¹Yoas berumur 7 tahun pada waktu ia menjadi raja Yehuda, dan ia memerintah di Yerusalem 40 tahun lamanya. Ibunya bernama Zibya dari kota Bersyeba.

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.

²Selama Imam Yoyada masih hidup, Yoas melakukan hal-hal yang menyenangkan hati TUHAN.

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

³Yoyada memilih dua orang wanita untuk istri Yoas, dan dari mereka Yoas mendapat anak-anak laki-laki dan perempuan.

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

⁴Setelah memerintah beberapa waktu lamanya, Yoas memutuskan untuk memperbaiki Rumah TUHAN.

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

⁵Para imam dan orang Lewi diperintahkannya untuk pergi ke penduduk kota-kota di Yehuda dan mengumpulkan uang dari seluruh rakyat untuk perbaikan gedung Rumah TUHAN setiap tahun. Ia menyuruh mereka segera melaksanakan tugas itu, tetapi orang-orang Lewi berlambat-lambat.

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.

⁶Karena itu ia memanggil Imam Yoyada, pemimpin mereka, lalu berkata, "Bukankah Musa hamba TUHAN telah menyuruh rakyat membayar pajak untuk membiayai Kemah TUHAN? Sekarang, mengapa orang-orang Lewi itu tidak Bapak desak untuk mengumpulkan pajak dari rakyat di Yehuda dan Yerusalem?"

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 tax of Moses the servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

⁷(Pengikut-pengikut Atalya, wanita jahat itu, sudah merusak Rumah TUHAN, dan banyak dari barang-barang yang dikhususkan untuk Allah telah mereka pakai untuk menyembah Baal.)

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 Jehovah did they bestow upon the Baalim.

⁸Maka raja memerintahkan supaya orang Lewi membuat sebuah kotak uang dan meletakkannya di depan pintu gerbang Rumah TUHAN.

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

⁹Di seluruh Yerusalem dan Yehuda diumumkan bahwa semua orang harus membawa pajak untuk TUHAN, seperti yang diwajibkan oleh Musa.

⁹And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Jehovah the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

¹⁰Pengumuman itu menyenangkan hati rakyat dan pemimpin-pemimpin mereka. Beramai-ramai mereka memasukkan uang pajak mereka ke dalam kotak itu.

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

¹¹Setiap hari kotak itu dibawa oleh orang-orang Lewi kepada pegawai raja untuk diperiksa. Apabila kotak itu telah penuh sekretaris negara dan wakil Imam Agung mengeluarkan uangnya lalu kotak itu dikembalikan ke tempatnya yang semula. Demikianlah mereka lakukan setiap hari, dan banyak sekali uang yang terkumpul.

¹¹And it was so, that, at what time the chest was brought unto 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.

¹²Kemudian raja dan Yoyada menyerahkan uang itu kepada orang-orang yang mengepalai perbaikan Rumah TUHAN itu. Lalu orang-orang itu mengupah tukang batu, tukang kayu, dan tukang logam untuk mengerjakan pekerjaan itu.

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 restore the house of Jehovah, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of Jehovah.

¹³Maka mulailah tukang-tukang itu memperbaiki Rumah TUHAN itu. Mereka semua bekerja begitu sehingga akhirnya Rumah itu menjadi kuat dan bagus seperti semula.

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

¹⁴Setelah pekerjaan itu selesai, emas dan perak yang selebihnya diserahkan kepada raja dan Yoyada. Lalu emas dan perak itu dipakai untuk membuat perkakas-perkakas bagi Rumah TUHAN, antara lain: alat-alat untuk upacara ibadat, untuk kurban bakaran, piring-piring untuk dupa, dan mangkuk-mangkuk. Selama Imam Yoyada masih hidup, kurban bakaran tetap dipersembahkan di Rumah TUHAN.

¹⁴And when they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of Jehovah, even vessels wherewith to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada.

¹⁵Yoyada mencapai usia yang lanjut dan meninggal ketika berumur 130 tahun.

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

¹⁶Ia dikuburkan di makam raja-raja di Kota Daud untuk menghargai jasa-jasanya kepada Allah, kepada Rumah TUHAN dan kepada umat Israel.

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

¹⁷Setelah Yoyada meninggal, Yoas dibujuk dan dipengaruhi oleh pemimpin-pemimpin Yehuda sehingga ia tidak lagi mengindahkan ajaran Yoyada.

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

¹⁸Maka rakyat tidak lagi beribadat di Rumah TUHAN, Allah leluhur mereka, tetapi menyembah berhala dan patung-patung Dewi Asyera. Dosa mereka itu menyebabkan TUHAN marah kepada Yehuda dan Yerusalem.

¹⁸And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

¹⁹TUHAN mengutus nabi-nabi untuk menegur mereka supaya kembali mengabdi kepada TUHAN, tetapi rakyat tidak mau mendengarkan.

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

²⁰Lalu Roh Allah menguasai Zakharia anak Imam Yoyada. Zakharia tampil di depan rakyat, lalu berseru, "TUHAN Allah berkata, 'Mengapa kamu tidak taat kepada perintah-perintah-Ku dan mencelakakan dirimu sendiri. Kamu tidak peduli kepada-Ku, maka Aku pun tidak peduli kepadamu!'"

²⁰And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you.

²¹Tetapi rakyat berkomplot menentang Zakharia, dan Raja Yoas ikut dalam komplotan itu. Ia tidak ingat akan jasa-jasa dan kesetiaan Yoyada, ayah Zakharia. Atas perintah raja, Zakharia dilempari batu sampai mati di pelataran Rumah TUHAN. Pada saat akan meninggal, Zakharia berseru, "Semoga TUHAN melihat perbuatanmu ini dan membalasnya!"

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

²²(24:21)

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, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.

²³Tahun itu juga, pada pergantian musim, tentara Siria menyerang Yehuda dan Yerusalem. Mereka membunuh semua pemimpin dan mengangkut banyak barang rampasan ke Damsyik.

²³And it came to pass 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 the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

²⁴Tentara Siria sedikit saja jumlahnya, tetapi TUHAN membiarkan mereka mengalahkan tentara Yehuda yang jauh lebih besar, karena orang Yehuda tidak menghiraukan TUHAN Allah leluhur mereka. Dengan cara itu TUHAN menghukum Raja Yoas.

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

²⁵Yoas luka berat. Setelah tentara musuh pergi, dua orang pegawainya berkomplot. Mereka membunuh dia di tempat tidurnya sebagai balasan terhadap pembunuhan anak Imam Yoyada. Raja Yoas dikuburkan di Kota Daud, tetapi tidak di makam raja-raja.

²⁵And when 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 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.

²⁶(Orang-orang yang berkomplot melawan dia adalah Zabad anak Simeat wanita Amon, dan Yozabad anak Simrit wanita Moab.)

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

²⁷Kisah mengenai anak-anak Yoas, mengenai ramalan-ramalan yang tidak baik tentang dia, dan mengenai bagaimana ia memperbaiki Rumah TUHAN, semuanya tercantum dalam buku Penjelasan Kitab Raja-raja. Amazia, putra Yoas, menjadi raja menggantikan ayahnya.

²⁷Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] upon him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.