¹Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

¹ Yowasa gonda jiiri iyye waato kaŋ a sintin ka may. A may mo jiiri waytaaci Urusalima ra. A nyaŋo maa Zibiya, Beyer-Seba boro no.

²And Joash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

² Yowasa te haŋ kaŋ ga saba Rabbi diyaŋ gaa Alfa Yehoyda funayaŋ jirbey kulu ra.

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

³ Yehoyda na wande hinka hiiji ka kande a se. A hay mo izeyaŋ, alboro nda wayboro.

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

⁴ A ciya mo, woodin banda Yowasa miila nga ma Rabbi windo hanse.

⁵And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah and collect of all Israel money for the repair of the house of your God from year to year, and ye shall hasten the matter. But the Levites hastened it not.

⁵ Kal a na alfagey da Lawi borey margu. A ne i se: «Wa koy ka Yahuda galley gana, ka nooru margu-margu Israyla kulu ra, kaŋ i g'araŋ Irikoyo windo hanse nd'a jiiri kulu. Wa laakal ye araŋ ma muraado te da cahãyaŋ.» Kulu nda yaadin Lawi borey mana goyo te da cahãyaŋ.

⁶And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses the servant of Jehovah [laid upon] the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

⁶ Bonkoono mo na alfaga beero Yehoyda ce ka ne a se: «Ifo se no i mana Lawi borey lordi ka ne i ma koy Yahuda nda Urusalima ra ka jangal margu, Rabbi tamo Musa jangalo, da Israyla jama wano, hukumo kaŋ gonda seeda se?»

⁷For the wicked Athaliah [and] her sons had devastated the house of God; and also all the hallowed things of the house of Jehovah had they employed for the Baals.

⁷ Zama wayboro laala din, Ataliya, a izey jin ka Irikoy windo ku, Rabbi windo jinay kaŋ i fay waani kulu nooya, ka goy d'ey Baaley se.

⁸And the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without,

⁸ Bonkoono binde na lordi te. I na sundurku fo te mo k'a jisi taray, Rabbi windo meyo gaa.

⁹and they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring to Jehovah the tribute of Moses the servant of God [laid upon] Israel in the wilderness.

⁹ I fe Yahuda nda Urusalima ra ka ne i ma kande Rabbi se jangal kaŋ Musa, Irikoy tamo, daŋ Israyla boŋ saajo ra.

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

¹⁰ Koyey kulu nda jama kulu te bine kaani ka kand'a. I n'a daŋ sundurko ra, kal a to.

¹¹And it came to pass at the time the chest was brought for the king's control by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and high priest's officer came, and they emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

¹¹ A ga ciya mo, waati kulu kaŋ Lawi borey ga kande sundurko bonkoono goy-teerey do, i ga di nzarfu boobo go a ra, gaa bonkoono hantumkwa, da alfaga beero goy-teero ma kaa ka sundurko feeri ka haŋ kaŋ go a ra ku ka koy. I ga sundurko ye nga nango ra koyne. Yaadin no i soobay ka te zaari ka koy zaari, i na nzarfu boobo margu-margu mo.

¹²And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and they hired masons and carpenters to renew the house of Jehovah, and also such as wrought in iron and bronze, to repair the house of Jehovah.

¹² Bonkoono Yehoyda mo n'a no Rabbi windo goy-teerey se. Koyne, i zinga nda cinakoyaŋ, da saceyaŋ, i ma Rabbi windo hanse se.

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

¹³ Goy-teerey binde goy, goyo mo kubay i kambey ra. I na Rabbi windo ye ka te mate kaŋ a go za doŋ, i n'a gaabandi mo.

¹⁴And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; and they made of it vessels for the house of Jehovah, utensils to minister, and with which to offer up, and cups, and utensils of gold and silver. And they offered up burnt-offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada.

¹⁴ Waato kaŋ cine i na goyo ban, kulu i kande nzarfu kaŋ cindi din bonkoono da Yehoyda do. Ngey mo no, i na jinay te d'a Rabbi windo se, danga saajaw jinayey da sargay kaŋ i ga ton jinayey, da taasayaŋ da jinay fooyaŋ, wura nda nzarfu wane yaŋ. I na sargay kaŋ i ga ton no mo Rabbi windo ra kaŋ sinda fappeyaŋ Yehoyda jirbey kulu ra.

