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

¹A son of seven years [is] Joash in his reigning, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Zibiah of Beer-Sheba.

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

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

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

³And Jehoiada taketh for him two wives, and he begetteth sons and daughters.

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

⁴And it cometh to pass after this, it hath been with the heart of Joash to renew the house of Jehovah,

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.

⁵and he gathereth the priests and the Levites, and saith to them, `Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to strengthen the house of your God sufficiently year by year, and ye, ye do haste to the matter;' and the Levites have not hasted.

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?

⁶And the king calleth for Jehoiada the head, and saith to him, `Wherefore hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses, servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

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

⁷for sons of Athaliah, the wicked one, have broken up the house of God, and also, all the holy things of the house of Jehovah they have prepared for Baalim.'

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

⁸And the king speaketh, and they make one chest, and put it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without,

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

⁹and give an intimation in Judah and in Jerusalem to bring in to Jehovah the tribute of Moses, servant of God, [laid] on Israel in the wilderness.

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

¹⁰And all the heads, and all the people rejoice, and they bring in, and cast into the chest, unto completion.

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.

¹¹And it cometh to pass, at the time one bringeth in the chest for the inspection of the king by the hand of the Levites, and at their seeing that the money [is] abundant, that a scribe of the king hath come in, and an officer of the head-priest, and they empty the chest, and take it up and turn it back unto its place; thus they have done day by day, and gather money in abundance.

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.

¹²And the king and Jehoiada give it unto the doers of the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and they are hiring hewers and artificers to renew the house of Jehovah, and also -- to artificers in iron and brass to strengthen the house of Jehovah.

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.

¹³And those doing the business work, and there goeth up lengthening to the work by their hand, and they establish the house of God, by its proper measure, and strengthen it.

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.

¹⁴And at their completing [it], they have brought in before the king and Jehoiada the rest of the money, and they make it vessels for the house of Jehovah, vessels of serving, and of offering up, and spoons, even vessels of gold and silver; and they are causing burnt-offerings to ascend in the house of Jehovah continually, all the days of Jehoiada.

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

¹⁵And Jehoiada is aged and satisfied with days, and dieth -- a son of a hundred and thirty years in his death,

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

¹⁶and they bury him in the city of David, with the kings, for he hath done good in Israel, and with God, and his house.

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

¹⁷And after the death of Jehoiada come in have heads of Judah, and bow themselves to the king; then hath the king hearkened unto them,

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.

¹⁸and they forsake the house of Jehovah, God of their fathers, and serve the shrines and the idols, and there is wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt.

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

¹⁹And He sendeth among them prophets, to bring them back unto Jehovah, and they testify against them, and they have not given ear;

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!

²⁰and the Spirit of God hath clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he standeth over-against the people, and saith to them, `Thus said God, Why are ye transgressing the commands of Jehovah, and prosper not? because ye have forsaken Jehovah -- He doth forsake you.'

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

²¹And they conspire against him, and stone him with stones by the command of the king, in the court of the house of Jehovah,

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!

²²and Joash the king hath not remembered the kindness that Jehoiada his father did with him, and slayeth his son, and in his death he said, `Jehovah doth see, and require.'

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.

²³And it cometh to pass, at the turn of the year, come up hath the force of Aram against him, and they come in unto Judah and Jerusalem, and destroy all the heads of the people from the people, and all their spoil they have sent to the king of Damascus,

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.

²⁴for with few men have the force of Aram come in, and Jehovah hath given into their hand a mighty force for multitude, because they have forsaken Jehovah, God of their fathers; and with Joash they have executed judgments.

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.

²⁵And in their going from him -- for they left him with many diseases -- his servants themselves have conspired against him, for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slay him on his bed, and he dieth; and they bury him in the city of David, and have not buried him in the graves of the kings.

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

²⁶And these [are] those conspiring against him, Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

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.

²⁷As to his sons, and the greatness of the burden upon him, and the foundation of the house of God, lo, they are written on the `Inquiry' of the book of the Kings; and reign doth Amaziah his son in his stead.