2 Dnevnika 15

1 Tada duh Božji doðe na Azariju sina Odidova;

And the spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Oded,

2 Te otide pred Asu i reèe mu: èujte me, Aso i sve pleme Judino i Venijaminovo; Gospod je s vama, jer ste vi s njim; i ako ga ustražite, naæi æete ga; ako li ga ostavite, i on æe vas ostaviti.

And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: Hear ye me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you shall find: but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

3 Dugo je Izrailj bez pravoga Boga i bez sveštenika uèitelja, i bez zakona.

And many days shall pass in Israel without the true God, and without a priest a teacher, and without the law.

4 A da su se u nevolji svojoj obratili ka Gospodu Bogu Izrailjevu i tražili ga, našli bi ga.

And when in their distress they shall return to the Lord the God of Israel, and shall seek him, they shall find him.

5 Ali u ovo vrijeme ne može se na miru odlaziti ni dolaziti; jer je nemir velik meðu svijem stanovnicima zemaljskim;

At that time there shall be no peace to him that goeth out and cometh in, but terrors on every side among all the inhabitants of the earth.

6 I potiru narodi jedan drugi, i gradovi jedan drugi, jer ih Bog smete svakojakim nevoljama.

For nation shall fight against nation, and city against city, for the Lord will trouble them with all distress.

7 Zato vi budite hrabri i nemojte da vam klonu ruke, jer ima plata za vaš trud.

Do you therefore take courage, and let not your hands he weakened: for there shall be a reward for your work.

8 A kad èu Asa te rijeèi i proroštvo proroka Odida, ohrabri se, i istrijebi gadne bogove iz sve zemlje Judine i Venijaminove i iz gradova koje bješe uzeo u gori Jefremovoj, i ponovi oltar Gospodnji koji bijaše pred trijemom Gospodnjim.

And when Asa had heard the words, and the prophecy of Azarias the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and took away the idols out of all the land of Juda, and out of Benjamin, and out of the cities of mount Ephraim, which he had taken, and he dedicated the altar of the Lord, which was before the porch of the Lord.

9 Potom sazva sve pleme Judino i Venijaminovo i došljake koji bijahu kod njih od Jefrema i Manasije i Simeuna, jer ih mnogo prebježe k njemu iz naroda Izrailjeva kad vidješe da je Gospod Bog njegov s njim.

And he gathered together all Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers with them of Ephraim, and Manasses, and Simeon: for many were come over to him out of Israel, seeing that the Lord his God was with him.

10 I skupiše se u Jerusalim treæega mjeseca petnaeste godine carovanja Asina.

And when they were come to Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,

11 I u onaj dan prinesoše Gospodu žrtve od plijena koji dognaše, sedam stotina volova i sedam tisuæa ovaca.

They sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils, and of the prey, that they had brought, seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand rams.

12 I uhvatiše vjeru da traže Gospoda Boga otaca svojih svijem srcem svojim i svom dušom svojom;

And he went in to confirm as usual the covenant, that they should seek the Lord the God of their fathers with all their heart, and with all their soul.

13 A ko god ne bi tražio Gospoda Boga Izrailjeva, da se pogubi, bio mali ili veliki, èovjek ili žena.

And if any one, said he, seek not the Lord the God of Israel, let him die, whether little or great, man or woman.

14 I zakleše se Gospodu glasom velikim i uz klikovanje i uz trube i rogove.

And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet, and sound of comets,

15 I radovaše se sav narod Judin radi te zakletve, jer iz svega srca svojega zakleše se, i od sve volje svoje tražiše ga i naðoše ga; i Gospod im dade mir otsvuda.

All that mere in Juda with a curse: for with all their heart they swore, and with all their will they sought him, and they found him, and the Lord gave them rest round about.

16 Jošte i Mahu mater svoju svrže Asa s vlasti, jer bješe naèinila u lugu idola; i Asa obali idola njezina i izlomi ga i sažeže na potoku Kedronu.

Moreover Maacha the mother of king Asa he deposed from the royal authority, because she had made in a grove an idol of Priapus: and he entirely destroyed it, and breaking it into pieces, burnt it at the torrent Cedron.

17 Ali visine ne biše oborene u Izrailju, ali srce Asino bješe pravo svega vijeka njegova.

But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

18 I unese u dom Božji što bješe posvetio otac njegov i što bješe sam posvetio, srebro i zlato i sudove.

And the things which his father had vowed, and he himself had vowed, he brought into the house of the Lord, gold and silver, and vessels of divers uses.

19 I ne bi rata do trideset pete godine carovanja Asina.

And there was no war unto the five and thirtieth year of the kingdom of Asa.