1 و َحَلَّ رُوحُ اللهِ عَلَى عَزَرْيا بْنِ عُودِيدَ.
The Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
2 ف َذَهَبَ عَزَرْيا لِلقاءِ آسا وَقالَ لَهُ: «اسمَعُوني يا آسا، وَيا كُلَّ شَعبِ يَهُوذا وَبَنْيامِيْنَ! اللهُ مَعَكُمْ ما دُمتُمْ مَعَهُ. وَإذا طَلَبْتُمْ اللهَ ، فَسَتَجِدُونَهُ. لَكِنْ إنْ تَرَكْتُمُوهُ، فَسَيَترُكُكُمْ.
And he went out to meet Asa and said to him, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
3 ظ َلَّتْ إسْرائِيلُ زَمَناً طَويلاً مِنْ غَيْرِ اللهِ الحَقيقِيِّ. وَظَلَّ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ غَيرِ كاهِنٍ يُعَلّمُهُمْ، وَمِنْ غَيرِ شَريعَةٍ.
Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.
4 ل َكِنْ عِندَما كانَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ يُواجهُونَ ضِيقاً، كانُوا يَلجَأُونَ إلَى اللهِ ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ، مِنْ جَدِيْدٍ. كانُوا يَطلُبُونَهُ فَيَجِدُونَهُ.
But when they in their trouble turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.
5 « وَفِي أيّامِ الضِّيقِ تِلكَ، لَمْ يَكُنْ أحَدٌ يَستَطِيعُ أنْ يَتَنَّقَلَ بِأمانٍ. فَقَدْ سادَتِ الاضْطِراباتُ بَينَ الشُّعُوبِ.
And in those times there was no peace to him who went out nor to him who came in, but great and vexing afflictions and disturbances were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
6 ف َكانَتْ أُمَّةٌ تَقُومُ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ، وَمَدينَةٌ عَلَى مَدِينَةٍ، لأنَّ اللهَ ابتَلاهُمْ بكُلِّ أنواعِ الضِّيقِ.
Nation was broke in pieces against nation, and city against city, for God vexed and troubled them with all sorts of adversity.
7 أ مَّأ أنتَ وَشَعبُكَ يا آسا، فَتَشَجَّعُوا، وَلا تَضْعُفُوا، لِأنَّكُمْ سَتُكافَأُونَ عَلَى عَمَلِكُمُ الحَسَنِ!»
Be strong, therefore, and let not your hands be weak and slack, for your work shall be rewarded.
8 و َتَشَجَّعَ آسا حِينَ سَمِعَ كَلامَ النَّبِيِّ عُودِيدَ وَالرِّسالَةَ الَّتِي أعلَنَها. فَأزالَ الأوثانَ البَغِيضَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ مِنطَقَةِ يَهُوذا وَبَنْيامِيْنَ، وَمِنَ المُدُنِ الَّتِي استَولَى عَلَيها فِي مِنطَقَةِ أفْرايِمَ الجَبَليَّةِ. وَرَمَّمَ مَذبَحَ اللهِ الَّذِيِ أمامَ دِهلِيزِ بَيتِ اللهِ.
And when Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and put away the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim; and he repaired the altar of the Lord which was in front of the porch or vestibule of the Lord.
9 ث ُمَّ جَمَعَ آسا كُلَّ الشَّعبِ منْ يَهُوذا وَبَنْيامِيْنَ. وَجَمَعَ أيضاً مِنْ عَشائِر أفْرايِمَ وَمَنَسَّى وَشَمْعُونَ الجَماعاتِ الَّتِي انتَقَلَتْ مِنْ أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ إلَى أرْضِ يَهُوذا. وَقَدْ جاءَ هَؤُلاءِ النّاسُ بِأعْدادٍ كَبِيرَةٍ إلَى يَهُوذا لِأنَّهُمْ رَأَوْا أنَّ إلَهَهُ مَعَهُ.
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and the strangers with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they came over to Asa out of Israel in large numbers when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
10 ا جتَمَعَ آسا وَكُلُّ هَؤُلاءِ النّاسِ مَعاً فِي القُدسِ فِي الشَّهرِ الثّالِثِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الخامِسَةَ عَشْرَةَ لِحُكْمِ آسا.
So they gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 و َذَبَحُوا للهِ سَبْعَ مِئَةِ ثَورٍ وَسَبعَ مِئَةِ خَرُوفٍ وَماعِزٍ. وَكانَ جَيشُ آسا قَدِ استَولَى عَلَى هَذه المَواشِي وَأشياءَ ثَمِينَةٍ أُخْرَى منْ أعدائِهمْ.
And they sacrificed to the Lord on that day from the spoil which they had brought—700 oxen and 7, 000 sheep.
12 ث ُمَّ تَعاهَدُوا عَلَى أنْ يَتْبَعُوا اللهَ ، إلَهَ آبائِهُمْ، بِكُلِّ قَلُوبِهِمْ وَبِكُلِّ نَفُوسِهِمْ.
And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and to yearn for Him with all their heart’s desire and with all their soul;
13 و َكانَ كُلُّ مَنْ لا يَطلُبُ اللهَ إلَهَ إسْرائِيلَ يُقتَلُ، مَهما عَلا شَأنُهُ أوْ صَغُرَ، رَجُلاً كانَ أمِ امْرأةً.
And that whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
14 و َتَعَهَّدَ آسا وَالشَّعْبُ بِصَوتٍ مُرتَفِعٍ أنْ يَظَلُّوا أوفِياءَ للهِ. وَنَفَخُوا فِي الأبْواقِ الَّتِي مِنْ قُرُونِ الكِباشِ.
They took an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 و َفَرِحَ كُلُّ شَعبِ يَهُوذا بِهَذا العَهدِ لِأنَّهُمْ نَذَرُوا للهِ بِكُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ، وَطَلَبُوهُ طَوعاً. طَلَبُوهُ بكُلِّ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَوَجَدُوهُ، فَأعطاهُمْ اللهُ سَلاماً وَراحَةً عَلَى كُلِّ حُدُودِهِمْ.
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought Him with their whole desire, and He was found by them. And the Lord gave them rest and peace round about.
16 و َخَلَعَ آسا أُمَّهُ مَعْكَةَ كَمَلِكَةٍ أُمٍّ، لِأنَّها نَصَبَتْ عَمُوداً بَغِيضاً إكراماً للإلَهَةِ عَشْتَرُوتَ. وَهَدَمَ آسا عَمُودَ عَشْتَرُوتَ وَكَسَّرَهُ تَكسِيراً، ثُمَّ أحرَقَ أجزاءَهُ فِي وادِي قَدْرُونَ.
Also Maacah, King Asa’s mother, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her idol, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
17 ل َمْ تُنزَعِ المُرتَفَعاتُ مِنْ يَهُوذا، غَيرَ أنْ قَلْبَ آسا كانَ وَفِيّاً لِلرَّبِّ طَوالَ حَياتِهِ.
But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was blameless all his days.
18 و َوَضَعَ آسا كُلَّ ما خَصَّصَهُ هُوَ وَأبُوهُ مِنْ أشْياءَ مَصْنُوعَةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ للهِ في بَيتِ اللهِ.
And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated and those he himself had dedicated—silver and gold and vessels.
19 و َلَمْ تَنشُبْ حَربٌ حَتَّى السَّنَةِ الخامسَةِ وَالثَّلاثِينَ منْ حُكمِ آسا.
And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.