nuxeƒewo le toawo dzi o, ale ameawo gasaa vɔ eye wogadoa dzudzɔ ʋeʋĩ le afi ma kokoko.
But the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
4 Yoas gblɔ na nunɔlawo be, “Miƒo ƒu ga siwo katã wotsɔ vɛ na Yehowa abe nunana kɔkɔewo ene, ga si miekpɔ le amexexlẽ la me, ga si ka mia si, si nye amewo ƒe adzɔgbeɖeɖewo kple lɔlɔ̃nununana si amewo tsɔ va gbedoxɔ la me.
Joash said to the priests, “All the money that is brought in as sacred offerings into the house of Yahweh, that money for which each person is assessed—whether it is the money collected in the census, or the money received from personal vows, or the money brought in by people motivated by Yahweh in their hearts to give—
5 Mina nunɔla ɖe sia ɖe naxɔ ga la tso gadzikpɔla ɖeka si eye miawɔ eŋu dɔ adzra nu sia nu si miekpɔ be egblẽ le gbedoxɔa me la ɖo.”
the priests should receive the money from one of their treasurers and repair whatever damage is found in the temple.”
6 Ke le eƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe blaeve-vɔ-etɔ̃lia me la, nunɔlawo medzra gbedoxɔ la ɖo o.
But by the twenty-third year of King Joash, the priests had not repaired anything in the temple.
7 Ale Yoas yɔ Yehoiada kple nunɔla bubuawo eye wògblɔ na wo be, “Nu ka ta miewɔ naneke tso gbedoxɔ la ŋu kpɔ o? Azɔ la, migawɔ ga aɖeke ŋu dɔ na miawo ŋutɔ ƒe nuhiahiãwo o. Tso azɔ dzi yina la, ele be miawɔ ga ɖe sia ɖe ŋu dɔ hena gbedoxɔ la dzadzraɖo.”
Then King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest and for the other priests; he said to them, “Why have you not repaired anything in the temple? Now take no more money from your taxpayers, but take what has been collected for repairs of the temple and give it to those who can make the repairs.”
8 Ale nunɔlawo ɖo be yewoaɖo ga tɔxɛ aɖe da ɖi si mato yewoƒe asi me o, ale be yewomawɔ eŋu dɔ na yewo ŋutɔ ƒe nuhiahiãwo o.
So the priests consented to take no more money from the people and not repair the temple themselves.
9 Nunɔla Yehoiada ɖe do gã aɖe ɖe tsitrenuɖaka gã aɖe tame eye wòtsɔe da ɖe vɔsamlekpui si le gbedoxɔ la ƒe mɔnu la ƒe ɖusime. Ʋɔtrua ŋu dzɔlawo tsɔa ga siwo ameawo tsɔna vɛ la dea eme.
Instead, Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of Yahweh. The priests who were guarding the temple entrance put into it all the money that was brought to the house of Yahweh.
10 Ne tsitrenuɖaka la yɔ la, fia ƒe gaŋutinyaŋlɔla kple nunɔlagã la xlẽa ga la, denɛ kotokuwo me
Whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's scribe and the high priest would come and put the money in bags and then count it, the money found in the temple of Yahweh.
11 Esi woɖo kpe ga homea dzi la, wotsɔe na ame siwo wotia be woakpɔ dɔa dzi le gbedoxɔ la ŋuti. Wotsɔ ga sia xe fe na ame siwo wɔ dɔ le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la ŋu, atikpalawo kple xɔtulawo,
They gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of men who took care of the temple of Yahweh. They paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the temple of Yahweh,
12 gliɖolawo kple kpekpalawo. Woƒle ati kple kpe kpakpawo hena Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la dzadzra ɖo eye woxe fe bubu ɖe sia ɖe si ku ɖe gbedoxɔ la dzadzraɖo ŋu.
and to the masons and the stonecutters, for buying timber and cutting stone to repair the temple of Yahweh, and for all that was needed to be paid to repair it.
13 Womewɔ ga si wotsɔ va gbedoxɔ la me la ŋu dɔ na klosalogbawo, akaɖimeɖovulãnuwo, ʋutrewo, kpẽwo alo nu bubu ɖe sia ɖe si wowɔ kple sika alo klosalo la ƒeƒle na Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ o.
But the money that was brought into the house of Yahweh did not pay to make for it any silver cups, lamp trimmers, basins, trumpets, or any gold or silver furnishing.
14 Wotsɔe xe fee na dɔwɔlawo, ame siwo dzra gbedoxɔ la ɖo.
They gave this money to those who did the work of repairing the house of Yahweh.
15 Womebia tso dɔdzikpɔlawo si be woawɔ akɔnta na ame aɖeke o elabena wonye nuteƒewɔlawo.
In addition, they did not require the money paid for repairs to be accounted for by the men who received it and paid it to the workmen, because these men were honest.
16 Ke wotsɔa ga siwo amewo nana abe fɔɖivɔsa kple nu vɔ̃ ŋuti vɔsa ene la ya naa nunɔlawo hena wo ŋu dɔ wɔwɔ. Ga siawo ya megena ɖe tsitrenuɖaka la me o.
But the money for the guilt offerings and the money for the sin offerings was not brought into the temple of Yahweh, because it belonged to the priests.
17 Fia Hazael, Siria fia ho aʋa ɖe Gat ŋu le ɣeyiɣi sia me, ɖu edzi eye wòɖe zɔ ɖe Yerusalem hã dzi.
Then Hazael king of Aram attacked and fought against Gath, and took it. Hazael then turned to attack Jerusalem.
18 Fia Yoas tsɔ nu siwo ŋu fofoawo, Yuda fiawo abe Yehosafat, Yehoram kple Ahazia ene kɔ kple nu siwo eya ŋutɔ hã wɔ kple sika si nɔ gbedoxɔ la kple fiasã la ƒe nudzraɖoƒewo me la ɖo ɖe Aram fia Hazael. Ale Hazael megaho aʋa ɖe Yerusalem ŋu o.
Joash king of Judah took all the things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had set apart, and what he had set apart, and all the gold that was found in the storerooms of the houses of Yahweh and of the king and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem.
19 Woŋlɔ Yoas ƒe ŋutinya mamlɛa ɖe, Yuda fiawo ƒe ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
As for the other matters concerning Joash, all that he did, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah?
20 Eŋumewo ɖo nugbe ɖe eŋu eye wowui le fiasã la me le Bet Milo, le Sila mɔ dzi.
His servants arose and plotted together; they attacked Joash in Beth Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
21 Ame siwo wui la woe nye: Yozakad, Simeat ƒe vi kple Yehozabad, Somer ƒe vi. Ame eve siawo nye fia la ƒe dɔla nuteƒewɔlawo hafi! Woɖii ɖe fiawo ƒe ameɖibɔ me le Yerusalem eye via Amazia ɖu fia ɖe eteƒe.
Jozabad son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad son of Shomer, his servants, attacked him, and he died. They buried Joash with his ancestors in the city of David, and Amaziah, his son, became king in his place.
