¹V sedmem letu se pa ojunači Jojada in vzame k sebi poveljnike čez sto, Azarija, sina Jerohamovega, in Izmaela, sina Johananovega, in Azarija, sina Obedovega, in Maaseja, sina Adajevega, in Elisafata, sina Zihrijevega, ter sklene ž njimi zavezo.

¹And in the seventh year hath Jehoiada strengthened himself, and taketh the heads of the hundreds, even Azariah son of Jeroham, and Ishmael son of Jehohanan, and Azariah son of Obed, and Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri, with him into covenant.

²Ti gredo okoli po Judovem in zbero levite iz vseh mest Judovih in poglavarje očetovin Izraelovih, in pridejo v Jeruzalem.

²And they go round about in Judah, and gather the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and heads of the fathers of Israel, and come in unto Jerusalem,

³In ves ta zbor sklene zavezo s kraljem v hiši Božji. In Jojada jim reče: Glejte, kraljev sin ima kraljevati, kakor je GOSPOD govoril za sinove Davidove.

³and all the assembly make a covenant in the house of God with the king, and he saith to them, `Lo, the son of the king doth reign, as Jehovah spake concerning the sons of David.

⁴To je reč, ki jo boste storili: tretjina vas duhovnikov in levitov, ki prihajate noter v soboto, bodete na straži med vrati,

⁴`This [is] the thing that ye do: The third of you, going in on the sabbath, of the priests, and of the Levites, [are] for gatekeepers of the thresholds,

⁵tretjina pa bodi ob hiši kraljevi in tretjina pri temeljnih vratih; in vse ljudstvo bodi na dvoriščih hiše GOSPODOVE.

⁵and the third [are] at the house of the king, and the third at the gate of the foundation, and all the people [are] in the courts of the house of Jehovah.

⁶A nihče naj ne stopi v hišo GOSPODOVO razen duhovnikov in tistih levitov, ki strežejo: oni smejo iti noter, ker so sveti; ali vse ljudstvo bodi služno na straži GOSPODOVI.

⁶`And none doth enter the house of Jehovah except the priests, and those ministering of the Levites (they go in for they [are] holy), and all the people keep the watch of Jehovah:

⁷In leviti obkrožijo kralja vseokrog, vsak držeč orožje v roki; in kdor bi stopil v hišo, bodi umorjen; in bodite pri kralju, ko pojde ven in ko pojde noter.

⁷and the Levites have compassed the king round about, each with his weapon in his hand, and he who hath gone in unto the house is put to death; and be ye with the king in his coming in and in his going out.'

⁸Leviti torej in ves Juda so storili vse, kakor jim je zapovedal Jojada duhovnik: vsak vzame k sebi može svoje, tiste, ki so imeli priti služit v soboto, s tistimi, ki jim je bilo oditi v soboto, zakaj Jojada ni bil odpustil teh oddelkov.

⁸And the Levites and all Judah do according to all that Jehoiada the priest hath commanded, and take each his men going in on the sabbath, with those going out on the sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest hath not let away the courses.

⁹In Jojada duhovnik izroči poveljnikom nad sto sulice in ščite in orožje kralja Davida, ki je bilo v hiši GOSPODOVI.

⁹And Jehoiada the priest giveth to the heads of the hundreds the spears, and the shields, and the bucklers that [are] king David's, that [are] in the house of God;

¹⁰In razpostavil je vse ljudstvo, vsakega z orožjem v roki, od desne do leve strani hiše, poleg oltarja in poleg hiše, okoli kralja.

¹⁰and he stationeth the whole of the people, and each his dart in his hand, from the right shoulder of the house unto the left shoulder of the house, at the altar, and at the house, by the king, round about.

¹¹Nato pripeljejo ven sina kraljevega in denejo krono nanj ter mu dado pričevanje in ga postavijo za kralja, in Jojada in sinovi njegovi ga pomazilijo; in kličejo: Živel kralj!

¹¹And they bring out the son of the king, and put upon him the crown, and the testimony, and cause him to reign; and Jehoiada and his sons anoint him, and say, `Let the king live!'

