2 Chronicles 17
1 Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became the king [of Judah], and he enabled his army to become very strong, with the result that they could resist attacks from [the army of] Israel.
E GIOSAFAT, figliuolo di Asa, regnò in luogo suo, e si fortificò contro ad Israele.
2 He put soldiers in all the cities in Judah around which they had built walls, and he put soldiers in other places in Judah and in the towns in the area belonging to the tribe of Ephraim that [soldiers of] his father Asa had captured.
E pose delle schiere di gente di guerra per tutte le città forti di Giuda, e mise guernigioni nel paese di Giuda, e nelle città di Efraim, le quali Asa, suo padre, avea prese.
3 Yahweh helped Jehoshaphat because when he started [to rule Judah], he did the things that pleased Yahweh like his ancestor [King] David had done. He did not worship the idols of Baal.
E il Signore fu con Giosafat; perciocchè egli camminò nelle primiere vie di Davide, suo padre, e non ricercò i Baali.
4 Instead, he sought advice from the God whom his father [had worshiped], and he obeyed God’s commands, and did not do the [evil things that the kings of] Israel continually did.
Anzi ricercò l'Iddio di suo padre, e camminò ne' suoi comandamenti, e non fece come Israele.
5 Yahweh enabled him to completely control his kingdom. All [the people of] Judah brought gifts to him, with the result that he became very rich and was greatly honored.
Laonde il Signore stabilì il reame nelle mani di esso; e tutto Giuda gli portava presenti talchè egli ebbe gran ricchezze e gloria.
6 He was completely devoted to doing what pleased Yahweh. His workers got rid of the shrines on the hilltops and the poles for [worshiping the goddess] Asherah throughout Judah.
Ed egli elevò il cuor suo nelle vie del Signore; tolse ancora via di Giuda gli alti luoghi ed i boschi.
7 When he had been ruling [Judah] for almost three years, he sent some of his officials—Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah—to teach the people in various towns in Judah.
E l'anno terzo del suo regno egli mandò d'infra i suoi principali ufficiali, Benhail, ed Obadia, e Zaccaria, e Natanaele, e Micaia;
8 With them he sent several descendants of Levi—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah—and two priests, Elishama and Jehoram.
e con loro, questi Leviti: Semaia, e Netania, e Zebadia, e Asael, e Semiramot, e Gionatan, ed Adonia, e Tobia, e Tob-Adonia; e con loro, Elisama, e Gioram, sacerdoti, per ammaestrare [il popolo] nelle città di Giuda.
9 They took with them a scroll on which were written the laws of Yahweh and taught them to the people in all the towns throughout Judah,
Ed essi, [avendo] seco il libro della Legge del Signore, andarono ammaestrando [il popolo di] Giuda; e circuirono tutte le città di Giuda, ammaestrando il popolo.
10 The people in all the kingdoms surrounding Judah became very afraid of [what Yahweh might do to punish them if they fought against Judah], so they did not start wars with Jehoshaphat’s army.
E lo spavento del Signore fu sopra tutti i regni de' paesi ch' [erano] d'intorno a Giuda; onde non fecero guerra a Giosafat.
11 Some people from Philistia brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, and they also brought to him the silver that he demanded that they pay to him. Some Arabs brought to him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats.
Da' Filistei ancora gli erano portati presenti e tributo di argento; gli Arabi gli adducevano eziandio del minuto bestiame, [cioè: ] settemila settecento montoni, e settemila settecento becchi.
12 Jehoshaphat continued to become more powerful/influential. His workers built forts and places to store supplies in various towns in Judah.
E Giosafat andò crescendo sommamente; ed edificò in Giuda castella, e città da magazzini.
13 Then they put large amounts of supplies in those storehouses. Jehoshaphat also placed in Jerusalem soldiers who were experienced.
Ed ebbe di gran beni nelle città di Giuda; e degli uomini di guerra prodi e valenti, in Gerusalemme.
14 The leaders and numbers from each tribe were as follows: From the tribe of Judah, Adnah was the leader of the soldiers, and he commanded 300,000 soldiers.
E questa [è] la descrizione di essi, secondo le lor case paterne: Di Giuda, i capi delle migliaia [furono] il capitano Adna, il quale avea sotto di sè trecentomila [uomini] prodi e valenti;
15 His assistant was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 soldiers.
e dopo lui, il capitano Iohanan, il quale avea sotto di sè dugentottantamila [uomini];
16 Next was Zicri’s son Amasiah, who volunteered to serve Yahweh in this way; he commanded 200,000 soldiers.
e dopo lui Amasia, figliuolo di Zicri, il quale si era volontariamente consacrato al Signore, ed avea sotto di sè dugentomila [uomini] prodi e valenti.
17 From the tribe of Benjamin, Eliada, who was a brave soldier, was the leader of the soldiers; he commanded 200,000 men who had bows [and arrows] and shields.
E di Beniamino, Eliada, [uomo] prode e valente, il quale avea sotto di sè dugentomila [uomini], armati d'archi e di scudi;
18 Next was Jehozabad, who commanded 180,000 men who had weapons for fighting battles.
e dopo lui, Iozabad, il quale [avea] sotto di sè centottantamila [uomini] in ordine per la guerra.
19 Those were the soldiers who served the king [in Jerusalem], in addition to the men whom the king had placed in the other cities in Judah that had walls around them.
Questi [erano] coloro che servivano al re; oltre a quelli ch'egli avea posti nelle fortezze per tutto [il paese di] Giuda.
