2 Wafalme 12
1 Katika mwaka wa saba wa Yehu, utawala wa Yoashi ulianza; alitawala kwa mda wa miaka arobaini huko Yerusalimu. Mama yake alikuwa anaitwa Sibia, wa Beersheba.
In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
2 Yoashi akafanya yaliyo mema usoni mwa Yahwe siku zote, kwa sababu Yehoyada kuhani alimfundisha.
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
3 Lakini sehemu ya juu haikuchukuliwa. Watu wakaendelea kutoa sadaka na kuchoma ubani kwenye sehemu za juu.
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
4 Yoashi akamwambia kuhani, “Pesa zote zilizokuja kama sadaka takatifu kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe, pesa ya matumizi pesa ya watu kadiri alivyoandikiwa kila mtu, na pesa yote aonayo moyoni mwake kuileta kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe-
Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.
5 makuhani watapokea pesa kutoka miongoni mwa mmoja wa watunza pesa na kutengeneza kila sehemu itakayoonekana imeharibika kwenye hekalu.”
Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”
6 Lakini kama mwaka wa ishirini na tatu wa mfalme Yoashi, makuhani hawakuwa wameandaa kitu chochote kwenye hekalu.
By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.
7 Mfalme Yoashi akamwita Yehoyada kuhani na kuhani mwingine; akawaambia, “Kwa nini hamjaandaa kitu chochote kwenye hekalu? Sasa msichukue tena pesa kutoka kwa walipa kodi wenu, lakini chukueni kile kilichokuwa kikikusanywa kwa ajili ya matengenezo ya hekalu na uwapatia wale wanaoweza kufanya matengenezo.
So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”
8 Hivyo makuhani wakakubaliana wasichukue pesa tena kutoka kwa watu na wasitengeneze wenyewe.
So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
9 Badala yake, Yehoyada yule kuhani akachukua kasha, akatoboa tundu kwenye kifuniko chake, na kuliweka karibu na madhabahu, upande wa kulia kama mtu anaingia kwenye madhabahu ya Yahwe. Makuhani ambao walikuwa wakilinda mlango wa hekalu wakatumbukiza pesa zote ambazo zilizokuwa zimeletwa kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe.
Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.
10 Ikawa walipoona kwamba kulikuwa na pesa za kutosha kwenye kasha, mwadishi wa mfalme na kuhani mkuu wakaja na kuweka pesa kwenye mifuko na kisha kuhesabu, pesa ikaonekana kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe.
Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.
11 Wakawapa pesa ambayo ilikuwa imepimwa kwenye mikono ya watu ambao waliokuwa wanatunza nyumba ya Yahwe. Wakawalipa mafundi seremala na wajenzi ambao walikuwa wemefanya kazi kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe,
Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,
12 na waashi na wakata mawe, kwa ajili ya kununua mbao na kukata mawe kwa ajili ya kutengenezea nyumba ya Yahwe, na yote iliyokuwa inahitajika kulipwa kwa ajili ya kuitengeneza.
masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.
13 Lakini ile pesa iliyokuwa imeletwa kwenye nyumba ya Yahwe haikulipwa kwa ajili ya vikombe vya fedha, mabeseni, au dhahabu au fedha yoyote ya vyombo.
However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
14 Waliwapa hizi fedha wale ambao waliokuwa wamefanya kazi ya kutengeneza nyumba ya Yahwe.
Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.
15 Pia, hakukuhitajika zile pesa zilipwe kwa ajili ya matengenezo ili kuwajibika kwa kuwa watu walizipokea nakuzilipa kwa watenda kazi, kwa sababu hawa watu walikuwa waadilifu.
No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.
16 Lakini pesa kwa ajili ya matoleo ya hatia na pesa kwa ajili ya matoleo ya dhambi hazikuwa zimeletwa kwenye hekalu la Yahwe, kwa sababu zilikuwa mali ya makuhani.
The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.
17 Kisha Hazaeli mfalme wa Shamu akashambuliwa na kupigana dhidi ya Gathi, na kuichukua.
At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
18 Ndipo Hazaeli akageuka kuishambulia Yerusalemu. Yoashi mfalme wa Yuda akavichukua vitu vyote ambavyo Yehoshefati na Yehoramu na Ahazia, baba zake, wafalme wa Yuda, na kuviweka wakfu, na vile alivyokuwa ameviweka wakfu, na dhahabu zote zilizokuwa zimeonekana kwenye gala la nyumba ya Yahwe na la mfalme akawatuma kwenda kwa Ahazi mfalme wa Shamu. Kisha Hazaeli akaenda zake kutoka Yerusamu.
So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
19 Kama mambo mengine yanayomuhusu Yoashi, yote aliyoyafanya, je hayakuandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda?
As for the rest of the acts of Joash, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
20 Watumishi wake wakainuka na kupanga pamoja; wakamteka Yoashi katika Bethi Milo, kwenye njia ya kushukia kwa Sila.
And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
21 Yozakari mwana wa Shimeathi, na Yehozabadi mwana wa Shomeri, watumishi wake, wakamshambulia na akafa. Wakamzika Yoashi pamoja na mababu zake katika mji wa Daudi, na Amazia, mtoto wake, akawa mfalme kwenye sehemu yake.
His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
