2 Chronicles 14
1 So Abijah went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David, and Asa his son became king in his place; in his time the land was quiet for ten years.
Og Abia lagde seg til kvile hjå federne sine, og dei gravlagde honom i Davidsbyen; Asa, son hans, vart konge i staden hans. I hans dagar hadde landet fred i ti år.
2 And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God;
Asa gjorde det som var godt og rett i augo åt Herren, hans Gud.
3 For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;
Han fekk burt dei framande altari og offerhaugarne, braut sund minnesteinarne og hogg ned Astarte-bilæti.
4 And he made Judah go after the Lord, the God of their fathers, and keep his laws and his orders.
Og han baud Juda-mennerne at dei skulde søkja Herren, deira fedregud, og halda lovi og bodet.
5 And he took away the high places and the sun-images from all the towns of Judah; and the kingdom was quiet under his rule.
Og han fekk burt offerhaugarne og solsulorne frå alle byarne i Juda, og riket hadde ro so lenge han livde.
6 He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.
Han bygde borgar i Juda; for landet hadde fred, og det kom ikkje til nokon krig imot honom i dei åri, for Herren gav honom ro.
7 He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.
Han sagde til Juda: «Lat oss byggja desse byarne og setja murar og tårn ikring deim og portar og portbommar, medan me endå hev landet i vår magt, for di me hev søkt Herren, vår Gud; me hev søkt honom, og han hev gjeve oss fred til alle sidor.» So bygde dei då, og det gjekk godt.
8 And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men of Judah armed with body-covers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand of Benjamin armed with body-covers and bows; all these were men of war.
Asa hadde ein her som var væpna med langskjoldar og spjot, tri hundrad tusund mann av Juda, og dessutan tvo hundrad og åtteti tusund av Benjamin, som bar rundskjoldar og spente boge. Alle desse var djerve stridsmenner.
9 And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.
Og ætiopen Zerah drog ut imot deim med ein her på tusund gonger tusund mann og tri hundrad stridsvogner, og han kom til Maresa.
10 And Asa went out against him, and they put their forces in position in the valley north of Mareshah.
Og Asa drog imot honom, og dei fylkte seg til strid i Sefatadalen ved Maresa.
11 And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O Lord, you are our God; let not man's power be greater than yours.
Då ropa Asa til Herren, hans Gud: «Herre! det er ingen som du til å hjelpa i strid millom ein som er sterk og ein som er magtlaus. So hjelp oss, Herre, vår Gud! For til deg held me oss, og med ditt namn er me komne hit imot denne hopen. Herre, du er vår Gud; lat ikkje noko menneskje standa seg imot deg!»
12 So the Lord sent fear on the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah; and the Ethiopians went in flight.
Då slo Herren ætioparne for augo på Asa og Juda og ætioparne rømde.
13 And Asa and the people who were with him went after them as far as Gerar; and so great was the destruction among the Ethiopians that they were not able to get their army together again, for they were broken before the Lord and before his army; and they took away a great amount of their goods.
Asa og folket som var med honom, forfylgde deim til Gerar, og det fall so mange av ætioparne, at ingen vart i live, for dei vart knustra for Herren og hans her. Folket tok ei uhorveleg mengd med herfang.
14 And they overcame all the towns round Gerar, because the Lord sent fear on them; and they took away their goods from the towns, for there were stores of wealth in them.
Og dei tok alle byarne rundt ikring Gerar, for ein støkk frå Herren hadde kome yver deim, og dei plundra alle byarne, for det var mykje herfang i deim.
15 And they made an attack on the tents of the owners of the cattle, and took away great numbers of sheep and camels and went back to Jerusalem.
Jamvel buskaps-tjeldi tok dei, og dei drog med seg ei mengd med småfe og kamelar, og so snudde dei heim att til Jerusalem.
