2 Ljetopisa 15
1 Tada duh Božji dođe na Odedova sina Azarju.
And the spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Oded,
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 said to him: Hear ye me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you shall find: but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
3 Dugo su Izraelci bili bez pravoga Boga i bez svećenika-učitelja i bez Zakona.
And many days shall pass in Israel without the true God, and without a priest a teacher, and without the law.
4 Kad su se u nevolji obratili Jahvi, Bogu Izraelovu, i stali ga tražiti, našli su ga.
And when in their distress they shall return to the Lord the God of Israel, and shall seek him, they shall find him.
5 U ona vremena nitko nije mogao na miru ni izlaziti ni dolaziti, jer su veliki nemiri vladali među svim zemaljskim stanovnicima.
At that time there shall be no peace to him that goeth out and cometh in, but terrors on every side among all the inhabitants of the earth.
6 Udarao je narod na narod, grad na grad, jer ih je Jahve smeo svakojakom nevoljom.
For nation shall fight against nation, and city against city, for the Lord will trouble them with all distress.
7 Ali vi budite hrabri i neka vam ne klonu ruke, jer ima nagrada za vaša djela.”
Do you therefore take courage, and let not your hands he weakened: for there shall be 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 had heard the words, and the prophecy of Azarias the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and took away the idols out of all the land of Juda, and out of Benjamin, and out of the cities of mount Ephraim, which he had taken, and he dedicated the altar of the Lord, which was before the porch 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 gathered together all Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers with them of Ephraim, and Manasses, and Simeon: for many were come over to him out of Israel, seeing that the Lord his God was with him.
10 I skupili su se u Jeruzalemu trećega mjeseca petnaeste godine Asina kraljevanja.
And when they were come to 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.
They sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils, and of the prey, that they had brought, seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand rams.
12 Zavjetovaše se da će tražiti Jahvu, Boga svojih otaca, svim srcem i svom dušom.
And he went in to confirm as usual the covenant, that they should seek the Lord the 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 if any one, said he, seek not the Lord the God of Israel, let him die, whether little or great, 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 with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet, and sound of comets,
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.
All that mere in Juda with a curse: for with all their heart they swore, and with all their will they sought him, and they found him, 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.
Moreover Maacha the mother of king Asa he deposed from the royal authority, because she had made in a grove an idol of Priapus: and he entirely destroyed it, and breaking it into pieces, burnt it at the torrent Cedron.
17 Ali uzvišice nisu bile uklonjene iz Izraela. Ipak je Asino srce bilo privrženo Jahvi svega njegova života.
But high places were left 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 the things which his father had vowed, and he himself had vowed, he brought into the house of the Lord, gold and silver, and vessels of divers uses.
19 Nije bilo rata sve do trideset i pete godine Asina kraljevanja.
And there was no war unto the five and thirtieth year of the kingdom of Asa.
