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.

And Abiyah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Assa his son became king in his stead. In his days the land had repose ten years.

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

And Assa did what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.

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

And he removed the altars of the strange [gods], and the high-places, and broke up the statues, and cut down the groves;

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

And he ordered Judah to seek the Lord the God of their fathers, and to execute the law and the commandment.

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

Also he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high-places and the sun-images: and the kingdom had repose before him.

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

And he built fortified cities in Judah; for the land had repose, and no one had war with him 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.

Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls, and towers, gates, and bars: the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God, —we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

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 Assa had an army that bore targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew the bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.

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 there came out against them Zerach the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand times thousand, and three hundred chariots; and he came as far as Mareshah.

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

Then went Assa out against him, and they set themselves in battle-array in the valley of Zephathah near 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 Assa called unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, nothing can hinder thee to help, whether it be the mighty, or those that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for on thee do we rely, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God! no mortal can place a restraint against thee.

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

Thereupon did the Lord strike down the Ethiopians before Assa, and before Judah: and the Ethiopians fled.

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 Assa and the people that were with him pursued them as far as Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians [so many], that they could not recover themselves; for they were broken down before the Lord, and before his camp; and they carried away exceedingly much booty.

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 smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the dread of the Lord was upon them: and they plundered all the cities; for abundant spoil was 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 also the tents of [the owners of] cattle did they smite, and they carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.