2 Chronicles 16
1 When Asa had been ruling [Judah] for almost 36 years, King Baasha of Israel went [with his army] to attack Judah. They [captured the town of] Ramah [north of Jerusalem] and started to build a wall around [it], in order to prevent any people from entering or leaving the area in Judah that was ruled by King Asa [because the only road into Judah from Israel went through Ramah].
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.
2 So Asa told his workers to take all the silver and gold that was in the storerooms of the temple and in his own palace, and take and give it to Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, who was ruling in Damascus. [He sent him a message, ] saying
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:
3 “I want there to be a peace treaty between me and you, like there was between my father and your father. Look, I am sending you [a lot of] silver and gold. So please cancel the treaty that you have made with Baasha, the king of Israel, in order that he will take his soldiers away from attacking mine, [because he will be afraid of your army].”
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.
4 Ben-Hadad agreed to do what King Asa [suggested]. He sent the commanders of his armies [with their soldiers] to attack some of the towns in Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maacah and all the cities in the area belonging to the tribe of Naphtali where supplies were kept.
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.
5 When Baasha heard about that, he [commanded his troops to] stop fortifying Ramah and doing other work there.
А кад Васа то чу, преста зидати Раму и остави дело своје.
6 Then King Asa gathered all the men of Judah, and they took away from Ramah all the stones and timber that Baasha’s men had been using [to build the wall around that town]. They took those materials to [the town of] Geba and [the city of] Mizpah [north of Jerusalem] and built walls around them.
Тада цар Аса узе сав народ Јудин, те однесоше камење из Раме и дрво, чим зидаше Васа, и од њега сазида Гавају и Миспу.
7 At that time the prophet Hanani went to King Asa and said to him, “Because you relied on the king of Syria and not on Yahweh our God, you missed your opportunity to destroy the army of the king of Syria.
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.
8 The huge armies from Ethiopia and Libya with all their chariots and soldiers [riding] on horses [were certainly very powerful. But] when you relied on Yahweh, he enabled your army to defeat them.
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.
9 That happened because Yahweh sees [what is happening] all over the earth, and he strengthens those who completely trust him. You have done a very foolish thing, so from now on other armies will be fighting your army.”
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.
10 Asa was very angry with the prophet because of what the prophet had said. So he [commanded his officials to] put Hanani in prison. At that same time, he started to treat some of his people very cruelly.
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.
11 All the things that Asa did while he was ruling, from the time he started to rule until he died, are written in the scroll containing the record of the [activities of the] kings of Judah and Israel.
Али гле, дела Асина, прва и последња, ено записана су у књизи о царевима Јудиним и Израиљевим.
12 When Asa had been ruling for almost 39 years, he was afflicted with a disease in his feet. The disease was very severe, but in spite of that, he did not request help from Yahweh. Instead he sought help only from doctors.
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.
13 When he had been ruling for almost 40 years, he died.
И тако почину Аса код отаца својих, и умре четрдесет прве године царовања свог.
14 He was buried in the tomb that his workers had made for him in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. They laid his corpse on a bed covered with spices and various perfumes that had been mixed together. They also lit a huge fire to honor him.
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.
