2 Chronicles 15
1 The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.
Roho ya Mungu ikaja juu ya Azaria mwana wa Odedi.
2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you look for him, you will find him; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
Akaenda nje kukutana na Asa na akamwambia, “Nisikilize, Asa, na Yuda wote na Benyamini: Yahwe yuko pamoja nanyi, pale mnapokuwa naye. Kama mtamtafuta, mtampata; lakini kama mtamsahau, atawasahau ninyi.
3 For many years Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach them, and without the law.
Sasa kwa muda mrefu, Israeli hawakuwa na Mungu wa kweli, bila kuhani wa kufundisha, na bila sheria.
4 But when they were in trouble they returned to the Lord, the God of Israel—they looked for him, and they found him.
Lakini katika dhiki yao wakamrudia Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, na wakamtafuta, wakamta.
5 During those times travel was dangerous, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. People everywhere had terrible problems.
Katika nyakati hizo hapakuwa na amani kwake aliyesafiri kwend mbali, wala kwake aliyesafiri kuja hapa; badala yake shsida kubwa zilikuwa juu ya wenyeji wote wa wanchi.
6 Nation fought nation, and town fought town, for God threw them into a panic with all kinds of trouble.
Waligawanyika vikundi vikundi, taifa dhidi ya taifa, na mji dhidi ya mji, kwa maana Mungu aliwapa shsida za kila aina ya kila mateso.
7 But you need to be strong, not weak, for you will be rewarded for the work you do.”
Lakini muwe hodari, na msiuache mkono wenu kuwa dhaifu, kwa maana kazi yen itapewa thawabu.”
8 When Asa heard these words of prophecy from Azariah the prophet, son of Oded, he was encouraged. He removed the vile idols from the whole territory of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. Then he repaired the altar of the Lord that stood in front of the porch of the Lord's Temple.
Asa aliposikia maneno haya, unabii wa odedi nabii, akajipa ujasiri na kuviondosha mbali vitu vya kuchukiza kutoka nchi yote ya Yuda na Benyamini, na kutoka miji yote aliyokuwa ameiteka kuanzia kilima cha nchi ya Efraimu, na akaijenga tena madhabahu ya Yahwe, ambayo ilikuwa mbele ya ukumbi wa nyumba ya Yahwe.
9 Then Asa summoned all of Judah and Benjamin, along with those Israelites from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were living among them, for many people had deserted Israel and come over to Asa when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
Akawakusanya Yuda wote na Benyamini, na wae waliokaa pamoja nao—watu wa kutoka Efraimu na Manase, na kutoka Simeoni. Kwa maana walikuja kwake katika hesabu kubwa kutoka Israeli, walipoona kwamba Yahwe Mungu wake alikuwa pamoja naye.
10 They gathered in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.
Kwa hiyo wakakusanyika katika Yerusalemu katika mwezzi wa tatu, katika mwaka wa kumi na tano wa utawala wa Asa.
11 That day they sacrificed to the Lord seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from the plunder they had brought back.
Katika siku hiyo walimtolea Yahwe dhabihu baadhi ya nyara ambazo walikuwa wameleta; ng'mbe wa kulima mia saba na kondoo na mbuzi elfu saba.
12 Then they made an agreement to conscientiously and completely follow the Lord, the God of their forefathers.
Wakaingia kataika agano kwa ajili ya kumtafuta Yahwe, Mungu wa babau zao, kwa moyo wao wote na roho yao yote.
13 They also agreed that anyone who refused to follow the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
Wakakubaliana kwamba yeyote atakepuuzia kumtafuta Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, atapaswa kuuawa, iwe mdogo ama mkubwa, iwe mwanaume ama mwanamke.
14 They declared their oath with a loud shout, accompanied by trumpets and blasts from rams' horns.
Wakaapa kwa Yahwe kwa sauti kubwa, kwa kelele, na kwa sauti za tarumbeta na baragumu.
15 The whole of Judah was happy at the oath they had conscientiously sworn. They looked for him sincerely, and they found him. The Lord gave them peace from all their enemies.
Yuda wote wakakifurahia kile kiaapo. kwa maana walikuwa wameapa kwa moyo wao wote, na walimtafuta Mungu kwa nia yao yote, na walimuona. Yahwe akawapa amani pande zote.
16 King Asa also removed Maacah from her position as queen mother for making an offensive Asherah pole. Asa cut down her vile idol, crushed it up, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
Pia akamwondoa Maaka, asiwe malikia, kwa sababu alikuwa amefanya sanamu ya kuchukiza ya Maashera. Asa akaivunja vunja sanamu ya kuchukiza, akaiweka kwenye mavumbi akaichoma moto huko kijitoni Kidroni.
17 While the high places were not removed from Israel, Asa was completely devoted to the Lord all his life.
Lakini sehemu za juu hazikuwa zimeondolewa nje ya Israeli. Vile vile, Moyo wa Asa ulijitoa kikamilifu siku zake zote.
18 He brought into God's Temple the silver and gold articles he and his father had dedicated.
Akaleta kwenye nyumba ya Mungu vitu vya baba yake na vitu vyake mwenyewe vilivyokuwa vya Yahwe: vitu vya fedha na dhahabu.
19 There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.
Hapakuwa na vita zaidi hadi miaka thelathini na mitano ya utawala wa Asa.
