2 Chronicles 15
1 And as for 'Azaryahu the son of 'Oded—on him came the spirit of God;
Tada duh Božji dođe na Odedova sina Azarju.
2 And he went out to meet Assa, and said unto him, Hear me, O Assa, and all Judah and Benjamin, The Lord is with you, while ye remain with him; and if ye seek him, he will let himself be found by you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
On je izišao pred Asu i rekao mu: “Čujte me, Asa i sve Judino i Benjaminovo pleme! Jahve je s vama jer ste vi s njime; i ako ga budete tražili, naći ćete ga; ako li ga ostavite, i on će ostaviti vas.
3 And many days [had elapsed] for Israel, [they being] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
Dugo su Izraelci bili bez pravoga Boga i bez svećenika-učitelja i bez Zakona.
4 But they returned when they were in distress unto the Lord, the God of Israel, and they sought him, and he let himself be found by them.
Kad su se u nevolji obratili Jahvi, Bogu Izraelovu, i stali ga tražiti, našli su ga.
5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, and to him that came in; but there were great confusions among all the inhabitants of the countries.
U ona vremena nitko nije mogao na miru ni izlaziti ni dolaziti, jer su veliki nemiri vladali među svim zemaljskim stanovnicima.
6 And nation was dashed to pieces against nation, and city against city; for God did confound them with all kind of distress.
Udarao je narod na narod, grad na grad, jer ih je Jahve smeo svakojakom nevoljom.
7 But as for you, be ye strong, and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your doing.
Ali vi budite hrabri i neka vam ne klonu ruke, jer ima nagrada za vaša djela.”
8 And when Assa heard these words, and the prophecy of 'Oded the prophet, he was strengthened, and he put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had captured from the mountain of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord.
Čuvši te riječi i proročku besjedu proroka Odeda, Asa se ohrabri i ukloni idolske gadove iz cijele Judine i Benjaminove zemlje i iz gradova koje je bio osvojio u Efrajimovoj gori. Obnovio je i Jahvin žrtvenik koji je bio pred Jahvinim trijemom.
9 And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and those that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Menasseh, and out of Simeon; for they had joined him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
Onda je skupio sve Judino i Benjaminovo pleme i došljake koji su bili kod njih od Efrajimova, Manašeova i Šimunova plemena, jer ih je mnogo prebjeglo k njemu od Izraelaca kad su vidjeli da je s njim Jahve, njegov Bog.
10 And so they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Assa.
I skupili su se u Jeruzalemu trećega mjeseca petnaeste godine Asina kraljevanja.
11 And they sacrificed unto the Lord on the same day, of the booty which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
Onoga su dana prinijeli Jahvi žrtve od plijena koji su dognali, sedam stotina goveda i sedam tisuća sitne stoke.
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;
Zavjetovaše se da će tražiti Jahvu, Boga svojih otaca, svim srcem i svom dušom.
13 So that whosoever would not seek the Lord the God of Israel should be put to death, from the small even up to the great, whether it be man or woman.
A tko god ne bi tražio Jahvu, Izraelova Boga, da se pogubi, bio malen ili velik, čovjek ili žena.
14 And they swore unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with [joyful] shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
Zakleli su se Jahvi iza glasa i uz gromki poklik, uz trube i rogove.
15 And all Judah rejoiced because of the oath; for with all their heart had they sworn, and with their whole desire did they seek him, and he let himself be found by them: and the Lord gave them rest on every side.
Svi su se Judejci radovali zbog te zakletve jer su se iz svega srca zakleli i od sve su ga svoje volje tražili i našli ga. Jahve im je dao mir odasvud uokolo.
16 And also concerning Ma'achah the mother of king Assa, he removed her from being queen, because she had made a scandalous image for the grove; and Assa cut down her scandalous image, and had it ground up, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
I svoju mater Maaku ukloni kralj Asa s vlasti jer je bila načinila gada Ašeri. Asa je sasjekao njezina gada, satro ga i spalio u potoku Kidronu.
17 But the high-places were not removed out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Assa was entire all his days.
Ali uzvišice nisu bile uklonjene iz Izraela. Ipak je Asino srce bilo privrženo Jahvi svega njegova života.
18 And be brought the things which his father had sanctified, and his own sanctified things, into the house of God, —silver, and gold, and vessels.
Unio je u Dom Božji posvećene darove svoga oca i svoje: srebro i zlato i posuđe.
19 And there was no war until the five-and-thirtieth year of the reign of Assa.
Nije bilo rata sve do trideset i pete godine Asina kraljevanja.
