1 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: 2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. 3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. 4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. 5 And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. 6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. 7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. 10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; 13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
16 ¶ And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it , and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18 ¶ And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
15–BOB
Shoh Osoning islohotlari
1 Odod oʻgʻli Ozariyoni Xudoning Ruhi qamrab oldi. 2 Ozariyo Osoning huzuriga borib dedi:
— Ey shoh Oso! Ey Yahudo va Benyamin xalqi! Gapimga quloq solinglar. Sizlar Egamiz bilan boʻlar ekansiz, U ham sizlar bilan birga boʻladi. Agar sizlar Egamizni izlasangizlar, Uni topasizlar. Agar Uni tark etsangizlar, U ham sizlarni tark etadi. 3 Isroil xalqi uzoq vaqt davomida haqiqiy Xudosiz yashadi. Ularga taʼlim beradigan ruhoniy yoʻq edi, ular qonundan mahrum edilar. 4 Lekin boshlariga ogʻir kulfat tushganda, ular Isroil xalqining Xudosiga — Egamizga yuz burdilar, Uni izladilar, shunda topdilar. 5 Oʻsha notinch davrda yoʻlga chiqish xatarli edi, chunki hamma joyda tartibsizlik va behalovatlik hukmron edi. 6 Bir xalq ikkinchisini yakson qilardi, bir shahar boshqasini vayron etar edi, chunki Xudo ularni iztirobga solib, behalovat qilib qoʻygan edi. 7 Lekin sizlar dadil boʻlinglar! Tushkunlikka tushmanglar! Sizlar qilgan ishlaringiz uchun mukofot olasizlar.
8 Shoh Oso Odod oʻgʻli Ozariyo paygʻambarning aytgan bashoratini eshitgach , dadillashdi. U Yahudo va Benyamin yerlaridan, shuningdek, Efrayim qirlarida qoʻlga kiritgan shaharlardan makruh butlarni yoʻq qildi. Maʼbad hovlisidagi Egamizning qurbongohini tuzatdi. 9 U Yahudo va Benyamin xalqini, shuningdek, oralarida istiqomat qilayotgan Efrayim, Manashe va Shimoʻn qabilasidan boʻlgan musofirlarni toʻpladi. Ularning koʻpchiligi Oso hukmronligi davrida Yahudoga koʻchib kelgan edilar, chunki Egasi Xudo Oso bilan birga boʻlganini koʻrgan edilar. 10 Ular Oso hukmronligining oʻn beshinchi yili uchinchi oyida Quddusda toʻplandilar. 11 Oʻsha kuni oʻzlari olib kelgan oʻljalardan 700 ta buqa va 7000 ta qoʻyni Egamizga qurbonlik qildilar. 12 Soʻng ota–bobolarining Xudosiga — Egamizga butun qalbi bilan, jonu dili bilan intilishga ahd qildilar. 13 Kimki Isroil xalqining Xudosiga — Egamizga intilmasa, xoh yosh boʻlsin, xoh qari, xoh erkak boʻlsin, xoh ayol, oʻldiriladigan boʻldi. 14 Ular baland ovozda Egamizga qasamyod qildilar, hayqirdilar, karnay va burgʻular chaldilar. 15 Jamiki Yahudo xalqi chin dildan qasamyod qilgani uchun xursand boʻldi. Ular Egamizni astoydil izlaganlari uchun Uni topdilar. Egamiz ularga har tarafdan osoyishtalik ato qildi.
16 Shoh Osoning buvisi Maxo Asheraning makruh tasvirini yasattirgan edi, shuning uchun Oso buvisini malikalik martabasidan mahrum qildi. U buvisi yasattirgan butni qoʻporib tashlab, parcha–parcha qilgandan keyin, Qidron soyligida yoqib yubordi. 17 Oso Isroildagi sajdagohlarni yoʻq qilmagan boʻlsa ham, umr boʻyi Egamizga sodiq qoldi. 18 Otasi va oʻzi Xudoga atab nazr etgan oltinu kumushlarni, idishlarni Xudoning uyiga olib keldi. 19 Oso hukmronligining oʻttiz beshinchi yiliga qadar urush boʻlmadi.
