II Chronicles 15:4

The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)

በዚህ ቋንቋ ገና ትርጉም የለም፤ English እየታየ ነው።

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1 וַעֲזַרְיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־עוֹדֵ֔ד הָיְתָ֥ה עָלָ֖יו ר֥וּחַ אֱלֹהִֽים׃ And the spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded;

2 וַיֵּצֵא֮ לִפְנֵ֣י אָסָא֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ שְׁמָע֕וּנִי אָסָ֖א וְכׇל־יְהוּדָ֣ה וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן יְהֹוָ֤ה עִמָּכֶם֙ בִּֽהְיוֹתְכֶ֣ם עִמּ֔וֹ וְאִֽם־תִּדְרְשֻׁ֙הוּ֙ יִמָּצֵ֣א לָכֶ֔ם וְאִם־תַּעַזְבֻ֖הוּ יַעֲזֹ֥ב אֶתְכֶֽם׃ {ס} 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 are with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you.

3 וְיָמִ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לְלֹ֣א ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֱמֶ֗ת וּלְלֹ֛א כֹּהֵ֥ן מוֹרֶ֖ה וּלְלֹ֥א תוֹרָֽה׃ Now for long seasons Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;

4 וַיָּ֙שׇׁב֙ בַּצַּר־ל֔וֹ עַל־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א לָהֶֽם׃ but when in their distress they turned unto the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found of them.

5 וּבָעִתִּ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין שָׁל֖וֹם לַיּוֹצֵ֣א וְלַבָּ֑א כִּ֚י מְהוּמֹ֣ת רַבּ֔וֹת עַ֥ל כׇּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great discomfitures were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

6 וְכֻתְּת֥וּ גוֹי־בְּג֖וֹי וְעִ֣יר בְּעִ֑יר כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֥ים הֲמָמָ֖ם בְּכׇל־צָרָֽה׃ And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did discomfit them with all manner of adversity.

7 וְאַתֶּ֣ם חִזְק֔וּ וְאַל־יִרְפּ֖וּ יְדֵיכֶ֑ם כִּ֛י יֵ֥שׁ שָׂכָ֖ר לִפְעֻלַּתְכֶֽם׃ {ס} But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.’ .

8 וְכִשְׁמֹ֨עַ אָסָ֜א הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה וְהַנְּבוּאָה֮ עֹדֵ֣ד הַנָּבִיא֒ הִתְחַזַּ֗ק וַיַּעֲבֵ֤ר הַשִּׁקּוּצִים֙ מִכׇּל־אֶ֤רֶץ יְהוּדָה֙ וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן וּמִן־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָכַ֖ד מֵהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַיְחַדֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־מִזְבַּ֣ח יְהֹוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֕ר לִפְנֵ֖י אוּלָ֥ם יְהֹוָֽה׃ And when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the detestable things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

9 וַיִּקְבֹּ֗ץ אֶת־כׇּל־יְהוּדָה֙ וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן וְהַגָּרִים֙ עִמָּהֶ֔ם מֵאֶפְרַ֥יִם וּמְנַשֶּׁ֖ה וּמִשִּׁמְע֑וֹן כִּֽי־נָפְל֨וּ עָלָ֤יו מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֙ לָרֹ֔ב בִּרְאֹתָ֕ם כִּֽי־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָ֖יו עִמּֽוֹ׃ {פ}
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and them that sojourned 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 וַיִּקָּבְצ֥וּ יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֑י לִשְׁנַ֥ת חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה לְמַלְכ֥וּת אָסָֽא׃ So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.

11 וַיִּזְבְּח֤וּ לַֽיהֹוָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא מִן־הַשָּׁלָ֖ל הֵבִ֑יאוּ בָּקָר֙ שְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֔וֹת וְצֹ֖אן שִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִֽים׃ And they sacrificed unto the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

12 וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ בַבְּרִ֔ית לִדְר֕וֹשׁ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם בְּכׇל־לְבָבָ֖ם וּבְכׇל־נַפְשָֽׁם׃ And they entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;

13 וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־יִדְרֹ֛שׁ לַיהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יוּמָ֑ת לְמִן־קָטֹן֙ וְעַד־גָּד֔וֹל לְמֵאִ֖ישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּֽׁה׃ and that whosoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

14 וַיִּשָּֽׁבְעוּ֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֔ה בְּק֥וֹל גָּד֖וֹל וּבִתְרוּעָ֑ה וּבַחֲצֹצְר֖וֹת וּבְשׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃ And they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.

