2. Tarihler 15

¹Ve Oded oğlu Azarias'ın üzerine Rab'bin Ruhu geldi.

²Ve Asa'yı, bütün Yahuda ve Benyamin halkını karşılamaya çıkıp şöyle dedi: "Beni dinleyin, ey Asa ve bütün Yahuda ile Benyamin halkı! Siz O'nunla birlikte olduğunuz sürece Rab de sizinledir; eğer O'nu ararsanız O size bulunacaktır, ama eğer O'nu terk ederseniz O da sizi terk edecektir.

³Ve İsrail için birçok gün gerçek olmayan bir tanrıyla, yol göstermeyen bir kahinle ve yasasızlıkla geçti.

⁴Ve onları İsrail'in Tanrısı Rab'be döndürecek ve O onlara bulunacaktır.

⁵Ve o zamanda ne dışarı çıkana ne de içeri girene esenlik vardı; çünkü ülkelerde yaşayanların hepsinin üzerine Rab'bin dehşeti çökmüştü.

⁶Ve ulus ulusa karşı, kent kente karşı savaşacak; çünkü Tanrı onları her türlü sıkıntı içinde şaşkına çevirdi.

⁷Ve siz güçlü olun, elleriniz gevşetilmesin; çünkü emeğinizin bir ödülü vardır.

⁸Ve bu sözleri ve peygamber Adad'ın peygamberliğini duyduğunda cesaret buldu; bütün Yahuda ve Benyamin topraklarından, ayrıca Yeroboam'ın Efrayim dağında ele geçirdiği kentlerden iğrenç putları söküp attı ve Rab'bin tapınağının önündeki Rab'be ait sunağı yeniledi.

⁹Ve bütün Yahuda ile Benyamin'i ve onlarla birlikte yaşayan Efrayim, Manasse ve Şimon bölgelerinden gelen mühtedileri topladı; çünkü Tanrısı Rab'bin onunle birlikte olduğunu gördüklerinde, İsrail'den pek çok kişi ona sığınmıştı.

¹⁰Ve Asa'nın krallığının on beşinci yılının üçüncü ayında Yeruşalim'de toplandılar.

¹¹Ve o gün, getirdikleri ganimetlerden Rab'be yedi yüz sığır ve yedi bin koyun kurban etti.

¹²Ve atalarının Tanrısı Rab'bi bütün yürekleriyle ve bütün canlarıyla aramak için bir antlaşmaya girdiler.

¹³Ve her kim İsrail'in Tanrısı Rab'bi aramazsa, gençten yaşlıya, erkekten kadına ölecektir.

¹⁴Ve yüksek sesle, borular ve boynuz borular eşliğinde Rab'be ant içtiler.

¹⁵Ve bütün Yahuda bu ant için sevindi; çünkü bütün canlarıyla ant içmişler ve O'nu tam bir istekle aramışlardı; O da onlara bulundu ve Rab onlara çevredekilerden huzur verdi.

¹⁶Ve annesi Maaka'yı bile Astarte'ye hizmet eden bir rahibe olmaktan azletti; onun putunu parçaladı ve Kidron Vadisi'nde yaktı.

¹⁷Ancak yüksek yerler kaldırılmadı, hala İsrail'de duruyordu; yine de Asa'nın yüreği ömrü boyunca kusursuz kaldı.

¹⁸Ve babası Davut'un kutsal adaklarını ve Tanrı'nın evinin kutsal adaklarını, gümüşü, altını ve kapları içeri getirdi.

¹⁹Ve Asa'nın krallığının otuz beşinci yılına kadar onunla birlikte bir daha savaş olmadı.

¹ΚΑΙ ᾿Αζαρίας υἱὸς ᾿Ωδήδ, ἐγένετο ἐπ’ αὐτὸν πνεῦμα Κυρίου,

²καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς ἀπάντησιν ᾿Ασὰ καὶ παντὶ ᾿Ιούδᾳ καὶ Βενιαμὶν καὶ εἶπεν· ἀκούσατέ μου, ᾿Ασὰ καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ιούδα καὶ Βενιαμίν. Κύριος μεθ’ ὑμῶν ἐν τῷ εἶναι ὑμᾶς μετ’ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐὰν ἐκζητήσητε αὐτόν, εὑρεθήσεται ὑμῖν, καὶ ἐὰν ἐγκαταλίπητε αὐτόν, ἐγκαταλείψει ὑμᾶς.

³καὶ ἡμέραι πολλαὶ τῷ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν οὐ θεῷ ἀληθινῷ καὶ οὐχ ἱερέως ὑποδεικνύοντος καὶ ἐν οὐ νόμῳ·

⁴καὶ ἐπιστρέψει αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ Κύριον Θεὸν ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ εὑρεθήσεται αὐτοῖς.

⁵καὶ ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ καιρῷ οὐκ ἔστιν εἰρήνη τῷ ἐκπορευομένῳ καὶ τῷ εἰσπορευομένῳ, ὅτι ἔκστασις Κυρίου ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὰς χώρας.

