2 Mbiri 15
1 Mzimu wa Mulungu unabwera pa Azariya mwana wa Odedi.
The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:
2 Iye anapita kukakumana ndi Asa ndipo anati kwa iye, “Tandimverani, inu Asa ndi Ayuda onse ndi Benjamini. Yehova ali ndi inu, inunso mukakhala naye. Ngati inu mumufunafuna Iye mudzamupeza, koma ngati mumusiya, Iye adzakusiyani.
and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
3 Kwa nthawi yayitali Israeli anali wopanda Mulungu weniweni, wopanda wansembe wophunzitsa ndi wopanda malamulo.
Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
4 Koma pamene anali pa mavuto anatembenukira kwa Yehova, Mulungu wa Israeli ndi kufunafuna Iye, ndipo anamupeza.
But when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
5 Masiku amenewo sikunali kwabwino kuyenda ulendo, pakuti anthu onse okhala mʼdziko anali pa mavuto aakulu.
In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
6 Mtundu umodzi umakanthidwa ndi mtundu wina ndipo mzinda wina umakanthidwa ndi mzinda wina, pakuti Mulungu amawasautsa ndi mazunzo a mtundu uliwonse.
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
7 Koma inu, khalani amphamvu ndipo musataye mtima, pakuti mudzalandira mphotho ya ntchito yanu.”
But you be strong, and do not let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded."
8 Asa atamva mawu awa ndiponso uneneri wa Azariya mwana wa Odedi, analimba mtima. Iye anachotsa mafano onse onyansa mʼdziko lonse la Yuda ndi Benjamini ndi mʼmizinda yonse imene analanda a ku mapiri a Efereimu. Iye anakonzetsa guwa lansembe la Yehova limene linali kutsogolo kwa khonde la Nyumba ya Mulungu.
When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the vestibule of the LORD.
9 Kenaka anasonkhanitsa anthu onse a ku Yuda ndi Benjamini ndiponso anthu ochokera ku Efereimu, Manase ndi Simeoni amene ankakhala pakati pawo, pakuti gulu lalikulu linabwera kwa iye kuchokera ku Israeli litaona kuti anali ndi Yehova Mulungu wake.
He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
10 Iwo anasonkhana mu Yerusalemu mwezi wachitatu wa chaka cha 15 cha ulamuliro wa Asa.
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 Pa nthawi imeneyi anapereka nsembe kwa Yehova, ngʼombe 700 ndiponso nkhosa ndi mbuzi 7,000 zochokera pa zolanda ku nkhondo zimene anabweretsa.
They sacrificed to the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.
12 Iwo anachita pangano loti azifunafuna Yehova, Mulungu wa makolo awo, ndi mtima ndi moyo wawo wonse.
They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
13 Aliyense wosafunafuna Yehova Mulungu wa Israeli aziphedwa, kaya ndi wamngʼono kapena wamkulu, mwamuna kapena mkazi.
and that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
14 Iwo analumbira kwa Yehova, mokweza mawu, akuyimba malipenga ndi mbetete.
They swore to the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 Anthu onse a ku Yuda anakondwera pa kulumbirako chifukwa analumbira ndi mtima wawo wonse. Iwo anafunafuna Mulungu mwachidwi, ndipo anamupeza Iye. Kotero Yehova anawapatsa mpumulo mbali zonse.
All Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest all around.
16 Mfumu Asa anachotsanso Maaka agogo ake pa udindo wa amayi a mfumu chifukwa anapanga fano lonyansa la Asera. Asa anagwetsa fanolo, naliswa ndipo kenaka anakaliwotcha ku chigwa cha Kidroni.
Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it in the Kidron Valley.
17 Ngakhale kuti sanachotse malo opembedzerako mafano mu Israeli, mtima wa Asa unali wodzipereka kwathunthu kwa Yehova, masiku onse a moyo wake.
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18 Iye anabweretsanso mʼNyumba ya Mulungu zipangizo zasiliva, golide ndi ziwiya zina zimene iyeyo ndi abambo ake anazipatula.
He brought into God's house the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
19 Panalibenso nkhondo mpaka chaka cha 35 cha ufumu wa Asa.
There was no more war to the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
