2 Chronicles 15
1 And the Spirit of God has been on Azariah son of Oded,
Guds Aand kom over Azarja, Odeds Søn,
2 and he goes out before Asa and says to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; YHWH [is] with you—in your being with Him, and if you seek Him, He is found by you, and if you forsake Him, He forsakes you;
og han traadte frem for Asa og sagde til ham: »Hør mig, Asa og hele Juda og Benjamin! HERREN er med eder, naar I er med ham; og hvis I søger ham, lader han sig finde af eder, men forlader I ham, forlader han ogsaa eder!
3 and many days [are] to Israel without [the] true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,
I lange Tider var Israel uden sand Gud, uden Præster til at vejlede og uden Lov,
4 and it turns back in its distress to YHWH, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is found by them,
men i sin Trængsel omvendte det sig til HERREN, Israels Gud, og søgte ham, og han lod sig finde at dem.
5 and in those times there is no peace for him who is going out, and for him who is coming in, for many troubles [are] on all the inhabitants of the lands,
I de Tider kunde ingen gaa ud og ind i Fred, thi der var vild Rædsel over alle Landes Indbyggere;
6 and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God has troubled them with every adversity;
Folk knustes mod Folk, By mod By, thi Gud bragte dem i vild Rædsel med alle mulige Trængsler.
7 and you, be strong, and do not let your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.”
Men I, vær frimodige og lad ikke Hænderne synke, thi der er Løn for eders Gerning.«
8 And at Asa’s hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he has strengthened himself, and causes the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he has captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and renews the altar of YHWH that [is] before the porch of YHWH,
Da Asa hørte de Ord og den Profeti, tog han Mod til sig og fjernede de væmmelige Guder fra hele Judas og Benjamins Land og fra de Byer, han havde indtaget i Efraims Bjerge; og han byggede paany HERRENS Alter foran HERRENS Forhal.
9 and gathers all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon—for they have defected to him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that his God YHWH [is] with him.
Saa samlede han hele Juda og Benjamin og de Folk fra Efraim, Manasse og Simeon, der boede som fremmede hos dem; thi en Mængde Israeliter var gaaet over til ham, da de saa, at HERREN hans Gud var med ham.
10 And they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,
De samledes i Jerusalem i den tredje Maaned i Asas femtende Regeringsaar
11 and sacrifice to YHWH on that day from the spoil they have brought in—seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep,
og ofrede den Dag HERREN Ofre af Byttet, de havde medbragt, 700 Stykker Hornkvæg og 7000 Stykker Smaakvæg.
12 and they enter into a covenant to seek YHWH, God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,
Derpaa sluttede de en Pagt om at søge HERREN, deres Fædres Gud, af hele deres Hjerte og hele deres Sjæl;
13 and everyone who does not seek for YHWH, God of Israel, is put to death, from small to great, from man to woman.
og enhver, der ikke søgte HERREN, Israels Gud, skulde lide Døden, være sig lille eller stor, Mand eller Kvinde.
14 And they swear to YHWH with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns,
Det tilsvor de HERREN med høj Røst under Jubel og til Trompeters og Horns Klang,
15 and all Judah rejoices concerning the oath, for they have sworn with all their heart, and they have sought Him with all their goodwill, and He is found by them, and YHWH gives rest to them all around.
Og hele Juda glædede sig over den Ed, thi de svor af hele deres Hjerte og søgte ham af hele deres Vilje; og han lod sig finde af dem og lod dem faa Ro til alle Sider.
16 And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king—he has removed her from [being] mistress, in that she has made for an Asherah a horrible thing, and Asa cuts down her horrible thing, and beats [it] small, and burns [it] by the Brook of Kidron:
Kong Asa fratog endog sin Moder Ma'aka Værdigheden som Herskerinde, fordi hun havde ladet lave et Skændselsbillede til Ære for Asjera; Asa lod hendes Skændselsbillede nedbryde, sønderknuse og brænde i Kedrons Dal.
17 yet the high places have not been removed from Israel; only, the heart of Asa has been perfect all his days.
Vel forsvandt Offerhøjene ikke af Israel, men alligevel var Asas Hjerte helt med HERREN, saa længe han levede.
18 And he brings in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of God: silver, and gold, and vessels.
Og han bragte sin Faders og sine egne Helliggaver ind i Guds Hus, Sølv, Guld og forskellige Kar.
19 And war has not been until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
Der var ikke Krig før efter Asas fem og tredivte Regeringsaar.
