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.

¹Joas mal sedem rokov, keď začal kraľovať, a kraľoval štyridsať rokov v Jeruzaleme. A meno jeho matky bolo Cibia z Bér-šeby.

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

²Joas robil to, čo je spravedlivé v očiach Hospodinových, po všetky dni kňaza Jehojadu.

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

³A Jehojada mu vzal dve ženy, a splodil synov i dcéry.

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

⁴Potom sa stalo, že vzkrsla myšlienka v srdci Joasovom obnoviť dom Hospodinov.

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.

⁵Preto shromaždil kňazov a Levitov a riekol im: Vyjdite do miest Júdových a shromažďujte od všetkého Izraela peniaze na opravu domu svojho Boha, z roka na rok, a vy sa ponáhľajte s vecou. Avšak Levitovia sa neponáhľali.

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?

⁶Vtedy zavolal kráľ Jehojadu, predného kňaza, a riekol mu: Prečo nevyžaduješ od Levitov, aby doniesli z Judska a z Jeruzalema dávku Mojžiša, služobníka Hospodinovho, i celé shromaždenie Izraelovo, pre stán svedoctva?

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.

⁷Lebo synovia Atálie, tej bezbožnice, boli sa vlámali do domu Božieho, áno i všetky posviatne veci domu Hospodinovho obrátili na Bálov.

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

⁸A na rozkaz kráľov spravili jednu truhlicu, ktorú postavili pri bráne domu Hospodinovho zvonku.

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.

⁹A vyhlásili po Judsku a po Jeruzaleme, aby doniesli Hospodinovi dávku Mojžiša, služobníka Božieho, uloženú na Izraela na púšti.

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

¹⁰Vtedy sa radovali všetky kniežatá i všetok ľud a donášali a hádzali do truhlice, až dokončili.

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.

¹¹A stávalo sa v taký čas, keď doniesli truhlicu do úradu kráľovho Levitami, a keď videli, že je v nej mnoho peňazí, že prichádzaval pisár kráľov a úradník najvyššieho kňaza a vyprázdnili truhlicu. Potom ju zase odniesli a postavili na jej miesto. Tak to robili každý deň. A nahromadili množstvo peňazí.

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.

¹²A kráľ a Jehojada ich dávali tým, ktorí konali dielo služby domu Hospodinovho, a oni najímali kameniarov a remeselníkov, aby obnovili dom Hospodinov, ako aj tým, ktorí pracovali zo železa a z medi, aby opravili dom Hospodinov.

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

¹³Nuž tak pracovali tí, ktorí konali dielo, ktoré aj bolo šťastne zavŕšené ich rukami. A tedy postavili dom Boží, takže stál vo svojom spôsobe, a upevnili ho.

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.

¹⁴A keď dokončili, doniesli ostatok peňazí pred kráľa a Jehojadu. A dali z nich narobiť nádob pre dom Hospodinov, nádob k službe a k obetovaniu zápalov a lyžíc, a to nádob zlatých a strieborných. A obetovali zápalné obeti v dome Hospodinovom ustavične, po všetky dni Jehojadu.

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

¹⁵Ale Jehojada sa zostarel a nasýtiac sa dní zomrel. Sto tridsať rokov mal, keď zomrel.

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.

¹⁶A pochovali ho v meste Dávidovom s kráľmi, lebo robil dobré v Izraelovi i voči Bohu i voči jeho domu.

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

¹⁷A po smrti Jehojadovej prišly kniežatá Júdove a poklonily sa kráľovi. Vtedy ich vypočul kráľ a dovolil.

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.

¹⁸A tak opustili dom Hospodina, Boha svojich otcov, a slúžili hájom a modlám, a preto prišiel hnev Boží na Júdu a na Jeruzalem, pre ten ich hriech.

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

¹⁹A posielal k nim prorokov, aby ich navrátili k Hospodinovi a svedčili proti nim, ale nepočúvali.

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.

²⁰Ba keď prišiel Duch Boží na Zachariáša, syna kňaza Jehojadu, a keď sa postavil z vyššieho miesta pred ľud a riekol im: Takto hovorí Bôh: Prečo prestupujete prikázania Hospodinove? Nepovedie sa vám dobre! Lebo preto, že ste opustili Hospodina, opustí aj on vás!

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.

²¹vzbúrili sa proti nemu a ukameňovali ho na rozkaz kráľov vo dvore domu Hospodinovho.

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.

²²A nepamätal kráľ Joas na milosrdenstvo, ktoré mu učinil Jehojada, jeho otec, ale zavraždil jeho syna. A keď zomieral, povedal: Nech pohliadne Hospodin a nech vyhľadá!

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.

²³A stalo sa na konci roka, že prišlo hore proti nemu sýrske vojsko, a prišli do Judska a do Jeruzalema a zahubili všetky kniežatá ľudu z ľudu, a všetko to, čo ukoristili u nich, poslali kráľovi Damašku.

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.

²⁴Lebo hoci v malom počte mužov prišlo sýrske vojsko, Hospodin jednako vydal do ich ruky veľmi veliké vojsko, pretože opustili Hospodina, Boha svojich otcov, a nad Joasom vykonali súdy.

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.

²⁵A keď odišli od neho, lebo ho zanechali v mnohých ťažkých nemociach, spikli sa proti nemu jeho služobníci pre vyliatu krv synov kňaza Jehojadu a zavraždili ho na jeho posteli, a tak zomrel. A pochovali ho v meste Dávidovom, ale ho nepochovali v hroboch kráľov.

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

²⁶A toto sú tí, ktorí sa spikli proti nemu: Zabad, syn Šimeaty Ammonskej, a Jehozabad, syn Šimrity Moábskej.

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.

²⁷A o jeho synoch a o veľkom bremeni, vloženom na neho, jako aj o oprave domu Božieho od základu, hľa, to všetko je napísané vo výklade knihy kráľov. A kraľoval Amaziáš, jeho syn, miesto neho.