2 Nyakati 14
1 Abiya kalala pamoja na babu zake, na wakamzika kataika maji wa Daudi. Asa, mwanaye, akawa mfalme katika nafasi yake. Katika siku yake nchi ilikuwa na miaka kumi.
Abijah slept with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. Asa, his son, became king in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2 Asa alifanya yaliyomema na sahihi katika macho ya Yahwe Mungu wake,
Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God,
3 kwa maana aliziondosha mbali madhabahu za kigeni na sehemu za juu. Akaziangusha chini nguzo za mawe na kuzikata nguzo za Maashera.
for he took away the foreign altars and the high places. He broke down the stone pillars and cut down the Asherah poles.
4 Akawaamuru Yuda kumtafuta Yahwe, Mungu wa babu zao, na kuzishika sheria na amri.
He commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, and to carry out the law and the commandments.
5 Pia akaziondosha mbali sehemu za juu na madhabahu za kufukiza kutoka miji yote ya Yuda. Ufalme ulikuwa na pumziko chini yake.
Also he took away the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under him.
6 Akajenga miji ya ngome katika Yuda, kwa maana nchi ilikuwa tulivu, na hakuwa na vita katika miaka hiyo, kwa sababu Yahwe alikuwa amempa amani.
He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him peace.
7 Kwa maana Asa aliwaambia Yuda, “Tuijenge miji hii na kuizungushia kuta, na minara, mageti, na makomeo; nchi bado yetu kwa sababu tumemtafuta Yahwe Mungu wetu. Tumemtafuta yeye, na ametupa amani katika kila upande.” Kwa hiyo walijenga na wakafanikiwa.
For Asa said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is still ours because we have sought Yahweh our God. We have sought him, and he has given us peace on every side.” So they built and succeeded.
8 Asa alikuwa na jeshi ambalo lilibeba ngao na mikuki; kutoka Yuda alikuwa na wanaume 300, 000, na kutoka Benyamini, wanaume 280, 000 waliobeba ngao na kuvuta pinde.
Asa had an army that carried shields and spears; from Judah he had 300,000 men, and from Benjamin, 280,000 men who carried shields and drew bows. All of these were mighty men.
9 Zera Mwethiopia akaja juu yao na jeshi la wanajeshi milioni moja na magari mia tatu; akaja Maresha.
Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of one million soldiers and three hundred chariots; he came to Mareshah.
10 Kisha Asa akatoka nje kukutana naye, na wakapanga mistari ya vita ya mapigano katika bonde la Sefatha huko Maresha.
Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle lines in order in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11 Asa kamlilia Yahwe, Mungu wake, na akasema, “Yahwe, hakuna aliye kama wewe lakini ni wewe wa kumsaidia mtu asiye na nguvu anapokutana na mengi. Tusaidie, Yahwe, Mungu wetu, kwa maana tunakutegemea wewe, na katika jina lako tumekuja kupambana na idadi hii kubwa ya adui. Yahwe, wewe ni Mungu wetu; usimuache mtu akushinde.”
Asa cried to Yahweh, his God, and said, “Yahweh, there is no one but you to help one who has no strength when he is facing many. Help us, Yahweh our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast number. Yahweh, you are our God; do not let man defeat you.”
12 Kwa hiyo Yahwe akawapiga Waethiopia mbele za ASa na Yuda; Waethiopia wakakimbia.
So Yahweh struck the Cushites before Asa and Judah; the Cushites fled.
13 Asa pamoja na wanajeshi waliokuwa pamoja naye wakawafukuza hadi Gerari. Kwa hiyo Waethiopia wengi wakajeruhiwa kiasi kwamba hawakuweza kupona, kwa maana waliangamizwa kabisa mbele za Yahwe na jeshi lake. Jeshsi likachukua mateka wengi sana.
Asa and the soldiers with him pursued them to Gerar. So many Cushites fell that they could not recover, for they were completely destroyed before Yahweh and his army. The army carried away very much plunder.
14 Jeshi likaviangamiza vijiji vyote jirani na Garari, kwa kuwa hofu ya Yahwe ilikuwa imekuja juu ya wakaaji. Jeshi likateka vijiji vyote, na vilikuwa na hazina nyingi sana ndani yake.
The army destroyed all the villages around Gerar, for terror of Yahweh had come on the inhabitants. The army plundered all the villages, and there was much booty in them.
15 Jeshi pia likaipiga hema ya makazi yawachungaji; wakabeba kondoo kwa wingi, ngamia vile vile, na kisha wakarudi Yerusalemu.
The army also destroyed the tent settlements of the shepherding nomads; they carried away sheep in abundance, as well as camels, and then they returned to Jerusalem.
