2 Kroniška 15

1 Božji Duh je prišel nad Odédovega sina Azarjá.

The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:

2 Ta je odšel ven, da sreča Asája in mu rekel: »Prisluhni mi, Asá, ves Juda in Benjamin. Gospod je z vami, dokler ste vi z njim in če ga iščete, se vam bo dal najti, toda če ga zapustite, bo on zapustil vas.

and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

3 Torej dolgo časa je bil Izrael brez resničnega Boga, brez duhovnika, ki bi učil in brez postave.

Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

4 Toda ko so se v svoji stiski obrnili h Gospodu, Izraelovemu Bogu in ga iskali, se jim je dal najti.

But when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

5 V tistih časih ni bilo miru tistemu, ki je odšel ven niti tistemu, ki je vstopil, temveč so bile velike nevšečnosti nad vsemi prebivalci dežel.

In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.

6 Narod je bil uničen od naroda in mesto od mesta, kajti Bog jih je jezil z vsemi nadlogami.

They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.

7 Bodite torej močni in vaše roke naj ne bodo šibke, kajti vaše delo bo nagrajeno.«

But you be strong, and do not let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded."

8 Ko je Asá slišal te besede in prerokbo preroka Odéda, se je opogumil in odstranil gnusne malike iz vse Judove in Benjaminove dežele in iz mest, ki jih je vzel z gore Efrájim in obnovil Gospodov oltar, ki je bil pred Gospodovim preddverjem.

When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the vestibule of the LORD.

9 Zbral je ves Juda in Benjamin in z njimi tujce iz Efrájima, Manáseja in Simeona, kajti iz Izraela so se v obilju zatekali k njemu, ko so videli, da je bil Gospod, njegov Bog, z njim.

He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

10 Tako so se zbrali skupaj pri Jeruzalemu, v tretjem mesecu, v petnajstem letu Asájevega kraljevanja.

So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

11 Isti čas so darovali Gospodu od plena, ki so ga privedli, sedemsto volov in sedemsto ovc.

They sacrificed to the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.

12 Vstopili so v zavezo, da iščejo Gospoda, Boga svojih očetov, z vsem svojim srcem in z vso svojo dušo,

They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

13 da kdorkoli ne bi iskal Gospoda, Izraelovega Boga, bi bil usmrčen, bodisi majhen ali velik, moški ali ženska.

and that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

14 In prisegli so Gospodu z močnim glasom, vriskanjem, s trobentami in kornéti.

They swore to the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

15 Ves Juda se je veselil ob prisegi, kajti prisegli so z vsem svojim srcem in ga iskali z vso svojo željo in on se jim je dal najti. In Gospod jim je dal počitek naokoli.

All Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest all around.

16 Tudi glede Maáhe, matere kralja Asája, jo je ta odstranil, da bi bila kraljica, ker si je naredila malika v ašeri. Asá je posekal njenega malika, ga poteptal in ga zažgal pri potoku Kidron.

Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it in the Kidron Valley.

17 Toda visoki kraji niso bili odvzeti iz Izraela. Kljub temu je bilo Asájevo srce vse njegove dni popolno.

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

18 V Božjo hišo je prinesel stvari, ki jih je njegov oče posvetil in te, ki jih je sam posvetil: srebro, zlato in posode.

He brought into God's house the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

19 In nobene vojne ni bilo več do petintridesetega leta Asájevega kraljevanja.

There was no more war to the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.