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.
So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place. 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,
Asa did that which was good and right in Yahweh his God’s eyes,
3 kajti odstranil je oltarje tujih bogov, visoke kraje, porušil podobe in posekal ašere.
for he took away the foreign altars and the high places, broke down the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles,
4 Judu je zapovedal, naj išče Gospoda, Boga njihovih očetov in naj izpolnjuje postavo in zapoved.
and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and to obey his law and command.
5 Prav tako je iz vseh Judovih mest odstranil visoke kraje in podobe in kraljestvo je bilo pred njim mirno.
Also he took away 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.
He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh 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.
For he said to Judah, “Let’s build these cities and make walls around them, with towers, gates, and bars. The land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God. We have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side.” So 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.
Asa had an army of three hundred thousand out of Judah who bore bucklers and spears, and two hundred eighty thousand out of Benjamin who bore shields and drew bows. All these were mighty men of valor.
9 Zoper njih je prišel Etiopijec Zerah z milijonsko vojsko in tristo bojnimi vozmi in prišel do Mareše.
Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million troops 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.
Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at 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.«
Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, there is no one besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God. Don’t let man prevail against you.”
12 Tako je Gospod udaril Etiopijce pred Asájem in pred Judom in Etiopijci so pobegnili.
So Yahweh struck 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.
Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar. So many of the Ethiopians fell that they could not recover themselves, for they were destroyed before Yahweh and before his army. Judah’s army carried away very much booty.
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.
They struck all the cities around Gerar, for the fear of Yahweh came on them. They plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them.
15 Udarili so tudi šotore živine in odvedli proč ovc in kamel v obilju ter se vrnili v Jeruzalem.
They also struck the tents of those who had livestock, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, then returned to Jerusalem.
