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歷代志下 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

亞撒的改革

15 上帝的靈降在俄德的兒子亞撒利雅身上， 2 他便出來迎接亞撒，對他說：「亞撒啊，所有的猶大人和便雅憫人啊，請聽我說！你們若順從耶和華，祂必與你們同在。你們若尋求祂，祂必讓你們尋見。你們若背棄祂，祂必離棄你們。 3 以色列人已經許久沒有真神，沒有祭司教導，也沒有律法。 4 然而，他們在患難時歸向以色列的上帝耶和華，尋求祂，祂就讓他們尋見。 5 那時，人們出入不得平安，因為各地都有動亂。 6 邦國與邦國、城邑與城邑互相攻擊破壞，因為上帝用各樣的災難擾亂他們。 7 但你們要剛強，不要雙手發軟，因為你們必因所行的而得獎賞。」

8 亞撒聽了俄德的兒子亞撒利雅先知的預言，就鼓起勇氣在猶大和便雅憫全境以及他在以法蓮山區奪取的各城邑剷除可憎的神像，並在耶和華殿的走廊前重修耶和華的祭壇。

9 當時，有許多以法蓮人、瑪拿西人和西緬人看見亞撒的上帝耶和華與他同在，就從以色列來投奔他，寄居在猶大。亞撒把他們和所有的猶大人與便雅憫人都招聚在一起。 10 亞撒執政第十五年三月，他們聚集在耶路撒冷。 11 當天，他們從擄物中取出七百頭牛和七千隻羊獻給耶和華。 12 他們又與他們祖先的上帝耶和華立約，要全心全意地尋求祂。 13 凡不尋求以色列的上帝耶和華的，無論男女老幼，一律處死。 14 他們高聲向耶和華起誓，並吹響號角。 15 猶大人都為所起的誓而歡喜快樂，因他們誠心起誓、誠意尋求耶和華，耶和華就讓他們尋見，並賜他們四境平安。

16 亞撒王廢除了他祖母瑪迦的太后之位，因為她造了可憎的亞舍拉神像。亞撒將她的神像砍倒、打碎，燒毀在汲淪溪旁。 17 儘管他還沒有把邱壇從以色列除去，但他一生對耶和華忠心。 18 他將他父親和自己奉獻給上帝的金銀及器皿都帶到上帝的殿裡。

19 從那時直到亞撒執政第三十五年，國中都沒有戰爭。

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2 Chronicles 15
New English Translation

15 God’s Spirit came upon Azariah son of Oded. 2 He met[a] Asa and told him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him.[b] If you seek him, he will respond to you,[c] but if you reject him, he will reject you. 3 For a long time[d] Israel had not sought the one true God, or a priest to instruct them, or the law. 4 Because of their distress, they turned back to the Lord God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them.[e] 5 In those days[f] no one could travel safely,[g] for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands.[h] 6 One nation was crushed by another, and one city by another, for God caused them to be in great turmoil.[i] 7 But as for you, be strong and don’t get discouraged,[j] for your work will be rewarded.”[k]

8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged.[l] He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the Lord in front of the porch of the Lord’s temple.[m]

9 He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers[n] from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live[o] when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. 10 They assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign. 11 At that time[p] they sacrificed to the Lord some of the plunder they had brought back, including 700 head of cattle and 7,000 sheep.[q] 12 They solemnly agreed[r] to seek the Lord God of their ancestors[s] with their whole heart and being. 13 Anyone who would not seek the Lord God of Israel would be executed, whether they were young or old,[t] male or female. 14 They swore their allegiance to the Lord, shouting their approval loudly and sounding trumpets and horns.[u] 15 All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the Lord and he responded to them.[v] He made them secure on every side.[w]

16 King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother[x] from her position as queen mother[y] because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her loathsome pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 17 The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.[z] 18 He brought the holy items that his father and he had made into God’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.[aa]

Asa’s Failures

19 There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 15:2 tn Heb “went out before.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 15:2 tn Heb “when you are with him.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 15:2 tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 15:3 tn Heb “Many days.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 15:4 tn Heb “and he allowed himself to be found by them.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 15:5 tn Heb “times.”
  7. 2 Chronicles 15:5 tn Heb “there was no peace for the one going out or the one coming in.”
  8. 2 Chronicles 15:5 tn Heb “for great confusion was upon all the inhabitants of the lands.”
  9. 2 Chronicles 15:6 tn Heb “threw them into confusion with all distress.”
  10. 2 Chronicles 15:7 tn Heb “and let not your hands drop.”
  11. 2 Chronicles 15:7 tn Heb “for there is payment for your work.”
  12. 2 Chronicles 15:8 tn Heb “strengthened himself.”
  13. 2 Chronicles 15:8 tn Heb “the porch of the Lord.”
  14. 2 Chronicles 15:9 tn Or “foreign residents.”
  15. 2 Chronicles 15:9 tn Heb “had fallen upon him.”
  16. 2 Chronicles 15:11 tn Or “In that day.”
  17. 2 Chronicles 15:11 tn The Hebrew term צֹאן (tsoʾn) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or goats only, but their is nothing in the immediate context here to specify one or the other.
  18. 2 Chronicles 15:12 tn Heb “entered into a covenant.”
  19. 2 Chronicles 15:12 tn Heb “fathers.”
  20. 2 Chronicles 15:13 tn Heb “whether small or great.”
  21. 2 Chronicles 15:14 tn Heb “with a loud voice and with a shout of joy and with trumpets and with horns.”
  22. 2 Chronicles 15:15 tn Heb “and with all their desire they sought him and he allowed himself to be found by them.”
  23. 2 Chronicles 15:15 tn Heb “and the Lord gave them rest all around.”
  24. 2 Chronicles 15:16 tn Heb “mother,” but Hebrew often uses “father” and “mother” for grandparents and even more remote ancestors.
  25. 2 Chronicles 15:16 tn The Hebrew term גְּבִירָה (gevirah) can denote “queen” or “queen mother” depending on the context. Here the latter is indicated, since Maacah was the wife of Rehoboam and mother of Abijah.
  26. 2 Chronicles 15:17 tn Heb “yet the heart of Asa was complete all his days.”
  27. 2 Chronicles 15:18 tn Heb “and he brought the holy things of his father and his holy things [into] the house of God, silver, gold, and items.”
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