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列王紀下 12
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約阿施做猶大王

12 以色列王耶戶執政第七年，約阿施登基，在耶路撒冷執政四十年。他母親叫西比亞，是別示巴人。 2 在耶何耶大祭司的教導下，約阿施一生做耶和華視為正的事。 3 但他沒有拆毀邱壇，人們仍在那裡獻祭燒香。

4 約阿施對祭司們說：「你們要收集那些奉獻到耶和華殿的聖銀，即人口普查時收取的銀子、個人還願的銀子和自願奉獻的銀子。 5 每位祭司要從奉獻的人手中收取銀子，用來修殿。」 6 可是，直到約阿施執政第二十三年，祭司仍未動工。 7 約阿施召來耶何耶大祭司及其他祭司，對他們說：「你們為什麼還不修殿呢？不要再向奉獻的人收銀子了，要把所收的銀子交出來修殿。」 8 祭司們答應不再向民眾收錢，但也不動工修殿。

9 耶何耶大祭司在耶和華殿的入口右邊的祭壇旁放了一個箱子，箱蓋上開了個洞。守門的祭司將奉獻到耶和華殿的所有銀子放進箱子裡。 10 箱子裡的銀子多了，王的書記和大祭司就把銀子點好，裝在袋子裡。 11 他們將秤好的銀子交給修耶和華殿的督工。督工把報酬轉交給在殿裡工作的木匠、建築工人、 12 泥水匠和石匠，購買修耶和華殿用的木料和鑿好的石頭，並支付其他的修殿費用。 13 獻到耶和華殿裡的銀子沒有用於製造殿裡的銀碗、蠟剪、盆、號及其他金銀器皿， 14 只用於修殿。 15 督工們辦事忠誠可靠，不需要跟他們清算賬目。 16 贖過祭和贖罪祭的銀子沒有帶到耶和華的殿裡，而是歸給祭司。

17 那時，亞蘭王哈薛攻陷了迦特，準備進攻耶路撒冷。 18 猶大王約阿施把先王約沙法、約蘭、亞哈謝和他自己奉獻的聖物以及耶和華殿裡和王宮庫房裡的所有金子都送給了亞蘭王哈薛，哈薛便從耶路撒冷退兵。

19 約阿施其他的事及其一切作為都記在猶大的列王史上。 20 約阿施的臣僕謀反，在去悉拉途中的米羅宮殺了他。 21 殺他的是示米押的兒子約撒甲和朔默的兒子約薩拔。約阿施葬在大衛城他的祖墳裡。他兒子亞瑪謝繼位。

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列王纪下 12
Chinese New Version (Simplified)

约阿施作犹大王(A)

12 耶户在位第七年，约阿施登基，在耶路撒冷作王四十年。他母亲名叫西比亚，是从别是巴来的。（本节在《马索拉文本》为12:2） 2 在耶何耶大祭司教导他的日子，他就行耶和华看为正的事。 3 只是邱坛没有废去，人民仍在邱坛献祭焚香。

下令重修圣殿(B)

4 约阿施对众祭司说：“所有分别为圣，奉到耶和华殿里的银子，或是各被数点之人的赎价，或是各种的赎价，或是各人随着心意，奉到耶和华殿里的银子， 5 各祭司可向自己熟悉的人收取。他们要修理殿内毁坏的地方，就是一切发现有毁坏的地方。”

6 可是到了约阿施王在位二十三年的时候，祭司还未修好圣殿毁坏的地方。 7 于是约阿施王召了耶何耶大祭司和众祭司来，说：“你们为甚么不修理圣殿毁坏的地方呢？现在不要向你们熟识的人收取银子，却要把所收的交出来，修理圣殿毁坏的地方。” 8 众祭司答应不再从人民收取银子，也不修理圣殿毁坏的地方。

9 耶何耶大祭司搬来了一个箱子，在它的顶上钻了一个孔，把它放在祭坛旁边，在圣殿入口的右边。守门的祭司把奉到耶和华殿所有的银子都投进箱里。 10 他们看见箱内的银子多起来的时候，就叫王的书记和大祭司上来，他们就数点在耶和华殿里所得的银子，装在袋中。 11 他们把所称的银子交在耶和华殿中管理工匠的监工手里，然后他们支付给在耶和华殿作工的木匠和建筑工人， 12 以及泥匠和石匠；又用来购买木材和凿好的石头，来修理耶和华殿里毁坏的地方，以及支付一切修理耶和华殿的开支。 13 但耶和华殿里的银杯、烛剪、碗、号或任何金银器皿，都没有用奉到耶和华殿里的银子来做。 14 他们只把银子交给工匠，用来修理耶和华殿里毁坏的地方。 15 他们没有要求经手把银子转付工匠的人交代帐目，因为他们办事诚实。 16 但是赎愆祭和赎罪祭的银子，他们没有奉入耶和华的殿，这些银子是属于祭司的。

亚兰军攻打犹大(C)

17 那时亚兰王哈薛上来，攻打迦特，把它夺取了。他又决心上来攻打耶路撒冷。 18 犹大王约阿施于是拿出所有的圣物，就是他的祖先犹大王约沙法、约兰和亚哈谢所献的圣物，以及他自己所献的圣物，还有耶和华殿和王宫宝库里所有的金子，送给亚兰王哈薛，哈薛就离开耶路撒冷去了。

约阿施被杀(D)

19 约阿施其余的事迹和他所行的一切，不是都写在犹大列王的年代志上吗？ 20 约阿施的臣仆起来背叛，他们在米罗宫内，他下到悉拉的时候，击杀了他。 21 他的臣仆示米押的儿子约撒甲和朔默的儿子约萨拔击杀他，他就死了。人把他埋葬在大卫城，和他的祖先在一起。他的儿子亚玛谢接续他作王。

