2 Meʻa Hokohoko 15
1 Pea naʻe hoko mai ʻae Laumālie ʻoe ʻOtua kia ʻAsalia ko e foha ʻo Oteti:
The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded.
2 Pea naʻe ʻalu kituʻa ia ke fakafetaulaki kia ʻAsa ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻE ʻAsa, mo Siuta kotoa pē, mo Penisimani, mou fanongo kiate au. ʻOku ʻiate kimoutolu ʻa Sihova, lolotonga ʻoku mou ʻiate ia: pea kapau ʻoku mou kumi kiate ia, te ne tuku ke mou ʻilo ia: pea kapau ʻoku mou liʻaki ia, te ne liʻaki ʻakimoutolu.
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 Pea ko eni, kuo nofo fuoloa ʻa ʻIsileli ʻo masiva ʻOtua moʻoni, pea masiva taulaʻeiki ke akonaki, pea masiva fono.
Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.
4 Ka ʻi heʻenau tafoki ʻi heʻenau mamahi kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻonau kumi ia, naʻe ʻilo ia ʻekinautolu.
But when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
5 Pea ʻi he ngaahi kuonga ko ia naʻe ʻikai ha fiemālie kiate ia naʻe ʻalu kituaʻā, pe kiate ia naʻe haʻu ki loto, ka naʻe ʻi he kakai kotoa pē ʻoe ngaahi fonua ʻae ngaahi mamahi lahi.
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 Pea naʻe fakaʻauha ʻae puleʻanga ʻe taha ʻe he puleʻanga ʻe taha, mo e kolo ʻae kolo: he naʻe fakamamahi ʻakinautolu ʻe he ʻOtua ʻi he ngaahi meʻa mamahi kotoa pē.
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
7 Ko ia ke mou mālohi, pea ʻoua naʻa tuku ke vaivai homou nima: he ko hoʻomou ngāue ʻe totongi ia.”
But you be strong! Don’t let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.”
8 Pea ʻi he fanongo ʻe ʻAsa ki he ngaahi lea ni, mo e akonaki ʻa Oteti ko e palōfita, naʻa ne fiemālie ai, pea tukuange leva ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi ʻotua loi mo e kovi lahi, mei he fonua kotoa pē ʻo Siuta mo Penisimani, pea mei he ngaahi kolo naʻa ne toki maʻu, pea mei he moʻunga ko ʻIfalemi, pea ne fakafoʻou ʻae feilaulauʻanga ʻo Sihova, ʻaia naʻe ʻi he mata ʻoe fale hala ʻo Sihova.
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 Pea ne fakataha ʻa Siuta kotoa pē mo Penisimani, fakataha mo e kau muli meia ʻIfalemi mo Manase, pea meia Simione: he naʻe haʻu ʻae tokolahi kiate ia mei ʻIsileli, ʻi heʻenau mamata ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻa Sihova ko hono ʻOtua.
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 Ko ia naʻa nau fakakātoa ai ʻakinautolu ʻi Selūsalema, ʻi hono tolu ʻoe māhina, ʻi hono hongofulu ma nima ʻoe taʻu ʻoe pule ʻa ʻAsa.
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign.
11 Pea naʻa nau ʻatu kia Sihova ʻi he kuonga ko ia, ʻi he vete naʻa nau fetuku, ko e fanga pulu ʻe fitungeau mo e fanga sipi ʻe fitu afe.
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 Pea naʻa nau alea fakataha ʻo fai ʻae fuakava ke nau kumi kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai ʻaki honau loto kotoa mo honau laumālie kotoa:
They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
13 ʻO pehē, ke ʻilonga ia ʻe ʻikai loto ke kumi kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli ke tāmateʻi ia, ko ha siʻi ia pe ko e lahi, ko e tangata ia pe ko e fefine.
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 Pea naʻa nau fuakava kia Sihova ʻi he leʻo lahi, pea ʻi he mavava, mo e ngaahi meʻalea, pea mo e ngaahi meʻa ifi.
They swore to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with shofars, and with cornets.
15 Pea naʻe fiefia ʻa Siuta kotoa pē ʻi he fuakava: he naʻa nau fuakava ʻaki honau loto kotoa: pea naʻe hā mai ia kiate kinautolu: pea naʻe foaki ʻe Sihova kiate kinautolu ʻae fiemālie mei he potu kotoa pē.
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 Pea ko e meʻa kia Meaka ko e faʻē ʻa ʻAsa ko e tuʻi, naʻa ne liua ia ke ʻoua naʻa pule ia, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ngaohi ʻae ʻotua loi ʻi he vao tapu: pea naʻe tā hifo ʻe ʻAsa hono ʻotua loi, pea naʻe laiki ia, pea tutu ia ʻi he veʻe vaitafe ko Kitiloni.
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 burnt it at the brook Kidron.
17 Ka naʻe ʻikai hiki ʻae ngaahi potu māʻolunga mei ʻIsileli: ka ko e moʻoni naʻe angatotonu ʻae loto ʻo ʻAsa ʻi hono ngaahi ʻaho kotoa pē.
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18 Pea naʻe fetuku ʻe ia ki he fale ʻoe ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi meʻa naʻe fakatapui ʻe heʻene tamai, mo e meʻa naʻa ne fakatapui ʻe ia, ʻae siliva, mo e koula, mo e ngaahi ipu.
He brought the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated, silver, gold, and vessels into God’s house.
19 Pea naʻe ʻikai ha tau ʻo aʻu ki he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu ma nima ʻoe pule ʻo ʻAsa.
There was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
