2 Chronicles 13
1 In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, Abijah reigned over Judah.
Anno octavodecimo regis Ieroboam, regnavit Abia super Iudam.
2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Tribus annis regnavit in Ierusalem, nomenque matris eius Michaia, filia Uriel de Gabaa: et erat bellum inter Abiam et Ieroboam.
3 And when Abijah had undertaken the conflict, and he had with him four hundred thousand elect men, very fit for war, Jeroboam set up a battle line opposite him of eight hundred thousand men, who were also elect and very strong in warfare.
Cumque iniisset Abia certamen, et haberet bellicosissimos viros, et electorum quadringenta millia: Ieroboam instruxit econtra aciem octingenta millia virorum, qui et ipsi electi erant, et ad bella fortissimi.
4 Then Abijah stood upon mount Zemaraim, which was in Ephraim, and he said: “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all of Israel.
Stetit ergo Abia super montem Semeron, qui erat in Ephraim, et ait: Audi Ieroboam, et omnis Israel.
5 Are you ignorant that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave David the kingship over Israel for all time, to him and to his sons, by a covenant of salt?
Num ignoratis quod Dominus Deus Israel dederit regnum David super Israel in sempiternum, ipsi et filiis eius in pactum salis?
6 But Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, the servant of Solomon, son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord.
Et surrexit Ieroboam filius Nabat, servus Salomonis filii David: et rebellavit contra dominum suum.
7 And there were gathered to him very vain men, and sons of Belial. And they prevailed against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon. For Rehoboam was inexperienced, and he had a fearful heart, and so he was unable to resist them.
Congregatique sunt ad eum viri vanissimi, et filii Belial: et prævaluerunt contra Roboam filium Salomonis: porro Roboam erat rudis, et corde pavido, nec potuit resistere eis.
8 Now therefore, you say that you are able to resist the kingdom of the Lord, which he possesses through the sons of David, and you have a great multitude of people, and gold calves, which Jeroboam made for you as gods.
Nunc ergo vos dicitis quod resistere possitis regno Domini, quod possidet per filios David, habetisque grandem populi multitudinem, atque vitulos aureos, quos fecit vobis Ieroboam in deos.
9 And you have cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, as well as the Levites. And like all the peoples of the lands, you have made priests for yourselves. Anyone who is willing to come and perform the ritual by his hand, with a bull from the herd and with seven rams, is made a priest of those who are not gods.
Et eiecistis Sacerdotes Domini, filios Aaron, atque Levitas: et fecistis vobis Sacerdotes sicut omnes populi terrarum: quicumque venerit, et initiaverit manum suam in tauro de bobus, et in arietibus septem, fit sacerdos eorum, qui non sunt dii.
10 But the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him. And the priests who minister to the Lord are from the sons of Aaron. And the Levites are in their proper order.
Noster autem Dominus, Deus est, quem non relinquimus, Sacerdotesque ministrant Domino de filiis Aaron, et Levitæ sunt in ordine suo:
11 Also, they offer holocausts to the Lord, each and every day, morning and evening, and incense composed according to the precept of the law, and the bread of the presence on a very pure table. And there is with us the gold lampstand with its lamps, so that they may burn continually in the evening. For certainly, we keep the precepts of the Lord our God, whom you have forsaken.
Holocausta quoque offerunt Domino per singulos dies mane et vespere, et thymiama iuxta legis præcepta confectum, et proponuntur panes in mensa mundissima, estque apud nos candelabrum aureum, et lucernæ eius, ut accendantur semper ad vesperam: nos quippe custodimus præcepta Domini Dei nostri, quem vos reliquistis.
12 Therefore, God is the commander of our army, with his priests, who sound the trumpets that ring out against you. O sons of Israel, do not choose to fight against the Lord, the God of your fathers. For it is not expedient for you.”
Ergo in exercitu nostro dux Deus est, et Sacerdotes eius, qui clangunt tubis, et resonant contra vos: filii Israel nolite pugnare contra Dominum Deum patrum vestrorum, quia non vobis expedit.
13 While he was speaking these things, Jeroboam set in motion an ambush behind them. And while they stood facing the enemy, without Judah realizing it, his army circled around.
Hæc illo loquente, Ieroboam retro moliebatur insidias. Cumque ex adverso hostium staret, ignorantem Iudam suo ambiebat exercitu.
14 And looking back, Judah saw the war threatening in front and behind, and they cried out to the Lord. And the priests began to sound the trumpets.
Respiciensque Iudas vidit instare bellum ex adverso et post tergum, et clamavit ad Dominum: ac Sacerdotes tubis canere cœperunt.
15 And all the men of Judah shouted out. And behold, when they cried out, God terrified Jeroboam, and all of Israel who were standing in opposition to Abijah and Judah.
Omnesque viri Iuda vociferati sunt: et ecce illis clamantibus, perterruit Deus Ieroboam, et omnem Israel qui stabat ex adverso Abia et Iuda.
16 And the sons of Israel fled from Judah, and the Lord delivered them into their hand.
Fugeruntque filii Israel Iudam, et tradidit eos Deus in manu eorum.
17 Therefore, Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter. And five hundred thousand strong men of Israel fell wounded.
Percussit ergo eos Abia, et populus eius plaga magna: et corruerunt vulnerati ex Israel quingenta millia virorum fortium.
18 And the sons of Israel were humiliated at that time. And the sons of Judah were very greatly strengthened, because they had trusted in the Lord, the God of their fathers.
Humiliatique sunt filii Israel in tempore illo, et vehementissime confortati filii Iuda eo quod sperassent in Domino Deo patrum suorum.
19 Then Abijah pursued the fleeing Jeroboam. And he seized cities from him: Bethel and her daughters, and Jeshanah with her daughters, and also Ephron and her daughters.
Persecutus est autem Abia fugientem Ieroboam, et cepit civitates eius, Bethel et filias eius, et Iesana cum filiabus suis, Ephron quoque et filias eius:
20 And Jeroboam no longer had the strength to resist, in the days of Abijah. And the Lord struck him, and he died.
nec valuit ultra resistere Ieroboam in diebus Abia: quem percussit Dominus, et mortuus est.
21 And so Abijah, having been strengthened in his authority, took fourteen wives. And he procreated twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
Igitur Abia, confortato imperio suo, accepit uxores quattuordecim: procreavitque viginti duos filios, et sedecim filias.
22 Now the rest of the words of Abijah, and his ways and works, have been written very diligently in the book of Iddo, the prophet.
Reliqua autem sermonum Abia, viarumque et operum eius, scripta sunt diligentissime in Libro Addo Prophetæ.
