2 Mga Cronica 24
1 Pitong taong gulang si Joas nang magsimulang maghari; naghari siya ng apatnapung taon sa Jerusalem. Sibias ang pangalan ng kaniyang ina na taga-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 Ginawa ni Joas kung ano ang matuwid sa mata ni Yahweh sa lahat ng araw ni Joiada na pari.
Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was [the Supreme] Priest.
3 Ikinuha siya ni Joiada ng dalawang asawa at naging ama siya ng mga anak na lalaki at mga babae.
Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.
4 At nangyari pagkatapos nito, na si Joas ay nagpasya na muling itayo ang tahanan ni Yahweh.
Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired.
5 Tinipon niya ang mga pari at mga Levita at sinabi sa kanila, “Pumunta kayo taun-taon sa mga lungsod ng Juda at kolektahin ang pera mula sa lahat ng Israelita upang isaayos ang tahanan ng inyong Diyos. Tiyakin ninyo na masimulan ninyo kaagad.” Noong una, walang ginawa ang mga Levita.
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 Kaya ipinatawag ng hari si Joiada, ang pinakapunong pari, at sinabi sa kaniya, “Bakit hindi mo inatasan ang mga Levita na kunin mula sa Juda at Jerusalem ang buwis na ipinataw ni Moises, ang lingkod ni Yahweh, at ng kapulungan ng Israel, para sa tolda ng tipanan?”
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 Sapagkat giniba ng mga anak ni Atalia, na masamang babae, ang tahanan ng Diyos at ibinigay sa mga Baal ang lahat ng kagamitan na inilaan sa tahanan ni Yahweh.
[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 Kaya nag-utos ang hari, at gumawa sila ng isang kaban at inilagay ito sa labas sa may pasukan sa tahanan ni Yahweh.
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 At gumawa sila ng proklamasyon sa buong Juda at Jerusalem, para sa mga tao upang dalhin kay Yahweh ang buwis na ipinataw ni Moises na lingkod ng Diyos sa Israel sa ilang.
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 Nagalak ang lahat ng pinuno at lahat ng tao at dinala ang pera at inilagay sa kaban, hanggang sa napuno nila ito.
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 At nangyari na sa tuwing dinadala ng mga Levita ang kaban sa mga opisyal ng hari, at sa tuwing nakikita nila na maaraming perang nasa loob nito, darating ang mga eskriba ng hari at ang opisyal ng pinakapunong hari, aalisin nila ang laman ng kaban at dadalhin nila at ibabalik sa kinalalagyan nito. Ginagawa nila ito araw-araw, at nakakalikom sila ng malaking halaga ng pera.
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 Ibinigay ng hari at ni Joiada ang pera sa mga gumawa ng gawaing paglilingkod sa tahanan ni Yahweh. Umupa ang mga lalaking ito ng mga kantero at mga karpintero upang ibalik sa dating kalagayan ang tahanan ni Yahweh, at maging ang mga gumagawa gamit ang bakal at tanso.
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 Kaya nagtrabaho ang mga manggagawa, at umusad ang gawaing pag-aayos sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga kamay; itinayo nila ang tahanan ng Diyos sa dati nitong disenyo at pinatibay ito.
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 Nang kanilang matapos, dinala nila ang natirang pera sa hari at kay Joiada. Ang perang ito ay ginamit sa paggawa ng muwebles para sa bahay ni Yahweh, mga kasangkapan sa paglilingkod at paghahandog, mga sandok at mga kasangkapang ginto at pilak. Patuloy silang nag-alay ng mga handog na susunugin sa tahanan ni Yahweh sa lahat ng mga araw ni 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 Tumanda si Joiada at napuspos ng mga araw, at siya ay namatay. Siya ay 130 taong gulang nang siya mamatay.
Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old.
16 Siya ay inilibing nila sa lungsod ni David kasama ng mga hari, dahil mabuti ang ginawa niya sa Israel, sa Diyos, at sa tahanan ng Diyos.
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 Ngayon pagkatapos ng kamatayan ni Joiada, nagpunta ang mga pinuno ng Juda at pinarangalan ang hari. At nakinig sa kanila ang hari.
After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash, bowed in front of him, and persuaded him to do what they wanted.
18 Pinabayaan nila ang tahanan ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng kanilang mga ninuno, at sinamba ang mga diyos na Ashera at ang mga diyus-diyosan. Dumating ang galit ng Diyos sa Juda at Jerusalem dahil sa kanilang maling gawain.
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 Gayunman, nagpadala siya ng mga propeta sa kanila upang muli silang ibalik sa kaniya, kay Yahweh. Nagpatotoo ang mga propeta laban sa mga tao, ngunit ayaw nilang makinig.
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 Dumating ang Espiritu ng Diyos kay Zacarias na anak ng paring si Joiada. Tumayo si Zacarias sa itaas ng mga tao at sinabi sa kanila, “Ito ang sinasabi ng Diyos, 'Bakit ninyo nilalabag ang mga kautusan ni Yahweh, nang sa gayon hindi kayo sumagana? Yamang tinalikuran na ninyo si Yahweh, tinalikuran rin niya kayo.'”
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 Ngunit nagsabuwatan sila laban sa kaniya at sa utos ng hari, siya ay binato nila ng mga bato sa patyo ng tahanan ni Yahweh.
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 Sa paraang ito, pinagsawalang-bahala ni haring Joas ang kabaitan na ginawa sa kaniya ni Joiada, ang ama ni Zacarias. Sa halip, pinatay niya ang anak ni Joiada. Nang si Zacarias ay naghihingalo, kaniyang sinabi, “Makita nawa ito ni Yahweh at papanagutin ka.”
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 At nangyari, sa katapusan ng taon na ang hukbo ng Aram ay dumating laban kay Joas. Pumunta sila sa Juda at Jerusalem, pinatay nila lahat ng mga pinuno ng mga tao at ipinadala ang lahat ng kanilang ninakaw sa hari ng 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 Pumunta ang hukbo ng mga Arameo na may munting bilang, ngunit ibinigay sa kanila ni Yahweh ang katagumpayan laban sa isang nakapalaking hukbo dahil tinalikuran ng taga-Juda si Yahweh, ang Diyos ng kanilang mga ninuno. Sa paraang ito, ang mga Arameo ang nagdala ng hatol kay Joas.
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 Nang nakaalis na ang mga Arameo, malubhang nasugatan si Joas. Nagsabuwatan ang kaniyang sariling mga lingkod laban sa kaniya dahil sa pagpatay sa mga anak ng paring si Joiada. Siya ay pinatay nila sa kaniyang higaan, at namatay siya. Siya ay inilibing nila sa lungsod ni David, ngunit hindi sa mga libingan ng mga hari.
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 Ito ang mga taong nagsabuwatan laban sa kaniya, si Sabad na anak ni Simeat na Ammonita at si Jehosabad na anak ni Simrit na Maobita.
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 Ngayon ang kasaysayan tungkol sa kaniyang mga anak, ang mahalagang mga propesiya na sinabi tungkol sa kaniya, at ang muling pagtatayo ng tahanan ng Diyos, tingnan, nakasulat ang mga ito sa Ang Paliwanag sa Aklat ng mga Hari. At si Amazias na kaniyang anak ang pumalit sa kaniya bilang hari.
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.
