2 Nalii
14: 1. A hiamoe ʻo ʻAbiia me kona poʻe kūpuna, a kanu lākou iā ia ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo
Davida: a noho alii iho la o Asa kana keiki ma kona hakahaka. I kona mau lā, ʻo ia ka ʻāina
noho malie he umi makahiki.
14:2 A hana ʻo ʻAsa i ka mea maikaʻi a me ka pololei i mua o nā maka o Iēhova
Akua:
14:3 No ka mea, lawe aku la ia i na kuahu o na akua e, a me na wahi kiekie.
a wawahi i na kii, a kua ilalo i na ululaau.
14:4 A kauoha iā Iuda e ʻimi iā Iēhova ke Akua o ko lākou poʻe kūpuna, a e hana hoʻi
kanawai a me ke kauoha.
14:5 A lawe aku la ia mai na kulanakauhale a pau o Iuda i na heiau, a me na wahi kiekie
kii: a noho malie ke aupuni imua ona.
14:6 A kukulu iho la ia i na kulanakauhale i paa i ka pa ma Iuda;
aole kaua ia mau makahiki; no ka mea, ua hoomaha mai o Iehova ia ia.
14:7 No laila, ʻōlelo ʻo ia iā Iuda, E kūkulu kākou i kēia mau kūlanakauhale, a e hana a puni
na pa, a me na halekiai, na ipuka, a me na kaola, oiai ka aina mamua
mākou; no ka mea, ua ʻimi mākou iā Iēhova i ko mākou Akua, ua ʻimi mākou iā ia, ʻo ia hoʻi
ua hoomaha mai ia kakou ma na aoao a pau. Pela lakou i kukulu ai a pomaikai.
14:8 He poe koa o Asa mai Iuda mai, he poe lawe palekaua a me na ihe
ekolu haneri tausani; a mai loko mai o Beniamina, ka poe lawe i na palekaua, a unuhi
nā kakaka, ʻelua haneri a me kanawalu tausani: he poʻe kānaka ikaika lākou a pau
koa.
14:9 A hele mai e ku e ia lakou o Zera ka Aitiopa me ka poe koa a
tausani tausani, a me na kaa ekolu haneri; a hiki i Maresa.
14:10 A laila hele kūʻē ʻo ʻAsa iā ia, a hoʻonohonoho lākou i ke kaua ma ke kahua kaua
ke awawa o Zepata ma Maresa.
14:11 A kāhea akula ʻo ʻAsa iā Iēhova i kona Akua, ʻī akula, E ka Haku, ʻaʻohe mea ʻole
ia oe e kokua, me ka nui, a me ka poe mana ole: kokua
iā mākou, e Iēhova ko mākou Akua; no ka mea, ke hilinaʻi nei mākou iā ʻoe, a ma kou inoa mākou e kūʻē ai
keia lehulehu. E Iehova, o oe no ko makou Akua; mai lanakila ke kanaka
oe.
14: 12. Pela i pepehi ai o Iehova i ko Aitiopa imua o Asa, a imua o ka Iuda; a me ka
Holo aku ko ʻAitiopa.
14:13 A hahai aku la o Asa a me na kanaka me ia a hiki i Gerara
Ua hoohioloia ko Aitiopa, i hiki ole ke hoola ia lakou iho;
no ka mea, ua lukuia lakou imua o Iehova, a imua o kona poe kaua; a lakou
lawe aku i ka waiwai pio.
14:14 A luku aku la lakou i na kulanakauhale a puni o Gerara; no ka makau i ka
Hele maila ʻo Iēhova ma luna o lākou, a hao lākou i nā kūlanakauhale a pau; no ka mea, aia
he nui loa ka waiwai pio iloko o lakou.
14:15 Hahau lakou i na halelewa o na bipi, a lawe aku i na hipa a me na kamelo
a nui loa, a hoi mai la i Ierusalema.