2 Istwa 24
1 Joas te gen laj setan lè l te devni wa, e li te renye pandan karantan Jérusalem, Non manman li te Tsibja soti nan Beer-Schéba.
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.
2 Joas te fè sa ki te bon nan zye SENYÈ a pandan tout jou a Jehojada yo, prèt la.
Joash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 Jehojada te pran de madanm pou li, e li te vin papa a fis ak fi.
Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
4 Li te vin rive apre sa ke Joas te pran desizyon pou restore lakay SENYÈ a.
After this, Joash intended to restore Yahweh’s house.
5 Li te rasanble prèt yo avèk Levit yo, e li te di yo: “Ale antre nan tout vil Juda yo e rekeyi lajan pami tout Israël pou repare lakay SENYÈ nou an chak ane. Epi fè sa byen vit.” Men Levit yo pa t aji avèk vitès.
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.
6 Akoz sa, wa a te rele Jehojada, chèf prèt la. Li te mande li: “Poukisa nou pa t egzije Levit yo pou pote soti Juda avèk Jérusalem taks etabli pa Moïse la, sèvitè SENYÈ a sou asanble Israël la pou tant temwayaj la?”
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?”
7 Paske fis a Athalie yo, ki te tèlman mechan, te antre kase lakay Bondye a. Anplis yo te sèvi ak bagay sen nan kay yo pou sèvi Baal.
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.
8 Konsa, wa a te pase lòd e yo te fè yon bwat kès pou te mete li deyò akote pòtay lakay SENYÈ a.
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of Yahweh’s house.
9 Yo te fè yon pwoklamasyon nan Juda avèk Jérusalem pou pote bay SENYÈ a, taks Moïse la, sèvitè Bondye a, ki te etabli nan dezè a pou Israël la.
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.
10 Tout ofisye yo avèk tout pèp la te rejwi. Yo te pote taks pa yo e yo te depoze yo nan kès la jiskaske yo te ranpli l.
All the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had filled it.
11 Li te vin rive ke nenpòt lè Levit yo te pote kès la anndan kote ofisye wa a yo, e lè yo te wè ke te gen anpil lajan, ke grefye a wa a avèk ofisye a chèf prèt la te vin vide kès la, pran l e remete li nan plas li. Konsa, yo te fè chak jou, e yo te rekeyi anpil lajan.
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.
12 Wa a avèk Jehojada te bay li a sila ki te fè travay nan sèvis lakay SENYÈ a. Yo te anplwaye mason avèk chapant pou restore lakay SENYÈ a, ak ouvriye, fè, avèk bwonz pou repare lakay SENYÈ a.
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.
13 Konsa, ouvriye yo te travay, epi èv reparasyon an te avanse nan men yo. Yo te restore lakay Bondye a selon plan li, e yo te ranfòse li.
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.
14 Lè yo te fini, yo te mennen rès lajan an devan wa a avèk Jehojada. Li te fonn pou fè zouti pou lakay SENYÈ a, zouti pou sèvis la ak ofrann brile a, avèk po ak zouti an lò avèk ajan. Epi yo te ofri ofrann brile yo lakay SENYÈ a san rete pandan tout jou a Jehojada yo.
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.
15 Alò, lè Jehojada te rive a yon gwo laj byen mi, li te vin mouri. Li te gen san-trantan lè l te mouri.
But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died. He was one hundred thirty years old when he died.
16 Yo te antere li lavil David pami wa yo akoz li te fè byen an Israël ni pou Bondye, ni pou lakay Li a.
They buried him in David’s city among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
17 Men apre lanmò Jehojada, ofisye Juda yo te vini bese ba devan wa a, e wa a te koute yo.
Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them.
18 Yo te abandone lakay SENYÈ a, Bondye a zansèt yo a pou te sèvi Asherim yo avèk zidòl yo. Konsa, lakòlè SENYÈ a te desann sou Juda avèk Jérusalem akoz koupabilite sa a.
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.
19 Malgre sa, Li te voye pwofèt yo kote yo pou mennen yo retounen a SENYÈ a. Sepandan, yo te fè temwayaj kont yo, e te refize koute yo.
Yet he sent prophets to them to bring them again to Yahweh, and they testified against them; but they would not listen.
20 Alò Lespri Bondye a te vini sou Zacharie, fis a Jehojada a, prèt la. Li te kanpe anwo pèp la, e te pale yo: “Konsa Bondye te di: ‘Poukisa nou vyole kòmandman a SENYÈ la, e akoz sa nou pa reyisi? Akoz nou te abandone SENYÈ a, Li menm osi te abandone nou.’”
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.’”
21 Pou sa, yo te fè konplo kont li. Sou kòmand a wa a, yo te lapide li jiska lanmò nan lakou lakay SENYÈ a.
They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of Yahweh’s house.
22 Konsa, Joas pa t sonje bonte ke papa li, Jehojada te montre li a, men li te touye fis li. Epi pandan li t ap mouri, li te di: “Ke SENYÈ a wè e fè revandikasyon!”
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.”
23 Alò, li te vin rive nan fen ane ke lame Siryen yo te monte kont li. Yo te vini Juda avèk Jérusalem, e te detwi tout ofisye a pèp la ki te pami pèp la, epi yo te voye tout piyaj la kote wa a Damas la.
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.
24 Anverite, lame Siryen an te vini avèk yon ti kantite moun, men SENYÈ a te livre yon trè gwo lame nan men yo, paske yo te abandone SENYÈ a, Bondye a zansèt yo a. Se konsa yo te egzekite jijman sou Joas.
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.
25 Lè yo te kite Joas, (akoz yo te kite li byen blesi), pwòp sèvitè li yo te fè konplo kont li akoz san fis Jehojada a, prèt la, e yo te asasine li sou kabann li an. Konsa, li te mouri e yo te antere li lavil David la, men yo pa t antere li nan tonm a wa yo.
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.
26 Alò, sa yo se sila ki te fè konplo kont li yo: Zabad, fis a Schimeath la, Amonit lan, ak Jozabad, fis a Schimrith la, Moabit la.
These are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
27 Konsènan fis li yo, tout pawòl madichon kont li yo ak rekonstriksyon lakay Bondye a, gade byen, yo ekri nan istwa Liv A Wa Yo. Epi Amatsia, fis li a, te vin wa nan plas li.
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.
