2 Chronicles 15
1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.
E foi o espírito de Deus sobre Azarias filho de Obede;
2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while ye are with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him he will forsake you.
E saiu ao encontro a Asa, e disse-lhe: Ouvi-me, Asa, e todo Judá e Benjamim: o SENHOR é convosco, se vós fordes com ele: e se lhe buscardes, será achado de vós; mas se lhe deixardes, ele também vos deixará.
3 Now for a long while Israel [was] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;
Muitos dias esteve Israel sem verdadeiro Deus e sem sacerdote, e sem ensinador e sem lei:
4 but in their trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found of them.
Mas quando em sua tribulação se converteram ao SENHOR Deus de Israel, e lhe buscaram, ele foi achado deles.
5 And in those times there [was] no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in, but great disturbances were amongst all the inhabitants of the countries.
Em aqueles tempos não havia paz, nem para o que entrava, nem para o que saía, mas sim muitas aflições sobre todos os habitantes das terras.
6 And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.
E a uma gente destruía à outra, e uma cidade a outra cidade: porque Deus os conturbou com todas as calamidades.
7 But as for you, be firm and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your deeds.
Esforçai-vos, porém, vós, e não desfaleçam vossas mãos; que recompensa há para vossa obra.
8 And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.
E quando ouviu Asa as palavras e profecia de Obede profeta, foi confortado, e tirou as abominações de toda a terra de Judá e de Benjamim, e das cidades que ele havia tomado no monte de Efraim; e reparou o altar do SENHOR que estava diante do pórtico do SENHOR.
9 And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.
Depois fez juntar a todo Judá e Benjamim, e com eles os estrangeiros de Efraim, e de Manassés, e de Simeão: porque muitos de Israel se haviam passado a ele, vendo que o SENHOR seu Deus era com ele.
10 And they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
Juntaram-se, pois, em Jerusalém no mês terceiro do ano décimo quinto do reinado de Asa.
11 And they sacrificed to Jehovah in that day, of the spoil that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
E naquele mesmo dia sacrificaram ao SENHOR, dos despojos que haviam trazido, setecentos bois e sete mil ovelhas.
12 And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,
E entraram em concerto de que buscariam ao SENHOR o Deus de seus pais, de todo seu coração e de toda sua alma;
13 and that whoever would not seek Jehovah the God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
E que qualquer um que não buscasse ao SENHOR o Deus de Israel, morresse, grande ou pequeno, homem ou mulher.
14 And they swore to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
E juraram ao SENHOR com grande voz e júbilo, a som de trombetas e de buzinas:
15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.
Do qual juramento todos os de Judá se alegraram; porque de todo o seu coração o juravam, e de toda sua vontade o buscavam: e foi achado deles; e deu-lhes o SENHOR repouso de todas partes.
16 And also Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burned it in the valley Kidron.
E ainda a Maaca mãe do rei Asa, ele mesmo a depôs de sua dignidade, porque havia feito um ídolo no bosque: e Asa destruiu seu ídolo, e o despedaçou, e queimou no ribeiro de Cedrom.
17 But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.
Mas com tudo isso os altos não foram tirados de Israel, ainda que o coração de Asa tenha sido íntegro enquanto viveu.
18 And he brought into the house of God the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
E meteu na casa de Deus o que seu pai havia dedicado, e o que ele havia consagrado, prata e ouro e vasos.
19 And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
E não havia guerra até os trinta e cinco anos do reinado de Asa.
