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1 OR l'anno diciottesimo del re Geroboamo, figliuolo di Nebat, Abiam cominciò a regnare sopra Giuda.

After Jeroboam had been the king of Israel for almost 18 years, Abijah became the king of Judah.

2 Egli regnò tre anni in Gerusalemme. E il nome di sua madre [era] Maaca, figliuola di Abisalom.

He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah, the granddaughter of [David’s son] Absalom.

3 Ed egli camminò in tutti i peccati di suo padre, ch'egli avea commessi davanti a lui; e il cuor suo non fu intiero inverso il Signore Iddio suo, come [era stato] il cuore di Davide, suo padre.

Abijah committed the same kind of sins that his father had committed. He was not fully dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God, as his grandfather David had been.

4 Ma pure, per amor di Davide, il Signore Iddio suo gli diede una lampana in Gerusalemme, facendo sorgere il suo figliuolo dopo lui, e facendo sussistere Gerusalemme.

But, because of [what Yahweh his God had promised to] David, Yahweh gave Abijah a son [MET] to rule in Jerusalem after him, and in order to protect Jerusalem [from their enemies].

5 Perciocchè Davide avea fatto ciò che piace al Signore, e non si era, in tutto il tempo della vita sua, rivolto da qualunque cosa egli gli avea comandata, salvo nel fatto d'Uria Hitteo.

Yahweh did that because David had always done what pleased Yahweh and because David had always obeyed Yahweh. The only time when he disobeyed Yahweh was when he caused Uriah [to be killed].

6 Ora, [come] v'era stata guerra fra Roboamo e Geroboamo, tutto il tempo della vita di esso,

There were wars between [the armies of] Rehoboam and Jeroboam all during the time that Abijah ruled.

7 così vi fu guerra fra Abiam e Geroboamo. Quant'è al rimanente de' fatti di Abiam, e tutto ciò ch'egli fece; queste cose non [sono] elleno scritte nel Libro delle Croniche dei re di Giuda?

Everything else that Abijah did is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

8 Ed Abiam giacque co' suoi padri, e fu seppellito nella Città di Davide; ed Asa, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.

Abijah died [EUP] and was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, and his son Asa became king.

9 OR Asa cominciò a regnare sopra Giuda l'anno ventesimo di Geroboamo, re d'Israele.

After Jeroboam had been the king of Israel for almost 20 years, Asa started to rule Judah.

10 E regnò in Gerusalemme quarantun anno. E il nome di sua madre [era] Maaca, figliuola di Abisalom.

He ruled in Jerusalem for 41 years. His grandmother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom.

11 Ed Asa fece ciò che piace al Signore, come Davide, suo padre;

Asa did what was pleasing to Yahweh, as his ancestor David had done.

12 e tolse via i cinedi dal paese; rimosse eziandio tutti gl'idoli, che i suoi padri aveano fatti;

He got rid of the male prostitutes that were at the places where the people worshiped idols, and he also got rid of all the idols that his ancestors had made.

13 rimosse ancora dal governo Maaca, sua madre; perciocchè ella avea fatto un idolo per un bosco. Ed Asa spezzò l'idolo di essa, e l'arse presso al torrente di Chidron.

He also removed his grandmother Maacah so that she no longer had influence in the government [because of] being the mother of a previous king. He did that because she had made a disgusting [wooden] statue of the goddess Asherah. Asa [told his workers to] cut down the statue and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

14 Tuttavolta gli alti luoghi non furono tolti via; ma pure il cuor d'Asa fu intiero inverso il Signore, tutto il tempo della vita sua.

He was not able to destroy all the places where the people worshiped [idols] on the high hills, but he continued to be dedicated/committed to Yahweh his entIre life.

15 Ed egli portò nella Casa del Signore le cose che suo padre avea consacrate, e quelle ancora ch'egli stesso avea consacrate: argento, ed oro, e vasellamenti.

He [told his workers to] place in the temple all the items that his father had dedicated to God, and all the gold and silver things that he had dedicated to God.

16 Ora vi fu guerra fra Asa e Baasa, re d'Israele, tutto il tempo della vita loro.

There were wars between [the armies of] Asa and Baasha, the king of Israel, all during the time that they ruled.

17 E Baasa, re d'Israele, salì contro a Giuda, ed edificò Rama, per non lasciare uscire, nè entrare alcuno ad Asa, re di Giuda.

Baasha’s army invaded Judah. They captured Ramah [town north of Jerusalem]. Then they started to build a wall around it in order to prevent people from entering or leaving the area in Judah that was ruled by King Asa.

18 Laonde Asa prese tutto l'argento, e l'oro, ch'era rimasto nel tesori della Casa del Signore; [prese] eziandio i tesori della casa del re, e li diede in mano a' suoi servitori, e li mandò a Ben-hadad, figliuolo di Tabrimmon, figliuolo di Hesion, re di Siria, il quale abitava in Damasco, dicendo:

So Asa [told] his workers [to] take all the silver and gold that was still in the storerooms in the temple and in the palace. He told them to take it to Damascus and give it to King Ben-Hadad who ruled Syria. Ben-Hadad was the son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion. He told the workers to say this to Ben-Hadad:

19 [Siavi] lega fra me e te, [come è stata] fra mio padre e tuo padre; ecco, io ti mando un presente d'argento e d'oro; va', rompi la lega che tu hai con Baasa, re d'Israele, acciocchè egli si ritragga da me.

