2 Chronicles 13
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
Katika mwaka wa kumi na nane wa Mfalme Yeroboamu, Abiya akaanza kutawala juu ya Yuda.
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.
Akatawala kwa miaka mitatu katika Yerusalemu; jina la mama yake aliitwa Maaka, binti wa Urieli wa Gibea. Kulikuwa na vita kati ya Abiya na Yeroboamu.
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.
Abiya akaingia vitani na jeshi la askari, wenye nguvu, hodari, 400, 00 wanaume waliochaguliwa. Yeroboamu akapanga mistari ya vita dhidi yake yenye 800, 00 wanaume askari waliochaguliwa, wenye nguvu, hodari.
4 And Abijah stood upon mount Zemaraim, which [is] in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
Abiya akasimama juu ya mlima Semaraimu, uliopo katika kilima cha nchi ya Efraimu, na akasema, “Nisikilizeni, Yeroboamu na Israeli wote!
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?
Hamjui kwamba Yahwe, Mungu wa Israeli, alitoa sheria juu ya Israeli kwa Daudi milele, kwake na kwa wanaye kwa agano rasimi?
6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat the servant of Solomon the son of David, hath risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
Bado Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati, mtumishi wa Selemani mwana wa Daudi, akainuka na kuasi dhidi ya bwana 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.
Watu wabaya, washirika wa karibu, wakamkusanyikia, wakamjia kinyume Rehoboamu mwana wa Selemani, wakati Rehoboamu alipokuwa mdogo na asiye na uzoefu na hakuweza kuwamudu.
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.
Sasa mnasema kwamba mnaweza kuuzuia utawala wa Yahwe wenye nguvu katika mkono wa uzao wa Daudi. Ninyi ni jeshsi kubwa, na pamoja nanyi kuna ndama wa dhahabu ambao Yeroboamu alitengeneza kama miungu kwa ajili yenu.
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.
Hamkuwafukuza nje makuhani wa Yahwe, uzao wa Haruni, na Walawi? Hamkujifanyia makuhani katika namna ya watu wa nchi zingine? Yeyote ajaye kujitakasa mwenyewe na ngo'mbe dume kijana, na madume ya kondoo anaweza kuwa kuhani wa kile ambacho siyo miungu.
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:
Lakini kwetu, Yahwe ni Mungu wetu, na hatujamsahau. Tuna makuhani, uzao wa Haruni, wakimtumikia Yahwe, na Walawi, ambao wako kataika kazi yao.
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.
Kila asubuhi na jioni humtolea Yahwe sadaka za kuteketezwa na uvumba mtamu. Pia hupanga mkate wa uwepo juu ya meza takatifu; pia huweka kinara cha dhahabu pamoaja na taa zake, ili watoe sadaka kila jioni. sisi huzishika sheria za Yahwe, Mungu wetu, Lakini ninyi mmemsahau.
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.
Ona, Mungu yuko pamoja nasi katika vichwa vyetu, na makuhani wake wako hapa na tarumbeta kwa ajili ya kutoa sauti dhidi yenu. Watu wa Israeli, msipigane na Yahwe, Mungu wa babu zenu, kwa maana hamtafanikiwa.”
13 But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush [was] behind them.
Lakini Yeroboamu akaandaa mavamizi nyuma yao; jeshi lake lilikuwa mbele ya Yuda, na wavamizi nyuma yao.
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.
Yuda walipoanagalia nyuma, tanzama, mapigano yalikuwa pote mbele na nyuma yao. Wakamlilia Yahwe kwa sauti, na makuhani wakayapuliza matarumbeta.
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.
Kisha wanaume wa Yuda wakapiga kelele; walipopiga kele, ikawa kwamba Mungu akampiga Yeroboamu na Israeli wote mbele ya Abiya na Yuda.
16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
Watu wa Israeli wakakimbia mbele ya Yuda, na akawatia kwenye mkono wa Yuda.
17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
Abiya na jeshi lake wakawaua kwa mauji makuu; 500, 000 watu wanaume waliochaguliwa wa Israeli wakaanguka wamekufa.
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.
Katika namna hii hii, watu wa Israeli wakatiishwa chini wakati huo, watu wa Yuda wakashinda kwa sababu walimtegemea Yahwe, Mungu wa babu zao.
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.
Abiya akamshawishi Yeroboamu; akachukua miji kutoka kwake; Betheli pamoja na vijiji vyake, Yeshana pamoja na vijiji vyake, na Efroni pamoaaja na vijij vyake.
20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
Yeroboamu hakupata naguvu tena katika siku za Abiya; Yahwe akampiga, na akafa.
21 But Abijah became mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
Lakini Abiya akawa na nguvu sana; akachukua wanawake kumi na nne kwa ajili yake na akawa baba wa wana ishirini na mbili na mabinti kumi na sita.
22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, [are] written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
Matendo ya Abiya yaliyosalia, tabia yake na maneno yake yameeandikwa katika kamusi ya nabii Ido.
