2 Kroniku 24

1 Hagi Joasi'a 7ni'a kafu hu'neno Juda vahe kini efore hu'neankino, 40'a kafufi Jerusalemi kumatera kinia mani'ne. Hagi nerera agi'a Sibiakino agra Beseba kumateti a' mani'ne.

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 Hagi pristi ne' Jehoiada'ma mani'nea knafina, Joasi'a Ra Anumzamofo avurera fatgo avu'avake hu'ne.

Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was [the Supreme] Priest.

3 Hagi Jehoiada'a tare atre Joasina avre amigeno, ne'mofara kasezmante'ne.

Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.

4 Hagi ana'ma hutegeno'a, Joasi'a Ra Anumzamofo mono no eri so'e huno kinaku agesa antahi'ne.

Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired.

5 Ana nehuno pristi vahetamine Livae vahetaminena kehu atru huno amanage huno zamasami'ne, Maka Juda mopafima me'nea rankumatmimpi vuta Israeli vahepintira kafune kafunema Ra Anumzamofo mono noma eriso'e huta ki'nuna silva zagoa zogita egahaze. Hagi anagema huteno'a, ame huta viho huno huzmante'ne. Hianagi Livae vahe'mo'za kema hiazana hu'za ame hu'za ovu'naze.

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 E'inama hazageno'a kini ne'mo'a ugota pristi ne' Jehoiadana amanage huno antahige'ne, Nahigenka Livae vahetmina ame hunka huozmantanke'za Juda mopafinti'ene Jerusalemi kumapintira Ra Anumzamofo eri'za vahe Mosese'ma hu'nea kantera ante'za takesi zagone, kasegema ante nomofo zagoa zogiza nomaze?

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 Na'ankure kefo avu'ava'ene a' Atalia mofavre'ramimo'za Anumzamofo mono nona tapage hu'za ufre'za, Ra Anumzamofo zanema hu'za eri ruotge'ma hunte'naza zantamina eri'za, Bali havi anumzamofonte mono hunte zantami ome ante'naze.

[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 Anage nehuno kini ne' Joasi'a ke hige'za mago vogisi tro hu'za Ra Anumzamofo mono kuma kafante ante'naze.

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 Hagi Israeli vahetmima hagege kokampima mani'nazageno Anumzamofo eri'za ne' Mosese'ma hige'zama takisima zogi'za eme ami'nazaza hu'za, Judane Jerusalema nemaniza vahetega takisi zagoa erita eho huno kea atregeno vuno eno hu'ne.

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 Higeno maka kva vahe'mo'zane, maka vahe'mo'zanena muse nehu'za ana vogisifina zagoa eri'za eme nentazageno avite'ne.

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 Hagi Livae vahe'mo'zama ana zago vogisima eri'za kini ne'mofo eri'za vahete'ene, zago'are'ma kegavama nehaza vahetema azage'za, ana vahe'mo'za ana zagoma ante vogisima kazama silva zagomo'ma avi'matenege'za ana zagoa ruherafi nente'za, ete eri'za ana kuma kafante ome antetere hu'naze. Maka kna ana huvava nehu'za tusi silva zago zogi'naze.

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 Hagi kini ne' Joasi'ene Jehoiadakea ana zagoa erike Ra Anumzamofo mono noma eri so'ema hu' vahe zamazampi ante'na'e. Ana nehuke noma ki vahetamine, zamazanteti'ma keonkezama tro hu vahe'ene, ainine bronsinema kreno ke'onkezama trohu vahetaminena zagoa mizasezmantazage'za Ra Anumzamofo mono nona eri so'e hu'za ki'naze.

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 Hagi ana eri'za vahe'mo'za hanaveti'za eri'zana e'nerizageno, eri'zamo'a ome vagarege'za ko'ma hu'nazaza hu'za Anumzamofo mono nona eri hanavetiza eri so'e hu'za ki'naze.

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 Hagi ana eri'zama eri vagamarete'za amnema me'nea zago'a eri atru hu'za eri'za kini ne'ene, Jehoiadakizni eme znamizageke, ana zagoa erike Ra Anumzamofo nompima antesaza golire zantamima silvare zantamine tro hu'na'e. Hagi Jehoiadama pristima mani'nea kna'afina, Ra Anumzamofo mono nompina vahe'mo'za ofa eri'za eme kresramna vu vava hu'naze.

