亚撒十五年三月,他们都聚集在耶路撒冷。
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
他们就立约,要尽心尽性地寻求耶和华他们列祖的神。
And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
他们就大声欢呼,吹号吹角,向耶和华起誓。
And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
犹大众人为所起的誓欢喜。因他们是尽心起誓,尽意寻求耶和华,耶和华就被他们寻见,且赐他们四境平安。
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.
亚撒王贬了他祖母玛迦太后的位,因她造了可憎的偶像亚舍拉。亚撒砍下她的偶像,捣得粉碎,烧在汲沦溪边。
And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
只是邱坛还没有从以色列中废去,然而亚撒的心一生诚实。
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
亚撒将他父所分别为圣,与自己所分别为圣的金银和器皿都奉到神的殿里。
And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
毯螅人以利法回答说,
Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
你是废弃敬畏的意,在神面前阻止敬虔的心。
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
你自己的口定你有罪,并非是我。你自己的嘴,见证你的不是。
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.