Ii Paralipomenon 15

1 Azarias autem filius Oded, facto in se spiritu Dei,

And the Spirit of God has been on Azariah son of Oded,

2 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.

and he goes out before Asa and says to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; YHWH [is] with you—in your being with Him, and if you seek Him, He is found by you, and if you forsake Him, He forsakes you;

3 Transibant autem multi dies in Israel absque Deo vero, et absque sacerdote doctore, et absque lege.

and many days [are] to Israel without [the] true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,

4 Cumque reversi fuerint in angustia sua ad Dominum Deum Israel, et quæsierint eum, reperient eum.

and it turns back in its distress to YHWH, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is found by them,

5 In tempore illo non erit pax egredienti et ingredienti, sed terrores undique in cunctis habitatoribus terrarum:

and in those times there is no peace for him who is going out, and for him who is coming in, for many troubles [are] on all the inhabitants of the lands,

6 pugnavit enim gens contra gentem, et civitas contra civitatem, quia Dominus conturbabit eos in omni angustia.

and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God has troubled them with every adversity;

7 Vos ergo confortamini, et non dissolvantur manus vestræ: erit enim merces operi vestro.

and you, be strong, and do not let your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.”

8 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.

And at Asa’s hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he has strengthened himself, and causes the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he has captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and renews the altar of YHWH that [is] before the porch of YHWH,

9 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.

and gathers all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon—for they have defected to him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that his God YHWH [is] with him.

10 Cumque venissent in Ierusalem mense tertio, anno decimoquinto regni Asa,

And they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,

11 immolaverunt Domino in die illa de manubiis, et præda, quam adduxerant, boves septingentos, et arietes septem millia.

and sacrifice to YHWH on that day from the spoil they have brought in—seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep,

12 Et intravit ex more ad corroborandum fœdus ut quærerent Dominum Deum patrum suorum in toto corde, et in tota anima sua.

and they enter into a covenant to seek YHWH, God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,

13 Si quis autem, inquit, non quæsierit Dominum Deum Israel, moriatur, a minimo usque ad maximum, a viro usque ad mulierem.

and everyone who does not seek for YHWH, God of Israel, is put to death, from small to great, from man to woman.

14 Iuraveruntque Domino voce magna in iubilo, et in clangore tubæ, et in sonitu buccinarum

And they swear to YHWH with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns,

15 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.

and all Judah rejoices concerning the oath, for they have sworn with all their heart, and they have sought Him with all their goodwill, and He is found by them, and YHWH gives rest to them all around.

16 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:

And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king—he has removed her from [being] mistress, in that she has made for an Asherah a horrible thing, and Asa cuts down her horrible thing, and beats [it] small, and burns [it] by the Brook of Kidron:

17 Excelsa autem derelicta sunt in Israel: attamen cor Asa erat perfectum cunctis diebus eius,

yet the high places have not been removed from Israel; only, the heart of Asa has been perfect all his days.

18 Eaque quæ voverat pater suus, et ipse, intulit in domum Domini, argentum, et aurum, vasorumque diversam supellectilem.

And he brings in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of God: silver, and gold, and vessels.

19 Bellum vero non fuit usque ad trigesimum quintum annum regni Asa.

And war has not been until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.