Kronika 2 15

1 Mawu ƒe Gbɔgbɔ va Azaria, Obed ƒe vi dzi

And the Spirit of God has been on Azariah son of Oded,

2 eye wòɖakpe Fia Asa esi wòtrɔ gbɔna tso aʋa. Azaria do ɣli be, “Asa, ɖo tom! Yuda kple Benyamin ƒe aʋakɔwo, miɖo to! Yehowa anɔ kpli mi ŋkeke ale si mianɔ eyome! Ɣe sia ɣi si miadii ko la, miakpɔe gake ne miegbugbɔ le eyome la, eya hã agbugbɔ le mia yome.

and he goes out before Asa and says to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; YHWH [is] with you—in your being with Him, and if you seek Him, He is found by you, and if you forsake Him, He forsakes you;

3 Hena ɣeyiɣi didi aɖe le Israel la, nyateƒe Mawu la subɔsubɔ meganɔ anyi o eye nunɔla aɖeke hã meganɔ anyi afia nu ameawo o. Nenema ke se la hã meganɔ anyi o

and many days [are] to Israel without [the] true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,

4 gake ɣe sia ɣi si wogatrɔ va Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la gbɔ le woƒe fukpeɣiwo me eye wodii la, egakpena ɖe wo ŋu.

and it turns back in its distress to YHWH, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is found by them,

5 Ŋutifafa aɖeke menɔ anyi esime wodze aglã ɖe Mawu ŋu o. Nuwo kpeke wo le go ɖe sia ɖe me eye nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ nɔ agbɔ sɔm ɖe edzi le afi sia afi.

and in those times there is no peace for him who is going out, and for him who is coming in, for many troubles [are] on all the inhabitants of the lands,

6 Aʋawɔwɔ nɔ edzi yim le woawo kple dukɔ bubuwo dome eye aʋawɔwɔ ganɔ Israel duwo ɖeɖe hã dome elabena Mawu nɔ fukpekpe ƒomevi vovovowo dam ɖe wo dzi.

and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God has troubled them with every adversity;

7 Ke mi Yuda ƒe viwo la, milé dɔ nyui si wɔm miele la me ɖe asi eye migana dzi naɖe le mia ƒo o elabena fetu li na mi.”

and you, be strong, and do not let your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.”

8 Esi Fia Asa se nya sia tso Mawu gbɔ la, dzi ɖo eƒo eye wògbã legbawo katã le Yuda kple Benyamin kple du siwo wòxɔ le Efraim ƒe tonyigba dzi la me. Egbugbɔ Yehowa ƒe vɔsamlekpui la tu ɖe gbedoxɔ la ŋgɔ.

And at Asa’s hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he has strengthened himself, and causes the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he has captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and renews the altar of YHWH that [is] before the porch of YHWH,

9 Tete wòƒo Yuda kple Benyamin katã nu ƒu, nenema kee nye ame siwo tso Efraim, Manase kple Simeon ƒe towo me, ame siwo nɔ wo dome. Ameha gã aɖe do va egbɔ tso Israel esime wokpɔ be Yehowa, eƒe Mawu la li kplii.

and gathers all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon—for they have defected to him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that his God YHWH [is] with him.

10 Wova ƒo ƒu ɖe Yerusalem le ɣleti etɔ̃lia me le Asa ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe wuiatɔ̃lia me.

And they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,

11 Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, wotsɔ nyi alafa adre, gbɔ̃ kple alẽ akpe adre tso afunyinu siwo woha gbɔe la me, sa vɔe na Yehowa.

and sacrifice to YHWH on that day from the spoil they have brought in—seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep,

12 Wobla nu be woadi Yehowa, wo fofowo ƒe Mawu la kple woƒe dzi blibo kpakple woƒe luʋɔ blibo.

and they enter into a covenant to seek YHWH, God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,

13 Woawu ame siwo katã medi Yehowa, Israel ƒe Mawu la o; eɖanye ɖevi alo ametsitsi o, ŋutsu alo nyɔnu o.

and everyone who does not seek for YHWH, God of Israel, is put to death, from small to great, from man to woman.

14 Woka atam na Yehowa kple ɣlidodo sesĩe kple kpẽwo kple lãdzowo kuku.

And they swear to YHWH with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns,

15 Yuda blibo la kpɔ dzidzɔ ɖe atam si woka la ta elabena woka atam la kple woƒe dzi blibo. Wodi Mawu vevie eye woke ɖe eŋu eya ta Yehowa hã na gbɔɖeme wo le goawo katã me.

and all Judah rejoices concerning the oath, for they have sworn with all their heart, and they have sought Him with all their goodwill, and He is found by them, and YHWH gives rest to them all around.

16 Fia Asa ɖe mamaa Maaka ɖa be maganye fianyɔnu o elabena etu aƒeli si nye ŋunyɔnu. Asa lã ati la ƒu anyi, flii, hetɔ dzoe le Kidron bali la me.

And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king—he has removed her from [being] mistress, in that she has made for an Asherah a horrible thing, and Asa cuts down her horrible thing, and beats [it] small, and burns [it] by the Brook of Kidron:

17 Togbɔ be megbã nuxeƒewo ɖa le Israel o hã la, Asa ƒe dzi nɔ Yehowa ŋu blibo le eƒe agbemeŋkekewo katã me.

yet the high places have not been removed from Israel; only, the heart of Asa has been perfect all his days.

18 Egbugbɔ klosalo kple sika kple ŋudɔwɔnu siwo ŋu eya kple fofoa kɔ la va Mawu ƒe gbedoxɔ la me.

And he brings in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of God: silver, and gold, and vessels.

19 Ale aʋa aɖeke megadzɔ o va se ɖe Fia Asa ƒe fiaɖuɖu ƒe ƒe blaetɔ̃-vɔ-atɔ̃lia me.

And war has not been until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.