1 I n the seventh year of Jehu, Joash began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah of Beersheba.

وَتَوَلَّى يُوآشُ الحُكمَ فِي السَّنَةِ السّابِعَةِ مِنْ حُكمِ ياهُو لإسْرائِيلَ. وَحَكَمَ يُوآشُ أربَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي القُدْسِ. وَكانَ اسْمُ أُمِّهِ ظَبْيَةَ، وَهِيَ مِنْ بِئْرِ السَّبْعِ.

2 J oash did right in the sight of the Lord all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

وَعَمِلَ يُوآشُ ما يُرْضِي اللهَ. وَأطاعَ اللهَ كُلَّ أيّامِ حَياتِهِ التي فِيها عَلَّمَهُ الكاهِنُ يَهُوياداعُ.

3 Y et the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَهدِمِ المُرتَفَعاتِ. فَكانَ هُناكَ مَنْ يُقَدِّمُونَ ذَبائِحَ وَيُحرِقُونَ بَخُوراً فِي تِلْكَ المُرتَفَعاتِ. يُوآشُ يَأْمُرُ بِإصلاحِ الهَيكَل

4 A nd Joash said to the priests, All the current money brought into the house of the Lord to provide the dedicated things, also the money assessed on all those bound by vows, also all the money that it comes into any man’s heart voluntarily to bring into the house of the Lord,

وَقالَ يُوآشُ لِلكَهَنَةِ: «يُوجَدُ الكَثِيرُ مِنَ المالِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ. فَقَدْ قَدَّمَ النّاسُ أشْياءَ لِلهَيكَلِ وَدَفَعُوا ضَرِيبَةَ الهَيكَلِ عِندَما أُجْرِيَ الإحْصاءُ. وَهُناكَ مَنْ تَبَرَّعُوا ببَعْضِ المالِ طَوْعاً.

5 L et the priests solicit and receive such contributions, every man from his acquaintance, and let them repair the Lord’s house wherever any such need may be found.

فَلْيَأْخُذْ كُلُّ كاهِنٍ المالَ الَّذِي يَحصُلُ عَلَيهِ مِنَ النّاسِ الَّذِينَ يَخدِمُهُمْ، وَليُصلِحُوا بِهِ جَمِيعَ الأضْرارِ الَّتِي فِي الهَيكَلِ.»

6 B ut in the twenty-third year of King Joash’s reign the priests had not made the needed repairs on the Lord’s house.

وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثّالِثَةِ وَالعَشْرِينَ مِنْ حُكْمِ المَلِكِ يُوآشَ، لَمْ يَكُنِ الكَهَنَةُ قَدْ أصلَحُوا الهَيكَلَ.

7 T hen King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, Why are you not repairing the house? Do not take any more money from your acquaintances, but turn it all over for the repair of the house.

فَاسْتَدعَى المَلِكُ يُوآشُ الكاهِنَ يَهُوياداعَ وَالكَهَنَةَ الآخَرِينَ. وسألَهُمْ: «لِماذا لَمْ تُرَمِّمُوا الهَيكَلَ بَعْدُ؟ فَلا تَأْخُذُوا بَعْدُ مالاً لأنْفُسِكُمْ مِنَ النّاسِ، بَلْ قَدَّمُوا المالَ لِتَرْمِيِمِ الهَيكَلِ.»

8 A nd the priests consented to receive no more money from the people, nor to repair the breaches of the house.

فَأقسَمَ الكَهَنَةُ بِأنْ لا يَأْخُذُوا مالاً مِنَ النّاسِ، إلّا لِتَرْمِيْمِ الهَيكَلِ.

9 T hen Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered the house of the Lord; and the priests who guarded the door put in the chest all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.

وَأخَذَ الكاهِنُ يَهُوياداعُ صُنْدُوقاً وَثَقَبَهُ مِنْ أعلاهُ، ثُمَّ وَضَعَهُ عَلَى الجانِبِ الجَنُوبِيِّ مِنَ المَذبَحِ عِندَ البابِ الَّذِي يَدخُلُ مِنْهُ النّاسُ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ. وَكانَ بَعضُ الكَهَنَةِ يَحرُسُونَ مَدخَلَ الهَيكَلِ، وَيَأْخُذُونَ المالَ المُقَدَّمَ إلَى اللهِ وَيَضَعُونَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ الصُّنْدُوقِ.

10 A nd whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest came up and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord and tied it up in bags.

وَكُلَّما رَأى كاتِبُ المَلِكِ وَرَئِيسُ الكَهَنَةِ أنَّ الصُّنْدُوقَ امْتَلأَ بِالمالِ، كانا يَأْتِيانِ وَيَأْخُذانِ المالَ مِنْهُ. وَكانا يَعُدّانِ المالَ الَّذِي فِي بَيتِ اللهِ ، وَيَضَعانَهُ فِي أكياسٍ.

