¹约阿施作犹大王（代下24:1-3）

¹In the seventh year of Jehu reigned hath Jehoash, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zibiah of Beer-Sheba,

²在耶何耶大祭司教导他的日子，他就行耶和华看为正的事。

²and Jehoash doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days in which Jehoiada the priest directed him,

³只是邱坛没有废去，人民仍在邱坛献祭焚香。

³only, the high places have not turned aside, still are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.

⁴下令重修圣殿（代下24:4-14）约阿施对众祭司说：“所有分别为圣，奉到耶和华殿里的银子，或是各被数点之人的赎价，或是各种的赎价，或是各人随着心意，奉到耶和华殿里的银子，

⁴And Jehoash saith unto the priests, `All the money of the sanctified things that is brought in to the house of Jehovah, the money of him who is passing over, each the money of his valuation, all the money that it goeth up on the heart of a man to bring in to the house of Jehovah,

⁵各祭司可向自己熟悉的人收取。他们要修理殿内毁坏的地方，就是一切发现有毁坏的地方。”

⁵do the priests take to them, each from his acquaintance, and they strengthen the breach of the house, in all [places] where there is found a breach.`

⁶可是到了约阿施王在位二十三年的时候，祭司还未修好圣殿毁坏的地方。

⁶And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and third year of king Jehoash, the priests have not strengthened the breach of the house,

⁷于是约阿施王召了耶何耶大祭司和众祭司来，说：“你们为什么不修理圣殿毁坏的地方呢？现在不要向你们熟识的人收取银子，却要把所收的交出来，修理圣殿毁坏的地方。”

⁷and king Jehoash calleth to Jehoiada the priest, and to the priests, and saith unto them, `Wherefore are ye not strengthening the breach of the house? and now, receive no money from your acquaintances, but for the breach of the house give it.`

⁸众祭司答应不再从人民收取银子，也不修理圣殿毁坏的地方。

⁸And the priests consent not to receive money from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house,

⁹耶何耶大祭司搬来了一个箱子，在它的顶上钻了一个孔，把它放在祭坛旁边，在圣殿入口的右边。守门的祭司把奉到耶和华殿所有的银子都投进箱里。

⁹and Jehoiada the priest taketh a chest, and pierceth a hole in its lid, and putteth it near the altar, on the right side, as one cometh in to the house of Jehovah, and the priests keeping the threshold have put there all the money that is brought in to the house of Jehovah.

¹⁰他们看见箱内的银子多起来的时候，就叫王的书记和大祭司上来，他们就数点在耶和华殿里所得的银子，装在袋中。

¹⁰And it cometh to pass, at their seeing that the money [is] abundant in the chest, that there goeth up a scribe of the king, and of the high priest, and they bind [it] up, and count the money that is found [in] the house of Jehovah,

¹¹他们把所称的银子交在耶和华殿中管理工匠的监工手里，然后他们支付给在耶和华殿作工的木匠和建筑工人，

¹¹and have given the weighed money into the hands of those doing the work, those inspecting the house of Jehovah, and they bring it out to those working in the wood, and to builders who are working in the house of Jehovah,

¹²以及泥匠和石匠；又用来购买木材和凿好的石头，来修理耶和华殿里毁坏的地方，以及支付一切修理耶和华殿的开支。

¹²and to those [repairing] the wall, and to hewers of stone, and to buy wood and hewn stones to strengthen the breach of the house of Jehovah, and for all that goeth out on the house, to strengthen it.

¹³但耶和华殿里的银杯、烛剪、碗、号或任何金银器皿，都没有用奉到耶和华殿里的银子来做。

¹³Only, there is not made for the house of Jehovah basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessel of gold, and vessel of silver, out of the money that is brought into the house of Jehovah;

¹⁴他们只把银子交给工匠，用来修理耶和华殿里毁坏的地方。

¹⁴for to those doing the work they give it, and they have strengthened with it the house of Jehovah,

¹⁵他们没有要求经手把银子转付工匠的人交代帐目，因为他们办事诚实。

¹⁵and they do not reckon with the men into whose hand they give the money to give to those doing the work, for in faithfulness they are dealing.

¹⁶但是赎愆祭和赎罪祭的银子，他们没有奉入耶和华的殿，这些银子是属于祭司的。

¹⁶The money of a trespass-offering, and the money of sin-offerings is not brought in to the house of Jehovah — for the priests it is.

¹⁷亚兰军攻打犹大（代下24:23-24）那时亚兰王哈薛上来，攻打迦特，把它夺取了。他又决心上来攻打耶路撒冷。

¹⁷Then go up doth Hazael king of Aram, and fighteth against Gath, and captureth it, and Hazael setteth his face to go up against Jerusalem;

¹⁸犹大王约阿施于是拿出所有的圣物，就是他的祖先犹大王约沙法、约兰和亚哈谢所献的圣物，以及他自己所献的圣物，还有耶和华殿和王宫宝库里所有的金子，送给亚兰王哈薛，哈薛就离开耶路撒冷去了。

¹⁸and Jehoash king of Judah taketh all the sanctified things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had sanctified, and his own sanctified things, and all the gold that is found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the house of the king, and sendeth to Hazael king of Aram, and he goeth up from off Jerusalem.

¹⁹约阿施被杀（代下24:25-27）约阿施其余的事迹和他所行的一切，不是都写在犹大列王的年代志上吗？

¹⁹And the rest of the matters of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

²⁰约阿施的臣仆起来背叛，他们在米罗宫内，他下到悉拉的时候，击杀了他。

²⁰And his servants rise, and make a conspiracy, and smite Joash in the house of Millo, that is going down to Silla:

²¹他的臣仆示米押的儿子约撒甲和朔默的儿子约萨拔击杀他，他就死了。人把他埋葬在大卫城，和他的祖先在一起。他的儿子亚玛谢接续他作王。

²¹yea, Jozachar son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad son of Shemer, his servants, have smitten him, and he dieth, and they bury him with his fathers in the city of David, and reign doth Amaziah his son, in his stead.