2 Chronicles 16
1 When Asa had been ruling [Judah] for almost 36 years, King Baasha of Israel went [with his army] to attack Judah. They [captured the town of] Ramah [north of Jerusalem] and started to build a wall around [it], in order to prevent any people from entering or leaving the area in Judah that was ruled by King Asa [because the only road into Judah from Israel went through Ramah].
Im sechsunddreißigsten Jahr des Königreichs Assas zog herauf Baesa, der König Israels, wider Juda und bauete Rama, daß er Assa, dem Könige Judas, wehrete aus- und einzuziehen.
2 So Asa told his workers to take all the silver and gold that was in the storerooms of the temple and in his own palace, and take and give it to Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, who was ruling in Damascus. [He sent him a message, ] saying
Aber Assa nahm aus dem Schatz im Hause des HERRN und im Hause des Königs Silber und Gold und sandte zu Benhadad, dem Könige zu Syrien, der zu Damaskus wohnete, und ließ ihm sagen:
3 “I want there to be a peace treaty between me and you, like there was between my father and your father. Look, I am sending you [a lot of] silver and gold. So please cancel the treaty that you have made with Baasha, the king of Israel, in order that he will take his soldiers away from attacking mine, [because he will be afraid of your army].”
Es ist ein Bund zwischen mir und dir, zwischen meinem und deinem Vater; darum habe ich dir Silber und Gold gesandt, daß du den Bund mit Baesa, dem Könige Israels, fahren lassest, daß er von mir abziehe.
4 Ben-Hadad agreed to do what King Asa [suggested]. He sent the commanders of his armies [with their soldiers] to attack some of the towns in Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maacah and all the cities in the area belonging to the tribe of Naphtali where supplies were kept.
Benhadad gehorchte dem Könige Assa und sandte seine Heerfürsten wider die Städte Israels; die schlugen Ejon, Dan und Abel-Maim und alle Kornstädte Naphthalis.
5 When Baasha heard about that, he [commanded his troops to] stop fortifying Ramah and doing other work there.
Da Baesa das hörete, ließ er ab, Rama zu bauen, und hörete auf von seinem Werk.
6 Then King Asa gathered all the men of Judah, and they took away from Ramah all the stones and timber that Baasha’s men had been using [to build the wall around that town]. They took those materials to [the town of] Geba and [the city of] Mizpah [north of Jerusalem] and built walls around them.
Aber der König Assa nahm zu sich das ganze Juda, und sie trugen die Steine und das Holz von Rama, damit Baesa bauete; und er bauete damit Geba und Mizpa.
7 At that time the prophet Hanani went to King Asa and said to him, “Because you relied on the king of Syria and not on Yahweh our God, you missed your opportunity to destroy the army of the king of Syria.
Zu der Zeit kam Hanani, der Seher, zu Assa, dem Könige Judas, und sprach zu ihm: Daß du dich auf den König zu Syrien verlassen hast und hast dich nicht auf den HERRN, deinen Gott, verlassen, darum ist die Macht des Königs zu Syrien deiner Hand entronnen.
8 The huge armies from Ethiopia and Libya with all their chariots and soldiers [riding] on horses [were certainly very powerful. But] when you relied on Yahweh, he enabled your army to defeat them.
Waren nicht die Mohren und Libyer eine große Menge, mit sehr viel Wagen und Reitern? Doch gab sie der HERR in deine Hand, da du dich auf ihn verließest.
9 That happened because Yahweh sees [what is happening] all over the earth, and he strengthens those who completely trust him. You have done a very foolish thing, so from now on other armies will be fighting your army.”
Denn des HERRN Augen schauen alle Lande, daß er stärke die, so von ganzem Herzen an ihm sind. Du hast töricht getan; darum wirst du auch von nun an Krieg haben.
10 Asa was very angry with the prophet because of what the prophet had said. So he [commanded his officials to] put Hanani in prison. At that same time, he started to treat some of his people very cruelly.
Aber Assa ward zornig über den Seher und legte ihn ins Gefängnis; denn er murrete mit ihm über diesem Stück. Und Assa unterdrückte etliche des Volks zu der Zeit.
11 All the things that Asa did while he was ruling, from the time he started to rule until he died, are written in the scroll containing the record of the [activities of the] kings of Judah and Israel.
Die Geschichten aber Assas, beide die ersten und die letzten, siehe, die sind geschrieben im Buch von den Königen Judas und Israels.
12 When Asa had been ruling for almost 39 years, he was afflicted with a disease in his feet. The disease was very severe, but in spite of that, he did not request help from Yahweh. Instead he sought help only from doctors.
Und Assa ward krank an seinen Füßen im neununddreißigsten Jahr seines Königreichs, und seine Krankheit nahm sehr zu; und suchte auch in seiner Krankheit den HERRN nicht, sondern die Ärzte.
13 When he had been ruling for almost 40 years, he died.
Also entschlief Assa mit seinen Vätern und starb im einundvierzigsten Jahr seines Königreichs.
14 He was buried in the tomb that his workers had made for him in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. They laid his corpse on a bed covered with spices and various perfumes that had been mixed together. They also lit a huge fire to honor him.
Und man begrub ihn in seinem Grabe, das er ihm hatte lassen graben in der Stadt Davids. Und sie legten ihn auf sein Lager, welches man gefüllet hatte mit gutem Räuchwerk und allerlei Spezerei, nach Apothekerkunst gemacht, und machten ein sehr groß Brennen.
