¹And Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

¹A tak ľahol Abiáš a ležal so svojimi otcami, a pochovali ho v meste Dávidovom. A kraľoval Aza, jeho syn, miesto neho. Za jeho dní mala zem pokoj desať rokov.

²And Asa did what was good and right in the sight of Jehovah his God;

²Aza robil to, čo bolo dobré a spravedlivé v očiach Hospodina, jeho Boha.

³and he took away the altars of the strange [gods] and the high places, and broke the columns, and cut down the Asherahs;

³A odstránil oltáre cudzích bohov aj výšiny a roztrieskal modlárske stĺpy a posekal háje.

⁴and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah the God of their fathers, and to practise the law and the commandment.

⁴A rozkázal Júdovi, aby hľadali Hospodina, Boha svojich otcov, a aby robili to, čo káže zákon a prikázanie.

⁵And he removed out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.

⁵A odstránil výšiny a slnečné obrazy zo všetkých miest Júdových, a tak bolo kráľovstvo pred ním na pokoji.

⁶And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because Jehovah had given him rest.

⁶A vystavil ohradené mestá v Judsku, lebo zem bola na pokoji, ani nebolo proti nemu vojny v tých rokoch, lebo Hospodin mu dal odpočinutia.

⁷And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us; for we have sought Jehovah our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. And they built and prospered.

⁷A riekol Júdovi, svojmu ľudu: Vystavme tie mestá a ohraďme ich múrami, opevnime vežami a opatrime bránami a závorami, kým ešte je zem pred nami v pokoji. Lebo sme hľadali Hospodina, svojho Boha, hľadali sme ho, a dal nám odpočinutia zo všetkých strán. A tak staväli, a darilo sa im.

⁸And Asa had an army that bore targets and spears: out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew the bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these, mighty men of valour.

⁸A Aza mal vojsko takých, ktorí nosili veľký štít a ťažkú kopiju z pokolenia Júdovho tristo tisíc mužov, a z Benjamina takých, ktorí nosili malý štít a strieľali z luku, dvesto osemdesiat tisíc. To všetko boli udatní mužovia.

⁹And Zerah the Ethiopian came out against him with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.

⁹A vyšiel proti nim Ethiop Zerach s vojskom, ktorého bolo tisíc tisícov, a vozov mal tristo. Prišiel až k mestu Maréša.

¹⁰And Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

¹⁰A Aza vyšiel proti nemu, a zriadili sa do boja na doline Cefate pri Maréši.

¹¹And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

¹¹Vtedy volal Aza k Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, a riekol: Hospodine, u teba nie je rozdielu, keď ty chceš pomôcť, či má niekto mnoho, alebo či nemá sily. Pomôž, nám, ó, Hospodine, náš Bože! Lebo na teba sa opierame a v tvojom mene sme prišli proti tomuto množstvu. Hospodine, ty si naším Bohom, nech nemá proti tebe moci mizerný človek!

¹²And Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

¹²A Hospodin porazil Ethiopov pred Azom a pred Júdom, takže utekali Ethiopi.

¹³And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerar; and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that none of them was left alive; for they were crushed before Jehovah and before his army. And they carried away very much spoil.

¹³A Aza ich prenasledoval i ľud, ktorý bol s ním, až po Gerár. A padlo toľko Ethiopov, že sa nemohli zotaviť, pretože boli skrúšení pred Hospodinom a pred jeho vojskom. A odniesli koristi veľmi mnoho.

¹⁴And they smote all the cities round about Gerar, for the terror of Jehovah came upon them; and they spoiled all the cities, for there was very much spoil in them.

¹⁴A zbili všetky mestá v okolí Gerára, lebo strach Hospodinov prišiel na nich, a vyplienili všetky tie mestá, pretože bolo v nich mnoho plenu.

¹⁵They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

¹⁵A zbili aj stány pastierov dobytka a zajmúc množstvo oviec a veľblúdov navrátili sa do Jeruzalema.