Anden Krønikebog 13
1 I Kong Jeroboams attende Aar, da blev Abia Konge over Juda.
In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2 Han regerede tre Aar i Jerusalem, og hans Moders Navn var Mikaja, Uriels Datter fra Gibea; og der var Krig imellem Abia og imellem Jeroboam.
He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 Og Abia begyndte Krigen med en Hær af vældige Krigsfolk, fire Hundrede Tusinde udvalgte Mænd; og Jeroboam rustede sig imod ham til Krig med otte Hundrede Tusinde udvalgte Mænd, vældige til Strid.
And Abijah began the war with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty men of valour.
4 Og Abia stod frem paa Zemaraims Bjerg, som hører til Efraims Bjerge, og sagde: Hører mig, Jeroboam og Israel!
And Abijah stood up on the top of mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam, and all Israel!
5 Burde det ikke eder at vide, at Herren, Israels Gud, har givet David Regeringen over Israel evindelig, ham og hans Sønner ved en Saltpagt?
Ought ye not to know that Jehovah the God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, to him and to his sons [by] a covenant of salt?
6 Men Jeroboam, Nebats Søn, Salomos, Davids Søns, Tjener, rejste sig og affaldt fra sin Herre.
But Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord.
7 Og løse Mænd, Belials Børn, samlede sig til ham og satte sig vældig op imod Roboam, Salomos Søn; thi Roboam var ung og blødhjertet, saa at han ikke kunde vise Styrke imod dem.
And vain men, sons of Belial, gathered to him and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was young and faint-hearted, and did not shew himself strong against them.
8 Og nu tænke I, at I ville vise eders Styrke imod Herrens Rige, som er i Davids Sønners Haand, fordi I ere en stor Hob og have hos eder Guldkalve, som Jeroboam gjorde til Guder for eder.
And now ye think to shew yourselves strong against the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and ye have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made you for gods.
9 Have I ikke fordrevet Herrens Præster, Arons Sønner og Leviterne, og gjort eder selv Præster ligesom Folkene i Landene? hver den, som kommer for at fylde sin Haand med en ung Tyr og syv Vædre, han bliver Præst for dem, som ikke ere Guder.
Have ye not cast out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests as the peoples of the lands? whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, he becomes a priest of what is not God.
10 Men hvad os angaar, da er Herren vor Gud, og vi have ikke forladt ham; og Præsterne, som tjene Herren, Arons Børn og Leviterne, ere i Tjenesten;
But as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests that serve Jehovah are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites are at their work:
11 og de antænde Brændofrene for Herren hver Morgen og hver Aften og Røgofferet af vellugtende Urter og sætte Skuebrødene paa det rene Bord og Guldlysestagen og dens Lamper, der tændes hver Aften; thi vi holde Herren vor Guds Skik, men I, I have forladt ham.
and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense; the loaves also are set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but ye have forsaken him.
12 Derfor se, med os, i Spidsen for os er Gud og hans Præster, og de stærktlydende Basuner, der skulle lyde imod eder; I, Israels Børn, strider ikke imod Herren, eders Fædres Gud; thi det skal ikke lykkes eder.
And behold, we have God with us at our head, and his priests, and the loud-sounding trumpets to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
13 Men Jeroboam lod et Baghold gaa omkring for at komme bag paa dem, saa de selv vare foran Juda og Bagholdet bag dem.
But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; and they were before Judah, and the ambush behind them.
14 Og Juda saa sig om, og se, da var der Kamp foran dem og bag dem, og de raabte til Herren, og Præsterne blæste i Basunerne.
And Judah looked back, and behold, they had the battle in front and behind; and they cried to Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
15 Og Judas Mænd skrege, og det skete, der Judas Mænd skrege, da slog Gud Jeroboam og al Israel for Abias og Judas Ansigt.
And 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.
16 Og Israels Børn flyede for Judas Ansigt, og Gud gav dem i deres Haand.
And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.
17 Og Abia og hans Folk slog dem med et stort Slag, og de ihjelslagne, som faldt af Israel, vare fem Hundrede Tusinde udvalgte Mænd.
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; and there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
18 Saa bleve Israels Børn ydmygede samme Tid, men Judas Børn bleve styrkede; thi de forlode sig fast paa Herren, deres Fædres Gud.
And the children of Israel were humbled at that time, and the children of Judah were strengthened, because they relied upon Jehovah the God of their fathers.
19 Og Abia forfulgte Jeroboam og tog Stæder fra ham, nemlig Bethel med dens tilhørende Byer og Jesana med dens tilhørende Byer og Efron med dens tilhørende Byer.
And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its dependent villages, and Jeshanah with its dependent villages, and Ephron with its dependent villages.
20 Og Jeroboam kom ikke ydermere til Kræfter i Abias Dage, og Herren slog ham, saa han døde.
And Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and Jehovah smote him, and he died.
21 Men Abia blev mægtig og tog sig fjorten Hustruer og avlede to og tyve Sønner og seksten Døtre.
But Abijah strengthened himself, and took fourteen wives, and begot twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
22 Men det øvrige af Abias Handeler, baade hans Veje og hans Ord, ere skrevne i Profeten Iddos Historie.
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his sayings, are written in the treatise of the prophet Iddo.
