Ii Paralipomenon 15
1 Azarias autem filius Obed, facto in se spiritu Dei,
And Azarias the son of Oded—upon him came the Spirit of the Lord,
2 egressus est in occursum Asa, et dixit ei: Audite me Asa, et omnis Iuda et Beniamin: Dominus vobiscum, quia fuistis cum eo. Si quaesieritis eum, invenietis: si autem dereliqueritis eum, derelinquet vos.
and he went out to meet Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin, and said, Hear me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin. The Lord [is] with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him out, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
3 Transibant autem multi dies in Israel absque Deo vero, et absque sacerdote doctore, et absque lege.
And Israel [has been] a long time without the true God, and without a priest to expound [the truth], and without the law.
4 Cumque reversi fuerint in angustia sua ad Dominum Deum Israel, et quaesierint eum, reperient eum.
But he shall turn them to the Lord God of Israel, and he will be found of them.
5 In tempore illo non erit pax egredienti et ingredienti, sed terrores undique in cunctis habitatoribus terrarum:
And in that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands.
6 pugnavit enim gens contra gentem, et civitas contra civitatem, quia Dominus conturbabit eos in omni angustia.
And nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every [kind of] affliction.
7 Vos ergo confortamini, et non dissolvantur manus vestrae: erit enim merces operi vestro.
But be you strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.
8 Quod cum audisset Asa verba scilicet, et prophetiam Azariae filii Obed prophetae, confortatus est, et abstulit idola de omni terra Iuda, et de Beniamin, et ex urbibus, quas ceperat, montis Ephraim, et dedicavit altare Domini quod erat ante porticum Domini.
And when [Asa] heard these words, and the prophesy of Adad the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Juda and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord.
9 Congregavitque universum Iudam et Beniamin, et advenas cum eis de Ephraim, et de Manasse, et de Simeon: plures enim ad eum confugerant ex Israel, videntes quod Dominus Deus illius esset cum eo.
And he assembled Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers that lived with him, of Ephraim, and of Manasse, and of Symeon: for many of Israel were joined to him, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
10 Cumque venissent in Ierusalem mense tertio, anno decimoquinto regni Asa,
And they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 immolaverunt Domino in die illa de manubiis, et praeda, quam adduxerant, boves septingentos, et arietes septem millia.
And he sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils which they brought, seven hundred calves and seven thousand sheep.
12 Et intravit ex more ad corroborandum foedus ut quaererent Dominum Deum patrum suorum in toto corde, et in tota anima sua.
And he entered into a covenant that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.
13 Si quis autem, inquit, non quaesierit Dominum Deum Israel, moriatur, a minimo usque ad maximum, a viro usque ad mulierem.
And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel, should die, whether young or old, whether man or woman.
14 Iuraveruntque Domino voce magna in iubilo, et in clangore tubae, et in sonitu buccinarum
And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 omnes qui erant in Iuda cum execratione: in omni enim corde suo iuraverunt, et in tota voluntate quaesierunt eum, et invenerunt: praestititque eis Dominus requiem per circuitum.
And all Juda rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.
16 Sed et Maacham matrem Asa regis ex augusto deposuit imperio, eo quod fecisset in luco simulacrum Priapi: quod omne contrivit, et in frustra comminuens combussit in Torrente cedron:
And he removed Maacha his mother from being priestess to Astarte; and he cut down the idol, and burnt it in the brook of Kedron.
17 Excelsa autem derelicta sunt in Israel: attamen cor Asa erat perfectum cunctis diebus eius,
Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18 Eaque quae voverat pater suus, et ipse, intulit in domum Domini, argentum, et aurum, vasorumque diversam supellectilem.
And he brought in the holy things of David his father, and the holy things of the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.
19 Bellum vero non fuit usque ad trigesimum quintum annum regni Asa.
And there was no war [waged] with him until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
