2 Kroniška 14
1 Tako je Abíja zaspal s svojimi očeti in pokopali so ga v Davidovem mestu. Namesto njega je zakraljeval njegov sin Asá. V njegovih dneh je bila dežela mirna deset let.
And Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2 Asá je počel to, kar je bilo dobro in pravilno v očeh Gospoda, njegovega Boga,
And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of Jehovah his God;
3 kajti odstranil je oltarje tujih bogov, visoke kraje, porušil podobe in posekal ašere.
and he took away the altars of the strange [gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;
4 Judu je zapovedal, naj išče Gospoda, Boga njihovih očetov in naj izpolnjuje postavo in zapoved.
and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment.
5 Prav tako je iz vseh Judovih mest odstranil visoke kraje in podobe in kraljestvo je bilo pred njim mirno.
And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.
6 V Judu je zgradil utrjena mesta, kajti dežela je imela počitek in v tistih letih ni imel nobene vojne, ker mu je Gospod dal počitek.
And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because Jehovah had given him rest.
7 Zato je Judu rekel: »Gradimo ta mesta in okrog njih postavimo obzidja, stolpe, velika vrata in zapahe, medtem ko je dežela še pred nami, ker smo iskali Gospoda, svojega Boga. Iskali smo ga in on nam je dal počitek na vsaki strani.« Tako so gradili in bili uspešni.
And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; for we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. And they built and prospered.
8 Asá je imel vojsko mož, ki so nosili okrogle ščite in sulice, iz Juda tristo tisoč in iz Benjamina, ki so nosili ščite in napenjali loke, dvesto osemdeset tisoč. Vsi ti so bili močni junaški možje.
And Asa had an army that bore targets and spears: out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew the bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these, mighty men of valour.
9 Zoper njih je prišel Etiopijec Zerah z milijonsko vojsko in tristo bojnimi vozmi in prišel do Mareše.
And Zerah the Ethiopian came out against him with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
10 Potem je Asá odšel ven zoper njega in postrojil so se v dolini Cefáti pri Mareši.
And Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
11 Asá je klical h Gospodu, svojemu Bogu in rekel: » Gospod, to zate ni nič, da pomagaš, bodisi z mnogimi ali s tistimi, ki nimajo moči. Pomagaj nam, oh Gospod, naš Bog, kajti nate se zanašamo in v tvojem imenu gremo zoper to množico. Oh Gospod, ti si naš Bog, naj človek ne prevlada zoper tebe.«
And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
12 Tako je Gospod udaril Etiopijce pred Asájem in pred Judom in Etiopijci so pobegnili.
And Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
13 Asá in ljudstvo, ki je bilo z njim, so jih preganjali do Gerárja in Etiopijci so bili premagani, da si niso več opomogli, kajti bili so uničeni pred Gospodom in njegovo vojsko in odnesli so zelo veliko plena.
And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerar; and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that none of them was left alive; for they were crushed before Jehovah and before his army. And they carried away very much spoil.
14 Udarili so vsa mesta naokoli Gerárja, kajti Gospodov strah je prišel nanje. Oplenili so vsa mesta, kajti v njih je bilo silno veliko plena.
And they smote all the cities round about Gerar, for the terror of Jehovah came upon them; and they spoiled all the cities, for there was very much spoil in them.
15 Udarili so tudi šotore živine in odvedli proč ovc in kamel v obilju ter se vrnili v Jeruzalem.
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
