2 Ihe E Mere 15
1 Mgbe ahụ, Mmụọ nke Chineke dakwasịrị Azaraya nwa Oded.
And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.
2 Ọ pụrụ jekwuru Asa sị ya, “Geenụ m ntị, gị Asa na ndị Juda niile na Benjamin. Onyenwe anyị ga-anọnyere unu oge niile unu na-eme okwu ya. Unu ga-achọta ya mgbe ọbụla unu chọrọ ya. Ma ọ ga-agbakụta unu azụ oge ọbụla unu nupuru isi nʼiwu ya.
And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah 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 Ma ọtụtụ oge dị anya ndị Izrel nọ na-enweghị Chineke nke ezie, ha enweghịkwa onye nchụaja ga-ezi ihe, ha enweghịkwa iwu Chineke
Now for a long while Israel [was] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;
4 Ma mgbe ọbụla ha chigharịkwutere Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel tikuo ya nʼime mkpagbu ha, ọ na-enyere ha aka.
but in their trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found of them.
5 Nʼoge ahụ, ọ dịghị udo dịrị onye ọbụla na-apụ apụ ịgagharị nʼobodo, maka na ndị niile bi nʼala ahụ nọ nʼọnọdụ oke ọgbaaghara.
And in those times there [was] no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in, but great disturbances were amongst all the inhabitants of the countries.
6 Otu obodo na-azọpịa obodo ọzọ ebe otu mba na-emegidekwa mba ọzọ nʼihi na Chineke ji nsogbu dị iche iche megide ha.
And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.
7 Ma unu ndị Juda, unu adala mba nʼọrụ ọma unu, nʼihi na a ga-akwụ unu ụgwọ ọrụ unu.”
But as for you, be firm and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your deeds.
8 Mgbe Asa nụrụ okwu ndị a, bụ amụma Azaraya nwa Oded, ọ bụ onye a gbara ume. O wepụrụ ihe arụ niile dị nʼala Juda na Benjamin na nke dị nʼobodo niile ahụ o meriri nʼagha ndị dị nʼugwu Ifrem. Ọ wuziri ebe ịchụ aja Onyenwe anyị, nke dị nʼihu mpụta ọnụ ụlọ ụlọnsọ ukwu nke Onyenwe anyị.
And 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 that he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.
9 Mgbe ahụ, Asa kpọrọ ndị Juda na Benjamin niile oku, ha na ndị ọbịa niile si Izrel, nʼihi na ọtụtụ sitere nʼala Ifrem na Manase, na Simiọn gbafeta Juda, mgbe ha hụrụ na Onyenwe anyị Chineke nọnyeere Asa.
And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.
10 Ha niile zukọrọ na Jerusalem nʼọnwa nke atọ nʼafọ nke iri na ise nke ọchịchị eze Asa.
And they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 Nʼoge ahụ, ha ji narị ehi asaa na puku atụrụ na ewu asaa, chụọrọ Onyenwe anyị aja nʼụbọchị ahụ. Anụmanụ ndị a so nʼihe ha kwatara nʼagha.
And they sacrificed to Jehovah in that day, of the spoil that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
12 Emesịa, nʼụbọchị ahụ, ha gbara ndụ, kpebie na ọ bụ naanị Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna ha ka ha ga-efe.
And they entered into a covenant to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,
13 Ha kpebikwara na onye ọbụla nke na-agaghị efe Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel ga-anwụ, ma onye ahụ ọ bụ nwoke maọbụ nwanyị, nwantakịrị maọbụ okenye.
and that whoever would not seek Jehovah the God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
14 Ha niile ji oke olu na iti mkpu na opi na opi ike, ṅụọrọ Onyenwe anyị iyi.
And they swore to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 Ndị Juda niile ṅụrịrị ọṅụ nʼihi na ha ji obi ha niile ṅụọ iyi a. Ha jikwa obi ha niile chọọ Chineke. O mere ka ha chọta ya. Onyenwe anyị nyekwara ha udo nʼakụkụ niile.
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.
16 Eze Asa chụdakwara nne nne ya bụ Maaka, site nʼọnọdụ ya dịka nne eze, nʼihi na ọ kpụrụ ihe arụ, ogidi Ashera maka iji fee ya ofufe. Asa gbuturu ya, sụpịa ya, kpọọ ya ọkụ na ndagwurugwu iyi Kidrọn.
And also Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burned it in the valley Kidron.
17 Ọ bụ ezie na o wezugaghị ugwu niile dị elu site nʼIzrel, ma Asa ji obi zuruoke jere Onyenwe anyị ozi nʼoge ndụ ya niile
But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.
18 O webatara nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwu Chineke, ọlaọcha na ọlaedo na ihe niile, nke nna ya na ya onwe ya doro nsọ.
And he brought into the house of God the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
19 Ọ dịkwaghị agha ọzọ a lụrụ tutu ruo nʼafọ iri atọ na ise nke ọchịchị eze Asa na Juda.
And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
