2 Chronicles 15
Lexham English Bible
Asa’s Religious Reforms
15 Now Azariah the son of Oded—the Spirit of God came upon him. 2 And he went out before Asa and said to him, “Hear me, O Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you while you are with him. And if you will seek him he will be found by you. But if you forsake him he will forsake you. 3 Now Israel has been without the true God many days, and without a teaching priest, and without law, 4 but at its trouble he returned to Yahweh, the God of Israel. They sought him, and he was found by them. 5 And in those times there was no peace for the one going out and the one coming in, for great tumults were upon all the inhabitants of the lands. 6 Nation was crushed by nation, and city was against city, for God threw them into confusion by all sorts of trouble. 7 But as for you, be strong and let not your hands be weak, for there is reward for your labor.”
8 And when Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the vile idols from all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of Yahweh that was in front of the portico of Yahweh.
9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and those sojourning with them, from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for many had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him. 10 And they were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 And they sacrificed to Yahweh on that day from the war booty they brought back: seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their ancestors,[a] with all their heart and with all their inmost being,[b] 13 but all who will not seek Yahweh the God of Israel should be killed, from young to old, from men to women. 14 And they took an oath to Yahweh with a great voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with horns. 15 And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they swore with all their heart. And they sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and Yahweh gave rest to them all around.
16 And also Maacah, the mother of Asa, the king removed her from being queen, because she had made a repulsive image for Asherah. And Asa cut down her repulsive image, and he crushed and burned it at the Wadi[c] Kidron. 17 But the high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was fully devoted all his days. 18 And he brought the holy objects of his father and his own holy objects into the house of God—silver and gold and vessels. 19 And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 15:12 Or “fathers”
- 2 Chronicles 15:12 Or “soul”
- 2 Chronicles 15:16 Or “valley”; a wadi is a valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
2 Cronica 15
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Mga Pagbabagong Ginawa ni Asa
15 Pinuspos ng Espiritu ng Dios si Azaria na anak ni Obed. 2 Nakipagkita siya kay Asa at sinabi, “Pakinggan nʼyo po ako Haring Asa, at lahat kayong taga-Juda at taga-Benjamin. Mananatili ang Panginoon sa inyo habang nananatili kayo sa kanya. Kung dudulog kayo sa kanya, tutulungan niya kayo. Pero kung tatalikuran nʼyo siya, tatalikuran din niya kayo. 3 Sa mahabang panahon, namuhay ang mga Israelita na walang tunay na Dios, walang paring nagtuturo sa kanila, at walang kautusan. 4 Pero sa kanilang paghihirap, dumulog sila sa Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel, at tinulungan niya sila. 5 Nang panahong iyon, mapanganib ang maglakbay dahil nagkakagulo ang mga tao. 6 Naglalaban ang mga bansa at ang mga lungsod, dahil ginulo sila ng Dios sa pamamagitan ng ibaʼt ibang mga kahirapan. 7 Pero kayo naman, magpakatapang kayo at huwag manghina dahil ang mga gawa ninyo ay gagantimpalaan.”
8 Nang marinig ni Asa ang mensahe ni Azaria na anak ni Obed, nagpakatapang siya. Inalis niya ang kasuklam-suklam na mga dios-diosan sa buong Juda at Benjamin, at sa mga bayan na kanyang inagaw sa mababang bahagi ng Efraim. Ipinaayos niya ang altar ng Panginoon na nasa harapan ng balkonahe ng templo ng Panginoon.
9 Pagkatapos, ipinatipon niya ang lahat ng mamamayan ng Juda at Benjamin, at ang mga mamamayan mula sa Efraim, Manase, at Simeon na nakatirang kasama nila. Maraming lumipat sa Juda mula sa Israel nang makita nilang si Asa ay sinasamahan ng Panginoon na kanyang Dios.
10 Nagtipon sila sa Jerusalem noong ikatlong buwan nang ika-15 taon ng paghahari ni Asa. 11 At sa oras na iyon, naghandog sila sa Panginoon ng mga hayop na kanilang nasamsam sa labanan – 700 baka at 7,000 tupa at kambing. 12 Gumawa sila ng kasunduan na dumulog sa Panginoon, ang Dios ng kanilang mga ninuno, nang buong puso nilaʼt kaluluwa. 13 Ang sinumang hindi dumulog sa Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel ay papatayin, bata man o matanda, lalaki man o babae. 14 Nangako sila sa Panginoon sa malakas na tinig na may pagsasaya at pagpapatunog ng mga trumpeta at mga trumpeta. 15 Nagsaya ang lahat ng taga-Juda dahil nangako sila nang buong puso. Dumulog sila sa Panginoon nang taimtim sa kanilang puso, at tinulungan niya sila. At binigyan niya sila ng kapayapaan sa kanilang mga kalaban kahit saan.
16 Inalis din ni Haring Asa ang kanyang lolang si Maaca sa pagkareyna nito dahil gumawa ito ng karumal-dumal na posteng simbolo ng diosang si Ashera. Ipinaputol ni Asa ang poste, ipinasibak ito, at ipinasunog sa Lambak ng Kidron. 17 Kahit hindi nawala ang mga sambahan sa matataas na lugar,[a] naging matapat pa rin si Asa sa Panginoon sa buong buhay niya. 18 Dinala niya sa templo ng Panginoon ang mga pilak, ginto at iba pang mga bagay na inihandog niya at ng kanyang ama sa Panginoon.
19 Hindi nagkaroon ng digmaan hanggang sa ika-35 taon ng paghahari ni Asa.
Footnotes
- 15:17 sambahan sa matataas na lugar: Tingnan sa Talaan ng mga Salita sa likod.
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