2 Cronicas 24
1 Agtawen ni Joas iti pito idi nangrugi isuna a nagturay; nagturay isuna iti 40 a tawen idiay Jerusalem. Ti nagan ti inana ket Zibia a taga-Beerseba.
Joash was seven years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled in Jerusalem for 40 years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba [city].
2 Inaramid ni Joas ti umno iti imatang ni Yahweh iti amin nga al-aldaw ni Jehoyada a padi.
Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was [the Supreme] Priest.
3 Nangpili ni Jehoyada iti dua nga assawa a para kenni Joas, ket naaddaan ni Joas kadagiti annak a lallaki ken babbai.
Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.
4 Napasamak a kalpasan daytoy, nga inkeddeng ni Joas a patarimaan ti balay ni Yahweh.
Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired.
5 Inummongna dagiti papadi ken dagiti Levita ket kinunana kadakuada, “Tinawen a mapankayo kadagiti siudad ti Juda ket urnongenyo ti kuarta manipud iti entero nga Israel a tinawen nga ibayad dagiti tattao tapno mapatarimaan ti balay ti Diosyo. Siguradoenyo nga irugiyo a dagus.” Ngem saan nga inaramid a dagus dagiti Levita.
He summoned the priests and other descendants of Levi and said to them, “Go to the towns in Judah and collect from the people the tax money that they are required to pay each year, and use that money to pay for repairing the temple. Do it immediately.” But the descendants of Levi did not do it immediately.
6 Isu a pinaayaban ti ari ni Jehoyada, a kangatoan a padi ket kinunana kenkuana, “Apay a saanmo a binagaan dagiti Levita nga iyegda manipud iti Juda ken iti Jerusalem ti buis nga imbilin ni Moises nga adipen ni Yahweh, ken ti agtaud iti gimong ti Israel nga agpaay iti tolda ti Dios?”
So the king summoned Jehoiada and said to him, “Why have you not required the descendants of Levi to bring to Jerusalem from various places in Judah the annual/yearly tax that Moses said that the people of Judah must pay, for taking care of the Sacred Tent?”
7 Ta dinadael dagiti annak a lallaki ni Atalia a nadangkes a babai ti balay ti Dios ket impanda kadagiti Baal dagiti amin a nasantoan a banbanag iti balay ni Yahweh.
[The temple needed to be repaired] because the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had entered into the temple [and had wrecked some of the things], and had also used some of the sacred items that were in it for [the worship of] Baal.
8 Isu a nagbilin ti ari, ket nangaramidda iti kahon sada inkabil daytoy iti ruar iti pagserkan ti balay ni Yahweh.
So, obeying what the king commanded, the descendants of Levi made a chest and placed it outside the temple, at one of the entrances.
9 Ket pinaiwaragawagda iti Juda ken Jerusalem nga iyeg dagiti tattao kenni Yahweh ti buis nga imbilin ni Moises nga adipen ti Dios iti Israel idiay let-ang.
Then the king sent letters everywhere in Judah, requesting everyone to bring their tax money to the temple, like Moses had required the Israeli people to do [when they were] in the desert.
10 Naragsakan dagiti amin a mangidadaulo ken amin a tattao ket nangiyegda iti kuarta sada inkabil daytoy iti kahon, agingga a napunnoda daytoy.
All the officials and the other people [agreed, and they] brought their contributions gladly. They put the money into the chest until it was full.
11 Napasamak a tunggal ipan dagiti Levita ti kahon kadagiti opisial ti ari, ken tunggal makitada nga adun ti kuarta a naikabil iti daytoy, ket umay dagiti eskriba ti ari ken ti opisial ti kangatoan a padi, ibukbokda ti linaon ti kahon sada alaen daytoy ket isublida manen iti sigud nga ayanna. Inaldaw a kastoy ti ar-aramidenda ket nakaurnongda iti dakkel a gatad ti kuarta.
Whenever the descendants of Levi brought the chest to the king’s officials, and they saw that there was a lot of money in it, the king’s secretary and the assistant to the [Supreme] Priest would take all the money from the chest, and then put the chest back in its place. They did this frequently, and they collected a huge amount of money.
12 Ited ti ari ken Jehoyada ti kuarta kadagiti mangimaton iti pannakatarimaan ti balay ni Yahweh. Nangtangdan dagitoy a lallaki kadagiti kumakabite, karpintero ken mammanday a mangtarimaan iti balay ni Yahweh.
The king and Jehoiada gave the money to the men who were supervising the work of repairing the temple. Those men hired stoneworkers and carpenters to repair the temple. They also hired men who worked with iron and bronze to repair things in the temple [that were broken].
13 Impasnek ngarud dagiti trabahador ti nagtrabaho, ken nagtultuloy ti panangtarimaanda; binangonda manen ti balay ti Dios kas iti sigud a langana ken pinalagdada daytoy.
The men who did the repair work worked hard, and the work of repairing the temple progressed. They rebuilt the temple so that it was like it was originally, and they even made it stronger.
14 Idi nalpasdan, impanda ti nabati a kuarta iti ari ken kenni Jehoyada. Nausar daytoy a kuarta iti panagaramid kadagiti alikamen para iti balay ni Yahweh, a maus-usar iti panagserbi ken panangidaton-dagiti kutsara ken al-alikamen a balitok ken pirak. Nagtultuloy ti panangidatonda kadagiti daton a mapuoran iti balay ni Yahweh iti amin nga aldaw ni Jehoyada.
When they had finished the repair work, they brought to the king and to Jehoiada the money that they had not used for the repairs. That money was used to make things to use for offering the sacrifices that were completely burned [on the altar], and to make bowls and other gold and silver things for the temple. As long as Joash lived, the people continually brought to the temple sacrifices that were to be completely burned on the altar.
