2 Chronicles 15
1 The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded.
Na rĩrĩ, Roho wa Ngai nĩwaikũrũkĩire Azaria mũrũ wa Odedi.
2 He went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
Nake akiumagara agatũnge Asa, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ta thikĩrĩria, we Asa na andũ a Juda na andũ a Benjamini othe. Jehova arĩ hamwe na inyuĩ rĩrĩa rĩothe mũrĩ hamwe nake. Mũngĩmũrongooria nĩmũrĩmuonaga, no mũngĩmũtiganĩria, o nake nĩakamũtiganĩria.
3 Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.
Na rĩrĩ, kwa ihinda iraaya Isiraeli matiarĩ na Ngai ũrĩa wa ma, na matiarĩ na mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai wa kũmaruta na matiarĩ na watho wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo.
4 But when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
No rĩrĩ, hĩndĩ ya mathĩĩna mao nĩmacookereire Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli, makĩmũrongooria na makĩmuona.
5 In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
Matukũ-inĩ macio ũhoro wa kuumagara warĩ na ũgwati nĩgũkorwo atũũri othe a mabũrũri macio maarĩ thĩĩna-inĩ mũnene.
6 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
O rũrĩrĩ rwahehenjagwo nĩ rũrĩrĩ rũrĩa rũngĩ, na itũũra inene rĩkahehenjwo nĩ rĩrĩa rĩngĩ tondũ Ngai nĩamathĩĩnagia na thĩĩna wa mĩthemba yothe.
7 But you be strong! Don’t let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.”
No ha ũhoro wanyu-rĩ, gĩai na hinya na mũtigatiganĩrie ũhoro ũcio, nĩgũkorwo nĩ mũkaarĩhwo wĩra ũrĩa mũrutaga.”
8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the LORD’s altar that was before the LORD’s porch.
Rĩrĩa Asa aiguire ciugo icio na akĩigua ũrathi wa Azaria mũrũ wa Odedi ũrĩa mũnabii-rĩ, akĩĩyũmĩrĩria. Akĩeheria mĩhianano ĩrĩa mĩmeneku kuuma bũrũri wothe wa Juda na Benjamini, o na kuuma matũũra-inĩ marĩa aatahĩte kũu irĩma-inĩ cia Efiraimu. Agĩcookereria kĩgongona kĩa Jehova kĩrĩa kĩarĩ mbere ya gĩthaku kĩa hekarũ ya Jehova.
9 He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon; for they came to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
Ningĩ akĩũngania andũ othe a Juda na a Benjamini, hamwe na andũ a kuuma Efiraimu, na Manase, na Simeoni arĩa maatũũranagia nao, nĩgũkorwo aingĩ ao nĩmookĩte kũrĩ Asa moimĩte Isiraeli rĩrĩa moonire atĩ Jehova Ngai wake aarĩ hamwe nake.
10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
Makĩũngana kũu Jerusalemu mweri wa ĩtatũ wa mwaka wa ikũmi na ĩtano wa ũthamaki wa Asa.
11 They sacrificed to the LORD in that day, of the plunder which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo makĩrutĩra Jehova igongona rĩa ngʼombe 700, na ngʼondu na mbũri 7,000 cia iria maatahĩte magacooka nacio.
12 They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
Makĩgĩa kĩrĩkanĩro gĩa kũrongooragia Jehova, Ngai wa maithe mao, na ngoro ciao ciothe na mĩoyo yao yothe.
13 and that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
Andũ arĩa othe mangĩagire kũrongooria Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli-rĩ, makĩũragwo arĩ mũndũ mũnini kana arĩ mũnene, arĩ mũndũ mũrũme kana arĩ mũndũ-wa-nja.
14 They swore to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with cornets.
Makĩĩhĩta mwĩhĩtwa he Jehova na mũgambo mũnene, o na makĩanagĩrĩra na makĩhuhaga tũrumbeta na macoro.
15 All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them. Then the LORD gave them rest all around.
Andũ a Juda othe magĩkena nĩ ũndũ wa mwĩhĩtwa tondũ mawĩhĩtire na ngoro ciao ciothe. Makĩrongooria Ngai na kĩyo, na makĩmuona. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova akĩmahe ũhurũko mĩena yothe.
16 Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
Mũthamaki Asa agĩcooka akĩruta cũwe Maaka kuuma gĩtĩ-inĩ gĩake kĩa mũthamaki-mũndũ-wa-nja, nĩ ũndũ nĩathondekithĩtie gĩtugĩ kĩa mũhianano ũrĩ magigi wa Ashera. Asa agĩtemenga gĩtugĩ kĩu, agĩkiunanga na agĩgĩcinĩra Gĩtuamba-inĩ gĩa Kidironi.
17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
O na gũtuĩka ndeheririe kũndũ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru kuuma Isiraeli-rĩ, ngoro ya Asa nĩamĩneanĩte biũ kũrĩ Jehova mũtũũrĩre-inĩ wake wothe.
18 He brought the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated, silver, gold, and vessels into God’s house.
Nĩarehire hekarũ-inĩ ya Ngai betha na thahabu, na indo ciothe iria we na ithe maamũrĩte.
19 There was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
Gũtiacookire kũgĩa mbaara rĩngĩ, o nginya mwaka wa mĩrongo ĩtatũ na ĩtano wa wathani wa Asa.
