24–BOB
Yahudo shohi Yoʻsh
1 Yoʻsh shoh boʻlganda, yetti yoshda edi. U Quddusda qirq yil hukmronlik qildi. Onasi Bersheba shahridan boʻlib, ismi Zibiyox edi. 2 Ruhoniy Yohayido hayotligida Yoʻsh Egamizning oldida toʻgʻri ishlar qildi. 3 Yohayido Yoʻshga ikkita xotin olib berdi. Ular Yoʻshga oʻgʻil–qizlar tugʻib berishdi.
4 Oradan bir oz vaqt oʻtgach, Yoʻsh Egamizning uyini tuzatishga qaror qildi. 5 U ruhoniylarni va levilarni toʻplab, ularga aytdi:
— Yahudo shaharlariga borib, Xudoyingizning uyini tuzatish uchun jamiki Isroil xalqidan yiliga toʻlanadigan soliqni yigʻib kelinglar. Bu ishni tezlik bilan bajaringlar.
Lekin levilar bu ishni orqaga surdilar. 6 Shunda shoh oliy ruhoniy Yohayidoni chaqirtirib, undan soʻradi:
— Nimaga siz levilarni soliq yigʻib kelishlari uchun joʻnatmadingiz? Egamizning quli Muso Muqaddas ahd chodirining xarajatlarini qoplash uchun bu soliqni Isroil jamoasiga solgan–ku.
7 Qabih ayol Otaliyoning izdoshlari Xudoning uyiga bostirib kirib, u yerdagi Egamizga bagʻishlangan ashyolarni Baalning sajda marosimlari uchun ishlatgan edilar.
8 Shohning buyrugʻi bilan bir quti yasalib, Egamiz uyi darvozasining tashqi tomoniga oʻrnatildi. 9 “Xudoning quli Muso sahroda Isroil xalqiga solgan soliqni Egamizga olib kelinglar”, deb Yahudo va Quddus boʻylab eʼlon qilindi. 10 Jamiki yoʻlboshchilar va xalq bajonidil soliq pullarini olib kelib, qutini toʻldiraverdilar. 11 Qutida koʻp pul yigʻilgandan keyin, levilar qutini shoh aʼyonlariga olib borishar edi. Shohning mirzasi bilan oliy ruhoniyning yordamchisi qutini boʻshatib, uni oʻz joyiga qaytarib qoʻyishar edi. Ular har kuni shunday qilishardi. Shu tariqa koʻp miqdorda kumush toʻplashdi. 12 Shoh va Yohayido bu kumushlarni Egamizning uyidagi ishlarning boshida turgan odamlarga berdi. Ular esa bu kumushga Egamizning uyini tuzatish uchun tosh teruvchilar, duradgorlar, temir va bronzaga ishlov beradigan ustalarni yolladilar.
13 Hammalari chin yurakdan mehnat qilishdi, Xudoning uyini oldingi holatida tiklab, mustahkamlashdi. 14 Ular hamma ishlarni tugatishgach, qolgan kumushlarni shoh bilan Yohayidoga berishdi. Bu kumushlardan Egamizning uyi uchun buyumlar — xizmatda va qurbonliklar kuydirishda ishlatiladigan idishlar, shuningdek, oltin va kumush anjomlar yasaldi. Ruhoniy Yohayido davrida Egamizning uyida doimo kuydiriladigan qurbonliklar keltirilardi.
Ruhoniy Yohayidoning siyosati bekor qilinadi
15 Yohayido rosa keksayib, bir yuz oʻttiz yoshida vafot etdi. 16 U Isroil xalqi, Xudo va Xudoning uyi uchun qilgan xizmatlari evaziga Dovud qalʼasida shohlar yoniga dafn qilindi.
17 Yohayidoning vafotidan keyin Yahudo aʼyonlari shoh huzuriga kelishib, unga taʼzim qildilar. Shoh ularning maslahatlariga quloq soldi. 18 Natijada xalq ota–bobolarining Xudosi — Egamizning uyini tark etib, Asheraning ustunlariga va butlarga sigʻina boshladi. Ularning bu gunohlari tufayli, Yahudo va Quddus ustiga Egamiz gʻazabini sochdi. 19 U, xalqimni qaytaray deb, oldilariga paygʻambarlarni yubordi. Biroq xalq paygʻambarlarning ogohlantirishlariga quloq solmadi.
20 Xudoning Ruhi ruhoniy Yohayidoning oʻgʻli Zakariyoni qamrab oldi. Zakariyo xalqning oldida turib, shunday deb aytdi:
— Xudo shunday demoqda: “Nimaga sizlar Mening amrlarimga itoat etmayapsizlar? Shuning uchun rohat–farogʻatga erisholmaysizlar. Sizlar Men, Egangizni tark etganlaringiz uchun, Men ham sizlarni tark etaman.”
21 Aʼyonlar Zakariyoga qarshi fitna uyushtirdilar. Shohning farmoni bilan uni Egamizning uyi hovlisida toshboʻron qilib oʻldirdilar. 22 Shoh Yoʻsh Zakariyoning otasi Yohayido koʻrsatgan sadoqatini eslamadi, aksincha, uning oʻgʻlini oʻldirdi. Zakariyo jon berayotganda: “Egamiz bu qilmishingizni koʻrib, jazoingizni bersin”, dedi.
Shoh Yoʻsh hukmronligining soʻnggi davri
23 Oʻsha yilning oxirida Oram lashkari Yoʻshga hujum qildi. Ular Yahudo va Quddusni bosib olib, hamma xalq yoʻlboshchilarini oʻldirishdi, olgan hamma oʻljalarini Damashq shohiga joʻnatishdi. 24 Garchi Oram lashkari ozchilik boʻlsa ham, Egamiz ularning qoʻliga Yahudoning katta lashkarini topshirgandi. Chunki Yahudo xalqi ota–bobolarining Xudosi — Egamizni tark etgandi. Shunday qilib, shoh Yoʻsh jazosini oldi.
25 Yoʻsh jangda ogʻir yaralandi. Oram lashkari ketishlari bilanoq, Yoʻshning ikki aʼyoni unga fitna uyushtirdilar. Ular ruhoniy Yohayidoning oʻldirilgan oʻgʻli uchun Yoʻshdan oʻch olib, uni oʻz toʻshagida oʻldirdilar. Yoʻshni Dovud qalʼasiga dafn qildilar, biroq shohlar qabriga uni qoʻymadilar. 26 Yoʻshga fitna uyushtirganlar Ommonlik Shimat degan ayolning oʻgʻli Yoʻzabad va Moʻablik Shoʻmer degan ayolning oʻgʻli Yohuzabad edilar. 27 Yoʻshning oʻgʻillari toʻgʻrisidagi toʻliq axborot, Yoʻshga qarshi aytilgan koʻp bashoratlar va Xudoning uyi tuzatilgani toʻgʻrisidagi maʼlumotlar “Shohlar kitobiga sharhlar”da bayon etilgan. Yoʻshning oʻrniga oʻgʻli Emoziyo shoh boʻldi.
1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
4 ¶ And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. 5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. 6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? 7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim. 8 And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD. 9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. 11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD. 13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. 14 And when they had finished it , they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal , and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15 ¶ But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house. 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. 18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. 19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it , and require it .
23 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. 24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. 25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. 26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
27 ¶ Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
