Secondo libro delle Cronache 16

DIODATI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 L’ANNO trentesimosesto del regno di Asa, Baasa, re d’Israele, salì contro a Giuda, ed edificò Rama, per non lasciar nè uscire nè entrare alcuno ad Asa, re di Giuda.	1 Then, in the thirty-sixth year of his reign, Baasha, the king of Israel, ascended against Judah. And he encircled Ramah with a wall, so that no one could safely depart or enter from the kingdom of Asa.
2 Laonde Asa trasse fuori argento, ed oro, da’ tesori dalla Casa del Signore, e della casa reale, e lo mandò a Benhadad, re di Siria, il quale abitava in Damasco, dicendo:	2 Therefore, Asa brought forth silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the Lord, and from the treasuries of the king. And he sent to Benhadad, the king of Syria, who was living in Damascus, saying:
3 Siavi lega fra me e te come è stata fra tuo padre e mio padre; ecco, io ti mando oro ed argento; va’, rompi la lega che tu hai con Baasa, re d’Israele, acciocchè egli si ritragga da me.	3 “There is a pact between me and you. Also, my father and your father had an agreement. For this reason, I have sent silver and gold to you, so that you may break the pact that you have with Baasha, the king of Israel, and so that you may cause him to withdraw from me.”
4 E Benhadad acconsentì al re Asa, e mandò i capitani de’ suoi eserciti contro alle città d’Israele; ed essi percossero Ion, e Dan, ed Abel-maim, e tutte le città da magazzini di Neftali.	4 And when he verified this, Benhadad sent the leaders of his armies to the cities of Israel. And they struck Ahion, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the walled cities of Naphtali.
5 E quando Baasa ebbe ciò inteso, restò d’edificar Rama, e fece cessare il suo lavoro.	5 And when Baasha had heard of it, he ceased to build around Ramah, and he interrupted his work.
6 Allora il re Asa prese tutto il popolo di Giuda; ed essi portarono via le pietre e il legname di Rama, la quale Baasa edificava; ed egli ne edificò Ghibea e Mispa	6 Then king Asa took all of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and the wood that Baasha had prepared for the things to be built. And he built up Gibeah and Mizpah with them.
7 Ed in quel tempo il veggente Hanani venne ad Asa, re di Giuda, e gli disse: Perciocchè tu ti sei appoggiato sopra il re di Siria, e non ti sei appoggiato sopra il Signore Iddio tuo, per ciò l’esercito del re di Siria ti è scampato dalle mani.	7 In that time, the prophet Hanani went to Asa, the king of Judah, and he said to him: “Because you have faith in the king of Syria, and not in the Lord your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
8 Gli Etiopi ed i Libii non erano essi un grande esercito, con grandissimo numero di carri e di cavalieri? e pure, perchè tu ti appoggiasti sopra il Signore, egli te li diede nelle mani.	8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceedingly great multitude? Yet when you believed in the Lord, he delivered them into your hand.
9 Conciossiachè gli occhi del Signore corrano per tutta la terra, per mostrarsi potente in favor di coloro che hanno il cuore intiero inverso lui; tu hai follemente fatto in questa cosa; perciocchè da ora innanzi tu avrai sempre guerre.	9 For the eyes of the Lord contemplate the entire earth, and offer fortitude to those who believe in him with a perfect heart. And so, you acted foolishly. And so, because of this, from the present time wars shall rise up against you.”
10 Ed Asa s’indegnò contro al veggente, e lo fece incarcerare; perciocchè era in gran cruccio contro a lui per ciò. Asa ancora oppressò in quel tempo alcuni del popolo.	10 And Asa was angry against the seer, and he ordered him to be sent into prison. For indeed, he had been very indignant over this. And in that time, he put to death very many of the people.
11 Or ecco, i fatti di Asa, primi ed ultimi, sono scritti nel libro dei re di Giuda e d’Israele.	11 But the works of Asa, the first and the last, have been written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12 Ed Asa, l’anno trentanovesimo del suo regno, infermò de’ piedi, e la sua infermità fu strema, e pure ancora nella sua infermità egli non ricercò il Signore, anzi i medici.	12 And now Asa became ill, in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, with a very severe pain in his feet. And yet, in his infirmity, he did not seek the Lord. Instead, he trusted more in the skill of physicians.
13 Ed Asa giacque co’ suoi padri, e morì l’anno quarantunesimo del suo regno;	13 And he slept with his fathers. And he died in the forty-first year of his reign.
14 e fu seppellito nella sua sepoltura, la quale egli si avea cavata nella Città di Davide; e fu posto in un cataletto che egli avea empiuto d’aromati, e d’odori composti per arte di profumiere; e gliene fu arsa una grandissima quantità	14 And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which he had made for himself in the City of David. And they placed him upon his bed, full of the aromatics and ointments of courtesans, which were composed with the skill of the perfumers. And they burned these over him with very great ostentation.