2 Ihe E Mere 15
1 Mgbe ahụ, Mmụọ nke Chineke dakwasịrị Azaraya nwa Oded.
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.
He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you look for him, you will find him; but if you abandon him, he will abandon 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
For many years Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach them, and without the law.
4 Ma mgbe ọbụla ha chigharịkwutere Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel tikuo ya nʼime mkpagbu ha, ọ na-enyere ha aka.
But when they were in trouble they returned to the Lord, the God of Israel—they looked for him, and they found him.
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.
During those times travel was dangerous, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. People everywhere had terrible problems.
6 Otu obodo na-azọpịa obodo ọzọ ebe otu mba na-emegidekwa mba ọzọ nʼihi na Chineke ji nsogbu dị iche iche megide ha.
Nation fought nation, and town fought town, for God threw them into a panic with all kinds of trouble.
7 Ma unu ndị Juda, unu adala mba nʼọrụ ọma unu, nʼihi na a ga-akwụ unu ụgwọ ọrụ unu.”
But you need to be strong, not weak, for you will be rewarded for the work you do.”
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.
When Asa heard these words of prophecy from Azariah the prophet, son of Oded, he was encouraged. He removed the vile idols from the whole territory of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. Then he repaired the altar of the Lord that stood in front of the porch of the Lord's Temple.
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.
Then Asa summoned all of Judah and Benjamin, along with those Israelites from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were living among them, for many people had deserted Israel and come over to Asa when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
10 Ha niile zukọrọ na Jerusalem nʼọnwa nke atọ nʼafọ nke iri na ise nke ọchịchị eze Asa.
They gathered in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.
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.
That day they sacrificed to the Lord seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from the plunder they had brought back.
12 Emesịa, nʼụbọchị ahụ, ha gbara ndụ, kpebie na ọ bụ naanị Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna ha ka ha ga-efe.
Then they made an agreement to conscientiously and completely follow the Lord, the God of their forefathers.
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.
They also agreed that anyone who refused to follow the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
14 Ha niile ji oke olu na iti mkpu na opi na opi ike, ṅụọrọ Onyenwe anyị iyi.
They declared their oath with a loud shout, accompanied by trumpets and blasts from rams' horns.
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.
The whole of Judah was happy at the oath they had conscientiously sworn. They looked for him sincerely, and they found him. The Lord gave them peace from all their enemies.
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.
King Asa also removed Maacah from her position as queen mother for making an offensive Asherah pole. Asa cut down her vile idol, crushed it up, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
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
While the high places were not removed from Israel, Asa was completely devoted to the Lord all his life.
18 O webatara nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwu Chineke, ọlaọcha na ọlaedo na ihe niile, nke nna ya na ya onwe ya doro nsọ.
He brought into God's Temple the silver and gold articles he and his father had dedicated.
19 Ọ dịkwaghị agha ọzọ a lụrụ tutu ruo nʼafọ iri atọ na ise nke ọchịchị eze Asa na Juda.
There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.
