2 Ljetopisa 16
1 Trideset i šeste godine Asina kraljevanja navali izraelski kralj Baša na Judeju i stade utvrđivati Ramu da spriječi svako kretanje judejskom kralju Asi.
And in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of Asa, the king of Israel went up against Juda, and built Rama, so as not to allow egress or ingress to Asa king of Juda.
2 Asa tada uze srebra i zlata iz riznice Doma Jahvina i kraljevskoga dvora i posla aramejskome kralju Ben-Hadadu, koji je stolovao u Damasku, i poruči mu:
And Asa took silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent [them] to the son of Ader king of Syria, which lived in Damascus, saying,
3 “Neka bude savez između mene i tebe i između moga i tvoga oca; evo, šaljem ti na dar srebra i zlata, hajde, raskini savez s izraelskim kraljem Bašom da bi otišao od mene.”
Make a covenant between me and you, and between my father and your father: behold, I have sent you gold and silver: come, and turn away from me Baasa king of Israel, and let him depart from me.
4 Ben-Hadad posluša kralja Asu i posla svoje vojskovođe na izraelske gradove te oni pokoriše Ijon, Dan, Abel Majinu i sve Naftalijeve gradove-skladišta.
And the son of Ader listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his host against the cities of Israel; and struck Aeon, and Dan, and Abelmain, and all the country round Nephthali.
5 A kada to Baša dozna, presta utvrđivati Ramu i obustavi posao.
And it came to pass when Baasa heard [it] he left off building Rama, and put a stop to his work:
6 Tada kralj Asa sazva sve Judejce i oni odnesoše kamenje i drvo kojima je Baša utvrđivao Ramu, pa time utvrdiše Gebu i Mispu.
then king Asa took all Juda, and took the stones of Rama, and its timber, [with] which Baasa [had] built; and he built with them Gabae and Maspha.
7 U to vrijeme dođe vidjelac Hanani k judejskom kralju Asi i reče mu: “Budući da si se oslonio na aramejskoga kralja, a nisi se oslonio na Jahvu, Boga svoga, vojska aramejskoga kralja izmakla ti je iz ruke.
And at that time came Anani the prophet to Asa king of Juda, and said to him, Because you did trust on the king of Syria, and did not trust on the Lord your God, therefore the army of Syria is escaped out of your hand.
8 Nisu li Etiopljani i Libijci imali silne čete sa vrlo mnogo bojnih kola i konjanika? Pa kad si se oslonio na Jahvu, predao ti ih je u ruke.
Were not the Ethiopians and Libyans a great force, in courage, in horsemen, in great numbers? and did not He deliver them into your hands, because you trusted in the Lord?
9 Jer Jahve svojim očima gleda po svoj zemlji da bi se ohrabrili oni kojima je srce iskreno prema njemu. Ludo si u tome radio, zato će se od sada dizati ratovi na te.”
For the eyes of the Lord look upon all the earth, to strengthen every heart that is perfect toward him. In this you have done foolishly; henceforth there shall be war with you.
10 Tada se Asa razgnjevi na vidioca i baci ga u tamnicu, jer se razjario na nj. U to je vrijeme Asa potlačio i neke iz naroda.
And Asa was angry with the prophet, and put him in prison, for he was angry at this: and Asa vexed some of the people at that time.
11 I eto, Asina djela, od prvoga do posljednjeg, zapisana su u Knjizi o judejskim i izraelskim kraljevima.
And, behold, the acts of Asa, the first and the last, [are] written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.
12 Razbolio se trideset i devete godine kraljevanja, od nogu, te mu se bolest veoma pogoršala, ali ni u bolesti nije tražio Jahvu nego liječnike.
And Asa was diseased [in] his feet in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, until he was very ill: but in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.
13 Tako Asa počinu sa svojim ocima i umrije četrdeset i prve godine svoga kraljevanja.
And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the forties year of his reign.
14 Sahranili su ga u grobnici koju bijaše iskopao sebi u Davidovu gradu i položili ga na odar što ga bijaše napunio miomirisima i mastima, zgotovljenima mastilačkom vještinom, i spalili mu ih vrlo mnogo.
And they buried him in the sepulchre which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on a bed, and filled [it] with spices and [all] kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries; and they made for him a very great funeral.
