2 Chronicles 13

1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah reigns over Judah;

١ وَفِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ حُكْمِ الْمَلِكِ يَرُبْعَامَ اعْتَلَى أَبِيَّا عَرْشَ يَهُوذَا،

2 he has reigned three years in Jerusalem (and the name of his mother [is] Michaiah daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah), and there has been war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

٢ وَدَامَ مُلْكُهُ ثَلاثَ سَنَوَاتٍ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ، وَاسْمُ أُمِّهِ مِيخَايَا ابْنَةُ أُورِيئِيلَ مِنْ جَبْعَةَ، وَنَشَبَتْ حَرْبٌ بَيْنَ أَبِيَّا وَيَرُبْعَامَ.

3 And Abijah directs the war with a force of mighty men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men, and Jeroboam has set in array [for] battle with him, with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty men of valor.

٣ وَخَاضَ أَبِيَّا الْحَرْبَ بِجَيْشٍ مِنَ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الأَشِدَّاءِ، بَلَغَ عَدَدُهُمْ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ مِنْ خِيرَةِ الْمُقَاتِلِينَ. وَاصْطَفَّ يَرُبْعَامُ لِمُحَارَبَتِهِ بِجَيْشٍ بَلَغَ عَدَدُهُ ثَمَانِي مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ مِنْ نُخْبَةِ الْمُحَارِبِينَ الأَشِدَّاءِ.

4 And Abijah rises up on the hill of Zemaraim that [is] in the hill-country of Ephraim, and says, “Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel!

٤ وَوَقَفَ أَبِيَّا عَلَى جَبَلِ صَمَارَايِمَ فِي مُرْتَفَعَاتِ أَرْضِ أَفْرَايِمَ وَهَتَفَ: «أَصْغِ إِلَيَّ يَا يَرُبْعَامُ وَيَا كُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ:

5 Is it not for you to know that YHWH, God of Israel, has given the kingdom over Israel to David for all time, to him and to his sons—a covenant of salt?

٥ أَلَمْ تُدْرِكُوا بَعْدُ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ عَهِدَ بِالْمُلْكِ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ إِلَى الأَبَدِ بِعَهْدِ مِلْحٍ،

6 And Jeroboam, son of Nebat, servant of Solomon son of David, rises up and rebels against his lord!

٦ فَقَامَ يَرُبْعَامُ بْنُ نَبَاطَ عَبْدُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ، وَتَمَرَّدَ عَلَى سَيِّدِهِ.

7 And vain men are gathered to him, sons of worthlessness, and they strengthen themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was a youth, and tender of heart, and has not strengthened himself against them.

٧ فَالْتَفَّ حَوْلَهُ رِجَالٌ بَطَّالُونَ أَشْرَارٌ، وَثَارُوا عَلَى رَحُبْعَامَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، فَلَمْ يَثْبُتْ رَحُبْعَامُ أَمَامَهُمْ لِحَدَاثَتِهِ وَقِلَّةِ خِبْرَتِهِ.

8 And now you are saying to strengthen yourselves before the kingdom of YHWH in the hand of the sons of David, and you [are] a numerous multitude, and calves of gold [are] with you that Jeroboam has made for you for gods.

٨ وَالآنَ أَنْتُمْ تَدَّعُونَ أَنَّكُمْ قَادِرُونَ عَلَى الثَّبَاتِ أَمَامَ قُوَّاتِ مَمْلَكَةِ الرَّبِّ الَّتِي أَرْسَاهَا بِيَدِ دَاوُدَ، حَاشِدِينَ جَيْشاً كَبِيراً، وَحَامِلِينَ مَعَكُمْ عُجُولَ ذَهَبٍ صَنَعَهَا لَكُمْ يَرُبْعَامُ لِتَكُونَ لَكُمْ آلِهَةً.

9 Have you not cast out the priests of YHWH, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make priests for yourselves like the peoples of the lands? Everyone who has come to fill his hand with a bullock, a son of the herd, and seven rams, even he has been a priest for [those which are] not gods!

٩ أَلَمْ تَطْرُدُوا كَهَنَةَ الرَّبِّ أَبْنَاءَ هرُونَ وَاللّاوِيِّينَ، وَأَقَمْتُمْ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ كَهَنَةً كَالأُمَمِ الأُخْرَى، فَيُصْبِحَ كُلُّ مَنْ يَأْتِي لِيُكَرِّسَ عِجْلاً وَسَبْعَةَ كِبَاشٍ كَاهِناً لِمَنْ لَيْسُوا آلِهَةً؟

10 As for us, YHWH [is] our God, and we have not forsaken Him, and priests are ministering to YHWH, sons of Aaron and the Levites, in the work,

١٠ وَأَمَّا نَحْنُ فَالرَّبُّ هُوَ إِلَهُنَا لَمْ نَتَخَلَّ عَنْهُ، وَخُدَّامُ الرَّبِّ الْكَهَنَةُ الْقَائِمُونَ بِخِدْمَةِ الْعِبَادَةِ هُمْ ذُرِّيَّةُ هرُونَ، وَمَعَهُمُ اللّاوِيُّونَ،

11 and are making incense to YHWH, burnt-offerings morning by morning, and evening by evening, and incense of spices, and the arrangement of bread [is] on the pure table, and the lampstand of gold, and its lamps, to burn evening by evening, for we are keeping the charge of our God YHWH, and you have forsaken Him.

