Luo Chronicle 14

1 Tokosra Abijah el misa ac pukpuki inkulyuk lun leum in Siti sel David. Asa, wen natul, el aolulla in tokosra, ac in pacl in leum lal Asa mwet uh elos insewowokin moul misla ke lusen yac singoul.

Then Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. And his son, Asa, reigned in his place. During his days, the land was quiet for ten years.

2 Asa el akinsewowoye LEUM GOD lal ke el oru ma wo ac ma suwohs.

Now Asa did what was good and pleasing in the sight of his God. And he overturned the altars of foreign worship, and the high places.

3 El moklela loang lun mwet saya, ac nien alu lun mwet pegan, ac kunausya sru eot oal lalos, ac pakiya ma sruloala kacl god mutan Asherah.

And he broke apart the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves.

4 El sap mwet Judah in oru ma lungse lun LEUM GOD lun papa tumalos, ac in akos mwe luti ac ma sap lal.

And he instructed Judah that they should seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and that they should carry out the law and all the commandments.

5 Ke sripen el kunausla nien alu lun mwet pegan ac loang in esukak mwe keng in siti nukewa lun Judah, ouinge tokosrai lal muta in misla in pacl lal.

And he took away, from all the cities of Judah, the altars and the shrines. And he reigned in peace.

6 El musaela mwe akkeye siti lun Judah in pacl sac, na wangin mweun orek we ke yac puspis, mweyen LEUM GOD El sang misla nu sel.

Also, he built fortified cities in Judah. For it was quiet, and in his time no wars had arisen. For the Lord was generously granting peace.

7 El fahk nu sin mwet Judah, “Lela kut in akkeyala siti inge, ac musaela pot ac tower, oayapa mutunpot su ku in kauli ku. Acn uh srakna oan ye ku lasr mweyen kut oru ma lungse lun LEUM GOD lasr. El karinginkutme ac El oru tuh in oasr misla inmasrlosr ac mwet nukewa su apinkutla.” Ke ma inge, elos musa ac arulana kapkapak.

Then he said to Judah: “Let us build these cities, and strengthen them with walls, and fortify them with towers and gates and bars, while all things are at rest from wars. For we have sought the Lord, the God of our fathers, and he has granted to us peace on every side.” And so they built, and there was nothing to impede them from building.

8 Oasr mwet mweun tolfoko tausin lal Tokosra Asa sin mwet Judah su us mwe loang ac osra, oayapa mwet mweun luofoko oalngoul tausin sin mwet Benjamin su us mwe loang ac mwe pisr. Elos nukewa mwet pulaik ac pisrla ke mweun.

Now Asa had in his army three hundred thousand men of Judah, carrying shields and spears, and truly, of Benjamin, two hundred eighty thousand men with shields and bows. All of these were very valiant men.

9 Oasr mwet mweun se lun acn Ethiopia su pangpang Zerah. El tuh us sie million mwet mweun ac tolfoko chariot, ac utyak ke ku nu in acn Judah. Elos sun siti se pangpang Mareshah.

Then Zerah, the Ethiopian, went forth against them with his army of one million men, and three hundred chariots. And he approached as far as Mareshah.

10 Asa el illa in mweunel, na u luo inge kewa tueni ac akola in mweun ke Infahlfal Zephathah, apkuran nu Mareshah.

And Asa traveled to meet him, and he set up a battle line for the war in the Valley of Zephathah, which is near Mareshah.

11 Asa el pre nu sin LEUM GOD lal ac fahk, “O LEUM GOD, kom ku in kasru un mwet mweun munas oapana un mwet mweun na ku. Kasrekut inge, O LEUM GOD lasr, mweyen finsrak lasr oan in kom, ac ke Inem kut illa in mweun lain un mwet mweun lulap se inge. LEUM GOD, kom God lasr. Wangin sie mwet ac finsrak mu el ku in kutangkomla.”

And he called upon the Lord God, and he said: “O Lord, there is no difference to you, whether you assist by few, or by many. Help us, O Lord our God. For having faith in you and in your name, we have gone forth against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God. Do not allow man to prevail against you.”

12 LEUM GOD El kutangla mwet Ethiopia ke Asa ac mwet mweun meunelos. Mwet Ethiopia elos kaingla,

And so the Lord terrified the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah. And the Ethiopians fled.

13 na Asa ac mwet lal ukwalos nwe ke sun acn Gerar. Pukanten na mwet Ethiopia anwuki, pwanang upa nu selos in sifil mweun. Elos toanyuki sin LEUM GOD ac mwet mweun lal, ac mwet Judah elos eis ma wap puspis lalos.

And Asa, and the people who were with him, pursued them as far as Gerar. And the Ethiopians fell, even unto utter destruction, for the Lord was striking, and his army was battling, and they were destroyed. Therefore, they took many spoils.

14 Na elos kunausla siti ma rauneak acn Gerar, mweyen mwet we elos arulana sangeng sin LEUM GOD. Mwet mweun elos kunausla siti nukewa we ac sruokya ma wap puspis.

And they struck all the cities surrounding Gerar. For indeed, a great fear had overwhelmed everyone. And they despoiled the cities, and they carried away much plunder.

15 Elos oayapa lain un mwet shepherd, ac eisla sheep ac camel pukanten. Na elos folokla nu Jerusalem.

Then too, destroying the fencing for the sheep, they took an innumerable multitude of cattle and camels. And they returned to Jerusalem.