| 1 El espíritu de Dios vino sobre Azarías, hijo de Oded. | 1 The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded, |
| 2 Salió al encuentro de Asá y le dijo: «Escuchadme, Asá, los de Judá y los benjaminitas: El Señor estará con vosotros, si vosotros estáis con él; si lo buscáis, se dejará encontrar; pero si lo abandonáis, os abandonará. | 2 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 Durante mucho tiempo Israel estuvo sin Dios verdadero, sin sacerdote que enseñase y sin ley. | 3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law; |
| 4 Pero en su angustia se volvieron al Señor, Dios de Israel; lo buscaron, y se dejó encontrar. | 4 but when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them. |
| 5 En aquellos tiempos no había paz para nadie, sino grandes terrores para todos los habitantes del país. | 5 In those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands. |
| 6 Se enfrentaban pueblo contra pueblo y ciudad contra ciudad, porque Dios los aturdía con toda clase de aflicciones. | 6 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation and city against city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress. |
| 7 Pero vosotros esforzaos; que no desfallezcan vuestras manos, pues vuestras obras tendrán recompensa». | 7 But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded." |
| 8 Al oír Asá estas palabras y esta profecía de Azarías, hijo de Oded, se animó a suprimir los ídolos del territorio de Judá y Benjamín y de las ciudades que había conquistado en la serranía de Benjamín, y reparó el altar del Señor que estaba delante del vestíbulo. | 8 When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, 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 that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the LORD. |
| 9 Luego reunió a los de Judá, a los benjaminitas y a los de Efraín, Manasés y Simeón que residían entre ellos, pues muchos israelitas se habían pasado a él al ver que el Señor, su Dios, estaba con él. | 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were sojourning with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. |
| 10 Se reunieron en Jerusalén en el mes tercero del año quince del reinado de Asá. | 10 They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. |
| 11 Aquel día sacrificaron al Señor setecientos toros y siete mil ovejas del botín que habían traído, | 11 They sacrificed to the LORD on that day, from the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. |
| 12 y se comprometieron a buscar al Señor, el Dios de sus padres, con todo su corazón y con toda su alma, | 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul; |
| 13 y a condenar a muerte a todo el que no buscara al Señor, Dios de Israel, fuera grande o pequeño, hombre o mujer. | 13 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 Así lo juraron al Señor a grandes voces, entre vítores y al son de trompetas y cuernos. | 14 They took oath to the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns. |
| 15 Todos los de Judá festejaron el juramento: lo habían hecho con todo el corazón, buscando al Señor con plena voluntad. El Señor se dejó encontrar por ellos y les dio la paz con sus vecinos. | 15 And all Judah rejoiced over the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the LORD gave them rest round about. |
| 16 El rey Asá llegó a quitar a su madre Maacá el título de Reina Madre por haber hecho una abominable imagen de Astarté. Asá destruyó la imagen, la redujo a polvo y la quemó en el torrente Cedrón. | 16 Even Maacah, his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron. |
| 17 Con todo, no desaparecieron los santuarios de los altos, pese a que el corazón de Asá fue perfecto durante su vida. | 17 But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was blameless all his days. |
| 18 Llevó al templo del Señor las ofrendas consagradas por su padre y las suyas propias: plata, oro y utensilios. | 18 And he brought into the house of God the votive gifts of his father and his own votive gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels. |
| 19 No hubo guerra hasta el año treinta y cinco del reinado de Asá. | 19 And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa. |
