2 Mga Cronica 15
1 Bumaba ang Espiritu ng Diyos kay Azarias na anak na lalaki ni Oded.
The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded.
2 Umalis siya upang makipagkita kay Asa at sinabi sa kaniya, “Makinig ka sa akin Asa at ang lahat ng mga tao sa tribu nina Juda at Benjamin. Kasama ninyo si Yahweh habang kayo ay nasa kaniya. Kung siya ay inyong hahanapin, matatagpuan ninyo siya. Ngunit kung itatakwil ninyo siya, itatakwil rin niya kayo.
He went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
3 Ngayon, sa napakahabang panahon, hindi kasama ng Israel ang tunay na Diyos, walang nagtuturong pari at wala ang kautusan ng Diyos.
Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.
4 Ngunit sa kanilang kagipitan, nagbalik-loob sila kay Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel, hinanap nila si Yahweh at siya ay natagpuan nila.
But when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
5 Sa mga panahong iyon, walang kapayapaan sa taong naglalakbay palayo, ni sa taong naglalakbay papunta roon. Sa halip, malaki ang kapahamakang ang nasa lahat ng naninirahan sa mga lupain.
In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
6 Nagkawatak-watak sila, bansa laban sa bansa at lungsod laban sa lungsod sapagkat pinahirapan sila ng Diyos ng lahat ng uri ng pagdurusa.
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
7 Ngunit magpakatatag kayo at huwag kayong panghinaan ng loob sapagkat gagantimpalaan kayo sa inyong mga gawa.”
But you be strong! Do not let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.”
8 Nang marinig ni Asa ang mga salitang ito, ang propesiya ni propeta Oded, lumakas ang kaniyang loob at ipinaalis ang mga bagay na kasuklam-suklam sa buong lupain ng Juda at Benjamin at sa mga lungsod na nabihag niya mula sa bayan sa burol ng Efraim. Muli niyang ipinatayo ang dambana ni Yahweh na nasa harapan ng portiko ng tahanan ni Yahweh.
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the LORD’s altar that was before the LORD’s porch.
9 Tinipon niya ang lahat ng mga taga-Juda at Benjamin at ang mga naninirahang kasama nila, mga taong nagmula kay Efraim at Manases at Simeon. Sapagkat nang makita nila na kasama niya si Yahweh na kaniyang Diyos, napakarami nilang pumunta sa kaniya na nagmula sa Israel.
He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon; for they came to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
10 Kaya nagtipun-tipon sila sa Jerusalem sa ikatlong buwan, sa ika-labinlimang taon ng paghahari ni Asa.
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
11 Nang araw na iyon, inihandog nila kay Yahweh ang ilan sa kanilang mga nasamsam: pitong daang baka at pitong libong tupa at mga kambing ang kanilang dinala.
They sacrificed to the LORD in that day, of the plunder which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.
12 Gumawa sila ng kasunduan na hahanapin nila nang buong puso at kaluluwa si Yahweh, ang Diyos ng kanilang mga ninuno.
They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
13 Nagkasundo sila na dapat ipapatay ang sinumang tumangging hanapin si Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel. Hamak man o dakila ang taong ito, lalaki man o babae.
and that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
14 Nangako sila kay Yahweh nang may malakas na tinig, may sigawan, may mga trumpeta at may mga tambuli.
They swore to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 Nagalak ang buong Juda sa pangako, sapagkat buong puso silang nangako kay Yahweh at hinanap nila ang Diyos nang may buong pagnanais at siya ay natagpuan nila. Binigyan sila ni Yahweh ng kapayapaan sa buong lupain.
All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them. Then the LORD gave them rest all around.
16 Inalis din niya sa pagiging reyna si Maaca na kaniyang lola dahil gumawa siya ng kasuklam-suklam na imahe ng diyosang si Ashera. Giniba ni Asa ang kasuklam-suklam na imahe, dinurog niya iyon at sinunog sa batis ng Kidron.
Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; so Asa cut down her image, ground it into dust, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
17 Ngunit hindi tinanggal ang mga dambana sa Israel. Gayunpaman, naging tapat ang puso ni Asa noong mga panahong nabubuhay pa siya.
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18 Dinala niya sa tahanan ng Diyos ang mga kagamitan ng kaniyang ama at ang kaniyang sariling kagamitan na pag-aari ni Yahweh: mga pilak at mga gintong kagamitan.
He brought the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated, silver, gold, and vessels into God’s house.
19 Wala nang digmaan hanggang sa ika-tatlumpu't limang taon ng paghahari ni Asa.
There was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
