2 Tawarikh 14
1 Setelah Raja Abia meninggal dan dikuburkan di makam raja-raja di Kota Daud, Asa putranya menjadi raja menggantikan dia. Di bawah pemerintahan Asa, negeri Yehuda tenteram selama sepuluh tahun.
So Abijah went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David, and Asa his son became king in his place; in his time the land was quiet for ten years.
2 Asa menyenangkan hati TUHAN Allahnya dengan melakukan yang adil dan baik.
And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God;
3 Ia menyingkirkan mezbah-mezbah bangsa lain dan tempat-tempat penyembahan berhala. Tugu-tugu dewa dihancurkannya, dan tiang-tiang patung Dewi Asyera ditumbangkannya.
For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;
4 Rakyat Yehuda disuruhnya hidup menurut kehendak TUHAN, Allah leluhur mereka, dan mentaati ajaran-ajaran dan perintah-perintah-Nya.
And he made Judah go after the Lord, the God of their fathers, and keep his laws and his orders.
5 Semua tempat penyembahan berhala dan tempat membakar dupa disingkirkannya dari kota-kota Yehuda. Maka tenanglah kerajaan itu di bawah pemerintahannya,
And he took away the high places and the sun-images from all the towns of Judah; and the kingdom was quiet under his rule.
6 sehingga ia dapat membangun benteng-benteng untuk kota-kota Yehuda. Beberapa tahun lamanya tidak terjadi perang karena TUHAN memberikan keadaan damai kepadanya.
He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.
7 Kata Asa kepada rakyat Yehuda, "Baiklah kita memperkuat kota-kota dengan membangun tembok sekelilingnya dan menara-menara serta pintu gerbang dengan palang-palangnya. Kita telah menguasai negeri ini karena kita sudah menuruti kehendak TUHAN Allah kita. Ia memelihara kita dan menjaga keamanan di seluruh negeri kita." Maka mulailah mereka membangun dan menyelesaikan pekerjaan itu dengan baik.
He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.
8 Tentara Raja Asa terdiri dari 300.000 orang Yehuda yang bersenjatakan perisai dan tombak, dan 280.000 orang Benyamin yang bersenjatakan perisai, busur dan panah. Mereka semuanya prajurit yang berani-berani dan terlatih.
And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men of Judah armed with body-covers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand of Benjamin armed with body-covers and bows; all these were men of war.
9 Pada suatu waktu seorang Sudan bernama Zerah menyerang Yehuda dengan pasukan yang terdiri dari 1.000.000 prajurit dan 300 kereta perang. Mereka maju sejauh Maresa.
And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.
10 Maka keluarlah Asa menghadapi Zerah, dan keduanya mengatur barisan masing-masing di Lembah Zefata dekat Maresa.
And Asa went out against him, and they put their forces in position in the valley north of Mareshah.
11 Lalu Asa berdoa kepada TUHAN Allahnya, "TUHAN, hanya Engkaulah yang dapat membantu yang lemah terhadap yang kuat. Tolonglah kami sekarang, ya TUHAN Allah kami! Pada-Mulah kami bersandar dan atas nama-Mu kami keluar berperang melawan pasukan yang sangat besar ini. TUHAN, Engkaulah Allah kami. Jangan biarkan diri-Mu dikalahkan oleh seorang manusia."
And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O Lord, you are our God; let not man's power be greater than yours.
12 Lalu Asa dan tentara Yehuda menyerang tentara Sudan. TUHAN mengalahkan tentara Sudan sehingga mereka melarikan diri.
So the Lord sent fear on the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah; and the Ethiopians went in flight.
13 Asa dan tentaranya mengejar mereka sampai sejauh Gerar. Di pihak Sudan banyak sekali yang tewas sehingga tentara mereka tidak berdaya karena dihancurkan oleh TUHAN dan tentara Yehuda yang juga merampas banyak sekali dari barang-barang mereka. Kemudian tentara Yehuda menghancurkan kota-kota di wilayah sekitar Gerar, karena TUHAN membuat penduduknya menjadi ketakutan. Tentara Yehuda merampasi semua kota itu dan mendapat banyak sekali barang.
And Asa and the people who were with him went after them as far as Gerar; and so great was the destruction among the Ethiopians that they were not able to get their army together again, for they were broken before the Lord and before his army; and they took away a great amount of their goods.
And they overcame all the towns round Gerar, because the Lord sent fear on them; and they took away their goods from the towns, for there were stores of wealth in them.
15 Mereka juga menyerang perkemahan para peternak, dan mengangkut banyak domba dan unta. Setelah itu mereka kembali ke Yerusalem.
And they made an attack on the tents of the owners of the cattle, and took away great numbers of sheep and camels and went back to Jerusalem.
