¹Joas oli kuningaks saades seitse aastat vana ja ta valitses Jeruusalemmas nelikümmend aastat; ta ema nimi oli Sibja, Beer-Sebast.

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 Beersheba.

²Joas tegi, mis õige oli Issanda silmis preester Joojada kõigil elupäevil.

²Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

³Joojada võttis temale kaks naist, ja temale sündis poegi ja tütreid.

³Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters.

⁴Ja pärast seda oli Joasel südame peal Issanda koja parandamine.

⁴It happened after this, that Joash intended to restore the house of Yahweh.

⁵Ta kutsus kokku preestrid ja leviidid ning ütles neile: 'Minge Juuda linnadesse ja koguge kogu Iisraelist raha oma Jumala koja iga-aastaseks kohendamiseks, ja rutake sellega!' Aga leviidid ei rutanud.

⁵He gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money to repair the house of your God from all Israel from year to year. See that you expedite this matter.” However the Levites didn’t do it right away.

⁶Siis kutsus kuningas Joojada, ülempreestri, ja ütles temale: 'Miks sa ei nõua leviitidelt, et nad tooksid Juudast ja Jeruusalemmast Issanda sulase Moosese seatud maksu Iisraeli kogudusele tunnistustelgi tarvis?

⁶The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, “Why haven’t you required of the Levites to bring in the tax of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the assembly of Israel, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, for the tent of the testimony?”

⁷Sest nurjatu Atalja ja tema pojad tungisid Jumala kotta ja nad on ka kõik Issanda koja pühitsetud annid kulutanud baalide jaoks.'

⁷For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up God’s house; and they also gave all the dedicated things of the house of Yahweh to the Baals.

⁸Siis kuningas andis käsu, ja nad tegid ühe laeka ning asetasid selle Issanda koja väravasse, väljapoole.

⁸So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of Yahweh.

⁹Ja Juudas ja Jeruusalemmas kuulutati, et Issandale tuleb tuua maksu, mis Jumala sulane Mooses oli kõrbes Iisraelile peale pannud.

⁹They made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Yahweh the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.

¹⁰Ja kõik vürstid ning kogu rahvas olid rõõmsad ja tõid maksu ning heitsid laekasse, kuni see täis sai.

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

¹¹Ja iga kord, kui laegas viidi leviitide poolt kuninga ametnike juurde ja kui need nägid, et raha oli palju, tulid kuninga kirjutaja ja ülempreestri volinik, tühjendasid laeka ja kandsid selle siis tagasi ta paika; nõnda tegid nad päev-päevalt ja kogusid palju raha.

¹¹It was so, that whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

¹²Ja kuningas ja Joojada andsid seda neile, kelle hooleks oli Issanda kojas tehtav töö, ja nemad palkasid kiviraiujaid ja puuseppi Issanda koda uuendama, samuti ka raud- ja vaskseppi Issanda koda kohendama.

¹²The king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Yahweh; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Yahweh, and also such as worked iron and brass to repair the house of Yahweh.

¹³Ja töötegijad töötasid ning parandamine edenes nende käes; nad seadsid Jumala koja korda, nagu see pidi olema, ja tegid selle kindlaks.

¹³So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up God’s house in its state, and strengthened it.

¹⁴Ja kui nad olid sellega valmis saanud, siis nad tõid ülejäänud raha kuninga ja Joojada ette; ja sellest tehti Issanda koja riistu, teenistus- ja ohvririistu ja peekreid ja kuld- ja hõbeasju. Ja Issanda kojas ohverdati alati põletusohvreid, niikaua kui Joojada elas.

¹⁴When they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, of which were made vessels for the house of Yahweh, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in the house of Yahweh continually all the days of Jehoiada.

¹⁵Aga Joojada sai vanaks ja elatanuks, ja ta suri; surres oli ta sada kolmkümmend aastat vana.

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

¹⁶Ja ta maeti Taaveti linna kuningate juurde, sest ta oli Iisraelis head teinud Jumalale ja tema kojale.

¹⁶They buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.

¹⁷Aga pärast Joojada surma tulid Juuda vürstid ja kummardasid kuningat; siis kuningas kuulas neid.

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

¹⁸Ja nad jätsid maha Issanda, oma vanemate Jumala koja ning teenisid viljakustulpi ja jumalakujusid; siis tabas viha Juudat ja Jeruusalemma nende süü pärast.

¹⁸They forsook the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

¹⁹Ta läkitas nende keskele prohveteid pöörama neid Issanda poole; ja need manitsesid neid, aga nad ei võtnud kuulda.

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

²⁰Siis täitis Jumala Vaim Sakarja, preester Joojada poja, ja tema astus rahva ette ning ütles neile: 'Nõnda ütleb Jumal: Mispärast te astute üle Issanda käskudest? See ei õnnestu teil! Et te olete Issanda maha jätnud, siis jätab tema teid maha.'

²⁰The Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you disobey the commandments of Yahweh, so that you can’t prosper? Because you have forsaken Yahweh, he has also forsaken you.’”

²¹Aga nad pidasid tema vastu vandenõu ja viskasid tema kuninga käsul Issanda koja õues kividega surnuks.

²¹They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Yahweh.

²²Kuningas Joas ei mõelnud armastusele, mida Sakarja isa Joojada temale oli osutanud, vaid tappis tema poja. Ja too ütles surres: 'Issand näeb ja tasub!'

²²Thus Joash the king didn’t remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, “May Yahweh look at it, and repay it.”

²³Ja aastavahetusel tuligi Süüria sõjavägi tema vastu; nad tulid Juudasse ja Jeruusalemma, hävitasid rahvalt kõik rahvajuhid ja läkitasid kogu oma saagi Damaskuse kuningale.

²³It happened at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians 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 their spoil to the king of Damascus.

²⁴Kuigi Süüria sõjavägi oli tulnud väheste meestega, andis Issand nende kätte väga suure sõjaväe, sest nad olid maha jätnud Issanda, oma vanemate Jumala; nõnda mõisteti kohut Joase üle.

²⁴For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Yahweh delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.

²⁵Ja kui nad tema kallalt ära läksid - nad jätsid ta maha raskesti haavatuna -, siis pidasid ta sulased tema vastu vandenõu preester Joojada poegade vere pärast; nad tapsid tema voodis ja nõnda ta suri. Ta maeti Taaveti linna, aga teda ei maetud kuningate hauda.

²⁵When they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they didn’t bury him in the tombs of the kings.

²⁶Ja need, kes pidasid tema vastu vandenõu, olid Saabad, ammonlanna Simeati poeg, ja Joosabad, moablanna Simriti poeg.

²⁶These are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

²⁷Aga tema pojad ja paljud ennustused tema kohta ja Jumala koja ehitamine, vaata, need on kirja pandud Kuningate raamatu 'Seletuses'. Ja tema poeg Amasja sai tema asemel kuningaks.

²⁷Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid on him, and the rebuilding of God’s house, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. Amaziah his son reigned in his place.