2 Chronicles 14
1 When Abijah died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. His son Asa became the king. While Asa was ruling, there was peace in Judah for ten years.
Abijah teh mintoenaw koe a i teh Devit khopui dawk a pakawp awh. Hahoi a yueng lah a capa Asa ni a uk. Ahnie tueng navah kum 10 touh roumnae ao.
2 Asa did things that Yahweh his God considers to be right and good.
Asa ni BAWIPA Cathut hmalah hawinae hoi lannae hno a sak.
3 His workers got rid of the altars to worship foreign gods that were on the high hills. They smashed the sacred stone pillars and cut down the poles for worshiping [the goddess] Asherah.
Jentelnaw e thuengnae khoungroenaw hoi hmuenrasangnaw koung a takhoe. Talung ungenaw hai koung a raphei teh meikaphawk thingnaw hai koung a tâtueng.
4 Asa commanded the people of Judah to worship [only] Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors worshiped, and to obey his laws and commands.
Judahnaw ni mintoenaw e BAWIPA Cathut tawng vaiteh, kâlawknaw tarawi hanelah kâ a poe.
5 His workers destroyed all the shrines on the hilltops and the altars for burning incense [to idols] in every town in Judah. As a result, there was peace while Asa ruled the kingdom [of Judah].
Judah kho tangkuem dawk e hmuenrasangnaw hoi meikaphawk a takhoe awh teh, a uknaeram teh karoumcalah ao.
6 His workers built cities and constructed walls around them. No army attacked Judah during that time, because Yahweh enabled them to have peace.
Judah ram dawk e khopuinaw rapan hoi koung a kalup teh BAWIPA ni roumnae a poe dawkvah, kum moikasawlah kâtuknae awm hoeh.
7 Asa said to the people of Judah, “We should protect these towns by building walls around them, with watchtowers and gates that have bars. This country still belongs to us because we have requested Yahweh our God to help us. We requested him for his help, and he has given us peace in our entire country.” So they built buildings and prospered.
Hahoi Judahnaw koevah, hete khopuinaw sak awh vaiteh, rapan hoi koung kalup awh sei. Radoung nahane imrasang hoi longkha taren nahane hai sak awh seh. BAWIPA Cathut e a ngainae tawng dawkvah, maimae ram teh kahawicalah uk thai awh. Hatdawkvah ahni ni kho tangkuem roumnae na poe awh telah atipouh. Hahoi a dei e patetlah a sak teh hoehoe a roung awh.
8 Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah. They all carried large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin [in his army]. They carried [smaller] shields, and bows [and arrows]. They were all brave soldiers.
Asa ni Judahnaw bahlingnaw hoi tahroenaw ka patuem e tami 300,000 touh a tawn. Benjamin miphun dawk bahlingnaw hoi lilava ka patuem e tami 280,000 touh a tawn teh, hete taminaw pueng teh thakasaipounge naw hoi tarankahawi poung e naw doeh.
9 Zerah, a man from Ethiopia/Sudan, marched with a huge army and 300 chariots to attack [the army of Judah and Benjamin]. They went as far as [the town of] Mareshah [about 25 miles/southwest of Jerusalem].
Ethiopia tami Zerah teh ransa 1,000,000, rangleng 300 touh hoi ahnimanaw tuk hanelah Mareshah kho dawk a pha.
10 Asa went [with his army] to fight against them, and both armies took their positions in the Zephathah Valley.
Asa ni ahnimanaw tuk hanelah a tâco teh, Mareshah kho teng e Zephathah yawn dawk taran a kâtuk awh.
11 Then Asa cried out to Yahweh his God, saying, “Yahweh, there is no one like you who can help those who have very little power to resist a mighty army. Yahweh our God, help us, because we are relying on you; and trusting in you we have come [to fight] against this huge army. Yahweh, you are our God; do not allow anyone to defeat you.”
Asa ni BAWIPA Cathut a kaw teh Oe BAWIPA nang teh athakaawme hoi athakayounnaw rungngang hanelah na coung thai dawkvah, Oe BAWIPA Cathut na rungngang awh haw. Kaimanaw ni nang na kâuep awh teh, na min lahoi hete tamihupui tuk hanelah ka cei awh. Oe BAWIPA nang teh kaimae Cathut lah na o teh taminaw ni na ta hanh seh telah a ratoum.
12 Then Yahweh enabled Asa and the army of Judah to defeat the army from Ethiopia. They fled,
Hottelah BAWIPA ni Asa hoi Judahnaw hmalah, Ethiopia taminaw a tuk teh koung a yawng awh.
13 and Asa and his army pursued them [to the southwest] as far as Gerar. A huge number of the soldiers from Ethiopia were killed, with the result that those [who were not killed] were unable to fight any more. They were greatly defeated by Yahweh and his army, and the men of Judah carried away a great amount of their possessions.
Asa hoi a taminaw ni Gerar kho totouh a pâlei awh. Ethiopianaw ni bout a tuk thai hoeh dawkvah, a kâhno awh toe. Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA hoi a ransanaw hmalah sung sak lah ao teh, hnopai moikapap a la pouh awh.
14 The men of Judah were able to destroy the people in villages near Gerar because Yahweh had caused the people there to become terrified [and unable to fight]. The army of Judah took away all the valuable things from those villages.
Gera kho teng e naw pueng koung a tâ awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA takinae ahnimae thung a pha teh, khopuinaw hai koung a raphoe awh. Hnopai moikapap a la awh.
15 They also attacked the places where the local people who took care of domestic animals had set up their tents, and they took away big herds of sheep and goats and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.
Saring hrueknae imnaw hai koung a raphoe awh teh, tu hoi kalauknaw moikapap a lawp awh teh Jerusalem lah a ban awh.
