2. Tarihler 23

¹Sekizinci yılda İoyada güç kazandı ve yüzbaşıları, yani Yoram oğlu Azaryas'ı, Yohanan oğlu İşmael'i, Obed oğlu Azaryas'ı, Adaya oğlu Maaseyas'ı ve Zekarya oğlu Elisafan'ı kendisiyle birlikte Rab'bin tapınağına aldı.

²Yahuda'yı çepeçevre dolaşarak bütün Yahuda kentlerinden Levilileri ve İsrail'in aile reislerini topladılar ve Yeruşalim'e geldiler.

³Yahuda'nın tüm topluluğu Tanrı'nın tapınağında kralla bir antlaşma yaptı; İoyada onlara kralın oğlunu göstererek şöyle dedi: "İşte kralın oğlu! Rab'bin Davut soyu hakkında söylediği söz uyarınca krallık etmelidir.

⁴Şimdi yapacağınız iş şudur: Siz kâhinlerin ve Levililerin üçte biri Şabat günü göreve başlasın ve girişlerin kapılarında dursun;

⁵üçte biri kralın sarayında, üçte biri de Orta Kapı'da bulunsun; bütün halk ise Rab'bin tapınağının avlularında yer alsın.

⁶Kâhinler, Levililer ve Levililerden hizmette olanlar dışında hiç kimse Rab'bin tapınağına girmesin; onlar kutsal oldukları için girebilirler, ancak bütün halk Rab'bin nöbet görevini titizlikle yerine getirsin.

⁷Levililer, her birinin elinde kendi silahı olmak üzere kralın çevresini sarsın; tapınağa girmeye yeltenen her kim olursa olsun öldürülecektir. Kral girip çıkarken onunla birlikte olun."

⁸Levililer ve bütün Yahuda halkı, kâhin İoyada'nın buyurduğu her şeyi aynen yerine getirdiler. Her biri Şabat günü göreve başlayacak ve Şabat günü görevden ayrılacak olan adamlarını yanına aldı; çünkü kâhin İoyada nöbetçi gruplarını görevden salıvermemişti.

⁹Kâhin İoyada, Tanrı'nın tapınağında bulunan Kral Davut'a ait kılıçları, büyük kalkanları ve silahları yüzbaşılara teslim etti.

¹⁰Bütün halkı, her birinin elinde kendi silahı olmak üzere, tapınağın sağ yanından sol yanına kadar, sunağın ve tapınağın yanında, kralın çevresinde düzene soktu.

¹¹Sonra kralın oğlunu dışarı çıkardılar, başına krallık tacını koyup eline yasa belgesini verdiler. Kâhin İoyada ile oğulları onu meshederek kral yaptılar ve "Kral yaşasın!" diye haykırdılar.

¹²Atalya, koşuşan, şükranlarını sunan ve kralı öven halkın sesini işitince, Rab'bin tapınağındaki kralın yanına geldi.

¹³Baktığında, kralın giriş yerindeki kürsüsünde durduğunu, önderlerin ve borazanların kralın yanında olduğunu, ülkenin bütün halkının sevinç içinde borazanlar çaldığını, çalgı eşliğinde şarkıcıların övgü ilahileri sunduğunu gördü. Atalya giysilerini yırtarak, "İsyan var, isyan ediyorsunuz!" diye bağırdı.

¹⁴Kâhin İoyada dışarı çıkıp ordunun komutanları olan yüzbaşılara buyruk verdi: "Onu tapınağın dışına çıkarın ve arkasından gideni kılıçla öldürün!" Çünkü kâhin, "Onu Rab'bin tapınağında öldürmeyin" demişti.

¹⁵Böylece ona yol açtılar; Atalya, kralın sarayının Süvari Kapısı'na vardığı yerde onu öldürdüler.

¹⁶İoyada, kendisi, halk ve kral arasında, Rab'bin halkı olacaklarına dair bir antlaşma yaptı.

¹⁷Bunun üzerine bütün ülke halkı Baal'in tapınağına gidip onu yıktı; sunaklarını ve putlarını tamamen parçalayıp toz ettiler, Baal'in kâhini Mattan'ı da sunakların önünde öldürdüler.

¹⁸İoyada, Rab'bin tapınağının işlerini kâhinlerin ve Levililerin eline teslim etti. Davut'un Rab'bin tapınağı üzerinde düzenlediği kâhin ve Levili gruplarını, Musa'nın yasasında yazıldığı gibi, sevinçle ve ezgilerle Davut'un düzenine göre Rab'be yakmalık sunular sunmaları için yeniden kurdu.

¹⁹Herhangi bir şeyden ötürü kirli olan hiç kimse içeri girmesin diye Rab'bin tapınağının kapılarına kapıcılar yerleştirdi.

²⁰Sonra aile başlarını, soyluları, halkın önderlerini ve bütün ülke halkını yanına alarak kralı Rab'bin tapınağından indirdiler; İç Kapı'dan geçerek kralın sarayına girdiler ve kralı krallık tahtına oturttular.

