¹Ja Asarja, Oodedi poja peale tuli Jumala Vaim.

¹The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

⁶They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.

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

⁷But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

¹¹They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.

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

¹²They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

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

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

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

¹⁴They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

¹⁹Sõda ei olnud kuni Aasa kolmekümne viienda valitsemisaastani.

¹⁹There was no more war to the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.