Anden Krønikebog 14
1 Og Abia laa med sine Fædre, og de begrove ham i Davids Stad, og Asa, hans Søn, blev Konge i hans Sted; i hans Dage havde Landet Ro i ti Aar.
Abijah slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. Asa, his son, became king in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2 Og Asa gjorde det, som var godt og ret for Herrens hans Guds Øjne.
Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God,
3 Og han borttog de fremmede Altre og Højene og sønderbrød Støtterne og sønderhuggede Astartebillederne.
for he took away the foreign altars and the high places. He broke down the stone pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.
4 Og han sagde til Juda, at de skulde søge Herren, deres Fædres Gud, og gøre Loven og Budet.
He commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, and to carry out the law and the commandments.
5 Og han borttog Højene og Solbillederne fra alle Stæder i Juda, og Riget havde Ro under ham.
Also he took away the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under him.
6 Og han byggede faste Stæder i Juda, fordi Landet havde Ro, og der var ingen Krig imod ham i disse Aar; thi Herren skaffede ham Rolighed.
He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him peace.
7 Og han sagde til Juda: Lader os bygge disse Stæder og føre Mur op omkring dem med Taarne, dobbelte Porte og Stænger, da Landet endnu ligger for os; thi vi have søgt Herren vor Gud, vi have søgt ham, og han har skaffet os Rolighed trindt omkring. Saa byggede de, og det lykkedes for dem.
For Asa said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is still ours because we have sought Yahweh our God. We have sought him, and he has given us peace on every side.” So they built and succeeded.
8 Og Asa havde en Hær, som bar Skjold og Spyd, af Juda tre Hundrede Tusinde og af Benjamin, som bare Skjold og spændte Bue, to Hundrede og firsindstyve Tusinde; alle disse vare vældige til Strid.
Asa had an army that carried shields and spears; from Judah he had 300,000 men, and from Benjamin, 280,000 men who carried shields and drew bows. All of these were mighty men.
9 Og Morianen Sera drog ud imod dem med en Hær, tusinde Gange tusinde, og med tre Hundrede Vogne; og han kom lige til Maresa.
Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of one million soldiers and three hundred chariots; he came to Mareshah.
10 Og Asa drog ud imod ham, og de rustede sig til Slag i Zefatas Dal ved Maresa.
Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle lines in order in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11 Og Asa raabte til Herren sin Gud og sagde: Herre! hos dig, naar du vil hjælpe, gør det ingen Forskel, om en har megen eller ingen Kraft; hjælp os, Herre vor Gud! thi vi forlade os fast paa dig, og vi ere komne i dit Navn imod denne Hob; Herre! du er vor Gud, intet Menneske skal formaa noget imod dig.
Asa cried to Yahweh, his God, and said, “Yahweh, there is no one but you to help one who has no strength when he is facing many. Help us, Yahweh our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast number. Yahweh, you are our God; do not let man defeat you.”
12 Og Herren slog Morianerne for Asas Ansigt og for Judas Ansigt, og Morianerne flyede.
So Yahweh struck the Cushites before Asa and Judah; the Cushites fled.
13 Og Asa og Folket, som var med ham, forfulgte dem indtil Gerar; og der faldt af Morianerne saa mange, at ingen af dem blev levende; thi de bleve knuste for Herrens Ansigt og for hans Hær; og man gjorde et saare stort Bytte.
Asa and the soldiers with him pursued them to Gerar. So many Cushites fell that they could not recover, for they were completely destroyed before Yahweh and his army. The army carried away very much plunder.
14 Og de sloge alle Stæder trindt omkring Gerar, thi Herrens Frygt var over disse; og de udplyndrede alle Stæderne, thi der var meget Bytte i dem.
The army destroyed all the villages around Gerar, for terror of Yahweh had come on the inhabitants. The army plundered all the villages, and there was much booty in them.
15 Og de sloge ogsaa Kvægteltene, og bortførte smaat Kvæg i Mangfoldighed og Kameler, og de kom tilbage til Jerusalem.
The army also destroyed the tent settlements of the shepherding nomads; they carried away sheep in abundance, as well as camels, and then they returned to Jerusalem.
