2 Chronicles, 24

1. Joash was seven years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zibiah, from Beersheba.

1. Joašu je bilo sedam godina kad se zakraljio, a kraljevao je èetrdeset godina u Jeruzalemu. Materi mu je bilo ime Sibja iz Beer Šebe.

2. And he did what is good before the Lord during all the days of Jehoiada, the priest.

2. Joaš je èinio što je pravo u Jahvinim oèima dok je bio živ sveæenik Jojada.

3. Now Jehoiada gave to him two wives, from whom he conceived sons and daughters.

3. Jojada ga je oženio dvjema ženama i on je s njima imao sinova i kæeri.

4. After these things, it pleased Joash to repair the house of the Lord.

4. Poslije toga nakanio je u srcu obnoviti Jahvin Dom.

5. And he gathered together the priests and Levites, and he said to them: “Go out to the cities of Judah, and collect from all of Israel money to repair the surfaces of the temple of your God, throughout each year. And do this promptly.” But the Levites acted negligently.

5. Skupivši sveæenike i levite, reèe im: "Zaðite po judejskim gradovima i kupite od svih Izraelaca novaca da se obnovi Dom vašega Boga, od godine do godine, a vi pohitite s tim poslom." Ali se levitima nije htjelo.

6. And the king summoned Jehoiada, the leader, and he said to him: “Why was there no concern with you, so that you would compel the Levites to bring, from Judah and from Jerusalem, the money that was appointed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, so as to bring it, from the entire multitude of Israel, to the tabernacle of the testimony?

6. Zato kralj pozva poglavara Jojadu i reèe mu: "Zašto ne tražiš od levita da donose iz Judeje i iz Jeruzalema porez koji je odredio Jahvin sluga Mojsije i Izraelov zbor za Šator svjedoèanstva?

7. For that very impious woman Athaliah and her sons have destroyed the house of God, and they have adorned the shrine of Baal from all the things that had been sanctified in the temple of the Lord.”

7. Atalija i njeni sinovi bijahu poharali Božji Dom, i sve stvari što su bile posveæene Jahvinu Domu upotrijebili su za baale."

8. Therefore, the king instructed, and they made an ark. And they placed it beside the gate of the house of the Lord, on the outside.

8. Potom kralj zapovjedi da se napravi kovèeg i stavi izvana na vrata Jahvina Doma.

9. And they proclaimed, in Judah and Jerusalem, that each one should bring to the Lord the money that Moses, the servant of God, appointed in the desert, concerning all of Israel.

9. Oglasiše po Judi i Jeruzalemu da se donosi Jahvi porez što ga bijaše odredio Božji sluga Mojsije Izraelu u pustinji.

10. And all the leaders and all the people rejoiced. And upon entering, they together took and placed so much into the ark of the Lord that it was filled.

10. Obradovaše se svi knezovi i sav narod i poèeše donositi i bacati u kovèeg dok se nije napunio.

11. And when it was time for them to bring the ark before the king by the hands of the Levites, for they saw that there was much money, the scribe of the king, and the one whom the high priest had appointed, entered. And they poured out the money that was in the ark. Then they carried the ark back to its place. And they did this on each day. And an immense sum of money was gathered.

11. Leviti bi donosili kovèeg kraljevskom nadgledništvu, i kad bi se vidjelo da ima mnogo novaca, dolazio je kraljev tajnik i povjerenik sveæenièkog poglavara te bi ispraznili kovèeg. Onda su ga opet odnosili i stavljali na njegovo mjesto. Tako su èinili svaki dan i sabrali mnogo novca.

12. And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were in charge of the works of the house of the Lord. Then with it they hired hewers of stone, and artisans of every kind, so that they might repair the house of the Lord, and also so that the works of iron and of brass, which had begun to fall, would be reinforced.

12. Onda su ga kralj i Jojada davali poslovoðama nad poslom oko Jahvina Doma, a oni su za plaæu unajmljivali klesare i drvodjelce da se obnovi Jahvin Dom, pa kovaèe i mjedare da se popravi Jahvin Dom.

13. And those who were hired were working industriously. And the breach in the walls was healed by their hands. And they returned the house of the Lord to a pristine state. And they caused it stand firm.

13. Poslovoðe su poslovale i popravljanje je napredovalo pod njihovom upravom; vratili su Božji Dom u red i obnovili ga.

14. And when they had completed all the works, they brought the remaining part of the money before the king and Jehoiada. And from it, the vessels of the temple were made, for the ministry and for the holocausts, including bowls and other vessels of gold and silver. And holocausts were being offered in the house of the Lord continually, during all the days of Jehoiada.

