2 Књига дневника 16

1 Године тридесет шесте царовања Асиног изиђе Васа, цар Израиљев, на Јуду, и стаде зидати Раму да не да никоме отићи к Аси, цару Јудином, ни од њега доћи.

In the thirty-sixth year of the rule of Asa, Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah so that no one was able to go out or in to Asa, king of Judah.

2 Тада узе Аса сребро и злато из ризница дома Господњег и дома царевог, и посла Вен-Ададу цару сирском, који живљаше у Дамаску, и поручи:

Then Asa took silver and gold out of the stores of the Lord's house and of the king's store-house, and sent to Ben-hadad, king of Aram, at Damascus, saying,

3 Вера је између мене и тебе, између оца мог и оца твог, ево шаљем ти сребра и злата, хајде поквари веру коју имаш са Васом царем Израиљевим, еда би отишао од мене.

Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I have sent you silver and gold; go and put an end to your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may give up attacking me.

4 И послуша Вен-Адад цара Асу, и посла војводе своје на градове Израиљеве, и освојише Ијон и Дан и Авел-Мајим и све градове Нефталимове у којима беху житнице.

And Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel, attacking Ijon and Dan and Abel-maim, and all the store-towns of Naphtali.

5 А кад Васа то чу, преста зидати Раму и остави дело своје.

Then Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and let his work come to an end.

6 Тада цар Аса узе сав народ Јудин, те однесоше камење из Раме и дрво, чим зидаше Васа, и од њега сазида Гавају и Миспу.

Then King Asa, with all Judah, took away the stones and wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and he made use of them for building Geba and Mizpah.

7 А у то време дође Ананије виделац к Аси, цару Јудином, и рече му: Што си се поуздао у цара сирског а ниси се поуздао у Господа Бога свог, зато се војска цара сирског измаче из твојих руку.

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have put your faith in the king of Aram and not in the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has got away out of your hands.

8 Нису ли Етиопљани и Лувеји имали велике војске с врло много кола и коњика? Па кад си се поуздао у Господа, даде ти их у руке.

Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a very great army, with war-carriages and horsemen more than might be numbered? but because your faith was in the Lord, he gave them up into your hands.

9 Јер очи Господње гледају по свој земљи да би показивао силу своју према онима којима је срце цело према Њему. Лудо си у том радио; зато ће одсада бити ратови на те.

For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.

10 Тада се Аса разгневи на пророка, и стави га у тамницу, јер се расрди на њ за то; и потлачи Аса неке из народа у то време.

Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, burning with wrath against him because of this thing. And at the same time Asa was cruel to some of the people.

11 Али гле, дела Асина, прва и последња, ено записана су у књизи о царевима Јудиним и Израиљевим.

Now the acts of Asa, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

12 И разболе се Аса тридесет девете године царовања свог од ногу, и болест његова би врло тешка, али ни у болести својој не тражи Господа него лекаре.

In the thirty-ninth year of his rule, Asa had a very bad disease of the feet; but he did not go to the Lord for help in his disease, but to medical men.

13 И тако почину Аса код отаца својих, и умре четрдесет прве године царовања свог.

So Asa went to rest with his fathers, and death came to him in the forty-first year of his rule.

14 И погребоше га у гробу његовом, који ископа себи у граду Давидовом, и метнуше га на постељу коју беше напунио мирисавих ствари и масти зготовљених вештином апотекарском, и спалише му их врло много.

And they put him into the resting-place which he had made for himself in the town of David, in a bed full of sweet perfumes of all sorts of spices, made by the perfumer's art, and they made a great burning for him.