< 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.
and to lie down: be dead Abijah with father his and to bury [obj] him in/on/with city David and to reign Asa son: child his underneath: instead him in/on/with day his to quiet [the] land: country/planet ten year
2 Asa akatenda yaliyo mema na haki machoni pa Bwana Mungu wake.
and to make: do Asa [the] pleasant and [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance LORD God his
3 Akaziondoa madhabahu za kigeni na mahali pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, akayavunja yale mawe ya kuabudiwa na kuzikatakata nguzo za Maashera.
and to turn aside: remove [obj] altar [the] foreign and [the] high place and to break [obj] [the] pillar and to cut down/off [obj] [the] Asherah
4 Akawaamuru Yuda kumtafuta Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao na kutii sheria zake na amri zake.
and to say to/for Judah to/for to seek [obj] LORD God father their and to/for to make: do [the] instruction 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.
and to turn aside: remove from all city Judah [obj] [the] high place and [obj] [the] pillar and to quiet [the] kingdom to/for face: before his
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.
and to build city fortress in/on/with Judah for to quiet [the] land: country/planet and nothing with him battle in/on/with year [the] these for to rest LORD to/for him
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.
and to say to/for Judah to build [obj] [the] city [the] these and to turn: surround wall and tower door and bar still he [the] land: country/planet to/for face: before our for to seek [obj] LORD God our to seek and to rest to/for us from around: whole and to build and to prosper
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.
and to be to/for Asa strength: soldiers to lift: bear shield and spear from Judah three hundred thousand and from Benjamin to lift: bear shield and to tread bow hundred and eighty thousand all these mighty man strength
9 Zera Mkushi akatoka kupigana dhidi yao akiwa na jeshi la watu maelfu ya maelfu na magari ya vita 300, nao wakaja mpaka Maresha.
and to come out: come to(wards) them Zerah [the] Ethiopian in/on/with strength: soldiers thousand thousand and chariot three hundred and to come (in): come till Mareshah
10 Asa akatoka kumkabili, nao wakapanga vita katika Bonde la Sefatha karibu na Maresha.
and to come out: come Asa to/for face: before his and to arrange battle in/on/with (Zephathah) Valley Zephathah to/for 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.”
and to call: call to Asa to(wards) LORD God his and to say LORD nothing with you to/for to help between many to/for nothing strength to help us LORD God our for upon you to lean and in/on/with name your to come (in): come upon [the] crowd [the] this LORD God our you(m. s.) not to restrain with you human
12 Bwana akawapiga Wakushi mbele ya Asa na Yuda. Wakushi wakakimbia,
and to strike LORD [obj] [the] Ethiopian to/for face: before Asa and to/for face: before Judah and to flee [the] Ethiopian
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.
and to pursue them Asa and [the] people which with him till to/for Gerar and to fall: kill from Ethiopian to/for nothing to/for them recovery for to break to/for face: before LORD and to/for face: before camp his and to lift: bear spoil to multiply much
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.
and to smite [obj] all [the] city around Gerar for to be dread LORD upon them and to plunder [obj] all [the] city for plunder many to be in/on/with them
15 Pia wakashambulia kambi za wachunga makundi ya wanyama wakachukua na kuyaswaga makundi ya kondoo, mbuzi na ngamia. Kisha wakarudi Yerusalemu.
and also tent livestock to smite and to take captive flock to/for abundance and camel and to return: return Jerusalem