¹In Abija je legel k očetom svojim, in pokopali so ga v mestu Davidovem; in Asa, sin njegov, je zakraljeval na mestu njegovem. V dnevih njegovih je imela dežela mir deset let.

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.

²In Asa je delal, kar je bilo dobro in pravično v očeh GOSPODA, njegovega Boga;

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

³kajti odpravil je tuje oltarje in višave in je strl stebre in posekal Ašere.

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

⁴In ukazal je Judi, naj išče GOSPODA, Boga očetov svojih, in izpolnjuje postavo in zapoved.

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

⁵Odpravil je tudi iz vseh mest Judovih višave in solnčne podobe. In kraljevina je imela mir pod njim.

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

⁶In sezidal je utrjena mesta na Judovem, kajti dežela je imela mir in ni bilo vojne zoper njega v tistih letih, ker mu je GOSPOD dal pokoj.

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.

⁷Velel je namreč Judi: Zgradimo ta mesta in napravimo zidove okoli njih in stolpe, vrata in zapahe! Dežela je še pred nami, kajti iskali smo GOSPODA, svojega Boga, iskali smo ga, in dal nam je pokoj naokoli. Nato so zidali, in šlo jim je po sreči.

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.

⁸In Asa je imel vojake, ki so nosili ščite in sulice, iz Jude tristo tisoč, iz Benjamina pa, ki so nosili ščite in z loka streljali, dvesto in osemdeset tisoč; ti so vsi bili vrli junaki.

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.

⁹Prišel je pa nadnje Zerah, Etiopec, z vojsko tisočkrat tisoč mož in tristo voz; in prišel je do Marese.

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,

¹⁰Tedaj mu pride Asa nasproti, in pripravijo se na boj v dolini Zefati pri Maresi.

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

¹¹In Asa vpije h GOSPODU, Bogu svojemu, in reče: GOSPOD, pri tebi ni razločka pomagati, kjer je veliko ali kjer nobene ni moči. Pomagaj nam, o GOSPOD, Bog naš! zakaj na tebe se opiramo in v tvojem imenu smo prišli zoper to množico. Ti, GOSPOD, si naš Bog; zoper tebe noben smrtnik ne premore ničesar!

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!

¹²In GOSPOD je udaril Etiopce pred Asom in pred Judo; in Etiopci so zbežali.

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

¹³Asa pa in ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njem, jih je zasledovalo do Gerarja, in padlo jih je iz Etiopcev toliko, da se niso mogli okrepiti, kajti strti so bili pred GOSPODOM in pred njegovo vojsko. In Judovi so odnesli silno veliko plena.

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,

¹⁴In udarili so vsa mesta okoli Gerarja, kajti strah Božji jih je obšel; in oplenili so vsa mesta, ker je bilo veliko plena v njih.Vdrli so tudi v ovčje staje in odvedli veliko ovac in velblodov ter so se vrnili v Jeruzalem.

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;

¹⁵Vdrli so tudi v ovčje staje in odvedli veliko ovac in velblodov ter so se vrnili v Jeruzalem.

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