2 Ljetopisa 14
1 Potom Abija počinu kraj svojih otaca. Sahraniše ga u Davidovu gradu; na njegovo se mjesto zakralji sin mu Asa. Za njegovih je dana zemlja bila mirna deset godina.
So Abiiah slept with his fathers, and they buryed him in the citie of Dauid, and Asa his sonne reigned in his steade: in whose dayes the lande was quiet ten yeere.
2 Asa je činio što je dobro i pravo u očima Jahve, njegova Boga.
And Asa did that was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.
3 Uklonio je tuđinske žrtvenike i uzvišice, polomio stupove i razbio ašere.
For he tooke away the altars of the strange gods and the hie places, and brake downe the images, and cut downe the groues,
4 Naredio je Judejcima da traže Jahvu, Boga svojih otaca, da se drže zakona i zapovijedi.
And commanded Iudah to seeke the Lord God of their fathers, and to doe according to the Lawe and the comandement.
5 Uklonio je iz svih judejskih gradova uzvišice i sunčane stupove, a kraljevstvo je bilo mirno za njegova vremena.
And he tooke away out of all the cities of Iudah the hie places, and the images: therefore the kingdome was quiet before him.
6 Sagradio je tvrde gradove u Judeji, jer je zemlja bila mirna. Nitko se nije zaratio na nj onih godina, jer mu je Jahve dao mir.
He built also strong cities in Iudah, because the lande was in rest, and he had no warre in those yeeres: for the Lord had giuen him rest.
7 Zato je Asa rekao Judejcima: “Da pogradimo ove gradove i da ih opašemo zidom i kulama, vratima i prijevornicama; još je zemlja pred nama naša, jer smo tražili Jahvu, svoga Boga; tražili smo ga, i on nam je dao mir odasvud uokolo!” Tako su gradili i bili sretni.
Therefore he saide to Iudah, Let vs builde these cities and make walles about, and towers, gates, and barres, whiles the lande is before vs: because we haue sought the Lord our God, we haue sought him, and he hath giuen vs rest on euery side: so they built and prospered.
8 Asa je imao vojske trista tisuća ljudi između Judejaca koji su nosili štit i koplje, a od Benjaminova plemena dvjesta i osamdeset tisuća koji su nosili štit i zapinjali luk. Svi su bili hrabri junaci.
And Asa had an armie of Iudah that bare shieldes and speares, three hundreth thousande, and of Beniamin that bare shieldes and drewe bowes, two hundreth and foure score thousande: all these were valiant men.
9 Izašao je na njih Etiopljanin Zerah sa tisuću tisuća vojnika i tri stotine bojnih kola i došao do Mareše.
And there came out against them Zerah of Ethiopia with an hoste of ten hundreth thousande, and three hundreth charets, and came vnto Mareshah.
10 Asa je izašao preda nj; svrstali su se u bojni red u Sefatskoj dolini kod Mareše.
Then Asa went out before him, and they set the battell in aray in the valley of Zephathah beside Mareshah.
11 Asa zavapi k Jahvi, Bogu svome: “O Jahve, tebi je ništa pomoći silnome ili nejakome! Pomozi nam, o Jahve, Bože naš, jer se na te oslanjamo i u tvoje smo ime izišli na ovo mnoštvo! Jahve, ti si Bog naš, ne daj snažnu čovjeku protiv sebe!”
And Asa cryed vnto the Lord his God, and saide, Lord, it is nothing with thee to helpe with many, or with no power: helpe vs, O Lord our God: for we rest on thee, and in thy Name are we come against this multitude: O Lord, thou art our God, let not man preuaile against thee.
12 Jahve razbi Etiopljane pred Asom i pred Judejcima te Etiopljani pobjegoše.
So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Iudah, and the Ethiopians fled.
13 Asa ih je s narodom koji bijaše s njim potjerao sve do Gerara. Etiopljani su popadali, tako da nijedan nije ostao živ jer ih je satro Jahve i njegove čete; i one su odnijele vrlo velik plijen.
And Asa and the people that was with him, pursued them vnto Gerar. And the Ethiopians hoste was ouerthrowen, so that there was no life in them: for they were destroyed before the Lord and before his hoste: and they caryed away a mightie great spoyle.
14 Osvojile su sve gradove oko Gerara jer je Jahvin strah došao na njih; oplijenile su sve te gradove, jer je u njima bilo mnogo plijena.
And they smote all the cities rounde about Gerar: for the feare of the Lord came vpon them, and they spoyled all the cities, for there was exceeding much spoyle in them.
15 Poharale su i šatore za stoku i zaplijenile mnoštvo sitne stoke i deva; a onda su se vratile u Jeruzalem.
Yea, and they smote the tents of cattel, and carried away plentie of sheepe and camels, and returned to Ierusalem.
