2 Ebyomumirembe 24
1 Yowaasi yalina emyaka musanvu we yafuukira kabaka, era n’afugira emyaka amakumi ana mu Yerusaalemi n’erinnya lya nnyina ye yali Zebbiya ow’e Beeruseba.
Joash 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.
2 Yowaasi n’akola ebirungi mu maaso ga Mukama mu biro byonna ebya Yekoyaada kabona.
And Joash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 Yekoyaada n’amulondera abakyala babiri, era ne bamuzaalira abaana aboobulenzi n’aboobuwala.
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begot sons and daughters.
4 Bwe waayitawo ebbanga, Yowaasi n’ayagala okuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama.
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to renew the house of Jehovah.
5 N’ayita bakabona n’Abaleevi, n’abagamba nti, “Mugende mu bibuga bya Yuda, musolooze ensimbi eza buli mwaka okuva mu Isirayiri yenna, olw’okuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama, era mutandikirewo.” Naye Abaleevi ne batakikolerawo.
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah and collect of all Israel money for the repair of the house of your God from year to year, and ye shall hasten the matter. But the Levites hastened it not.
6 Awo kabaka n’atumya Yekoyaada kabona asinga obukulu, n’amubuuza nti, “Kiki ekyakulobera okugamba Abaleevi, n’ekibiina kya Isirayiri ku lw’eweema ey’Obujulirwa, okuva eri Yuda ne Yerusaalemi okuleetanga omusolo, Musa omuddu wa Katonda gwe yalagira?”
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses the servant of Jehovah [laid upon] the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
7 Mu biro eby’emabegako, batabani ba Asaliya, omukazi oli omubi, baali baamenya ne bayingira mu yeekaalu ya Mukama, ne bakozesa ebintu byonna ebyawongebwa mu yeekaalu ya Mukama, emirimu gya Baali.
For the wicked Athaliah [and] her sons had devastated the house of God; and also all the hallowed things of the house of Jehovah had they employed for the Baals.
8 Awo kabaka n’alagira ne bakola essanduuko, ne bagissa ebweru wa wankaaki wa yeekaalu ya Mukama.
And the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without,
9 Ekiragiro ne kiyita mu Yuda yonna ne mu Yerusaalemi yonna, okuleeteranga Mukama omusolo, Musa omuddu wa Katonda gwe yalagira Isirayiri nga bali mu ddungu.
and they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring to Jehovah the tribute of Moses the servant of God [laid upon] Israel in the wilderness.
10 Abakungu bonna n’abantu bonna ne baleetanga omusolo ogwo nga basanyufu, ne baguteekanga mu ssanduuko, okutuusa lwe yajjulanga.
And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in and cast into the chest, until they had finished.
11 Buli essanduuko bwe yaleetebwanga Abaleevi eri abakungu ba kabaka ne balaba ng’erimu sente nnyingi, omuwandiisi wa kabaka n’omukungu wa kabona asinga obukulu, baagitwalanga ne baziggyamu, ne bagikomyawo mu kifo kyayo. Kino baakikolanga buli lunaku, era ne bakuŋŋaanya ensimbi nnyingi.
And it came to pass at the time the chest was brought for the king's control by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and high priest's officer came, and they emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
12 Kabaka ne Yekoyaada ne bazikwasa abo abaavunaanyizibwanga omulimu gwa yeekaalu ya Mukama, bo ne bapangisa abaagula amayinja n’ababazzi okuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama, n’abalala baali baweesi ba byuma n’ebikomo era nabo nga baakuddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Mukama.
And 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 renew the house of Jehovah, and also such as wrought in iron and bronze, to repair the house of Jehovah.
13 Abasajja abaavunaanyizibwanga omulimu ogwo baali banyiikivu, era n’omulimu ogwo gwali mu mikono gyabwe, era ne baddaabiriza yeekaalu ya Katonda okutuuka ku mutindo gwayo ogugisaanira, ne baginyweza.
So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.
14 Awo bwe baamaliriza, ensimbi ezafikkawo ne bazikomyawo ewa kabaka ne Yekoyaada, ate ezo ne zikozesebwa okukola ebintu eby’omu yeekaalu ya Mukama, eby’obuweereza n’eby’ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa, ne bbakuli ez’obubaane, n’ebibya ebya zaabu ne ffeeza. Era ne baweerangayo ebiweebwayo ebyokebwa mu yeekaalu ya Mukama ennaku zonna eza Yekoyaada.
