2 Ihe E Mere 15
1 Mgbe ahụ, Mmụọ nke Chineke dakwasịrị Azaraya nwa Oded.
The Spirit of God came on 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, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you 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 time Israel was without the true God, 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 when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by 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.
In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
6 Otu obodo na-azọpịa obodo ọzọ ebe otu mba na-emegidekwa mba ọzọ nʼihi na Chineke ji nsogbu dị iche iche megide ha.
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
7 Ma unu ndị Juda, unu adala mba nʼọrụ ọma unu, nʼihi na a ga-akwụ unu ụgwọ ọrụ unu.”
But you be strong! Don’t let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.”
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 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 which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the LORD’s altar that was before the LORD’s porch.
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.
He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon; for they came to him out of Israel in abundance 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.
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in 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.
They sacrificed to the LORD in that day, of the plunder which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle 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.
They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, 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 the LORD, 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.
They swore to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with shofars, 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.
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 by them. Then the LORD gave them rest all around.
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.
Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burned it at the brook 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 taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa 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.
He brought the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated, silver, gold, and vessels into God’s house.
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 to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
