2 Ljetopisa 15
1 Tada duh Božji dođe na Odedova sina Azarju.
And upon Azariah son of Oded hath been the Spirit of God,
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 goeth out before Asa, and saith to him, 'Hear, me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; Jehovah [is] with you — in your being with Him, and if ye seek Him, He is found of you, and if ye forsake Him, He forsaketh you;
3 Dugo su Izraelci bili bez pravoga Boga i bez svećenika-učitelja i bez Zakona.
and many days [are] to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,
4 Kad su se u nevolji obratili Jahvi, Bogu Izraelovu, i stali ga tražiti, našli su ga.
and it turneth back in its distress unto Jehovah, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is 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 those times there is no peace to him who is going out, and to him who is coming in, for many troubles [are] on all the inhabitants of the lands,
6 Udarao je narod na narod, grad na grad, jer ih je Jahve smeo svakojakom nevoljom.
and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity;
7 Ali vi budite hrabri i neka vam ne klonu ruke, jer ima nagrada za vaša djela.”
and ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, 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 at Asa's hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he hath strengthened himself, and doth cause the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he hath captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and reneweth the altar of Jehovah that [is] before the porch of Jehovah,
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 gathereth all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon — for they have fallen unto him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that Jehovah his God [is] with him.
10 I skupili su se u Jeruzalemu trećega mjeseca petnaeste godine Asina kraljevanja.
And they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of 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 sacrifice to Jehovah on that day from the spoil they have brought in — oxen seven hundred, and sheep seven thousand,
12 Zavjetovaše se da će tražiti Jahvu, Boga svojih otaca, svim srcem i svom dušom.
and they enter into a covenant to seek Jehovah, 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 every one who doth not seek for Jehovah, God of Israel, is put to death, from small unto great, from man unto woman.
14 Zakleli su se Jahvi iza glasa i uz gromki poklik, uz trube i rogove.
And they swear to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, 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 rejoice do all Judah concerning the oath, for with all their heart they have sworn, and with all their good-will they have sought Him, and He is found of them, and Jehovah giveth rest to them 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 also Maachah, mother of Asa the king — he hath removed her from [being] mistress, in that she hath made for a shrine a horrible thing, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and beateth [it] small, and burneth [it] by the brook Kidron:
17 Ali uzvišice nisu bile uklonjene iz Izraela. Ipak je Asino srce bilo privrženo Jahvi svega njegova života.
yet the high places have not turned aside from Israel; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect all his days.
18 Unio je u Dom Božji posvećene darove svoga oca i svoje: srebro i zlato i posuđe.
And he bringeth in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.
19 Nije bilo rata sve do trideset i pete godine Asina kraljevanja.
And war hath not been till the thirty and fifth year of the reign of Asa.
