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1 Sju år gamall var Joas då han vart konge, og fyrti år styrde han i Jerusalem. Mor hans heitte Sibja og var frå Be’erseba.
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 Joas gjorde det som rett var i Herrens augo so lenge presten Jojada livde.
Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was [the Supreme] Priest.
3 Jojada tok tvo konor åt honom, og han fekk søner og døtter.
Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.
4 Sidan kom Joas på den tanken at han vilde setja i stand Herrens hus.
Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired.
5 Difor stemde han saman prestarne og levitarne og sagde til deim: «Drag ut til Juda-byarne og samla i inn pengar ifrå heile Israel til å vøla på huset åt dykkar Gud, etter som det krevst år etter år. Og skunda dykk med å gjera dette!» Men levitarne skunda seg ikkje med det.
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 Då kalla kongen til seg øvstepresten Jojada og sagde til honom: «Kvifor hev du ikkje sytt for at levitarne koma med den skatten frå Juda og Jerusalem som Moses, Herrens tenar, lagde på Israels-lyden til beste for kunngjeringstjeldet?
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 For sønerne åt denne ugudlege Atalja, dei hev brote seg inn i Guds hus, ja, alt som var vigt til Herrens hus, hev dei bruka på Ba’als-gudarne.»
[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 Kongen baud difor at dei skulde laga ei kista og setja upp utanfor porten til Herrens hus.
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 Og det vart lyst ut i Juda og Jerusalem at dei skulde føra den skatten til Herren som Moses, Guds tenar, hadde lagt på Israels-borni i øydemarki.
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 Alle hovdingarne og heile folket bar då pengarne fram med gleda, og kasta i kista til dess ho var full.
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 Og når dei såg at det var mykje sylv i henne, tok levitarne kista og førde henne til det kongelege tilsynet, og då kom den kongelege skrivaren og den tilsynsmannen som øvstepresten hadde sett til, kvar gong og tømde kista; og so tok dei henne og førde hende attende på plassen sin. Soleis gjorde dei gong etter gong, og dei samla ei stor mengd med pengar.
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 So gav kongen og Jojada deim til arbeidsformennerne ved arbeidet på Herrens hus, og dei leigde steinhoggarar og timbremenner til å setja i stand Herrens hus, og jarn- og koparsmedar til å vøla på Herrens hus.
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 Arbeidsformennerne tok fat på arbeidet, so at verket hadde framgang i deira hand, og dei bygde upp Guds hus soleis som det hadde vore planlagt, og fekk det godt i stand.
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 Då dei var ferdige med det, bar dei resten av pengarne til kongen og Jojada, og han let gjera gogner av det til Herrens hus, gogner til tenesta og offeri, og skåler og kjerald av gull og sylv. Og dei ofra brennoffer i Herrens hus stødt so lenge Jojada livde.
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 Men Jojada vart gamall og mett av dagar og døydde; hundrad og tretti år gamall var han då han døydde.
Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old.
16 Dei gravlagde honom i Davidsbyen hjå kongarne, for di han hadde gjort vel imot Israel og mot Gud og hans hus.
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 Då no Jojada var avliden, kom hovdingarne i Juda og kasta seg ned for kongen; og kongen høyrde viljugt på deim.
After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash, bowed in front of him, and persuaded him to do what they wanted.
18 Då gjekk dei ifrå huset åt Herren, sin fedregud, og dyrka Astarte-bilæti og dei andre avgudarne. Difor kom det vreide yver Juda og Jerusalem for denne syndi deira.
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 Og han sende profetar til deim til å føra deim attende til Herren, og dei tala ålvorsamt til deim, men dei høyrde ikkje på deim.
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 Då tok Guds ande presten Zakarja, son åt Jojada, so han stod fram for folket og sagde til deim: «So segjer Gud: «Kvifor gjer det imot Herrens bod og slepper ifrå dykk lukka! For di de hev gjenge ifrå honom, hev han gjenge frå dykk.»»
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 Då svor dei seg saman imot honom, og steina honom i fyregarden til Herrens hus etter bod frå kongen.
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 For kong Joas gløymde den kjærleiken som Jojada, far hans, hadde synt imot honom, og han drap son hans. Men då han døydde, ropa han: «Herren sjå og straffe!»
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 Då året var ute, drog syrarheren imot honom, og dei kom til Juda og Jerusalem og øydde ut alle hovdingarne i folket og sende heile herfanget sitt til kongen i Damaskus.
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 Endå syrarheren var fåment då han kom, so gav Herren ein ovstor her i deira vald, for di dei hadde gjenge ifrå Herren, sin fedregud, og soleis sette dei i verk domen yver Joas.
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 Og då dei drog burt ifrå honom - for dei let honom etter seg i tunge lidingar - då gjorde hirdmennerne hans ei samansverjing imot honom, for di han hadde drepe sønerne åt presten Jojada, og dei drap honom på lega hans. Soleis døydde han, og dei gravlagde honom i Davidsbyen, men ikkje i kongegraverne.
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 Dei som svor seg saman imot honom, var Zabad, son åt ammonitkvinna Simat, og Jozabad, son åt moabitkvinna Simrit.
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 Um sønerne hans og alle profetordi imot honom og grunnleggjingi av Guds hus, det finst uppskrive i utleggjingi til kongeboki. Amasja, son hans, vart konge i staden hans.
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.
