II Chronicles 15

va'azaryahu ben-oded hayetah alayw ruakh elohim

The spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.

vayyetse lifne asa vayyomer lo shema'uni asa vekhol-yehudah uvinyamin Adonai immakhem bihyotekhem immo ve'im-tidreshuhu yimmatse lakhem ve'im-ta'azvuhu ya'azov etkhem

He came to Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin; GOD is with you as long as you act faithfully. If it is [God] whom you seek, you will be answered, but if you forsake [God], you will be forsaken.

veyamim rabbim leyisra'el lelo elohe emet ulelo kohen moreh ulelo torah

Israel has gone many days without the true God, without a priest to give instruction and without Teaching.

vayyashov batsar-lo al-Adonai elohe yisra'el vayevaqshuhu vayyimmatse lahem

But in distress it returned to the ETERNAL God of Israel, whom it sought—and who, in turn, responded.

uva'ittim hahem en shalom layyotse velabba ki mehumot rabbot al kol-yosheve ha'aratsot

At those times, no wayfarer was safe, for there was much tumult among all the inhabitants of the lands.

vekhuttetu goy-begoy ve'ir be'ir ki-elohim hamamam bekhol-tsarah

Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God threw them into panic with every kind of trouble.

ve'attem khizqu ve'al-yirpu yedekhem ki yesh sakhar lifullatkhem

As for you, be strong, do not be disheartened, for there is reward for your labor.”

vekhishmoa asa haddevarim ha'elleh vehannevu'ah oded hannavi hitkhazzaq vayya'aver hashiqqutsim mikkol-erets yehudah uvinyamin umin-he'arim asher lakhad mehar efrayim vayekhaddesh et-mizbakh Adonai asher lifne ulam Adonai

When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the abominations from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He restored the altar of GOD in front of the porch of GOD.

vayyiqbots et-kol-yehudah uvinyamin vehaggarim immahem me'efrayim umenasheh umishimon ki-nafelu alayw miyyisra'el larov birotam ki-Adonai elohayw immo

He assembled all the people of Judah and Benjamin and those people of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who sojourned among them, for many in Israel had thrown in their lot with him when they saw that the ETERNAL his God was with him.

vayyiqqavetsu yerushalai͏m bakhodesh hashelishi lishnat khamesh-esreh lemalkhut asa

They were assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

vayyizbekhu la-Adonai bayyom hahu min-hashalal hevi'u baqar sheva me'ot vetson shivat alafim

They brought sacrifices to GOD on that day; they brought 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep of the spoil.

vayyavo'u vabberit lidrosh et-Adonai elohe avotehem bekhol-levavam uvekhol-nafsham

They entered into a covenant to worship the ETERNAL God of their ancestors with all their heart and with all their soul.

vekhol asher lo-yidrosh la-Adonai elohe-yisra'el yumat lemin-qaton ve'ad-gadol leme'ish ve'ad-isha

Whoever would not worship the ETERNAL God of Israel would be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

vayyishave'u la-Adonai beqol gadol uvitru'ah uvakhatsotserot uveshofarot

So they took an oath to GOD in a loud voice and with shouts, with trumpeting and blasts of the horn.

vayyismekhu khol-yehudah al-hashevu'ah ki vekhol-levavam nishba'u uvekhol-retsonam biqshuhu vayyimmatse lahem vayyanakh Adonai lahem missaviv

All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they swore with all their heart and sought [God] with all their will. In response, they were given respite on every side.

vegam-ma'akhah em asa hammelekh hesirah miggevirah asher-asetah la'asherah miflatset vayyikhrot asa et-miflatstah vayyadeq vayyisrof benakhal qidron

King Asa also deposed his mother Maacah from the rank of queen mother, because she had made an abominable thing for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa cut down her abominable thing, reduced it to dust, and burned it in the Wadi Kidron.

vehabbamot lo-saru miyyisra'el raq levav-asa hayah shalem kol-yamayw

The shrines, indeed, were not abolished in Israel; however, Asa was wholehearted [with GOD] all his life.

vayyave et-qodshe aviv veqodashayw bet ha'elohim kesef vezahav vekhelim

He brought into the House of God the things that he and his father had consecrated—silver, gold, and utensils.

umilkhamah lo hayatah ad shenat-sheloshim vekhamesh lemalkhut asa

There was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.