1 亚撒在位第三十六年， 以色列王巴沙上来攻打犹大， 修筑拉玛， 不许人离开或进入犹大王亚撒的国境。 2 于是亚撒从耶和华的殿和王宫的库房里取出金银来， 送给住在大马士革的亚兰王便．哈达， 说： 3 "你父亲和我父亲曾经立约， 你和我也要立约。现在我把金银送给你， 请你去废除你和以色列王巴沙订立的约， 好使他离开我而去。" 4 便．哈达听从了亚撒王的话， 就派遣他属下的众军长去攻击以色列的城市， 他们攻陷了以云、但、亚伯．玛音和拿弗他利一切贮藏货物的城市。 5 巴沙听见了， 就停止修筑拉玛， 把工程都停止了。 6 于是亚撒王带领犹大众人， 把巴沙修筑拉玛所用的石头和木材都搬走， 用来修筑迦巴和米斯巴。 7 那时， 先见哈拿尼来见犹大王亚撒， 对他说： "因你倚靠亚兰王， 没有倚靠耶和华你的 神， 所以亚兰王的军队才可以脱离你的手。 8 古实人和路比人不是有强大的军队吗？战车和马兵不是极多吗？只因你倚靠耶和华， 耶和华就把他们交在你手里。 9 耶和华的眼目遍察全地， 一心归向他的， 他必以大能扶助他们； 你作这事太愚昧了。从今以后， 你必常有战争。" 10 于是亚撒对先见发怒， 把他囚在监里。同时亚撒也压迫人民。 11 亚撒所行的事迹， 一生的始末， 都记在犹大和以色列诸王记上。 12 亚撒在位第三十九年， 患了脚病， 病情严重； 可是， 连他患病的时候， 也没有寻求耶和华， 只管寻求医生。 13 亚撒作王四十一年以后死了， 和他的列祖同睡。 14 人把他埋葬在大卫城里他为自己所凿的坟墓中。他们把他放在堆满按着作香的方法调和的各样香料的床上， 又为他烧了很多香料。

1 In the thirty and sixth year of the reign of Asa, come up hath Baasha king of Israel, against Judah, and buildeth Ramah, so as not to permit any going out and coming in to Asa king of Judah.2 And Asa bringeth out silver and gold from the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and of the house of the king, and sendeth unto Ben-Hadad king of Aram, who is dwelling in Damascus, saying,3 `A covenant [is] between me and thee, and between my father and thy father, lo, I have sent to thee silver and gold; go, break thy covenant with Baasha king of Israel, and he doth go up from off me.`4 And Ben-Hadad hearkeneth unto king Asa, and sendeth the heads of the forces that he hath unto cities of Israel, and they smite Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Maim, and all the stores, cities of Naphtali.5 And it cometh to pass, at Baasha`s hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and letteth his work rest;6 and Asa the king hath taken all Judah, and they bear away the stones of Ramah, and its wood, that Baasha hath built, and he buildeth with them Geba and Mizpah.7 And at that time hath Hanani the seer come in unto Asa king of Judah, and saith unto him, `Because of thy leaning on the king of Aram, and thou hast not leaned on Jehovah thy God, therefore hath the force of the king of Aram escaped from thy hand.8 Did not the Cushim and the Lubim become a very great force for multitude, for chariot, and for horsemen? and in thy leaning on Jehovah He gave them into thy hand,9 for Jehovah -- His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong [for] a people whose heart [is] perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because -- henceforth there are with thee wars.`10 And Asa is angry at the seer, and giveth him to the house of torture, for [he is] in a rage with him for this; and Asa oppresseth [some] of the people at that time.11 And lo, the matters of Asa, the first and the last, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.12 And Asa is diseased -- in the thirty and ninth year of his reign -- in his feet, till his disease is excessive, and also in his disease he hath not sought Jehovah, but among physicians.13 And Asa lieth with his fathers, and dieth in the forty and first year of his reign,14 and they bury him in [one of] his graves, that he had prepared for himself in the city of David, and they cause him to lie on a bed that [one] hath filled [with] spices, and divers kinds of mixtures, with perfumed work; and they burn for him a burning -- very great.