2 Chronicles 16
1 In the thirty-sixth year of the rule of Asa, Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah so that no one was able to go out or in to Asa, king of Judah.
Men i Asas seks og tredivte Regeringsår drog Kong Ba'sja af Israel op imod Juda og befæstede Rama for at hindre, at nogen af Kong Asa af Judas Folk drog ud og ind.
2 Then Asa took silver and gold out of the stores of the Lord's house and of the king's store-house, and sent to Ben-hadad, king of Aram, at Damascus, saying,
Da tog Asa Sølv og Guld ud af Skatkamrene i HERRENs Hus og i Kongens Palads og sendte det til Kong Benhadad af Aram, som boede i Darmaskus, idet han lod sige:
3 Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I have sent you silver and gold; go and put an end to your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may give up attacking me.
"Der består en Pagt mellem mig og dig og mellem min Fader og din Fader; her sender jeg dig en Gave af Sølv og Guld; bryd derfor din Pagt med Kong Ba'sja af Israel, så at han nødes til at drage bort fra mig!"
4 And Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel, attacking Ijon and Dan and Abel-maim, and all the store-towns of Naphtali.
Benhadad gik ind på Kong Asas Forslag og sendte sine Hærførere mod Israels Byer og indtog Ijjon, Dan, Abel-Majim og Forrådshusene i Naftalis Byer.
5 Then Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and let his work come to an end.
Da Ba'sja hørte det, opgav han at befæste Rama og standsede Arbejdet.
6 Then King Asa, with all Judah, took away the stones and wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and he made use of them for building Geba and Mizpah.
Men Kong Asa tog hele Juda til at føre Stenene og Træværket, som Ba'sja havde brugt ved Befæstningen af Rama, bort, og han befæstede dermed Geba og Mizpa.
7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have put your faith in the king of Aram and not in the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has got away out of your hands.
På den Tid kom Seeren Hanani til Kong Asa af Juda og sagde til ham: "Fordi du søgte Støtte hos Aramæerkongen og ikke hos HERREN din Gud, skal Aramæerkongens Hær slippe dig af Hænde!
8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a very great army, with war-carriages and horsemen more than might be numbered? but because your faith was in the Lord, he gave them up into your hands.
Var ikke Kusjiterne og Libyerne en vældig Hær med en vældig Mængde Vogne og Ryttere? Men da du søgte Støtte hos HERREN, gav han dem i din Hånd!
9 For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.
Thi HERRENs Øjne skuer omkring på hele Jorden, og han viser sig stærk til at hjælpe dem, hvis Hjerte er helt med ham. I denne Sag har du handlet som en Dåre; thi fra nu af skal du altid ligge i Krig!"
10 Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, burning with wrath against him because of this thing. And at the same time Asa was cruel to some of the people.
Men Asa blev fortørnet på Seeren og satte ham i Huset med Blokken, thi han var blevet vred på ham derfor. Asa for også hårdt frem mod nogle af Folket på den Tid.
11 Now the acts of Asa, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
Asas Historie fra først til sidst står jo optegnet i Bogen om Judas og Israels Konger.
12 In the thirty-ninth year of his rule, Asa had a very bad disease of the feet; but he did not go to the Lord for help in his disease, but to medical men.
I sit ni og tredivte Regeringsår fik Asa en Sygdom i Fødderne, og Sygdommen blev meget alvorlig. Heller ikke under sin Sygdom søgte han dog HERREN, men Lægerne.
13 So Asa went to rest with his fathers, and death came to him in the forty-first year of his rule.
Så lagde Asa sig til Hvile bos sine Fædre og døde i sit een og fyrretyvende Regerings, år.
14 And they put him into the resting-place which he had made for himself in the town of David, in a bed full of sweet perfumes of all sorts of spices, made by the perfumer's art, and they made a great burning for him.
Man jordede ham i en Grav, han havde ladet sig udhugge i Davidsbyen, og lagde ham på et Leje, som man havde fyldt med vellugtende Urter og Stoffer, tillavet som Salve, og tændte et vældigt Bål til hans Ære.