١١ يُوْقِدُونَ لِلرَّبِّ مُحْرَقَاتٍ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ وَمَسَاءٍ، وَيُحْرِقُونَ بَخُورَ أَطْيَابٍ، وَيُعِدُّونَ خُبْزَ التَّقْدِمَةِ عَلَى الْمَائِدَةِ الطَّاهِرَةِ، وَيُضِيئُونَ مَنَارَةَ الذَّهَبِ وَسُرُوجَهَا كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ، وَهَكَذَا نَقُومُ بِالْمُحَافَظَةِ عَلَى فَرَائِضِ الرَّبِّ. وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَقَدْ تَخَلَّيْتُمْ عَنْهُ.

12 And behold, with us—at [our] head—[is] God, and His priests and trumpets of shouting to shout against you; O sons of Israel, do not fight with YHWH, God of your fathers, for you do not prosper.”

١٢ هَا الرَّبُّ مَعَنَا فِي طَلِيعَتِنَا، وَسَيَهْتِفُ كَهَنَتُهُ بِأَبْوَاقِهِمْ هُتَافَ الْحَرْبِ ضِدَّكُمْ. فَيَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا تُحَارِبُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَ آبَائِكُمْ لأَنَّكُمْ لَا تُفْلِحُونَ».

13 And Jeroboam has brought around the ambush to come in from behind them, and they are before Judah, and the ambush [is] behind them.

١٣ وَكَانَ يَرُبْعَامُ قَدْ أَعَدَّ كَمِيناً لِيَدُورَ وَيُهَاجِمَهُمْ مِنَ الْخَلْفِ، فَأَصْبَحَ جَيْشُ يَهُوذَا وَاقِعاً بَيْنَ الْقُوَّاتِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيَّةِ وَالْكَمِينِ.

14 And Judah turns, and behold, the battle [is] against them, before and behind, and they cry to YHWH, and the priests are blowing with trumpets,

١٤ وَتَبَيَّنَ جَيْشُ يَهُوذَا أَنَّهُمْ مُحَاطُونَ بِالْحَرْبِ مِنْ أَمَامٍ وَمِنْ خَلْفٍ، فَاسْتَغَاثُوا بِالرَّبِّ وَنَفَخَ الْكَهَنَةُ بِالأَبْوَاقِ.

15 and the men of Judah shout; and it comes to pass, at the shouting of the men of Judah, that God has struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

١٥ وَهَتَفَ مُقَاتِلُو يَهُوذَا بِصَيْحَاتِ الْحَرْبِ، عِنْدَئِذٍ هَزَمَ الرَّبُّ يَرُبْعَامَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ أَمَامَ أَبِيَّا وَجَيْشِ يَهُوذَا.

16 And the sons of Israel flee from the face of Judah, and God gives them into their hand,

١٦ وَانْكَسَرَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ وَأَسْلَمَهُمُ الرَّبُّ لِقُوَّاتِ يَهُوذَا.

17 and Abijah and his people strike among them a great striking, and five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fall wounded.

١٧ وَتَمَكَّنَ أَبِيَّا وَجَيْشُهُ مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ عَلَيْهِمْ قَضَاءً مُبْرَماً، فَسَقَطَ مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ خَمْسُ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ مِنْ خِيرَةِ الْمُحَارِبِينَ.

18 And the sons of Israel are humbled at that time, and the sons of Judah are strong, for they have leaned on YHWH, God of their fathers.

١٨ فَذَلَّ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ، وَانْتَصَرَ رِجَالُ يَهُوذَا لأَنَّهُمُ اتَّكَلُوا عَلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِمْ.

19 And Abijah pursues after Jeroboam and captures cities from him: Beth-El and its small towns, and Jeshanah and its small towns, and Ephraim and its small towns.

١٩ وَتَعَقَّبَ أَبِيَّا يَرُبْعَامَ وَاسْتَوْلَى مِنْهُ عَلَى مُدُنِ بَيْتِ إِيلَ وَضِيَاعِهَا وَيَشَانَةَ وَضِيَاعِهَا وَعَفْرُونَ وَضِيَاعِهَا.

20 And Jeroboam has not retained power anymore in the days of Abijah, and YHWH strikes him, and he dies.

٢٠ وَلَمْ يَسْتَعِدْ يَرُبْعَامُ قُوَّتَهُ مُدَّةَ حُكْمِ أَبِيَّا، وَأَخِيراً ضَرَبَهُ الرَّبُّ وَمَاتَ.

21 And Abijah strengthens himself, and takes fourteen wives for himself, and begets twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters;

٢١ وَازْدَادَ أَبِيَّا قُوَّةً. وَتَزَوَّجَ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ امْرَأَةً انْجَبْنَ لَهُ اثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ ابْناً وَسِتَّ عَشْرَةَ بِنْتاً.

22 and the rest of the matters of Abijah, and his ways, and his words, are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.

٢٢ أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ أَخْبَارِ أَبِيَّا وَطُرُقُهُ وَمُنْجَزَاتُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي تَارِيخِ النَّبِيِّ عِدُّو؟