2 Tantara 15
1 Nivotrak’ amy Azarià ana’ i Ovede t’i Arofon’ Añahare;
And Azarias the son of Oded—upon him came the Spirit of the Lord,
2 le niavotse mb’eo hifanalaka amy Asa, le hoe re ama’e: Janjiño iraho ry Asa naho ry Iehoda miharo Beniamine iaby; indreza’ Iehovà kanao ireketa’ areo; itsoeho le ho isa’areo; f’ie aforintse’ areo le ho farie’e ka.
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 Hatrela t’ie tsy aman’ Añahare to t’Israele naho tsy amam-pisoroñe mpañoke vaho tsy aman-Kàke;
And Israel [has been] a long time without the true God, and without a priest to expound [the truth], and without the law.
4 fe amy haembera’ iareo le nitolik’ am’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ Israele, nipay vaho nahatendreke.
But he shall turn them to the Lord God of Israel, and he will be found of them.
5 Ie tañ’ andro izay tsy nanintsiñe ty niavotse ndra ty nimoake, fa hasotriam-bey ty nampilovilovi’ ze hene mpimone’ o taneo.
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 Finofoke iereo, fifeheañe miatre-pifeheañe, rova miatre-rova; amy t’ie nametsahan’ Añahare ze atao hasotriañe.
And nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every [kind of] affliction.
7 Fe mihaozara, ko apoke higebañe ty fità’ areo, fa ho tambezeñe o fitoloña’areoo.
But be you strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.
8 Ie nahajanjiñe i tsara zay t’i Asa, i nitokia’ i Azarià ana’ i Ovede, mpitokiy, le nandrobo-batañe naho finao’e an-tane’ Iehodà naho e Beniamine iaby ze raha nampangorìñe, naho amo rova rinambe’e am-bohibohi’ i Efraimeo; vaho hinavao’e i kitreli’ Iehovà, aolo’ i lavaranga’ Iehovàiy.
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 Le natonto’e iaby t’Iehodà naho i Beniamine naho o mpañialo ama’e boak’ Efraime naho e Menasè vaho e Simeoneo; fa maro ty nihintsañe am’ Israele ie nioni’ iereo te nindre ama’e t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’e.
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 Aa le nifanontoñe e Ierosalaime ao amy volam-paha-telo, amy taom-paha-folo-lim’ ambi’ i Asay,
And they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 vaho nanao soroñe amy Iehovà amy andro zay, boak’ amy fikopahañe nendesa’ iareoy, añombe fiton-jato naho añondry fito-arivo;
And he sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils which they brought, seven hundred calves and seven thousand sheep.
12 le nifañina hitsoeke Iehovà Andrianañaharen-droae’ iareo, an-kaampon’ arofo naho an-kaliforam-pañova,
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 le havetrake ze tsy mipay Iehovà Andrianañahare’ Israele, ke t’ie kedekede he te bey, ke lahilahy hera ampela.
And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel, should die, whether young or old, whether man or woman.
14 Aa le nifanta am-pazak’ am’ Iehovà iereo naho am-pamatsiañe vaho an-trompetra naho antsiva.
And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 Nandia taroba iaby t’Iehoda ty amy fantay, amy te nititiheñe an-kaampon’ arofo naho nitsotsehe’ iereo vaho nitendreke. Aa le nitsitsihe’ Iehovà fañanintsiñe.
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 Nafaha’e tsy ho renem-panjaka ka t’i Maakà rene’ i Asa mpanjaka amy t’ie nandranjy sare tiva i Aserà; le finira’ i Asa i sare’e nampangorìñey naho dinemo’e ho deboke vaho noroa’e an-toraha’ i Kidrone ao.
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 Toe tsy nafahañe am’ Israele o toets’ aboo; fe ni-ary ty arofo’ i Asa amo hene andro’eo.
Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18 Le nindese’e añ’ anjomban’ Añahare ao o raha navìn-droae’e naho o raha navì’eo, volafoty naho volamena naho fanake.
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 Vaho tsy aman’ aly i taney pak’ an-taom-pifehea’ i Asa faha-telopolo-lim’ amby.
And there was no war [waged] with him until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
