2 Chronicles 15

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	Biblija Hrvatski
1 Upon Azariah, son of Oded, came the spirit of God.	1 Tada duh Božji dođe na Odedova sina Azarju.
2 He went forth to meet Asa and said to him: "Hear me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are with him, and if you seek him he will be present to you; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.	2 On je izišao pred Asu i rekao mu: »Čujte me, Asa i sve Judino i Benjaminovo pleme! Jahve je s vama jer ste vi s njime; i ako ga budete tražili, naći ćete ga; ako li ga ostavite, i on će ostaviti vas.
3 For a long time Israel had no true God, no priest-teacher and no law,	3 Dugo su Izraelci bili bez pravoga Boga i bez svećenika-učitelja i bez Zakona.
4 but when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was present to them.	4 Kad su se u nevolji obratili Jahvi, Bogu Izraelovu, i stali ga tražiti, našli su ga.
5 In that former time there was no peace for anyone to go or come, but there were many terrors upon the inhabitants of the lands.	5 U ona vremena nitko nije mogao na miru ni izlaziti ni dolaziti, jer su veliki nemiri vladali među svim zemaljskim stanovnicima.
6 Nation crushed nation and city crushed city, for God destroyed them by every kind of adversity.	6 Udarao je narod na narod, grad na grad, jer ih je Jahve smeo svakojakom nevoljom.
7 But as for you, be strong and do not relax, for your work shall be rewarded."	7 Ali vi budite hrabri i neka vam ne klonu ruke, jer ima nagrada za vaša djela.«
8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy (Oded the prophet), he was encouraged to remove the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had taken in the highlands of Ephraim, and to restore the altar of the LORD which was before the vestibule of the LORD.	8 Čuvši te riječi i proročku besjedu proroka Odeda, Asa se ohrabri i ukloni idolske gadove iz cijele Judine i Benjaminove zemlje i iz gradova koje je bio osvojio u Efrajimovoj gori. Obnovio je i Jahvin žrtvenik koji je bio pred Jahvinim trijemom.
9 Then he convened all Judah and Benjamin, together with those of Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who sojourned with them; for many had fled to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD, his God, was with him.	9 Onda je skupio sve Judino i Benjaminovo pleme i došljake koji su bili kod njih od Efrajimova, Manašeova i Šimunova plemena, jer ih je mnogo prebjeglo k njemu od Izraelaca kad su vidjeli da je s njim Jahve, njegov Bog.
10 They gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign,	10 I skupili su se u Jeruzalemu trećega mjeseca petnaeste godine Asina kraljevanja.
11 and sacrificed to the LORD at that time seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep of the booty they had brought.	11 Onoga su dana prinijeli Jahvi žrtve od plijena koji su dognali, sedam stotina goveda i sedam tisuća sitne stoke.
12 They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul;	12 Zavjetovaše se da će tražiti Jahvu, Boga svojih otaca, svim srcem i svom dušom.
13 and everyone who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.	13 A tko god ne bi tražio Jahvu, Izraelova Boga, da se pogubi, bio malen ili velik, čovjek ili žena.
14 They swore to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting and with trumpets and horns.	14 Zakleli su se Jahvi iza glasa i uz gromki poklik, uz trube i rogove.
15 All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with their whole heart and sought him with complete desire, so that he was present to them. And the LORD gave them rest on every side.	15 Svi su se Judejci radovali zbog te zakletve jer su se iz svega srca zakleli i od sve su ga svoje volje tražili i našli ga. Jahve im je dao mir odasvud uokolo.
16 Maacah, the mother of King Asa, he deposed as queen mother because she had made an outrageous object for Asherah; Asa cut this down, smashed it, and burnt it in the Kidron Valley.	16 I svoju mater Maaku ukloni kralj Asa s vlasti jer je bila načinila gada Ašeri. Asa je sasjekao njezina gada, satro ga i spalio u potoku Kidronu.
17 Although the high places did not disappear from Israel, yet Asa's heart was undivided as long as he lived.	17 Ali uzvišice nisu bile uklonjene iz Izraela. Ipak je Asino srce bilo privrženo Jahvi svega njegova života.
18 He brought into the house of God his father's votive offerings and his own: silver, gold, and various utensils.	18 Unio je u dom Božji posvećene darove svoga oca i svoje: srebro i zlato i posuđe.
19 There was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.	19 Nije bilo rata sve do trideset i pete godine Asina kraljevanja.