¹⁵And Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; he was a hundred and thirty years old when he died.

¹⁵ Amma Yehoyda kaa ka zeen, a kungu nda ndunnya kal a bu mo. A jiirey jiiri zangu nda waranza no waato kaŋ a bu.

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 I n'a fiji Dawda birno ra bonkooney banda, zama a na booriyaŋ goy te Israyla ra, da Irikoy da nga windo mo se.

¹⁷And after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and made obeisance to the king; then the king hearkened to them.

¹⁷ I go no, Yehoyda buuyaŋo banda, kala Yahuda mayraykoyey kaa ka sombu bonkoono se. Bonkoono mo hangan i se.

¹⁸And they forsook the house of Jehovah the God of their fathers, and served the Asherahs and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

¹⁸ Kal i fay da Rabbi, ngey kaayey Irikoyo windo. I ye ka may wayboro himandi bundu toorey se, da tooru fooyaŋ. Futay mo kaŋ Yahuda nda Urusalima boŋ i taalo din sabbay se.

¹⁹And he sent prophets among them to bring them again to Jehovah, and they testified against them; but they would not give ear.

¹⁹ Kulu nda yaadin Rabbi na annabiyaŋ donton i gaa, hala i ma ye ka kand'ey Rabbi do. I n'i bayrandi, amma i mana hanga jeeri.

²⁰And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood up above the people and said unto them, Thus saith God: Wherefore do ye transgress the commandments of Jehovah? And ye cannot prosper; for ye have forsaken Jehovah, and he hath forsaken you.

²⁰ Rabbi Biya mo kaa Zakariya Alfa Yehoyda ize boŋ. A kay jama se beene ka ne i se: «Yaa no Irikoy ci: Ifo se no araŋ goono ga Rabbi lordey daaru, hal araŋ ma jaŋ ka du albarka? Za kaŋ araŋ na Rabbi furu, nga mo na araŋ furu.»

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

²¹ I na me-hawyaŋ soola Zakariya boŋ k'a catu nda tondiyaŋ kal a bu bonkoono lordo boŋ, noodin Rabbi windo batama ra.

²²And king Joash remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah see and require [it]!

²² Yaadin cine no bonkoono Yowasa mana fongu nda gomno kaŋ a baabo Yehoyda te nga se, amma a n'a izo wi. Saaya kaŋ cine a goono ga ba ka bu, Zakariya ne: «Rabbi ma guna, ka bana.»

²³And it came to pass at the end of the year [that] the army of Syria came up against him; and they entered into Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king at Damascus.

²³ A ciya binde, jiiro bananta, kala Suriya borey kande Yowasa gaa wongu. I kaa Yahuda nda Urusalima ka jama mayraykoyey kulu halaci borey ra. I n'i wongu arzakey kulu sambu ka kond'ey Damaskos bonkoono se.

²⁴Truly with a small company of men came the army of the Syrians, but Jehovah delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers; and they executed judgment upon Joash.

²⁴ Zama Suriya wongu marga boro ciraariyaŋ no i kande. Kulu nda yaadin, Rabbi na wongu marga bambata daŋ i kambe ra, zama i na Rabbi, ngey kaayey Irikoyo furu. Yaadin cine binde no i na ciiti te d'a Yowas se.

²⁵And when they had 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 did not bury him in the sepulchres of the kings.

²⁵ Waato kaŋ i fay d'a mo, (zama i fay d'a da doori korno), kal a tamey na me haw a boŋ Alfa Yehoyda izo kuro sabbay se. I na bonkoono wi nga daaro boŋ. A bu, i n'a fiji mo Dawda birno ra, amma i man'a fiji bonkooney saarayey ra.

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

²⁶ Wo kaŋ yaŋ na me-hawyaŋo te a se, ngey neeya: Zabad, kaŋ nyaŋo maa Simeyat Amon boro no, da Yehozabad, kaŋ nyaŋo maa Simrit Mowab boro no.

²⁷And as to his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] upon him, and the building of the house of God, behold, they are written in the treatise of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

²⁷ A izey sanni ciine ra da muraadu tiŋo beerey kaŋ yaŋ i dake a boŋ, da Irikoy windo hanseyaŋo, ngey neeya, i n'i hantum bonkooney baaru tira ra. A izo Amaziya na mayray te a nango ra.