2 Thusimbu 14
1 Abijah athi phat chun David khopia chun akivuitan ahi. Chuin achapa Asa chu ama banin Lengin ahung pangin, hiti chun gamsunga chun kum som sung chamna le lungmona anaumin ahi.
Abijah slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. Asa, his son, became king in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2 Asa chun Pakai a-Pathen mit mun, alunglhaina dingle thilpha jeng abollin ahi.
Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God,
3 Aman gamchom miho maicham phungle, doihou ho doi-khom chu aladohsoh keijin ahi.
for he took away the foreign altars and the high places. He broke down the stone pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.
4 Asa chun Judah ten apu apau Pakai Pathen aholluva, chule adan hole athupeh’a anunna diuvin thu apetan ahi.
He commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, and to carry out the law and the commandments.
5 Asa chun Judah khopi jousea doikhom leh, gimnamtui ahal nau maicham phungho jong chu aladoh soh kei tan ahi.
Also he took away the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under him.
6 Chuche chamna kum sungchun Judah gamsung pumpia khopiho kul thopal ana gendoh jouvin ahi. Hiche phatsung hin, ama dounan koimachan gal anabol poi; ajeh chu Pakai in agalmi ho akonna akicholdo sah ahi.
He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him peace.
7 Asa chun Judah mite chu aseipeh’in, “Khopi ho sao hitin chule bang insang kotpi le thihkhao tothon kulpi gen uhite gam hi eihoa ahijenge, ajeh chu eihon Pakai Pathen chu ina holjinguva, chule aman akimvel jousea hi chamna eina peh’u ahi,” ati’ Hitichun amahon hiche tohgon ho chu ana chepiuvin atongdoh soh keitauvin ahi.
For Asa said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is still ours because we have sought Yahweh our God. We have sought him, and he has given us peace on every side.” So they built and succeeded.
8 Asa chun tengcha le kidalna pho mangcha Judah phunga kon sepai hangsan sang jathum aneiyin ahi. Chujongleh Benjamin phunga konin, kidalna pho neoloi le thalpi mangcha sepai galhang sang jani le somget aneiyin, sepai hon anigella chu, galsat jedan phatecha kihil them mi ahiuve.
Asa had an army that carried shields and spears; from Judah he had 300,000 men, and from Benjamin, 280,000 men who carried shields and drew bows. All of these were mighty men.
9 Khatvei chu Ethiopia mi Zerah kiti pa chun sepai mi nelkhat, chule sakol kangtalai jathum chun Judah techu ahin no khum un ahi. Amaho chun Mareshah khopi chan ahin dellut un ahi.
Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of one million soldiers and three hundred chariots; he came to Mareshah.
10 Chuin Asa chun asepai techu galsat din sah lam Mereshah phaichamma chun akoi tan ahi.
Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle lines in order in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11 Chutah chun Asa chun a-Pakai, Pathen henga atao in, “O Pakai nangtai lou koima khatcha hiche thanei lou keima hin thaneitah galmite douna eikithopi jou ding aumpoi, neipanpeuvin O Pakai, ka Pathen-u neikithopiu vin, ijeh-inem itileh nangma jengbou katah san’u nahi’e, hiche nangma minna chu hiche simjoulou dou dinga hung kondoh a kahiuve, O Pakai nangma ka Pathen’un ahin, hiche mihem ho hi nang sangin chung nun sah hih hellin,” ati.
Asa cried to Yahweh, his God, and said, “Yahweh, there is no one but you to help one who has no strength when he is facing many. Help us, Yahweh our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast number. Yahweh, you are our God; do not let man defeat you.”
12 Chuti chun Asa le Judah sepai ho masanga Pakai in Ethiopi mite gal ajo peh in, galmite chu ajam tauvin ahi.
So Yahweh struck the Cushites before Asa and Judah; the Cushites fled.
13 Asa le asepaite chun Gerar chan chu agadellun, chule hiti chun Ethiopi mite tamtah chun kinung thodoh jou kit dingin akigel tapouve. Amaho chu Pakai le a sepaiten asumangun chuin Judah te Sepai ho chun thilkeo tampi ahin kipoh doh tauvin ahi.
Asa and the soldiers with him pursued them to Gerar. So many Cushites fell that they could not recover, for they were completely destroyed before Yahweh and his army. The army carried away very much plunder.
14 Amaho Gerar’a aum sungu chun chuche gamkai’a khopi ho chu ano khum un ahile Pakai a kon achunguva kichat tijat a chu in, amahon hiche kho jouse chu achomun ahi. Ajeh chu hiche lai munna chu mithil lah ding atama tam uma ahi,
The army destroyed all the villages around Gerar, for terror of Yahweh had come on the inhabitants. The army plundered all the villages, and there was much booty in them.
15 Amahon gancha chingho gebuh jong chu anokhum uvin, kelngoi hon kelcha le sangongsao hon ho chu ahin kipuidoh uvin, chuin ama ho chu Jerusalema ahung kinung le tauvin ahi.
The army also destroyed the tent settlements of the shepherding nomads; they carried away sheep in abundance, as well as camels, and then they returned to Jerusalem.
