2 Crónicas 24
1 Joás tenía siete años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó cuarenta años en Jerusalén. Su madre se llamaba Sibías, de Beerseba.
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 Joás hizo lo que era justo a los ojos de Yahvé durante todos los días del sacerdote Joiada.
Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was [the Supreme] Priest.
3 Joiada tomó para él dos esposas, y fue padre de hijos e hijas.
Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.
4 Después de esto, Joás se propuso restaurar la casa de Yahvé.
Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired.
5 Reunió a los sacerdotes y a los levitas y les dijo: “Salgan a las ciudades de Judá y reúnan dinero para reparar la casa de su Dios de todo Israel de año en año. Procurad agilizar este asunto”. Sin embargo, los levitas no lo hicieron de inmediato.
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 El rey llamó al jefe Joiada y le dijo: “¿Por qué no has exigido a los levitas que traigan el impuesto de Moisés, siervo de Yahvé, y de la asamblea de Israel, de Judá y de Jerusalén, para la Tienda del Testimonio?”
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 Porque los hijos de Atalía, esa mujer impía, habían destrozado la Casa de Dios, y también entregaron a los baales todas las cosas consagradas de la Casa de Yahvé.
[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 El rey ordenó, pues, que hicieran un cofre y lo pusieran fuera, a la puerta de la casa de Yahvé.
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 Hicieron un pregón por Judá y Jerusalén, para que trajeran para Yahvé el impuesto que Moisés, siervo de Dios, impuso a Israel en el desierto.
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 Todos los príncipes y todo el pueblo se alegraron, y trajeron y echaron en el cofre hasta llenarlo.
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 Cuando el cofre era llevado a los oficiales del rey por mano de los levitas, y al ver que había mucho dinero, el escriba del rey y el oficial del sumo sacerdote venían y vaciaban el cofre, lo tomaban y lo llevaban de nuevo a su lugar. Así hacían día tras día, y recogían dinero en abundancia.
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 El rey y Joiada lo dieron a los que hacían el trabajo del servicio de la casa de Yahvé. Contrataron albañiles y carpinteros para restaurar la casa de Yahvé, y también a los que trabajaban el hierro y el bronce para reparar la casa de Yahvé.
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 Así trabajaron los obreros, y la obra de reparación avanzó en sus manos. Arreglaron la casa de Dios tal como estaba diseñada, y la reforzaron.
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 Cuando terminaron, trajeron el resto del dinero ante el rey y Joiada, con el cual se hicieron los utensilios para la casa de Yahvé, los utensilios con los que se ministraba y se ofrecía, incluyendo cucharas y recipientes de oro y plata. Ofrecieron holocaustos en la casa de Yahvé continuamente durante todos los días de Joiada.
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 Pero Joiada envejeció y se llenó de días, y murió. Tenía ciento treinta años cuando murió.
Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old.
16 Lo enterraron en la ciudad de David, entre los reyes, porque había hecho el bien en Israel, y hacia Dios y su casa.
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 Después de la muerte de Joiada, los príncipes de Judá vinieron y se inclinaron ante el rey. Entonces el rey los escuchó.
After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash, bowed in front of him, and persuaded him to do what they wanted.
18 Abandonaron la casa de Yahvé, el Dios de sus padres, y sirvieron a los postes de Asera y a los ídolos, por lo que la ira cayó sobre Judá y Jerusalén por esta su culpabilidad.
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 Sin embargo, les envió profetas para que volvieran a Yahvé, y ellos dieron testimonio contra ellos; pero no quisieron escuchar.
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 El Espíritu de Dios vino sobre Zacarías, hijo del sacerdote Joiada, y se puso de pie sobre el pueblo y les dijo: “Dios dice: ‘¿Por qué desobedecéis los mandamientos de Yahvé, para que no podáis prosperar? Porque habéis abandonado a Yahvé, él también os ha abandonado’”.
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 Conspiraron contra él y lo apedrearon por orden del rey en el patio de la casa de Yahvé.
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 Así el rey Joás no se acordó de la bondad que le había hecho su padre Joiada, sino que mató a su hijo. Cuando murió, dijo: “Que Yahvé lo mire y lo pague”.
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 Al final del año, el ejército de los sirios subió contra él. Llegaron a Judá y a Jerusalén, y destruyeron a todos los príncipes del pueblo de entre el pueblo, y enviaron todo su botín al rey de Damasco.
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 Porque el ejército de los sirios vino con una pequeña compañía de hombres, y Yahvé entregó en sus manos un ejército muy grande, porque habían abandonado a Yahvé, el Dios de sus padres. Así ejecutaron el juicio contra Joás.
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 Cuando se alejaron de él (pues lo dejaron gravemente herido), sus propios servidores conspiraron contra él por la sangre de los hijos del sacerdote Joiada, y lo mataron en su lecho, y murió. Lo enterraron en la ciudad de David, pero no lo enterraron en las tumbas de los reyes.
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 Estos son los que conspiraron contra él Zabad, hijo de Simeat, la amonita, y Jozabad, hijo de Simrit, la moabita.
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 En cuanto a sus hijos, la grandeza de las cargas que le fueron impuestas y la reconstrucción de la casa de Dios, he aquí que están escritas en el comentario del libro de los reyes. Su hijo Amasías reinó en su lugar.
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.
