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 je bil sedem let star, ko je zakraljeval, in vladal je štirideset let v Jeruzalemu; in materi njegovi je bilo ime Zibija iz Bersebe.

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

²In Joas je delal, kar je bilo prav v očeh GOSPODOVIH vse dni, dokler je živel Jojada duhovnik.

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

³In Jojada mu je zasnubil dve ženi, in rodil je sinove in hčere.

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

⁴In zgodi se potem, da se nameni Joas obnoviti hišo GOSPODOVO.

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.

⁵In skliče duhovnike in levite in jim veli: Pojdite po mestih Judovih in zbirajte denar od vsega Izraela v popravo hiše Boga svojega leto za letom; hitite pa s tem! Ali leviti niso hiteli.

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?

⁶Tedaj pokliče Joas poglavarja Jojada ter mu reče: Zakaj ne siliš levitov, da bi nosili z Judovega in iz Jeruzalema davek, ki ga je naložil Mojzes, hlapec GOSPODOV, zboru Izraelovemu za šator pričevanja?

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.

⁷Kajti tista brezbožnica Atalija in njeni sinovi so razdrapali hišo Božjo in vse, kar je bilo posvečenega hiši Božji, so zapravili za Baale!

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

⁸Kralj torej zapove, in narede skrinjo ter jo postavijo zunaj pri vratih hiše GOSPODOVE.

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.

⁹In objavijo razglas po Judovem in Jeruzalemu, naj se prinaša GOSPODU davščina, ki jo je Mojzes, hlapec GOSPODOV, naložil Izraelu v puščavi.

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

¹⁰In veselili so se vsi poglavarji in vse ljudstvo, in prinašali so ter metali v skrinjo, dokler niso dokončali.

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.

¹¹In kadar je prišel čas, da leviti prineso skrinjo kraljevim uradnikom, in ko so videli, da je v njej mnogo denarja, je prišel kraljev pisar in prvega duhovnika uradnik, in sta izpraznila skrinjo; in zopet so jo odnesli na njeno mesto. Tako so delali vsak dan, da so nabrali veliko denarja.

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.

¹²In kralj in Jojada sta ga dajala tistim, ki so vodili delo službe pri hiši GOSPODOVI, in oni so najemali kamenoseke in tesarje, da obnove hišo GOSPODOVO, tudi obdelovalce železa in brona, da se popravi hiša GOSPODOVA.

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

¹³In delavci so pridno delali, da je poprava dobro napredovala po njih rokah, in postavili so hišo Božjo v njen prejšnji stan in jo utrdili.

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.

¹⁴In ko so dokončali, so prinesli, kar je bilo ostalo denarja, pred kralja in Jojada; iz tega so se napravile posode za hišo GOSPODOVO, priprave za službo in darovanje, torila in zlate in srebrne posode. In darovali so žgalne daritve v hiši GOSPODOVI neprenehoma, dokler je Jojada živel.

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

¹⁵A Jojada se je postaral in je, dni svojih sit, umrl; sto in trideset let je bil star, ko je umrl.

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.

¹⁶In pokopali so ga v mestu Davidovem med kralji, zato ker je dobro delal Izraelu in proti Bogu in hiši njegovi.

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

¹⁷Po smrti Jojadovi pa pridejo poglavarji Judovi in store poklon kralju. In kralj jim je ugodil.

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.

¹⁸In zapustili so hišo GOSPODA, Boga očetov svojih, in služili Ašeram in malikom. In srd Božji je prišel nad Judo in nad Jeruzalem zavoljo te njih pregrehe.

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

¹⁹Pošiljal pa je k njim proroke, da jih izpreobrnejo do GOSPODA, in ti so jih svarili, ali niso hoteli poslušati.

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.

²⁰Tedaj obleče duh Božji v moč Zaharija, sina Jojada duhovnika, in se ustopi nad ljudstvom ter jim reče: Tako pravi Bog: Zakaj prestopate zapovedi GOSPODOVE? To vam ne prinese sreče! Ker ste zapustili GOSPODA, je tudi on, zapustil vas.

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.

²¹Oni so se pa zarotili zoper njega in ga posuli s kamenjem po kraljevi zapovedi na dvorišču hiše GOSPODOVE.

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.

²²In Joas kralj se ni spomnil dobrote, ki jo je bil storil oče Jojada njemu, ampak je umoril sina njegovega. Ko je ta umiral, je dejal: GOSPOD to poglej in kaznuj!

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.

²³In zgodilo se je ob koncu leta, da je šla gori vojska Sircev zoper njega, in ko so prišli na Judovo in v Jeruzalem, pobijejo vse ljudske vojvode izmed ljudstva in ves njih plen pošljejo kralju v Damask.

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.

²⁴Dasi je prišla vojska Sircev z maloštevilnim moštvom, je vendar GOSPOD dal jako veliko vojsko njej v roke, ker so bili zapustili GOSPODA, Boga očetov svojih. In tako so Sirci izvršili sodbo nad Joasom.

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.

²⁵In ko so bili odšli od njega – kajti zapustili so ga v velikih bolečinah – so se zarotili zoper njega hlapci njegovi zaradi krvi sinov Jojadovih ter ga umorili na postelji njegovi; in umrl je in so ga pokopali v mestu Davidovem, ali ne v grobih kraljevskih.

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

²⁶In ta sta, ki sta se zarotila zoper njega: Zabad, sin Simeate Amonke, in Jozabad, sin Simrite Moabke.O njegovih sinovih pa in o velikosti naloženih mu bremen ter o popravljanju hiše Božje, glej, pisano je v razlagi knjige kraljev. In Amazija, sin njegov, je zakraljeval na mestu njegovem.

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.

²⁷O njegovih sinovih pa in o velikosti naloženih mu bremen ter o popravljanju hiše Božje, glej, pisano je v razlagi knjige kraljev. In Amazija, sin njegov, je zakraljeval na mestu njegovem.