2 Kings 12

1 In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.

1 以色列王耶户执政第七年，约阿施登基，在耶路撒冷执政四十年。他母亲叫西比亚，是别示巴人。

2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.

2 在耶何耶大祭司的教导下，约阿施一生做耶和华视为正的事。

3 Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.

3 但他没有拆除丘坛，人们仍在那里献祭烧香。

4 Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.

4 约阿施对祭司们说：“你们要收集那些奉献到耶和华殿的圣银，就是人口普查时收取的银子、个人还愿的银子和自愿奉献的银子。

5 Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”

5 每位祭司要从奉献的人手中收取银子，用来修缮殿的破损之处。”

6 By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.

6 可是，直到约阿施王执政第二十三年，祭司仍未动工。

7 So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”

7 约阿施召来耶何耶大祭司及其他祭司，对他们说：“你们为什么还不修殿呢？不要再向奉献的人收银子了，要把所收的银子交出来修殿。”

8 So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

8 祭司们答应不再向民众收钱，但也不动工修殿。

9 Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.

9 耶何耶大祭司在耶和华殿的入口右边的祭坛旁放了一个箱子，箱盖上开了个洞。守门的祭司将奉献到耶和华殿的所有银子放进箱子里。

10 Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.

10 箱子里的银子多了，王的书记和大祭司就把这些耶和华殿里的银子点好，装在袋子里。

11 Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,

11 他们将称好的银子交给修耶和华殿的督工。督工把报酬转交给在殿里工作的木匠、建筑工人、

12 masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.

12 泥水匠和石匠，购买修耶和华殿用的木料和凿好的石头，并支付其他修殿费用。

13 However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.

13 献到耶和华殿里的银子没有用于制造殿里的银碗、灯剪、盆、号及其他金银器皿，

14 Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.

14 而是给工人，用于修耶和华的殿。

15 No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.

15 经手银子的督工们办事忠诚可靠，不需要跟他们清算账目。

16 The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.

16 赎过祭和赎罪祭的银子没有带到耶和华的殿里，而是归给祭司。

17 At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.

17 那时，亚兰王哈薛攻陷了迦特，准备进攻耶路撒冷。

18 So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.

18 犹大王约阿施把先王约沙法、约兰、亚哈谢和他自己奉献的圣物，以及耶和华殿里和王宫库房里的所有金子都送给了亚兰王哈薛，哈薛便从耶路撒冷退兵。

19 As for the rest of the acts of Joash, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

19 约阿施其他的事及一切所为都记在《犹大列王史》上。

20 And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.

20 约阿施的臣仆谋反，在去悉拉途中的米罗宫杀了他。

21 His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.

21 杀他的是示米押的儿子约撒甲和朔默的儿子约萨拔。约阿施葬在大卫城他的祖坟里。他儿子亚玛谢继位。