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

¹[Ny nananaran'i Azaria mpaminany an'i Asa, ary ny fahazotoan'i Asa handrava ny fivavahana tsy marina sy hanangana indray ny fivavahana amin'i Jehovah] Ary ny Fanahin'Andriamanitra tonga tamin'i Azaria, zanak'i Odeda;

²And he went out to meet Asa, and said to 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.

²ary dia nivoaka hitsena an'i Asa izy ka nanao taminy hoe: Mihainoa ahy, ry Asa mbamin'ny Joda sy ny Benjamina rehetra: Jehovah momba anareo, raha ianareo momba Azy; ary raha mitady Azy kosa ianareo, dia hahita Azy; fa raha mahafoy Azy ianareo, dia hahafoy anareo Izy.

³Now for a long while Israel [was] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

³Ary efa ela ny Isiraely no tsy nanana an'Andriamanitra marina, na mpisorona mampianatra, na lalàna.

⁴but in their trouble they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found of them.

⁴Fa raha niverina tamin'Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, izy nony azom-pahoriana, ka nitady Azy, dia nahita Azy.

⁵And in those times there [was] no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in, but great disturbances were amongst all the inhabitants of the countries.

⁵Ary tamin'izany dia tsy nisy fiadanana ho an'izay nivoaka na izay niditra; fa horohoro be no nahazo ny mponina rehetra tamin'ny tany.

⁶And nation was broken against nation, and city against city; for God disturbed them with all manner of distress.

⁶Ary nifandringana ny firenena sy ny tanàna, fa Andriamanitra nampangorohoro azy tamin'ny fahoriana rehetra.

⁷But as for you, be firm and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your deeds.

⁷Koa mahereza ianareo, fa aza miraviravy tanana; fa hisy valim-pitia tokoa ny ataonareo.

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 that he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.

⁸Ary raha ren'i Asa izany teny izany sy ny faminanian'i Odeda mpaminany, dia niezaka izy ka nanaisotra ny sampy fahavetavetana tamin'ny tanin'ny Joda sy ny Benjamina rehetra ary tamin'ny tanàna izay azony tany amin'ny tany havoan'i Efraima, sady nanavao ny alitaran'i Jehovah izay teo anoloan'ny lavarangana fidirana amin'ny tranon'i Jehovah.

⁹And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon; for they fell away to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

⁹Ary novoriny ny Joda sy ny Benjamina rehetra sy ny vahiny teo aminy izay avy tany amin'ny Efraima sy ny Manase ary ny Simeona; fa betsaka no nanatona azy avy tamin'ny Isiraely, raha hitany fa Jehovah Andriamaniny no teo aminy.

¹⁰And they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

¹⁰Ary nivory tany Jerosalema ireo tamin'ny volana fahatelo tamin'ny taona fahadimy ambin'ny folo nanjakan'i Asa.

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

¹¹Ary androtrizay no nanaterany fanatitra ho an'i Jehovah tamin'ny babo izay nentiny, dia omby fitonjato sy ondry aman'osy fito arivo.

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

¹²Ary nanao fanekena hitady an'i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny razany, tamin'ny fony rehetra sy ny fanahiny rehetra izy,

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

¹³ka na iza na iza tsy mety mitady an'i Jehovah Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, dia hatao maty, na kely na lehibe, na lahy na vavy.

¹⁴And they swore to Jehovah with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

¹⁴Ary nianiana ho an'i Jehovah tamin'ny feo mahery sy ny fihobiana ary tamin'ny trompetra sy ny anjomara izy.

¹⁵And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.

¹⁵Ary ny Joda rehetra nifaly noho ny fianianana, fa efa nianiana tamin'ny fony rehetra izy sady nazoto nitady an'i Jehovah indrindra, ka dia nahita Azy; ary Jehovah dia nanome azy fiadanana tamin'ny manodidina fahizay.

¹⁶And also Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol for the Asherah; and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burned it in the valley Kidron.

¹⁶Ary na dia Imaka, renin'i Asa mpanjaka, aza dia naetriny tsy ho andriambavy, satria efa nanao sampy ho an'ny Aseraha izy; ary Asa nikapa ny sampiny, dia nanorotoro ka nandoro azy tao amin'ny lohasahan-driaka Kidrona.

¹⁷But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days.

¹⁷Fa ny fitoerana avo tsy mba noravana tamin'ny Isiraely; nefa nahitsy ny fon'i Asa tamin'ny androny rehetra.

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

¹⁸Ary nampidiriny ho ao an-tranon'i Jehovah ny zavatra izay nohamasinin-drainy mbamin'izay nohamasinin'ny tenany, dia volafotsy sy volamena ary fanaka.Ary tsy nisy ady intsony hatramin'ny taona fahadimy amby telo-polo nanjakan'i Asa.

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

¹⁹Ary tsy nisy ady intsony hatramin'ny taona fahadimy amby telo-polo nanjakan'i Asa.