⁶καὶ πολεμήσει ἔθνος πρὸς ἔθνος καὶ πόλις πρὸς πόλιν, ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἐξέστησεν αὐτοὺς ἐν πάσῃ θλίψει.

⁷καὶ ὑμεῖς ἰσχύσατε, καὶ μὴ ἐκλυέσθωσαν αἱ χεῖρες ὑμῶν, ὅτι ἔστι μισθὸς τῇ ἐργασίᾳ ὑμῶν.

⁸καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαι τοὺς λόγους τούτους καὶ τὴν προφητείαν ᾿Αδὰδ τοῦ προφήτου καὶ κατίσχυσε καὶ ἐξέβαλε τὰ βδελύγματα ἀπὸ πάσης τῆς γῆς ᾿Ιούδα καὶ Βενιαμὶν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων, ὧν κατέσχεν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ ἐν ὄρει ᾿Εφραίμ, καὶ ἐνεκαίνισε τὸ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίου, ὃ ἦν ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ναοῦ Κυρίου.

⁹καὶ ἐξεκκλησίασε τὸν ᾿Ιούδαν καὶ Βενιαμὶν καὶ τοὺς προσηλύτους τοὺς παροικοῦντας μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ ᾿Εφραὶμ καὶ ἀπὸ Μανασσῆ καὶ ἀπὸ Συμεών, ὅτι προσετέθησαν πρὸς αὐτὸν πολλοὶ τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τῷ ἰδεῖν αὐτούς, ὅτι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτοῦ.

¹⁰καὶ συνήχθησαν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ τρίτῳ ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ τῆς βασιλείας ᾿Ασά.

¹¹καὶ ἔθυσε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀπὸ τῶν σκύλων, ὧν ἤνεγκαν, μόσχους ἑπτακοσίους καὶ πρόβατα ἑπτακισχίλια.

¹²καὶ διῆλθεν ἐν διαθήκῃ ζητῆσαι Κύριον Θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτῶν·

¹³καὶ πᾶς, ὃς ἐὰν μὴ ἐκζητήσῃ τὸν Κύριον Θεὸν τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ, ἀποθανεῖται ἀπὸ νεωτέρου ἕως πρεσβυτέρου, ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς ἕως γυναικός.

¹⁴καὶ ὤμοσαν ἐν Κυρίῳ ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ καὶ ἐν σάλπιγξι καὶ ἐν κερατίναις.

¹⁵καὶ ηὐφράνθησαν πᾶς ᾿Ιούδα περὶ τοῦ ὅρκου, ὅτι ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς ὤμοσαν καὶ ἐν πάσῃ θελήσει ἐζήτησαν αὐτόν, καὶ εὑρέθη αὐτοῖς καὶ κατέπαυσε Κύριος αὐτοῖς κυκλόθεν.

¹⁶καὶ τὴν Μααχὰ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ μετέστησε τοῦ μὴ εἶναι τῇ ᾿Αστάρτῃ λειτουργοῦσαν καὶ κατέκοψε τὸ εἴδωλον καὶ κατέκαυσεν ἐν χειμάρρῳ Κέδρων.

¹⁷πλὴν τὰ ὑψηλὰ οὐκ ἀπέστησαν, ἔτι ὑπῆρχεν ἐν τῷ ᾿Ισραήλ· ἀλλ’ ἡ καρδία ᾿Ασὰ ἐγένετο πλήρης πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας αὐτοῦ.

¹⁸καὶ εἰσήνεγκε τὰ ἅγια Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ἅγια οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον καὶ σκεύη.

¹⁹καὶ πόλεμος οὐκ ἦν μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἕως τοῦ πέμπτου καὶ τριακοστοῦ ἔτους τῆς βασιλείας ᾿Ασά.

¹And Azarias the son of Oded-- upon him came the Spirit of the Lord,

²and he went out to meet Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin, and said, Hear me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin. The Lord [is] with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him out, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

³And Israel [has been] a long time without the true God, and without a priest to expound [the truth], and without the law.

⁴But he shall turn them to the Lord God of Israel, and he will be found of them.

⁵And in that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands.

⁶And nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every [kind of] affliction.

⁷But be ye strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.

⁸And when [Asa] heard these words, and the prophesy of Adad the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Juda and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord.

⁹And he assembled Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers that dwelt with him, of Ephraim, and of Manasse, and of Symeon: for many of Israel were joined to him, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

¹⁰And they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

¹¹And he sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils which they brought, seven hundred calves and seven thousand sheep.

¹²And he entered into a covenant that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.

¹³And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel, should die, whether young or old, whether man or woman.

¹⁴And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

¹⁵And all Juda rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.

¹⁶And he removed Maacha his mother from being priestess to Astarte; and he cut down the idol, and burnt it in the brook of Kedron.

¹⁷Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

¹⁸And he brought in the holy things of David his father, and the holy things of the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.

¹⁹And there was no war [waged] with him until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.