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歴代誌Ⅱ 24
Japanese Living Bible
歴代誌Ⅱ 24
Japanese Living Bible
ユダの王ヨアシュ
24 ヨアシュは七歳で王となり、四十年間、エルサレムで治めました。母親はツィブヤといい、ベエル・シェバの出身でした。 2 ヨアシュ王は、祭司エホヤダが生きている間は、主を喜ばせようと一生懸命に努めました。 3 エホヤダは彼に二人の妻をめとらせ、息子や娘たちが生まれました。
4 そののち、王は神殿の修復を思い立ち、 5 祭司やレビ人を召集して命じました。「神殿をりっぱなものに修復するため、ユダのすべての町々へ行って献金を集めなさい。さっそく取りかかるのだ。ぐずぐずしてはならない。」ところが、レビ人はなかなか腰を上げようとしませんでした。
6 王は大祭司エホヤダを呼びました。「なぜ、ユダの町々やエルサレムから神殿税を集めるために、レビ人を送らないのか。神殿の修復用に主のしもべモーセの決めた納税のおきては、ぜひ実施しなければならない。」
7-8 というのは、あの悪女アタルヤの取り巻きたちが神殿を荒らし、神の礼拝のためにささげられたものを、バアルの神殿に用いたからです。そこで、王は一つの箱を作って、それを神殿の門の外側に置くよう指示しました。 9 それから、神のしもべモーセが課した税を神殿に持って来るようにとの布告を、ユダのすべての町々とエルサレムに出しました。 10 すると、すべての指導者、すべての民がわれ先にと献金を投げ入れたので、箱はすぐいっぱいになりました。 11 レビ人が箱を王の会計室に運ぶと、王の書記官と祭司長に仕える管理人とが金額を計算し、からになった箱をまた元の場所に戻しました。同じことが毎日くり返されました。 12 王とエホヤダは、集まった献金を修復工事の監督者に渡しました。彼らはそれで石工や大工、鉄や青銅の器具を作る鋳造師を雇いました。 13 こうして工事は進み、ついに神殿は前よりもりっぱになりました。 14 工事が完成すると、余った献金が王とエホヤダに手渡されたので、彼らはそれを、金銀のさじ、香をたく金銀の鉢、いけにえをささげるための器具を作る費用にあてました。祭司エホヤダの生きている間、焼き尽くすいけにえは一日も欠かさずにささげられました。
15 エホヤダは非常に長生きしましたが、百三十歳で死に、 16 ダビデの町の王室墓地に王たちとともに葬られました。彼はイスラエルのため、神のため、そして神殿のために、多くの良いことを行いました。
17-18 しかし、エホヤダの死後、ユダの指導者たちはヨアシュ王を悪の道に誘い込みました。王に、父祖の神、主の神殿を捨て、恥ずべき偶像を拝むようにしむけたので、神の怒りが再びユダとエルサレムに下りました。 19 神は、彼らが主に立ち返るように預言者を遣わしましたが、だれも耳を貸そうとしませんでした。 20 その時、神の霊が祭司エホヤダの子ゼカリヤに臨みました。ゼカリヤは民の前に立って言いました。「あなたがたはなぜ主の戒めに背いているのか、神様はそのわけを知りたいと言っておられる。こんなことでは、何をしても失敗に終わるだけだ。あなたがたが主を捨てたので、今度は主があなたがたをお見捨てになる。」
21 ところが、指導者たちはゼカリヤを殺そうと謀り、ヨアシュ王の命令により、神殿の庭でゼカリヤを殺しました。 22 こうしてヨアシュ王は、エホヤダの愛と忠誠に対して、彼の子を殺害するという悪をもって報いたのです。ゼカリヤは死に際し、「主よ、彼らがしていることをごらんになり、彼らの悪に報いてください」と言い残しました。
23 その二、三か月後、シリヤ（アラム）軍がユダとエルサレムに進攻してきました。彼らはユダの指導者を一人残らず殺し、大量の戦利品をダマスコへ持ち帰りました。 24 シリヤ軍は少数でありながら大勝利を収めたのです。ユダの大軍が少数のシリヤ軍に負けたのは、ユダの民が父祖の神、主を捨てたからにほかなりません。こうして、神はヨアシュ王にきびしいさばきを下したのです。 25 シリヤ軍が重傷を負ったヨアシュを置き去りにして引き揚げた時、彼の家来たちは、祭司エホヤダの子を殺した責任を問うために王を暗殺し、ダビデの町に葬りました。ただ、そこは王室墓地ではありませんでした。 26 この謀反を企てたのは、アモン出身の女シムアテの子ザバデと、モアブ出身の女シムリテの子エホザバデでした。
27 ヨアシュ王の子たちのこと、王に臨んだのろいのこと、神殿の修復のことについては、『諸王の年代記』にくわしく記されています。ヨアシュが死んだのち、その子アマツヤが新しく王となりました。
2 Chronicles 24
New International Version
2 Chronicles 24
New International Version
Joash Repairs the Temple(A)(B)
24 Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba. 2 Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord(C) all the years of Jehoiada the priest. 3 Jehoiada chose two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.