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2 Kings 12
New English Translation

12 1 (12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba. 2 Jehoash did what the Lord approved[a] all his days when[b] Jehoiada the priest taught him. 3 But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

4 Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal[c] all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax,[d] the silver received from those who have made vows,[e] and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple.[f] 5 The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover.”[g]

6 By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple. 7 So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest along with the other priests, and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, take no more silver from your treasurers unless you intend to use it to repair the damage.”[h] 8 The priests agreed[i] not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs.[j]

9 Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid. He placed it on the right side of the altar near the entrance of[k] the Lord’s temple. The priests who guarded the entrance would put into it all the silver brought to the Lord’s temple. 10 When they saw the chest was full of silver, the royal secretary[l] and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple and bagged it up.[m] 11 They would then hand over[n] the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen[o] assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the Lord’s temple, 12 as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the Lord’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses.[p] 13 The silver brought to the Lord’s temple was not used for silver bowls, trimming shears, basins, trumpets, or any kind of gold or silver implements. 14 It was handed over[q] to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord’s temple. 15 They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed[r] the funds to the foremen, for they were honest.[s] 16 (The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the Lord’s temple; it belonged to the priests.)

17 At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked[t] Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem.[u] 18 King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He sent it all[v] to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew[w] from Jerusalem.

19 The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.[x] 20 His servants conspired against him[y] and murdered Joash at Beth Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.[z] 21 His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him.[aa] He was buried[ab] with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:2 tn Heb “what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”
  2. 2 Kings 12:2 tn The MT reads יָמָיו אֲשֶׁר (yamayv ʾasher, “all his days which…”). The LXX says “all the days which Jehoiada the priest enlightened him,” implying either יָמִים (yamim, “days”) or יְמֵי (yeme, “days of”), without the pronominal suffix. Lev 13:46 demonstrates that יְמֵי can be in construct with an אֲשֶׁר clause, but an אֲשֶׁר clause can also follow יוֹם (yom “day”) when it has a pronominal suffix. In either case the אֲשֶׁר clause restricts the time period that יוֹם describes. Therefore this verse does not contradict 2 Chr 24:2 which limits its praise of the king to “all the days of Jehoiada the priest.”
  3. 2 Kings 12:4 tn The words “I place at your disposal” are added in the translation for clarification.
  4. 2 Kings 12:4 tn Heb “the silver of passing over a man.” The precise meaning of the phrase is debated, but עָבַר (ʿavar), “pass over,” probably refers here to counting, suggesting the reference is to a census conducted for taxation purposes. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.
  5. 2 Kings 12:4 tn Heb “the silver of persons, his valuation.” The precise meaning of the phrase is uncertain, but parallels in Lev 27 suggest that personal vows are referred to here. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.
  6. 2 Kings 12:4 tn Heb “all the silver which goes up on the heart of a man to bring to the house of the Lord.”
  7. 2 Kings 12:5 tn Heb “Let the priests take for themselves, each from his treasurer, and let them repair the damage of the temple, with respect to all the damage that is found there.” The word מַכָּר (makar), translated here “treasurer,” occurs only in this passage. Some suggest it means “merchant” or “benefactor.” Its usage in Ugaritic texts, where it appears in a list of temple officials, suggests that it refers in this context to individuals who were in charge of disbursing temple funds.
  8. 2 Kings 12:7 tn Heb “Now, do not take silver from your treasurers, because for the damages to the temple you must give it.”
  9. 2 Kings 12:8 tn Outside of this passage the verb אוּת (ʾut) appears only in Gen 34:15-22.
  10. 2 Kings 12:8 tn Heb “and not to repair the damages to the temple.” This does not mean that the priests were no longer interested in repairing the temple. As the following context makes clear, the priests decided to hire skilled workers to repair the damage to the temple, rather than trying to make the repairs themselves.
  11. 2 Kings 12:9 tn Heb “on the right of the altar as a man enters.”
  12. 2 Kings 12:10 tn Heb “the king’s scribe.”
  13. 2 Kings 12:10 tn Heb “went up and tied [it] and counted the silver that was found in the house of the Lord.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged in the translation to make better sense in English, since it seems more logical to count the money before bagging it (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT).
  14. 2 Kings 12:11 tn Heb “would give.”
  15. 2 Kings 12:11 tn Heb “doers of the work.”
  16. 2 Kings 12:12 tn Heb “and for all that which was going out concerning the house for repair.”
  17. 2 Kings 12:14 tn Heb “was given.”
  18. 2 Kings 12:15 tn Heb “gave.”
  19. 2 Kings 12:15 tn Heb “and they did not conduct a reckoning of the men who gave the silver into their hand to give to the doers of the work, for in honesty they were working.”
  20. 2 Kings 12:17 tn Heb “went up and fought against.”
  21. 2 Kings 12:17 tn Heb “Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.”
  22. 2 Kings 12:18 tn The object (“it all”) is supplied in the translation for clarification.
  23. 2 Kings 12:18 tn Heb “went up.”
  24. 2 Kings 12:19 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Joash, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”
  25. 2 Kings 12:20 tn Heb “rose up and conspired [with] a conspiracy.”
  26. 2 Kings 12:20 tn Heb “Beth Millo which goes down [toward] Silla.”
  27. 2 Kings 12:21 tn Heb “struck him down and he died.”
  28. 2 Kings 12:21 tn Heb “they buried him.”
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