2 Ihe E Mere 24
1 Joash gbara afọ asaa mgbe e mere ya eze, ọ chịrị iri afọ anọ na Jerusalem. Aha nne ya bụ Zibịa onye Bịasheba.
Ioash was seuen yere olde, when he began to reigne, and he reigned fourty yeere in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 Joash mere ihe ziri ezi nʼanya Onyenwe anyị nʼafọ niile nke Jehoiada bụ onye nchụaja, dị ndụ.
And Ioash did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, all the dayes of Iehoiada the Priest.
3 Jehoiada lụtaara ya ndị inyom abụọ, ndị mụtaara ya ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
And Iehoiada tooke him two wiues, and he begate sonnes and daughters.
4 Mgbe ihe ndị a gasịrị, Joash kpebiri ime ka ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị dị ọhụrụ.
And afterward it came into Ioash mind, to renew the house of the Lord.
5 Ọ kpọkọtara ndị nchụaja na ndị Livayị niile sị ha, “Gaanụ nʼobodo Juda niile nakọta ego ụtụ afọ nʼaka ndị Izrel niile, maka iwuzi ụlọnsọ Chineke unu. Meenụ ya ugbu a.” Ma ndị Livayị emeghị ya ngwangwa.
And he assembled the Priests and the Leuites, and said to them, Goe out vnto the cities of Iudah, and gather of all Israel money to repaire the house of your God, from yeere to yeere, and haste the thing: but the Leuites hasted not.
6 Ya mere, eze kpọrọ Jehoiada bụ onyeisi nchụaja sị ya, “Gịnị mere i mebeghị ka ndị Livayị gaa nakọtaa, site nʼaka ndị bi nʼobodo Juda niile, na nʼobodo Jerusalem, ego ụtụ nke Mosis ohu Onyenwe anyị na ọgbakọ ụmụ Izrel nyere nʼiwu maka ụlọ ikwu nke iwu ọgbụgba ndụ?”
Therefore the King called Iehoiada, the chiefe, and said vnto him, Why hast thou not required of the Leuites to bring in out of Iudah and Ierusalem the taxe of Moses the seruant of the Lord, and of the Congregation of Israel, for the Tabernacle of the testimonie?
7 Nʼoge a ụmụ ndị ikom Atalaya, nwanyị ọjọọ ahụ tipuru ụlọnsọ Chineke, bukọrọ ihe nsọ niile e ji efe Onyenwe anyị dị nʼime ya maka Baal.
For wicked Athaliah, and her children brake vp the house of God: and all the things that were dedicate for the house of the Lord, did they bestowe vpon Baalim.
8 Ya mere, eze nyere iwu ka e wuo igbe onyinye, nke a ga-adọba nʼọnụ ụzọ e si abanye ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị.
Therefore the King commanded, and they made a chest, and set it at the gate of the house of the Lord without.
9 A kpọsara ya na Juda na Jerusalem niile sị ka ha wetara Onyenwe anyị ụtụ nke Mosis ohu Chineke kwagidere ụmụ Izrel nʼọzara na ha ga na-atụ.
And they made proclamation thorow Iudah and Ierusalem, to bring vnto the Lord the taxe of Moses the seruant of God, layde vpon Israel in the wildernesse.
10 Ndịisi na ndị mmadụ niile jiri obi ụtọ tụta ụtụ ha. Ha jiri onyinye ha bịa tụnye ha nʼigbe onyinye ahụ, tutu rụọ mgbe o juru nʼọnụ.
And all the princes and all the people reioyced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, vntill they had finished.
11 Mgbe ọbụla ndị Livayị bubataara ndị ozi eze igbe ahụ, ha hụ na-atụjuola ya ego, ode akwụkwọ eze ya na onyeozi nke onyeisi nchụaja ga-awụpụta ihe dị nʼigbe, ma bughachi okpokoro igbe ahụ nʼọnọdụ ya. Otu a ka ha mere ọtụtụ oge ruo mgbe ha nwetara ọtụtụ ego dị ukwuu.