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 Hianagi Jehoiada'a 130'a kafu huteno ozafareno fri'ge'za,

Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old.

16 kini vahetmima asenezmantazafi Deviti rankumapi asente'naze. Na'ankure agra Israeli vahete'ene, Anumzamofonte'ene mono nompine agra nagate'enena knare avu'avaza hu'ne.

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 Hagi Jehoiada'ma fritege'za Juda kumatamimpinti kva vahe'mo'za kini ne' Joasinte eza eme kepri hu'za ra agi nemi'za antahintahia eme amizageno, ana antahintahi zamia amage ante'ne.

After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash, bowed in front of him, and persuaded him to do what they wanted.

18 Ana'ma hige'za kini ne'mo'ene vahetamimo'za Ra Anumzana zamagehe'i Anumzamofo mono nona atre'za, zafare'ma antre'za Asera havi anumzamofo amema'ama tro'ma hunte'naza zante'ene, kaza osu havi anumzantminte monora hunte'naze. E'ina hazageno Juda vahe'ene Jerusalemi vahera Anumzamo'a tusi arimpa ahezmante'ne.

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 Ra Anumzamo'a antahintahi zamima zamazeri rukrahe hanige'za Agritega ehogu'ma, kasnampa vahetmina huzmantege'za kefo avu'ava zana atretma Anumzamofonte eho hu'za ome zmasamizanagi, ana kezmia ontahi'naze.

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 Ana hazageno Ra Anumzamofo Avamu'mo'a pristi ne' Jehoiada nemofo Zekaraiante hanavetino egeno, ana vahetmimofo zamavuga otino amanage huno zamasmi'ne, Anumzamo'a amanage hie, Nahigeta Ra Anumzamofo kasegea amagera nontazageno, maka zama hazazamo'a knarera nosie? Na'ankure tamagra Ra Anumzamofona tamagena humizageno, Agranena ana zanke huno amagena tamagrira hurami'ne.

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 Hianagi ahe frinaku kea retro hutazageno, kini ne'mo'a ahe friho hige'za Zekaraiana Ra Anumzamofo mono nonkumapi have knonu ahe fri'naze.

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 Hagi Joasi'a Jehoiada'ma knare'zama hunte'nea zankura agesa ontahi, nemofo Zekaraiana ke'a omne vahera ahe fri'ne. Hagi havenknonu'ma Zekaraiama ahazagenoma nefrino'a amanage hu'ne, Amama haza zana Ra Anumzamo'a negeno, Agra'a nona huzmantesie.

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 Hagi ana kafumo'ma vagamaneregeno kasefa kafuma agafama nehigeno'a, Siria sondia vahe'mo'za Juda vahe'ene Jerusalemi kumapima nemaniza vahe'enena ha' eme huzmante'za, maka ranra kva vahetmina zamahe hana nehu'za, maka fenozmia eri'za Damaskasi kini netega atrazageno vu'ne.

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 Juda vahera rama'a sondia vahe manizageno, Siria sondia vahera osi'a vahe' e'nazanagi, Ra Anumzamo'a Siria sondia vahe zamazampi Juda sondia vahera zamavarentege'za hara huzmagatere'naze. Na'ankure Juda vahe'mo'za Ra Anumzana zamafahe'i Anumzamofo zamagena humi'naze. E'i ana agafare Joasina hazenkea ami'naze.

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 Hagi ha'ma huvagamanere'za, Joasina ahe kuzafa nente'za atre'za vu'naze. Ana'ma hazage'za pristi ne' Jehoiada nemofo Zekaraiama ahe fri'nea zante eri'za vahe'aramimo'za ke hugantugma hu'za tafe'are'ma masenere ahe frite'za, Deviti rankumapi ome asente'nazanagi, kini vahe'ma asezmante matipina aseonte'nazanki, rufi ome asente'naze.

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 Hagi kema hugantugama huke Joasima ahe fri'na'a ne'trena, Amoni a'mo Simeati kasente'nea ne' Zabadi'ene, Moapu a'mo Simireti'ma kasente'nea ne' Jehozabatike ahe fri'na'e.

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 Hagi kini vahetmimofo zamagenkema krente'naza avontafepi, Joasi mofavrerami zamagenkene, kasnampa vahe'mo'zama agrikuma kasnampa kema hu'naza nanekea krente'naze. Hagi anama hutegeno'a nemofo Amasia Joasi nona erino kinia mani'ne.

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.