Liber II Paralipomenon, 15

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

1. The Spirit of God came upon Azari'ah the 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 quaesieritis eum, invenietur a vobis; si autem dereliqueritis eum, derelinquet vos.

2. and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

3. Transierunt autem multi dies in Israel absque Deo veritatis et absque sacerdote doctore et absque lege.

3. For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

4. Cumque reversi essent in angustia sua ad Dominum, Deum Israel, et quaesivissent eum, inventus est ab eis.

4. but when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

5. In temporibus illis non erat pax egredienti et ingredienti sed perturbatio magna multa in cunctis habitatoribus terrarum;

5. In those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.

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

6. They were broken in pieces, nation against nation and city against city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress.

7. Vos autem confortamini, et non dissolvantur manus vestrae; erit enim merces operi vestro”.

7. But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded."

8. Cum audisset Asa verba haec et prophetiam, confortatus est et abstulit idola de omni terra Iudae et Beniamin et ex urbibus, quas ceperat montis Ephraim, et dedicavit altare Domini, quod erat ante porticum Domini.

8. When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azari'ah the son of Oded, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the hill country of E'phraim, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the LORD.

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.

9. And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from E'phraim, Manas'seh, and Simeon who were sojourning with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

10. Cumque convenissent in Ierusalem mense tertio anno quinto decimo regni Asa,

10. They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

11. immolaverunt Domino in die illa de manubiis, quas adduxerant: boves septingentos et oves septem milia.

11. They sacrificed to the LORD on that day, from the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

12. Et inierunt foedus, ut quaererent Dominum, Deum patrum suorum, in toto corde et in tota anima sua:

12. And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

13. si quis autem non quaesierit Dominum, Deum Israel, moriatur a minimo usque ad maximum, a viro usque ad mulierem.

13. and that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

14. Iuraveruntque Domino voce magna in iubilo et in clangore tubarum et in sonitu bucinarum.

14. They took oath to the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.

15. Omnes, qui erant in Iuda, gavisi sunt de iuramento; in omni enim corde suo iuraverant et in tota voluntate quaesierant eum, et inventus fuerat ab eis. Praestititque eis Dominus requiem per circuitum.

15. And all Judah rejoiced over the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the LORD gave them rest round about.

16. Sed et Maacham matrem Asa rex amovit, ne esset domina, eo quod fecisset simulacrum Aserae; quod contrivit Asa et in frusta comminuens combussit in torrente Cedron.

16. Even Ma'acah, his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Ashe'rah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.

17. Excelsa autem derelicta sunt in Israel; attamen cor Asa erat perfectum cunctis diebus eius.

17. But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was blameless all his days.

18. Ea quae voverat pater suus et ipse, intulit in domum Dei, argentum et aurum vasorumque diversam supellectilem.

18. And he brought into the house of God the votive gifts of his father and his own votive gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels.

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

19. And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.