Luo Chronicle 24
1 Joash el mutawauk in tokosra fin acn Judah ke el yac itkosr, ac el leum in Jerusalem ke yac angngaul. Nina kial ah pa Zibiah, sie mutan Beersheba.
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 Joash el oru mwe insewowo nu sin LEUM GOD in pacl Jehoiada, mwet tol, el moul.
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 Jehoiada el sulela mutan luo kial Tokosra Joash, ac eltal oswela wen ac acn nu sel.
Jehoiada took for himself two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
4 Tukun el tokosrala ke kutu yac, Joash el nunkauk in akwoyela Tempul.
Some time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.
5 El sap mwet tol ac mwet Levi in som nu in siti nukewa lun Judah, ac orani lupan mani sin mwet uh ma ac fal in akwoyela acn ma musalla ke Tempul ke yac sac. El fahk mu elos in oru in sa, tuh pa mwet Levi inge pahtlac.
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 Na el pangnolma Jehoiada, mwet kol lalos, ac multikin nu sel ac fahk, “Efu ku kom tia taran mwet Levi ingan in orani mani in tax sin mwet Judah ac Jerusalem, in oana ma Moses, mwet kulansap lun LEUM GOD, el tuh oakiya mwet uh in moli in sang kasru Lohm Nuknuk Mutal sin LEUM GOD
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 Mwet ma welulla Athaliah, mutan koluk sac, elos tuh aktaekyala Tempul, ac orekmakin kutu ma mutal we nu ke alu lalos nu sin 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 Tokosra el sap mwet Levi in orala sie box in sang, ac filiya ke mutunoa in Tempul.
At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.
9 Elos supwalik kas nu in acn nukewa in Jerusalem ac Judah, tuh kais sie mwet in use tax lalos, oana ma Moses, mwet kulansap lun LEUM GOD, el tuh mutawauk oru yen mwesis.
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 Mwet uh, oayapa mwet kol lalos, elos insewowo ke ma se inge, ac elos usani tax lalos ac nwakla box sac.
All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full.
11 Len nukewa mwet Levi elos ac usla box sac nu sin mwet roso lun tokosra su liyaung box sac. Fin sessesla, na mwet sim lun tokosra ac sie mwet aolyen mwet Tol Fulat ac usla ac okoala mani uh, na sifil folokunla box sac nu yen oan we uh. Ouinge lupan mani na yohk se ac orekeni.
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 Tokosra ac Jehoiada ac sang mani inge nu sin mwet kol orekma ke Tempul, ac elos ac sang moli mwet tufahl eot, mwet kamtu, ac mwet orekma pac ke osra, tuh elos in sang orala kutena acn musalla ke Tempul.
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 Mwet nukewa moniyuk na in orekma, ac elos akwoyela Tempul arulana ku, oana ke tufahna orekla ah.
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 Ke pacl se tari orekma sac, ma lula ke gold ac silver itukyang nu sin tokosra ac Jehoiada, ac eltal sang ma inge orala ahlu ku kutu pac mwe orekmak ma ac eneneyuk nu ke Tempul. Ke lusen pacl Jehoiada el moul, kisa uh orek in Tempul fal nu ke pacl la.
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 Tukun el arulana matu ac sun yac siofok tolngoul, na el misa.
When Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.
16 Elos piknilya inkulyuk lun mwet leum in Siti sel David, in asmakin orekma wo el oru nu sin mwet Israel, nu sin God, ac nu ke Tempul.
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 Tusruktu tukunna Jehoiada el misa, mwet kol lun Judah elos kifasulla Tokosra Joash elan wela pwapa lalos uh.
After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.
18 Ouinge mwet uh tia sifil alu in Tempul lun LEUM GOD, su God lun papa tumalos, a elos mutawauk alu nu ke ma sruloala kacl god mutan Asherah ac ma sruloala pac saya. Mwatalos ke ma koluk lalos inge pa pwanang kasrkusrak lun LEUM GOD tuku nu fin acn Judah ac Jerusalem.
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 LEUM GOD El supwala mwet palu in akesmakinyalos elos in forla nu sel, a mwet uh srunga lohng.
Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them; but they would not listen.
20 Na ngun lun God tuku nu facl Zechariah, wen natul Jehoiada mwet tol. El tu yen mwet uh ku in liyal we, ac wowoyak ac fahk, “LEUM GOD El siyuk lah efu ku kowos tia akos ma El sapkin, ac kowos use mwe ongoiya nu fowos sifacna! Kowos sisella, na pa El siskowosla!”
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 Tokosra Joash el weak mwet uh in lainul Zechariah, ac ke sap lal tokosra, mwet uh tanglal Zechariah ke nien tukeni inkul lun Tempul.
But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
22 Tokosra el mulkunla orekma kulang ma Jehoiada, papa tumal Zechariah, el tuh oru nu sel, ac el sap anwuki Zechariah. Meet liki na Zechariah el ac misa, el wola ac fahk, “Lela LEUM GOD Elan liye ma kom oru an, ac kalyei kom!”
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 Ke apkuran in safla yac sac, mwet mweun lun Syria mweuni acn Judah ac Jerusalem. Elos uniya mwet kol nukewa, ac usla ma wap puspis ke elos folokla nu Damascus.
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 Mwet mweun lun Syria tia pus, tusruktu LEUM GOD El sang kutangla nu selos fin mwet mweun pus lun Judah, mweyen mwet Judah elos ngetla liki LEUM GOD lun papa tumalos. Pa inge kaiyuk ma orek nu sel Tokosra Joash.
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 El arulana kinetneta, ac ke mwet lokoalok lal som tari, na luo sin mwet pwapa lal sifacna eltal orek pwapa sulallal, ac unilya fin mwe oan kial, in aol ke el tuh akmuseya wen natul Jehoiada, mwet tol. Pukpuki el in Siti sel David, tusruktu tia ke inkulyuk lun mwet leum.
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 Mwet ma pwapa sulal ac unilya inge pa Zabad, wen nutin mutan Ammon se pangpang Shimeath, ac Jehozabad, wen nutin mutan Moab se pangpang Shimrith.
Those who conspired against Joash were Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
27 Sramsram ke mukul natul Joash, ac kas in palu lainul, oayapa ma simla ke orekma lal in akwoyela Tempul, oasr in [Book in Akkalemye Koanon Book In Tokosra]. Amaziah, wen natul, pa aolul in tokosra.
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.
