2 Chronicles 15

1 Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.

Forsothe Azarie, the sone of Obeth, whanne the spirit of the Lord was comyn in to hym,

2 So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

yede out in to the metyng of Asa; and seide to hym, Asa and al Juda and Beniamyn, here ye me; the Lord is with you, for ye weren with hym; if ye seken hym, ye schulen fynde hym; sotheli if ye forsaken hym, he schal forsake you.

3 For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.

Forsothe many daies schulen passe in Israel with outen veri God, and without preest, and without techere, and without lawe.

4 But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.

And whanne thei turnen ayen in her angwisch, and crien to the Lord God of Israel, and seken hym, thei schulen fynde hym.

5 In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.

In that tyme schal not be pees to go out and to go in, but dredis on al side on alle the dwelleris of londis.

6 Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.

For a folk schal fiyte ayens folk, and a citee ayens a citee, for the Lord schal disturble hem in al anguysch;

7 But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”

but be ye coumfortid, and youre hondis be not slakid; for mede schal be to youre werk.

8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.

And whanne Asa hadde herd this thing, that is, the wordis and profesye of Asarie, the sone of Obed, the profete, he was coumfortid, and he dide a wei alle the idols fro al the lond of Juda and of Beniamyn, and fro the citees whiche he hadde take of the hil of Effraym. And he halewide the auter of the Lord, that was bifor the porche of the hows of the Lord.

9 And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

And he gaderide togidere al Juda and Beniamyn, and with hem the comelyngis of Effraym, and of Manasses, and of Symeon; for manye of Israel, seynge that his Lord God was with hym, fledden ouer to hym.

10 So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.

And whanne thei hadden comun in to Jerusalem, in the thridde monethe, in the fiftenthe yeer of the rewme of Asa,

11 At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.

thei offriden `to the Lord in that dai, bothe of the spuylis and of the prey, which thei hadden brouyt, seuene hundrid oxis, and seuene thousynde wetheris.

12 Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

And Asa entride bi custom to make strong the boond of pees, that thei schulden seke the Lord God of her fadris in al her herte, and in al her soule.

13 And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

Sotheli he seide, If ony man sekith not the Lord God of Israel, die he, fro the leeste `til to the mooste, fro man `til to womman.

14 They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.

And alle that weren in Juda sworen with cursyng to the Lord, with greet vois, in hertli song, and in sown of trumpe, and in sown of clariouns;

15 And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.

for thei sworen in al her herte, and in al the wille thei souyten hym, and founden hym; and the Lord yaf to hem reste bi cumpas.

16 King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

But also he puttide doun Maacha, the modir of `Asa the kyng, fro the streit empire, for sche hadde made in a wode the symylacre, `ether licnesse, of a mannus yerde; and he al to-brak al `that symylacre, and pownede it in to gobetis, and `brente it in the stronde of Cedron.

17 The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.

But hiy places weren left in Israel; netheles the herte of Asa was riytful in alle hise daies.

18 And he brought into the house of God the silver and gold articles that he and his father had dedicated.

And he brouyte in to the hows of the Lord tho thingis that his fadir avowide, siluer and gold, and dyuerse purtenaunce of vessels;

19 And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

sotheli batel was not `til to the threttithe yeer of the rewme of Asa.