٢ أخبار 13

١ 1 فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّامِنَةَ عَشَرَةَ لِلْمَلِكِ يَرُبْعَامَ، مَلَكَ أَبِيَّا عَلَى يَهُوذَا.

In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

٢ 2 مَلَكَ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَٱسْمُ أُمِّهِ مِيخَايَا بِنْتُ أُورِيئِيلَ مِنْ جَبْعَةَ. وَكَانَتْ حَرْبٌ بَيْنَ أَبِيَّا وَيَرُبْعَامَ.

Three years reigned he in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

٣ 3 وَٱبْتَدَأَ أَبِيَّا فِي ٱلْحَرْبِ بِجَيْشٍ مِنْ جَبَابِرَةِ ٱلْقِتَالِ، أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ مُخْتَارٍ، وَيَرُبْعَامُ ٱصْطَفَّ لِمُحَارَبَتِهِ بِثَمَانِ مِئَةِ أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ مُخْتَارٍ، جَبَابِرَةِ بَأْسٍ.

And Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valour.

٤ 4 وَقَامَ أَبِيَّا عَلَى جَبَلِ صَمَارَايِمَ ٱلَّذِي فِي جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَقَالَ: «ٱسْمَعُونِي يَا يَرُبْعَامُ وَكُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said: 'Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel;

٥ 5 أَمَا لَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَعْطَى ٱلْمُلْكَ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ لِدَاوُدَ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ وَلِبَنِيهِ بِعَهْدِ مِلْحٍ؟

ought ye not to know that the LORD, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

٦ 6 فَقَامَ يَرُبْعَامُ بْنُ نَبَاطَ عَبْدُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ وَعَصَى سَيِّدَهُ.

Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.

٧ 7 فَٱجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ رِجَالٌ بَطَّالُونَ بَنُو بَلِيَّعَالَ وَتَشَدَّدُوا عَلَى رَحُبْعَامَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، وَكَانَ رَحُبْعَامُ فَتًى رَقِيقَ ٱلْقَلْبِ فَلَمْ يَثْبُتْ أَمَامَهُمْ.

And there were gathered unto him vain men, base fellows that strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and faint-hearted, and could not withstand them.

٨ 8 وَٱلْآنَ أَنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ إِنَّكُمْ تَثْبُتُونَ أَمَامَ مَمْلَكَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ بِيَدِ بَنِي دَاوُدَ، وَأَنْتُمْ جُمْهُورٌ كَثِيرٌ وَمَعَكُمْ عُجُولُ ذَهَبٍ قَدْ عَمِلَهَا يَرُبْعَامُ لَكُمْ آلِهَةً.

And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.

٩ 9 أَمَا طَرَدْتُمْ كَهَنَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ بَنِي هَارُونَ وَٱللَّاوِيِّينَ، وَعَمِلْتُمْ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ كَهَنَةً كَشُعُوبِ ٱلْأَرَاضِي، كُلُّ مَنْ أَتَى لِيَمْلَأَ يَدَهُ بِثَوْرٍ ٱبْنِ بَقَرٍ وَسَبْعَةِ كِبَاشٍ، صَارَ كَاهِنًا لِلَّذِينَ لَيْسُوا آلِهَةً؟

Have ye not driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the peoples of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same becometh a priest of them that are no gods.

١٠ 10 وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَٱلرَّبُّ هُوَ إِلَهُنَا، وَلَمْ نَتْرُكْهُ. وَٱلْكَهَنَةُ ٱلْخَادِمُونَ ٱلرَّبَّ هُمْ بَنُو هَارُونَ وَٱللَّاوِيُّونَ فِي ٱلْعَمَلِ،

But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken Him; and we have priests ministering unto the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work;

١١ 11 وَيُوقِدُونَ لِلرَّبِّ مُحْرَقَاتٍ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ وَمَسَاءٍ. وَبَخُورُ أَطْيَابٍ وَخُبْزُ ٱلْوُجُوهِ عَلَى ٱلْمَائِدَةِ ٱلطَّاهِرَةِ، وَمَنَارَةُ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَسُرُجُهَا لِلْإِيقَادِ كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ، لِأَنَّنَا نَحْنُ حَارِسُونَ حِرَاسَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا. وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَقَدْ تَرَكْتُمُوهُ.

and they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense; the showbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening; for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken Him.

١٢ 12 وَهُوَذَا مَعَنَا ٱللهُ رَئِيسًا، وَكَهَنَتُهُ وَأَبْوَاقُ ٱلْهُتَافِ لِلْهُتَافِ عَلَيْكُمْ. فَيَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا تُحَارِبُوا ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِكُمْ لِأَنَّكُمْ لَا تُفْلِحُونَ».

And, behold, God is with us at our head, and His priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.'

١٣ 13 وَلَكِنْ يَرُبْعَامُ جَعَلَ ٱلْكَمِينَ يَدُورُ لِيَأْتِيَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ. فَكَانُوا أَمَامَ يَهُوذَا وَٱلْكَمِينُ خَلْفَهُمْ.

But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them; so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

١٤ 14 فَٱلْتَفَتَ يَهُوذَا وَإِذَا ٱلْحَرْبُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ قُدَّامٍ وَمِنْ خَلْفٍ. فَصَرَخُوا إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ، وَبَوَّقَ ٱلْكَهَنَةُ بِٱلْأَبْوَاقِ،

And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

١٥ 15 وَهَتَفَ رِجَالُ يَهُوذَا. وَلَمَّا هَتَفَ رِجَالُ يَهُوذَا ضَرَبَ ٱللهُ يَرُبْعَامَ وَكُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَمَامَ أَبِيَّا وَيَهُوذَا.

Then the men of Judah gave a shout; and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

١٦ 16 فَٱنْهَزَمَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَمَامِ يَهُوذَا وَدَفَعَهُمُ ٱللهُ لِيَدِهِمْ.

And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.

١٧ 17 وَضَرَبَهُمْ أَبِيَّا وَقَوْمُهُ ضَرْبَةً عَظِيمَةً، فَسَقَطَ قَتْلَى مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ خَمْسُ مِئَةِ أَلْفِ رَجُلٍ مُخْتَارٍ.

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

١٨ 18 فَذَلَّ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ وَتَشَجَّعَ بَنُو يَهُوذَا لِأَنَّهُمُ ٱتَّكَلُوا عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِمْ.

Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD, the God of their fathers.

١٩ 19 وَطَارَدَ أَبِيَّا يَرُبْعَامَ وَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ مُدُنًا: بَيْتَ إِيلَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَيَشَانَةَ وَقُرَاهَا، وَعَفْرُونَ وَقُرَاهَا.

And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.

٢٠ 20 وَلَمْ يَقْوَ يَرُبْعَامُ بَعْدُ فِي أَيَّامِ أَبِيَّا، فَضَرَبَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ وَمَاتَ.

Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and the LORD smote him, and he died.

٢١ 21 وَتَشَدَّدَ أَبِيَّا وَٱتَّخَذَ لِنَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ عَشَرَةَ ٱمْرَأَةً، وَوَلَدَ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ ٱبْنًا وَسِتَّ عَشَرَةَ بِنْتًا.

But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begot twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

٢٢ 22 وَبَقِيَّةُ أُمُورِ أَبِيَّا وَطُرُقُهُ وَأَقْوَالُهُ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي مِدْرَسِ ٱلنَّبِيِّ عِدُّو.

And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.