1 J oash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

كانَ يُوآشُ فِي السّابِعَةِ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما تَوَلَّى الحُكمَ، وَحَكَمَ أربَعِينَ سَنَةً في مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ ظَبْيَةُ، وَهيَ مِنْ بِئْرِ السَّبعِ.

2 J oash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

وَعَمِلَ يُوآشُ ما يُرضِي اللهَ طَوالَ حَياةِ الكاهن يَهُوياداعَ.

3 A nd Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.

وَاختارَ يَهُوياداعُ زَوجَتَينِ ليُوآشَ. فَأنجَبَ يُوآشُ أولاداً وَبَناتٍ.

4 N ow it happened after this that Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the Lord.

وَبَعدَ مُدَّةٍ قَرَّرَ يُوآشُ أنْ يُرَمِّمَ بَيتَ اللهِ.

5 T hen he gathered the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you do it quickly.” However the Levites did not do it quickly.

فَدَعَى الكَهَنَةَ وَالَّلاوِيِّينَ مَعاً. وَقالَ لَهُمُ: «اذهَبُوا إلَى مُدُنِ يَهُوذا وَاجمَعُوا المالَ الَّذِي يَدفَعُهُ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ. أنفِقُوا ذَلِكَ المالَ فِي تَرْمِيمِ بَيتِ إلَهِكُمْ، وَعَجِّلُوا بِذَلِكَ.»

6 S o the king called Jehoiada the chief priest, and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the Lord and of the assembly of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?”

فَاسْتَدْعَى المَلكُ يُوآشُ رَئيسَ الكَهَنَةِ يَهُوياداعَ، وَقالَ لَهُ: «لِماذا لَمْ تَطلُبْ منَ الَّلاوِيِّينَ أنْ يُحضِرُوا مَبلَغَ الضَّرِيبَةِ مِنْ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ؟ فَقَدْ سَبَقَ أنْ استَخدَمَ مُوسَى خادِمُ اللهِ وَبَنُو إسْرائِيلَ مَبلَغَ الضَّرِيبَةِ لِبِناءِ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ.»

7 F or the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God, and had also presented all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord to the Baals.

وَكانَ أبناءُ عَثَلْيا الشِّرِّيرَةِ قَدْ سَطُوا عَلَى بِيتِ اللهِ. وَأخَذُوا الآنِيَةَ المُقَدَّسَةَ المُستَخدَمَةَ فِي عِبادَةِ اللهِ وَاستَخدَمُوها لِعبادَةِ آلِهَةِ البَعلِ.

8 T hen at the king’s command they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of the Lord.

وَأصدَرَ المَلِكُ يُوآشُ أمْراً بِصُنْعِ صُندُوقٍ وَوَضْعِهِ خارِجَ البَوّابَةِ عِندَ بَيتِ اللهِ.

9 A nd they made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the Lord the collection that Moses the servant of God had imposed on Israel in the wilderness.

ثُمَّ أذاعَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ إعلاناً فِي يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ. فَنادُوا أنَّ عَلَى الشَّعبِ أنْ يُحضِرُوا مَبلَغَ الضَّرِيبَةِ للهِ. وَهُوَ مَبلَغُ الضَّرِيبَةِ الَّتِي فَرَضَها مُوسَى عَبدُ اللهِ عَلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ.

10 T hen all the leaders and all the people rejoiced, brought their contributions, and put them into the chest until all had given.

فَفَرِحَ كُلُّ القادَةِ وَالشَّعْبِ، وَصارُوا يَضَعُونَ مِنْ مالِهِم فِي الصُّنْدُوقِ حَتَّى يَمْتَلِئَ.

11 S o it was, at that time, when the chest was brought to the king’s official by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, that the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it and returned it to its place. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

وَكانَ الَّلاوِيُّونَ يَأخُذُونَ الصُّنْدُوقَ إلَى الوُكَلاءِ الَّذِينَ انتَدَبَهُمُ المَلِكُ. وَعندَما يَرَوْنَ أنَّ الصُّنْدُوقَ مُمتَلئٌ مالاً، كانَ كاتِبُ المَلِكِ وَالوَكِيلُ المُنتَدَبُ مِنْ رَئِيسِ الكَهَنَةِ يَأتِيانِ وَيَأخُذانِ المالَ مِنَ الصُّنْدُوقِ، ثُمَّ يُعِيدانِهِ إلَى مَكانِهِ. وَكَرَّرُوا هَذا الأمرَ مَرّاتٍ كَثِيرَةً، فَجَمَعُوا مالاً كَثِيراً.

