1 N o trigésimo sexto ano do reinado de Asa, Baasa, rei de Israel, subiu contra Judá e edificou a Ramá, para não deixar ninguém sair nem entrar para Asa, rei de Judá.

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.

2 E ntão Asa tirou a prata e o ouro dos tesouros da casa do Senhor, e da casa do rei, e enviou mensageiros a Bene-Hadade, rei da Síria, que habitava em Damasco, dizendo:

Then Asa brought out silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the king’s house, and sent them to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,

3 H aja aliança entre mim e ti, como havia entre meu pai e o teu. Eis que te envio prata e ouro; vai, pois, e rompe a sua aliança com Baasa, rei de Israel, para que se retire de mim.

“ Let there be a treaty between you and me, as between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me.”

4 E Bene-Hadade deu ouvidos ao rei Asa, e enviou os comandantes dos seus exércitos contra as cidades de Israel, os quais feriram Ijom, Dã, Abel-Maim e todas as cidades-armazéns de Naftali.

So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and they conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim and all the store cities of Naphtali.

5 E tendo Baasa notícia disto, cessou de edificar a Ramá, e não continuou a sua obra.

When Baasha heard of it, he ceased fortifying Ramah and stopped his work.

6 E ntão o rei Asa tomou todo o Judá, e eles levaram as pedras de Ramá, e a sua madeira, com que Baasa edificara; e com elas edificou Geba e Mizpá.

Then King Asa brought all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had been building, and with them he fortified Geba and Mizpah. Asa Imprisons the Prophet

7 N aquele mesmo tempo veio Hanâni, o vidente, ter com Asa, rei de Judá, e lhe disse: Porque confiaste no rei da Síria, e não confiaste no Senhor teu Deus, por isso o exército do rei da Síria escapou da tua mão.

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, “ Because you have relied on the king of Aram and have not relied on the Lord your God, therefore the army of the king of Aram has escaped out of your hand.

8 P orventura não foram os etíopes e os líbios um grande exército, com muitíssimos carros e cavaleiros? Confiando tu, porém, no Senhor, ele os entregou nas mãos.

Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim an immense army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the Lord, He delivered them into your hand.

9 P orque, quanto ao Senhor, seus olhos passam por toda a terra, para mostrar-se forte a favor daqueles cujo coração é perfeito para com ele; nisto procedeste loucamente, pois desde agora haverá guerras contra ti.

For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars.”

10 E ntão Asa, indignado contra o vidente, lançou-o na casa do tronco, porque estava enfurecido contra ele por causa disto; também nesse mesmo tempo Asa oprimiu alguns do povo.

Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him for this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

11 E is que os atos de Asa, desde os primeiros até os últimos, estão escritos no livro dos reis de Judá e de Israel.

Now, the acts of Asa from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

12 N o ano trinta e nove do seu reinado Asa caiu doente dos pés; e era mui grave a sua enfermidade; e nem mesmo na enfermidade buscou ao Senhor, mas aos médicos.

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa became diseased in his feet. His disease was severe, yet even in his disease he did not seek the Lord, but the physicians.

13 E Asa dormiu com seus pais, morrendo no ano quarenta e um do seu reinado.

So Asa slept with his fathers, having died in the forty-first year of his reign.

14 E o sepultaram no sepulcro que tinha cavado para si na cidade de Davi, havendo-o deitado na cama, que se enchera de perfumes e de diversas especiarias preparadas segundo a arte dos perfumistas; e destas coisas fizeram-lhe uma grande queima.

They buried him in his own tomb which he had cut out for himself in the city of David, and they laid him in the resting place which he had filled with spices of various kinds blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire for him.