2 Chronicles 15
1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.
Azarias autem filius Oded, facto in se spiritu Dei,
2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. Jehovah is with you while ye are with him. And if ye seek him, he will be found of you, but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
egressus est in occursum Asa, et dixit ei: Audite me Asa, et omnis Iuda et Beniamin: Dominus vobiscum, quia fuistis cum eo. Si quæsieritis eum, invenietis: si autem dereliqueritis eum, derelinquet vos.
3 Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
Transibant autem multi dies in Israel absque Deo vero, et absque sacerdote doctore, et absque lege.
4 But when in their distress they turned to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
Cumque reversi fuerint in angustia sua ad Dominum Deum Israel, et quæsierint eum, reperient eum.
5 And in those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.
In tempore illo non erit pax egredienti et ingredienti, sed terrores undique in cunctis habitatoribus terrarum:
6 And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city. For God vexed them with all adversity.
pugnavit enim gens contra gentem, et civitas contra civitatem, quia Dominus conturbabit eos in omni angustia.
7 But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack. For your work shall be rewarded.
Vos ergo confortamini, et non dissolvantur manus vestræ: erit enim merces operi vestro.
8 And 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 altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.
Quod cum audisset Asa verba scilicet, et prophetiam Azariæ filii Oded prophetæ, confortatus est, et abstulit idola de omni terra Iuda, et de Beniamin, et ex urbibus, quas ceperat, montis Ephraim, et dedicavit altare Domini quod erat ante porticum Domini.
9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon, for they came to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.
Congregavitque universum Iudam et Beniamin, et advenas cum eis de Ephraim, et de Manasse, et de Simeon: plures enim ad eum confugerant ex Israel, videntes quod Dominus Deus illius esset cum eo.
10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
Cumque venissent in Ierusalem mense tertio, anno decimoquinto regni Asa,
11 And they sacrificed to Jehovah in that day of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
immolaverunt Domino in die illa de manubiis, et præda, quam adduxerant, boves septingentos, et arietes septem millia.
12 And they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul.
Et intravit ex more ad corroborandum fœdus ut quærerent Dominum Deum patrum suorum in toto corde, et in tota anima sua.
13 And that whoever would not seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
Si quis autem, inquit, non quæsierit Dominum Deum Israel, moriatur, a minimo usque ad maximum, a viro usque ad mulierem.
14 And they swore to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
Iuraveruntque Domino voce magna in iubilo, et in clangore tubæ, et in sonitu buccinarum
15 And 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. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.
omnes qui erant in Iuda cum execratione: in omni enim corde suo iuraverunt, et in tota voluntate quæsierunt eum, et invenerunt: præstititque eis Dominus requiem per circuitum.
16 And also he removed Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. And Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
Sed et Maacham matrem Asa regis ex augusto deposuit imperio, eo quod fecisset in luco simulacrum Priapi: quod omne contrivit, et in frustra comminuens combussit in Torrente cedron:
17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
Excelsa autem derelicta sunt in Israel: attamen cor Asa erat perfectum cunctis diebus eius,
18 And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
Eaque quæ voverat pater suus, et ipse, intulit in domum Domini, argentum, et aurum, vasorumque diversam supellectilem.
19 And there was no more war to the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
Bellum vero non fuit usque ad trigesimum quintum annum regni Asa.
