२ इतिहास 24

1 योआशले राज्य गर्न सुरु गर्दा तिनी सात वर्षका थिए । तिनले यरूशलेममा चालीस वर्ष राज्य गरे । तिनकी आमा बेर्शेबाकी सिब्या थिइन् ।

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 यहोयादा पुजारीका समयभरि नै योआशले परमप्रभुको दृष्‍टिमा जे असल थियो सो गरे ।

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

3 यहोयादाले तिनका निम्ति दुई वटी पत्‍नी ल्याएदिए, र तिनी छोराछोरीका पिता भए ।

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

4 यसपछि यस्‍तो भयो, योआशले परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको पुननिर्माण गर्ने निर्णय गरे ।

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

5 तिनले पुजारी र लेवीहरूलाई एकसाथ भेला गरे र तिनीहरूलाई भने, “हरेक वर्ष यहूदाका सहरहरूमा जाओ र सबै इस्राएलबाट परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको पुनर्निर्माण गर्नलाई पैसा जम्मा गर । तिमीहरू यो काम झट्टै सुरु गरिहाल ।” लेवीहरूले सुरुमा केही पनि गरेनन् ।

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 यसले राजाले प्रधान पुजारी यहोयादालाई बोलाए र तिनलाई भने, “करारका आदेशहरूका पालको निम्ति परमप्रभुका दास मोशा र इस्राएलको समुदायले लगाएको कर यहूदा र यरूशलेमबाट ल्याउन भनी लेवीहरूलाई किन भन्‍नुभएको छैन?”

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 किनकि ती दुष्‍ट स्‍त्री अतल्याहका छोराहरूले परमप्रभुको मन्दिर भत्‍काएका र परमप्रभुको मन्दिरका सबै पवित्र थोक बाललाई दिएका थिए ।

[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 यसैले राजाले आदेश दिए र तिनीहरूले एउटा सन्दूक बनाए र त्‍यो परमप्रभुका मन्दिरको मूल ढोकाको बाहिर राख्‍ने हुकुम गरे ।

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 तब तिनीहरूले यहूदा र यरूशलेमभरि नै परमेश्‍वरका दास मोशाले उजाड-स्थानमा इस्राएलमाथि लगाएको तिरो मानिसहरूले परमप्रभुकहाँ ल्याउनुपर्छ भनी घोषणा गरे ।

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 सबै अगुवा र सबे मानिस आनन्दित भए र रकम ल्याए र त्‍यो सन्दूक नभरिएसम्‍म त्यसमा हाले ।

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 यस्‍तो भयो, जब लेवीहरूले राजाका अधिकारीहरूकहाँ त्यो सन्दूक ल्याउँथे, र जब त्यसमा तिनीहरूले धेरै पैसा देख्‍थे, तब राजाका सचिव र प्रधान पुजारीका अधिकृत त्यो खाली गर्न आउँथे, र त्यो सन्दूक फेरि त्यसकै स्थानमा राखिदिन्थे । तिनीहरूले दिनदिनै त्‍यसो गरेर धेरै रुपियाँपैसा सञ्‍चय गरे ।

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 राजा र यहोयादाले त्यो रुपियाँपैसा परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा काम गर्न लाउने मानिसहरूको जिम्मामा दिए । ती मानिसहरूले मन्दिरको पुनर्निर्माण गर्न डकर्मी, सिकर्मीहरू, फलाम र काँसाको काम गर्नेहरूलाई ज्यालामा लगाए ।

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 यसरी कामदारहरूले श्रम गरे, र तिनीहरूकै हातमा यस मरम्मतका काम अगाडि बढ्यो । तिनीहरूले पहिलेकै नमूनाअनुसार परमप्रभुका मन्दिरको पुनर्निर्माण गरे र त्यसलाई बलियो बनाए ।

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 जब तिनीहरूले त्यो काम सिद्ध्याए, तब तिनीहरूले बाँकी बचेको रुपियाँपैसा राजा र यहोयादाकहाँ ल्याइदिए । ती पैसाबाट परमप्रभुका मन्दिरमा चाहिने सामानहरूको निम्ति प्रयोग गरियो, सेवाको काम र होमबलिको काम दुवैका निम्ति भाँडाहरू—सुन र चाँदीका चम्चा र भाँडाहरू । यहोयादाको समयभरि नै तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा निरन्तर होमबलि चढाए ।

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 यहोयादा वृद्ध भए र दीर्घायु भए अनि त्‍यसपछि तिनी मरे । तिनको मृत्‍यु हुँदा तिनी एक सय तिस वर्षका थिए ।

