2 Crônicas 24
1 Tinha Joás sete anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e quarenta anos reinou em Jerusalém: e era o nome de sua mãe Zibia, de Berseba.
Joash was seven years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zibiah, from Beersheba.
2 E fez Joás o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, todos os dias do sacerdote Joiada.
And he did what is good before the Lord during all the days of Jehoiada, the priest.
3 E tomou-lhe Joiada duas mulheres, e gerou filhos e filhas.
Now Jehoiada gave to him two wives, from whom he conceived sons and daughters.
4 E sucedeu depois disto que veio ao coração de Joás de renovar a casa do Senhor.
After these things, it pleased Joash to repair the house of the Lord.
5 Ajuntou pois os sacerdotes e os levitas, e disse-lhes: saí pelas cidades de Judá, e ajuntai o dinheiro de todo o Israel para reparar a casa do vosso Deus de ano em ano; e vós apressai este negócio. Porém os levitas não se apressaram.
And he gathered together the priests and Levites, and he said to them: “Go out to the cities of Judah, and collect from all of Israel money to repair the surfaces of the temple of your God, throughout each year. And do this promptly.” But the Levites acted negligently.
6 E o rei chamou a Joiada, o chefe, e disse-lhe: Porque não fizeste inquirição entre os levitas: para que trouxessem de Judá e de Jerusalém a oferta de Moisés, servo do Senhor, e da congregação de Israel, à tenda do testemunho?
And the king summoned Jehoiada, the leader, and he said to him: “Why was there no concern with you, so that you would compel the Levites to bring, from Judah and from Jerusalem, the money that was appointed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, so as to bring it, from the entire multitude of Israel, to the tabernacle of the testimony?
7 Porque, sendo Athalia ímpia, seus filhos arruinaram a casa de Deus, e até todas as coisas sagradas da casa do Senhor empregaram em Baalin.
For that very impious woman Athaliah and her sons have destroyed the house of God, and they have adorned the shrine of Baal from all the things that had been sanctified in the temple of the Lord.”
8 E deu o rei ordem e fizeram uma arca, e a puseram fora, à porta da casa do Senhor.
Therefore, the king instructed, and they made an ark. And they placed it beside the gate of the house of the Lord, on the outside.
9 E publicou-se em Judá e em Jerusalém que trouxessem ao Senhor a oferta de Moisés, o servo do Senhor, imposta a Israel no deserto.
And they proclaimed, in Judah and Jerusalem, that each one should bring to the Lord the money that Moses, the servant of God, appointed in the desert, concerning all of Israel.
10 Então todos os príncipes, e todo o povo se alegraram, e a trouxeram e a lançaram na arca, até que a acabaram de lançar.
And all the leaders and all the people rejoiced. And upon entering, they together took and placed so much into the ark of the Lord that it was filled.
11 E sucedeu que, ao tempo que traziam a arca pelas mãos dos levitas, segundo o mandado do rei, e vendo que já havia muito dinheiro, vinha o escrivão do rei, e o deputado do sumo sacerdote, e esvaziavam a arca, e a tomavam, e a tornavam ao seu lugar: assim faziam de dia em dia, e ajuntaram dinheiro em abundância,
And when it was time for them to bring the ark before the king by the hands of the Levites, for they saw that there was much money, the scribe of the king, and the one whom the high priest had appointed, entered. And they poured out the money that was in the ark. Then they carried the ark back to its place. And they did this on each day. And an immense sum of money was gathered.
12 O qual o rei e Joiada davam aos que tinham cargo da obra do serviço da casa do Senhor; e alugaram pedreiros e carpinteiros, para renovarem a casa do Senhor; como também ferreiros e serralheiros, para repararem a casa do Senhor.
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were in charge of the works of the house of the Lord. Then with it they hired hewers of stone, and artisans of every kind, so that they might repair the house of the Lord, and also so that the works of iron and of brass, which had begun to fall, would be reinforced.
13 E os que tinham cargo da obra faziam que a reparação da obra fosse crescendo pela sua mão: e restauraram a casa de Deus no seu estado, e a fortaleceram.
And those who were hired were working industriously. And the breach in the walls was healed by their hands. And they returned the house of the Lord to a pristine state. And they caused it stand firm.
14 E, depois de acabarem, trouxeram o resto do dinheiro para diante do rei e de Joiada, e dele fez vasos para a casa do Senhor, vasos para ministrar, e oferecer, e perfumadores e vasos de ouro e de prata. E continuamente sacrificaram holocaustos na casa do Senhor, todos os dias de Joiada.
