歷代志下 15
1 上帝的靈感動俄德的兒子亞撒利雅。
Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
2 他出來迎接亞撒，對他說：「亞撒和猶大、便雅憫眾人哪，要聽我說：你們若順從耶和華，耶和華必與你們同在；你們若尋求他，就必尋見；你們若離棄他，他必離棄你們。
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
3 以色列人不信真神，沒有訓誨的祭司，也沒有律法，已經好久了；
For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.
4 但他們在急難的時候歸向耶和華－以色列的上帝，尋求他，他就被他們尋見。
But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.
5 那時，出入的人不得平安，列國的居民都遭大亂；
In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.
6 這國攻擊那國，這城攻擊那城，互相破壞，因為上帝用各樣災難擾亂他們。
Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
7 現在你們要剛強，不要手軟，因你們所行的必得賞賜。」
But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”
8 亞撒聽見這話和俄德兒子先知亞撒利雅的預言，就壯起膽來，在猶大、便雅憫全地，並以法蓮山地所奪的各城，將可憎之物盡都除掉，又在耶和華殿的廊前重新修築耶和華的壇；
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
9 又招聚猶大、便雅憫的眾人，並他們中間寄居的以法蓮人、瑪拿西人、西緬人。有許多以色列人歸降亞撒，因見耶和華－他的上帝與他同在。
And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
10 亞撒十五年三月，他們都聚集在耶路撒冷。
So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
11 當日他們從所取的擄物中，將牛七百隻、羊七千隻獻給耶和華。
At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.
12 他們就立約，要盡心盡性地尋求耶和華－他們列祖的上帝。
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
13 凡不尋求耶和華－以色列上帝的，無論大小、男女，必被治死。
And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
14 他們就大聲歡呼，吹號吹角，向耶和華起誓。
They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.
15 猶大眾人為所起的誓歡喜；因他們是盡心起誓，盡意尋求耶和華，耶和華就被他們尋見，且賜他們四境平安。
And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
16 亞撒王貶了他祖母瑪迦太后的位，因她造了可憎的偶像亞舍拉。亞撒砍下她的偶像，搗得粉碎，燒在汲淪溪邊。
King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
17 只是邱壇還沒有從以色列中廢去，然而亞撒的心一生誠實。
The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
18 亞撒將他父所分別為聖、與自己所分別為聖的金銀和器皿都奉到上帝的殿裏。
And he brought into the house of God the silver and gold articles that he and his father had dedicated.
19 從這時直到亞撒三十五年，都沒有爭戰的事。
And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
