2 Chronicles 15
1 The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.
時に神の霊がオデデの子アザリヤに臨んだので、
2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you look for him, you will find him; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
彼は出ていってアサを迎え、これに言った、「アサおよびユダとベニヤミンの人々よ、わたしに聞きなさい。あなたがたが主と共におる間は、主もあなたがたと共におられます。あなたがたが、もし彼を求めるならば、彼に会うでしょう。しかし、彼を捨てるならば、彼もあなたがたを捨てられるでしょう。
3 For many years Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach them, and without the law.
そもそも、イスラエルには長い間、まことの神がなく、教をなす祭司もなく、律法もなかった。
4 But when they were in trouble they returned to the Lord, the God of Israel—they looked for him, and they found him.
しかし、悩みの時、彼らがイスラエルの神、主に立ち返り、彼を求めたので彼に会った。
5 During those times travel was dangerous, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. People everywhere had terrible problems.
そのころは、出る者にも入る者にも、平安がなく、大いなる騒乱が国々のすべての住民を悩ました。
6 Nation fought nation, and town fought town, for God threw them into a panic with all kinds of trouble.
国は国に、町は町に撃ち砕かれた。神がもろもろの悩みをもって彼らを苦しめられたからです。
7 But you need to be strong, not weak, for you will be rewarded for the work you do.”
しかしあなたがたは勇気を出しなさい。手を弱くしてはならない。あなたがたのわざには報いがあるからです」。
8 When Asa heard these words of prophecy from Azariah the prophet, son of Oded, he was encouraged. He removed the vile idols from the whole territory of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. Then he repaired the altar of the Lord that stood in front of the porch of the Lord's Temple.
アサはこれらの言葉すなわちオデデの子アザリヤの預言を聞いて勇気を得、憎むべき偶像をユダとベニヤミンの全地から除き、また彼がエフライムの山地で得た町々から除き、主の宮の廊の前にあった主の祭壇を再興した。
9 Then Asa summoned all of Judah and Benjamin, along with those Israelites from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were living among them, for many people had deserted Israel and come over to Asa when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
彼はまたユダとベニヤミンの人々およびエフライム、マナセ、シメオンから来て、彼らの間に寄留していた者を集めた。その神、主がアサと共におられるのを見て、イスラエルからアサのもとに下った者が多くあったからである。
10 They gathered in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.
彼らはアサの治世の十五年の三月にエルサレムに集まり、
11 That day they sacrificed to the Lord seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from the plunder they had brought back.
携えてきたぶんどり物のうちから牛七百頭、羊七千頭をその日主にささげた。
12 Then they made an agreement to conscientiously and completely follow the Lord, the God of their forefathers.
そして彼らは契約を結び、心をつくし、精神をつくして先祖の神、主を求めることと、
13 They also agreed that anyone who refused to follow the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
すべてイスラエルの神、主を求めない者は老幼男女の別なく殺さるべきことを約した。
14 They declared their oath with a loud shout, accompanied by trumpets and blasts from rams' horns.
そして彼らは大声をあげて叫び、ラッパを吹き、角笛を鳴らして、主に誓いを立てた。
15 The whole of Judah was happy at the oath they had conscientiously sworn. They looked for him sincerely, and they found him. The Lord gave them peace from all their enemies.
ユダは皆その誓いを喜んだ。彼らは心をつくして誓いを立て、精神をつくして主を求めたので、主は彼らに会い、四方で彼らに安息を賜わった。
16 King Asa also removed Maacah from her position as queen mother for making an offensive Asherah pole. Asa cut down her vile idol, crushed it up, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
アサ王の母マアカがアシラのために憎むべき像を造ったので、アサは彼女をおとして太后とせず、その憎むべき像を切り倒して粉々に砕き、キデロン川でそれを焼いた。
17 While the high places were not removed from Israel, Asa was completely devoted to the Lord all his life.
ただし高き所はイスラエルから除かなかったが、アサの心は一生の間、正しかった。
18 He brought into God's Temple the silver and gold articles he and his father had dedicated.
彼はまた、その父のささげた物および自分のささげた物、すなわち銀、金並びに器物などを主の宮に携え入れた。
19 There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.
そしてアサの治世の三十五年までは再び戦争がなかった。