And when they had completed all the works, they brought the remaining part of the money before the king and Jehoiada. And from it, the vessels of the temple were made, for the ministry and for the holocausts, including bowls and other vessels of gold and silver. And holocausts were being offered in the house of the Lord continually, during all the days of Jehoiada.
15 E envelheceu Joiada, e morreu farto de dias: era da idade de cento e trinta anos quando morreu.
But Jehoiada was old and full of days. And he died when he was one hundred thirty years old.
16 E o sepultaram na cidade de David com os reis; porque tinha feito bem em Israel, e para com Deus e a sua casa.
And they buried him in the City of David, with the kings, because he had done good to Israel and to his house.
17 Porém depois da morte de Joiada vieram os príncipes de Judá e prostraram-se perante o rei: e o rei os ouviu.
Then, after Jehoiada passed away, the leaders of Judah entered and reverenced the king. And he was enticed by their obsequiousness, and so he acquiesced to them.
18 E deixaram a casa do Senhor, Deus de seus pais, e serviram as imagens do bosque e os ídolos: então veio grande ira sobre Judá e Jerusalém por causa desta sua culpa.
And they abandoned the temple of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and they served sacred groves and graven images. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of this sin.
19 Porém enviou profetas entre eles, para os fazer tornar ao Senhor, os quais protestaram contra eles; mas eles não deram ouvidos.
And he sent prophets to them, so that they might return to the Lord. And though they were offering testimony, they were not willing to listen to them.
20 E o espírito de Deus revestiu a Zacarias, filho do sacerdote Joiada, o qual se pôs em pé acima do povo, e lhes disse: Assim diz Deus: Porque transgredis os mandamentos do Senhor? portanto não prosperareis; porque deixastes ao Senhor, também ele vos deixará.
And so the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest. And he stood in the sight of the people, and he said to them: “Thus says the Lord God: Why have you transgressed the precept of the Lord, though it was not to your benefit, and why have you abandoned the Lord, so that he would then abandon you?”
21 E eles conspiraram contra ele, e o apedrejaram com pedras, pelo mandado do rei, no pátio da casa do Senhor.
And gathering together against him, they stoned him, beside the place of the king, in the atrium of the house of the Lord.
22 Assim o rei Joás não se lembrou da beneficência que seu pai Joiada lhe fizera, porém matou-lhe o filho, o qual, morrendo, disse: O Senhor o verá, e o requererá.
And king Joash did not remember the mercy with which Jehoiada, his father, had treated him; instead he put to death his son. And as he was dying, he said: “May the Lord see and take account.”
23 E sucedeu, no decurso de um ano, que o exército da Síria subiu contra ele, e vieram a Judá e a Jerusalém, e destruiram dentre o povo a todos os príncipes do povo; e todo o seu despojo enviaram ao rei de Damasco.
And when a year had turned, the army of Syria ascended against him. And they went to Judah and Jerusalem. And they put to death all the leaders of the people. And they sent all the spoils to the king of Damascus.
24 Porque, ainda que o exército dos siros viera com poucos homens, contudo o Senhor deu na sua mão um exército de grande multidão, porquanto deixaram ao Senhor, Deus de seus pais. Assim executaram os juízos contra Joás.
And although certainly there had arrived a very small number of Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an immense multitude. For they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Also, against Joash they executed disgraceful judgments.
25 E, retirando-se dele (porque em grandes enfermidades o deixaram) seus servos conspiraram contra ele por causa do sangue do filho do sacerdote Joiada, e o mataram na sua cama, e morreu: e o sepultaram na cidade de David, porém não o sepultaram nos sepulcros dos reis.
And upon departing, they left him greatly debilitated. Then his servants rose up against him, in vengeance for the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest. And they killed him on his bed, and he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but not in the sepulchers of the kings.
26 Estes pois foram os que conspiraram contra ele: Zabad, filho de Simeath, a amonita, e Jozabat, filho de Simreth, a moabita.
Truly, those who ambushed him were Zabad, the son of an Ammonite woman named Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of a Moabite woman named Shimrith.
27 E, quanto a seus filhos, e à grandeza do cargo que se lhe impôz, e ao estabelecimento da casa de Deus, eis que está escrito na história do livro dos reis: e Amasias, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.
But concerning his sons, and the sum of money that had been amassed under him, and the repairing of the house of God, these things have been written more diligently in the book of kings. Then his son, Amaziah, reigned in his place.
