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 rule, King Baasha of Israel came to fight against Judah. He began building a wall around Ramah to stop anyone from going out or coming in to King Asa 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 took silver and gold from the store-rooms of the house of the Lord and the king’s house. He sent them to King Ben-hadad of Syria, 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 an agreement between you and me, as between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Go and break your agreement with King Baasha of Israel so that he will leave 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.

Ben-hadad listened to King Asa. He sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel. They destroyed Ijon, Dan, Abelmaim, 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 about it, he stopped building the wall around Ramah.

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 the people of Judah. And they carried away the stones and wood of the wall which Baasha had been building around Ramah. Asa used them to build Geba and Mizpah. Hanani’s Words to Asa

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 man of God came to King Asa of Judah and said to him, “You have put your trust in the king of Syria and not in the Lord your God. So the army of the king of Syria got away from you.

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 Libyans a very large army with war-wagons? But because you trusted in the Lord, He gave 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 over all the earth so that He may give strength to those whose whole heart is given to Him. You have done a foolish thing. So from now on you will 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 man of God. He put him in prison because he was angry at him for this. And Asa made it hard for some of the people at the same time. The End of Asa’s Rule

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, 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.

A disease came into Asa’s feet in the thirty-ninth year of his rule. His disease was bad. But even in his disease, he did not trust in the Lord, but in the doctors.

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

So Asa slept with his fathers. He died in the forty-first year of his rule.

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 grave which he had cut out for himself in the city of David. They laid him in the place of rest which he had filled with different kinds of spices mixed by those who work with perfumes. And they made a very big fire in his honor.