2 Krönikeboken 16
1 Uti sjette och tretionde årena Asa rikes drog Baesa upp, Israels Konung, emot Juda, och byggde Rama, på det han skulle förmena Asa Juda Konung ut och in fara.
When Asa had been ruling [Judah] for almost 36 years, King Baasha of Israel went [with his army] to attack Judah. They [captured the town of] Ramah [north of Jerusalem] and started to build a wall around [it], in order to prevent any people from entering or leaving the area in Judah that was ruled by King Asa [because the only road into Judah from Israel went through Ramah].
2 Men Asa tog af håfvorna uti Herrans hus, och i Konungshusena, silfver och guld, och sände till Benhadad, Konungen i Syrien, som bodde i Damascon, och lät säga honom:
So Asa told his workers to take all the silver and gold that was in the storerooms of the temple and in his own palace, and take and give it to Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, who was ruling in Damascus. [He sent him a message, ] saying
3 Emellan dig och mig är ett förbund, emellan min och din fader; derföre hafver jag sändt dig silfver och guld, att du det förbund med Baesa, Konungenom i Israel, öfvergifva skall, att han må draga bort ifrå mig.
“I want there to be a peace treaty between me and you, like there was between my father and your father. Look, I am sending you [a lot of] silver and gold. So please cancel the treaty that you have made with Baasha, the king of Israel, in order that he will take his soldiers away from attacking mine, [because he will be afraid of your army].”
4 Benhadad lydde Konung Asa, och sände sina härförstar emot Israels städer; de slogo Ijon, Dan och AbelMajim, och alla Naphthali kornstäder.
Ben-Hadad agreed to do what King Asa [suggested]. He sent the commanders of his armies [with their soldiers] to attack some of the towns in Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maacah and all the cities in the area belonging to the tribe of Naphtali where supplies were kept.
5 Då Baesa det hörde, vände han igen att bygga Rama, och höll upp af sitt verk.
When Baasha heard about that, he [commanded his troops to] stop fortifying Ramah and doing other work there.
6 Men Konung Asa tog till sig hela Juda, och de togo bort sten och trä ifrå Rama, der Baesa med byggde, och han byggde dermed Geba och Mizpa.
Then King Asa gathered all the men of Judah, and they took away from Ramah all the stones and timber that Baasha’s men had been using [to build the wall around that town]. They took those materials to [the town of] Geba and [the city of] Mizpah [north of Jerusalem] and built walls around them.
7 På den tiden kom Hanani, Siaren, till Asa, Juda Konung, och sade till honom: Efter du förlätst dig på Konungen i Syrien, och hafver icke förlåtit dig på Herran din Gud; derföre är Konungens magt af Syrien undsluppen dina hand.
At that time the prophet Hanani went to King Asa and said to him, “Because you relied on the king of Syria and not on Yahweh our God, you missed your opportunity to destroy the army of the king of Syria.
8 Voro icke de Ethioper och Lybier en mägta stor hop, med ganska många vagnar och resenärar? Likväl gaf Herren dem i dina hand, då du förlätst dig på honom.
The huge armies from Ethiopia and Libya with all their chariots and soldiers [riding] on horses [were certainly very powerful. But] when you relied on Yahweh, he enabled your army to defeat them.
9 Förty Herrans ögon skåda all land, att han skall styrka dem, som af allt hjerta hålla sig intill honom. Du hafver gjort dårliga; derföre skall du ock härefter få örlig.
That happened because Yahweh sees [what is happening] all over the earth, and he strengthens those who completely trust him. You have done a very foolish thing, so from now on other armies will be fighting your army.”
10 Men Asa vardt vred på Siaren, och lade honom i fängelse; ty han knorrade emot honom om detta stycket. Och Asa undertryckte några af folket i den tiden.
Asa was very angry with the prophet because of what the prophet had said. So he [commanded his officials to] put Hanani in prison. At that same time, he started to treat some of his people very cruelly.
11 Men Asa gerningar, både de första och de sista, si, de äro skrifna uti Juda och Israels Konungars bok.
All the things that Asa did while he was ruling, from the time he started to rule until he died, are written in the scroll containing the record of the [activities of the] kings of Judah and Israel.
12 Och Asa vardt krank i sina fötter, uti nionde och tretionde årena sins rikes; och hans krankhet fick öfvermagten, och han sökte intet Herran i sine krankhet, utan läkare.
When Asa had been ruling for almost 39 years, he was afflicted with a disease in his feet. The disease was very severe, but in spite of that, he did not request help from Yahweh. Instead he sought help only from doctors.
13 Alltså afsomnade Asa med sina fäder, och blef död i första och fyrationde årena sins rikes.
When he had been ruling for almost 40 years, he died.
14 Och man begrof honom uti hans graf, som han sig hade grafva låtit uti Davids stad; och de lade honom på sin säng, hvilka man uppfyllt hade med godt rökverk, och allahanda speceri, efter apothekares konst gjordt; och gjorde ett ganska stort brännande.
He was buried in the tomb that his workers had made for him in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. They laid his corpse on a bed covered with spices and various perfumes that had been mixed together. They also lit a huge fire to honor him.
