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Azarias autem filius Oded facto in se spiritu Dei
And the spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Oded,
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egressus est in occursum Asa et dixit ei audite me Asa et omnis Iuda et Beniamin Dominus vobiscum quia fuistis cum eo si quaesieritis eum invenietis si autem dereliqueritis derelinquet vos
And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: Hear ye me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, because you have been with him. If you seek him, you shall find: but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
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transibunt autem multi dies in Israhel absque Deo vero et absque sacerdote doctore et absque lege
And many days shall pass in Israel, without the true God, and without a priest a teacher, and without the law.
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cumque reversi fuerint in angustia sua ad Dominum Deum Israhel et quaesierint eum repperient
And when in their distress they shall return to the Lord the God of Israel, and shall seek him, they shall find him.
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in tempore illo non erit pax egredienti et ingredienti sed terrores undique in cunctis habitatoribus terrarum
At that time there shall be no peace to him that goeth out and cometh in, but terrors on every side among all the inhabitants of the earth.
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pugnabit enim gens contra gentem et civitas contra civitatem quia Dominus conturbabit eos in omni angustia
For nation shall fight against nation, and city against city, for the Lord will trouble them with all distress.
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vos ergo confortamini et non dissolvantur manus vestrae erit enim merces operi vestro
Do you therefore take courage, and let not your hands be weakened: for there shall be a reward for your work.
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quod cum audisset Asa verba scilicet et prophetiam Oded prophetae confortatus est et abstulit idola de omni terra Iuda et Beniamin et ex urbibus quas ceperat montis Ephraim et dedicavit altare Domini quod erat ante porticum Domini
And when Asa had heard the words, and the prophecy of Azarias the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and took away the idols out of all the land of Juda, and out of Benjamin, and out of the cities of mount Ephraim, which he had taken, and he dedicated the altar of the Lord, which was before the porch of the Lord.
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congregavitque universum Iuda et Beniamin et advenas cum eis de Ephraim et de Manasse et de Symeon plures enim ad eum confugerant ex Israhel videntes quod Dominus Deus illius esset cum eo
And he gathered together all Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers with them of Ephraim, and Manasses, and Simeon: for many were come over to him out of Israel, seeing that the Lord his God was with him.
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cumque venissent Hierusalem mense tertio anno quintodecimo regni Asa
And when they were come to Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa,
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immolaverunt Domino in die illa de manubiis et praeda quam adduxerant boves septingentos et arietes septem milia
They sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils, and of the prey, that they had brought, seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand rams.
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et intravit ex more ad corroborandum foedus ut quaererent Dominum Deum patrum suorum in toto corde et in tota anima sua
And he went in to confirm as usual the covenant, that they should seek the Lord the God of their fathers with all their heart, and with all their soul.
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si quis autem inquit non quaesierit Dominum Deum Israhel moriatur a minimo usque ad maximum a viro usque ad mulierem
And if any one, said he, seek not the Lord the God of Israel, let him die, whether little or great, man or woman.
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iuraveruntque Domino voce magna in iubilo et in clangore tubae et in sonitu bucinarum
And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet, and sound of cornets,
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omnes qui erant in Iuda cum execratione in omni enim corde suo iuraverunt et in tota voluntate quaesierunt eum et invenerunt praestititque eis Dominus requiem per circuitum
All that were in Juda with a curse: for with all their heart they swore, and with all their will they sought him, and they found him, and the Lord gave them rest round about.
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sed et Maacham matrem Asa regis ex augusto deposuit imperio eo quod fecisset in luco simulacrum Priapi quod omne contrivit et in frusta comminuens conbusit in torrente Cedron
Moreover Maacha the mother of king Asa he deposed from the royal authority, because she had made in a grove an idol of Priapus: and he entirely destroyed it, and breaking it into pieces, burnt it at the torrent Cedron.
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excelsa autem derelicta sunt in Israhel attamen cor Asa erat perfectum cunctis diebus eius
But high places were left in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
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ea quae voverat pater suus et ipse intulit in domum Domini argentum et aurum vasorumque diversam supellectilem
And the things which his father had vowed, and he himself had vowed, he brought into the house of the Lord, gold and silver, and vessels of divers uses.
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bellum vero non fuit usque ad tricesimum quintum annum regni Asa
And there was no war unto the five and thirtieth year of the kingdom of Asa.
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