14. A kad su sve svršili, donijeli su pred kralja i Jojadu novce što su ostali; od toga su napravili posuðe za Jahvin Dom, posuðe za posluživanje, za paljenje, plitice i druge zlatne i srebrne predmete. Paljenice su se prinosile u Jahvinu Domu bez prestanka dok je god živio Jojada.

15. But Jehoiada was old and full of days. And he died when he was one hundred thirty years old.

15. Onda je Jojada, ostarjevši i nasitivši se života, umro u sto i tridesetoj godini.

16. And they buried him in the City of David, with the kings, because he had done good to Israel and to his house.

16. Sahranili su ga u Davidovu gradu kod kraljeva, jer je èinio dobro u Izraelu i prema Bogu i njegovu Domu.

17. Then, after Jehoiada passed away, the leaders of Judah entered and reverenced the king. And he was enticed by their obsequiousness, and so he acquiesced to them.

17. Poslije Jojadine smrti došli su Judini knezovi i poklonili se kralju. Tada ih kralj poèe slušati.

18. And they abandoned the temple of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and they served sacred groves and graven images. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of this sin.

18. Judejci bijahu ostavili Jahvu, Boga otaca, i stali služiti ašerama i likovima; došla je Božja srdžba na Judejce i na Jeruzalem za tu krivicu.

19. And he sent prophets to them, so that they might return to the Lord. And though they were offering testimony, they were not willing to listen to them.

19. Slao im je Bog proroke da ih obrate k Jahvi, oni su ih opominjali, ali oni nisu htjeli slušati.

20. And so the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest. And he stood in the sight of the people, and he said to them: “Thus says the Lord God: Why have you transgressed the precept of the Lord, though it was not to your benefit, and why have you abandoned the Lord, so that he would then abandon you?”

20. Tada Božji duh napuni Jojadina sina, sveæenika Zahariju, koji, stavši poviše naroda, reèe: "Ovako veli Bog: 'Zašto kršite Jahvine zapovijedi? Zašto neæete da budete sretni? Kako ste vi ostavili Jahvu, i on æe vas ostaviti.'"

21. And gathering together against him, they stoned him, beside the place of the king, in the atrium of the house of the Lord.

21. Ali su se oni pobunili protiv njega i zasuli ga kamenjem po kraljevoj zapovijedi u predvorju Jahvina Doma.

22. And king Joash did not remember the mercy with which Jehoiada, his father, had treated him; instead he put to death his son. And as he was dying, he said: “May the Lord see and take account.”

22. Ni kralj Joaš ne sjeti se ljubavi koju mu uèini otac Jojada, nego mu ubi sina; a on je umiruæi rekao: "Jahve neka vidi i osveti!"

23. And when a year had turned, the army of Syria ascended against him. And they went to Judah and Jerusalem. And they put to death all the leaders of the people. And they sent all the spoils to the king of Damascus.

23. Kad je prošla godina dana, diže se na nj aramejska vojska i, navalivši na Judu i Jeruzalem, pobi sve knezove u narodu i posla sav plijen kralju u Damask.

24. And although certainly there had arrived a very small number of Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an immense multitude. For they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Also, against Joash they executed disgraceful judgments.

24. Iako je aramejska vojska bila malena po ljudstvu, ipak joj je Jahve predao u ruke vrlo brojnu vojsku, jer ostaviše Jahvu, Boga svojih otaca. Tako su se Aramejci na Joašu osvetili.

25. And upon departing, they left him greatly debilitated. Then his servants rose up against him, in vengeance for the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest. And they killed him on his bed, and he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but not in the sepulchers of the kings.

25. Kad su otišli od njega, ostaviv ga u teškim bolestima, pobuniše se protiv njega njegovi èasnici jer bijaše ubio sina sveæenika Jojade, pa i oni njega ubiše na postelji te je poginuo; sahranili su ga u Davidovu gradu, ali ga nisu ukopali u kraljevskoj grobnici.

26. Truly, those who ambushed him were Zabad, the son of an Ammonite woman named Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of a Moabite woman named Shimrith.

26. Evo onih što se urotiše protiv njega: Zabad, sin Amonke Šimeate, i Jozabad, sin Moapke Šimrite.

27. But concerning his sons, and the sum of money that had been amassed under him, and the repairing of the house of God, these things have been written more diligently in the book of kings. Then his son, Amaziah, reigned in his place.

27. A o njegovim sinovima i o velikim proroštvima protiv njega, o obnavljanju Doma Božjega, sve je zapisano u tumaèenju Knjige o kraljevima. Na njegovo se mjesto zakraljio sin mu Amasja.