2 Chronicles 15
1 And as for 'Azaryahu the son of 'Oded—on him came the spirit of God;
Då kom Guds Ande yver Azarja Odedsson,
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.
og han steig fram for Asa og sagde til honom: «Høyr på meg, Asa og heile Juda og Benjamin! Herren er med dykk når de er med honom, og når de søkjer honom, då let han dykk finna seg; men um de vender dykk frå honom, då vender han seg frå dykk.
3 And many days [had elapsed] for Israel, [they being] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
I lange tider var Israel utan sann Gud, utan prest som lærde deim, og utan lov.
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.
Men i trengsla si umvende dei seg til Herren, Israels Gud, og søkte honom, og han let deim finna seg.
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.
I dei tider kunde ingen draga uskadd ut eller heim, for det var stor røra millom alle som budde i landi.
6 And nation was dashed to pieces against nation, and city against city; for God did confound them with all kind of distress.
Då vart dei sundstøytte, folk mot folk og by mot by; for Gud skræmde deim med alle slag trengslor.
7 But as for you, be ye strong, and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your doing.
Men ver de frihuga og lat ikkje henderne siga; for dykkar verk skal få si løn!»
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.
Då Asa høyrde desse ordi og den spådomen som Azarja, son åt Oded, sagde fram, då tok han mod til seg og fekk burt dei ufysne styggetingi frå heile Judalandet og Benjaminslandet og frå dei byarne han hadde teke på Efraimsheidi; og han sette i stand Herrens altar framfyre Herrens forhall.
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.
So stemnde han saman heile Juda og Benjamin og deim ifrå Efraim, Manasse og Simeon som budde hjå deim; for ei mengd ifrå Israel hadde gjenge yver til honom då dei såg at Herren, hans Gud, var med honom.
10 And so they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Assa.
Dei samla seg då i Jerusalem i den tridje månaden i det femtande styringsåret åt Asa.
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.
Og den dagen slagta dei offer for Herren av det herfanget dei hadde ført med seg, sju hundrad stykke storfe og sju tusund stykke småfe.
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;
Og dei gjorde ei pakt um at dei vilde søkja Herren, sin fedregud, av alt sitt hjarta og heile si sjæl,
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.
og at kvar den som ikkje søkte Herren, Israels Gud, han skulde lata livet, anten han var liten eller stor, mann eller kvinna.
14 And they swore unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with [joyful] shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
Soleis gav dei Herren eiden sin med høg røyst og med fagnadrop og med ljom av lurar og horn,
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.
og heile Juda gledde seg yver den eiden, for dei hadde svore med heile sitt hjarta og søkte honom med all sin vilje; Og Herren let deim finna seg og gav landet fred til alle sidor.
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.
Og jamvel Ma’aka, mor si, sette kong Asa av frå hennar dronningrang, av di ho hadde gjort eit styggjelegt bilæte for Astarte; han hogg ned det stygge bilætet, slo det i smulder og brende det i Kidronsdalen.
17 But the high-places were not removed out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Assa was entire all his days.
Men offerhaugarne fekk dei ikkje burt ifrå Israel; men like vel var hjarta til Asa heilstøypt so lenge han livde.
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.
Heilaggåvorne åt far sin og heilaggåvorne sine eigne flutte han inn i Guds hus, sylv og gull og ymse ting.
19 And there was no war until the five-and-thirtieth year of the reign of Assa.
Det vart ingen ufred fyrr i det fem og trettiande styringsåret åt Asa.
