¹V šestintridesetem letu Asovega kraljevanja pride gori Baasa, kralj Izraelov, proti Judi in sezida Ramo, da bi nihče ne mogel hoditi sem ali tja od strani Asa, kralja Judovega.

¹In the thirty and sixth year of the reign of Asa, come up hath Baasha king of Israel, against Judah, and buildeth Ramah, so as not to permit any going out and coming in to Asa king of Judah.

²Tedaj pobere Asa srebro in zlato iz zakladnic hiše GOSPODOVE in hiše kraljeve ter pošlje k Ben-hadadu, kralju sirskemu, ki je prebival v Damasku, in sporoči:

²And Asa bringeth out silver and gold from the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and of the house of the king, and sendeth unto Ben-Hadad king of Aram, who is dwelling in Damascus, saying,

³Zaveza je med menoj in teboj, kakor je bila med mojim in tvojim očetom; glej, pošiljam ti srebra in zlata; pojdi, razderi zavezo svojo z Baasom, kraljem Izraelovim, da se umakne od mene.

³`A covenant [is] between me and thee, and between my father and thy father, lo, I have sent to thee silver and gold; go, break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel, and he doth go up from off me.'

⁴In Ben-hadad je ugodil kralju Asu in pošlje vojsk svojih poveljnike zoper mesta Izraelova, in udarijo Ijon, Dan in Abel-maim in vsa mesta Neftalijeva, v katerih so bila skladišča.

⁴And Ben-Hadad hearkeneth unto king Asa, and sendeth the heads of the forces that he hath unto cities of Israel, and they smite Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Maim, and all the stores, cities of Naphtali.

⁵In ko je Baasa slišal o tem, je nehal zidati Ramo in opustil delo svoje.

⁵And it cometh to pass, at Baasha's hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and letteth his work rest;

⁶Tedaj vzame Asa vse Judovce in jim veli odnesti od Rame kamenje in les, s katerim je gradil Baasa; in sezidali so s tem Gebo in Micpo.

⁶and Asa the king hath taken all Judah, and they bear away the stones of Ramah, and its wood, that Baasha hath built, and he buildeth with them Geba and Mizpah.

⁷In tisti čas pride Hanani, videc, k Asu, kralju Judovemu, in mu reče: Ker si se opiral na kralja sirskega in se nisi zanašal na GOSPODA, Boga svojega, zato je sirskega kralja vojna moč ubežala tvoji roki.

⁷And at that time hath Hanani the seer come in unto Asa king of Judah, and saith unto him, `Because of thy leaning on the king of Aram, and thou hast not leaned on Jehovah thy God, therefore hath the force of the king of Aram escaped from thy hand.

⁸Niso li imeli Etiopci in Lubimi velikanske vojske in jako mnogo voz in konjikov? Vendar, ker si se opiral ob GOSPODA, ti jih je dal v roko.

⁸Did not the Cushim and the Lubim become a very great force for multitude, for chariot, and for horsemen? and in thy leaning on Jehovah He gave them into thy hand,

⁹Zakaj oči GOSPODOVE gledajo po vsej zemlji, da se izkaže močnega pri teh, katerih srce je nerazdeljeno proti njemu. V tem si nespametno storil, kajti poslej boš imel vojne.

⁹for Jehovah -- His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong [for] a people whose heart [is] perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because -- henceforth there are with thee wars.'

¹⁰In Asa se razsrdi nad vidcem in ga dene v ječo; kajti jezen je bil nad njim za to reč. In Asa je tisti čas delal silo nekaterim iz ljudstva.

¹⁰And Asa is angry at the seer, and giveth him to the house of torture, for [he is] in a rage with him for this; and Asa oppresseth [some] of the people at that time.

¹¹In glej, zgodbe Asove, prve in poslednje, zapisane so v knjigi kraljev Judovih in Izraelovih.

¹¹And lo, the matters of Asa, the first and the last, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

¹²V devetintridesetem letu svojega kraljevanja je pa zbolel Asa na nogah, in bolezen njegova je bila silno huda. A tudi v svoji bolezni ni iskal GOSPODA, ampak zdravnikov.

¹²And Asa is diseased -- in the thirty and ninth year of his reign -- in his feet, till his disease is excessive, and also in his disease he hath not sought Jehovah, but among physicians.

¹³In legel je Asa k očetom svojim in umrl v štiridesetem in prvem letu kraljevanja svojega.In pokopali so ga v njegovem grobu, ki si ga je izsekal v mestu Davidovem, položivši ga na ležišče njegovo, ki je bilo napolnjeno z dišečim kadilom in različnimi dišavami, narejenimi na lekarnarski način; in so zanj napravili silno velik ogenj.

¹³And Asa lieth with his fathers, and dieth in the forty and first year of his reign,

¹⁴In pokopali so ga v njegovem grobu, ki si ga je izsekal v mestu Davidovem, položivši ga na ležišče njegovo, ki je bilo napolnjeno z dišečim kadilom in različnimi dišavami, narejenimi na lekarnarski način; in so zanj napravili silno velik ogenj.

¹⁴and they bury him in [one of] his graves, that he had prepared for himself in the city of David, and they cause him to lie on a bed that [one] hath filled [with] spices, and divers kinds of mixtures, with perfumed work; and they burn for him a burning -- very great.