2 Chronicles 24
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].
Quando Ioas divenne re aveva sette anni; regnò quarant'anni in Gerusalemme. Sua madre, di Bersabea, si chiamava Sibia.
2 Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was [the Supreme] Priest.
Ioas fece ciò che è retto agli occhi del Signore finché visse il sacerdote Ioiadà.
3 Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.
Ioiadà gli diede due mogli ed egli generò figli e figlie.
4 Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired.
In seguito, Ioas decise di restaurare il tempio.
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.
Radunò i sacerdoti e i leviti e disse loro: «Andate nelle città di Giuda e raccogliete ogni anno da tutti gli Israeliti denaro per restaurare il tempio del vostro Dio. Cercate di sollecitare il lavoro». Ma i leviti non mostrarono nessuna fretta.
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?”
Allora il re convocò Ioiadà loro capo e gli disse: «Perché non hai richiesto dai leviti che portassero da Giuda e da Gerusalemme la tassa prescritta da Mosè servo del Signore e fissata dall'assemblea di Israele per la tenda della testimonianza?
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.
L'empia Atalia, infatti, e i suoi adepti hanno dilapidato il tempio di Dio; perfino tutte le cose consacrate del tempio hanno adoperato per i Baal».
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.
Per ordine del re fecero una cassa, che posero davanti alla porta del tempio.
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.
Quindi fecero un proclama in Giuda e in Gerusalemme perché si portasse al Signore la tassa imposta da Mosè servo di Dio a Israele nel deserto.
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.
Tutti i capi e tutto il popolo si rallegrarono e portarono il denaro che misero nella cassa fino a riempirla.
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.
Quando la cassa veniva portata per l'ispezione reale affidata ai leviti ed essi vedevano che c'era molto denaro, allora veniva lo scriba del re e l'ispettore nominato dal sommo sacerdote, vuotavano la cassa, quindi la prendevano e la ricollocavano al suo posto. Facevano così ogni giorno e così misero insieme molto denaro.
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].
Il re e Ioiadà lo diedero ai dirigenti dei lavori addetti al tempio ed essi impegnarono scalpellini e falegnami per le riparazioni del tempio; anche lavoratori del ferro e del bronzo si misero al lavoro per riparare il tempio.
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.
I dirigenti dei lavori si mostrarono molto attivi; per la loro opera le riparazioni progredirono; essi riportarono il tempio di Dio allo stato di una volta e lo consolidarono.
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.
Quando ebbero finito, portarono davanti al re e a Ioiadà il resto del denaro e con esso fecero arredi per il tempio: vasi per il servizio liturgico e per gli olocausti, coppe e altri oggetti d'oro e d'argento. Finché visse Ioiadà, si offrirono sempre olocausti nel tempio.
15 Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old.
Ma Ioiadà, divenuto vecchio e sazio di anni, morì a centotrenta anni.
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.
Lo seppellirono nella città di Davide con i re, perché aveva agito bene in Israele per il servizio del Signore e per il suo tempio.
17 After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash, bowed in front of him, and persuaded him to do what they wanted.
Dopo la morte di Ioiadà, i capi di Giuda andarono a prostrarsi davanti al re, che allora diede loro ascolto.
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.
Costoro trascurarono il tempio del Signore Dio dei loro padri, per venerare i pali sacri e gli idoli. Per questa loro colpa si scatenò l'ira di Dio su Giuda e su Gerusalemme.
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.
Il Signore mandò loro profeti perché li facessero ritornare a lui. Essi comunicarono loro il proprio messaggio, ma non furono ascoltati.
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.’”
Allora lo spirito di Dio investì Zaccaria, figlio del sacerdote Ioiadà, che si alzò in mezzo al popolo e disse: «Dice Dio: perché trasgredite i comandi del Signore? Per questo non avete successo; poiché avete abbandonato il Signore, anch'egli vi abbandona».
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.
Ma congiurarono contro di lui e per ordine del re lo lapidarono nel cortile del tempio.
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].”
Il re Ioas non si ricordò del favore fattogli da Ioiadà padre di Zaccaria, ma ne uccise il figlio, che morendo disse: «Il Signore lo veda e ne chieda conto!».
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.]
All'inizio dell'anno successivo, marciò contro Ioas l'esercito degli Aramei. Essi vennero in Giuda e in Gerusalemme, sterminarono fra il popolo tutti i capi e inviarono l'intero bottino al re di Damasco.
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.
L'esercito degli Aramei era venuto con pochi uomini, ma il Signore mise nelle loro mani un grande esercito, perché essi avevano abbandonato il Signore Dio dei loro padri. Gli Aramei fecero giustizia di Ioas.
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.
Quando furono partiti, lasciandolo gravemente malato, i suoi ministri ordirono una congiura contro di lui per vendicare il figlio del sacerdote Ioiadà e lo uccisero nel suo letto. Così egli morì e lo seppellirono nella città di Davide, ma non nei sepolcri dei re.
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].
Questi furono i congiurati contro di lui: Zabàd figlio di Simeat, l'Ammonita, e Iozabàd figlio di Simrit, il Moabita.
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.
Quanto riguarda i suoi figli, la quantità dei tributi da lui riscossi, il restauro del tempio di Dio, ecco tali cose sono descritte nella memoria del libro dei re. Al suo posto divenne re suo figlio Amazia.