“I want there to be a peace treaty between you and me, like there was between your father and my father. For that reason, I am giving you this silver and gold. So now please cancel the treaty that you made with Baasha, the king of Israel, in order that he will take his soldiers away from attacking mine, [because he will be afraid of your army].”

20 E Ben-hadad prestò le orecchie al re Asa, e mandò i capitani de' suoi eserciti contro alle città d'Israele, e percosse Ion, e Dan, ed Abel-bet-maaca, e tutto Chinnerot, insieme con tutto il paese di Neftali.

[So the workers went and gave the message to] Ben-Hadad, [and he] did what Asa suggested. He sent his army commanders [and their soldiers] to attack some of the towns in Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maacah, the area near Galilee Lake, and all the land of [the tribe of] Naphtali.

21 E, quando Baasa ebbe [ciò] inteso, restò di edificare Rama, e dimorò in Tirsa.

When Baasha heard about that, he [told his soldiers to] stop working at Ramah. He [and his soldiers returned to] Tirzah [and] stayed there.

22 Allora il re Asa, con bando pubblico, adunò tutto Giuda, senza eccettuarne alcuno; ed essi portarono via le pietre, e il legname di Rama, la quale Baasa edificava; e con quelle cose il re Asa edificò Ghibea di Beniamino, e Mispa.

Then King Asa sent a message to all the [people in the] towns in Judah, stating that they all were required to go to Ramah and carry away the stones and timber that Baasha’s soldiers had been using to build a wall around the city. With those stones and timber they fortified Mizpah [city north of Jerusalem], and Geba, [a town] in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin.

23 Ora, quant'è al rimanente di tutti i fatti d'Asa, e tutte le sue prodezze, e tutto ciò ch'egli fece, e le città ch'egli edificò; queste cose non [son] esse scritte nel Libro delle Croniche dei re di Giuda? Sol [avenne che] nel tempo della sua vecchiezza egli infermò de' piedi.

Everything else that Asa did, the armies that his soldiers defeated, and the names of the cities that he caused to be fortified, are [RHQ] written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. But when Asa became old, he got a disease in his feet.

24 Ed Asa giacque co' suoi padri, e fu seppellito con essi nella Città di Davide, suo padre; e Giosafat, suo figliuolo, regnò in luogo suo.

He died [EUP] and was buried where his ancestors were buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Jehoshaphat became king.

25 OR Nadab, figliuolo di Geroboamo, cominciò a regnare sopra Israele l'anno secondo d'Asa, re di Giuda, e regnò sopra Israele due anni.

After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost two years, King Jeroboam’s son Nadab started to rule Israel. He ruled for two years.

26 E fece ciò che dispiace al Signore, e camminò nella via di suo padre, e nel suo peccato, col quale egli avea fatto peccare Israele.

He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil. His behavior was sinful like his father’s behavior had been, and what he did led the people of Israel to sin.

27 E Baasa, figliuolo di Ahia, della casa d'Issacar, congiurò contro a lui, e lo percosse presso a Ghibbeton de' Filistei, mentre Nadab, e tutti gl'Israeliti, assediavano Ghibbeton.

[A man named] Baasha, from the tribe of Issachar, planned to harm him. He killed Nadab when Nadab and his army had surrounded Gibbethon [city] in the Philistia area.

28 Baasa adunque l'uccise l'anno terzo d'Asa, re di Giuda, e regnò in luogo suo.

That [DOU] was when Asa had been [the king ruling] Judah for almost three years. Then Baasha became the king of Israel.

29 E, quando egli fu re, percosse tutta la casa di Geroboamo; egli non lasciò in vita alcuna anima vivente [della casa] di Geroboamo, finchè l'ebbe distrutta, secondo la parola del Signore, ch'egli avea pronunziata per Ahia Silonita, suo servitore;

As soon as Baasha became king, [he commanded his soldiers to] kill all of Jeroboam’s family. Doing what Yahweh had told the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh would happen, they killed all of Jeroboam’s family. None of them (was left/remained alive).

30 per li peccati di Geroboamo, ch'egli avea commessi, e avea fatti commettere ad Israele, [e] per lo dispetto onde egli avea dispettato il Signore Iddio di Israele.

That happened because Yahweh had become very angry with Jeroboam because of all the sins that Jeroboam had committed, and because of the sins that he had persuaded the people of Israel to commit.

31 Ora, quant'è al rimanente de' fatti di Nadab, e tutto ciò ch'egli fece; queste cose non [son] esse scritte nel Libro delle Croniche dei re d'Israele?

Everything else that Nadab did is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.

32 Or vi fu guerra fra Asa e Baasa re d'Israele, tutto il tempo della vita loro.

There were wars between [the armies of] King Asa and King Baasha all the time that they ruled.

33 L'anno terzo d'Asa, re di Giuda, Baasa, figliuolo d'Ahia, cominciò a regnare sopra tutto Israele, in Tirsa; [e regnò] ventiquattro anni.

After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost three years, Baasha, the son of Ahijah, started to rule Israel at Tirzah [city]. He ruled for 24 years.

34 E fece ciò che dispiace al Signore, e camminò nella via di Geroboamo, e nel peccato di esso, col quale egli avea fatto peccare Israele.

He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, and his behavior was sinful like his father’s had been, and he led the people of Israel to sin.