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: and his mother's name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
2 Yowaasi n’akola ebirungi mu maaso ga Mukama mu biro byonna ebya Yekoyaada kabona.
Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 Yekoyaada n’amulondera abakyala babiri, era ne bamuzaalira abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters.
4 Bwe waayitawo ebbanga, Yowaasi n’ayagala okuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama.
It happened after this, that Joash intended to restore the house of Jehovah.
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.
He gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money to repair the house of your God from all Israel from year to year. See that you expedite this matter." However the Levites did not do it right away.
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?”
The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, "Why haven't you required of the Levites to bring in the tax of Moses the servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, for the tent of the testimony?"
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 God's house; and they also gave all the dedicated things of the house of Jehovah to the Baals.
8 Awo kabaka n’alagira ne bakola essanduuko, ne bagissa ebweru wa wankaaki wa yeekaalu ya Mukama.
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of Jehovah.
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.
They made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Jehovah the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on 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 leaders and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and threw it into the chest, until it was full.
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.
It was so, that whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its 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.
The king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Jehovah, and also such as worked iron and bronze to repair the house of Jehovah.
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 worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up God's house in its 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.
When they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, of which were made vessels for the house of Jehovah, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in the house of Jehovah 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 grew old and was full of days, and he died; one hundred 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.
They buried him in the City of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
17 Awo Yekoyaada ng’amaze okufa, abakungu ba Yuda ne bajja ne bavuunamira kabaka, n’abawuliriza.
Now after the death of Jehoiada the leaders of Judah came and paid homage to the king. And the king listened to them.
18 Ne baleka yeekaalu ya Mukama, Katonda wa bajjajjaabwe, ne baweerezanga Baasera n’ebifaananyi, obusungu bwa Katonda kyebwava bubuubuukira ku Yuda ne Yerusaalemi.
They forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
19 Newaakubadde nga Mukama yabatumira bannabbi okubakomyawo gy’ali, ne babalumiriza, tebassaayo mwoyo.
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again to Jehovah; 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.’”
The Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, "Thus says God, 'Why do you disobey the commandments of Jehovah, so that you can't prosper? Because you have forsaken Jehovah, he has also forsaken you.'"
21 Naye ne basala olukwe okutta Zekkaliya, kabaka n’alagira n’akubibwa amayinja, n’afiira mu luggya lwa yeekaalu ya Mukama.
They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
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 did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, "May Jehovah look at it, and repay 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.
It happened at the end of the year, that the army of the Arameans came up against him. And they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the leaders of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king in 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 Arameans came with a small company of men; and Jehovah delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on 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.
When they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the City of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
26 Abaamusalira olukwe baali Zabadi mutabani wa Simeyaasi omukazi Omwamoni, ne Yekozabadi mutabani wa Simulisi omukazi Omumowaabu.
These are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the 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 many oracles against him, and the rebuilding of God's house, look, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