15 וַיִּשְׂמְח֨וּ כׇל־יְהוּדָ֜ה עַל־הַשְּׁבוּעָ֗ה כִּ֤י בְכׇל־לְבָבָם֙ נִשְׁבָּ֔עוּ וּבְכׇל־רְצוֹנָ֣ם בִּקְשֻׁ֔הוּ וַיִּמָּצֵ֖א לָהֶ֑ם וַיָּ֧נַח יְהֹוָ֛ה לָהֶ֖ם מִסָּבִֽיב׃ 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 וְגַֽם־מַעֲכָ֞ה אֵ֣ם ׀ אָסָ֣א הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ הֱסִירָהּ֙ מִגְּבִירָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֥ה לָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה מִפְלָ֑צֶת וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת אָסָא֙ אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ וַיָּ֕דֶק וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְרֽוֹן׃ And also Maacah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

17 וְהַ֨בָּמ֔וֹת לֹא־סָ֖רוּ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל רַ֧ק לְבַב־אָסָ֛א הָיָ֥ה שָׁלֵ֖ם כׇּל־יָמָֽיו׃ But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole all his days.

18 וַיָּבֵ֞א אֶת־קׇדְשֵׁ֥י אָבִ֛יו וְקׇדָשָׁ֖יו בֵּ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים כֶּ֥סֶף וְזָהָ֖ב וְכֵלִֽים׃ And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had hallowed, and that he himself had hallowed, silver, and gold, and vessels.

19 וּמִלְחָמָ֖ה לֹ֣א הָיָ֑תָה עַ֛ד שְׁנַת־שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְחָמֵ֖שׁ לְמַלְכ֥וּת אָסָֽא׃ {פ}
And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

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ቃል በቃል (Hebrew → English · Strong’s)

וַיָּ֨שָׁב֙shûwbto turn back transitively or intransitiv
בַּצַּרtsarnarrow
ל֔וֹ
עַלʻalabove
יְהוָ֖הYᵉhôvâhJehovah
אֱלֹהֵ֣יʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYisrâʼêlJisrael
וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּbâqashto search out (by any method
וַיִּמָּצֵ֥אmâtsâʼto come forth to
לָהֶֽם

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II Chronicles 15:4 in every translation

עברית · Miqra according to the Masorah

וַיָּ֙שׇׁב֙ בַּצַּר־ל֔וֹ עַל־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א לָהֶֽם׃

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English · The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)

but when in their distress they turned unto the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found of them.

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עברית · Tanach with Ta'amei Hamikra

וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ בַּצַּר־ל֔וֹ עַל־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ וַיִּמָּצֵ֥א לָהֶֽם׃

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עברית · Tanach with Text Only

וישב בצר לו על יהוה אלהי ישראל ויבקשהו וימצא להם

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עברית · Tanach with Nikkud

וַיָּשָׁב בַּצַּר־לוֹ עַל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיְבַקְשֻׁהוּ וַיִּמָּצֵא לָהֶם׃

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English · The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

And they returned in their trouble to the L rd, the G d of Israel, and they sought Him and He was found for them.

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Français · Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr]

Seulement, quand le malheur l’accablait, il revenait à l’Éternel, Dieu d’Israël, et avait recours à lui, qui les accueillait.

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ייִדיש · Yehoyesh's Yiddish Tanakh Translation [yi]

אָבער אַז זײ האָבן אין זײער נױט זיך אומגעקערט צו יהוה דעם גאָט פֿון ישׂראל, און האָבן אים געזוכט, האָט ער זיך געלאָזט געפֿינען פֿון זײ.

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Esperanto · La Malnova Testamento, L.L.Zamenhof [eo]

sed en sia mizero ili returnos sin al la Eternulo, Dio de Izrael; kaj ili serĉos Lin, kaj Li trovigos Sin al ili.

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Commentary on II Chronicles 15:4

Rashi

English

And they returned to the Lord, the God of Israel, when they were in distress He means to say that now, when they were beset with troubles, they beseeched the Lord, the God of Israel, and they sought Him; therefore, He was found by them, and He saved you (sic) wherever you went.

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