Anden Krønikebog 13

1 I Kong Jerobeams attende Regeringsår blev Abija Konge over Juda.

In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

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

He was king in Jerusalem for three years; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

3 Abija åbnede Krigen med en krigsdygtig Hær, 400.000 udsøgte Mænd, og Jeroboam mødte ham med 800.000 udsøgte Mænd, dygtige Krigere,

And Abijah went out to the fight with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand of his best men; and Jeroboam put his forces in line against him, eight hundred thousand of his best men of war.

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

And Abijah took up his position on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Give ear to me, O 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?

Is it not clear to you that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel to David and to his sons for ever, by an agreement made with salt?

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

But Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon, the son of David, took up arms against his lord.

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

And certain foolish and good-for-nothing men were joined with him, and made themselves strong against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and untested and not able to keep them back.

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

And now it is your purpose to put yourselves against the authority which the Lord has put into the hands of the sons of David, and you are a very great number, and you have with you the gold oxen which Jeroboam made to be your gods.

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

And after driving out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, have you not made priests for yourselves as the people of other lands do? so that anyone who comes to make himself priest by offering an ox or seven sheep, may be a priest of those who 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 been turned away from him; we have priests who do the work of the Lord, even the sons of Aaron and the Levites in their places;

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

By whom burned offerings and perfumes are sent up in smoke before the Lord every morning and every evening; and they put out the holy bread on its table and the gold support for the lights with its lights burning every evening; for we keep the orders given to us by the Lord our God, but you have gone away from 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 får ikke Lykken med eder!"

And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.

13 Jeroboam lod imidlertid Bagholdet gøre en omgående Bevægelse for at komme i Ryggen på dem, og således havde Judæerne Hæren foran sig og Bagholdet i Ryggen.

But Jeroboam had put some of his men to make a surprise attack on them from the back, so some were facing Judah and others were stationed secretly at their back.

14 Da Judæerne vendte sig om og så, at Angreb truede dem både forfra og bagfra, råbte de til HERREN, medens Præsterne blæste i Trompeterne.

And Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns.

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

And the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

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

And the children of Israel went in flight before Judah, and God gave them up into their hands.

17 og Abija og hans Folk tilføjede dem et stort Nederlag, så der af Israeliterne faldt 500.000 udsøgte Krigere.

And Abijah and his people put them to death with great destruction: five hundred thousand of the best of Israel were put to the sword.

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

So at that time the children of Israel were overcome, and the children of Judah got the better of them, because they put their faith in the Lord, the God of their fathers.

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

And Abijah went after Jeroboam and took some of his towns, Beth-el with its small towns and Jeshanah with its small towns and Ephron with its small towns.

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

And Jeroboam did not get back his power again in the life-time of Abijah; and the Lord sent death on him.

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

But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

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

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