Kronika 2 15

1 Mawu ƒe Gbɔgbɔ va Azaria, Obed ƒe vi dzi

Now, as for Azariah son of Oded, there came upon him, the spirit of God.

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.

So he went forth to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear me, O Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, —Yahweh, is with you, so long as ye are with him, and, if ye seek him, he will be found of you, but, if ye forsake him, he will forsake 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

Now, many days, had Israel been, —without the faithful God, and without a teaching priest, and without the 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.

But they turned, in their distress, unto Yahweh God of Israel, —and sought him, and he was found of 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 had been no prosperity, to him that went out nor to him that came in, —for, great consternations, were upon 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 were beaten in pieces-nation against nation, and city against city, —for, God, discomfited them with all manner of distress.

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.”

Ye, therefore, be strong, and let not your hands be slack, —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, when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he strengthened himself, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had captured out of the hill country of Ephraim, —and renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.

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 he gathered together all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them, out of Ephraim and out of Manasseh, and out of Simeon, —for they fell unto him out of Israel, in great numbers, because they saw that, Yahweh his God, was with him.

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

So they gathered themselves together unto 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 they sacrificed unto Yahweh, on that day, out of the spoil they had brought in, —oxen, seven hundred, and sheep, seven thousand.

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

And they entered into a covenant, to seek Yahweh, 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, whosoever would not seek unto Yahweh God of Israel, should be put to death, —whether small or great, whether man or woman.

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

So they bound themselves by oath unto Yahweh, 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 rejoiced over the oath, for, with all their heart, had they sworn, and, with all their good will, had they sought him, and he was found of them, —and Yahweh gave them rest round about.

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.

Moreover also, as touching Maacah mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made, unto the Sacred Stem, a monstrous thing, —so Asa cut down her monstrous thing, and reduced it to dust, and burnt it up, in the Kidron ravine.

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

But, the high places, were not taken away out of Israel, —only, the heart of Asa, was 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 brought the hallowed things of his father and his own hallowed things, into the house of God, —silver and gold, and utensils.

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

And, war, was there none, —until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.