²¹Bütün ülke halkı sevinç içindeydi, kent ise huzura kavuştu; Atalya'yı ise kılıçla öldürdüler.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ ὀγδόῳ ἐκραταίωσεν ᾿Ιωδαὲ καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺς ἑκατοντάρχους, τὸν ᾿Αζαρίαν υἱὸν ᾿Ιωρὰμ καὶ τὸν ᾿Ισμαὴλ υἱὸν ᾿Ιωανὰν καὶ τὸν ᾿Αζαρίαν υἱὸν ᾿Ωβὴδ καὶ τὸν Μαασαίαν υἱὸν ᾿Αδαΐα καὶ τὸν ᾿Ελισαφὰν υἱὸν Ζαχαρίου, μεθ’ ἑαυτοῦ εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου.

²καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν τὸν ᾿Ιούδαν καὶ συνήγαγον τοὺς Λευίτας ἐκ πασῶν τῶν πόλεων ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἄρχοντας πατριῶν τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἦλθον εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

³καὶ διέθεντο πᾶσα ἡ ἐκκλησία ᾿Ιούδα διαθήκην ἐν οἴκῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ἰδοὺ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ βασιλέως βασιλευσάτω, καθὼς ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Δαυίδ.

⁴νῦν ὁ λόγος οὗτος, ὃν ποιήσετε· τὸ τρίτον ἐξ ὑμῶν εἰσπορευέσθωσαν τὸ σάββατον, τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν, καὶ εἰς τὰς πύλας τῶν εἰσόδων,

⁵καὶ τὸ τρίτον ἐν οἴκῳ τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ τὸ τρίτον ἐν τῇ πύλῃ τῇ μέσῃ, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἐν αὐλαῖς οἴκου Κυρίου.

⁶καὶ μὴ εἰσελθέτω εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου ἐὰν μὴ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται καὶ οἱ λειτουργοῦντες τῶν Λευιτῶν· αὐτοὶ εἰσελεύσονται, ὅτι ἅγιοί εἰσι, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς φυλασσέτω φυλακὰς Κυρίου.

⁷καὶ κυκλώσουσιν οἱ Λευῖται τὸν βασιλέα κύκλῳ, ἀνδρὸς σκεῦος ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ εἰσπορευόμενος εἰς τὸν οἶκον ἀποθανεῖται· καὶ ἔσονται μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐκπορευομένου καὶ εἰσπορευομένου αὐτοῦ.

⁸καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ Λευῖται καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ιούδα κατὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς ᾿Ιωδαὲ ὁ ἱερεύς, καὶ ἔλαβον ἕκαστος τοὺς ἄνδρας αὐτοῦ ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς τοῦ σαββάτου ἕως ἐξόδου τοῦ σαββάτου, ὅτι οὐ κατέλυσεν ᾿Ιωδαὲ ὁ ἱερεὺς τὰς ἐφημερίας.

⁹καὶ ἔδωκεν ᾿Ιωδαὲ τὰς μαχαίρας καὶ τοὺς θυρεοὺς καὶ τὰ ὅπλα, ἃ ἦν τοῦ βασιλέως Δαυίδ, ἐν οἴκῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ.

¹⁰καὶ ἔστησε τὸν λαὸν πάντα, ἕκαστον ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις αὐτοῦ, ἀπὸ τῆς ὠμίας τοῦ οἴκου τῆς δεξιᾶς ἕως τῆς ὠμίας τῆς ἀριστερᾶς τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ τοῦ οἴκου ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα κύκλῳ.

¹¹καὶ ἐξήγαγε τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἔδωκεν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν τὸ βασίλειον καὶ τὰ μαρτύρια, καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν καὶ ἔχρισαν αὐτὸν ᾿Ιωδαὲ ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπαν· ζήτω ὁ βασιλεύς.

¹²καὶ ἤκουσε Γοθολία τὴν φωνὴν τοῦ λαοῦ τρεχόντων καὶ ἐξομολογουμένων καὶ αἰνούντων τὸν βασιλέα καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου.

¹³καὶ εἶδε καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ τῆς στάσεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς εἰσόδου οἱ ἄρχοντες καὶ αἱ σάλπιγγες καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες περὶ τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς ηὐφράνθη καὶ ἐσάλπισαν ταῖς σάλπιγξι καὶ οἱ ᾄδοντες ἐν τοῖς ὀργάνοις ᾠδοὶ καί ὑμνοῦντες αἶνον· καὶ διέρρηξε Γοθολία τὴν στολὴν αὐτῆς καὶ ἐβόησεν· ἐπιτιθέμενοι ἐπιτίθεσθε.

¹⁴καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ᾿Ιωδαὲ ὁ ἱερεύς, καὶ ἐνετείλατο ᾿Ιωδαὲ ὁ ἱερεὺς τοῖς ἑκατοντάρχοις καὶ τοῖς ἀρχηγοῖς τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ἐκβάλετε αὐτὴν ἐκτὸς τοῦ οἴκου καὶ εἰσέλθατε ὀπίσω αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀποθανέτω μαχαίρᾳ· ὅτι εἶπεν ὁ ἱερεύς· μὴ ἀποθανέτω ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου.

