Anden Krønikebog 15
1 Guds Ånd kom over Azarja, Odeds Søn,
The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.
2 og han trådte frem for Asa og sagde til ham: "Hør mig, Asa og hele Juda og Benjamin! HERREN er med eder, når I er med ham; og hvis I søger ham, lader han sig finde af eder, men forlader I ham, forlader han også eder!
He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
3 I lange Tider var Israel uden sand Gud, uden Præster til at vejlede og uden Lov,
Now for a long period, Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without the law.
4 men i sin Trængsel omvendte det sig til HERREN, Israels Gud, og søgte ham, og han lod sig finde at dem.
But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
5 I de Tider kunde ingen gå ud og ind i Fred, thi der var vild Rædsel over alle Landes Indbyggere;
In those times there was no peace for him who traveled away, nor for him who traveled to here; instead, great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
6 Folk knustes mod Folk, By mod By, thi Gud bragte dem i vild Rædsel med alle mulige Trængsler.
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city, for God troubled them with all kinds of suffering.
7 Men I, vær frimodige og lad ikke Hænderne synke, thi der er Løn for eders Gerning."
But be strong, and do not let your hands be weak, for your work will be rewarded.”
8 Da Asa hørte de Ord og den Profeti, tog han Mod til sig og fjernede de væmmelige Guder fra hele Judas og Benjamins Land og fra de Byer, han havde indtaget i Efraims Bjerge; oghan byggede påny HERRENs Alter foran HERRENs Forhal.
When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and drove away the disgusting things from all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities that he had captured from the hill country of Ephraim, and he rebuilt Yahweh's altar, which was in front of the portico of Yahweh's house.
9 Så samlede han hele Juda og Benjamin og de Folk fra Efraim, Manasse og Simeon, der boede som fremmede hos dem; thi en Mængde Israeliter var gået over til ham, da de så, at HERREN hans Gud var med ham.
He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who stayed with them—people from of Ephraim and Manasseh, and from Simeon. For they came from Israel to him in great numbers, when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
10 De samledes i Jerusalem i den tredje Måned i Asas femtende Regeringsår
So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.
11 og ofrede den Dag HERREN Ofre af Byttet, de havde medbragt, 700 Stykker Hornkvæg og 7000 Stykker Småkvæg.
They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day some of the plunder that they had brought: seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep and goats.
12 Derpå sluttede de en Pagt om at søge HERREN, deres Fædres Gud, af hele deres Hjerte og hele deres Sjæl;
They entered into a covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their soul.
13 og enhver, der ikke søgte HERREN, Israels Gud, skulde lide Døden, være sig lille eller stor, Mand eller Kvinde.
They agreed that whoever refused to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether the person was small or great, whether man or woman.
14 Det tilsvor de HERREN med høj Røst under Jubel og til Trompeters og Horns Klang,
They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, with shouting, and with trumpets and horns.
15 Og hele Juda glædede sig over den Ed, thi de svor af hele deres Hjerte og søgte ham af hele deres Vilje; og han lod sig finde af dem og lod dem få Ro til alle Sider.
All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and they sought God with their whole desire, and he was found by them. Yahweh gave them peace all around them.
16 Kong Asa fratog endog sin Moder Ma'aka Værdigheden som Herskerinde, fordi hun havde ladet lave et Skændselsbillede til Ære for Asjera; Asa lod hendes Skændselsbillede nedbryde, sønderknuse og brænde i Kedrons Dal.
He also removed Maacah, his grandmother, from being queen, because she had made a disgusting figure out of an Asherah pole. Asa cut down the disgusting figure, ground it to dust and burned it at the brook Kidron.
17 Vel forsvandt Offerhøjene ikke af Israel, men alligevel var Asas Hjerte helt med HERREN, så længe han levede.
But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was completely devoted all his days.
18 Og han bragte sin Faders og sine egne Helliggaver ind i Guds Hus, Sølv, Guld og forskellige Kar.
He brought into the house of God the silver and gold and the utensils that he and his father had dedicated for that purpose.
19 Der var ikke Krige føer efter Asas fem og tredivte Regeringsår.
There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.
