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].
L'ANNO trentesimosesto del regno di Asa, Baasa, re d'Israele, salì contro a Giuda, ed edificò Rama, per non lasciar nè uscire nè entrare alcuno ad Asa, re di Giuda.
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
Laonde Asa trasse fuori argento, ed oro, da' tesori dalla Casa del Signore, e della casa reale, e [lo] mandò a Benhadad, re di Siria, il quale abitava in Damasco, dicendo:
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].”
[Siavi] lega fra me e te [come è stata] fra tuo padre e mio padre; ecco, io ti mando oro ed argento; va', rompi la lega che tu hai con Baasa, re d'Israele, acciocchè egli si ritragga da me.
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.
E Benhadad acconsentì al re Asa, e mandò i capitani de' suoi eserciti contro alle città d'Israele; ed essi percossero Ion, e Dan, ed Abel-maim, e tutte le città da magazzini di Neftali.
5 When Baasha heard about that, he [commanded his troops to] stop fortifying Ramah and doing other work there.
E quando Baasa ebbe [ciò] inteso, restò d'edificar Rama, e fece cessare il suo lavoro.
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.
Allora il re Asa prese tutto [il popolo di] Giuda; ed essi portarono via le pietre e il legname di Rama, la quale Baasa edificava; ed egli ne edificò Ghibea e Mispa.
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.
Ed in quel tempo il veggente Hanani venne ad Asa, re di Giuda, e gli disse: Perciocchè tu ti sei appoggiato sopra il re di Siria, e non ti sei appoggiato sopra il Signore Iddio tuo, per ciò l'esercito del re di Siria ti è scampato dalle mani.
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.
Gli Etiopi ed i Libii non erano essi un grande esercito, con grandissimo numero di carri e di cavalieri? e pure, perchè tu ti appoggiasti sopra il Signore, egli te li diede nelle mani.
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.”
Conciossiachè gli occhi del Signore corrano per tutta la terra, per mostrarsi potente in favor di coloro che hanno il cuore intiero inverso lui; tu hai follemente fatto in questa cosa; perciocchè da ora innanzi tu avrai [sempre] guerre.
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.
Ed Asa s'indegnò contro al veggente, e lo fece incarcerare; perciocchè [era] in gran cruccio contro a lui per ciò. Asa ancora oppressò in quel tempo [alcuni] del popolo.
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.
Or ecco, i fatti di Asa, primi ed ultimi, sono scritti nel libro dei re di Giuda e d'Israele.
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.
Ed Asa, l'anno trentanovesimo del suo regno, infermò de' piedi, e la sua infermità [fu] strema, e pure ancora nella sua infermità egli non ricercò il Signore, anzi i medici.
13 When he had been ruling for almost 40 years, he died.
Ed Asa giacque co' suoi padri, e morì l'anno quarantunesimo del suo regno;
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.
e fu seppellito nella sua sepoltura, la quale egli si avea cavata nella Città di Davide; e fu posto in un cataletto che egli avea empiuto d'aromati, e d'odori composti per arte di profumiere; e gliene fu arsa una grandissima quantità.
