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, Jehoash reigned. And he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebiah from Beersheba.
2 Yoashi akafanya yaliyo mema usoni mwa Yahwe siku zote, kwa sababu Yehoyada kuhani alimfundisha.
And Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the Lord, during all the days that Jehoiada, the priest, taught him.
3 Lakini sehemu ya juu haikuchukuliwa. Watu wakaendelea kutoa sadaka na kuchoma ubani kwenye sehemu za juu.
Yet still he did not take away the high places. For the people were still immolating, and burning incense, in the high places.
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-
And Jehoash said to the priests: “All of the money for the holy things, which has been brought into the temple of the Lord from those who pass by, which is offered for the price of a soul, and which they bring into the temple of the Lord willingly, from their own free heart:
5 makuhani watapokea pesa kutoka miongoni mwa mmoja wa watunza pesa na kutengeneza kila sehemu itakayoonekana imeharibika kwenye hekalu.”
let the priests, according to their ranks, take and use it in order to repair the surfaces of the house, wherever they see anything in need of repair.”
6 Lakini kama mwaka wa ishirini na tatu wa mfalme Yoashi, makuhani hawakuwa wameandaa kitu chochote kwenye hekalu.
And yet, even until the twenty-third year of king Jehoash, the priests did not repair the surfaces of 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.
And king Jehoash called the high priest, Jehoiada, and the priests, saying to them: “Why have you not repaired the surfaces of the temple? Therefore, you may no longer accept money according to your ranks. Instead, return it in order that the temple may be repaired.”
8 Hivyo makuhani wakakubaliana wasichukue pesa tena kutoka kwa watu na wasitengeneze wenyewe.
And so the priests were prohibited from accepting any more money from the people to repair the surfaces of the house.
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.
And the high priest, Jehoiada, took a certain chest, and he opened a hole in the top, and he placed it beside the altar, to the right of those who were entering the house of the Lord. And the priests who kept the doors put all the money in it which was being brought into the temple 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.
And when they saw that there was a great amount of money in the chest, the scribe of the king and the high priest went up and poured it out. And they counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord.
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,
And they gave it out, by number and measure, to the hands of those who were over the masons of the house of the Lord. And they weighed it out to the carpenters and masons, to those who were working in the house of the Lord
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.
and restoring the surfaces, and to those who were cutting stones, and buying timber and stones to be cut, so that the repairs to the house of the Lord might be finished: for all that was needed toward the expenses in order to strengthen the house.
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.
Yet truly, from the same money, they did not make for the temple of the Lord water pitchers, or small hooks, or censers, or trumpets, or any vessel of gold or silver, from the money that was brought into the temple of the Lord.
14 Waliwapa hizi fedha wale ambao waliokuwa wamefanya kazi ya kutengeneza nyumba ya Yahwe.
For it was given to those who were doing the work, so that the temple of the Lord might be repaired.
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.
And they did not ration the money to the men who received it in order to distribute it to the artisans. Instead, they bestowed it with faith.
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.
Yet truly, the money for offenses and the money for sins, they did not bring into the temple of the Lord, since it was for the priests.
17 Kisha Hazaeli mfalme wa Shamu akashambuliwa na kupigana dhidi ya Gathi, na kuichukua.
Then Hazael, the king of Syria, ascended and fought against Gath, and he captured it. And he directed his face, so that he might ascend against 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.
For this reason, Jehoash, the king of Judah, took all the sanctified things, which Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, the kings of Judah, had consecrated and which he himself had offered, and all the silver that could be found in the treasuries of the temple of the Lord and in the palace of the king, and he sent it to Hazael, the king of Syria. And so he withdrew from Jerusalem.
19 Kama mambo mengine yanayomuhusu Yoashi, yote aliyoyafanya, je hayakuandikwa kwenye kitabu cha matukio ya wafalme wa Yuda?
Now the rest of the words of Jehoash, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?
20 Watumishi wake wakainuka na kupanga pamoja; wakamteka Yoashi katika Bethi Milo, kwenye njia ya kushukia kwa Sila.
Then his servants rose up and conspired among themselves. And they struck down Jehoash, at the house of Millo, on the descent of 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.
For Jozacar, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the city of David. And Amaziah, his son, reigned in his place.