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

16 तिनीहरूले तिनलाई दाऊदको सहरमा राजाहरूकै चिहानमा गाडे, किनभने तिनले इस्राएलमा परमेश्‍वर र परमेश्‍वरको मन्दिरको निम्ति असल काम गरेका थिए ।

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 यहोयादाको मृत्युपछि यहूदाका अधिकारीहरू राजाकहाँ आएर आदर देखाए । तब राजाले तिनीहरूका कुरा सुने ।

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

18 तिनीहरूले परमप्रभु आफ्ना पुर्खाहरूका परमेश्‍वरको मन्दिरलाई त्यागे र अशेरा देवीका खम्बाहरू र मूर्तिहरूको पुजा गरे । तिनीहरूका यस खराबीले गर्दा यहूदा र यरूशलेममाथि परमेश्‍वरको क्रोध आइपर्‍यो ।

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 तापनि तिनीहरूलाई फेरि आफूकहाँ फर्काएर ल्याउन परमप्रभुले अगमवक्ताहरू पठाउनुभयो । ती अगमवक्ताहरूले तिनीहरूका कामको विरुद्धमा बोले, तर तिनीहरूले त्‍यो सुन्‍नलाई इन्कार गरे ।

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 यहोयादाका छोरा जकरिया पुजारीमाथि परमेश्‍वरका आत्मा आउनुभयो । जकरिया मानिसहरूका सामु खडा भए र तिनीहरूलाई भने, “परमेश्‍वर यसो भन्‍नुहुन्छ: ‘तिमीहरू किन परमप्रभुका आज्ञा उल्लङ्घन गर्छौ, जसले गर्दा तिमीहरूले उन्‍नति गर्न सक्दैनौ? तिमीहरूले परमप्रभुलाई त्यागेका हुनाले उहाँले पनि तिमीहरूलाई त्याग्‍नुभएको छ ।”

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 तर तिनीहरूले तिनको विरुद्धमा षड्यन्त्र रचे । राजाको हुकुम पाएर तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुका मन्दिरको चोकमा ढुङ्गा हानेर तिनलाई मारे ।

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 यसरी किसिमले, योआश राजाले जकरियाका बुबा यहोयादाले आफूप्रति गरेको दयालाई बेवास्‍ता गरे । बरु, यहोयादाका छोरालाई मारे । जब जकरियाको मृत्‍यु हुन लागेको थियो, तब तिनले यसो भने, “परमप्रभुले यो देख्‍नुभएको होस् र तिमीहरूका लेखा लिनुभएको होस् ।”

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 वर्षको अन्त्यमा यस्‍तो भयो, अरामी छाउनीका फौज योआशको विरुद्धमा आयो । तिनीहरू यहूदा र यरूशलेममा आए । तिनीहरूले मानिसहरूका सबै अगुवालाई मारे र तिनीहरूबाट लूटका माल लिएर दमस्कसका राजालाई पठाइदिए ।

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 अरामीहरू थोरै सिपाहीहरू लिएर आएका भए तापनि परमप्रभुले एउटा ठूलो फौजमाथि तिनीहरूलाई विजय दिनुभयो, किनभने यहूदाका मानिसहरूले परमप्रभु आफ्ना पुर्खाहरूका परमेश्‍वरलाई त्यागेका थिए । यसरी आरामीहरूले योआशमाथि दण्ड ल्याए ।

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 अरामीहरू जाने बेलासम्‍म योआश गम्‍भीर रूपले घाइते भएका थिए । पुजारी यहोयादाका छोराहरूका मृत्युको कारणले तिनका आफ्नै सेवकहरूले तिनको विरुद्धमा षड्यन्त्र रचे । तिनको ओछ्यानमा तिनीहरूले तिनलाई मारे, र तिनी मरे । तिनीहरूले तिनलाई दाऊदको सहरमा गाडे, तर राजाहरूका चिहानमा चाहिं होइन ।

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 तिनको विरुद्धमा षड्यन्त्र गर्ने व्‍यक्तिहरू अम्मोनी स्‍त्री शिम्मतका छोरा जाबाद र मोआबी स्‍त्री शिम्रितका छोरा यहोजाबाद थिए ।

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 अब तिनका सन्‍तानको विवरण, तिनको विषय गरिएका महत्त्वपूर्ण अगमवाणीहरू, र परमेश्‍वरको मन्दिरको पुनर्निर्माण गर्ने कामका विषय, हेर, ती राजाहरूका इतिहासको पुस्तकमा लेखिएका छन् । तिनका छोरा अमस्याह तिनको ठाउँमा राजा भए ।

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.