2 Seenaa 15

1 Hafuurri Waaqaa Azaariyaa ilma Oodeed irra ni buʼe.

And the spirit of God came on Azariah, the son of Oded;

2 Innis Asaatti gad baʼee akkana jedheen; “Aasaa fi Yihuudaan hundi, Beniyaamis na dhagaʼaa. Yoo isin isa wajjin jiraattan Waaqayyo isin wajjin ni jiraata. Yoo isin isa barbaaddan inni isiniif ni argama; yoo isin isa dhiiftan immoo innis isin dhiisa.

And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.

3 Yeroo dheeraadhaaf Israaʼeloonni Waaqa dhugaa malee luba isaan barsiisuu fi seera malee jiraachaa turan.

Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;

4 Yeroo rakkina isaaniitti garuu gara Waaqayyo Waaqa Israaʼelitti deebiʼanii isa barbaadan; innis isaaniif ni argame.

But when in their trouble they were turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, searching after him, he let their search be rewarded.

5 Sababii bara sana keessa jiraattonni biyyattii hundi raafama keessa turaniif baʼuu fi deebiʼanii galuun amansiisaa hin turre.

In those times there was no peace for him who went out or for him who came in, but great trouble was on all the people of the lands.

6 Sababii Waaqni rakkina gosa hundaatiin isaan dhiphisaa tureef sabni tokko saba biraatiin, magaalaan tokko magaalaa biraatiin barbadeeffamaa ture.

And they were broken by divisions, nation against nation and town against town, because God sent all sorts of trouble on them.

7 Isin garuu jabaadhaa; harki keessanis hin laafin; hojiin keessan badhaasa argataatii.”

But be you strong and let not your hands be feeble, for your work will be rewarded.

8 Aasaan yommuu dubbii kanaa fi raajii Azaariyaa ilma Oodeed dhagaʼetti ni jajjabaate. Innis waaqota jibbisiisoo harka namaatiin hojjetaman biyya Yihuudaa, Beniyaamii fi magaalaawwan biyya gaaraa Efreem keessatti qabate hunda keessaa balleesse. Iddoo aarsaa Waaqayyoo kan gardaafoo mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyoo dura jiru illee ni haaromse.

And Asa, hearing these words of Azariah, the son of Oded the prophet, took heart and put away all the disgusting things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the towns which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he made new again the altar of the Lord in front of the covered way of the Lord's house.

9 Innis Yihuudaa fi Beniyaam akkasumas warra biyya Efreem, Minaasee fi Simiʼoonii dhufanii alagummaadhaan isaan gidduu jiraachaa turan hunda walitti qabe; namoonni akka malee baayʼeen akka Waaqayyo Waaqni isaa isa wajjin jiru arganii Israaʼel keessaa gara isaa dhufaniitii.

And he got together all Judah and Benjamin and those of Ephraim and Manasseh and Simeon who were living with them; for numbers of them came to him out of Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

10 Isaanis waggaa kudha shanaffaa Aasaan mootii taʼetti jiʼa sadaffaa keessa Yerusaalemitti walitti qabaman.

So they came together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the rule of Asa.

11 Yeroo sanattis waan boojiʼanii fidan keessaa sangoota dhibba torbaa fi hoolota kuma torba Waaqayyoof aarsaa godhan.

And that day they made offerings to the Lord of the things they had taken in war, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

12 Isaanis garaa fi lubbuu isaanii guutuudhaan Waaqayyo Waaqa abbootii isaanii barbaaduudhaaf kakuu ni galan.

And they made an agreement to be true to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and all their soul;

13 Namni Waaqayyo Waaqa Israaʼel hin barbaanne hundi xinnaas taʼu guddaan, dhiiras taʼu dubartiin ni ajjeefama ture.

And that anyone, small or great, man or woman, who was not true to the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death.

14 Isaanis sagalee guddaa fi iyyaan, malakataa fi gaanfa afuufuudhaan Waaqayyoof ni kakatan.

And they made an oath to the Lord, with a loud voice, sounding wind-instruments and horns.

15 Yihuudoonni hundinuu waan garaa guutuudhaan kakataniif kakuu kanatti akka malee gammadan. Isaan fedhiidhaan Waaqa ni barbaadan; innis isaaniif argame. Kanaafuu Waaqayyo karaa hundaan boqonnaa isaaniif ni kenne.

And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.

16 Aasaan Mootichi akkoo isaa Maʼakaa iyyuu waan isheen fakkii Asheeraa jibbisiisaa tokko tolfatteef iddoo ulfinaa kan isheen akka haadha mootiitti qabaatte sana irra ishee buuse. Aasaan fakkii sana caccabsee Sulula Qeedroon keessatti ni gube.

And Asa would not let Maacah, his mother, be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah; and Asa had her image cut down and broken up and burned by the stream Kidron.

17 Yoo inni iddoowwan sagadaa kanneen gaarran irraa guutumaan guutuutti Israaʼel keessaa balleessuu baate iyyuu garaan Aasaa bara jireenya isaa guutuu Waaqayyoof kennamee ture.

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.

18 Innis meetii fi warqee akkasumas miʼoota innii fi abbaan isaa Waaqaaf addaan baasan gara mana qulqullummaa Waaqayyootti ni galche.

He took into the house of God all the things which his father had made holy and those which he himself had made holy, silver and gold and vessels.

19 Hamma bara mootummaa Aasaa waggaa soddomii shanaffaatti lolli tokko iyyuu hin kaane.

And there was no more war till the thirty-fifth year of the rule of Asa.