2 Masolo ya Kala 15
1 Molimo ya Nzambe akitelaki Azaria, mwana mobali ya Odedi.
Now, as for Azariah son of Oded, there came upon him, the spirit of God.
2 Azaria ayaki liboso ya Asa mpe alobaki na ye: « Asa elongo na bato nyonso ya Yuda mpe ya Benjame, boyoka ngai! Yawe azalaka elongo na bino soki bino bozali elongo na Ye. Soki boluki Ye, akomimonisa epai na bino. Nzokande, soki botiki Ye, Ye mpe akotika bino!
So he went forth to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear me, O Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, —Yahweh, is with you, so long as ye are with him, and, if ye seek him, he will be found of you, but, if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
3 Na tango molayi, Isalaele azangaki Nzambe ya solo, azangaki Banganga-Nzambe mpo na koteya ye, mpe azangaki mibeko.
Now, many days, had Israel been, —without the faithful God, and without a teaching priest, and without the law;
4 Kasi kati na pasi na bango, bazongelaki Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele; balukaki Ye, mpe Ye amimonisaki epai na bango.
But they turned, in their distress, unto Yahweh God of Israel, —and sought him, and he was found of them.
5 Na tango yango, kimia ezalaki te mpo na bato oyo bazalaki kokende mpe kozonga, pamba te mobulu ezalaki kati na bavandi nyonso ya mikili.
And, in those times, there had been no prosperity, to him that went out nor to him that came in, —for, great consternations, were upon all the inhabitants of the lands;
6 Ekolo moko ezalaki kobundisa ekolo mosusu, engumba moko ezalaki kobundisa engumba mosusu, pamba te Nzambe azalaki kokotisa mobulu kati na bango na nzela ya pasi ya lolenge nyonso.
and they were beaten in pieces-nation against nation, and city against city, —for, God, discomfited them with all manner of distress.
7 Boye bino, botelema ngwi mpe bolemba te, pamba te misala na bino ezali na lifuti. »
Ye, therefore, be strong, and let not your hands be slack, —for there is a reward for your work!
8 Sima na Asa koyoka maloba oyo mpe lisakoli ya Azaria, mwana mobali ya mosakoli Odedi, azwaki mpiko, alongolaki banzambe ya bikeko kati na bituka ya Yuda, ya Benjame mpe kati na bingumba oyo abotolaki kati na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi; azongisaki etumbelo ya Yawe oyo ezalaki liboso ya ndako moke ya kokotela na Tempelo ya Yawe.
And, when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he strengthened himself, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had captured out of the hill country of Ephraim, —and renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.
9 Asangisaki bato nyonso ya Yuda mpe ya Benjame, elongo na bato oyo bawutaki na mabota ya Efrayimi, ya Manase mpe ya Simeoni, oyo bakomaki kovanda kati na bango, pamba te bana ebele ya Isalaele basanganaki na mokonzi Asa tango bamonaki ete Yawe, Nzambe na ye, azali elongo na ye.
And he gathered together all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them, out of Ephraim and out of Manasseh, and out of Simeon, —for they fell unto him out of Israel, in great numbers, because they saw that, Yahweh his God, was with him.
10 Basanganaki na Yelusalemi na sanza ya misato ya mobu ya zomi na mitano ya bokonzi ya Asa.
So they gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem, in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 Na mokolo wana, kati na bomengo ya bitumba oyo bazongaki na yango, babonzelaki Yawe bangombe nkama sambo mpe bameme nkoto sambo.
And they sacrificed unto Yahweh, on that day, out of the spoil they had brought in, —oxen, seven hundred, and sheep, seven thousand.
12 Basalaki boyokani na kolapa ndayi ete bakokangama na Yawe, Nzambe ya batata na bango, na mitema mpe na molimo na bango mobimba;
And they entered into a covenant, to seek Yahweh, God of their fathers, —with all their heart, and with all their soul;
13 bongo moto nyonso oyo akokangama te na Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, azala mwana to mokolo, tata to mama, basengeli koboma ye.
and, whosoever would not seek unto Yahweh God of Israel, should be put to death, —whether small or great, whether man or woman.
14 Balapaki ndayi epai na Yawe, na mongongo makasi, na kobeta maboko mpe milolo, mpe na lokito ya kelelo mpe ya maseke.
So they bound themselves by oath unto Yahweh, with a loud voice, and with shouting, —and with trumpets and with horns.
15 Bato nyonso ya Yuda basepelaki na ndayi yango, pamba te balapaki yango na mitema na bango mobimba; bazwaki mokano ya kokangama na Yawe Nzambe na esengo, mpe Ye amimonisaki epai na bango. Boye, Yawe apesaki bango bopemi na bangambo nyonso.
And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for, with all their heart, had they sworn, and, with all their good will, had they sought him, and he was found of them, —and Yahweh gave them rest round about.
16 Mokonzi Asa alongolaki ezala Maaka, mama na ye, na lokumu ya mama ya mokonzi, pamba te Maaka asalelaki nzambe mwasi Ashera ekeko ya soni. Asa abukaki ekeko yango ya soni kino kokomisa yango putulu, mpe atumbaki yango kati na lubwaku ya Sedron.
Moreover also, as touching Maacah mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made, unto the Sacred Stem, a monstrous thing, —so Asa cut down her monstrous thing, and reduced it to dust, and burnt it up, in the Kidron ravine.
17 Kasi abebisaki te kati na Isalaele bisambelo ya likolo ya bangomba. Nzokande, Asa abatelaki motema na ye sembo, na mikolo nyonso ya bomoi na ye;
But, the high places, were not taken away out of Israel, —only, the heart of Asa, was perfect, all his days.
18 azongisaki kati na Tempelo ya Nzambe biloko oyo tata na ye mpe ye moko babulisaki: palata, wolo mpe biloko mosusu.
And he brought the hallowed things of his father and his own hallowed things, into the house of God, —silver and gold, and utensils.
19 Bitumba ezalaki lisusu te kino na mobu ya tuku misato na mitano ya bokonzi ya Asa.
And, war, was there none, —until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
