Chronicles II 15
1 And Azarias the son of Oded—upon him came the Spirit of the Lord,
Guds Aand kom over Azarja, Odeds Søn,
2 and he went out to meet Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin, and said, Hear me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin. The Lord [is] with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him out, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
og han traadte frem for Asa og sagde til ham: »Hør mig, Asa og hele Juda og Benjamin! HERREN er med eder, naar I er med ham; og hvis I søger ham, lader han sig finde af eder, men forlader I ham, forlader han ogsaa eder!
3 And Israel [has been] a long time without the true God, and without a priest to expound [the truth], and without the law.
I lange Tider var Israel uden sand Gud, uden Præster til at vejlede og uden Lov,
4 But he shall turn them to the Lord God of Israel, and he will be found of them.
men i sin Trængsel omvendte det sig til HERREN, Israels Gud, og søgte ham, og han lod sig finde at dem.
5 And in that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands.
I de Tider kunde ingen gaa ud og ind i Fred, thi der var vild Rædsel over alle Landes Indbyggere;
6 And nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every [kind of] affliction.
Folk knustes mod Folk, By mod By, thi Gud bragte dem i vild Rædsel med alle mulige Trængsler.
7 But be you strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.
Men I, vær frimodige og lad ikke Hænderne synke, thi der er Løn for eders Gerning.«
8 And when [Asa] heard these words, and the prophesy of Adad the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Juda and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord.
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; og han byggede paany HERRENS Alter foran HERRENS Forhal.
9 And he assembled Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers that lived with him, of Ephraim, and of Manasse, and of Symeon: for many of Israel were joined to him, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
Saa 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 gaaet over til ham, da de saa, at HERREN hans Gud var med ham.
10 And they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
De samledes i Jerusalem i den tredje Maaned i Asas femtende Regeringsaar
11 And he sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils which they brought, seven hundred calves and seven thousand sheep.
og ofrede den Dag HERREN Ofre af Byttet, de havde medbragt, 700 Stykker Hornkvæg og 7000 Stykker Smaakvæg.
12 And he entered into a covenant that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.
Derpaa sluttede de en Pagt om at søge HERREN, deres Fædres Gud, af hele deres Hjerte og hele deres Sjæl;
13 And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel, should die, whether young or old, whether man or woman.
og enhver, der ikke søgte HERREN, Israels Gud, skulde lide Døden, være sig lille eller stor, Mand eller Kvinde.
14 And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
Det tilsvor de HERREN med høj Røst under Jubel og til Trompeters og Horns Klang,
15 And all Juda rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.
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 faa Ro til alle Sider.
16 And he removed Maacha his mother from being priestess to Astarte; and he cut down the idol, and burnt it in the brook of Kedron.
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.
17 Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
Vel forsvandt Offerhøjene ikke af Israel, men alligevel var Asas Hjerte helt med HERREN, saa længe han levede.
18 And he brought in the holy things of David his father, and the holy things of the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.
Og han bragte sin Faders og sine egne Helliggaver ind i Guds Hus, Sølv, Guld og forskellige Kar.
19 And there was no war [waged] with him until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
Der var ikke Krig før efter Asas fem og tredivte Regeringsaar.
