2 Chronicles 15

1And the spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Oded,

2And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: Hear ye me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you shall find: but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

3And many days shall pass in Israel without the true God, and without a priest a teacher, and without the law.

4And when in their distress they shall return to the Lord the God of Israel, and shall seek him, they shall find him.

5At that time there shall be no peace to him that goeth out and cometh in, but terrors on every side among all the inhabitants of the earth.

6For nation shall fight against nation, and city against city, for the Lord will trouble them with all distress.

7Do you therefore take courage, and let not your hands he weakened: for there shall be a reward for your work.

8And when Asa had heard the words, and the prophecy of Azarias the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and took away the idols out of all the land of Juda, and out of Benjamin, and out of the cities of mount Ephraim, which he had taken, and he dedicated the altar of the Lord, which was before the porch of the Lord.

9And he gathered together all Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers with them of Ephraim, and Manasses, and Simeon: for many were come over to him out of Israel, seeing that the Lord his God was with him.

10And when they were come to Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,

11They sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils, and of the prey, that they had brought, seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand rams.

12And he went in to confirm as usual the covenant, that they should seek the Lord the God of their fathers with all their heart, and with all their soul.

13And if any one, said he, seek not the Lord the God of Israel, let him die, whether little or great, man or woman.

14And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet, and sound of comets,

15All that mere in Juda with a curse: for with all their heart they swore, and with all their will they sought him, and they found him, and the Lord gave them rest round about.

16Moreover Maacha the mother of king Asa he deposed from the royal authority, because she had made in a grove an idol of Priapus: and he entirely destroyed it, and breaking it into pieces, burnt it at the torrent Cedron.

17But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

18And the things which his father had vowed, and he himself had vowed, he brought into the house of the Lord, gold and silver, and vessels of divers uses.

19And there was no war unto the five and thirtieth year of the kingdom of Asa.

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

2egressus est in occursum Asa, et dixit ei: Audite me, Asa, et omnis Juda et Benjamin: Dominus vobiscum, quia fuistis cum eo. Si quæsieritis eum, invenietis: si autem dereliqueritis eum, derelinquet vos.

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

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

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

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

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

8Quod cum audisset Asa, verba scilicet, et prophetiam Azariæ filii Oded prophetæ, confortatus est, et abstulit idola de omni terra Juda et de Benjamin, et ex urbibus quas ceperat, montis Ephraim: et dedicavit altare Domini quod erat ante porticum Domini.

9Congregavitque universum Judam et Benjamin, et advenas cum eis de Ephraim, et de Manasse, et de Simeon: plures enim ad eum confugerant ex Israël, videntes quod Dominus Deus illius esset cum eo.

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

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

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

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

14Juraveruntque Domino voce magna in jubilo, et in clangore tubæ, et in sonitu buccinarum,

15omnes qui erant in Juda, cum execratione: in omni enim corde suo juraverunt, et in tota voluntate quæsierunt eum, et invenerunt: præstititque eis Dominus requiem per circuitum.

16Sed 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.

17Excelsa autem derelicta sunt in Israël: attamen cor Asa erat perfectum cunctis diebus ejus,

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

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

1Now Azariah, the son of Oded, had the Spirit of God within him.

2And he went out to meet Asa, and he said to him: “Listen to me, Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

3Then many days will pass in Israel, apart from the true God, and apart from a learned priest, and apart from the law.

4And when, in their anguish, they will have returned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and will have sought him, they shall find him.

5In that time, there will be no peace for those who depart and those who enter. Instead, there will be terror on every side, among all the inhabitants of the lands.

6For nation will fight against nation, and city against city. For the Lord will disturb them with every anguish.

7But as for you, be strengthened, and do not let your hands be weakened. For there will be a reward for your work.”

8And when Asa had heard these particular words, and the prophecy of the prophet Azariah, the son of Oded, he was strengthened, and he took away the idols from the entire land of Judah, and from Benjamin, and from the cities that he had seized of mount Ephraim, and he dedicated the altar of the Lord, which was before the portico of the Lord.

9And he gathered together all of Judah and Benjamin, and with them the new arrivals from Ephraim and Manasseh and Simeon. For many had fled to him from Israel, seeing that the Lord his God was with him.

10And when they had arrived in Jerusalem, in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,

11they immolated to the Lord on that day, from the best of the spoils and from the plunder that they had brought: seven hundred oxen and seven thousand rams.

12And he entered, according to custom, in order to confirm the covenant, so that they would seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with their whole heart and with their whole soul.

13“But if anyone,” he said, “will not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, let him die, from the least even to the greatest, from man even to woman.”

14And they swore to the Lord, with a great voice, in jubilation, and with the blare of trumpets, and with the sound of horns,

15all who were in Judah swore with a curse. For with all their heart they swore, and with all their will they sought and found him. And the Lord granted rest on all sides to them.

16Then too, Maacah, the mother of king Asa, he deposed from the august authority, because she had made an idol of Priapus within a sacred grove. And he entirely crushed it, breaking it into pieces, and he burned it at the torrent Kidron.

17But some high places were left in Israel. Even so, the heart of Asa was perfect during all his days.

18And whatever his father or he himself had vowed, he brought into the house of the Lord: silver and gold, and vessels for various uses.

19Truly, there was no war, until the thirty-fifth year of the kingdom of Asa.