2 Ebyomumirembe 24
1 Yowaasi yalina emyaka musanvu we yafuukira kabaka, era n’afugira emyaka amakumi ana mu Yerusaalemi n’erinnya lya nnyina ye yali Zebbiya ow’e Beeruseba.
Joash [was] seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also [was] Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 Yowaasi n’akola ebirungi mu maaso ga Mukama mu biro byonna ebya Yekoyaada kabona.
And Joash did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 Yekoyaada n’amulondera abakyala babiri, era ne bamuzaalira abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
4 Bwe waayitawo ebbanga, Yowaasi n’ayagala okuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama.
And it came to pass after this, [that] Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.
5 N’ayita bakabona n’Abaleevi, n’abagamba nti, “Mugende mu bibuga bya Yuda, musolooze ensimbi eza buli mwaka okuva mu Isirayiri yenna, olw’okuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama, era mutandikirewo.” Naye Abaleevi ne batakikolerawo.
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened [it] not.
6 Awo kabaka n’atumya Yekoyaada kabona asinga obukulu, n’amubuuza nti, “Kiki ekyakulobera okugamba Abaleevi, n’ekibiina kya Isirayiri ku lw’eweema ey’Obujulirwa, okuva eri Yuda ne Yerusaalemi okuleetanga omusolo, Musa omuddu wa Katonda gwe yalagira?”
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, [according to the commandment] of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
7 Mu biro eby’emabegako, batabani ba Asaliya, omukazi oli omubi, baali baamenya ne bayingira mu yeekaalu ya Mukama, ne bakozesa ebintu byonna ebyawongebwa mu yeekaalu ya Mukama, emirimu gya Baali.
For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
8 Awo kabaka n’alagira ne bakola essanduuko, ne bagissa ebweru wa wankaaki wa yeekaalu ya Mukama.
And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
9 Ekiragiro ne kiyita mu Yuda yonna ne mu Yerusaalemi yonna, okuleeteranga Mukama omusolo, Musa omuddu wa Katonda gwe yalagira Isirayiri nga bali mu ddungu.
And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection [that] Moses the servant of God [laid] upon Israel in the wilderness.
10 Abakungu bonna n’abantu bonna ne baleetanga omusolo ogwo nga basanyufu, ne baguteekanga mu ssanduuko, okutuusa lwe yajjulanga.
And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
11 Buli essanduuko bwe yaleetebwanga Abaleevi eri abakungu ba kabaka ne balaba ng’erimu sente nnyingi, omuwandiisi wa kabaka n’omukungu wa kabona asinga obukulu, baagitwalanga ne baziggyamu, ne bagikomyawo mu kifo kyayo. Kino baakikolanga buli lunaku, era ne bakuŋŋaanya ensimbi nnyingi.
Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that [there was] much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
12 Kabaka ne Yekoyaada ne bazikwasa abo abaavunaanyizibwanga omulimu gwa yeekaalu ya Mukama, bo ne bapangisa abaagula amayinja n’ababazzi okuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama, n’abalala baali baweesi ba byuma n’ebikomo era nabo nga baakuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama.
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
13 Abasajja abaavunaanyizibwanga omulimu ogwo baali banyiikivu, era n’omulimu ogwo gwali mu mikono gyabwe, era ne baddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Katonda okutuuka ku mutindo gwayo ogugisaanira, ne baginyweza.
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
14 Awo bwe baamaliriza, ensimbi ezafikkawo ne bazikomyawo ewa kabaka ne Yekoyaada, ate ezo ne zikozesebwa okukola ebintu eby’omu yeekaalu ya Mukama, eby’obuweereza n’eby’ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa, ne bbakuli ez’obubaane, n’ebibya ebya zaabu ne ffeeza. Era ne baweerangayo ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa mu yeekaalu ya Mukama ennaku zonna eza Yekoyaada.
And when they had finished [it], they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, [even] vessels to minister, and to offer [withal], and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15 Yekoyaada n’akaddiwa, n’awangaala nnyo, n’afa ng’aweza emyaka kikumi mu asatu egy’obukulu.
But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old [was he] when he died.
16 N’aziikibwa mu kibuga kya Dawudi ne bassekabaka, kubanga yakola ebirungi mu Isirayiri, ku lwa Katonda ne ku lwa yeekaalu ye.
And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
17 Awo Yekoyaada ng’amaze okufa, abakungu ba Yuda ne bajja ne bavuunamira kabaka, n’abawuliriza.
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
18 Ne baleka yeekaalu ya Mukama, Katonda wa bajjajjaabwe, ne baweerezanga Baasera n’ebifaananyi, obusungu bwa Katonda kyebwava bubuubuukira ku Yuda ne Yerusaalemi.
And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
19 Newaakubadde nga Mukama yabatumira bannabbi okubakomyawo gy’ali, ne babalumiriza, tebassaayo mwoyo.
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
20 Awo Omwoyo wa Katonda n’akka ku Zekkaliya muzzukulu wa Yekoyaada, n’ayimirira mu maaso g’abantu n’ayogera nti, “Bw’ati bw’ayogera Katonda nti, ‘Lwaki mujeemera amateeka ga Mukama? Temujja kufuna mukisa kukulaakulana. Kubanga muvudde ku Mukama naye kyavudde abaleka.’”
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
21 Naye ne basala olukwe okutta Zekkaliya, kabaka n’alagira n’akubibwa amayinja, n’afiira mu luggya lwa yeekaalu ya Mukama.
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
22 Kabaka Yowaasi n’atajjukira kisa Yekoyaada kitaawe wa Zekkaliya kye yamulaga, n’atta mutabani we. Zekkaliya bwe yali ng’afa n’ayogera nti, “Mukama kino akirabe, era akuvunaane.”
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon [it], and require [it].
23 Ku nkomerero ey’omwaka, eggye ery’Abasuuli ne lirumba Yowaasi. Ne bajja mu Yuda ne mu Yerusaalemi ne bazikiriza abakungu bonna, ne baweereza omunyago gwonna eri kabaka waabwe e Ddamasiko.
And it came to pass at the end of the year, [that] the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.
24 Newaakubadde ng’eggye ery’Abasuuli ly’ajja n’abasajja batono, Mukama yawaayo eggye eddene ennyo erya Yuda mu mukono gw’Abasuuli kubanga Yuda baava ku Mukama, Katonda wa bajjajjaabwe. Abasuuli ne babonereza Yowaasi.
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
25 Awo Abasuuli bwe baavaayo, ne baleka nga Yowaasi alumizibbwa nnyo, era abaddu be ne bamusalira olukwe, olw’omusaayi gw’abaana ba Yekoyaada kabona, gwe yayiwa, ne bamuttira mu kitanda kye. Bwe yafa, n’aziikibwa mu kibuga kya Dawudi, naye si mu masiro ga bassekabaka.
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases, ) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada 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 sepulchres of the kings.
26 Abaamusalira olukwe baali Zabadi mutabani wa Simeyaasi omukazi Omwamoni, ne Yekozabadi mutabani wa Simulisi omukazi Omumowaabu.
And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
27 Ebyafaayo ebikwata ku batabani be, n’ebyamulagulwako, n’eby’okuddaabiriza kwa yeekaalu ya Katonda, byawandiikibwa mu ngero ez’ekitabo ekya bassekabaka. Amaziya mutabani we n’amusikira.
Now [concerning] his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they [are] written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
