2 Crónicas 24
1 De siete años era Joas, cuando comenzó a reinar, y cuarenta años reinó en Jerusalem. El nombre de su madre fue Sebia de Beer-seba.
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 E hizo Joas lo recto en los ojos de Jehová todos los días de Joiada el sacerdote.
Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was [the Supreme] Priest.
3 Y tomóle Joiada dos mujeres, y engendró hijos e hijas.
Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.
4 Después de esto aconteció que Joas tuvo voluntad de reparar la casa de Jehová.
Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired.
5 Y juntó los sacerdotes y los Levitas, y díjoles: Salíd por las ciudades de Judá, y juntád dinero de todo Israel, para que cada año sea reparada la casa de vuestro Dios, y vosotros ponéd diligencia en el negocio: mas los Levitas no pusieron diligencia.
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 Por lo cual el rey llamó a Joiada el principal, y díjole: ¿Por qué no has procurado que los Levitas traigan de Judá y de Jerusalem, al tabernáculo del testimonio, la ofrenda que constituyó Moisés siervo de Jehová, y de la congregación de Israel?
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 la impía Atalía, y sus hijos habían destruido la casa de Dios; y además de esto todas las cosas que habían sido consagradas para la casa de Jehová habían gastado en los ídolos.
[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 Y mandó el rey que hiciesen una arca, la cual pusieron fuera a la puerta de la casa de Jehová.
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 E hicieron pregonar en Judá y en Jerusalem, que trajesen a Jehová la ofrenda que Moisés siervo de Dios había constituido 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 Y todos los príncipes, y todo el pueblo, se holgaron, y trajeron, y echaron en el arca, hasta que la hinchieron.
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 Y como venía el tiempo para llevar el arca al magistrado del rey por mano de los Levitas, cuando veían que había mucho dinero, venía el escriba del rey, y el que estaba puesto por el sumo sacerdote, y llevaban el arca, y la vaciaban, y la volvían a su lugar: y así lo hacían de día en día, y cogían mucho dinero;
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 cual daba el rey y Joiada a los que hacían la obra del servicio de la casa de Jehová: y cogieron canteros y oficiales que reparasen la casa de Jehová, y herreros y metalarios para reparar la casa de Jehová.
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 Y los oficiales hacían la obra, y por sus manos fue reparada la obra; y restituyeron la casa de Dios en su disposición, y la fortificaron.
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 Y como habían acabado, traían lo que quedaba del dinero al rey y a Joiada; y hacían de él vasos para la casa de Jehová, vasos de servicio, morteros, cucharones, vasos de oro y de plata: y sacrificaban holocaustos continuamente en la casa de Jehová 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 Mas Joiada envejeció, y murió harto de días: cuando murió, era de ciento y treinta años.
Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old.
16 Y le sepultaron en la ciudad de David con los reyes; por cuanto había hecho bien con Israel, y con Dios, y con 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 Muerto Joiada vinieron los príncipes de Judá, y postráronse al rey, y el rey los oyó.
After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash, bowed in front of him, and persuaded him to do what they wanted.
18 Y desampararon la casa de Jehová el Dios de sus padres, y sirvieron a los bosques, y a las imágenes esculpidas: y la ira vino sobre Judá y Jerusalem por este su pecado.
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 Y envióles profetas, que los redujesen a Jehová, los cuales les protestaron: mas ellos no los escucharon.
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 Y el Espíritu de Dios envistió a Zacarías, hijo de Joiada, sacerdote, el cual estando sobre el pueblo, les dijo: Así ha dicho Dios: ¿Por qué quebrantáis los mandamientos de Jehová? No os vendrá bien de ello: porque por haber dejado a Jehová, él también os dejará.
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 Mas ellos hicieron conspiración contra él, y cubriéronle de piedras por mandado del rey, en el patio de la casa de Jehová.
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 Y no tuvo memoria el rey Joas de la misericordia que su padre Joiada había hecho con él: mas matóle su hijo: el cual muriendo, dijo: Jehová lo vea, y lo requiera.
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 A la vuelta del año subió contra él el ejército de Siria; y vinieron en Judá y en Jerusalem, y destruyeron en el pueblo a todos los principales de él: y enviaron todos sus despojos al rey a 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 aunque el ejército de Siria había venido con poca gente, Jehová les entregó en sus manos un ejército en grande multitud, por cuanto habían dejado a Jehová el Dios de sus padres: y con Joas hicieron juicios.
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 Y yéndose de él los Siros, dejáronle en muchas enfermedades: y conspiraron contra él sus siervos a causa de las sangres de los hijos de Joiada el sacerdote; e hiriéronle en su cama, y murió: y sepultáronle en la ciudad de David; mas no le sepultaron en los sepulcros 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 Los que conspiraron contra él fueron, Zabad, hijo de Semaat Ammonita, y Jozabad, hijo de Semarit 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 De sus hijos, y de la multiplicación que hizo de las rentas, y de la fundación de la casa de Dios, he aquí, está escrito en la historia del libro de los reyes. Y reinó en su lugar Amasías su hijo.
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.