4 Some time later Joash decided to restore the temple of the Lord. 5 He called together the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go to the towns of Judah and collect the money(D) due annually from all Israel,(E) to repair the temple of your God. Do it now.” But the Levites(F) did not act at once.
6 Therefore the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the Lord and by the assembly of Israel for the tent of the covenant law?”(G)
7 Now the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the temple of God and had used even its sacred objects for the Baals.
8 At the king’s command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the Lord. 9 A proclamation was then issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they should bring to the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God had required of Israel in the wilderness. 10 All the officials and all the people brought their contributions gladly,(H) dropping them into the chest until it was full. 11 Whenever the chest was brought in by the Levites to the king’s officials and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this regularly and collected a great amount of money. 12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who carried out the work required for the temple of the Lord. They hired(I) masons and carpenters to restore the Lord’s temple, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the temple.
13 The men in charge of the work were diligent, and the repairs progressed under them. They rebuilt the temple of God according to its original design and reinforced it. 14 When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the Lord’s temple: articles for the service and for the burnt offerings, and also dishes and other objects of gold and silver. As long as Jehoiada lived, burnt offerings were presented continually in the temple of the Lord.
15 Now Jehoiada was old and full of years, and he died at the age of a hundred and thirty. 16 He was buried with the kings in the City of David, because of the good he had done in Israel for God and his temple.
The Wickedness of Joash
17 After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. 18 They abandoned(J) the temple of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols.(K) Because of their guilt, God’s anger(L) came on Judah and Jerusalem. 19 Although the Lord sent prophets to the people to bring them back to him, and though they testified against them, they would not listen.(M)
20 Then the Spirit(N) of God came on Zechariah(O) son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you disobey the Lord’s commands? You will not prosper.(P) Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken(Q) you.’”
21 But they plotted against him, and by order of the king they stoned(R) him to death(S) in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.(T) 22 King Joash did not remember the kindness Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had shown him but killed his son, who said as he lay dying, “May the Lord see this and call you to account.”(U)
23 At the turn of the year,[a] the army of Aram marched against Joash; it invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people.(V) They sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus. 24 Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men,(W) the Lord delivered into their hands a much larger army.(X) Because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash. 25 When the Arameans withdrew, they left Joash severely wounded. His officials conspired against him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him in his bed. So he died and was buried(Y) in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
26 Those who conspired against him were Zabad,[b] son of Shimeath an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, son of Shimrith[c](Z) a Moabite woman.(AA) 27 The account of his sons, the many prophecies about him, and the record of the restoration of the temple of God are written in the annotations on the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 24:23 Probably in the spring
- 2 Chronicles 24:26 A variant of Jozabad
- 2 Chronicles 24:26 A variant of Shomer
2 Chronicles 24
King James Version
2 Chronicles 24
King James Version
24 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.
2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord.
5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon Baalim.
8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord.
9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the Lord the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord.
13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the Lord, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
18 And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you.
21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.
22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and require it.
23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.
24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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