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 was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
2 Joash mere ihe ziri ezi nʼanya Onyenwe anyị nʼafọ niile nke Jehoiada bụ onye nchụaja, dị ndụ.
Joash did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the cohen.
3 Jehoiada lụtaara ya ndị inyom abụọ, ndị mụtaara ya ụmụ ndị ikom na ụmụ ndị inyom.
Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters.
4 Mgbe ihe ndị a gasịrị, Joash kpebiri ime ka ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị dị ọhụrụ.
It happened after this, that Joash intended to restore 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.
He gathered together the cohanim 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 did not do it right away.
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?”
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 the LORD, and of the assembly of Israel, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, 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 the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up God's house; and they also gave all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD to the Baals.
8 Ya mere, eze nyere iwu ka e wuo igbe onyinye, nke a ga-adọba nʼọnụ ụzọ e si abanye ụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị.
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of the LORD.
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.
They made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for the LORD the tax that Moses the 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 leaders and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and threw 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.
It was so, that 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 cohen's official 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 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.
The king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also such as worked iron and bronze 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 worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up God's house in its 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.
When they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, of which were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD 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.
But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; one hundred thirty years old was he 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.
They buried him in the City of David among 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.
Now after the death of Jehoiada the leaders of Judah came and paid homage to the king. And the king 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.
They forsook the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came on 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.
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again to the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would 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.’”
The Ruach of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the cohen; and he stood above the people, and said to them, "Thus says God, 'Why do you disobey the commandments of the LORD, so that you can't prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has 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.
They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment 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 Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, "May the LORD look at it, and repay 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.
It happened at the end of the year, that the army of the Arameans came up against him. And they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the leaders of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king in 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 the army of the Arameans came with a small company of men; and the LORD delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on 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.
When they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the son of Jehoiada the cohen, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the City of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs 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.
These are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad 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 many oracles against him, and the rebuilding of God's house, look, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
