1亞撒利雅的預言與勸勉 神的靈降在俄德的兒子亞撒利雅身上，
1The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:
2亞撒利雅就出來迎接亞撒，對他說：“亞撒和猶大、便雅憫所有的人哪！請聽我說。你們跟隨耶和華，耶和華就和你們同在；你們尋求他，就必給你們尋見；你們離棄他，他必離棄你們。
2and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
3以色列人沒有真神，沒有教導他們的祭司，沒有律法，已經很久了。
3Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
4但他們在遭難的時候，回轉歸向耶和華以色列的 神，尋求他，他就給他們尋見。
4But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
5那時，出入的人都沒有平安，因為各國的居民都遭遇動亂。
5In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
6這國攻擊那國，這城攻擊那城，因為 神用各樣災難使他們紛亂。
6They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
7但你們要堅強，不要膽怯，因為你們所行的，必有賞報。”
7But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.”
8亞撒的改革（王上15:13~15）亞撒聽了這些話，和俄德的兒子亞撒利雅先知所說的預言以後，就勇敢起來，在猶大、便雅憫全地，以及以法蓮山地奪取的各城，把可憎的偶像除去，又在耶和華殿的走廊前面，重新修造耶和華的祭壇。
8When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.
9他又召聚了猶大和便雅憫所有的人，以及在他們中間寄居的以法蓮人、瑪拿西人、西緬人。以色列人看見了耶和華亞撒的 神和他同在，就有很多人投奔亞撒。
9He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
10亞撒在位第十五年三月，他們聚集在耶路撒冷。
10So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11那一天，他們從奪回來的戰利品當中，把七百頭牛，七千隻羊，獻給耶和華為祭，
11They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.
12他們也立約，要一心一意尋求耶和華他們列祖的 神。
12They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
13不尋求耶和華以色列的 神的，無論男女老幼，都必處死。
13and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
14他們就大聲歡呼，吹起號角，向耶和華起誓。
14They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15猶大眾人都為了所起的誓快樂，因為他們一心起誓，盡意尋求耶和華，耶和華就給他們尋見，並且使他們四境安寧。
15All Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and Yahweh gave them rest all around.
16亞撒王也廢掉他的祖母瑪迦太后的位，因為她曾給亞舍拉做了可憎的像；亞撒把她那可憎的像砍了下來，搗得粉碎，燒在汲淪溪旁。
16Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
17只是邱壇還沒有從以色列中除掉，但亞撒的心一生都完全忠於耶和華。
17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18亞撒把他父親所分別為聖，和他自己所分別為聖的金銀和器皿，都送進 神的殿裡。
18He brought into God’s house the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
19從那時，直到亞撒在位第三十五年，都沒有戰爭。
19There was no more war to the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.