2 Maũndũ 15

1 Na rĩrĩ, Roho wa Ngai nĩwaikũrũkĩire Azaria mũrũ wa Odedi.

And the spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded;

2 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.

and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him: 'Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you, while 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 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.

Now for long seasons Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

4 No rĩrĩ, hĩndĩ ya mathĩĩna mao nĩmacookereire Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli, makĩmũrongooria na makĩmuona.

but when in their distress they turned unto the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found of them.

5 Matukũ-inĩ macio ũhoro wa kuumagara warĩ na ũgwati nĩgũkorwo atũũri othe a mabũrũri macio maarĩ thĩĩna-inĩ mũnene.

And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great discomfitures were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

6 O rũrĩrĩ rwahehenjagwo nĩ rũrĩrĩ rũrĩa rũngĩ, na itũũra inene rĩkahehenjwo nĩ rĩrĩa rĩngĩ tondũ Ngai nĩamathĩĩnagia na thĩĩna wa mĩthemba yothe.

And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did discomfit them with all manner of adversity.

7 No ha ũhoro wanyu-rĩ, gĩai na hinya na mũtigatiganĩrie ũhoro ũcio, nĩgũkorwo nĩ mũkaarĩhwo wĩra ũrĩa mũrutaga.”

But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.'

8 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.

And when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the detestable things 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 altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

9 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.

And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

10 Makĩũngana kũu Jerusalemu mweri wa ĩtatũ wa mwaka wa ikũmi na ĩtano wa ũthamaki wa Asa.

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

11 Hĩndĩ ĩyo makĩrutĩra Jehova igongona rĩa ngʼombe 700, na ngʼondu na mbũri 7,000 cia iria maatahĩte magacooka nacio.

And they sacrificed unto the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

12 Makĩgĩa kĩrĩkanĩro gĩa kũrongooragia Jehova, Ngai wa maithe mao, na ngoro ciao ciothe na mĩoyo yao yothe.

And they entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

13 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.

and that whosoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

14 Makĩĩhĩta mwĩhĩtwa he Jehova na mũgambo mũnene, o na makĩanagĩrĩra na makĩhuhaga tũrumbeta na macoro.

And they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.

15 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.

And 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 of them; and the LORD gave them rest round about.

16 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.

And also Maacah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

17 O na gũtuĩka ndeheririe kũndũ kũrĩa gũtũũgĩru kuuma Isiraeli-rĩ, ngoro ya Asa nĩamĩneanĩte biũ kũrĩ Jehova mũtũũrĩre-inĩ wake wothe.

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole all his days.

18 Nĩarehire hekarũ-inĩ ya Ngai betha na thahabu, na indo ciothe iria we na ithe maamũrĩte.

And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had hallowed, and that he himself had hallowed, silver, and gold, and vessels.

19 Gũtiacookire kũgĩa mbaara rĩngĩ, o nginya mwaka wa mĩrongo ĩtatũ na ĩtano wa wathani wa Asa.

And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.