Ii Paralipomenon 24

1 Septem annorum erat Ioas cum regnare coepisset: et quadraginta annis regnavit in Ierusalem, nomen matris eius Sebia de Bersabee.

Joas was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Sabia of Bersabee.

2 Fecitque quod bonum est coram Domino cunctis diebus Ioiadae sacerdotis.

And Joas did that which right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jodae the priest.

3 Accepit autem ei Ioiada uxores duas, e quibus genuit filios et filias.

And Jodae took to himself two wives, and they bore sons and daughters.

4 Post quae placuit Ioas ut instauraret domum Domini.

And it came to pass afterward that it came into the heart of Joas to repair the house of the Lord.

5 Congregavitque Sacerdotes, et Levitas, et dixit eis: Egredimini ad civitates Iuda, et colligite de universo Israel pecuniam ad sartatecta templi Dei nostri, per singulos annos, festinatoque hoc facite: porro Levitae egere negligentius.

And he gathered the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out into the cities of Juda, and collect money of all Israel to repair the house of the Lord from year to year, and make haste to speak [of it]. But the Levites hasted not.

6 Vocavitque rex Ioiadam principem, et dixit ei: Quare tibi non fuit curae, ut cogeres Levitas inferre de Iuda et de Ierusalem pecuniam, quae constituta est a Moyse servo Domini, ut inferret eam omnis multitudo Israel in tabernaculum testimonii?

And king Joas called Jodae the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not looked after the Levites, so that they should bring from Juda and Jerusalem that which was prescribed by Moses the man of God, when he assembled Israel at the tabernacle of witness?

7 Athalia enim impiissima, et filii eius destruxerunt domum Dei, et de universis, quae sanctificata fuerant in templo Domini, ornaverunt fanum Baalim.

For Gotholia was a transgressor, and her sons tore down the house of God; for they offered the holy things of the house of the Lord to Baalim.

8 Praecepit ergo rex, et fecerunt arcam: posueruntque eam iuxta portam domus Domini forinsecus.

And the king said, Let a box be made, and let it be put at the gate of the house of the Lord without.

9 Et praedicatum est in Iuda et Ierusalem ut deferrent singuli pretium Domino, quod constituit Moyses servus Dei super omnem Israel in deserto.

And let [men] proclaim in Juda an in Jerusalem, that [the people] should bring to the Lord, as Moses the servant of God spoke concerning Israel in the wilderness.

10 Laetatique sunt cuncti principes, et omnis populus: et ingressi contulerunt in arcam Domini, atque miserunt ita ut impleretur.

And all the princes and all the people gave, and brought in, and cast into the box until it was filled.

11 Cumque tempus esset ut deferrent arcam coram rege per manus Levitarum (videbant enim multam pecuniam) ingrediebatur scriba regis, et quem primus sacerdos constituerat: effundebantque pecuniam quae erat in arca: porro arcam reportabant ad locum suum: sicque faciebant per singulos dies, et congregata est infinita pecunia.

And it came to pass, when they brought in the box to the officers of the king by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that the money was more than sufficient, then came the king's scribe, and the officer of the high priest, and emptied the box, and restored it to its place. Thus they did day by day, and collected much money.

12 Quam dederunt rex et Ioiada his, qui praeerant operibus domus Domini: at illi conducebant ex ea caesores lapidum, et artifices operum singulorum ut instaurarent domum Domini: fabros quoque ferri et aeris, ut quod cadere coeperat, fulciretur.

And the king and Jodae the priest gave it to the workmen employed in the service of the house of the Lord, and they hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, also smiths and braziers to repair the house of the Lord.

13 Egeruntque hi qui operabantur industrie, et obducebatur parietum cicatrix per manus eorum, ac suscitaverunt domum Domini in statum pristinum, et firmiter eam stare fecerunt.

And the workmen wrought, and the works prospered in their hands, and they established the house of the Lord on its foundation, and strengthened [it].

14 Cumque complessent omnia opera, detulerunt coram rege, et Ioiada reliquam partem pecuniae: de qua facta sunt vasa templi in ministerium, et ad holocausta, phialae quoque, et cetera vasa aurea et argentea: offerebantur holocausta in domo Domini iugiter cunctis diebus Ioiadae.

