2 Setouknae 15
1 Cathut e Muitha teh Oded capa Azariah koe a pha teh,
The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.
2 Asa dawn hanelah a cei teh, ahni koevah, Asa Judahnaw abuemlah hoi Benjaminnaw ka lawk thai awh haw. BAWIPA na kampangkhai awh pawiteh, ahni ni na kampangkhai van han. Ahni na tawng awh pawiteh na hmu awh han. Ahni na pahnawt awh pawiteh, na pahnawt awh van han.
He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you look for him, you will find him; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
3 Tueng moikasawlah Cathut katang tawn awh hoeh. Vaihmanaw cangkhainae hoi kâlawk tawn laipalah ao awh.
For many years Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach them, and without the law.
4 Rucatnae a kâhmo awh toteh, BAWIPA Isarel Cathut koelah bout a ban awh. A tawng awh teh bout a hmu awh.
But when they were in trouble they returned to the Lord, the God of Israel—they looked for him, and they found him.
5 Hatnae tueng dawk kâennae hoi tâconae dawk roumnae awm hoeh. Ram thung kho ka sak e pueng koe lungpuen tâsuenae hoi doeh a kawi.
During those times travel was dangerous, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. People everywhere had terrible problems.
6 Ram buet touh hoi buet touh kho buet touh hoi buet touh a kâ raphoe awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Cathut ni runae phunkuep hoi tarannaw kut dawk a kâhmo sak.
Nation fought nation, and town fought town, for God threw them into a panic with all kinds of trouble.
7 Hatei, nangmouh teh tha kâlat awh nateh na kut hno awh hanh. Na sak awh e patetlah tawkphu na hmu awh han telah atipouh.
But you need to be strong, not weak, for you will be rewarded for the work you do.”
8 Asa ni hote lawk hoi profet Oded e sutdeilawk a thai navah, taran bout ahawi teh, Judah ram hoi Benjamin ram pueng Ephraim mon dawk e a la e khonaw e panuetthopounge naw pueng koung a tâkhawng teh, BAWIPA e im hmalah kaawm e BAWIPA thuengnae khoungroe bout a pathoup.
When Asa heard these words of prophecy from Azariah the prophet, son of Oded, he was encouraged. He removed the vile idols from the whole territory of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. Then he repaired the altar of the Lord that stood in front of the porch of the Lord's Temple.
9 Hahoi Judah ram hoi Benjamin ram thung e tami pueng ahni koe kho ka sak e Ephraim, Manasseh hoi Simeon ram thung e tami pueng koung a kaw. Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA Cathut ahni koelah ao e a hmu navah Isarel ram thung e tami moikapap ahni koe a tho awh.
Then Asa summoned all of Judah and Benjamin, along with those Israelites from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were living among them, for many people had deserted Israel and come over to Asa when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
10 Hottelah Asa ni a uknae kum 15, thapa yung pâthum navah Jerusalem kho dawk a kamkhueng awh.
They gathered in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.
11 Hatnae hnin dawk a lawp e maitotan 700, tu 7000 touh hoi BAWIPA koe thuengnae a sak awh.
That day they sacrificed to the Lord seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from the plunder they had brought back.
12 A lungthin hoi a hringnae abuemlah mintoenaw e BAWIPA Cathut tawng hane hoi,
Then they made an agreement to conscientiously and completely follow the Lord, the God of their forefathers.
13 Isarelnaw e BAWIPA Cathut ka tawng ngaihoeh e tami bangpatethai thoseh, tami kathoung kalen, napui tongpa abuemlah koung thei hanelah lawkkamnae a sak awh.
They also agreed that anyone who refused to follow the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
14 BAWIPA min lahoi hote lawkkamnae tarawi hanelah mongka hoi tuki kacaipounglah a ueng awh teh, thoebonae lahoi a hramki awh.
They declared their oath with a loud shout, accompanied by trumpets and blasts from rams' horns.
15 Judahnaw abuemlah hoi hote lawkkamnae dawk a lunghawi awh teh, lungthin abuemlah hoi lawkkamnae a sak awh teh a hringnae abuemlah hoi ama a tawng awh. Hahoi ama a hmu awh teh, BAWIPA ni hmuen tangkuem koe roumnae a poe.
The whole of Judah was happy at the oath they had conscientiously sworn. They looked for him sincerely, and they found him. The Lord gave them peace from all their enemies.
16 Siangpahrang Asa e manu Maakah hai panuettho e meikaphawk Asherah a sak kecu dawkvah, siangpahrangnu dawk hoi a kâhat sak. Meikaphawk teh Asa ni koung ka rawm lah a hem teh, a raphoe hnukkhu, Kidron palang teng vah hmai a sawi.
King Asa also removed Maacah from her position as queen mother for making an offensive Asherah pole. Asa cut down her vile idol, crushed it up, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
17 Hatei, Isarel ram dawk e hmuenrasangnaw teh takhoe lah awm hoeh rah. Asa e lungthin teh a bawi nathung yuemkamcu e lah ao.
While the high places were not removed from Israel, Asa was completely devoted to the Lord all his life.
18 A na pa ni a poe e hnopainaw, ama ni a poe e hnopainaw sui hoi ngunnaw teh Cathut e im dawk a hruek.
He brought into God's Temple the silver and gold articles he and his father had dedicated.
19 Asa siangpahrang kum 35 touh a tawk. A tawk nathung tarankâtuknae banghai awm hoeh.
There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.
