¹Joash 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.

¹約阿施作猶大王（王下12:1~3）約阿施登基的時候是七歲，在耶路撒冷作王共四十年。他的母親名叫西比亞，是別是巴人。

²And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

²耶何耶大祭司在世的日子，約阿施行耶和華看為正的事。

³And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

³耶何耶大為他娶了兩個妻子，他就生了一些兒女。

⁴And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.

⁴下令重修聖殿（王下12:4~16）此外，約阿施有意重修耶和華的殿，

⁵And 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.

⁵就召集了眾祭司和利未人，對他們說：“你們要去到猶大各城，向所有以色列人募捐金錢，可以年年修建你們　神的殿；你們應急速辦理這事。”可是利未人卻不急速辦理。

⁶And 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?

⁶於是王把大祭司耶何耶大召來，對他說：“你為甚麼不命令利未人把耶和華的僕人摩西和以色列的會眾，為法櫃的會幕規定的稅款，從猶大和耶路撒冷徵收回來，作修殿的費用呢？”

⁷For 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.

⁷原來那惡婦亞他利雅的眾子曾經拆毀　神的殿，又把耶和華殿中一切分別為聖的物品用來供奉巴力。

⁸And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

⁸於是王下令建造一個櫃，放在耶和華殿的門外；

⁹And 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.

⁹又在猶大和耶路撒冷發出通告，叫人把　神的僕人摩西，在曠野規定以色列人繳交的稅款帶來，獻給耶和華。

¹⁰And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

¹⁰眾領袖和人民都歡歡喜喜把稅款帶來，投進櫃中，直到他們都投完了。

¹¹Now 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.

¹¹利未人把銀櫃抬到王指定負責這事的人那裡的時候，他們看見稅銀很多，王的書記和大祭司的屬員就來把銀櫃倒空，然後抬回原處。天天都是這樣，所以收集了很多銀子。

¹²And 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.

¹²王和耶何耶大把銀子交給耶和華殿的辦事人員，他們就雇了石匠和木匠，重建耶和華的殿，又雇了鐵匠和銅匠，重建耶和華的殿。

¹³So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

¹³作工的人不住工作，重修的工程在他們手下順利進行；他們把　神的殿重建得和先前一樣，並且非常堅固。

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁴他們完工以後，就把剩下的銀子送到王和耶何耶大面前，用來製造耶和華殿裡的器皿、供奉和獻祭所用的器皿、盤子，以及各種金銀器皿。耶何耶大在世的日子，眾人都常在耶和華的殿裡獻燔祭。

¹⁵But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

¹⁵耶何耶大逝世耶何耶大年紀老了，壽數滿足就死了；他死的時候，是一百三十歲。

¹⁶And 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.

¹⁶他和列王一同埋葬在大衛城裡，因為他在以色列為　神和　神的殿作了美善的事。

¹⁷Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

¹⁷全國上下離棄耶和華耶何耶大死後，猶大的領袖們來朝拜王；王聽從了他們的主意。

¹⁸And 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.

¹⁸他們離棄了耶和華他們列祖的　神的殿，去事奉亞舍拉和偶像。因為他們的罪，　神的忿怒臨到猶大和耶路撒冷。

¹⁹Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

¹⁹但耶和華仍然差派先知到他們中間，引導他們歸向耶和華；這些先知雖然警告他們，他們卻不肯聽從。

²⁰And 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.

²⁰撒迦利亞責民遭害那時，　神的靈臨到耶何耶大祭司的兒子撒迦利亞身上，他就站在眾民的面前，對他們說：“　神這樣說：‘你們為甚麼違背耶和華的誡命，使你們不得亨通呢？因為你們離棄了耶和華，所以耶和華也離棄你們。’”

²¹And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

²¹眾人要殺害撒迦利亞，於是照著王的命令，在耶和華殿的院子裡用石頭把他打死。

²²Thus 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.

²²約阿施王沒有記念撒迦利亞的父親耶何耶大對他所施的恩，反而殺了他的兒子。撒迦利亞臨死的時候，說：“願耶和華鑒察，並且責問你！”

²³And 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.

²³亞蘭軍攻打猶大（王下12:17~18）過了年，亞蘭的軍隊上來攻打約阿施；他們侵入猶大和耶路撒冷，殺了民間的領袖，又把他們的一切戰利品都送到大馬士革王那裡去。

²⁴For 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.

²⁴亞蘭的軍隊雖然只來了一小隊人，耶和華卻把一支龐大的軍隊交在他們手裡；因為猶大人離棄了耶和華他們列祖的　神，亞蘭人向約阿施執行了懲罰。

²⁵And 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.

²⁵約阿施被殺（王上12:19~21）亞蘭人離開約阿施的時候，他們丟下約阿施，因為他受了重傷，他的臣僕要殺害他，為了報復耶何耶大祭司的兒子流血的仇；他們在床上殺死他，他就死了；有人把他埋葬在大衛城裡，只是沒有埋葬在列王的陵墓裡。

²⁶And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

²⁶謀害他的是亞捫婦人示米押的兒子撒拔和摩押婦人示米利的兒子約薩拔。

²⁷Now 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.

²⁷至於約阿施的眾子，以及許多警戒他的話，還有他重建　神的殿的事，都記在列王記的註釋上。約阿施的兒子亞瑪謝接續他作王。