12 T he king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the Lord; and they hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, and also those who worked in iron and bronze to restore the house of the Lord.

ثُمَّ كانَ المَلِكُ يُوآشُ وَيَهُوياداعُ يَدْفَعُونَ أُجُورَ العُمّالِ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يَشتَغِلُونَ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ. فَقَدِ اسْتَأْجَرَ العامِلُونَ عَلَى بَيتِ اللهِ نَحّاتِي خَشَبٍ وَنَجّارِينَ لِكَي يُعِيدُوا بِناءَ بَيتِ اللهِ. وَاستَأجَرُوا أيضاً عُمّالاً ماهِرينَ فِي استِخدامِ الحَدِيدِ وَالبُرونْزِ فِي الهَيكَلِ.

13 S o the workmen labored, and the work was completed by them; they restored the house of God to its original condition and reinforced it.

وَقامَ العامِلونَ بِعَمَلِهِمْ عَلَى أفْضَلِ وَجْهٍ. فَكانَ التَرْمِيمُ يَتَقَدَّمُ شَيئاً فَشَيئاً. فَقَدْ بَنَوْا بِيتَ اللهِ حَسَبَ تَصْمِيمِهِ السّابِقِ، وَقَوُّوهُ.

14 W hen they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; they made from it articles for the house of the Lord, articles for serving and offering, spoons and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada. Apostasy of Joash

وَلَمّا أكمَلَ العُمّالُ عَمَلَهُمْ، جَلَبُوا المالَ المُتَبَقِّيَ إلَى المَلِكِ وَيَهُوياداعَ. فَاسْتُخْدِمَ ذَلِكَ المالُ فِي عَمَلِ أغراضٍ وَأدَواتٍ لِبَيتِ اللهِ. فَاسْتُخْدِمَتْ تلكَ الأغراضُ وَالأدَواتُ فِي الخِدمَةِ فِي الهَيكَلِ وَفِي تَقدِيم الذَّبائِحِ الصّاعِدَةِ. وَصَنَعُوا طاساتٍ وَأدَواتٍ أُخْرَى مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَالفِضَّةِ. وَكانَ الكَهَنَةُ يُقَدِّمُونَ الذَّبائِحَ فِي بَيتِ اللهِ طَوالَ حَياةِ يَهُوياداعَ.

15 B ut Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; he was one hundred and thirty years old when he died.

وَشاخَ يَهُوياداعُ. وَماتَ بَعدَ أنْ شَبِعَ مِنَ الأيّامِ، إذْ بَلَغَ المِئَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ سَنَةً مِنَ العُمرِ.

16 A nd they buried him in the City of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God and His house.

وَدَفَنَ الشَّعبُ يَهُوياداعَ في مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ مَعَ المُلُوكِ. وَقَدْ دَفَنُوهُ هُناكَ إكراماً لَهُ، لِأنَّهُ فَعَلَ الكَثيرَ فِي حَياتهِ لِخَيرِ إسْرائِيلَ وَلِخَيرِ اللهِ وَبَيْتِهِ. يُوآشُ يَفعَلُ الشَّرّ

17 N ow after the death of Jehoiada the leaders of Judah came and bowed down to the king. And the king listened to them.

وَبَعدَ مَوتِ يَهُوياداعَ، جاءَ قادَةُ يَهُوذا وَانْحَنُوا احتِراماً لِلمَلِكِ يُوآشَ. فَاسْتَمَعَ المَلِكُ إلَى نَصِيحَةِ هَؤُلاءِ القادَةِ.

18 T herefore they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served wooden images and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their trespass.

فَتَرَكُوا بَيْتَ اللهِ ، إلَهِ آبائِهِمْ. وَراحُوا يَعبُدُونَ أعمِدَةَ عَشْتَرُوتَ وَأصناماً أُخْرَى. فَغَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَى أهلِ يَهُوذا وَالقُدسِ بِسَبَبِ الذَّنبِ العَظِيمِ الَّذِي ارْتَكَبَهُ المَلِكُ وَالقادَةُ.

