¹Vtedy prišiel Duch Boží na Azariáša, syna Odédovho,

¹And upon Azariah son of Oded hath been the Spirit of God,

²a vyšiel proti Azovi a riekol mu: Počujte ma, Aza i celý Júda i Benjamin! Hospodin bol s vami, kým ste boli s ním a keď ho budete hľadať, dá sa vám najsť; ale ak ho opustíte, opustí vás.

²and he goeth out before Asa, and saith to him, `Hear, me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; Jehovah [is] with you -- in your being with Him, and if ye seek Him, He is found of you, and if ye forsake Him, He forsaketh you;

³A stávalo sa už Izraelovi po mnohé dni, že bol bez pravého Boha, bez kňaza-učiteľa a bez zákona.

³and many days [are] to Israel without a true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law,

⁴A keď sa vo svojej úzkosti obrátil k Hospodinovi, Bohu Izraelovmu, a keď ho hľadali, dal sa im najsť.

⁴and it turneth back in its distress unto Jehovah, God of Israel, and they seek Him, and He is found of them,

⁵Ale v takých časoch bez pravého Boha niet pokoja ani tomu, kto vychádza, ani tomu, kto vchádza, lebo veľký nepokoj, a mnoho ráz, vládne nad všetkými obyvateľmi zemí,

⁵and in those times there is no peace to him who is going out, and to him who is coming in, for many troubles [are] on all the inhabitants of the lands,

⁶a sú drtení národ národom a mesto mestom, pretože Bôh ich desí všelijakými úzkosťami.

⁶and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity;

⁷Preto tedy vy buďte silní, a nech nesklesnú vaše ruky zomdlejúc, lebo vaša práca má svoju mzdu.

⁷and ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.'

⁸A keď počul Aza tie slová a proroctvo proroka Odéda, posilnil sa a odpratal ošklivosti z celej zeme Júdovej a Benjaminovej ako i z miest, ktoré zaujal z pohoria Efraimovho, a obnovil oltár Hospodinov, ktorý bol pred dvoranou Hospodinovou.

⁸And at Asa's hearing these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he hath strengthened himself, and doth cause the abominations to pass away out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities that he hath captured from the hill-country of Ephraim, and reneweth the altar of Jehovah that [is] before the porch of Jehovah,

⁹Potom shromaždil celé pokolenie Júdovo i Benjaminovo i cudzincov, ktorí spolu bývali s nimi, z Efraima, z Manassesa a zo Simeona, lebo ich mnoho prebehlo k nemu z Izraela vidiac, že Hospodin, jeho Bôh, je s ním.

⁹and gathereth all Judah and Benjamin, and the sojourners with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon -- for they have fallen unto him from Israel in abundance, in their seeing that Jehovah his God [is] with him.

¹⁰A shromaždili sa do Jeruzalema v treťom mesiaci pätnásteho roku kráľovstva Azovho.

¹⁰And they are gathered to Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,

¹¹A obetovali Hospodinovi toho dňa z koristi, ktorú dohnali, sedemsto volov a sedem tisíc oviec.

¹¹and sacrifice to Jehovah on that day from the spoil they have brought in -- oxen seven hundred, and sheep seven thousand,

¹²A vošli v smluvu, že budú hľadať Hospodina, Boha svojich otcov, celým svojím srdcom a celou svojou dušou.

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

¹³A že každý, kto by nehľadal Hospodina, Boha Izraelovho, zomrie, či malý či veľký, či muž či žena.

¹³and every one who doth not seek for Jehovah, God of Israel, is put to death, from small unto great, from man unto woman.

¹⁴A prisahali Hospodinovi veľkým hlasom a radostným krikom trúbiac na trúby a na poľnice.

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

¹⁵A celý Júda sa radoval prísahe, lebo prisahali celým svojím srdcom a hľadali ho celou svojou chuťou, a dal sa im najsť. A Hospodin im dal odpočinutia zo všetkých strán.

¹⁵and rejoice do all Judah concerning the oath, for with all their heart they have sworn, and with all their good-will they have sought Him, and He is found of them, and Jehovah giveth rest to them round about.

¹⁶I Maachu, matku kráľa Azu, odstránil, aby nebola kráľovnou, pretože bola spravila ohavu - modlu pre háj. Ale Aza vyťal jej ohavnú modlu a rozdrvil a spálil pri potoku Kidrone.

¹⁶And also Maachah, mother of Asa the king -- he hath removed her from [being] mistress, in that she hath made for a shrine a horrible thing, and Asa cutteth down her horrible thing, and beateth [it] small, and burneth [it] by the brook Kidron:

¹⁷No, napriek tomu len neustúpily výšiny z Izraela, iba toľko, že srdce Azovo bolo celé s Hospodinom po všetky jeho dni.

¹⁷yet the high places have not turned aside from Israel; only, the heart of Asa hath been perfect all his days.

¹⁸A vniesol posvätené veci svojho otca i svoje vlastné posvätené veci do domu Božieho, striebro, zlato a nádoby.

¹⁸And he bringeth in the sanctified things of his father, and his own sanctified things, to the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.

¹⁹A nebolo vojny až do tridsiateho a piateho roku kráľovstva Azovho.

¹⁹And war hath not been till the thirty and fifth year of the reign of Asa.