Luo Tokosra 12

1 In yac akitkosr ke pacl Jehu el tokosra lun acn Israel, Joash el tokosra lun Judah, ac el leum in Jerusalem ke yac angngaul. Nina kial pa Zibiah, sie mutan ke siti Beersheba.

Joash became king in the seventh year of the reign of Jehu, and he reigned in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

2 In moul lal nufon el oru ma LEUM GOD El insewowo kac mweyen mwet tol Jehoiada el lotel.

Joash did what was right in the Lord's sight during the years that Jehoiada the priest advised him.

3 Tusruktu tiana kunausyukla nien alu lun mwet pegan, ac mwet uh srakna orek kisa ac akosak mwe keng we.

Even so, the high places were not removed—the people went on sacrificing and presenting burnt offerings at these places.

4 Joash el pangoneni mwet tol ac sap elos in liyaung na mani ma orekeni ke pacl in kisa ke Tempul, kewana mani ma pakpuki nu ke kisa, ac mani ma mwet uh sang ke insewowo.

Joash told the priests, “Collect together all the money that is brought as holy offerings to the Lord's Temple, whether the census money, the money from individual vows, and the money brought as a voluntary donation to the Lord's Temple.

5 Ma kunen kais sie mwet tol in liyaung mani ma orekeni sin mwet el karingin. Mani inge ma ac orekmakinyuk nu ke akwoyeyen acn musalla ke Tempul, ke pacl eneneyuk uh.

Let each priest receive the money from those who give, and use it to repair whatever damage is discovered in the Temple.”

6 Tusruktu ke yac aklongoul tolu ke pacl in leum lal Joash, mwet tol ah soenna orala kutu orekma in akwoyela acn musalla ke Tempul.

But by the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, the priests still had not repaired the damage to the Temple.

7 Ouinge Joash el pangnol Jehoiada ac mwet tol sayal ac siyuk selos, “Efu ku kowos tiana akwoye acn musalla ke Tempul uh? Ingela, kowos fah tia sifil liyaung mani kowos orani uh. Use in sang akwoyela Tempul.”

So King Joash called together Jehoiada and the other priests and asked, “Why haven't you repaired the damage in the Temple? Don't use any more money you're given for yourselves, instead hand it over to others to repair the Temple.”

8 Mwet tol elos insese in tia sifil sruok mani uh, ac elos insese pac tuh elos ac tia mukuikui ke akwoye Tempul uh.

The priests agreed not to receive any more money from the people, and that they wouldn't carry out the repairs to the Temple themselves.

9 Na Jehoiada el eis box se ac orala pat se ke kafa ah, ac likiya pe loang se ma oan ke layen layot ke mwet uh ac utyak nu in Tempul uh. Mwet tol su orekma ke mutunoa uh ac sang mani nukewa ma orekeni sin mwet alu uh nu in box se inge.

Jehoiada the priest took a large wooden box, cut a hole in its lid, and placed it on the right side of the altar next to the entrance to the Lord's Temple. There the priests who guarded the doorway put all the money brought into the Lord's Temple into the collection box.

10 Pacl nukewa ma ac yohk mani orekeni nu in box sac, na mwet sim lun tokosra ac mwet Tol Fulat ac tuku ac munanla silver uh in kofelik, ac pauniya.

Whenever they saw there was a lot of money in the box, the king's secretary and the high priest would come, count the money brought into the Lord's Temple, and put it into bags.

11 Tukun elos simusla lupan mani silver inge, na ac itukyang nu sin mwet ma kol orekma ke Tempul an, ac ma inge ac sang moli kamtu, mwet musa,

Then they weighed out the money and gave it to the supervisors of the work on the Lord's Temple. They paid the ones doing the work—the carpenters, builders,

12 mwet akmusra, mwet tufahl eot, ac molela sak ac eot ma orekmakinyuk, ac in moli ma nukewa ma eneneyuk saya.

masons, and stonecutters. They also bought the timber and blocks of cut stone needed for the repair of the Lord's Temple, and paid all the other costs of restoring the Temple.

13 Tusruktu mani inge tia orekmakinyuk in sang moli mwet orek cup silver, pol, mwe ukuk, ku kufwa in akwoye lam, ku kutena kain ma orek ke silver ku gold.

However, the money collected for the Lord's Temple was not used for making silver basins, lamp trimmers, bowls, trumpets, or any items of gold or silver for the Lord's Temple.

14 Orekmakinyukla nufon in moli mwet orekma, ac in moli kufwa nu ke akwoye lohm.

It was used to pay the workers doing the repairs to the Lord's Temple.

15 Mwet karingin orekma uh elos arulana suwohs ke orekma lalos, pwanang tia eneneyuk elos in akpwayei ouiyen orekma lalos ke mani.

No accounts were demanded from the men who received the money to pay the workers because they did everything honestly.

16 Mani ma orekeni ke mwe kisa in akfalye ma koluk lukma, ku mwe kisa ke ma koluk, tia wi itukyang nu in box sac, mweyen ma inge ma lun mwet tol.

The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not collected for the Lord's Temple because it belonged to the priests.

17 In pacl sac, Tokosra Hazael lun Syria el mweuni siti Gath ac eisla acn we, na el wotela mu el ac mweuni pac acn Jerusalem.

Around this time Hazael, king of Aram, went and attacked Gath, and captured it. Then he marched to attack Jerusalem.

18 Tokosra Joash lun Judah el orani mani in kisa nukewa ma tuh orekeni ac kisaiyukla nu sin LEUM GOD sel Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, ac Ahaziah, su tokosra meet lukel, ac sang ma inge weang mwe sang lal sifacna wi gold nukewa ma oan in nien fwil mwe kasrup in Tempul ac in lohm sin tokosra, ac supwala nufon ma inge in mwe lung nu sel Tokosra Hazael. Na Hazael el us mwet mweun lal ac som liki acn Jerusalem.

So King Joash of Judah took all the holy objects dedicated by his forefathers Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah, along with all the items he had dedicated himself, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the Lord's Temple and the royal palace, and he sent everything to Hazael, king of Aram. So Hazael retreated from Jerusalem.

19 Ma nukewa saya ma Tokosra Joash el orala simla oasr in [Sramsram Matu Ke Tokosra Lun Judah].

The rest of what happened in Joash's reign and all that he did are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.

20 Mwet pwapa lal Joash elos orala pwapa lukma lalos ac unilya ke lohm se ke acn koaneyukla kutulap in Jerusalem ke inkanek soko ma oatula nu Silla.

His officials plotted against him and murdered him at Beth Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.

21 Jozacar wen natul Shimeath, ac Jehozabad wen natul Shomer, pa sringlilya el misa. Joash el pukpuki inkulyuk lun tokosra in Siti sel David, ac Amaziah wen natul, el aolul in tokosra.

The officials who attacked and killed him were Jozacar, son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, son of Shomer. They buried him with his forefathers in the City of David. His son Amaziah succeeded him as king.