2 Kings 12 — Novel English Bible

1 Ban (Son) Shabai (seven) Shanahayam (years) Yahawaash (Jehoash) BaMalakaw (when began to reign him).

2 BaShanahath (In year) Shabai (seven) LaYahawaa (of Jehu) YaMalak (began reign) Yahawaash (Jehoash); WaArabaiyam (and forty) Shanah (year) YaMalak (he reigned) BaYarawashalam (in Jerusalem): WaSham (and name) Amaw (his mother's) Tzabayah (Zibiah) Baar-Shabai (Beersheba).

3 WaYaIshah (And did) Yahawaash (Jehoash) HaYashar (that right) BaIyanay (in eyes) Yahawah () Kal (every) Yawamayaw (his days) AsharaHaYawarahaw (who/that [causing] instructed him) Yahawayadai (Jehoiada) HaKahan (the priest).

4 Raq (But / contrary) HaBamahawath (the high places) Laa (NOT) Sawaraw (taken away); Iwad (more/again) HaIm (the people) MaZabachayam (still sacrificed - plural) WaMaQatarayam (and burnt incense - plural) BaBamahawath (in high places).

5 WaYaAmar (And said) Yahawaash (Jehoash) Al-HaKahanayam (to the priests), “Kal (every) Kasap (money) HaQadashayam (the holy - plural) Ashar-YaBawabaa (who/that brought) Bayath (house) Yahawah (), Kasap (money), Iwabar (pass over/through) Ayash (man) Kasap (money) Napashawath (man - plural) Irakaw (his rated), Kal (every) Kasap (money) AsharaYaIlah (who/that it comes) Ayash (into any man's) Il (over) Lab (heart) Ayash (man) LaHaBawayaa (to [causing] bring) Bayath (house) Yahawah (),

6 YaLaqachaw (Take), Lam (for them) HaKahanayam (the priests) Ayash (man) MaAthaMakaraw (from entirety his acquaintance); WaHam (and they / them) YaChazaqaw (repair) Ath-Badaq (the entirety of breach) HaBayath (breaches the house), LaKal (every) Ashar-YaMatzaa (who/that found) Sham (there) Badaq (𐤁𐤃𐤒).”

7 WaYaHayah (And came to pass) BaShanahath (in year) Isharayam (twenty) WaShalawash (and three) Shanah (year) LaMalak (king) Yahawaash (Jehoash) Laa (NOT) Chazaqaw (repaired) HaKahanayam (the priests) Ath-Badaq (the entirety of 𐤁𐤃𐤒) HaBayath (breaches the house).

8 WaYaQaraa (And called) HaMalak (the king) Yahawaash (Jehoash) LaYahawayadai (for Jehoiada) HaKahan (the priest), WaLaKahanayam (and for priests), WaYaAmar (and said), “Alam (to them) Madawai (for what reason?) Ayanakam (NO ONE) MaChazaqayam (why repair - plural) Ath-Badaq (the entirety of 𐤁𐤃𐤒) HaBayath (breaches the house)? WaIthah (and now / present moment) Al (not) ThaLaqachaw (you take) Kasap (more money) MaAth (from treasurers), Makarayakam (your 𐤌𐤊𐤓) Kay-LaBadaq (surely 𐤁𐤃𐤒) HaBayath (breaches the house) ThaNathanaw (you deliver him).”

9 WaYaAwathaw (And consented) HaKahanayam (the priests) LaBalathayaLaqachath (neither take / seize) Kasap (more money) MaAthaHaIm (from entirety the people), WaLaBalathay (and without) Chazaq (Take hold / harden) Ath-Badaq (the entirety of 𐤁𐤃𐤒) HaBayath (breaches the house).

10 WaYaLaqach (And took) Yahawayadai (Jehoiada) HaKahan (the priest) Arawan (chest), Achad (one) WaYaNaqab (and blaspheme / pierce) Chawar (bored hole) BaDalathaw (in its lid), WaYaNathan (and set) Athaw (the entirety of him) AtzalaHaMazabach (𐤀𐤑𐤋 beside the altar), BaYamayan (on right) BaBawaa (in comes) Ayash (man) Bayath (house) Yahawah (): WaNathanaw (and put) Shamah (there) HaKahanayam (the priests) Shamaray (kept) HaSap (the threshold) Ath-Kal (the entirety of every) HaKasap (therein the money) HaMaBawabaa (that brought) Bayath (house) Yahawah ().

11 WaYaHayah (And came to pass) KaRaahawatham (when saw them - plural) Kay-Rab (surely Many) HaKasap (much the money) BaArawan (in chest), WaYaIlah (and came up), Sapar (scribe) HaMalak (the king's) WaHaKahan (and the priest) HaGadawal (the high) WaYaTzawaraw (and put up bags) WaYaManahaw (and counted) Ath-HaKasap (the entirety of the money) HaNaMatzaa (that found) Bayath (house) Yahawah ().

