2 Chronicles 14
1 And Abijah lies with his fathers, and they bury him in the City of David, and his son Asa reigns in his stead. In his days the land was quiet [for] ten years.
亞比雅與他列祖同睡，葬在大衛城裏。他兒子亞撒接續他作王。亞撒年間，國中太平十年。
2 And Asa does that which is good and that which is right in the eyes of his God YHWH,
亞撒行耶和華－他上帝眼中看為善為正的事，
3 and turns aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaks the standing-pillars, and cuts down the Asherim,
除掉外邦神的壇和邱壇，打碎柱像，砍下木偶，
4 and commands to Judah to seek YHWH, God of their fathers, and to do the Law and the command;
吩咐猶大人尋求耶和華－他們列祖的上帝，遵行他的律法、誡命；
5 and he turns aside the high places and the images out of all cities of Judah, and the kingdom is quiet before him.
又在猶大各城邑除掉邱壇和日像，那時國享太平；
6 And he builds cities of bulwarks in Judah, for the land has quiet; and there is no war with him in these years, because YHWH has given rest to him.
又在猶大建造了幾座堅固城。國中太平數年，沒有戰爭，因為耶和華賜他平安。
7 And he says to Judah, “Let us build these cities, and surround [them] with wall, and towers, double gates, and bars, while the land [is] before us, because we have sought our God YHWH, we have sought, and He gives rest to us all around”; and they build and prosper.
他對猶大人說：「我們要建造這些城邑，四圍築牆，蓋樓，安門，做閂；地還屬我們，是因尋求耶和華－我們的上帝；我們既尋求他，他就賜我們四境平安。」於是建造城邑，諸事亨通。
8 And Asa has a force of three hundred thousand from Judah carrying buckler and spear, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin carrying shield and treading bow; all these [are] mighty men of valor.
亞撒的軍兵，出自猶大拿盾牌拿槍的三十萬人；出自便雅憫拿盾牌拉弓的二十八萬人。這都是大能的勇士。
9 And Zerah the Cushite comes out to them with a force of one million [men] and three hundred chariots, and he comes to Mareshah,
有古實王謝拉率領軍兵一百萬，戰車三百輛，出來攻擊猶大人，到了瑪利沙。
10 and Asa goes out before him, and they set in array [for] battle in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
於是亞撒出去與他迎敵，就在瑪利沙的洗法谷彼此擺陣。
11 And Asa calls to his God YHWH and says, “YHWH, it is nothing for You to help, between the mighty and those who have no power; help us, O YHWH, our God, for we have leaned on You, and in Your Name we have come against this multitude; O YHWH, You [are] our God; do not let mortal man prevail against You!”
亞撒呼求耶和華－他的上帝說：「耶和華啊，惟有你能幫助軟弱的，勝過強盛的。耶和華－我們的上帝啊，求你幫助我們；因為我們仰賴你，奉你的名來攻擊這大軍。耶和華啊，你是我們的上帝，不要容人勝過你。」
12 And YHWH strikes the Cushim before Asa and before Judah, and the Cushim flee,
於是耶和華使古實人敗在亞撒和猶大人面前，古實人就逃跑了；
13 and Asa and the people who [are] with him pursue them even to Gerar, and there falls [many] from the Cushim, for they have no preserving, because they have been broken before YHWH and before His camp; and [those of Judah] carry away very much spoil,
亞撒和跟隨他的軍兵追趕他們，直到基拉耳。古實人被殺的甚多，不能再強盛，因為敗在耶和華與他軍兵面前。猶大人就奪了許多財物，
14 and strike all the cities around Gerar, for a fear of YHWH has been on them, and they spoil all the cities, for abundant spoil has been in them;
又打破基拉耳四圍的城邑；耶和華使其中的人都甚恐懼。猶大人又將所有的城擄掠一空，因其中的財物甚多，
15 and they have also struck tents of livestock, and they capture sheep in abundance, and camels, and return to Jerusalem.
又毀壞了群畜的圈，奪取許多的羊和駱駝，就回耶路撒冷去了。
