2 Ljetopisa 15
1 Tada duh Božji dođe na Odedova sina Azarju.
And Azarias the son of Oded—upon him came the Spirit of the Lord,
2 On je izišao pred Asu i rekao mu: “Čujte me, Asa i sve Judino i Benjaminovo pleme! Jahve je s vama jer ste vi s njime; i ako ga budete tražili, naći ćete ga; ako li ga ostavite, i on će ostaviti vas.
and he went out to meet Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin, and said, Hear me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin. The Lord [is] with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him out, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
3 Dugo su Izraelci bili bez pravoga Boga i bez svećenika-učitelja i bez Zakona.
And Israel [has been] a long time without the true God, and without a priest to expound [the truth], and without the law.
4 Kad su se u nevolji obratili Jahvi, Bogu Izraelovu, i stali ga tražiti, našli su ga.
But he shall turn them to the Lord God of Israel, and he will be found of them.
5 U ona vremena nitko nije mogao na miru ni izlaziti ni dolaziti, jer su veliki nemiri vladali među svim zemaljskim stanovnicima.
And in that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands.
6 Udarao je narod na narod, grad na grad, jer ih je Jahve smeo svakojakom nevoljom.
And nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every [kind of] affliction.
7 Ali vi budite hrabri i neka vam ne klonu ruke, jer ima nagrada za vaša djela.”
But be ye strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.
8 Čuvši te riječi i proročku besjedu proroka Odeda, Asa se ohrabri i ukloni idolske gadove iz cijele Judine i Benjaminove zemlje i iz gradova koje je bio osvojio u Efrajimovoj gori. Obnovio je i Jahvin žrtvenik koji je bio pred Jahvinim trijemom.
And when [Asa] heard these words, and the prophesy of Adad the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Juda and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord.
9 Onda je skupio sve Judino i Benjaminovo pleme i došljake koji su bili kod njih od Efrajimova, Manašeova i Šimunova plemena, jer ih je mnogo prebjeglo k njemu od Izraelaca kad su vidjeli da je s njim Jahve, njegov Bog.
And he assembled Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers that dwelt with him, of Ephraim, and of Manasse, and of Symeon: for many of Israel were joined to him, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
10 I skupili su se u Jeruzalemu trećega mjeseca petnaeste godine Asina kraljevanja.
And they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 Onoga su dana prinijeli Jahvi žrtve od plijena koji su dognali, sedam stotina goveda i sedam tisuća sitne stoke.
And he sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils which they brought, seven hundred calves and seven thousand sheep.
12 Zavjetovaše se da će tražiti Jahvu, Boga svojih otaca, svim srcem i svom dušom.
And he entered into a covenant that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.
13 A tko god ne bi tražio Jahvu, Izraelova Boga, da se pogubi, bio malen ili velik, čovjek ili žena.
And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel, should die, whether young or old, whether man or woman.
14 Zakleli su se Jahvi iza glasa i uz gromki poklik, uz trube i rogove.
And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 Svi su se Judejci radovali zbog te zakletve jer su se iz svega srca zakleli i od sve su ga svoje volje tražili i našli ga. Jahve im je dao mir odasvud uokolo.
And all Juda rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.
16 I svoju mater Maaku ukloni kralj Asa s vlasti jer je bila načinila gada Ašeri. Asa je sasjekao njezina gada, satro ga i spalio u potoku Kidronu.
And he removed Maacha his mother from being priestess to Astarte; and he cut down the idol, and burnt it in the brook of Kedron.
17 Ali uzvišice nisu bile uklonjene iz Izraela. Ipak je Asino srce bilo privrženo Jahvi svega njegova života.
Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18 Unio je u Dom Božji posvećene darove svoga oca i svoje: srebro i zlato i posuđe.
And he brought in the holy things of David his father, and the holy things of the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.
19 Nije bilo rata sve do trideset i pete godine Asina kraljevanja.
And there was no war [waged] with him until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
