2 Tantara 16
1 Tamin’ ny taona fahenina amby telo-polo nanjakan’ i Asa dia niakatra Basa, mpanjakan’ ny Isiraely, hamely ny Joda, ka nanamboatra an’ i Rama izy mba tsy hisy hahazo hivoaka na hiditra ho an’ i Asa, mpanjakan’ ny Joda.
Then, in the thirty-sixth year of his reign, Baasha, the king of Israel, ascended against Judah. And he encircled Ramah with a wall, so that no one could safely depart or enter from the kingdom of Asa.
2 Ary Asa namoaka volafotsy sy volamena avy tamin’ ny rakitry ny tranon’ i Jehovah sy ny tranon’ ny mpanjaka, dia nampitondra azy tany amin’ i Beni-hadada, mpanjakan’ i Syria, izay nitoetra tany Damaskosy, ka nanao hoe:
Therefore, Asa brought forth silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the Lord, and from the treasuries of the king. And he sent to Benhadad, the king of Syria, who was living in Damascus, saying:
3 Misy fanekena amiko sy aminao, dia ilay tamin’ ny raiko sy ny rainao; koa, indro, mampanatitra volafotsy sy volamena ho anao aho, ka andeha, tsoahy ny fanekenao amin’ i Basa, mpanjakan’ ny Isiraely, mba hialany amiko.
“There is a pact between me and you. Also, my father and your father had an agreement. For this reason, I have sent silver and gold to you, so that you may break the pact that you have with Baasha, the king of Israel, and so that you may cause him to withdraw from me.”
4 Ary Beni-hadada nanaiky ny tenin’ i Asa mpanjaka ka naniraka ireo komandin’ ny miaramilany hamely ny tanànan’ ny Isiraely; dia nandrava an’ Iona sy Dana sy Abela-maima ary ny trano fitehirizana rehetra izay teny amin’ ny tanànan’ ny Naftaly izy.
And when he verified this, Benhadad sent the leaders of his armies to the cities of Israel. And they struck Ahion, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the walled cities of Naphtali.
5 Ary nony ren’ i Basa izany, dia nitsahatra tsy nanamboatra an’ i Rama intsony izy, fa natsahany ny asany.
And when Baasha had heard of it, he ceased to build around Ramah, and he interrupted his work.
6 Ary Asa mpanjaka namory ny Joda rehetra; ary dia nesorin’ ny olona ny vato sy ny hazo tao Rama, izay naorin’ i Basa, ka nentiny nanamboatra an’ i Geba sy Mizpa.
Then king Asa took all of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and the wood that Baasha had prepared for the things to be built. And he built up Gibeah and Mizpah with them.
7 Ary tamin’ izany andro izany dia nankeo amin’ i Asa, mpanjakan’ ny Joda, Hanany mpahita ka nanao taminy hoe: Noho ny niankinanao tamin’ ny mpanjakan’ i Syria fa tsy niankina tamin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ianao, dia afa-nandositra ny tananao ny miaramilan’ ny mpanjakan’ i Syria.
In that time, the prophet Hanani went to Asa, the king of Judah, and he said to him: “Because you have faith in the king of Syria, and not in the Lord your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
8 Tsy maro be va ny Etiopiana sy ny Lobita, ary tsy maro be koa va ny kalesiny sy ny mpitaingin-tsoavaliny? Nefa noho ny niankinanao tamin’ i Jehovah, dia natolony teo an-tananao ireo.
Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceedingly great multitude? Yet when you believed in the Lord, he delivered them into your hand.
9 Fa ny mason’ i Jehovah mijery eny tontolo eny eran’ ny tany rehetra, mba hisehoany aman-kery hamonjy izay manana fo mahitsy aminy. Adala ianao tamin’ izany, ka dia hisy ady hahazo anao hatramin’ izao.
For the eyes of the Lord contemplate the entire earth, and offer fortitude to those who believe in him with a perfect heart. And so, you acted foolishly. And so, because of this, from the present time wars shall rise up against you.”
10 Dia tezitra tamin’ ilay mpahita Asa ka nanao azy tao an-trano-maizina; fa nisafoaka aminy indrindra izy noho izany. Ary ny olona sasany koa dia nampahorin’ i Asa tamin’ izay.
And Asa was angry against the seer, and he ordered him to be sent into prison. For indeed, he had been very indignant over this. And in that time, he put to death very many of the people.
11 Ary, indro, ny tantaran’ i Asa, na ny voalohany na ny farany, dia efa voasoratra ao amin’ ny bokin’ ny mpanjakan’ ny Joda sy ny Isiraely.
But the works of Asa, the first and the last, have been written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12 Tamin’ ny taona fahasivy amby telo-polo nanjakan’ i Asa dia narary tamin’ ny tongony izy, ka nihamafy indrindra ny aretiny; nefa na dia narary aza izy, dia tsy nitady an’ i Jehovah, fa ny mpanao fanafody ihany.
And now Asa became ill, in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, with a very severe pain in his feet. And yet, in his infirmity, he did not seek the Lord. Instead, he trusted more in the skill of physicians.
13 Ary Asa lasa nodi-mandry any amin’ ny razany; maty izy tamin’ ny taona fahiraika amby efa-polo nanjakany.
And he slept with his fathers. And he died in the forty-first year of his reign.
14 Dia nalevina tao amin’ ny fasany ihany izy, izay nolavahany tao an-Tanànan’ i Davida, ka nampandrina teo amin’ ny fandriana efa nofenoina zava-manitra samy hafa voaharoharo araka ny fanaon’ ny mpangaroharo zava-manitra, ary nandoroany zavatra betsaka ho fisaonana azy.
And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which he had made for himself in the City of David. And they placed him upon his bed, full of the aromatics and ointments of courtesans, which were composed with the skill of the perfumers. And they burned these over him with very great ostentation.