¹⁵καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτῇ ἄνεσιν καὶ διῆλθε διὰ τῆς πύλης τῶν ἱππέων τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἐθανάτωσαν αὐτὴν ἐκεῖ.

¹⁶καὶ διέθετο ᾿Ιωδαὲ διαθήκην ἀνὰ μέσον αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ τοῦ βασιλέως εἶναι λαὸν τῷ Κυρίῳ.

¹⁷καὶ εἰσῆλθε πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς εἰς οἶκον Βάαλ καὶ κατέσπασαν αὐτὸν καὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ εἴδωλα αὐτοῦ ἐλέπτυναν καὶ τὸν Ματθὰν ἱερέα Βάαλ ἐθανάτωσαν ἐναντίον τῶν θυσιαστηρίων αὐτοῦ.

¹⁸καὶ ἐνεχείρισεν ᾿Ιωδαὲ ὁ ἱερεὺς τὰ ἔργα οἴκου Κυρίου διὰ χειρὸς ἱερέων καὶ Λευιτῶν καὶ ἀνέστησε τὰς ἐφημερίας τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν, ἃς διέστειλε Δαυὶδ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου καὶ ἀνενέγκαι ὁλοκαυτώματα Κυρίῳ, καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν νόμῳ Μωυσῆ, ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ καὶ ἐν ᾠδαῖς διὰ χειρὸς Δαυίδ.

¹⁹καὶ ἔστησαν οἱ πυλωροὶ ἐπὶ τὰς πύλας οἴκου Κυρίου, καὶ οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται ἀκάθαρτος εἰς πᾶν πρᾶγμα.

²⁰καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺς πατριάρχας καὶ τοὺς δυνατοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐπεβίβασαν τὸν βασιλέα εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου, καὶ εἰσῆλθε διὰ τῆς πύλης τῆς ἐσωτέρας εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἐκάθισαν τὸν βασιλέα ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου τῆς βασιλείας.

²¹καὶ ηὐφράνθη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἡ πόλις ἡσύχασε, καὶ τὴν Γοθολίαν ἐθανάτωσαν μαχαίρᾳ.

¹And in the eighth year Jodae strengthened [himself], and took the captains of hundreds, Azarias the son of Joram, and Ismael the son of Joanan, and Azarias the son of Obed, and Maasaeas the son of Adia, and Elisaphan the son of Zacharias, with him unto the house of the Lord.

²And they went round about Juda, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Juda, and heads of the families of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

³and all the congregation of Juda made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he shewed them the king’s son, and said to them, Lo, let the king’s son reign, as the Lord said concerning the house of David.

⁴Now this [is] the thing which ye shall do. Let a third part of you, [even] of the priests and of the Levites, enter in on the sabbath, even into the gates of the entrances;

⁵and let a third part be in the house of the king; and another third at the middle gate: and all the people in the courts of the Lord’s house.

⁶And let not [any one] enter into the house of the Lord, except the priests and the Levites, and the servants of the Levites; they shall enter in, because they are holy: and let all the people keep the watch of the Lord.

⁷And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man’s weapon in his hand; and whoever [else] goes into the house shall die: but they shall be with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in.

⁸And the Levites and all Juda did according to all that the priest Jodae commanded them, and they took each his men from the beginning of the sabbath to the end of the sabbath, for Jodae the priest did not dismiss the courses.

⁹And Jodae gave to the men the swords, and the shields, and the arms, which [had] belonged to King David, in the house of God.

¹⁰And he set the whole people, every man with his arms, from the right side of the house to the left side of the altar and the house, over against the king round about.

¹¹And he brought out the king’s son, and put on him the crown and the testimony, and Jodae the priest and his sons proclaimed him king, and anointed him, and said, Long live the king!

¹²And Gotholia heard the sound of the people running, and acknowledging and praising the king: and she went in to the king into the house of the Lord.

¹³And she looked, and, behold, the king [stood] in his place, and the princes and trumpets were at the entrance, and the princes were round the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded the trumpets, and there were the singers singing with instruments, and singing hymns of praise. and Gotholia rent her robe, and cried, ye surely are plotting against [me].

¹⁴And Jodae the priest went forth, and Jodae the priest charged the captains of hundreds, even the captains of the host, and said to them, Thrust her forth outside the house, and follow her, and let her be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.

¹⁵So they let her go [out]; and she went through the horsemen’s gate of the house of the king, and they slew her there.

¹⁶And Jodae made a covenant between himself, and the people, and the king, that the people should be the Lord’s.

¹⁷And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and tore down it and its altars, and they ground his images to powder, and they slew Matthan the priest of Baal before his altars.

¹⁸And Jodae the priest committed the works of the house of the Lord into the hand of the priests and Levites, and he re-established the courses of the priests and Levites which David appointed over the house of the Lord, and [he appointed them] to offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with gladness, and with songs by the hand of David.

¹⁹And the porters stood at the gates of the house of the Lord, that no one unclean in any respect should enter in.

²⁰And he took the heads of families, and the mighty men, and the chiefs of the people, and all the people of the land, and they conducted the king into the house of the Lord; and he went through the inner gate into the king’s house, and they seated the king on the throne of the kingdom.

²¹And all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet: and they slew Gotholia.