2 Chronicles 13
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
Mwaka wa ikũmi na ĩnana wa ũthamaki wa Jeroboamu nĩguo Abija aatuĩkire mũthamaki wa Juda,
2 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.
na agĩthamaka arĩ Jerusalemu mĩaka ĩtatũ. Nyina eetagwo Maaka mwarĩ wa Urieli wa Gibea. Nĩ kwarĩ mbaara gatagatĩ ka Abija na Jeroboamu.
3 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.
Abija aathiire mbaara-inĩ arĩ na mbũtũ ya thigari irĩ ũhoti 400,000, nake Jeroboamu akĩara mbũtũ yake ya thigari irĩ ũhoti 800,000.
4 And Abijah stood upon mount Zemaraim, which [is] in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
Abija akĩrũgama igũrũ rĩa Kĩrĩma kĩa Zemaraimu, bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩa wa irĩma wa Efiraimu, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Jeroboamu na Isiraeli inyuothe, ta thikĩrĩriai!
5 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?
Kaĩ mũtooĩ atĩ Jehova, Ngai wa Isiraeli, nĩaheanĩte ũthamaki wa Isiraeli moko-inĩ ma Daudi na njiaro ciake nginya tene na ũndũ wa kĩrĩkanĩro gĩa cumbĩ?
6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat the servant of Solomon the son of David, hath risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
No rĩrĩ, Jeroboamu mũrũ wa Nebati, ũmwe wa anene a Solomoni mũrũ wa Daudi, nĩaremeire mwathi wake.
7 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.
Imũndũ imwe cia tũhũ nĩcionganire hamwe nake, na makĩregana na Rehoboamu mũrũ wa Solomoni rĩrĩa aarĩ mwĩthĩ na ataahotaga gũtua itua, na ndaarĩ na hinya wa kũmeetiiria.
8 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.
“Na rĩrĩ, mwĩciirĩtie ũrĩa mũkũregana na ũthamaki wa Jehova, ũrĩa ũrĩ moko-inĩ ma njiaro cia Daudi. Ti-itherũ mũrĩ mbũtũ nene ya ita, na mũrĩ na njaũ cia thahabu iria ciathondekirwo nĩ Jeroboamu ituĩke ngai cianyu.
9 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.
No githĩ mũtiaingatire athĩnjĩri-Ngai a Jehova, arĩa maarĩ ariũ a Harũni, na Alawii, na mũgĩĩthuurĩra athĩnjĩri-ngai anyu kĩũmbe o ta ũrĩa andũ a mabũrũri marĩa mangĩ mekaga? Ũrĩa wothe ũũkaga kwĩyamũra na gategwa na ndũrũme mũgwanja atuĩkaga mũthĩnjĩri-ngai wa indo itarĩ ngai.
10 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:
“No ithuĩ-rĩ, Jehova nĩwe Ngai witũ, na tũtimũtiganĩirie. Athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa matungataga Jehova nĩ ariũ a Harũni, na mateithagĩrĩrio nĩ Alawii.
11 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.
O rũciinĩ na hwaĩ-inĩ nĩmarutagĩra Jehova maruta ma njino na ũbumba ũrĩa ũnungaga wega. Nĩmaigagĩrĩra mĩgate metha-inĩ ĩrĩa theru, na makagwatia matawa marĩa maigĩrĩirwo mũtĩ-inĩ wa thahabu wamo o hwaĩ-inĩ. Ithuĩ nĩtũrũmĩtie maũndũ marĩa Jehova Ngai witũ endaga. No inyuĩ nĩmũmũtiganĩirie.
12 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.
Ngai arĩ hamwe na ithuĩ; we nĩwe mũtongoria witũ. Athĩnjĩri-Ngai ake na tũrumbeta twao nĩo marĩgambia mũgambo wa mbaara ya kũmũũkĩrĩra inyuĩ. Andũ a Isiraeli, tigai kũrũa na Jehova, Ngai wa maithe manyu, nĩgũkorwo mũtingĩhootana.”
13 But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush [was] behind them.
No rĩrĩ, Jeroboamu nĩatũmĩte ikundi cia thigari thuutha wao, nĩgeetha amatharĩkĩre arĩ na mbere ya Juda nao arĩa maamoheirie marĩ thuutha wao.
14 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.
Juda nĩmehũgũrire na makĩona atĩ nĩmatharĩkĩirwo kuuma na mbere na kuuma na thuutha. Hĩndĩ ĩyo magĩkaĩra Jehova. Nao athĩnjĩri-Ngai makĩhuha tũrumbeta twao,
15 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.
nao andũ a Juda makiugĩrĩria na mũgambo wa mbaara. Hĩndĩ ĩyo maanagĩrĩra na mũgambo wa mbaara, Ngai akĩharagania Jeroboamu na Isiraeli rĩothe mbere ya Abija na andũ a Juda.
16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
Andũ a Isiraeli makĩũrĩra andũ a Juda, nake Ngai akĩmaneana moko-inĩ mao.
17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
Abija na andũ ake makĩmahũũra mbaara nene, nginya andũ a Isiraeli 500,000 arĩa maarĩ ũhoti makĩũragwo.
18 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.
Andũ a Isiraeli magĩtoorio mbaara-inĩ ĩyo; nao andũ a Juda magĩtuĩka atooria tondũ nĩmehokire Jehova, Ngai wa maithe mao.
19 And Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephron with its towns.
Nake Abija akĩingatithia Jeroboamu na akĩmũtaha matũũra ma Betheli, na Jeshana, na Efuroni hamwe na tũtũũra tũrĩa twamathiũrũrũkĩirie.
20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
Jeroboamu ndaigana gũcooka kũgĩa na hinya rĩngĩ matukũ-inĩ ma Abija. Nake Jehova agĩkĩmũgũtha igũtha agĩkua.
21 But Abijah became mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
No Abija agĩkĩrĩrĩria kũgĩa na hinya. Akĩhikia atumia 14, na akĩgĩa na aanake 22 na airĩtu 16.
22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, [are] written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
Maũndũ marĩa mangĩ makoniĩ wathani wa Abija, marĩa eekire na ũrĩa oigire-rĩ, nĩmandĩkĩtwo ibuku-inĩ rĩa ũtaũranĩri rĩa mũnabii Ido.
