2 Ljetopisa 15
1 Tada duh Božji dođe na Odedova sina Azarju.
The Spirit of God came on Azariah 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.
He went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
3 Dugo su Izraelci bili bez pravoga Boga i bez svećenika-učitelja i bez Zakona.
Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.
4 Kad su se u nevolji obratili Jahvi, Bogu Izraelovu, i stali ga tražiti, našli su ga.
But when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
5 U ona vremena nitko nije mogao na miru ni izlaziti ni dolaziti, jer su veliki nemiri vladali među svim zemaljskim stanovnicima.
In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
6 Udarao je narod na narod, grad na grad, jer ih je Jahve smeo svakojakom nevoljom.
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
7 Ali vi budite hrabri i neka vam ne klonu ruke, jer ima nagrada za vaša djela.”
But you be strong! Don’t let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.”
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.
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the LORD’s altar that was before the LORD’s porch.
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.
He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon; for they came to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
10 I skupili su se u Jeruzalemu trećega mjeseca petnaeste godine Asina kraljevanja.
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
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 plunder which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.
12 Zavjetovaše se da će tražiti Jahvu, Boga svojih otaca, svim srcem i svom dušom.
They entered into the covenant to 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 that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
14 Zakleli su se Jahvi iza glasa i uz gromki poklik, uz trube i rogove.
They swore to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, 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.
All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them. Then the LORD gave them rest all around.
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.
Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
17 Ali uzvišice nisu bile uklonjene iz Izraela. Ipak je Asino srce bilo privrženo Jahvi svega njegova života.
But the high places were not taken away out of 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.
He brought the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated, silver, gold, and vessels into God’s house.
19 Nije bilo rata sve do trideset i pete godine Asina kraljevanja.
There was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
