Ii Paralipomenon 15

1 Azarias autem filius Obed, facto in se spiritu Dei,

And upon Azariah son of Oded hath been the Spirit of God,

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 goeth out before Asa, and saith to him, 'Hear, me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; Jehovah [is] with you — in your being with Him, and if ye seek Him, He is found of you, and if ye forsake Him, He forsaketh you;

3 Transibant autem multi dies in Israel absque Deo vero, et absque sacerdote doctore, et absque lege.

and many days [are] to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,

4 Cumque reversi fuerint in angustia sua ad Dominum Deum Israel, et quaesierint eum, reperient eum.

and it turneth back in its distress unto Jehovah, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is found of them,

5 In tempore illo non erit pax egredienti et ingredienti, sed terrores undique in cunctis habitatoribus terrarum:

and in those times there is no peace to him who is going out, and to him who is coming in, for many troubles [are] on all the inhabitants of the lands,

6 pugnavit enim gens contra gentem, et civitas contra civitatem, quia Dominus conturbabit eos in omni angustia.

and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity;

7 Vos ergo confortamini, et non dissolvantur manus vestrae: erit enim merces operi vestro.

and ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, 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 at Asa's hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he hath strengthened himself, and doth cause the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he hath captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and reneweth the altar of Jehovah that [is] before the porch of Jehovah,

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 gathereth all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon — for they have fallen unto him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that Jehovah his God [is] with him.

10 Cumque venissent in Ierusalem mense tertio, anno decimoquinto regni Asa,

And they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of 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 sacrifice to Jehovah on that day from the spoil they have brought in — oxen seven hundred, and sheep seven thousand,

12 Et intravit ex more ad corroborandum foedus ut quaererent Dominum Deum patrum suorum in toto corde, et in tota anima sua.

and they enter into a covenant to seek Jehovah, 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 every one who doth not seek for Jehovah, God of Israel, is put to death, from small unto great, from man unto woman.

14 Iuraveruntque Domino voce magna in iubilo, et in clangore tubae, et in sonitu buccinarum

And they swear to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, 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 rejoice do all Judah concerning the oath, for with all their heart they have sworn, and with all their good-will they have sought Him, and He is found of them, and Jehovah giveth rest to them 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 also Maachah, mother of Asa the king — he hath removed her from [being] mistress, in that she hath made for a shrine a horrible thing, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and beateth [it] small, and burneth [it] by the brook Kidron:

17 Excelsa autem derelicta sunt in Israel: attamen cor Asa erat perfectum cunctis diebus eius,

yet the high places have not turned aside from Israel; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect all his days.

18 Eaque quae voverat pater suus, et ipse, intulit in domum Domini, argentum, et aurum, vasorumque diversam supellectilem.

And he bringeth in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.

19 Bellum vero non fuit usque ad trigesimum quintum annum regni Asa.

And war hath not been till the thirty and fifth year of the reign of Asa.