12 WaNathanaw (And they gave) Ath-HaKasap (the entirety of the money) HaMaThakan (that weighed) Il-Yad (over hand) Ishahay (make) HaMalaakah (the work), HaPaqadayam (the oversight - plural) Bayath (house) Yahawah (): WaYaYawatzayaaw (and paid it out) LaCharashay (to carpenters) HaItz (the tree) WaLaBanahayam (and builders), HaIshahayam (who worked - plural) Bayath (house) Yahawah (),

13 WaLaGadarayam (And to masons) WaLaChatzabay (and 𐤇𐤑𐤁) HaAban (the stone cutters), WaLaQanahawath (and for buying - plural) Itzayam (timber - plural) WaAbanay (and cut stone) Machatzab (𐤌𐤇𐤑𐤁) LaChazaq (to repair) Ath-Badaq (the entirety of 𐤁𐤃𐤒) Bayath (breaches house) Yahawah (), WaLaKal (and every) Ashar-YaYatzaa (who/that laid out) Il-HaBayath (over the house) LaChazaqah (to repair).

14 Ak (Surely) Laa (NOT) YaIshah (made) Bayath (house) Yahawah () Sapawath (cups) Kasap (silver), Mazamarahawath (snuffers), Mazaraqawath (basins), Chatzatzarahawath (trumpets), Kal (every) Kalay (every / bags of) Zahab (gold), WaKalay (and vessels) Kasap (silver), Man-HaKasap (from the money) HaMaBawabaa (that brought) Bayath (house) Yahawah ();

15 Kay-LaIshahay (Surely make) HaMalaakah (the work), YaNathanaw (gave him) WaChazaqaw (and repaired) Baw (within him) Ath-Bayath (the entirety of house) Yahawah ().

16 WaLaa (And not) YaChashabaw (Moreover they didn't demand an accounting) YaChashabaw (from the men) Ath-HaAyanashayam (the entirety of the man - plural) AsharaYaNathanaw (who/that delivered) Ath-HaKasap (the entirety of the money) Il-Yadam (over their hand) LaNathanath (to give) LaIshahay (make) HaMalaakah (the work); KayaBaAmawanah (dealt faithfully in 𐤀𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤄) Ham (they / them) Ishahayam (make - plural).

17 Kasap (Money) Asham (trespass offerings), WaKasap (and money) Asham (for the sin offerings), Chataawath (sin - plural) Laa (NOT) YaBawabaa (brought) Bayath (house) Yahawah (): LaKahanayam (priests) YaHayahaw (came to pass)’.

18 Az (At that time) YaIlah (went up), Chaz-Al (Hazael) Malak (king) Aram (Syria) WaYaLacham (and fought against) Il (over) gath (gath), WaYaLakadah (and took her); WaYaShawam (and set) Chaz-Al (Hazael) Panayamaw (his face) LaIlahawath (to go up - plural) Il (over) Yarawashalam (Jerusalem).

19 WaYaLaqach (And took) Yahawaash (Jehoash) Malak (king) Yahawadah (Judah) AthaKal (the entirety of every) HaQadashayam (the holy - plural) Ashar-HaQadayashaw (who/that [causing] dedicated), Yahawashapat (Jehoshaphat) WaYahawaram (and Jehoram) WaAchazayah (and Ahaziah), Abathayaw (his fathers), Malakay (kings) Yahawadah (Judah), WaAth-Qadashayaw (and the entirety of his holy), WaAthaKal (and the entirety of every) HaZahab (the gold) HaNaMatzaa (that found) BaAwatzarawath (in treasures) Bayath (house) Yahawah (), WaBayath (and house), HaMalak (the king's) WaYaShalach (and sent) Chaz-Al (Hazael) Malak (king) Aram (Syria): WaYaIlah (and he went away) MaIl (from over) Yarawashalam (Jerusalem).

20 WaYathar (And now rest) Dabaray (Dabaray) Yawaash (Joash), WaKal (and every) AsharaYaIshah (who/that he did), HaLawaa (NOT) Ham (they / them) Kathawabayam (written - plural) Il-Sapar (over book / scribed document) Dabaray (Dabaray) HaYawamayam (the day - plural) LaMalakay (kings) Yahawadah (Judah)?

21 WaYaQawamaw (And arose), Ibadayaw (his servants) WaYaQasharaw (and 𐤒𐤔𐤓) Qashar (made conspiracy), WaYaNakahaw (and struck him) Ath (the entirety of) Yawaash (Joash) Bayath (house) Malawaa (Millo), HaYawarad (the way goes down) Salaa (Silla).