15 Limmakay unay ni Jehoyada, ket natay; 130 ti tawenna idi natay isuna.
Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old.
16 Intanemda isuna iti siudad ni David a pakaitantaneman dagiti ar-ari, gapu ta naimbag ti inaramidna iti Israel, iti imatang ti Dios ken iti balay ti Dios.
He was buried where the kings had been buried, in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. [He was buried there] because of the good things that he had done in Judah for God and for God’s temple.
17 Ita, kalpasan iti ipapatay ni Jehoyada, immay dagiti mangidadaulo ti Juda ket sinugsuganda ti ari. Ket impangag ti ari ida.
After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash, bowed in front of him, and persuaded him to do what they wanted.
18 Binaybay-anda ti balay ni Yahweh a Dios dagiti kapuonanda, ket nagdaydayawda kadagiti diosa nga Asera ken kadagiti didiosen. Nakapungtot ti Dios iti Juda ken Jerusalem gapu iti daytoy a dakes nga inaramidda.
So they and the other people stopped worshiping at the temple, and they started worshiping the poles dedicated to [the goddess] Asherah and other idols. Because of their doing those sinful things, God was very angry with the people of Jerusalem and [with the people in other places in] Judah.
19 Ngem nangibaon latta isuna kadagiti profeta a mangisubli kadakuada kenkuana, ni Yahweh; binallaagan dagiti profeta dagiti tattao ngem saanda nga impangag ida.
Although Yahweh sent prophets to persuade them to return to him, and although the prophets told them about the evil things that they had done, the people would not pay attention.
20 Immay ti Espiritu ti Dios kenni Zacarias a putot a lalaki ni Jehoyada, a padi; nagtakder ni Zacarias iti nangato a disso iti sangoanan dagiti tattao ket kinuna kadakuada, “Kastoy ti kuna ti Dios; 'Apay a salsalungasingenyo dagiti bilbilin ni Yahweh, nga isu a saankayo a dumur-as? Agsipud ta tinallikudanyo ni Yahweh, tinallikudannakayo met.'”
Then God’s Spirit came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the [Supreme] Priest. He stood up front of the people and said, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you disobeying what I, Yahweh, have commanded? You have abandoned me, so I will abandon you.’”
21 Ngem nagpanggepda iti maibusor kenkuana ket iti bilin ti ari, inuborda isuna idiay paraangan ti balay ni Yahweh.
But the people planned to kill Zechariah. And the king joined them in doing it. The people killed Zechariah by throwing stones at him in the temple courtyard.
22 Iti kastoy a wagas ket saan a linagip ni Joas nga ari ti kinaimbag nga inaramid kenkuana ni Jehoyada nga ama ni Zacarias. Ngem ketdi, pinapatayna ti putot a lalaki ni Jehoyada. Idi matmatayen ni Zacarias, kinunana, “Makita koma ni Yahweh daytoy ket balsennaka.”
King Joash had forgotten about how Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had been kind to him. That’s why he gave orders for the people to kill Jehoiada’s son Zechariah, who said as he was dying, “I hope that Yahweh will see [what you are doing to me] and punish [you for doing it].”
23 Ket napasamak nga iti pagleppasan ti tawen, rinaut ti armada ti Aram ni Joas. Napanda iti Juda ken Jerusalem; pinapatayda dagiti amin a mangidadaulo kadagiti tattao ket impatulodda iti ari ti Damasco dagiti amin a sinamsamda kadakuada.
Near the end of that year (OR, early in the following year), the army of Syria marched to attack [the army of] Joash. They invaded Judah and attacked Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people. They [seized many valuable things and] sent them to their king in Damascus, [their capital city.]
24 Immay ti Aram a bassitda laeng nga armada, ngem pinagballigi ida ni Yahweh a maibusor iti nakadakdakkel nga armada gapu ta tinallikudan ti Juda ni Yahweh a Dios dagiti kapuonanda. Iti kastoy a wagas, inyeg dagiti taga-Aram ti pannakadusa ni Joas.
The army of Syria [that came to Judah] was very small, but Yahweh allowed them to defeat the large army of Judah, because he was punishing Joash and the other people of Judah for having abandoned him, the God whom their ancestors worshiped.
25 Iti tiempo a nakapanawen dagiti taga-Aram, nasugatan iti nakaro ni Joas. Naggandat dagiti adipenna iti maibusor kenkuana gapu iti pannakatay dagiti annak ni Jehoyada a padi. Pinapatayda isuna iti pagiddaanna ket natay; intanemda isuna iti siudad ni David ngem saan a kadagiti pakaitantaneman dagiti ar-ari.
Before the battle ended, Joash was severely wounded. Then his officials decided to kill him for murdering Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the [Supreme] Priest. They killed him while he was in his bed. He was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, but they did not bury him in the place where the other kings had been buried.
26 Dagitoy dagiti tattao a naggandat iti maibusor kenkuana: ni Zabad nga anak a lalaki ni Simat nga Ammonita; ken ni Josabad nga anak a lalaki ni Simrit a Moabita.
Those who conspired to kill him were Zabad the son of Shimeath, who was a woman from the Ammon [people-group], and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith, who was a woman from the Moab [people-group].
27 Ita, ti pakasaritaan maipapan kadagiti annakna, dagiti napapateg a padto maipanggep kenkuana, ken ti pannakatarimaan ti balay ti Dios, adtoy, naisurat dagitoy iti Komentario iti Libro dagiti Ar-ari. Ket ni Amazias nga anakna ti simmukat kenkuana a kas ari.
An account of the things that were done by the sons of Joash and the many prophecies about Joash and what he did to repair the temple are written in the scroll called ‘the History of the Kings [of Judah and Israel]’. Then after Joash died, Amaziah his son became the king.