And when it was time, they brought the chest vnto the Kings officer by the hand of the Leuites: and when they saw that there was much siluer, then the Kings Scribe (and one appoynted by the hie Priest) came and emptied the chest, and tooke it, and caried it to his place againe: thus they did day by day, and gathered siluer in abundance.
12 Eze na Jehoiada weere ego ahụ niile nyefee ha nʼaka ndị ọrụ ụlọ Onyenwe anyị dị nʼaka, ha chọtara ndị ọka na-edo nkume, na ndị ọkpọ ǹtu. Ha tinyere ọrụ ime ka ụlọnsọ ahụ dị ọhụrụ nʼaka ndị a. Ha gokwara ndị ụzụ bịara kpụọ ihe niile gbasara bronz na igwe e ji rụọ ọrụ ahụ.
And the King and Iehoiada gaue it to such as did the labour and worke in the house of the Lord, and hyred masons and carpenters to repayre the house of the Lord: they gaue it also to workers of yron and brasse, to repayre the house of the Lord.
13 Ndị e nyefere ọrụ ahụ nʼaka ji obi ha niile rụọ ọrụ nke mere na ọrụ ahụ gara nʼihu nke ọma. Ha rụziri ụlọnsọ ukwu Chineke dịka atụmatụ ya mbụ si dị, meekwa ya ka o sie ike karịa.
So the workemen wrought, and the worke amended through their hands: and they restored the house of God to his state, and strengthened it.
14 Mgbe ha rụsịrị ọrụ niile, ha weghachitere ego fọdụrụ, nye ya eze na Jehoiada, ha were ya rụta ngwa ije ozi maka ụlọnsọ Onyenwe anyị, ngwa ije ozi na ihe isure aja nsure ọkụ, na ngaji, ya na efere dị iche iche, na ihe ọlaọcha na ọlaedo. A na-achụ aja nsure ọkụ nʼụlọnsọ nye Onyenwe anyị ụbọchị niile Jehoiada dị ndụ.
And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the siluer before the King and Iehoiada, and he made thereof vessels for the house of the Lord, euen vessels to minister, both morters and incense cuppes, and vessels of golde, and of siluer: and they offred burnt offrings in the house of the Lord continually all the dayes of Iehoiada.
15 Ma Jehoiada mere nnọọ agadi, jupụtakwa nʼọtụtụ afọ, ọ nwụrụ mgbe ọ gbara narị afọ na iri afọ atọ.
But Iehoiada waxed olde, and was ful of dayes and dyed. An hundreth and thirtie yeere olde was he when he dyed.
16 E liri ya nʼebe a na-eli ndị eze nʼobodo Devid nʼihi ihe ọma niile o meere Izrel na Chineke na ụlọnsọ ya.
And they buried him in the citie of Dauid with the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
17 Mgbe Jehoiada nwụsịrị, ndịisi Juda bịara ịkwanyere eze Joash ugwu. O gekwara ha ntị.
And after the death of Iehoiada, came the princes of Iudah, and did reuerence to the King, and the King hearkened vnto them.
18 Ha hapụrụ ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna nna ha, fee ogidi Ashera na arụsị ndị ọzọ. Nʼihi ikpe ọmụma ha wetaara onwe ha, iwe Chineke dakwasịrị Juda na Jerusalem.
And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and serued groues and idoles: and wrath came vpon Iudah and Ierusalem, because of this their trespasse.
19 Onyenwe anyị zitere ọtụtụ ndị amụma, ndị bịara buo amụma maka ịkpọghachi ha azụ, ma ha mesiri obi ha ike, jụ ige ntị.
And God sent Prophets amog the, to bring them againe vnto the Lord: and they made protestation among them, but they would not heare.
