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¹So Abijah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then ⚓Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet for ten years.

Asa Reigns in Judah

²Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God, ³for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and ⚓the high places, and ⚓broke down the sacred pillars ⚓and cut down the wooden images. ⁴He commanded Judah to ⚓seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandment. ⁵He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet under him. ⁶And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest; he had no war in those years, because the Lord had given him ⚓rest. ⁷Therefore he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered. ⁸And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah who carried shields and spears, and from Benjamin two hundred and eighty thousand men who carried shields and drew ⚓bows; all these were mighty men of ⚓valor.
⁹⚓Then Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and three hundred chariots, and he came to ⚓Mareshah. ¹⁰So Asa went out against him, and they set the troops in battle array in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. ¹¹And Asa ⚓cried out to the Lord his God, and said, “Lord, it is⚓nothing for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no power; help us, O Lord our God, for we rest on You, and ⚓in Your name we go against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You!”
¹²So the Lord⚓struck the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. ¹³And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to ⚓Gerar. So the Ethiopians were overthrown, and they could not recover, for they were broken before the Lord and His army. And they carried away very much spoil. ¹⁴Then they defeated all the cities around Gerar, for ⚓the fear of the Lord came upon them; and they plundered all the cities, for there was exceedingly much spoil in them. ¹⁵They also attacked the livestock enclosures, and carried off sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

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Yu^ndaa Nyei Hungh, Aasaax

(Beiv mangc 1 Hungh Douh 15:9-12)

¹Aa^mbi^yaa Hungh guei seix mi'aqv,⚓ yaac zangx jienv Ndaawitv nyei Zingh. Ninh nyei dorn, Aasaax, nzipc jienv ninh zoux hungh. Ninh gunv nyei hnoi-nyieqc, guoqv taaix-baengh ziepc hnyangx.
²Ziux Ziouv, Aasaax nyei Tin-Hungh mangc, Aasaax zoux duqv longx, zoux duqv horpc. ³Ninh zorqv guangc ganh fingx mienh nyei ziec-dorngh caux yiem hlang zaangc zienh nyei dorngx. Ninh yaac mborqv huv la'bieiv-dongc yaac goix ⟨Aa^se^laa⟩ zienh nyeiz nyei fangx. ⁴Ninh hatc Yu^ndaa Mienh lorz Ziouv, ninh mbuo nyei ong-taaix nyei Tin-Hungh, yaac gan ninh nyei leiz-latc caux lingc. ⁵Ninh zorqv nqoi Yu^ndaa nyei norm-norm zingh yiem hlang zaangc zienh nyei dorngx caux buov hung dieh. Ninh gunv nyei guoqv taaix-baengh nyei yiem. ⁶Yiem Yu^ndaa ninh ceix ziex norm weih wuonv nyei zingh, weic zuqc guoqv taaix-baengh nyei. Yiem wuov deix hnyangx-daauh maiv maaih haaix dauh caux ninh mborqv jaax, weic zuqc Ziouv ceix baengh orn bun ninh.
⁷Hungh diex gorngv mbuox Yu^ndaa Mienh, “Mbuo oix zuqc ceix naaiv deix zingh, aengx ceix zingh laatc caux laauh weih jienv, an jienv zingh laatc gaengh caux gaengh sorn. Deic-bung corc benx mbuo nyei weic zuqc mbuo lorz Ziouv, mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh. Ninh ziouc bun mbuo feix bung taaix-baengh nyei.” Ninh mbuo ziouc ceix zingh. Deic-bung yaac longx jienv faaux.
⁸Aasaax Hungh nyei jun-baeng maaih Yu^ndaa Mienh buo sinx dauh nanv domh torngv-baaih caux cang. Yaac maaih Mben^yaa^min Mienh i sinx hietc waanc dauh nanv fiuv-torngv-baaih caux juang-zinx.

Yu^ndaa Mienh Mborqv Baaic E^ti^o^bie Nyei Jun-Baeng

⁹E^ti^o^bie Mienh,⚓ Zelaa, cuotv daaih caux ninh mbuo mborqv jaax. Zelaa maaih ziepc sinx dauh jun-baeng yaac maaih faam-baeqv norm mborqv jaax nyei maaz-cie. Ninh cuotv daaih taux Maa^le^saa. ¹⁰Aasaax cuotv mingh caux ninh mbuo mborqv jaax. Ninh mbuo i bung ziouc mingh mbaih jienv Se^faa^taa Horngz nitv Maa^le^saa wuov.
¹¹Aasaax ziouc heuc Ziouv, ninh nyei Tin-Hungh. Aasaax gorngv, “O Ziouv aac, maiv maaih haaix dauh ndongc meih haih tengx mau nyei mienh hingh jiex henv nyei wuov deix. O Ziouv, yie mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh aac, tov tengx yie mbuo weic zuqc yie mbuo kaux meih. Yie mbuo dengv meih nyei mbuox daaih mborqv naaiv deix domh guanh baeng. O Ziouv aac, meih zoux yie mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh. Maiv dungx bun mienh hingh meih.”
¹²Weic naaiv, Ziouv yiem Aasaax caux Yu^ndaa Mienh nyei nza'hmien mborqv hingh E^ti^o^bie Mienh. E^ti^o^bie Mienh ziouc tiux biaux. ¹³Aasaax caux gan ninh wuov deix jun-baeng zunc jienv mingh taux Gelaa. E^ti^o^bie Mienh zuqc daix daic camv! nyei, zungv maiv maaih yietc dauh duqv cuotv singx maengc, weic zuqc ninh mbuo yiem Ziouv caux ninh nyei jun-baeng nyei nza'hmien zuqc baaic. Yu^ndaa Mienh ziouc caangv duqv ga'naaiv camv nyei. ¹⁴Weih gormx Gelaa nyei norm-norm mungv nyei mienh gamh nziex Ziouv. Yu^ndaa nyei jun-baeng ziouc mietc nzengc naaiv deix zingh yaac luv njang nzengc, weic zuqc naaiv deix zingh gu'nyuoz maaih ga'naaiv camv haic. ¹⁵Ninh mbuo mborqv waaic yungz saeng-kuv nyei mienh nyei ciangv aengx caangv duqv ba'gi yungh caux lorh torh camv nyei. Nqa'haav ninh mbuo nzuonx Ye^lu^saa^lem Zingh mi'aqv.