歴代誌Ⅱ 15
1 時に神の霊がオデデの子アザリヤに臨んだので、
Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
2 彼は出ていってアサを迎え、これに言った、「アサおよびユダとベニヤミンの人々よ、わたしに聞きなさい。あなたがたが主と共におる間は、主もあなたがたと共におられます。あなたがたが、もし彼を求めるならば、彼に会うでしょう。しかし、彼を捨てるならば、彼もあなたがたを捨てられるでしょう。
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
3 そもそも、イスラエルには長い間、まことの神がなく、教をなす祭司もなく、律法もなかった。
For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.
4 しかし、悩みの時、彼らがイスラエルの神、主に立ち返り、彼を求めたので彼に会った。
But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.
5 そのころは、出る者にも入る者にも、平安がなく、大いなる騒乱が国々のすべての住民を悩ました。
In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.
6 国は国に、町は町に撃ち砕かれた。神がもろもろの悩みをもって彼らを苦しめられたからです。
Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God afflicted them with all kinds of adversity.
7 しかしあなたがたは勇気を出しなさい。手を弱くしてはならない。あなたがたのわざには報いがあるからです」。
But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”
8 アサはこれらの言葉すなわちオデデの子アザリヤの預言を聞いて勇気を得、憎むべき偶像をユダとベニヤミンの全地から除き、また彼がエフライムの山地で得た町々から除き、主の宮の廊の前にあった主の祭壇を再興した。
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple.
9 彼はまたユダとベニヤミンの人々およびエフライム、マナセ、シメオンから来て、彼らの間に寄留していた者を集めた。その神、主がアサと共におられるのを見て、イスラエルからアサのもとに下った者が多くあったからである。
And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
10 彼らはアサの治世の十五年の三月にエルサレムに集まり、
So they gathered together in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
11 携えてきたぶんどり物のうちから牛七百頭、羊七千頭をその日主にささげた。
At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.
12 そして彼らは契約を結び、心をつくし、精神をつくして先祖の神、主を求めることと、
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.
13 すべてイスラエルの神、主を求めない者は老幼男女の別なく殺さるべきことを約した。
And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
14 そして彼らは大声をあげて叫び、ラッパを吹き、角笛を鳴らして、主に誓いを立てた。
They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.
15 ユダは皆その誓いを喜んだ。彼らは心をつくして誓いを立て、精神をつくして主を求めたので、主は彼らに会い、四方で彼らに安息を賜わった。
And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
16 アサ王の母マアカがアシラのために憎むべき像を造ったので、アサは彼女をおとして太后とせず、その憎むべき像を切り倒して粉々に砕き、キデロン川でそれを焼いた。
King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
17 ただし高き所はイスラエルから除かなかったが、アサの心は一生の間、正しかった。
The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
18 彼はまた、その父のささげた物および自分のささげた物、すなわち銀、金並びに器物などを主の宮に携え入れた。
And he brought into the house of God the silver and gold articles that he and his father had dedicated.
19 そしてアサの治世の三十五年までは再び戦争がなかった。
And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
