¹And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

¹Ja Asarja, Oodedi poja peale tuli Jumala Vaim.

²and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

²Ta läks välja Aasale vastu ja ütles temale: 'Kuulge mind, Aasa ja kogu Juuda ja Benjamin! Issand on teiega, kui teie olete temaga, ja kui te otsite teda, siis te leiate tema; aga kui te tema maha jätate, siis jätab tema teid maha!

³Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:

³Kaua aega ei olnud Iisraelil tõsist, Jumalat õpetavat preestrit ega Seadust.

⁴But when in their distress they turned unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

⁴Aga kui temal kitsas käes oli, siis ta pöördus Issanda, Iisraeli Jumala poole. Ja nad otsisid teda ning leidsid ta.

⁵And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in; but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

⁵Neil aegadel ei olnud rahu minejal ega tulijal, sest suur segadus valitses kõigi maade elanike hulgas.

⁶And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.

⁶Rahvas purustas rahvast ja linn linna, sest Jumal tegi nad rahutuks kõiksugu hädade läbi.

⁷But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.

⁷Aga teie olge vahvad ja ärge laske oma käsi lõdvaks, sest teie tööl on tasu!'

⁸And when 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 Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.

⁸Kui Aasa kuulis neid sõnu ja prohvet Oodedi kuulutust, siis ta võttis julguse ja kõrvaldas jäledused kogu Juuda ja Benjamini maalt, samuti linnadest, mis ta Efraimi mäestikus oli vallutanud, ja uuendas Issanda altari, mis oli Issanda eeskoja ees.

⁹And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned 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 Jehovah his God was with him.

⁹Ja ta kogus kokku Juuda ja Benjamini, ja need, kes olid võõrastena nende juures Efraimist, Manassest ja Siimeonist, sest Iisraelist olid paljud tulnud üle tema poole, kui nad nägid, et Issand, tema Jumal, oli temaga.

¹⁰So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

¹⁰Nad kõik kogunesid Jeruusalemma kolmandas kuus, Aasa valitsemise viieteistkümnendal aastal,

¹¹And they sacrificed unto Jehovah in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

¹¹ja nad ohverdasid sel päeval Issandale saagist, mis nad olid toonud, seitsesada veist ning seitse tuhat lammast ja kitse.

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

¹²Ja nad võtsid endile kohustuse, et nad otsivad Issandat, oma vanemate Jumalat, kõigest oma südamest ja kõigest oma hingest,

¹³and that whosoever would not seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

¹³ja et igaüks, kes ei otsi Issandat, Iisraeli Jumalat, tuleb surmata, olgu väike või suur, mees või naine.

¹⁴And they sware unto Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

¹⁴Ja nad andsid Issandale vande valju hääle ja hõiskamisega, pasunate ja sarvedega.

¹⁵And all 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 Jehovah gave them rest round about.

¹⁵Ja kogu Juuda rõõmustas vande pärast, sest nad olid vandunud kõigest südamest; ja nad otsisid teda tõesti hea meelega ning leidsid ta. Ja Issand andis neile ümberkaudu rahu.

¹⁶And also 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.

¹⁶Ja kuningas Aasa kõrvaldas isegi oma vanaema Maaka kui valitsejanna, sellepärast et too oli teinud Aðera häbikuju; Aasa hävitas tema häbikuju, purustas selle ja põletas Kidroni jõe ääres.

¹⁷But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

¹⁷Aga ohvrikünkad ei kadunud Iisraelist; ometi oli Aasa süda siiras kogu ta eluaja.

¹⁸And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

¹⁸Ta viis Jumala kotta oma isa pühitsetud annid ja mis ta ise pühitses: hõbeda, kulla ja riistad.

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

¹⁹Sõda ei olnud kuni Aasa kolmekümne viienda valitsemisaastani.