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

¹ Irikoy Biya* binde kaa Azariya Oded izo boŋ.

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.

² A koy mo zama nga ma Asa kubay ka ne a se: «Ya Asa, wa maa ay se, nin da Yahuda da Benyamin kulu. Rabbi go araŋ banda duumi d'araŋ go a banda. D'araŋ n'a ceeci, a ga naŋ araŋ ma du nga, amma d'araŋ n'a furu, nga mo g'araŋ furu.

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

³ A go binde, Israyla gay kaŋ i sinda Irikoy cimi-cimo wala alfaga kaŋ ga dondonandi, wala asariya.

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

⁴ Amma d'i go kankami ra, nga no, i ga bare ka ye Rabbi, Israyla Irikoyo do, i g'a ceeci mo, a ga naŋ i ma du nga.

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.

⁵ Jirbey din ra binde baani si no boro kaŋ ga fatta, wala boro kaŋ ga furo se, amma masiiba boobo go laabey gorokoy kulu boŋ.

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

⁶ I halaci mo: laabey da care, galley mo da care, zama Irikoy n'i taabandi da masiiba kulu dumi.

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

⁷ Amma kal araŋ ma te gaabi, araŋ kambey ma si yay, zama araŋ ga du araŋ goyo alhakku.»

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.

⁸ Waato kaŋ cine Asa maa Oded annabitaray sanney, kal a te bine-gaabi ka fantayaŋ harey kulu kaa Yahuda da Benyamin laabey kulu ra, da galley kaŋ yaŋ a ŋwa mo koyne Ifraymu tondey ra. A na Rabbi sargay feema kaŋ go Rabbi windi me batama ra goyo tunandi mo.

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.

⁹ A ye ka Yahuda nda Benyamin kulu margu, da borey kaŋ yaŋ goono ga yawtaray goray te i ra, Ifraymu nda Manasse da Simeyon waney no, zama boro boobo ceeri ka ye a do Israyla ra, waato kaŋ cine i di Rabbi a Irikoyo go a banda.

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

¹⁰ Woodin se no i margu Urusalima handu hinzanta ra, Asa mayra jiiri way cindi guwanta ra.

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

¹¹ I na sargay te Rabbi se han din hane, wongu arzaka kaŋ i kande din ra, haw zangu iyye da feeji zambar iyye.

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

¹² I na alkawli sambu ka ne ngey ga Rabbi ngey kaayey Irikoyo ceeci da ngey biney kulu da ngey fundey kulu.

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

¹³ Koyne, boro kulu kaŋ wangu ka Rabbi, Israyla Irikoyo ceeci, i g'a wi, da boro kayna no, wala boro beeri; da alboro no, wala wayboro.

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

¹⁴ I ze Rabbi se da jinde beeri, da kuuwayaŋ mo, da hilliyaŋ, da haŋ kaŋ i ga kar kulu.

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.

¹⁵ Yahuda kulu binde farhã zeyaŋo sabbay se, zama i ze da ngey biney kulu, i na Rabbi ceeci mo da anniya kulu me. A naŋ i ma du nga mo. Rabbi mo n'i windi nda fulanzamay nangu kulu.

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.

¹⁶ Bonkoono Asa kaay waybora Maaka cine ra mo, Asa n'a kaa koytaray, zama a na kazaamataray waybora himandi te, bundu tooru wane. Asa binde n'a himando din beeri ka pati-pati k'a te hamni k'a ton Cidron gooro ra.

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

¹⁷ Amma i mana tudey boŋ sududuyaŋ nangey ganandi Israyla ra. Kulu nda yaadin Asa bina go timmante nga fundo jirbey kulu ra.

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.

¹⁸ Jinayey kaŋ a baabo fay waani, da jinayey kaŋ nga bumbo fay waani: wura nda nzarfu taasayaŋ, a kand'ey Irikoy windo ra.

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

¹⁹ I mana ye ka wongu fo te koyne kal a to Asa mayra ra jiiri waranza cindi gu.