2 Chronicles 15

1 And the spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded;

Então veiu o Espirito de Deus sobre Azarias, filho d'Obed.

2 and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him: 'Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD 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 d'Asa, e disse-lhe: Ouvi-me, Asa, e todo o Judah e Benjamin: O Senhor está comvosco, emquanto vós estaes com elle, e, se o buscardes, o achareis; porém, se o deixardes, vos deixará.

3 Now for long seasons Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

E Israel esteve por muitos dias sem o verdadeiro Deus, e sem sacerdote que o ensinasse, e sem lei.

4 but when in their distress they turned unto the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found of them.

Mas quando na sua angustia se convertiam ao Senhor, Deus d'Israel, e o buscavam, o achavam.

5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great discomfitures were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

E n'aquelles tempos não havia paz, nem para o que sahia, nem para o que entrava, mas muitas perturbações sobre todos os habitantes d'aquellas terras.

6 And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did discomfit them with all manner of adversity.

Porque gente contra gente, e cidade contra cidade se despedaçavam; porque Deus os perturbara com toda a angustia.

7 But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.'

Mas esforçae-vos, e não desfaleçam as vossas mãos; porque a vossa obra tem uma recompensa.

8 And when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the detestable things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

Ouvindo pois Asa estas palavras, e a prophecia do propheta, filho d'Obed, esforçou-se, e tirou as abominações de toda a terra de Judah e de Benjamin, como tambem das cidades que tomára nas montanhas d'Ephraim: e renovou o altar do Senhor, que estava diante do portico do Senhor.

9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

E ajuntou a todo o Judah, e Benjamin, e com elles os estrangeiros d'Ephraim e Manasseh, e de Simeão; porque d'Israel descahiam a elle em grande numero, vendo que o Senhor seu Deus era com elle.

10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

E ajuntaram-se em Jerusalem no terceiro mez; no anno decimo do reinado d'Asa.

11 And they sacrificed unto the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

E no mesmo dia offereceram em sacrificio ao Senhor, do despojo que trouxeram, seiscentos bois e seis mil ovelhas.

12 And they entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

E entraram no concerto de buscarem o Senhor, Deus de seus paes, com todo o seu coração, e com toda a sua alma;

13 and that whosoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

E de que todo aquelle que não buscasse ao Senhor, Deus d'Israel, morresse; desde o menor até ao maior, e desde o homem até á mulher.

14 And they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.

E juraram ao Senhor, em alta voz, com jubilo e com trombetas e buzinas.

15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought Him with their whole desire; and He was found of them; and the LORD gave them rest round about.

E todo o Judah se alegrou d'este juramento; porque com todo o seu coração juraram, e com toda a sua vontade o buscaram, e o acharam: e o Senhor lhes deu repouso em redor.

16 And also Maacah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

E tambem a Maaca, mãe do rei Asa, elle a depoz, para que não fosse mais rainha; porquanto fizera a Aserá um horrivel idolo; e Asa destruiu o seu horrivel idolo, e o despedaçou, e o queimou junto ao ribeiro de Cedron.

17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole all his days.

Os altos porém não se tiraram d'Israel; comtudo o coração d'Asa foi perfeito todos os seus dias.

18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had hallowed, and that he himself had hallowed, silver, and gold, and vessels.

E trouxe as coisas que tinha consagrado seu pae, e as coisas que mesmo tinha consagrado á casa de Deus: prata, e oiro, e vasos.

19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

E não houve guerra até ao anno trigesimo quinto do reino d'Asa.