代下24:1 约阿施登基的时候是七岁，在耶路撒冷作王共四十年。他的母亲名叫西比亚，是别是巴人。
代下24:1 Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he was ruling for forty years in Jerusalem: his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
代下24:2 耶何耶大祭司在世的日子，约阿施行耶和华看为正的事。
代下24:2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as long as Jehoiada the priest was living.
代下24:3 耶何耶大为他娶了两个妻子，他就生了一些儿女。
代下24:3 And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
代下24:4 此外，约阿施有意重修耶和华的殿，
代下24:4 Now after this Joash had a desire to put the house of the Lord into good order again;
代下24:5 就召集了众祭司和利未人，对他们说：“你们要去到犹大各城，向所有以色列人募捐金钱，可以年年修建你们 神的殿；你们应急速办理这事。”可是利未人却不急速办理。
代下24:5 And getting together the priests and Levites, he said to them, Go out into the towns of Judah year by year, and get from all Israel money to keep the house of your God in good condition; and see that this is done without loss of time. The Levites, however, were slow in doing so.
代下24:6 于是王把大祭司耶何耶大召来，对他说：“你为什么不命令利未人把耶和华的仆人摩西和以色列的会众，为法柜的会幕规定的税款，从犹大和耶路撒冷征收回来，作修殿的费用呢？”
代下24:6 Then the king sent for Jehoiada, the chief priest, and said to him, Why have you not given the Levites orders that the tax fixed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and by the meeting of Israel, for the Tent of witness, is to be got in from Judah and Jerusalem and handed over?
代下24:7 原来那恶妇亚他利雅的众子曾经拆毁 神的殿，又把耶和华殿中一切分别为圣的物品用来供奉巴力。
代下24:7 For the house of the Lord had been broken up by Athaliah, that evil woman, and her sons; and all its holy things they had given to the Baals.
代下24:8 于是王下令建造一个柜，放在耶和华殿的门外；
代下24:8 So at the king's order they made a chest and put it outside the doorway of the house of the Lord.
代下24:9 又在犹大和耶路撒冷发出通告，叫人把 神的仆人摩西，在旷野规定以色列人缴交的税款带来，献给耶和华。
代下24:9 And an order was sent out through all Judah and Jerusalem that payment was to be made to the Lord of the tax which Moses, the servant of God, had put on Israel in the waste land.
代下24:10 众领袖和人民都欢欢喜喜把税款带来，投进柜中，直到他们都投完了。
代下24:10 And all the chiefs and all the people came gladly and put their money into the chest, till they had all given.
代下24:11 利未人把银柜抬到王指定负责这事的人那里的时候，他们看见税银很多，王的书记和大祭司的属员就来把银柜倒空，然后抬回原处。天天都是这样，所以收集了很多银子。
代下24:11 So when the chest was taken to the king's servants by the Levites, and they saw that there was much money in it, the king's scribe and the chief priest's servant took the money out, and put the chest back in its place. They did this day by day, and got together a great amount of money.
代下24:12 王和耶何耶大把银子交给耶和华殿的办事人员，他们就雇了石匠和木匠，重建耶和华的殿，又雇了铁匠和铜匠，重建耶和华的殿。
代下24:12 Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were responsible for getting the work done on the Lord's house, and with it they got wall-builders and woodworkers and metal-workers to put the house of the Lord in good order again.
代下24:13 作工的人不住工作，重修的工程在他们手下顺利进行；他们把 神的殿重建得和先前一样，并且非常坚固。
代下24:13 So the workmen did their work, making good what was damaged and building up the house of God till it was strong and beautiful again.
代下24:14 他们完工以后，就把剩下的银子送到王和耶何耶大面前，用来制造耶和华殿里的器皿、供奉和献祭所用的器皿、盘子，以及各种金银器皿。耶何耶大在世的日子，众人都常在耶和华的殿里献燔祭。
代下24:14 And when the work was done, they took the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and it was used for making the vessels for the house of the Lord, all the vessels needed for the offerings, the spoons and the vessels of gold and silver. And as long as Jehoiada was living, the regular burned offerings were offered in the house of the Lord.
