2 Chronicles 15

1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

Pea naʻe hoko mai ʻae Laumālie ʻoe ʻOtua kia ʻAsalia ko e foha ʻo Oteti:

2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD [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.

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.

3 Now for a long season Israel [hath been] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

Pea ko eni, kuo nofo fuoloa ʻa ʻIsileli ʻo masiva ʻOtua moʻoni, pea masiva taulaʻeiki ke akonaki, pea masiva fono.

4 But when they in their trouble returned to the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

Ka ʻi heʻenau tafoki ʻi heʻenau mamahi kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻonau kumi ia, naʻe ʻilo ia ʻekinautolu.

5 And in those times [there was] no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations [were] upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

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.

6 And nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city: for God troubled them with all adversity.

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.

7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak; for your work shall be rewarded.

Ko ia ke mou mālohi, pea ʻoua naʻa tuku ke vaivai homou nima: he ko hoʻomou ngāue ʻe totongi ia.”

8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that [was] before the porch of the LORD.

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.

9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they resorted to him out of Israel in multitudes, when they saw that the LORD his God [was] with him.

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.

10 So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

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.

11 And they offered to the LORD at the same time, of the spoil [which] they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

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.

12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

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:

13 That whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

‌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.

14 And they swore to the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

Pea naʻa nau fuakava kia Sihova ʻi he leʻo lahi, pea ʻi he mavava, mo e ngaahi meʻalea, pea mo e ngaahi meʻa ifi.

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 the LORD gave them rest on all sides.

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.

16 And also [concerning] Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from [being] queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped [it], and burnt [it] at the brook Kidron.

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.

17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

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.

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.

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.

19 And there was no [more] war until the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

Pea naʻe ʻikai ha tau ʻo aʻu ki he taʻu ʻe tolungofulu ma nima ʻoe pule ʻo ʻAsa.