2 Crônicas 16

He Raruraru ki a Īharaira

1 I te toru tekau mā ono o ngā tau o te kīngitanga o Aha ka haere mai a Paaha kīngi o Īharaira ki a Hūrā, ā, hangā ana a Rama e ia, kia kaua ai tētahi e tukua kia haere atu rānei, kia haere mai rānei ki a Aha kīngi o Hūrā.

2 Kātahi ka tangohia katoatia e Aha te hiriwa me te kōura i roto i ngā taonga o te whare o Ihowā, o te whare anō o te kīngi, ā, hoatu ana kia kawea ki a Pēneharara kīngi o Hīria, i Ramahiku hoki ia e noho ana; i mea ia, 3 "He kawenata tā tāua, he pērā me tā tōku pāpā rāua ko tōu pāpā; nanā, te hiriwa, te kōura i hoatu nā e ahau kia kawea atu ki a koe. Haere, whakatakā tāu kawenata ki a Paaha kīngi o Īharaira, kia haere atu ai ia i tōku taha."

4 Nā, rongo tonu a Pēneharara ki a Kīngi Aha, ā, tonoa ana e ia ngā rangatira o āna ope ki ngā pā o Īharaira; patua iho e rātou a Īono, a Rāna, a Āperemaima, me ngā pā taonga katoa o Napatari. 5 Ā, nō te rongonga o Paaha, ka mutu tāna hanga i Rama, ā, kore ake tōna mahinga. 6 Nā, ka tīkina e Kīngi Aha a Hūrā katoa; ā, taria atu ana e rātou ngā kōhatu o Rama, me ngā rākau o reira i hangā nei e Paaha; ā, hangaia ana e ia ki aua mea a Kepa me Mihipa.

7 I taua wā ka haere a Hanani matakite ki a Aha kīngi o Hūrā, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "Kua okioki nā koe ki te kīngi o Hīria, ā, kīhai hoki koe i okioki ki a Ihowā, ki tōu Atua, mō reira ka mawhiti atu te ope o te kīngi o Hīria i tōu ringa. 8 Ko ngā Etiopiana, ko ngā Rūpimi, he teka ianei he ope tino nui rātou, he maha noa atu hoki ō rātou hāriata, ā rātou kaieke hōiho? Heoi, i tōu okiokinga ki a Ihowā, hōmai ana rātou e ia ki tōu ringa. 9 E kōpikopiko ana hoki ngā kanohi o Ihowā i te whenua katoa, hei whakaatu i te kaha o tāna āwhina i te hunga e tapatahi ana ō rātou ngākau ki a ia. He mahi kūware tēnei nāu; nā, ka whai pakanga koe i ngā wā e takoto ake nei."

10 Kātahi ka riri a Aha ki taua matakite, ā, hoatu ana e ia ki te whare herehere; he pukuriri hoki nōna ki a ia mō tēnei mea. I tūkinotia anō e Aha ētahi o te iwi i taua wā.

Te Māuiuitanga me te Matenga o Aha

11 Nā, ko ngā meatanga a Aha, o te tīmatanga, ō muri, kua oti te tuhituhi ki te pukapuka o ngā kīngi o Hūrā, o Īharaira. 12 Nā, i te toru tekau mā iwa o ngā tau o tōna kīngitanga ka mate a Aha i ōna waewae; ā, he tino nui tōna mate; otiia i tōna matenga kīhai ia i rapu i tā Ihowā, engari i tā ngā rata. 13 Nā, kua moe a Aha ki ōna mātua; i mate hoki i te whā tekau mā tahi o ngā tau o tōna kīngitanga. 14 Ā, tanumia iho ia ki ngā urupā i keria e ia mōna ki te pā o Rāwiri, whakatakotoria iho ki tētahi takotoranga e kī tonu ana i ngā mea kakara, i ngā tini mea whakaranu, he mea hanga nā te kaiwhakaranu; ā, nui atu te tahunga i tahuna mōna.

1 In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali. 5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease. 6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.

7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on Jehovah thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand. 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge host, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? yet, because thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand. 9 For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars. 10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

11 And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 12 And in the thirty and ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to Jehovah, but to the physicians. 13 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.