2 Maũndũ 13
1 Mwaka wa ikũmi na ĩnana wa ũthamaki wa Jeroboamu nĩguo Abija aatuĩkire mũthamaki wa Juda,
In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.
2 na agĩthamaka arĩ Jerusalemu mĩaka ĩtatũ. Nyina eetagwo Maaka mwarĩ wa Urieli wa Gibea. Nĩ kwarĩ mbaara gatagatĩ ka Abija na Jeroboamu.
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 aathiire mbaara-inĩ arĩ na mbũtũ ya thigari irĩ ũhoti 400,000, nake Jeroboamu akĩara mbũtũ yake ya thigari irĩ ũhoti 800,000.
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 Abija akĩrũgama igũrũ rĩa Kĩrĩma kĩa Zemaraimu, bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩa wa irĩma wa Efiraimu, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Jeroboamu na Isiraeli inyuothe, ta thikĩrĩriai!
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 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?
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 No rĩrĩ, Jeroboamu mũrũ wa Nebati, ũmwe wa anene a Solomoni mũrũ wa Daudi, nĩaremeire mwathi wake.
But Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon, the son of David, took up arms against his lord.
7 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.
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 “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.
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 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.
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 “No ithuĩ-rĩ, Jehova nĩwe Ngai witũ, na tũtimũtiganĩirie. Athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa matungataga Jehova nĩ ariũ a Harũni, na mateithagĩrĩrio nĩ Alawii.
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 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.
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 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.”
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 No rĩrĩ, Jeroboamu nĩatũmĩte ikundi cia thigari thuutha wao, nĩgeetha amatharĩkĩre arĩ na mbere ya Juda nao arĩa maamoheirie marĩ thuutha wao.
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 Juda nĩmehũgũrire na makĩona atĩ nĩmatharĩkĩirwo kuuma na mbere na kuuma na thuutha. Hĩndĩ ĩyo magĩkaĩra Jehova. Nao athĩnjĩri-Ngai makĩhuha tũrumbeta twao,
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 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.
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 Andũ a Isiraeli makĩũrĩra andũ a Juda, nake Ngai akĩmaneana moko-inĩ mao.
And the children of Israel went in flight before Judah, and God gave them up into their hands.
17 Abija na andũ ake makĩmahũũra mbaara nene, nginya andũ a Isiraeli 500,000 arĩa maarĩ ũhoti makĩũragwo.
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 Andũ a Isiraeli magĩtoorio mbaara-inĩ ĩyo; nao andũ a Juda magĩtuĩka atooria tondũ nĩmehokire Jehova, Ngai wa maithe mao.
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 Nake Abija akĩingatithia Jeroboamu na akĩmũtaha matũũra ma Betheli, na Jeshana, na Efuroni hamwe na tũtũũra tũrĩa twamathiũrũrũkĩirie.
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 Jeroboamu ndaigana gũcooka kũgĩa na hinya rĩngĩ matukũ-inĩ ma Abija. Nake Jehova agĩkĩmũgũtha igũtha agĩkua.
And Jeroboam did not get back his power again in the life-time of Abijah; and the Lord sent death on him.
21 No Abija agĩkĩrĩrĩria kũgĩa na hinya. Akĩhikia atumia 14, na akĩgĩa na aanake 22 na airĩtu 16.
But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
22 Maũndũ marĩa mangĩ makoniĩ wathani wa Abija, marĩa eekire na ũrĩa oigire-rĩ, nĩmandĩkĩtwo ibuku-inĩ rĩa ũtaũranĩri rĩa mũnabii Ido.
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his sayings, are recorded in the account of the prophet Iddo.
