2 Tawarikh 24

1 Yoas berumur tujuh tahun pada waktu ia menjadi raja, dan empat puluh tahun lamanya ia memerintah di Yerusalem. Nama ibunya ialah Zibya, dari Bersyeba.

Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.

2 Yoas melakukan apa yang benar di mata TUHAN selama hidup imam Yoyada.

And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

3 Yoyada mengambil dua orang isteri bagi dia; dari mereka ia mendapat anak laki-laki dan anak perempuan.

Jehoiada took for himself two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

4 Kemudian Yoas bermaksud untuk membaharui rumah TUHAN.

Some time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.

5 Ia mengumpulkan para imam dan orang Lewi dan berkata kepada mereka: "Pergilah kamu ke kota-kota Yehuda dan kumpulkanlah uang dari seluruh orang Israel untuk memperbaiki rumah Allahmu setiap tahun. Lakukanlah hal itu dengan segera!" Tetapi orang Lewi itu tidak melakukannya dengan segera.

So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.

6 Lalu raja memanggil imam kepala Yoyada dan bertanya kepadanya: "Mengapa engkau tidak menuntut kepada orang-orang Lewi untuk membawa dari Yehuda dan dari Yerusalem pajak yang dikenakan Musa, hamba Allah itu, kepada jemaah Israel untuk Kemah tempat hukum Allah?

So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”

7 Sebab anak-anak Atalya, perempuan fasik itu, telah membongkar rumah Allah, bahkan memakai barang-barang kudus rumah TUHAN untuk para Baal."

For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.

8 Sesudah itu raja memerintahkan supaya dibuat sebuah peti dan ditempatkan di depan pintu gerbang rumah TUHAN,

At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.

9 lalu menyuruh mengumumkan di Yehuda dan di Yerusalem, bahwa orang harus membawa bagi TUHAN pajak yang dikenakan Musa, hamba Allah itu, kepada orang Israel di padang gurun.

And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.

10 Maka bersukacitalah semua pemimpin dan seluruh rakyat; mereka datang membawa pajaknya dan memasukkannya ke dalam peti itu sampai penuh.

All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full.

11 Setiap kali peti itu dibawa masuk untuk diperiksa oleh orang-orang Lewi atas nama raja, dan apabila mereka melihat bahwa sudah banyak uang di dalamnya, maka datanglah panitera raja dan kuasa usaha imam kepala mengeluarkan isi peti itu; kemudian mereka mengangkat peti itu, lalu menaruhnya pula di tempatnya. Demikianlah mereka lakukan setiap kali, dan banyaklah uang yang dikumpulkan.

Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.

12 Raja dan Yoyada menyerahkan uang itu kepada mereka yang memanduri pekerjaan pada rumah TUHAN. Mereka ini mengupah tukang-tukang pahat dan tukang-tukang kayu untuk membaharui rumah TUHAN; juga tukang-tukang besi dan tembaga untuk memperbaiki rumah TUHAN.

Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.

13 Setelah itu mulailah tukang-tukang itu bekerja; pekerjaan perbaikan maju di bawah tangan mereka. Mereka membangun kembali rumah Allah menurut keadaannya semula dan mengokohkannya.

So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.

14 Setelah mereka selesai, mereka membawa uang yang kelebihan kepada raja dan Yoyada. Uang itu dipakai untuk membuat perkakas-perkakas rumah TUHAN, yakni: perkakas-perkakas untuk penyelenggaraan kebaktian, perkakas-perkakas untuk korban bakaran, juga cawan-cawan dan perkakas-perkakas emas dan perak. Sepanjang umur Yoyada korban bakaran tetap dipersembahkan dalam rumah TUHAN.

When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.

15 Yoyada menjadi tua, dan lanjut umur, lalu matilah ia. Seratus tiga puluh tahun umurnya ketika ia mati.

When Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.

16 Ia dikuburkan di kota Daud di samping raja-raja, karena perbuatan-perbuat yang baik di Israel terhadap Allah dan rumah-Nya.

And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.

17 Sesudah Yoyada mati, pemimpin-pemimpin Yehuda datang menyembah kepada raja. Sejak itu raja mendengarkan mereka.

After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.

18 Mereka meninggalkan rumah TUHAN, Allah nenek moyang mereka, lalu beribadah kepada tiang-tiang berhala dan patung-patung berhala. Oleh karena kesalahan itu Yehuda dan Yerusalem tertimpa murka.

They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.

19 Namun TUHAN mengutus nabi-nabi kepada mereka, supaya mereka berbalik kepada-Nya. Nabi-nabi itu sungguh-sungguh memperingatkan mereka, tetapi mereka tidak mau mendengarkannya.

Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them; but they would not listen.

20 Lalu Roh Allah menguasai Zakharia, anak imam Yoyada. Ia tampil di depan rakyat, dan berkata kepada mereka: "Beginilah firman Allah: Mengapa kamu melanggar perintah-perintah TUHAN, sehingga kamu tidak beruntung? Oleh karena kamu meninggalkan TUHAN, Iapun meninggalkan kamu!"

Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”

21 Tetapi mereka mengadakan persepakatan terhadap dia, dan atas perintah raja mereka melontari dia dengan batu di pelataran rumah TUHAN.

But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.

22 Raja Yoas tidak mengingat kesetiaan yang ditunjukkan Yoyada, ayah Zakharia itu, terhadap dirinya. Ia membunuh anak Yoyada itu, yang pada saat kematiannya berseru: "Semoga TUHAN melihatnya dan menuntut balas!"

Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”

23 Pada pergantian tahun tentara Aram maju menyerang Yoas dan masuk ke Yehuda dan Yerusalem. Dari bangsa itu semua pemimpin habis dibunuh mereka dan segala jarahan dikirim mereka kepada raja negeri Damsyik.

In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.

24 Walaupun tentara Aram itu datang dengan sedikit orang, namun TUHAN menyerahkan tentara yang sangat besar kepada mereka, karena orang Yehuda telah meninggalkan TUHAN, Allah nenek moyang mereka. Demikianlah orang Aram melakukan penghukuman kepada Yoas.

Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.

25 Ketika mereka pergi dari padanya, --mereka meninggalkannya dengan luka-luka berat--pegawai-pegawainya mengadakan persepakatan terhadap dia karena darah anak imam Yoyada itu, lalu membunuhnya di atas tempat tidurnya. Ia mati dan dikuburkan di kota Daud, tetapi tidak di pekuburan raja-raja.

And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

26 Mereka yang mengadakan persepakatan terhadap dia ialah: Zabad, anak Simeat perempuan Amon, dan Yozabad, anak Simrit perempuan Moab.

Those who conspired against Joash were Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

27 Tentang anak-anaknya dan ucapan-ucapan ilahi yang banyak terhadap dia, serta tentang perbaikan rumah Allah, semua itu tertulis dalam tafsiran kitab raja-raja. Maka Amazia, anaknya, menjadi raja menggantikan dia.

The accounts of the sons of Joash, as well as the many pronouncements about him and about the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.