11 T hen they gave the money, when it was weighed, into the hands of those who were doing the work, who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they paid it out to the carpenters and builders who worked on the house of the Lord

ثُمَّ يَدفَعانِ أجرَ المُشرِفِينَ عَلَى العَمَلِ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ ، وَيَدفعانِ أجرَ النَّجّارِينَ وَالبَنّائِينَ العامِلِينَ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.

12 A nd to the masons and stonecutters, and to buy timber and hewn stone for making the repairs on the house of the Lord, and for all that was outlay for repairing the house.

وَدَفَعُوا أيضاً لِلحَجّارِينَ وَنَحّاتِي الحِجارَةِ. وَاشْتَرُوا أيضاً أخشاباً وَحِجارَةً مَنحُوتَةً وَكُلَّ ما يَلزَمُ لإصلاحِ بَيتِ اللهِ.

13 H owever, there were not made for the house of the Lord basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessels of gold or of silver, from the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.

إلّا أنَّ المالَ الدّاخِلَ لِبَيتِ اللهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ كافِياً لِصُنْعِ طُسُوسٍ فِضِّيَّةٍ أوْ مِقَصّاتٍ أوْ أحواضٍ أوْ أبواقٍ أوْ أيَّةَ أوانٍ ذَهَبِيَّةٍ وَفِضِّيَّةٍ.

14 B ut they gave that to the workmen, and repaired with it the house of the Lord.

بَلْ ذَهَبَ المالُ كُلُّهُ لِدَفْعِ أُجُورِ العُمّالِ العامِلِينَ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ.

15 M oreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hands they delivered the money to be paid to the workmen, for they dealt faithfully.

وَلَمْ يَعُدَّ أحَدٌ المالَ أوْ يُحاسِبِ الَّذِينَ يُسَلِّمُونَ المالَ لِلعُمّالِ. فَقَدْ كانَ الجَمِيعُ مَوْضِعَ ثِقَةٍ.

16 T he money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord; it was the priests’.

أمّا المالُ الَّذِي يأتِي مِنْ ذَبائِحِ الذَّنْبِ وَذَبائِحِ الخَطِيَّةِ. فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَذهَبُ إلَى بَيتِ اللهِ ، بَلْ كانَ مِنْ نَصِيبِ الكَهَنَةِ. يُوآشُ يُنقِذُ القُدْسَ مِنْ حَزائيل

17 T hen Hazael king of Syria went up, fought against Gath, and took it. And Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

وَشَنَّ حَزائِيلُ هُجُوماً عَلَى مَدِينَةِ جَتَّ، وَاسْتَولَى عَلَيها. وَكانَ يَنوِي أيضاً أنْ يُهاجِمَ القُدْسَ.

18 A nd Joash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his, kings of Judah, had dedicated and his own hallowed things and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and in the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria; and Hazael went away from Jerusalem.

فَدَفَعَ يُوآشُ مالاً لِحَزائِيلَ مَلِكِ أرامَ مُقابِلَ رُجُوعِهِ عَنْ الهُجُومِ عَلَى القُدْسِ. فَأرْسَلَ إلَيهِ كُلَّ ما خَصَّصَهُ مُلُوكُ يَهُوذا، يَهُوشافاطُ وَيَهُورامُ وَأخَزْيا، لِبَيتِ اللهِ. كَما أرسَلَ إلَيهِ كُلَّ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِيِ فِي بَيتِ المَلِكِ نَفسِهِ. فَعَدَلَ حَزائِيلُ مَلِكُ أرامَ عَنْ مُهاجَمَةِ القُدْسِ. مَوتُ يُوآش

19 T he rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

أمّا بَقِيَّةُ أعْمالِ يُوآشَ، فَهِيَ مُدَوَّنَةٌ فِي كِتابِ تارِيخِ مُلُوكِ يَهُوذا.

20 H is servants arose and made a conspiracy and slew Joash in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.

وَتَآمَرَ قادَةُ يُوآشَ عَلَيهِ، وَقَتَلُوهُ فِي بَيْتِ مِلُّو عَلَى الطَّرِيْقِ النّازِلَةِ إلَى سَلَّى.

21 I t was Jozachar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer, his servants, who smote him so that he died. They buried with his fathers in the City of David. Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

فَقَدْ قَتَلَهُ اثْنانِ مِنْ قادَتِهِ هُما: يُوزابادُ بْنُ شِمْعَةَ وَيَهُوزابادُ بْنُ شُومِيرَ. ثُمَّ دُفِنَ مَعَ آبائِهِ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. وَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ أمَصْيا مَلِكاً.