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.
Seven years old was Joash when he became king, and forty years did he reign in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother was Zibyah of Beer-sheba'.
2 Joash mere ihe ziri ezi nʼanya Onyenwe anyị nʼafọ niile nke Jehoiada bụ onye nchụaja, dị ndụ.
And Joash did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, all the days of Yehoyada' the priest.
3 Jehoiada lụtaara ya ndị inyom abụọ, ndị mụtaara ya ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
And Yehoyada' took for himself two wives, and he begat sons and daughters.
4 Mgbe ihe ndị a gasịrị, Joash kpebiri ime ka ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị dị ọhụrụ.
And it came to pass after this, that Yoash had it in his 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 gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and ye shall make haste in this matter. But the Levites made no haste.
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?”
Then called the king for Yehoyada' the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required from the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the contribution [fixed by] Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of the testimony?
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 the sons of the wicked 'Athalyahu have made breaches [in] the house of God; and also the holy things of the house of the Lord have they applied to the Be'alim.
8 Ya mere, eze nyere iwu ka e wuo igbe onyinye, nke a ga-adọba nʼọnụ ụzọ e si abanye ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị.
And at the king's order they made a chest, and placed it at the gate of the house of the Lord on the outside.
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 a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the Lord the contribution [fixed by] Moses the servant of God upon Israel in the wilderness.
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 rejoiced, and they brought it in, and cast it into the chest, until it was full.
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.
Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, then came the king's scribe and the high-priest's officer and emptied the chest, and took it up, and brought it back to its place. Thus did they day by day, and gathered money 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 Yehoyada' gave it to those who overlooked the service of the house of the Lord, and these hired masons and carpenters to renew the house of the Lord, and also to the workers in iron and copper to repair 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 workmen wrought, and the work was restored through their means, and they replaced the house of God in its [former] 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 completed it, they brought before the king and Yehoyada' the rest of the money, and they made of it vessels for the house of the Lord, the vessels of the service and for the sacrificing, and the spoons, and [other] vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Yehoyada'.
15 Ma Jehoiada mere nnọọ agadi, jupụtakwa nʼọtụtụ afọ, ọ nwụrụ mgbe ọ gbara narị afọ na iri afọ atọ.
And Yehoyada' became old, and was full of days, and died: he was old one hundred and thirty years when he died.
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 city of David among the kings; because he had done a good thing in Israel, and toward God, and his house.
17 Mgbe Jehoiada nwụsịrị, ndịisi Juda bịara ịkwanyere eze Joash ugwu. O gekwara ha ntị.
But after the death of Yehoyada' came the princes of Judah, and bowed themselves down to the king. Then did the king hearken unto 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 forsook the house of the Lord the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and there came wrath over Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
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 he sent prophets among them, to bring them back again unto the Lord; and they gave them warning; but they did not give ear.
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 endued Zechariah the son of Yehoyada' the priest, and he stood up above the people, and he said unto them, Thus hath said the [true] God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord? ye cannot prosper so; because [as] ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also 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.
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command 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.”
And king Joash did not remember the kindness which Yehoyada' his father had shown to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord will see [this], and require [my blood].
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 it came to pass at the expiration 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 all their spoil they sent off unto 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.
Indeed with a small company of men did the army of Syria come; but the Lord delivered into their hand an army exceedingly numerous; because they had forsaken the Lord the God of their fathers. And on Joash they executed punishment.
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 these were gone away from him—for they left him [suffering] with great diseases—his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the sons of Yehoyada' 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 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 those that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shim'ath the 'Ammonitess, and Yehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
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.
Now concerning his sons, and the great prophecy concerning him, and the founding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amazyahu his son became king in his stead.
