¹So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

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.

²Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Yahweh his God:

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

³for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,

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

⁴and commanded Judah to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

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

⁵Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

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

⁶He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.

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

⁷For he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities, and make walls around them, with towers, gates, and bars. The land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

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.

⁸Asa had an army that bore bucklers and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred eighty thousand: all these were mighty men of valor.

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.

⁹There came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.

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

¹⁰Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

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

¹¹Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, “Yahweh, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God. Don’t let man prevail against you.”

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!

¹²So Yahweh struck the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.

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

¹³Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Yahweh, and before his army; and they carried away very much booty.

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.

¹⁴They struck all the cities around Gerar; for the fear of Yahweh came on them: and they despoiled all the cities; for there was much spoil in them.

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

¹⁵They struck also the tents of livestock, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.

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