19 Y et He sent prophets to them, to bring them back to the Lord; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.

وَأرسَلَ أنبِياءً إلَى الشَّعبِ لِكَي يُعِيدَهُمْ إلَى اللهِ. وَقَدْ شَهِدَ الأنبِياءُ ضِدَّ أُولَئِكَ القادَةِ، فَلَمْ يُصغِ الشَّعبُ للأنبِياءِ.

20 T hen the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, He also has forsaken you.’”

فَحَلَّ رُوحُ اللهِ عَلَى زَكَرِيّا بْنِ يَهُوياداعَ الكاهِنِ. فَوَقَفَ أمامَ الشَّعبِ وَقالَ: «هَذا هُوَ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ: ‹لِماذا تَتَجاهَلُونَ وَصايا اللهِ فَتَفْشَلُونَ؟ تَرَكْتُمْ اللهَ فَتَرَكَكُمْ!›»

21 S o they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord.

لَكِنَّ الشَّعبُ تآمَرَ عَلَى زَكَرِيّا. وَبَأمْرٍ مِنَ المَلِكِ، رَجَمَ الشَّعبُ زَكَرِيّا بِالحِجارَةِ حَتَّى ماتَ فِي ساحَةِ بَيتِ اللهِ.

22 T hus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son; and as he died, he said, “The Lord look on it, and repay!” Death of Joash

وَلَمْ يَتَذَكَّرِ المَلِكُ يُوآشُ فَضلَ يَهُوياداعَ أبِي زَكَرِيّا عَلَيهِ. فَقَتَلَ زَكَرِيّا بْنَ يَهُوياداعَ. فَقالَ زَكَرِيّا وَهُوَ يَلفُظُ أنفاسَهُ الأخِيرَةَ ليُوآشَ: «تَيَقَّنْ مِنْ أنَّ اللهَ يَرَى ما تَفعَلُهُ وَأنَّهُ سَيُعاقِبُكَ!»

23 S o it happened in the spring of the year that the army of Syria came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the leaders of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.

وَفِي نهايَةِ السَّنَةِ هَجَمَ الجَيشُ الأرامِيُّ عَلَى يُوآشَ. فَهاجَمُوا يَهُوذا وَالقُدسَ وَقَتَلُوا قادَةَ الشَّعبِ. وَنَهَبُوا كُلَّ كُنُوزِ المَلِكِ وَأخَذُوها إلَى مَلِكِ دِمَشقَ.

24 F or the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; but the Lord delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

لَمْ يَكُنِ الجَيْشُ الأرامِيُّ المُهاجمُ كَبِيراً، لَكِنَّ اللهَ نَصَرَهُ عَلَى جَيشِ يَهُوذا الكَبِيرِ. لِأنَّ شَعبَ يَهُوذا تَرَكُوا اللهَ ، إلَهَ آبائِهِمْ، فَعُوقِبَ يُوآشُ.

25 A nd when they had withdrawn from him (for they left him severely wounded), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

تَرَكَ الجَيشُ الأرامِيُّ يُوآشَ مُصاباً إصابَةً بَلِيغَةً. فَتَآمَرَ عَلَى يُوآشَ خُدّامُهُ أنفُسُهُمْ لِأنَّهُ قَتَلَ زَكَرِيّا بْنَ يَهُوياداعَ الكاهنِ. جاءُوا إلَيهِ فِي فِراشِهِ وَقَتَلُوهُ. وَبَعدَ أنْ ماتَ يُوآشُ، دَفَنَهُ الشَّعبُ فِي مَدِينَةِ داوُدَ. لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَدفِنُوهُ فِي القُبُور المَلَكِيَّةِ.

26 T hese are the ones who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

وَهَذانِ هُما الخادِمانِ الَّلذانِ تَآمَرا عَلَيهِ: زابادُ بْنُ شِمْعَةَ العَمُّونِيَّةِ، وَيَهُوزابادُ بْنُ شِمْرِيتَ المُوآبِيَّةِ.

27 N ow concerning his sons, and the many oracles about him, and the repairing of the house of God, indeed they are written in the annals of the book of the kings. Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

أمّا قِصَصُ أبنائِه وَالنُبُوَّاتُ العَظيمَةُ ضِدَّهُ، وَبِناؤُهُ لِبِيتِ اللهِ، فَمَكتُوبَةٌ فِي كتاب تَفسيرِ المُلُوكِ. وَخَلَفَهُ ابنُهُ أمَصْيا عَلَى العَرْشِ.