And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; and they made of it vessels for the house of Jehovah, utensils to minister, and with which to offer up, and cups, and utensils of gold and silver. And they offered up burnt-offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15 Yekoyaada n’akaddiwa, n’awangaala nnyo, n’afa ng’aweza emyaka kikumi mu asatu egy’obukulu.
And Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; he was a hundred and thirty years old when he died.
16 N’aziikibwa mu kibuga kya Dawudi ne bassekabaka, kubanga yakola ebirungi mu Isirayiri, ku lwa Katonda ne ku lwa yeekaalu ye.
And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God and toward his house.
17 Awo Yekoyaada ng’amaze okufa, abakungu ba Yuda ne bajja ne bavuunamira kabaka, n’abawuliriza.
And after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and made obeisance to the king; then the king hearkened to them.
18 Ne baleka yeekaalu ya Mukama, Katonda wa bajjajjaabwe, ne baweerezanga Baasera n’ebifaananyi, obusungu bwa Katonda kyebwava bubuubuukira ku Yuda ne Yerusaalemi.
And they forsook the house of Jehovah the God of their fathers, and served the Asherahs and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
19 Newaakubadde nga Mukama yabatumira bannabbi okubakomyawo gy’ali, ne babalumiriza, tebassaayo mwoyo.
And he sent prophets among them to bring them again to Jehovah, and they testified against them; but they would not give ear.
20 Awo Omwoyo wa Katonda n’akka ku Zekkaliya muzzukulu wa Yekoyaada, n’ayimirira mu maaso g’abantu n’ayogera nti, “Bw’ati bw’ayogera Katonda nti, ‘Lwaki mujeemera amateeka ga Mukama? Temujja kufuna mukisa kukulaakulana. Kubanga muvudde ku Mukama naye kyavudde abaleka.’”
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood up above the people and said unto them, Thus saith God: Wherefore do ye transgress the commandments of Jehovah? And ye cannot prosper; for ye have forsaken Jehovah, and he hath forsaken you.
21 Naye ne basala olukwe okutta Zekkaliya, kabaka n’alagira n’akubibwa amayinja, n’afiira mu luggya lwa yeekaalu ya Mukama.
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
22 Kabaka Yowaasi n’atajjukira kisa Yekoyaada kitaawe wa Zekkaliya kye yamulaga, n’atta mutabani we. Zekkaliya bwe yali ng’afa n’ayogera nti, “Mukama kino akirabe, era akuvunaane.”
And king Joash remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah see and require [it]!
23 Ku nkomerero ey’omwaka, eggye ery’Abasuuli ne lirumba Yowaasi. Ne bajja mu Yuda ne mu Yerusaalemi ne bazikiriza abakungu bonna, ne baweereza omunyago gwonna eri kabaka waabwe e Ddamasiko.
And it came to pass at the end of the year [that] the army of Syria came up against him; and they entered into Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king at Damascus.
24 Newaakubadde ng’eggye ery’Abasuuli ly’ajja n’abasajja batono, Mukama yawaayo eggye eddene ennyo erya Yuda mu mukono gw’Abasuuli kubanga Yuda baava ku Mukama, Katonda wa bajjajjaabwe. Abasuuli ne babonereza Yowaasi.
Truly with a small company of men came the army of the Syrians, but Jehovah delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers; and they executed judgment upon Joash.
25 Awo Abasuuli bwe baavaayo, ne baleka nga Yowaasi alumizibbwa nnyo, era abaddu be ne bamusalira olukwe, olw’omusaayi gw’abaana ba Yekoyaada kabona, gwe yayiwa, ne bamuttira mu kitanda kye. Bwe yafa, n’aziikibwa mu kibuga kya Dawudi, naye si mu masiro ga bassekabaka.
And when they had departed from him (for they left him in great diseases), 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 did not bury him in the sepulchres of the kings.
26 Abaamusalira olukwe baali Zabadi mutabani wa Simeyaasi omukazi Omwamoni, ne Yekozabadi mutabani wa Simulisi omukazi Omumowaabu.
And these are they that conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
27 Ebyafaayo ebikwata ku batabani be, n’ebyamulagulwako, n’eby’okuddaabiriza kwa yeekaalu ya Katonda, byawandiikibwa mu ngero ez’ekitabo ekya bassekabaka. Amaziya mutabani we n’amusikira.
And as to his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] upon him, and the building of the house of God, behold, they are written in the treatise of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
