2 Chronicles 15

1 The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.

And Azariah [the] son of Oded it was on him [the] spirit of God.

2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

And he went out before Asa and he said to him listen to me O Asa and all Judah and Benjamin Yahweh [is] with you when are you with him and if you will seek him he will let himself be found by you and if you will forsake him he will forsake you.

3 Now for a long period, Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without the law.

And days many [belonged] to Israel to not - [the] God of truth and to not a priest [who] teaches and to not [the] law.

4 But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

And it turned back when it was distress to it to Yahweh [the] God of Israel and they sought him and he let himself be found by them.

5 In those times there was no peace for him who traveled away, nor for him who traveled to here; instead, great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.

And in the times those not peace [belonged] to the [one who] went out and to the [one who] came in for disturbances great [were] on all [the] inhabitants of the lands.

6 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city, for God troubled them with all kinds of suffering.

And they were crushed nation by nation and city by city for God he troubled them with every trouble.

7 But be strong, and do not let your hands be weak, for your work will be rewarded.”

And you be strong and may not they drop hands your for there [is] reward for work your.

8 When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and drove away the disgusting things from all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities that he had captured from the hill country of Ephraim, and he rebuilt Yahweh's altar, which was in front of the portico of Yahweh's house.

And just as heard Asa the words these and the prophecy of (Azariah [the] son of *X*) Oded the prophet he strengthened himself and he took away the detestable things from all [the] land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured from [the] hill country of Ephraim and he renewed [the] altar of Yahweh which [was] before [the] porch of Yahweh.

9 He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who stayed with them—people from of Ephraim and Manasseh, and from Simeon. For they came from Israel to him in great numbers, when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and those [who] sojourned with them from Ephraim and Manasseh and from Simeon for they had fallen on him from Israel to multitude when saw they that Yahweh God his [was] with him.

10 So they gathered together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.

And they gathered together Jerusalem in the month third of year fif-teen of [the] reign of Asa.

11 They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day some of the plunder that they had brought: seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep and goats.

And they sacrificed to Yahweh on the day that some of the booty [which] they had brought ox[en] seven hundred and sheep seven thousand.

12 They entered into a covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their soul.

And they went in the covenant to seek Yahweh [the] God of ancestors their with all heart their and with all being their.

13 They agreed that whoever refused to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether the person was small or great, whether man or woman.

And every [one] who not he will seek Yahweh [the] God of Israel he will be put to death from small and unto great from man and unto woman.

14 They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, with shouting, and with trumpets and horns.

And they swore an oath to Yahweh with a voice great and with a shout and with trumpets and with ram's horns.

15 All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and they sought God with their whole desire, and he was found by them. Yahweh gave them peace all around them.

And they rejoiced all Judah on the oath for with all heart their they had sworn and with all will their they had sought him and he let himself be found by them and he gave rest Yahweh to them from round about.

16 He also removed Maacah, his grandmother, from being queen, because she had made a disgusting figure out of an Asherah pole. Asa cut down the disgusting figure, ground it to dust and burned it at the brook Kidron.

And also Maacah [the] mother of - Asa the king he removed her from queen-mother who she had made to an Asherah pole an abominable image and he cut down Asa abominable image her and he crushed [it] and he burned [it] in [the] wadi of Kidron.

17 But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was completely devoted all his days.

And the high places not they were removed from Israel only [the] heart of Asa it was complete all days his.

18 He brought into the house of God the silver and gold and the utensils that he and his father had dedicated for that purpose.

And he brought [the] holy things of father his and own holy things his [the] house of God silver and gold and utensils.

19 There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.

And war not it was until year thirty and five of [the] reign of Asa.