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و یوآش هفت ساله بود که پادشاه شد وچهل سال در اورشلیم سلطنت نمود واسم مادرش ظبیه بئرشبعی بود. ۱ 1
Joash was seven years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled in Jerusalem for 40 years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba [city].
و یوآش درتمامی روزهای یهویاداع کاهن، آنچه را که در نظرخداوند راست بود، به عمل می‌آورد. ۲ 2
Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was [the Supreme] Priest.
ویهویاداع دو زن برایش گرفت و او پسران ودختران تولید نمود. ۳ 3
Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.
و بعد از آن، یوآش اراده کرد که خانه خداوند را تعمیر نماید. ۴ 4
Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired.
و کاهنان و لاویان راجمع کرده، به ایشان گفت: «به شهرهای یهودابیرون روید و از تمامی اسرائیل نقره برای تعمیر خانه خدای خود، سال به سال جمع کنید، و دراین کار تعجیل نمایید.» اما لاویان تعجیل ننمودند. ۵ 5
He summoned the priests and other descendants of Levi and said to them, “Go to the towns in Judah and collect from the people the tax money that they are required to pay each year, and use that money to pay for repairing the temple. Do it immediately.” But the descendants of Levi did not do it immediately.
پس پادشاه، یهویاداع رئیس (کهنه ) راخوانده، وی را گفت: «چرا از لاویان بازخواست نکردی که جزیه‌ای را که موسی بنده خداوند وجماعت اسرائیل به جهت خیمه شهادت قرارداده‌اند، از یهودا و اورشلیم بیاورند؟» ۶ 6
So the king summoned Jehoiada and said to him, “Why have you not required the descendants of Levi to bring to Jerusalem from various places in Judah the annual/yearly tax that Moses said that the people of Judah must pay, for taking care of the Sacred Tent?”
زیرا که پسران عتلیای خبیثه، خانه خدا را خراب کرده، وتمامی موقوفات خانه خداوند را صرف بعلیم کرده بودند. ۷ 7
[The temple needed to be repaired] because the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had entered into the temple [and had wrecked some of the things], and had also used some of the sacred items that were in it for [the worship of] Baal.
و پادشاه امر فرمود که صندوقی بسازند و آن را بیرون دروازه خانه خداوند بگذارند. ۸ 8
So, obeying what the king commanded, the descendants of Levi made a chest and placed it outside the temple, at one of the entrances.
و دریهودا و اورشلیم ندا دردادند که جزیه‌ای را که موسی بنده خدا در بیابان بر اسرائیل قرار داده بودبرای خداوند بیاورند. ۹ 9
Then the king sent letters everywhere in Judah, requesting everyone to bring their tax money to the temple, like Moses had required the Israeli people to do [when they were] in the desert.
و جمیع سروران وتمامی قوم آن را به شادمانی آورده، در صندوق انداختند تا پر شد. ۱۰ 10
All the officials and the other people [agreed, and they] brought their contributions gladly. They put the money into the chest until it was full.
و چون صندوق به‌دست لاویان، نزد وکلای پادشاه آورده می‌شد و ایشان می‌دیدند که نقره بسیار هست آنگاه کاتب پادشاه و وکیل رئیس کهنه آمده، صندوق را خالی می‌کردند و آن را برداشته، باز به‌جایش می‌گذاشتند. و روز به روز چنین کرده، نقره بسیارجمع کردند. ۱۱ 11
Whenever the descendants of Levi brought the chest to the king’s officials, and they saw that there was a lot of money in it, the king’s secretary and the assistant to the [Supreme] Priest would take all the money from the chest, and then put the chest back in its place. They did this frequently, and they collected a huge amount of money.
و پادشاه و یهویاداع آن را به آنانی که در کار خدمت خانه خداوند مشغول بودنددادند، و ایشان بنایان و نجاران به جهت تعمیرخانه خداوند و آهنگران و مسگران برای مرمت خانه خداوند اجیر نمودند. ۱۲ 12
The king and Jehoiada gave the money to the men who were supervising the work of repairing the temple. Those men hired stoneworkers and carpenters to repair the temple. They also hired men who worked with iron and bronze to repair things in the temple [that were broken].
پس عمله‌ها به‌کارپرداختند و کار از دست ایشان به انجام رسید وخانه خدا را به حالت اولش برپا داشته، آن رامحکم ساختند. ۱۳ 13
The men who did the repair work worked hard, and the work of repairing the temple progressed. They rebuilt the temple so that it was like it was originally, and they even made it stronger.
و چون آن را تمام کرده بودند، بقیه نقره را نزد پادشاه و یهویاداع آوردند و از آن برای خانه خداوند اسباب یعنی آلات خدمت وآلات قربانی‌ها و قاشقها و ظروف طلا و نقره ساختند، و در تمامی روزهای یهویاداع، قربانی های سوختنی دائم در خانه خداوندمی گذرانیدند. ۱۴ 14
When they had finished the repair work, they brought to the king and to Jehoiada the money that they had not used for the repairs. That money was used to make things to use for offering the sacrifices that were completely burned [on the altar], and to make bowls and other gold and silver things for the temple. As long as Joash lived, the people continually brought to the temple sacrifices that were to be completely burned on the altar.
