2 Kings, 12

1. In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash reigned. And he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebiah from Beersheba.

1. Joašu je bilo sedam godina kad se zakraljio.

2. And Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the Lord, during all the days that Jehoiada, the priest, taught him.

2. Sedme godine Jehuova kraljevanja Joaš je postao kraljem i kraljevao je èetrdeset godina u Jeruzalemu. Majka mu se zvala Sibja i bila je iz Beer Šebe.

3. Yet still he did not take away the high places. For the people were still immolating, and burning incense, in the high places.

3. Joaš je èinio što je pravo u oèima Jahve svega svog vijeka jer ga je pouèavao sveæenik Jojada.

4. And Jehoash said to the priests: “All of the money for the holy things, which has been brought into the temple of the Lord from those who pass by, which is offered for the price of a soul, and which they bring into the temple of the Lord willingly, from their own free heart:

4. Ali uzvišica nisu srušili i narod je svejednako prinosio žrtve i kad na uzvišicama.

5. let the priests, according to their ranks, take and use it in order to repair the surfaces of the house, wherever they see anything in need of repair.”

5. Joaš reèe sveæenicima: "Sav novac od posveæenih darova što se donosi u Dom Jahvin, novac koji je nekomu nametnut procjenom i novac što ga tko od svoje volje donose u Dom Jahvin

6. And yet, even until the twenty-third year of king Jehoash, the priests did not repair the surfaces of the temple.

6. neka sveæenici uzimaju svaki od svoga znanca i oni neka tim poprave Dom gdje god se naðe koje ošteæenje."

7. And king Jehoash called the high priest, Jehoiada, and the priests, saying to them: “Why have you not repaired the surfaces of the temple? Therefore, you may no longer accept money according to your ranks. Instead, return it in order that the temple may be repaired.”

7. Ali u dvadeset i treæoj godini kraljevanja Joaševa sveæenici nisu još popravili Doma.

8. And so the priests were prohibited from accepting any more money from the people to repair the surfaces of the house.

8. Tada kralj Joaš pozva sveæenika Jojadu i druge sveæenike i reèe im: "Zašto ne popravljate Dom? Odsad ne smijete više sebi uzimati novac od svojih znanaca nego ga morate dati za popravak Doma."

9. And the high priest, Jehoiada, took a certain chest, and he opened a hole in the top, and he placed it beside the altar, to the right of those who were entering the house of the Lord. And the priests who kept the doors put all the money in it which was being brought into the temple of the Lord.

9. Sveæenici pristadoše da ne uzimaju novac od naroda, ali ni Doma da ne popravljaju.

10. And when they saw that there was a great amount of money in the chest, the scribe of the king and the high priest went up and poured it out. And they counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord.

10. Tada sveæenik Jojada uze kovèeg, proreza rupu na zaklopcu i stavi ga uza žrtvenik, zdesna od ulaza u Dom Jahvin. Sveæenici, èuvari praga, stavljali su u nj sav novac sabran u Domu Jahvinu.

11. And they gave it out, by number and measure, to the hands of those who were over the masons of the house of the Lord. And they weighed it out to the carpenters and masons, to those who were working in the house of the Lord

11. Kad bi se vidjelo da u kovèegu ima mnogo novaca, došao bi kraljev tajnik s velikim sveæenikom te bi prebrojili i zavezali novac koji se nalazio u Domu Jahvinu.

12. and restoring the surfaces, and to those who were cutting stones, and buying timber and stones to be cut, so that the repairs to the house of the Lord might be finished: for all that was needed toward the expenses in order to strengthen the house.

12. Prebrojeni novac uruèivao se upraviteljima poslova oko popravka Doma Jahvina, a oni su isplaæivali drvodjeljama i graditeljima koji su radili u Domu Jahvinu

13. Yet truly, from the same money, they did not make for the temple of the Lord water pitchers, or small hooks, or censers, or trumpets, or any vessel of gold or silver, from the money that was brought into the temple of the Lord.

13. i zidarima i klesaèima kamena, i za nabavu drveta i tesanog kamena odreðena za popravak Doma Jahvina, ukratko: za troškove oko popravka Doma.

14. For it was given to those who were doing the work, so that the temple of the Lord might be repaired.

14. Ali u Domu Jahvinu nisu se pravile srebrne èaše, ni noževi, ni plitice, ni trube, niti bilo kakav predmet od zlata ili srebra za novac koji je darovan,

15. And they did not ration the money to the men who received it in order to distribute it to the artisans. Instead, they bestowed it with faith.

15. nego su ga davali radnicima koje su najmili za popravak Jahvina Doma.

16. Yet truly, the money for offenses and the money for sins, they did not bring into the temple of the Lord, since it was for the priests.

16. Nije se tražio obraèun od ljudi kojima su predavali novac da ga daju radnicima, jer su oni radili savjesno.

17. Then Hazael, the king of Syria, ascended and fought against Gath, and he captured it. And he directed his face, so that he might ascend against Jerusalem.

17. Novac naknadnice i okajnice nije se unosio u Dom Jahvin, nego je pripao sveæenicima.

18. For this reason, Jehoash, the king of Judah, took all the sanctified things, which Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, the kings of Judah, had consecrated and which he himself had offered, and all the silver that could be found in the treasuries of the temple of the Lord and in the palace of the king, and he sent it to Hazael, the king of Syria. And so he withdrew from Jerusalem.

18. Tada Hazael, aramejski kralj, poðe u rat protiv Gata i osvoji ga. Zatim odluèi poæi protiv Jeruzalema.

19. Now the rest of the words of Jehoash, and all that he did, have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Judah?

19. Joaš, judejski kralj, uze sve posveæene darove koje su posvetili judejski kraljevi, njegovi oci: Jošafat, Joram i Ahazja, sve što je sam prikazao i sve zlato koje se našlo u riznicima Doma Jahvina i kraljevskog dvora. Sve to posla Hazaelu, aramejskom kralju, i tako se ovaj udalji od Jeruzalema.

20. Then his servants rose up and conspired among themselves. And they struck down Jehoash, at the house of Millo, on the descent of Silla.

20. Ostala povijest Joaševa i sve što je uèinio, zar sve to nije zapisano u knjizi Ljetopisa kraljeva judejskih?

21. For Jozacar, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the city of David. And Amaziah, his son, reigned in his place.

21. Njegovi èasnici ustadoše i skovaše zavjeru; ubiše Joaša u Bet Milu kad je u nj silazio.

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22. Njegovi èasnici Jozakar, sin Šimatov, i Jozabad, sin Šomerov, zadaše mu smrtni udarac. Pokopali su ga kraj njegovih otaca u Davidovu gradu, a njegov sin Amasja zakralji se mjesto njega.