20 Mgbe ahụ, Mmụọ nke Chineke bịakwasịrị Zekaraya nwa Jehoiada onye nchụaja. O guzoro nʼihu ọha na eze gwa ha okwu sị; “Otu a ka Chineke sịrị, ‘Gịnị mere unu ji enupu isi nʼiwu Onyenwe anyị? Ihe agaghị agara unu nke ọma. Unu agbakụtala Onyenwe anyị azụ, ugbu a, ya onwe ya agbakụtakwala unu azụ.’”
And the Spirit of God came vpon Zechariah the sonne of Iehoiada the Priest, which stoode aboue the people, and sayde vnto them, Thus sayth God, Why transgresse ye the commandements of the Lord? surely ye shall not prosper: because ye haue forsaken the Lord, he also hath forsaken you.
21 Ma ndịisi Juda niile gbara izu megide ya, sitekwa nʼiwu eze nyere ha ji nkume tugbuo ya nʼogige ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị.
Then they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the commandement of the King, in the court of the house of the Lord.
22 Eze Joash echetaghị ebere nke nna Zekaraya bụ Jehoiada meere ya kama o gburu nwa ya. Ma mgbe ọ na-anwụ, ọ sịrị, “Ka Onyenwe anyị hụkwa mmeso ọjọọ a ma kwụọkwa unu ụgwọ ajọ omume unu niile.”
Thus Ioash the King remembred not the kindnesse which Iehoiada his father had done to him, but slewe his sonne. And when he dyed, he sayd, The Lord looke vpon it, and require it.
23 O ruo ka ọ gbara otu afọ, ndị agha Aram bịara imegide Joash, ha wakporo Juda na Jerusalem gbuo ndị ndu niile site nʼetiti ndị mmadụ. Ha zigaara eze ha nọ na Damaskọs ihe niile ha kwatara nʼike.
And when the yeere was out, the host of Aram came vp against him, and they came against Iudah and Ierusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoyle of them vnto the King of Damascus.
24 Nʼagbanyeghị na ndị Aram kpọọ naanị ndị ikom ole na ole bịa, Onyenwe anyị raara igwe ndị agha dị ukwuu ranye ha nʼaka. Nʼihi na Juda gbakụtara Onyenwe anyị azụ, bụ Chineke nke nna nna ha, e mezuru ihe niile e kpere nʼikpe nʼahụ Joash.
Though the armie of Aram came with a small company of men, yet the Lord deliuered a very great armie into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers: and they gaue sentence against Ioash.
25 Mgbe ndị agha Aram lara, hapụ Joash nʼọnọdụ mmerụ ahụ dị ukwuu, ndịisi ozi ya gbara izu gbuo ya, nʼihi ogbugbu o gburu nwa Jehoiada, onye nchụaja. Ha gburu ya mgbe o dina nʼihe ndina ya. Emesịa, ha liri ya nʼobodo Devid, ma ọ bụghị nʼebe a na-eli ndị eze.
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases) his owne seruants conspired against him for the blood of the children of Iehoiada the Priest, and slewe him on his bed, and he dyed, and they buryed him in the citie of Dauid: but they buryed him not in the sepulchres of the Kings.
26 Ndị gbara izu gbuo ya bụ Zabad, onye nne ya bụ Shimeat onye Amọn, na Jehozabad, onye nne ya bụ Shimrit onye Moab.
And these are they that conspired against him, Zabad the sonne of Shimrath an Ammonitesse, and Iehozabad the sonne of Shimrith a Moabitesse.
27 Ihe niile gbasara Joash na ụmụ ya, na amụma niile e buru banyere ya, na otu e si wuzie ụlọnsọ ukwu Chineke, ka e dere nʼakwụkwọ akụkọ ndị eze Izrel niile. Mgbe Joash nwụrụ, Amazaya nwa ya ghọrọ eze Juda.
But his sonnes, and the summe of the taxe gathered by him, and the foundation of the house of God, behold, they are written in the storie of the booke of the Kings. And Amaziah his sonne reigned in his steade.
