¹Joas je bil sedem let star, ko je zakraljeval, in vladal je štirideset let v Jeruzalemu; in materi njegovi je bilo ime Zibija iz Bersebe.

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.

²In Joas je delal, kar je bilo prav v očeh GOSPODOVIH vse dni, dokler je živel Jojada duhovnik.

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

³In Jojada mu je zasnubil dve ženi, in rodil je sinove in hčere.

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

⁴In zgodi se potem, da se nameni Joas obnoviti hišo GOSPODOVO.

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

⁵In skliče duhovnike in levite in jim veli: Pojdite po mestih Judovih in zbirajte denar od vsega Izraela v popravo hiše Boga svojega leto za letom; hitite pa s tem! Ali leviti niso hiteli.

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.

⁶Tedaj pokliče Joas poglavarja Jojada ter mu reče: Zakaj ne siliš levitov, da bi nosili z Judovega in iz Jeruzalema davek, ki ga je naložil Mojzes, hlapec GOSPODOV, zboru Izraelovemu za šator pričevanja?

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?

⁷Kajti tista brezbožnica Atalija in njeni sinovi so razdrapali hišo Božjo in vse, kar je bilo posvečenega hiši Božji, so zapravili za Baale!

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.'

⁸Kralj torej zapove, in narede skrinjo ter jo postavijo zunaj pri vratih hiše GOSPODOVE.

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

⁹In objavijo razglas po Judovem in Jeruzalemu, naj se prinaša GOSPODU davščina, ki jo je Mojzes, hlapec GOSPODOV, naložil Izraelu v puščavi.

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.

¹⁰In veselili so se vsi poglavarji in vse ljudstvo, in prinašali so ter metali v skrinjo, dokler niso dokončali.

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

¹¹In kadar je prišel čas, da leviti prineso skrinjo kraljevim uradnikom, in ko so videli, da je v njej mnogo denarja, je prišel kraljev pisar in prvega duhovnika uradnik, in sta izpraznila skrinjo; in zopet so jo odnesli na njeno mesto. Tako so delali vsak dan, da so nabrali veliko denarja.

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.

¹²In kralj in Jojada sta ga dajala tistim, ki so vodili delo službe pri hiši GOSPODOVI, in oni so najemali kamenoseke in tesarje, da obnove hišo GOSPODOVO, tudi obdelovalce železa in brona, da se popravi hiša GOSPODOVA.

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.

¹³In delavci so pridno delali, da je poprava dobro napredovala po njih rokah, in postavili so hišo Božjo v njen prejšnji stan in jo utrdili.

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.

¹⁴In ko so dokončali, so prinesli, kar je bilo ostalo denarja, pred kralja in Jojada; iz tega so se napravile posode za hišo GOSPODOVO, priprave za službo in darovanje, torila in zlate in srebrne posode. In darovali so žgalne daritve v hiši GOSPODOVI neprenehoma, dokler je Jojada živel.

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.

¹⁵A Jojada se je postaral in je, dni svojih sit, umrl; sto in trideset let je bil star, ko je umrl.

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

¹⁶In pokopali so ga v mestu Davidovem med kralji, zato ker je dobro delal Izraelu in proti Bogu in hiši njegovi.

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.

¹⁷Po smrti Jojadovi pa pridejo poglavarji Judovi in store poklon kralju. In kralj jim je ugodil.

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,

¹⁸In zapustili so hišo GOSPODA, Boga očetov svojih, in služili Ašeram in malikom. In srd Božji je prišel nad Judo in nad Jeruzalem zavoljo te njih pregrehe.

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.

¹⁹Pošiljal pa je k njim proroke, da jih izpreobrnejo do GOSPODA, in ti so jih svarili, ali niso hoteli poslušati.

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

²⁰Tedaj obleče duh Božji v moč Zaharija, sina Jojada duhovnika, in se ustopi nad ljudstvom ter jim reče: Tako pravi Bog: Zakaj prestopate zapovedi GOSPODOVE? To vam ne prinese sreče! Ker ste zapustili GOSPODA, je tudi on, zapustil vas.

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.'

²¹Oni so se pa zarotili zoper njega in ga posuli s kamenjem po kraljevi zapovedi na dvorišču hiše GOSPODOVE.

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

²²In Joas kralj se ni spomnil dobrote, ki jo je bil storil oče Jojada njemu, ampak je umoril sina njegovega. Ko je ta umiral, je dejal: GOSPOD to poglej in kaznuj!

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.'

²³In zgodilo se je ob koncu leta, da je šla gori vojska Sircev zoper njega, in ko so prišli na Judovo in v Jeruzalem, pobijejo vse ljudske vojvode izmed ljudstva in ves njih plen pošljejo kralju v Damask.

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,

²⁴Dasi je prišla vojska Sircev z maloštevilnim moštvom, je vendar GOSPOD dal jako veliko vojsko njej v roke, ker so bili zapustili GOSPODA, Boga očetov svojih. In tako so Sirci izvršili sodbo nad Joasom.

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.

²⁵In ko so bili odšli od njega – kajti zapustili so ga v velikih bolečinah – so se zarotili zoper njega hlapci njegovi zaradi krvi sinov Jojadovih ter ga umorili na postelji njegovi; in umrl je in so ga pokopali v mestu Davidovem, ali ne v grobih kraljevskih.

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.

²⁶In ta sta, ki sta se zarotila zoper njega: Zabad, sin Simeate Amonke, in Jozabad, sin Simrite Moabke.O njegovih sinovih pa in o velikosti naloženih mu bremen ter o popravljanju hiše Božje, glej, pisano je v razlagi knjige kraljev. In Amazija, sin njegov, je zakraljeval na mestu njegovem.

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

²⁷O njegovih sinovih pa in o velikosti naloženih mu bremen ter o popravljanju hiše Božje, glej, pisano je v razlagi knjige kraljev. In Amazija, sin njegov, je zakraljeval na mestu njegovem.

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.