اما یهویاداع پیر و سالخورده شده، بمرد وحین وفاتش صد و سی ساله بود. ۱۵ 15
Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old.
و او را درشهر داود با پادشاهان دفن کردند، زیرا که دراسرائیل هم برای خدا و هم برای خانه او نیکویی کرده بود. ۱۶ 16
He was buried where the kings had been buried, in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. [He was buried there] because of the good things that he had done in Judah for God and for God’s temple.
و بعد از وفات یهویاداع، سروران یهوداآمدند و پادشاه را تعظیم نمودند و پادشاه در آن وقت به ایشان گوش گرفت. ۱۷ 17
After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash, bowed in front of him, and persuaded him to do what they wanted.
و ایشان خانه یهوه خدای پدران خود را ترک کرده، اشیریم و بتها راعبادت نمودند، و به‌سبب این عصیان ایشان، خشم بر یهودا و اورشلیم افروخته شد. ۱۸ 18
So they and the other people stopped worshiping at the temple, and they started worshiping the poles dedicated to [the goddess] Asherah and other idols. Because of their doing those sinful things, God was very angry with the people of Jerusalem and [with the people in other places in] Judah.
و اوانبیاء نزد ایشان فرستاد تا ایشان را به سوی یهوه برگردانند و ایشان آنها را شهادت دادند، اما ایشان گوش نگرفتند. ۱۹ 19
Although Yahweh sent prophets to persuade them to return to him, and although the prophets told them about the evil things that they had done, the people would not pay attention.
پس روح خدا زکریا ابن یهویاداع کاهن راملبس ساخت و او بالای قوم ایستاده، به ایشان گفت: «خدا چنین می‌فرماید: شما چرا از اوامریهوه تجاوز می‌نمایید؟ پس کامیاب نخواهیدشد. چونکه خداوند را ترک نموده‌اید، او شما راترک نموده است.» ۲۰ 20
Then God’s Spirit came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the [Supreme] Priest. He stood up front of the people and said, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you disobeying what I, Yahweh, have commanded? You have abandoned me, so I will abandon you.’”
و ایشان بر او توطئه نموده، او را به حکم پادشاه در صحن خانه خداوندسنگسار کردند. ۲۱ 21
But the people planned to kill Zechariah. And the king joined them in doing it. The people killed Zechariah by throwing stones at him in the temple courtyard.
پس یوآش پادشاه احسانی را که پدرش یهویاداع، به وی نموده بود، بیاد نیاورد، بلکه پسرش را به قتل رسانید. و چون او می‌مرد، گفت: «خداوند این را ببیند و بازخواست نماید.» ۲۲ 22
King Joash had forgotten about how Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had been kind to him. That’s why he gave orders for the people to kill Jehoiada’s son Zechariah, who said as he was dying, “I hope that Yahweh will see [what you are doing to me] and punish [you for doing it].”
و در وقت تحویل سال، لشکر ارامیان به ضد وی برآمده، به یهودا و اورشلیم داخل شده، جمیع سروران قوم را از میان قوم هلاک ساختند، و تمامی غنیمت ایشان را نزد پادشاه دمشق فرستادند. ۲۳ 23
Near the end of that year (OR, early in the following year), the army of Syria marched to attack [the army of] Joash. They invaded Judah and attacked Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people. They [seized many valuable things and] sent them to their king in Damascus, [their capital city.]
زیرا که لشکر ارام با جمعیت کمی آمدند و خداوند لشکر بسیار عظیمی به‌دست ایشان تسلیم نمود، چونکه یهوه خدای پدران خود را ترک کرده بودند، پس بر یوآش قصاص نمودند. ۲۴ 24
The army of Syria [that came to Judah] was very small, but Yahweh allowed them to defeat the large army of Judah, because he was punishing Joash and the other people of Judah for having abandoned him, the God whom their ancestors worshiped.
و چون از نزد او رفتند (زیرا که او را درمرضهای سخت واگذاشتند)، بندگانش به‌سبب خون پسران یهویاداع کاهن، براو فتنه انگیخته، اورا بر بسترش کشتند. و چون مرد، او را در شهرداود دفن کردند، اما او را در مقبره پادشاهان دفن نکردند. ۲۵ 25
Before the battle ended, Joash was severely wounded. Then his officials decided to kill him for murdering Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the [Supreme] Priest. They killed him while he was in his bed. He was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, but they did not bury him in the place where the other kings had been buried.
و آنانی که بر او فتنه انگیختند، اینانند: زاباد، پسر شمعه عمونیه و یهوزاباد، پسرشمریت موآبیه. ۲۶ 26
Those who conspired to kill him were Zabad the son of Shimeath, who was a woman from the Ammon [people-group], and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith, who was a woman from the Moab [people-group].
و اما حکایت پسرانش وعظمت وحی که بر او نازل شد و تعمیر خانه خدا، اینک در مدرس تواریخ پادشاهان مکتوب است، و پسرش امصیا در جایش پادشاه شد. ۲۷ 27
An account of the things that were done by the sons of Joash and the many prophecies about Joash and what he did to repair the temple are written in the scroll called ‘the History of the Kings [of Judah and Israel]’. Then after Joash died, Amaziah his son became the king.

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