And when they had finished [it], they brought to the king and to Jodae the remainder of the money, and they made vessels for the house of the Lord, vessels of service for whole-burnt-offerings, and gold and silver [censers]: and they offered up whole-burnt-offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jodae.

15 Senuit autem Ioiada plenus dierum, et mortuus est cum esset centum triginta annorum.

And Jodae grew old, being full of days, and he died, being a hundred and thirty years old at his death.

16 sepelieruntque eum in civitate David cum regibus, eo quod fecisset bonum cum Israel, et cum domo eius.

And they buried him with the kings in the city of David, because he had dealt well with Israel, and with God and his house.

17 Postquam autem obiit Ioiada, ingressi sunt principes Iuda, et adoraverunt regem, qui delinitus obsequiis eorum, acquievit eis.

And it came to pass after the death of Jodae, [that] the princes of Juda went in, and did obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened to them.

18 Et dereliquerunt templum Domini Dei patrum suorum, servieruntque lucis et sculptilibus, et facta est ira contra Iuda, et Ierusalem propter hoc peccatum.

And they forsook the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served the Astartes and idols: and there was wrath upon Juda and Jerusalem in that day.

19 Mittebatque eis prophetas ut reverterentur ad Dominum, quos protestantes, illi audire nolebant.

yet he sent prophets to them, to turn them to the Lord; but they hearkened not: and he testified to them, but they obeyed not.

20 Spiritus itaque Dei induit Zachariam filium Ioiadae sacerdotem, et stetit in conspectu populi, et dixit eis: Haec dicit Dominus Deus: Quare transgredimini praeceptum Domini, quod vobis non proderit, et dereliquistis Dominum ut derelinqueret vos?

And the Spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Jodae the priest, and he stood up above the people, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why do ye transgress the commandments of the Lord? so shall ye not prosper; for ye have forsaken the Lord, and he will forsake you.

21 Qui congregati adversus eum, miserunt lapides iuxta regis imperium in atrio domus Domini.

And they conspired against him, and stone him by command of king Joas in the court of the Lord's house.

22 Et non est recordatus Ioas rex misericordiae, quam fecerat Ioiada pater illius secum, sed interfecit filium eius. Qui cum moreretur, ait: Videat Dominus, et requirat.

So Joas remembered not the kindness which his father Jodae had exercised towards him, but slew his son. And as he died, he said, The Lord look upon [it], and judge.

23 Cumque evolutus esset annus, ascendit contra eum exercitus Syriae: venitque in Iuda et Ierusalem, et interfecit cunctos principes populi, atque universam praedam miserunt regi in Damascum.

And it came to pass after the end of the year, [that] the host of Syria went up against him, and came against Juda and Jerusalem: and they slew all the chiefs of the people among the people, and all their spoils they sent to the king of Damascus.

24 Et certe cum permodicus venisset numerus Syrorum, tradidit Dominus in manibus eorum infinitam multitudinem, eo quod dereliquissent Dominum Deum patrum suorum: in Ioas quoque ignominiosa exercuere iudicia.

For the army of Syria came with few men, yet God gave into their hands a very large army, because they had forsaken the God of their fathers; and he brought judgments on Joas.

25 Et abeuntes dimiserunt eum in languoribus magnis: surrexerunt autem contra eum servi sui in ultionem sanguinis filii Ioiadae sacerdotis, et occiderunt eum in lectulo suo, et mortuus est: sepelieruntque eum in Civitate David, sed non in sepulchris regum.

And after they had departed from him, when they had left him in sore diseases, then his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jodae the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchre of the kings.

26 Insidiati vero sunt ei Zabad filius Semmaath Ammanitidis, et Iozabad filius Semarith Moabitidis.

And they that conspired against him were Zabed the son of Samaath the Ammanite, and Jozabed the son of Samareth the Moabite.

27 Porro filii eius, ac summa pecuniae, quae adunata fuerat sub eo, et instauratio domus Dei scripta sunt diligentius in Libro regum: regnavit autem Amasias filius eius pro eo.

And all his sons, and the five came to him: and the other [matters], behold, they are written in the book of the kings. And Amasias his son reigned in his stead.