2 Kings 12

12 ¹For Jehu im seventh year, na Jehoash come be king; e rule for forty years for Jerusalem. Im mama na Zibiah from Beersheba. ²Jehoash do wetin correct for our Papa eye all di years wey Jehoiada di priest dey teach am. ³But still, di high places dey there; di people still dey sacrifice dey burn incense for there.

⁴Jehoash tell di priests say, “All di money wey dem bring come our Papa house as sacred gift—di census money, di money wey dem count for each person, an all di money wey person heart move am to bring come our Papa house, ⁵make di priests take am, each one from im own treasurer, an make dem repair anywhere wey dem see say e don spoil for di temple.”

⁶But by King Jehoash im twenty-third year, di priests never still repair di place wey spoil for di temple. ⁷So King Jehoash call Jehoiada di priest an di oda priests, e ask dem say, “Why una no dey repair di place wey spoil for di temple? Now, no collect money again from una treasurers—hand am over for di repair.”

⁸Di priests gree say dem no go collect money again from di people, an say na dem go repair di temple. ⁹Jehoiada di priest carry one box, e bore hole for di cover, e put am for di side of di altar, for di right hand as you dey enter our Papa house. Na there di priests wey dey guard di door dey put all di money wey dem bring come our Papa house. ¹⁰Anytime dem see say plenty money don full inside di box, di king secretary an di high priest go come up, count am, tie di money wey dem find for our Papa house inside bag. ¹¹Dem go give di money wey dem weigh to di workers wey dey oversee our Papa house, an dem go pay di carpenters an builders wey dey work for our Papa house, ¹²to di masons an di people wey dey cut stone, an to buy wood an cut stone to repair di place wey spoil for our Papa house, an all di oda tin wey dem spend on di repair. ¹³Dem no use any money wey dem bring come our Papa house make silver basin, tin wey dem dey trim wick, sprinkling bowl, trumpet, or any gold or silver tin; ¹⁴dem give am to di workers, wey use am repair our Papa house. ¹⁵Dem no ask di men wey dem hand di money to pay di workers to account for anytin, because dem dey do di work honest-honest. ¹⁶Money from guilt offering an sin offering no dey enter our Papa house; e be di priests own.

How Joash Fall

¹⁷Den Hazael, king of Aram, come attack Gath an capture am, den e turn im face go attack Jerusalem. ¹⁸But Jehoash, king of Judah, carry all di sacred gift wey im papa-papa dem—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, an Ahaziah, di kings of Judah—dedicate, plus im own, an all di gold wey dey inside di store of our Papa house an di king palace, e send dem give Hazael, king of Aram. So Hazael comot from Jerusalem.

¹⁹Di oda tins wey Joash do, everytin wey e do—dem no write am for di Book of di Chronicles of di Kings of Judah? ²⁰Im own officials plan bad-bad tin, dem kill Joash for Beth Millo, for di road wey dey go down go Silla. ²¹Na im officials—Jozabad son of Shimeath an Jehozabad son of Shomer—strike am kill am. Dem bury am with im papa-papa dem for di City of David, an im son Amaziah come rule for im place.