2 Chronicles 15
1 Forsothe Azarie, the sone of Obeth, whanne the spirit of the Lord was comyn in to hym,
[阿匝黎雅的預言]那時，天主的神感動了敖德得的兒子阿匝黎雅，
2 yede out in to the metyng of Asa; and seide to hym, Asa and al Juda and Beniamyn, here ye me; the Lord is with you, for ye weren with hym; if ye seken hym, ye schulen fynde hym; sotheli if ye forsaken hym, he schal forsake you.
他便出來迎接阿撒，對他說：「阿撒，全猶大和本雅明人，請聽我的話：幾時你們與上主同在，上主也與你們同在；如果你們尋求他，他必讓你們尋到；但如果你們離棄他，他必離棄你們。
3 Forsothe many daies schulen passe in Israel with outen veri God, and without preest, and without techere, and without lawe.
將有一段長時期，以色列沒有真天主，沒有教導的司祭，也沒有法律；
4 And whanne thei turnen ayen in her angwisch, and crien to the Lord God of Israel, and seken hym, thei schulen fynde hym.
但他們在遭離期間，必回心歸向上主，以色列的天主，必尋求他，他必讓他們尋到。
5 In that tyme schal not be pees to go out and to go in, but dredis on al side on alle the dwelleris of londis.
在那時期內，出入的人，都必得不到平安，各地所有的居民，必要遭受很大的混亂：
6 For a folk schal fiyte ayens folk, and a citee ayens a citee, for the Lord schal disturble hem in al anguysch;
這族攻擊那族，這城攻擊那城，因為天主必用種種災禍難為他們。
7 but be ye coumfortid, and youre hondis be not slakid; for mede schal be to youre werk.
至於你們，你們應當堅強，你們的手不要發軟，因為你們的作為必獲得賞報。」[阿撒的宗教改革]
8 And whanne Asa hadde herd this thing, that is, the wordis and profesye of Asarie, the sone of Obed, the profete, he was coumfortid, and he dide a wei alle the idols fro al the lond of Juda and of Beniamyn, and fro the citees whiche he hadde take of the hil of Effraym. And he halewide the auter of the Lord, that was bifor the porche of the hows of the Lord.
阿撒一聽見這些話和預言，便壯了膽，將在猶大和本雅明全境，以及在厄弗辣因山地所佔領的各城內的可憎之物，一概除掉，重修上主門廊前的上主的祭壇，
9 And he gaderide togidere al Juda and Beniamyn, and with hem the comelyngis of Effraym, and of Manasses, and of Symeon; for manye of Israel, seynge that his Lord God was with hym, fledden ouer to hym.
又召集了猶大和本雅明全民眾，以及在他們中間寄居的厄弗辣因人、默納協人和西默盎人，─因為有許多人由以色列來投奔阿撒，因為他們看見上主，他的天主是與他同在。
10 And whanne thei hadden comun in to Jerusalem, in the thridde monethe, in the fiftenthe yeer of the rewme of Asa,
阿撒當國第十五年三月，他們聚集在耶路撒冷，
11 thei offriden `to the Lord in that dai, bothe of the spuylis and of the prey, which thei hadden brouyt, seuene hundrid oxis, and seuene thousynde wetheris.
當天由所擄獲的戰利品，取出了七百頭牛，七千隻羊，祭獻給上主，
12 And Asa entride bi custom to make strong the boond of pees, that thei schulden seke the Lord God of her fadris in al her herte, and in al her soule.
結盟立約，要全心全意尋求上主，他們祖先的天主；
13 Sotheli he seide, If ony man sekith not the Lord God of Israel, die he, fro the leeste `til to the mooste, fro man `til to womman.
凡不尋求上主以色列天主的，不分老幼，不分男女，一律處死。
14 And alle that weren in Juda sworen with cursyng to the Lord, with greet vois, in hertli song, and in sown of trumpe, and in sown of clariouns;
然後高聲歡呼，鳴號吹角，向上主起誓。
15 for thei sworen in al her herte, and in al the wille thei souyten hym, and founden hym; and the Lord yaf to hem reste bi cumpas.
全猶大人發了這誓，都非常高興，因為他們是全心起誓，全意尋求上主；因此上主也為他們所尋見，並使他們四境安寧。
16 But also he puttide doun Maacha, the modir of `Asa the kyng, fro the streit empire, for sche hadde made in a wode the symylacre, `ether licnesse, of a mannus yerde; and he al to-brak al `that symylacre, and pownede it in to gobetis, and `brente it in the stronde of Cedron.
阿撒王廢除了他祖母瑪阿加作太后的權位，因為她給阿舍辣立了可恥的柱像；阿撒將柱像砍倒，打得粉碎，在克德龍谷焚燬，
17 But hiy places weren left in Israel; netheles the herte of Asa was riytful in alle hise daies.
只有以色列的高丘沒有廢除；阿撒的心一生總是純全的。
18 And he brouyte in to the hows of the Lord tho thingis that his fadir avowide, siluer and gold, and dyuerse purtenaunce of vessels;
他又將他父親和他自己所獻的金銀並器具，送入天主的殿內。
19 sotheli batel was not `til to the threttithe yeer of the rewme of Asa.
此後，直到阿撒當國三十五年，從沒有過戰事。
