Anden Krønikebog 14

1 Saa lagde Abija sig til Hvile hos sine Fædre, og man jordede ham i Davidsbyen; og hans Søn Asa blev Konge i hans Sted. Paa hans Tid havde Landet Fred i ti Aar.

So Abijah went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David, and Asa his son became king in his place; in his time the land was quiet for ten years.

2 Asa gjorde, hvad der var godt og ret i HERREN hans Guds Øjne.

And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God;

3 Han fjernede de fremmede Altre og Offerhøjene, sønderbrød Stenstøtterne og omhuggede Asjerastøtterne

For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;

4 og bød Judæerne søge HERREN, deres Fædres Gud, og holde Loven og Budet,

And he made Judah go after the Lord, the God of their fathers, and keep his laws and his orders.

5 og han fjernede Offerhøjene og Solstøtterne fra alle Judas Byer, og Landet havde Fred, saa længe han levede.

And he took away the high places and the sun-images from all the towns of Judah; and the kingdom was quiet under his rule.

6 Han byggede Fæstninger i Juda, thi Landet havde Fred, og han havde ingen Krig i de Aar, thi HERREN lod ham have Ro.

He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.

7 Han sagde da til Judæerne: »Lad os befæste disse Byer og omgive dem med Mure og Taarne, Porte og Portslaaer, medens vi endnu har Landet i vor Magt, thi vi har søgt HERREN vor Gud; vi har søgt ham, og han har ladet os have Ro til alle Sider!« Saa byggede de, og Lykken stod dem bi.

He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.

8 Asa havde en Hær, af Juda 300 000 væbnet med Skjold og Spyd, og af Benjamin 280 000, der har Smaaskjolde og spændte Buer, alle sammen dygtige Krigere.

And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men of Judah armed with body-covers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand of Benjamin armed with body-covers and bows; all these were men of war.

9 Men Kusjiten Zera drog ud imod dem med en Hær paa 1 000 000 Mand og 300 Stridsvogne. Da han havde naaet Maresja,

And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.

10 rykkede Asa ud imod ham, og de stillede sig op til Kamp i Zefatadalen ved Maresja.

And Asa went out against him, and they put their forces in position in the valley north of Mareshah.

11 Da raabte Asa til HERREN sin Gud: »HERRE, hos dig er der ingen Forskel paa at hjælpe den, der har megen Kraft, og den, der ingen har; hjælp os, HERRE vor Gud, thi til dig støtter vi os, og i dit Navn er vi draget mod denne Menneskemængde, HERRE, du er vor Gud, mod dig kan intet Menneske holde Stand.«

And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O Lord, you are our God; let not man's power be greater than yours.

12 Da slog HERREN Kusjiterne foran Asa og Judæerne, og Kusjiterne tog Flugten.

So the Lord sent fear on the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah; and the Ethiopians went in flight.

13 Asa og hans Folk forfulgte dem til Gerar, og alle Kusjiterne faldt, ingen reddede Livet, thi de knustes foran HERREN og hans Hær. Judæerne gjorde et umaadeligt Bytte

And Asa and the people who were with him went after them as far as Gerar; and so great was the destruction among the Ethiopians that they were not able to get their army together again, for they were broken before the Lord and before his army; and they took away a great amount of their goods.

14 og indtog alle Byerne i Omegnen af Gerar, thi en HERRENS Rædsel var kommet over dem, og de plyndrede alle Byerne, thi der var et stort Bytte i dem;

And they overcame all the towns round Gerar, because the Lord sent fear on them; and they took away their goods from the towns, for there were stores of wealth in them.

15 ogsaa indtog de Teltene til Kvæget og slæbte en Mængde Smaakvæg og Kameler med sig; saa vendte de tilbage til Jerusalem.

And they made an attack on the tents of the owners of the cattle, and took away great numbers of sheep and camels and went back to Jerusalem.