OET interlinear 2 KI 12:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

אֲשֶׁר־יוּבָ֤א

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Yəhōʼāsh/(Jehoash) to/towards the,priests all money_of of,the_holy_gifts which/who brought house_of YHWH money assessed (a)_man money_of persons_of his_valuation_of,his all/each/any/every money which/who it_ascended on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in heart_of (a)_man to=bring house_of YHWH )

The expression is brought is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [that people bring]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בֵית־יְהוָה֙

house_of YHWH

See how you translated the similar expression in 5:18. Alternate translation: [into the temple of Yahweh]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

כֶּ֣סֶף עוֹבֵ֔ר אִ֕ישׁ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Yəhōʼāsh/(Jehoash) to/towards the,priests all money_of of,the_holy_gifts which/who brought house_of YHWH money assessed (a)_man money_of persons_of his_valuation_of,his all/each/any/every money which/who it_ascended on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in heart_of (a)_man to=bring house_of YHWH )

Joash is using the silver passing over a man as a common expression of his culture to mean the money that each Israelite male would pay during a census for the maintenance of the temple. (This was commanded in the law of Moses in Exodus 30:11–16 and originally supported the worship in the tabernacle.) If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the silver collected during a census] or [census money]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

כֶּ֥סֶף נַפְשׁ֖וֹת עֶרְכּ֑⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Yəhōʼāsh/(Jehoash) to/towards the,priests all money_of of,the_holy_gifts which/who brought house_of YHWH money assessed (a)_man money_of persons_of his_valuation_of,his all/each/any/every money which/who it_ascended on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in heart_of (a)_man to=bring house_of YHWH )

Joash is referring to silver that someone would pay to redeem a person or animal that he had dedicated to Yahweh, as described in Leviticus 27:1–13. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [silver paid to redeem people or animals dedicated to Yahweh]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כָּל־כֶּ֗סֶף אֲשֶׁ֤ר יַֽעֲלֶה֙ עַ֣ל לֶב־אִ֔ישׁ לְ⁠הָבִ֖יא בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Yəhōʼāsh/(Jehoash) to/towards the,priests all money_of of,the_holy_gifts which/who brought house_of YHWH money assessed (a)_man money_of persons_of his_valuation_of,his all/each/any/every money which/who it_ascended on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in heart_of (a)_man to=bring house_of YHWH )

Joash is speaking as if silver could actually go up onto the heart of a man. He is using the heart to represent a person’s desires. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [all of the silver that a person desired to bring into the temple of Yahweh]