Anden Krønikebog 13

1 I Kong Jeroboams attende Regeringsaar blev Abija Konge over Juda.

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

2 Tre Aar herskede han i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Mikaja og var Datter af Uriel fra Gibea. Abija og Jeroboam laa i Krig med hinanden.

He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

3 Abija aabnede Krigen med en krigsdygtig Hær, 400 000 udsøgte Mænd, og Jeroboam mødte ham med 800 000 udsøgte Mænd, dygtige Krigere,

And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, [even] four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, [being] mighty men of valor.

4 Da stillede Abija sig paa Bjerget Zemarajim, der hører til Efraims Bjerge, og sagde: »Hør mig, Jeroboam og hele Israel!

And Abijah stood upon mount Zemaraim, which [is] in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

5 Burde I ikke vide, at HERREN, Israels Gud, har givet David og hans Efterkommere Kongemagten over Israel til evig Tid ved en Saltpagt?

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

6 Men Jeroboam, Nebats Søn, Davids Søn Salomos Træl, rejste sig og gjorde Oprør mod sin Herre,

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

7 og daarlige Folk, Niddinger, samlede sig om ham og bød Rehabeam, Salomos Søn, Trods; og Rehabeam var ung og veg og kunde ikke hævde sig over for dem.

And there are gathered to him vain men, the children of Belial, and [they] have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.

8 Og nu mener I at kunne hævde eder over for HERRENS Kongedømme i Davids Efterkommeres Haand, fordi I er en stor Hob og paa eders Side har de Guldkalve, Jeroboam lod lave eder til Guder!

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 golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

9 Har I ikke drevet HERRENS Præster, Arons Sønner, og Leviterne bort og skaffet eder Præster paa samme Maade som Hedningefolkene? Enhver, der kommer med en ung Tyr og syv Vædre for at indsættes, bliver Præst for Guder, der ikke er Guder!

Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made for you priests after the manner of the nations of [other] lands? so that whoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, [the same] may be a priest of [them that are] no gods.

10 Men vor Gud er HERREN, og vi har ikke forladt ham; de Præster, der tjener HERREN, er Arons Sønner og Leviterne udfører den øvrige Tjeneste;

But as for us, the LORD [is] our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, who minister to the LORD, [are] the sons of Aaron, and the Levites [wait] upon [their] business:

11 de antænder hver Morgen og Aften Brændofre til HERREN og vellugtende Røgelse, lægger Skuebrødene til Rette paa Guldbordet og tænder Guldlysestagen og dens Lamper Aften efter Aften, thi vi holder HERREN vor Guds Forskrifter, men I har forladt ham!

And they burn to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt-sacrifices and sweet incense: the show-bread also [they 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 the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.

12 Se, med os, i Spidsen for os er Gud og hans Præster og Alarmtrompeterne, med hvilke der skal blæses til Kamp imod eder! Israeliter, indlad eder ikke i Kamp med HERREN, eders Fædres Gud, thi I faar ikke Lykken med eder!«

And behold, God himself [is] with us for [our] captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye will not prosper.

13 Jeroboam lod imidlertid Bagholdet gøre en omgaaende Bevægelse for at komme i Ryggen paa dem, og saaledes havde Judæerne Hæren foran sig og Bagholdet i Ryggen.

But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush [was] behind them.

14 Da Judæerne vendte sig om og saa, at Angreb truede dem baade forfra og bagfra, raabte de til HERREN, medens Præsterne blæste i Trompeterne.

And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle [was] before and behind: and they cried to the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

15 Saa udstødte Judæerne Krigsskriget, og da Judæerne udstødte Krigsskriget, slog Gud Jeroboam og hele Israel foran Abija og Juda.

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.

16 Israeliterne flygtede for Judæerne, og Gud gav dem i deres Haand;

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

17 og Abija og hans Folk tilføjede dem et stort Nederlag, saa der af Israeliterne faldt 500 000 udsøgte Krigere.

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

18 Saaledes ydmygedes Israeliterne den Gang, men Judæerne styrkedes, fordi de støttede sig til HERREN, deres Fædres Gud.

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

19 Og Abija forfulgte Jeroboam og fratog ham flere Byer, Betel med Smaabyer, Jesjana med Smaabyer og Efrajin med Smaabyer.

And Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephron with its towns.

20 Jeroboam kom ikke til Kræfter mere, saa længe Abija levede; og HERREN slog ham, saa han døde.

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

21 Men Abijas Magt voksede. Han ægtede fjorten Hustruer og avlede to og tyve Sønner og seksten Døtre.

But Abijah became mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

22 Hvad der ellers er at fortælle om Abija, hans Færd og Ord, staar jo optegnet i Profeten Iddos Udlægning.

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