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Katika mwaka wa saba wa Yehu, Yoashi alianza kutawala; akatawala miaka arobaini huko Yerusalemu; na jina la mama yake aliitwa Sibia wa Beer-sheba.
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.
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Yoashi akafanya yaliyo mema machoni pa Bwana siku zake zote Yehoyada kuhani alizomfundisha.
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
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Ila mahali pa juu hapakuondolewa; watu wakaendelea kutoa sadaka na kufukiza uvumba katika mahali pa juu.
Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
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Yoashi akawaambia makuhani, Fedha yote ya vitu vitakatifu iliyoletwa nyumbani mwa Bwana, fedha ya matumizi, fedha ya watu kadiri alivyoandikiwa kila mtu, na fedha yote iliyoletwa kama mtu ye yote aonavyo moyoni mwake kuileta nyumbani mwa Bwana,
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.
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makuhani na waitwae, kila mtu kwa hao awajuao; nao watatengeneza palipobomoka nyumbani, kila mahali palipoonekana pamebomoka.
Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”
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Lakini ikawa, mwaka wa ishirini na tatu wa mfalme Yoashi, makuhani walikuwa hawajatengeneza mabomoko ya nyumba.
By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.
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Ndipo mfalme Yoashi akamwita Yehoyada kuhani, na makuhani wengine, akawauliza, Mbona hamtengenezi mabomoko ya nyumba? Basi sasa msipokee tena fedha kwa hao mwajuao, lakini itoeni kwa ajili ya mabomoko ya nyumba.
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.”
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Nao makuhani wakakubali kwamba wasipokee fedha kwa watu, wala wasitengeneze mabomoko ya nyumba.
So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
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Lakini Yehoyada kuhani akatwaa kasha, akatoboa tundu katika kifuniko chake, akaliweka karibu na madhabahu, upande wa kuume mtu aingiapo nyumbani mwa Bwana; na makuhani, waliolinda mlangoni, wakatia ndani yake fedha yote iliyoletwa nyumbani mwa Bwana.
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.
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Ikawa, walipoona ya kuwa fedha nyingi imo kashani, karani wa mfalme akapanda na kuhani mkuu, wakaifunga mifukoni, wakaihesabu fedha iliyoonekana nyumbani mwa Bwana.
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.
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Na fedha iliyopimwa wakawapa mikononi wale waliofanya kazi, walioisimamia nyumba ya Bwana; na hao wakawatolea maseremala na wajenzi walioifanya kazi katika nyumba ya Bwana,
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,
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na hao waashi, na wakata mawe, tena kununua miti na mawe ya kuchongwa, ili kuyatengeneza mabomoko ya nyumba ya Bwana, tena kwa gharama zote za kuitengeneza nyumba.
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.
13
Lakini havikufanywa kwa nyumba ya Bwana vikombe vya fedha, wala makasi, wala mabakuli, wala panda, wala vyombo vyo vyote vya dhahabu, wala vyombo vya fedha, kwa hiyo fedha iliyoletwa nyumbani mwa Bwana;
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.
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kwa sababu hiyo fedha waliwapa watenda kazi, wakaitengeneza kwayo nyumba ya Bwana.
Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.
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Walakini hawakufanya hesabu na hao watu, waliokabidhiwa fedha hiyo ili wawape watenda kazi; kwa kuwa walitenda kwa uaminifu.
No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.
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Lakini fedha ya matoleo ya kosa, na fedha ya matoleo ya dhambi, haikuletwa nyumbani mwa Bwana; hiyo ilikuwa ya makuhani wenyewe.
The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.
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Ndipo akakwea Hazaeli mfalme wa Shamu akapigana na Gathi, akautwaa; Hazaeli akaelekeza uso ili akwee kwenda Yerusalemu.
At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
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Yoashi mfalme wa Yuda akavitwaa vyote alivyoviweka wakfu Yehoshafati, na Yehoramu, na Ahazia, baba zake, wafalme wa Yuda, navyo vyote alivyoweka wakfu mwenyewe, na dhahabu yote iliyoonekana katika hazina za nyumba ya Bwana, na nyumba ya mfalme, akamletea Hazaeli mfalme wa Shamu; basi akaenda zake kutoka Yerusalemu.
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.
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Basi mambo yote ya Yoashi yaliyosalia, na yote aliyoyafanya, je! Hayakuandikwa katika kitabu-cha-tarehe cha wafalme wa Yuda?
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?
20
Nao watumishi wake wakaondoka, wakafanya fitina, wakamwua Yoashi katika nyumba ya Milo, hapo panaposhukia Sila.
And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
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Kwa maana Yozakari mwana wa Shimeathi, na Yehozabadi mwana wa Shomeri, watumishi wake, wakampiga, naye akafa; wakamzika pamoja na babaze mjini mwa Daudi. Na Amazia mwanawe akatawala mahali pake.
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.