Anden Krønikebog 14
1 Så lagde Abija sig til Hvile hos sine Fædre, og man jordede ham i Davidsbyen; og hans Søn Asa blev Konge i hans Sted. På hans Tid havde Landet Fred i ti År.
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 Asa gjorde, hvad der var godt og ret i HERREN hans Guds Øjne.
Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God,
3 Han fjernede de fremmede Altre og Offerhøjene, sønderbrød Stenstøtterne og omhuggede Asjerastøtterne
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 bød Judæerne søge HERREN, deres Fædres Gud, og holde 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 fjernede Offerhøjene og Solstøtterne fra alle Judas Byer, og Landet havde Fred, så længe han levede.
Also he took away the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under him.
6 Han byggede Fæstninger i Juda, thi Landet havde Fred, og han havde ingen Krig i de År, thi HERREN lod ham have Ro.
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 Han sagde da til Judæerne: "Lad os befæste disse Byer og omgive dem med Mure og Tårne, Porte og Portslåer, 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!" Så byggede de, og Lykken stod dem bi.
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 Asa havde en Hær, af Juda 300.000 væbnet med Skjold og Spyd, og af Benjamin 280.000, der har Småskjolde og spændte Buer, alle sammen dygtige Krigere.
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 Men Kusjiten Zera drog ud imod dem med en Hær på 1.000.000 Mand og 300 Stridsvogne. Da han havde nået Maresja,
Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of one million soldiers and three hundred chariots; he came to Mareshah.
10 rykkede Asa ud imod ham, og de stillede sig op til Kamp i Zefatadalen ved Maresja.
Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle lines in order in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11 Da råbte Asa til HERREN sin Gud: "HERRE, hos dig er der ingen Forskel på 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."
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 Da slog HERREN Kusjiterne foran Asa og Judæerne, og Kusjiterne tog Flugten.
So Yahweh struck the Cushites before Asa and Judah; the Cushites 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 umådeligt 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 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;
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 også indtog de Teltene til Kvæget og slæbte en Mængde Småkvæg og Kameler med sig; så vendte de 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.
