2 Chronicles 15
1 The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.
Azarias autem filius Oded, facto in se spiritu Dei,
2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you 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 period, Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without the 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 Yahweh, 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 In those times there was no peace for him who traveled away, nor for him who traveled to here; instead, great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
In tempore illo non erit pax egredienti et ingredienti, sed terrores undique in cunctis habitatoribus terrarum:
6 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city, for God troubled them with all kinds of suffering.
pugnavit enim gens contra gentem, et civitas contra civitatem, quia Dominus conturbabit eos in omni angustia.
7 But be strong, and do not let your hands be weak, for your work will be rewarded.”
Vos ergo confortamini, et non dissolvantur manus vestræ: erit enim merces operi vestro.
8 When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and drove away the disgusting things from all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities that he had captured from the hill country of Ephraim, and he rebuilt Yahweh's altar, which was in front of the portico of Yahweh's house.
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 He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who stayed with them—people from of Ephraim and Manasseh, and from Simeon. For they came from Israel to him in great numbers, when they saw that Yahweh 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 together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.
Cumque venissent in Ierusalem mense tertio, anno decimoquinto regni Asa,
11 They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day some of the plunder that they had brought: seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep and goats.
immolaverunt Domino in die illa de manubiis, et præda, quam adduxerant, boves septingentos, et arietes septem millia.
12 They entered into a covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, 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 They agreed that whoever refused to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether the person was 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 They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, with shouting, and with trumpets and horns.
Iuraveruntque Domino voce magna in iubilo, et in clangore tubæ, et in sonitu buccinarum
15 All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and they sought God with their whole desire, and he was found by them. Yahweh gave them peace all around them.
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 He also removed Maacah, his grandmother, from being queen, because she had made a disgusting figure out of an Asherah pole. Asa cut down the disgusting figure, ground it to dust and burned 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 out of Israel. Nevertheless, Asa's heart was completely devoted all his days.
Excelsa autem derelicta sunt in Israel: attamen cor Asa erat perfectum cunctis diebus eius,
18 He brought into the house of God the silver and gold and the utensils that he and his father had dedicated for that purpose.
Eaque quæ voverat pater suus, et ipse, intulit in domum Domini, argentum, et aurum, vasorumque diversam supellectilem.
19 There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.
Bellum vero non fuit usque ad trigesimum quintum annum regni Asa.
