2 Crônicas 14
1 E Abias dormiu com seus paes e o sepultaram na cidade de David; e Asa, seu filho, reinou em seu logar: nos seus dias esteve a terra em paz dez annos.
And Abijah lies with his fathers, and they bury him in the City of David, and his son Asa reigns in his stead. In his days the land was quiet [for] ten years.
2 E Asa fez o que era bom e recto aos olhos do Senhor seu Deus.
And Asa does that which is good and that which is right in the eyes of his God YHWH,
3 Porque tirou os altares dos deuses estranhos, e os altos: e quebrou as estatuas, e cortou os bosques.
and turns aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaks the standing-pillars, and cuts down the Asherim,
4 E mandou a Judah que buscassem ao Senhor Deus de seus paes, e que observassem a lei e o mandamento.
and commands to Judah to seek YHWH, God of their fathers, and to do the Law and the command;
5 Tambem tirou de todas as cidades de Judah os altos e as imagens do sol: e o reino esteve quieto diante d'elle.
and he turns aside the high places and the images out of all cities of Judah, and the kingdom is quiet before him.
6 E edificou cidades fortes em Judah: porque a terra estava quieta, e não havia guerra contra elle n'aquelles annos; porquanto o Senhor lhe dera repouso.
And he builds cities of bulwarks in Judah, for the land has quiet; and there is no war with him in these years, because YHWH has given rest to him.
7 Disse pois a Judah: Edifiquemos estas cidades, e cerquemol-as de muros e torres, portas e ferrolhos, emquanto a terra ainda está quieta diante de nós, pois buscámos ao Senhor nosso Deus; buscámol-o, e deu-nos repouso em redor. Edificaram, pois, e prosperaram.
And he says to Judah, “Let us build these cities, and surround [them] with wall, and towers, double gates, and bars, while the land [is] before us, because we have sought our God YHWH, we have sought, and He gives rest to us all around”; and they build and prosper.
8 Tinha pois Asa um exercito de trezentos mil de Judah que traziam pavez e lança; e duzentos e oitenta mil de Benjamin, que traziam escudo e atiravam d'arco; todos estes eram varões valentes.
And Asa has a force of three hundred thousand from Judah carrying buckler and spear, and two hundred and eighty thousand from Benjamin carrying shield and treading bow; all these [are] mighty men of valor.
9 E Zera, o ethiope, saiu contra elles, com um exercito de mil milhares, e trezentos carros, e chegou até Maresa.
And Zerah the Cushite comes out to them with a force of one million [men] and three hundred chariots, and he comes to Mareshah,
10 Então Asa saiu contra elle: e ordenaram a batalha no valle de Zephatha, junto a Maresa.
and Asa goes out before him, and they set in array [for] battle in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11 E Asa clamou ao Senhor seu Deus, e disse: Senhor, nada para ti é ajudar, quer o poderoso quer o de nenhuma força; ajuda-nos, pois, Senhor nosso Deus, porque em ti confiamos, e no teu nome viemos contra esta multidão: Senhor, tu és nosso Deus, não prevaleça contra ti o homem
And Asa calls to his God YHWH and says, “YHWH, it is nothing for You to help, between the mighty and those who have no power; help us, O YHWH, our God, for we have leaned on You, and in Your Name we have come against this multitude; O YHWH, You [are] our God; do not let mortal man prevail against You!”
12 E o Senhor feriu os ethiopes diante d'Asa e diante de Judah: e fugiram os ethiopes.
And YHWH strikes the Cushim before Asa and before Judah, and the Cushim flee,
13 E Asa, e o povo que estava com elle os perseguiram até Gerar, e cairam tantos dos ethiopes, que já não havia n'elles vigor algum; porque foram quebrantados diante do Senhor, e diante do seu exercito: e levaram d'ali mui grande despojo.
and Asa and the people who [are] with him pursue them even to Gerar, and there falls [many] from the Cushim, for they have no preserving, because they have been broken before YHWH and before His camp; and [those of Judah] carry away very much spoil,
14 E feriram todas as cidades nos arredores de Gerar; porque o terror do Senhor estava sobre elles; e saquearam todas as cidades, porque havia n'ellas muita preza.
and strike all the cities around Gerar, for a fear of YHWH has been on them, and they spoil all the cities, for abundant spoil has been in them;
15 Tambem feriram as malhadas do gado; e levaram ovelhas em abundancia, e camelos, e voltaram para Jerusalem.
and they have also struck tents of livestock, and they capture sheep in abundance, and camels, and return to Jerusalem.