¹²Ko pa je Atalija slišala glas ljudstva, ki je pritekalo in kralja hvalilo, pride k ljudstvu v hišo GOSPODOVO.

¹²And Athaliah heareth the voice of the people who are running, and who are praising the king, and she cometh in unto the people in the house of Jehovah,

¹³In pogleda in glej, kralj stoji ob svojem stebru pri vhodu in poveljniki in trobente okoli kralja, in vse ljudstvo dežele se veseli in trobijo na trobente, pevci pojo tudi z glasbenim orodjem hvalospeve. Tedaj si raztrga Atalija oblačila in reče: Zarota, zarota!

¹³and seeth, and lo, the king is standing by his pillar in the entrance, and the heads, and the trumpets [are] by the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and shouting with trumpets, and the singers with instruments of song, and the teachers, to praise, and Athaliah rendeth her garments, and saith, `Conspiracy, conspiracy.'

¹⁴In Jojada duhovnik gre ven s poveljniki nad sto, ki so bili na čelu vojske, in jim veli: Odpeljite jo ven med vrstami, in kdor bi šel za njo, njega ubijte z mečem! kajti duhovnik je rekel: Ne ubijte je v hiši GOSPODOVI!

¹⁴And Jehoiada the priest bringeth out the heads of the hundreds, inspectors of the force, and saith unto them, `Take her out from within the rows, and he who hath gone after her is put to death by the sword;' for the priest said, `Put her not to death [in] the house of Jehovah.'

¹⁵In polože roko nanjo; in šla je skozi vhod Konjskih vrat do kraljeve hiše, in ondi so jo umorili.

¹⁵And they make for her sides, and she cometh in unto the entrance of the gate of the horses at the house of the king, and they put her to death there.

¹⁶Tedaj sklene Jojada zavezo med seboj in vsem ljudstvom in kraljem, da bodo ljudstvo GOSPODOVO.

¹⁶And Jehoiada maketh a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, to be for a people to Jehovah;

¹⁷In vse ljudstvo je šlo v hišo Baalovo in so jo porušili, oltarje in podobe njegove pa so strli v kosce, in Matana, duhovnika Baalovega, so umorili pred oltarji.

¹⁷and all the people enter the house of Baal, and break it down, yea, his altars and his images they have broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars.

¹⁸In Jojada je poveril službe hiše GOSPODOVE oblasti duhovnikov levitov, ki jih je porazdelil David v hiši GOSPODOVI, da darujejo žgalščine GOSPODOVE, kakor je pisano v zakonu Mojzesovem, z veseljem in petjem, po naredbi Davidovi.

¹⁸And Jehoiada putteth the offices of the house of Jehovah into the hand of the priests the Levites whom David had apportioned over the house of Jehovah, to cause to ascend the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as written in the law of Moses, with joy, and with singing, by the hands of David;

¹⁹In postavil je vratarje pri vratih hiše GOSPODOVE, da ne bi noter šel nihče, ki bi bil kakorkoli nečist.

¹⁹and he stationeth the gatekeepers over the gates of the house of Jehovah, and the unclean in anything doth not go in.

²⁰In vzame poveljnike nad sto in plemenitnike ter oblastnike v ljudstvu in vse ljudstvo dežele ter pripelje kralja doli iz hiše GOSPODOVE, in pridejo skozi zgornja vrata v hišo kraljevo in posade kralja na kraljestva prestol.In vse ljudstvo dežele se je veselilo in mesto je imelo mir. Atalijo pa so bili umorili z mečem.

²⁰And he taketh the heads of the hundreds, and the honourable ones, and the rulers among the people, and all the people of the land, and bringeth down the king from the house of Jehovah, and they come in through the high gate to the house of the king, and cause the king to sit on the throne of the kingdom.

²¹In vse ljudstvo dežele se je veselilo in mesto je imelo mir. Atalijo pa so bili umorili z mečem.

²¹And all the people of the land rejoice, and the city hath been quiet, and Athaliah they have put to death by the sword.