2 Nyakati 15
1 Roho ya Mungu ikaja juu ya Azaria mwana wa Odedi.
And upon Azariah son of Oded hath been the Spirit of God,
2 Akaenda nje kukutana na Asa na akamwambia, “Nisikilize, Asa, na Yuda wote na Benyamini: Yahwe yuko pamoja nanyi, pale mnapokuwa naye. Kama mtamtafuta, mtampata; lakini kama mtamsahau, atawasahau ninyi.
and he goeth out before Asa, and saith to him, 'Hear, me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; Jehovah [is] with you — in your being with Him, and if ye seek Him, He is found of you, and if ye forsake Him, He forsaketh you;
3 Sasa kwa muda mrefu, Israeli hawakuwa na Mungu wa kweli, bila kuhani wa kufundisha, na bila sheria.
and many days [are] to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,
4 Lakini katika dhiki yao wakamrudia Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, na wakamtafuta, wakamta.
and it turneth back in its distress unto Jehovah, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is found of them,
5 Katika nyakati hizo hapakuwa na amani kwake aliyesafiri kwend mbali, wala kwake aliyesafiri kuja hapa; badala yake shsida kubwa zilikuwa juu ya wenyeji wote wa wanchi.
and in those times there is no peace to him who is going out, and to him who is coming in, for many troubles [are] on all the inhabitants of the lands,
6 Waligawanyika vikundi vikundi, taifa dhidi ya taifa, na mji dhidi ya mji, kwa maana Mungu aliwapa shsida za kila aina ya kila mateso.
and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity;
7 Lakini muwe hodari, na msiuache mkono wenu kuwa dhaifu, kwa maana kazi yen itapewa thawabu.”
and ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.'
8 Asa aliposikia maneno haya, unabii wa odedi nabii, akajipa ujasiri na kuviondosha mbali vitu vya kuchukiza kutoka nchi yote ya Yuda na Benyamini, na kutoka miji yote aliyokuwa ameiteka kuanzia kilima cha nchi ya Efraimu, na akaijenga tena madhabahu ya Yahwe, ambayo ilikuwa mbele ya ukumbi wa nyumba ya Yahwe.
And at Asa's hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he hath strengthened himself, and doth cause the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he hath captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and reneweth the altar of Jehovah that [is] before the porch of Jehovah,
9 Akawakusanya Yuda wote na Benyamini, na wae waliokaa pamoja nao—watu wa kutoka Efraimu na Manase, na kutoka Simeoni. Kwa maana walikuja kwake katika hesabu kubwa kutoka Israeli, walipoona kwamba Yahwe Mungu wake alikuwa pamoja naye.
and gathereth all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon — for they have fallen unto him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that Jehovah his God [is] with him.
10 Kwa hiyo wakakusanyika katika Yerusalemu katika mwezzi wa tatu, katika mwaka wa kumi na tano wa utawala wa Asa.
And they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,
11 Katika siku hiyo walimtolea Yahwe dhabihu baadhi ya nyara ambazo walikuwa wameleta; ng'mbe wa kulima mia saba na kondoo na mbuzi elfu saba.
and sacrifice to Jehovah on that day from the spoil they have brought in — oxen seven hundred, and sheep seven thousand,
12 Wakaingia kataika agano kwa ajili ya kumtafuta Yahwe, Mungu wa babau zao, kwa moyo wao wote na roho yao yote.
and they enter into a covenant to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul,
13 Wakakubaliana kwamba yeyote atakepuuzia kumtafuta Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, atapaswa kuuawa, iwe mdogo ama mkubwa, iwe mwanaume ama mwanamke.
and every one who doth not seek for Jehovah, God of Israel, is put to death, from small unto great, from man unto woman.
14 Wakaapa kwa Yahwe kwa sauti kubwa, kwa kelele, na kwa sauti za tarumbeta na baragumu.
And they swear to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets,
15 Yuda wote wakakifurahia kile kiaapo. kwa maana walikuwa wameapa kwa moyo wao wote, na walimtafuta Mungu kwa nia yao yote, na walimuona. Yahwe akawapa amani pande zote.
and rejoice do all Judah concerning the oath, for with all their heart they have sworn, and with all their good-will they have sought Him, and He is found of them, and Jehovah giveth rest to them round about.
16 Pia akamwondoa Maaka, asiwe malikia, kwa sababu alikuwa amefanya sanamu ya kuchukiza ya Maashera. Asa akaivunja vunja sanamu ya kuchukiza, akaiweka kwenye mavumbi akaichoma moto huko kijitoni Kidroni.
And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king — he hath removed her from [being] mistress, in that she hath made for a shrine a horrible thing, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and beateth [it] small, and burneth [it] by the brook Kidron:
17 Lakini sehemu za juu hazikuwa zimeondolewa nje ya Israeli. Vile vile, Moyo wa Asa ulijitoa kikamilifu siku zake zote.
yet the high places have not turned aside from Israel; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect all his days.
18 Akaleta kwenye nyumba ya Mungu vitu vya baba yake na vitu vyake mwenyewe vilivyokuwa vya Yahwe: vitu vya fedha na dhahabu.
And he bringeth in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.
19 Hapakuwa na vita zaidi hadi miaka thelathini na mitano ya utawala wa Asa.
And war hath not been till the thirty and fifth year of the reign of Asa.
