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Ang Paghari ni Joash sa Juda(A)

24 Nagaedad si Joash sang pito ka tuig sang naghari siya. Sa Jerusalem siya nag-estar, kag naghari siya sa sulod sang 40 ka tuig. Ang iya iloy amo si Zibia nga taga-Beersheba. Maayo ang ginhimo ni Joash sa panulok sang Ginoo sa bug-os nga pagkabuhi ni Jehoyada nga pari. Ginpangitaan siya ni Jehoyada sang duha ka asawa, kag may mga anak siya nga lalaki kag babayi.

Sang ulihi nagdesisyon si Joash sa pagpakay-o sang templo sang Ginoo. Ginpatawag niya ang mga pari kag mga Levita kag ginsilingan, “Magkadto kamo sa mga banwa sang Juda kag kolektaha ninyo ang mga balayran sang mga Israelinhon kada tuig, agod mapakay-o naton ang templo sang aton Dios. Himua ninyo ini gilayon.” Pero wala gilayon magtuman ang mga Levita.

Gani ginpatawag ni Haring Joash ang pangulo nga pari nga si Jehoyada kag ginpamangkot, “Ngaa wala mo ginpakolekta sa mga Levita ang balayran sang mga taga-Juda kag taga-Jerusalem? Indi bala nga nagsugo si Moises nga alagad sang Ginoo sa katilingban sang Israel nga ihatag nila ini para sa Tolda nga sa diin nabutang ang Kasuguan?”

(Sadto anay, ang mga anak sang malaot nga babayi nga si Atalia nakasulod sa templo sang Dios kag nagpanguha sang mga balaan nga kagamitan agod gamiton sa pagsimba sa mga imahen ni Baal.)

Gani nagsugo si Haring Joash nga maghimo sang kahon nga bulutangan sang kuwarta, kag ibutang ini sa guwa sang puwertahan sang templo sang Ginoo. Dayon naghatag siya sang pahibalo sa Juda kag Jerusalem nga kinahanglan dal-on sang mga tawo sa Ginoo ang ila balayran suno sa ginsugo ni Moises nga alagad sang Dios sa katawhan sang Israel sang didto sila sa kamingawan. 10 Malipayon nga naghatag ang tanan nga opisyal kag ang mga tawo. Ginhulog nila ang ila kuwarta sa kahon hasta nga napuno ini.

11 Kon puno na gani ang kahon, ginadala ini sang mga Levita sa mga opisyal sang hari. Dayon ginaisip ini sang sekretaryo sang hari kag sang opisyal sang pangulo nga pari, kag pagkatapos ginabalik nila liwat ang kahon didto sa puwertahan sang templo. Amo ini ang ila ginahimo kada adlaw hasta nga nagdamo ang koleksyon. 12 Dayon ginhatag ni Haring Joash kag ni Jehoyada ang kuwarta sa mga tawo nga nagadumala sa pagpakay-o sang templo. Kag nagpanguha sila sang mga panday kag sang mga trabahador nga maayo sa salsalon kag saway. 13 Mapisan gid ang mga nagadumala sa trabaho, gani madasig ang pagtrabaho. Nakay-o nila ang templo sang Dios suno sa orihinal nga desinyo sini, kag ginpabakod pa gid nila. 14 Pagkatapos sang obra, gin-uli nila sa hari kag kay Jehoyada ang sobra nga kuwarta. Kag gin-gamit ini sa pagpahimo sang mga kagamitan sa templo sang Ginoo—ang mga ginagamit sa pagsimba, sa paghalad sang mga halad nga ginasunog, pati na ang mga yahong kag mga suludlan nga bulawan kag pilak. Kag samtang buhi si Jehoyada, padayon ang paghalad sang mga halad nga ginasunog sa templo sang Ginoo.

15 Nagkabuhi si Jehoyada sing malawig nga mga tinuig, kag napatay siya sa edad nga 130 ka tuig. 16 Ginlubong siya sa lulubngan sang mga hari sa Banwa ni David, tungod sa maayo nga mga ginhimo niya sa Israel para sa Dios kag sa iya templo.

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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. Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord(C) all the years of Jehoiada the priest. Jehoiada chose two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.

Some time later Joash decided to restore the temple of the Lord. 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.

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)

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.

At the king’s command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the Lord. 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.

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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.

And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord.

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.

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?

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.

And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord.

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.

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