2 Nyakati 14

1 Naye Abiya akalala na baba zake, akazikwa katika Mji wa Daudi. Asa mwanawe akawa mfalme baada yake. Katika siku zake, nchi ikawa na amani kwa miaka kumi.

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

2 Asa akatenda yaliyo mema na haki machoni pa Bwana Mungu wake.

Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:

3 Akaziondoa madhabahu za kigeni na mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, akayavunja yale mawe ya kuabudiwa na kuzikatakata nguzo za Maashera.

for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,

4 Akawaamuru Yuda kumtafuta Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao na kutii sheria zake na amri zake.

and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

5 Akaondoa mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu na madhabahu za kufukizia uvumba kwenye kila mji katika Yuda, nao ufalme ulikuwa na amani katika utawala wake.

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 Akajenga miji yenye ngome katika Yuda, wakati nchi ikiwa na amani. Hakuna mtu yeyote aliyepigana vita naye katika miaka hiyo, kwa kuwa Bwana alimstarehesha.

He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Jehovah had given him rest.

7 Mfalme akawaambia Yuda, “Tuijenge hii miji na tuizungushie kuta, pamoja na minara, malango na makomeo. Nchi bado ni yetu, kwa sababu tumemtafuta Bwana Mungu wetu, tulimtafuta naye ametupa raha kila upande.” Hivyo wakajenga na wakafanikiwa.

For he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities, and make walls around them, with towers, gates, and bars. The land is still ours. Since we have sought Jehovah our God, he has sought us and he has given us rest on every side." So they built and prospered.

8 Asa alikuwa na jeshi la watu 300,000 kutoka Yuda, wenye ngao kubwa na mikuki na jeshi la watu 280,000 kutoka Benyamini, wenye ngao ndogo na pinde. Watu hawa wote walikuwa wapiganaji mashujaa.

Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.

9 Zera Mkushi akatoka kupigana dhidi yao akiwa na jeshi la watu maelfu ya maelfu na magari ya vita 300, nao wakaja mpaka Maresha.

There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.

10 Asa akatoka kumkabili, nao wakapanga vita katika Bonde la Sefatha karibu na Maresha.

Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

11 Kisha Asa akamlilia Bwana Mungu wake na kusema, “Ee Bwana, hakuna yeyote aliye kama wewe wa kuwasaidia wasio na nguvu dhidi ya wenye nguvu. Utusaidie, Ee Bwana, wewe ndiwe Mungu wetu, kwa kuwa tunakutumainia wewe, nasi kwa jina lako tumekuja dhidi ya jeshi hili kubwa. Ee Bwana, wewe ndiwe Mungu wetu, usiwaache wanadamu wakushinde wewe.”

Asa cried to Jehovah his God, and said, "Jehovah, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and those who have no strength. Help us, Jehovah our God; for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. Jehovah, you are our God. Do not let man prevail against you."

12 Bwana akawapiga Wakushi mbele ya Asa na Yuda. Wakushi wakakimbia,

So Jehovah struck the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

13 naye Asa na jeshi lake wakawafuatia mpaka Gerari. Idadi kubwa ya Wakushi ilianguka hata wasiweze kuinuka tena, wakapondapondwa mbele za Bwana na majeshi yake.

Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Jehovah, and before his army; and they carried away very much booty.

14 Watu wa Yuda wakachukua nyara nyingi sana, wakaangamiza vijiji vyote vinavyoizunguka Gerari, kwa kuwa hofu ya Bwana ilikuwa imewaangukia. Wakateka nyara vijiji hivi vyote, kwani kulikuwepo nyara nyingi huko.

They struck all the cities around Gerar; for the fear of Jehovah came on them: and they plundered all the cities; for there was a great amount of plunder in them.

15 Pia wakashambulia kambi za wachunga makundi ya wanyama wakachukua na kuyaswaga makundi ya kondoo, mbuzi na ngamia. Kisha wakarudi Yerusalemu.

They struck also the tents of livestock, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.