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代下24:15 But Jehoiada became old and full of days, and he came to his end; he was a hundred and thirty years old at the time of his death.
代下24:16 他和列王一同埋葬在大卫城里，因为他在以色列为 神和 神的殿作了美善的事。
代下24:16 And they put him into his last resting-place in the town of David, among the kings, because he had done good in Israel for God and for his house.
代下24:17 耶何耶大死后，犹大的领袖们来朝拜王；王听从了他们的主意。
代下24:17 Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them.
代下24:18 他们离弃了耶和华他们列祖的 神的殿，去事奉亚舍拉和偶像。因为他们的罪， 神的忿怒临到犹大和耶路撒冷。
代下24:18 And they gave up the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and became worshippers of pillars of wood and of the images; and because of this sin of theirs, wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem.
代下24:19 但耶和华仍然差派先知到他们中间，引导他们归向耶和华；这些先知虽然警告他们，他们却不肯听从。
代下24:19 And the Lord sent them prophets to make them come back to him; and they gave witness against them, but they would not give ear.
代下24:20 那时， 神的灵临到耶何耶大祭司的儿子撒迦利亚身上，他就站在众民的面前，对他们说：“ 神这样说：‘你们为什么违背耶和华的诫命，使你们不得亨通呢？因为你们离弃了耶和华，所以耶和华也离弃你们。’”
代下24:20 Then the spirit of God came on Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, and, getting up before the people, he said to them, God has said, Why do you go against the orders of the Lord, so that everything goes badly for you? because you have given up the Lord, he has given you up.
代下24:21 众人要杀害撒迦利亚，于是照着王的命令，在耶和华殿的院子里用石头把他打死。
代下24:21 But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house.
代下24:22 约阿施王没有记念撒迦利亚的父亲耶何耶大对他所施的恩，反而杀了他的儿子。撒迦利亚临死的时候，说：“愿耶和华鉴察，并且责问你！”
代下24:22 So King Joash did not keep in mind how good Jehoiada his father had been to him, but put his son to death. And in the hour of his death he said, May the Lord see it and take payment!
代下24:23 过了年，亚兰的军队上来攻打约阿施；他们侵入犹大和耶路撒冷，杀了民间的领袖，又把他们的一切战利品都送到大马士革王那里去。
代下24:23 Now in the spring, the army of the Aramaeans came up against him; they came against Judah and Jerusalem, putting to death all the great men of the people and sending all the goods they took from them to the king of Damascus.
代下24:24 亚兰的军队虽然只来了一小队人，耶和华却把一支庞大的军队交在他们手里；因为犹大人离弃了耶和华他们列祖的 神，亚兰人向约阿施执行了惩罚。
代下24:24 For though the army of Aram was only a small one, the Lord gave a very great army into their hands, because they had given up the Lord, the God of their fathers. So they put into effect the punishment of Joash.
代下24:25 亚兰人离开约阿施的时候，他们丢下约阿施，因为他受了重伤，他的臣仆要杀害他，为了报复耶何耶大祭司的儿子流血的仇；他们在床上杀死他，他就死了；有人把他埋葬在大卫城里，只是没有埋葬在列王的陵墓里。
代下24:25 And when they had gone away from him, (for he was broken with disease,) his servants made a secret design against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they put him to death on his bed; and they put his body into the earth in the town of David, but not in the resting-place of the kings.
代下24:26 谋害他的是亚扪妇人示米押的儿子撒拔和摩押妇人示米利的儿子约萨拔。
代下24:26 Those who made designs against him were Zabad, the son of Shimeath, an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, the son of Shimrith, a Moabite woman.
代下24:27 至于约阿施的众子，以及许多警戒他的话，还有他重建 神的殿的事，都记在列王记的注释上。约阿施的儿子亚玛谢接续他作王。
代下24:27 Now the story of his sons, and all the words said by the prophet against him, and the building up again of the Lord's house, are recorded in the account in the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son became king in his place.