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.
Joash [is] a son of seven years in his reigning, and he has reigned forty years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zibiah of Beer-Sheba.
2 Joash mere ihe ziri ezi nʼanya Onyenwe anyị nʼafọ niile nke Jehoiada bụ onye nchụaja, dị ndụ.
And Joash does that which is right in the eyes of YHWH all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 Jehoiada lụtaara ya ndị inyom abụọ, ndị mụtaara ya ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
And Jehoiada takes two wives for him, and he begets sons and daughters.
4 Mgbe ihe ndị a gasịrị, Joash kpebiri ime ka ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị dị ọhụrụ.
And it comes to pass after this, it has been with the heart of Joash to renew the house of YHWH,
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 gathers the priests and the Levites, and says to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money from all Israel to strengthen the house of your God sufficiently year by year, and you, hurry to the matter”; and the Levites have not hurried.
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?”
And the king calls for Jehoiada the head and says to him, “Why have you not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses, servant of YHWH, and of the assembly of Israel, for the Tent 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 sons of Athaliah, the wicked one, have broken up the house of God, and also, they have prepared all the holy things of the house of YHWH for Ba‘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 the king commands, and they make one chest, and put it at the gate of the house of YHWH 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 give an intimation in Judah and in Jerusalem to bring to YHWH the tribute of Moses, servant of God, [laid] on 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 heads, and all the people rejoice, and they bring in, and cast into the chest, to completion.
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 it comes to pass, at the time one brings in the chest for the inspection of the king by the hand of the Levites, and at their seeing that the money [is] abundant, that a scribe of the king has come in, and an officer of the head-priest, and they empty the chest, and take it up and turn it back to its place; thus they have done day by day, and gather 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 Jehoiada give it to the doers of the work of the service of the house of YHWH, and they are hiring hewers and craftsmen to renew the house of YHWH, and also—to craftsmen in iron and bronze to strengthen the house of YHWH.
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.
And those doing the business work, and there goes up lengthening to the work by their hand, and they establish the house of God by its proper measure, and strengthen 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 at their completing [it], they have brought in the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, and they make [with] it vessels for the house of YHWH, vessels of serving, and of offering up, and spoons, even vessels of gold and silver; and they are causing burnt-offerings to ascend in the house of YHWH continually, all the days of Jehoiada.
15 Ma Jehoiada mere nnọọ agadi, jupụtakwa nʼọtụtụ afọ, ọ nwụrụ mgbe ọ gbara narị afọ na iri afọ atọ.
And Jehoiada is aged and satisfied with days, and dies—a son of one hundred and thirty years in his death,
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 bury him in the City of David with the kings, for he has done good in Israel, and with God and his house.
17 Mgbe Jehoiada nwụsịrị, ndịisi Juda bịara ịkwanyere eze Joash ugwu. O gekwara ha ntị.
And after the death of Jehoiada, heads of Judah have come in, and bow themselves to the king; then the king has listened to 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 forsake the house of YHWH, God of their fathers, and serve the Asherim and the idols, and there is wrath on Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
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 sends among them prophets, to bring them back to YHWH, and they testify against them, and they have not given 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 has clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stands above the people, and says to them, “Thus said God: Why are you transgressing the commands of YHWH, and do not prosper? Because you have forsaken YHWH, He forsakes 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 conspire against him, and stone him [with] stone by the command of the king, in the court of the house of YHWH,
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 Joash the king has not remembered the kindness that his father Jehoiada did with him, and slays his son, and in his death he said, “YHWH sees and requires.”
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 comes to pass, at the turn of the year, the force of Aram has come up against him, and they come to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroy all the heads of the people from the people, and they have sent all their spoil to 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.
for with few men the force of Aram has come in, and YHWH has given into their hand a mighty force for multitude, because they have forsaken YHWH, God of their fathers; and they have executed judgments with Joash.
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 in their going from him—for they left him with many diseases—his servants themselves have conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slay him on his bed, and he dies; and they bury him in the City of David, and have not buried him in the graves 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 conspiring against him: Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad 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.
As for his sons, and the greatness of the burden on him, and the foundation of the house of God, behold, they are written on the commentary of the scroll of the Kings; and his son Amaziah reigns in his stead.
