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.

¹And Abijah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in his stead: in his days was the land quiet ten years.

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

²And Asa doth that which is good, and that which is right, in the eyes of Jehovah his God,

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

³and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,

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

⁴and saith to Judah to seek Jehovah, God of their fathers, and to do the law and the command;

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

⁵and he turneth aside out of all cities of Judah the high places and the images, and the kingdom is quiet before him.

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

⁶And he buildeth cities of bulwarks in Judah, for the land hath quiet, and there is no war with him in these years, because Jehovah hath given rest to him.

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.

⁷And he saith to Judah, `Let us build these cities, and compass [them] with wall, and towers, two-leaved doors, and bars, while the land [is] before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God, we have sought, and He giveth rest to us round about;' and they build and prosper.

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.

⁸And there is to Asa a force bearing target and spear, out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, bearing shield and treading bow, two hundred and eighty thousand: all these [are] mighty of valour.

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

⁹And come out unto them doth Zerah the Cushite with a force of a thousand thousand, and chariots three hundred, and he cometh in unto Mareshah,

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

¹⁰and Asa goeth out before him, and they set battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

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!

¹¹And Asa calleth unto Jehovah his God, and saith, `Jehovah! it is nothing with Thee to help, between the mighty and those who have no power; help us, O Jehovah, our God, for on Thee we have leant, and in Thy name we have come against this multitude; O Jehovah, our God thou [art]; let him not prevail with Thee -- mortal man!

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

¹²And Jehovah smiteth the Cushim before Asa, and before Judah, and the Cushim flee,

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.

¹³and Asa and the people who [are] with him pursue them even to Gerar, and there fall of the Cushim, for they have no preserving, because they have been broken before Jehovah, and before His camp; and they bear away very much spoil,

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

¹⁴and smite all the cities round about Gerar, for a fear of Jehovah hath been upon them, and they spoil all the cities, for abundant spoil hath been in them;

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

¹⁵and also tents of cattle they have smitten, and they capture sheep in abundance, and camels, and turn back to Jerusalem.