2 Chronicles 15
1 Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
Tada duh Božji doðe na Azariju sina Odidova;
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.
Te otide pred Asu i reèe mu: èujte me, Aso i sve pleme Judino i Venijaminovo; Gospod je s vama, jer ste vi s njim; i ako ga ustražite, naæi æete ga; ako li ga ostavite, i on æe vas ostaviti.
3 For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.
Dugo je Izrailj bez pravoga Boga i bez sveštenika uèitelja, i bez zakona.
4 But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.
A da su se u nevolji svojoj obratili ka Gospodu Bogu Izrailjevu i tražili ga, našli bi ga.
5 In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.
Ali u ovo vrijeme ne može se na miru odlaziti ni dolaziti; jer je nemir velik meðu svijem stanovnicima zemaljskim;
6 Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
I potiru narodi jedan drugi, i gradovi jedan drugi, jer ih Bog smete svakojakim nevoljama.
7 But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”
Zato vi budite hrabri i nemojte da vam klonu ruke, jer ima plata za vaš trud.
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.
A kad èu Asa te rijeèi i proroštvo proroka Odida, ohrabri se, i istrijebi gadne bogove iz sve zemlje Judine i Venijaminove i iz gradova koje bješe uzeo u gori Jefremovoj, i ponovi oltar Gospodnji koji bijaše pred trijemom Gospodnjim.
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.
Potom sazva sve pleme Judino i Venijaminovo i došljake koji bijahu kod njih od Jefrema i Manasije i Simeuna, jer ih mnogo prebježe k njemu iz naroda Izrailjeva kad vidješe da je Gospod Bog njegov s njim.
10 So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
I skupiše se u Jerusalim treæega mjeseca petnaeste godine carovanja Asina.
11 At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.
I u onaj dan prinesoše Gospodu žrtve od plijena koji dognaše, sedam stotina volova i sedam tisuæa ovaca.
12 Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
I uhvatiše vjeru da traže Gospoda Boga otaca svojih svijem srcem svojim i svom dušom svojom;
13 And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
A ko god ne bi tražio Gospoda Boga Izrailjeva, da se pogubi, bio mali ili veliki, èovjek ili žena.
14 They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.
I zakleše se Gospodu glasom velikim i uz klikovanje i uz trube i rogove.
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.
I radovaše se sav narod Judin radi te zakletve, jer iz svega srca svojega zakleše se, i od sve volje svoje tražiše ga i naðoše ga; i Gospod im dade mir otsvuda.
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.
Jošte i Mahu mater svoju svrže Asa s vlasti, jer bješe naèinila u lugu idola; i Asa obali idola njezina i izlomi ga i sažeže na potoku Kedronu.
17 The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
Ali visine ne biše oborene u Izrailju, ali srce Asino bješe pravo svega vijeka njegova.
18 And he brought into the house of God the silver and gold articles that he and his father had dedicated.
I unese u dom Božji što bješe posvetio otac njegov i što bješe sam posvetio, srebro i zlato i sudove.
19 And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
I ne bi rata do trideset pete godine carovanja Asina.
