2 Crônicas 16

1 No trigésimo sexto ano do reinado de Asa, rei de Israel, Baasa fez guerra contra Judá. Fez fortificações em Ramá, a fim de bloquear todas as comunicações com Asa, rei de Judá.

2 Mas Asa mandou tomar a prata e o ouro dos tesouros do templo e do palácio real e enviou uma delegação a Ben-Adad, rei da Síria, para lhe dizer:

3 "Aliemo-nos, como foram aliados teu pai e o meu. Eu te envio prata e ouro. Rompe tua aliança com Baasa, rei de Israel, para que ele se afaste de mim".

4 Ben-Adad ouviu o rei Asa: enviou seus generais contra as cidades de Israel. Estes tomaram Aion, Dã, Abel-Maim e todas as cidades de Neftali que serviam de entrepostos.

5 A essa notícia, Baasa interrompeu os trabalhos de fortificação de Ramá.

6 Então, o rei Asa convocou todos os judeus para tirar as pedras e madeiras das quais Baasa se tinha servido para construir Ramá, e com esse material fortificou Gabaá e Masfa.

7 Por essa época, o vidente Hanani veio à procura de Asa, rei de Judá, e lhe disse: "Porque te apoiaste no rei da Síria e não no Senhor, teu Deus, o exército da Síria escapou de tuas mãos.

8 Não formavam os etíopes e os líbios um exército inumerável, com uma multidão de carros e cavaleiros? E, contudo, o Senhor os entregou a ti porque tu te apoiaste nele.

9 Os olhos do Senhor percorrem toda a terra para sustentar aqueles cujo coração lhe é totalmente devotado. Tu te comportaste tolamente nesse negócio, pois doravante terás continuamente guerras".

10 Irritado contra o vidente, no assomo de ira em que o puseram suas palavras, Asa mandou prendê-lo na prisão. Pelo mesmo tempo, Asa oprimiu também alguns de seus súditos.

11 As ações e os feitos de Asa, desde os primeiros até os últimos, estão relatados no Livro dos Reis de Judá e de Israel.

12 No trigésimo nono ano de seu reinado, Asa tornou-se gotoso e sofreu violentamente. Durante sua doença, ele não procurou o apoio do Senhor, mas o dos médicos.

13 Ele adormeceu com seus pais e morreu no quadragésimo primeiro ano de seu reinado.

14 Foi sepultado na tumba que tinha mandado cavar para si na Cidade de Davi. Estenderam-no num leito que tinham enchido de perfumes aromáticos, preparados segundo a arte do perfumista e queimaram-lhe quantidade considerável desse perfume.

1 In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of Yahweh’s house and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying, 3 "Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me."

4 Ben Hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali. 5 When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and let his work cease. 6 Then Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones and timber of Ramah, with which Baasha had built; and he built Geba and Mizpah with them.

7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, "Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped out of your hand. 8 Weren’t the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge army, with chariots and exceedingly many horsemen? Yet, because you relied on Yahweh, he delivered them into your hand. 9 For Yahweh’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars."

10 Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

11 Behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa was diseased in his feet. His disease was exceedingly great; yet in his disease he didn’t seek Yahweh, but just the physicians. 13 Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the forty-first year of his reign. 14 They buried him in his own tomb, which he had dug out for himself in David’s city, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire for him.