2 Maũndũ 13
1 Mwaka wa ikũmi na ĩnana wa ũthamaki wa Jeroboamu nĩguo Abija aatuĩkire mũthamaki wa Juda,
In the eyghteenth yeere of King Ieroboam began Abiiah to reigne ouer Iudah.
2 na agĩthamaka arĩ Jerusalemu mĩaka ĩtatũ. Nyina eetagwo Maaka mwarĩ wa Urieli wa Gibea. Nĩ kwarĩ mbaara gatagatĩ ka Abija na Jeroboamu.
He reigned three yere in Ierusalem: (his mothers name also was Michaiah the daughter of Vriel of Gibea) and there was warre betweene Abiiah and Ieroboam.
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 Abiiah set the battel in aray with the armie of valiant men of warre, euen foure hundreth thousand chosen men. Ieroboam also set the battell in aray against him with eight hundreth thousande chosen men which were strong and valiant.
4 Abija akĩrũgama igũrũ rĩa Kĩrĩma kĩa Zemaraimu, bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩa wa irĩma wa Efiraimu, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Jeroboamu na Isiraeli inyuothe, ta thikĩrĩriai!
And Abiiah stood vp vpon mount Zemeraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and sayde, O Ieroboam, and all Israel, heare you me,
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?
Ought you not to know that the Lord God of Israel hath giuen the kingdome ouer Israel to Dauid for euer, euen to him and to his sonnes by a couenant of salt?
6 No rĩrĩ, Jeroboamu mũrũ wa Nebati, ũmwe wa anene a Solomoni mũrũ wa Daudi, nĩaremeire mwathi wake.
And Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat the seruant of Salomon the sonne of Dauid is risen vp, and hath rebelled 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 there are gathered to him vayne men and wicked, and made themselues strong against Rehoboam the sonne of Salomon: for Rehoboam was but a childe and tender hearted, and coulde not resist them.
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.
Now therefore ye thinke that yee be able to resist against the kingdome of the Lord, which is in the handes of the sonnes of Dauid, and ye bee a great multitude, and the golden calues are with you which Ieroboam made you for 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.
Haue ye not driuen away the Priestes of the Lord the sonnes of Aaron and the Leuites, and haue made you Priests like the people of other countreis? whosoeuer commeth to consecrate with a yong bullocke and seuen rams, the same may be a Priest of them that 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 wee belong vnto the Lord our God, and haue not forsaken him, and the Priestes the sonnes of Aaron minister vnto the Lord, and the Leuites in their office.
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.
And they burne vnto the Lord euery morning and euery euening burnt offerings and sweete incense, and the breade is set in order vpon the pure table, and the candlesticke of golde with the lampes thereof, to burne euery euening: for we keepe the watch of the Lord our God: but ye haue forsaken 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 behold, this God is with vs, as a captaine, and his Priests with the sounding trumpets, to crie an alarme against you. O yee children of Israel, fight not against the Lord God of your fathers: for ye shall not prosper.
13 No rĩrĩ, Jeroboamu nĩatũmĩte ikundi cia thigari thuutha wao, nĩgeetha amatharĩkĩre arĩ na mbere ya Juda nao arĩa maamoheirie marĩ thuutha wao.
But Ieroboam caused an ambushment to compasse, and come behind them, when they were before Iudah, and the ambushment behinde them.
14 Juda nĩmehũgũrire na makĩona atĩ nĩmatharĩkĩirwo kuuma na mbere na kuuma na thuutha. Hĩndĩ ĩyo magĩkaĩra Jehova. Nao athĩnjĩri-Ngai makĩhuha tũrumbeta twao,
Then Iudah looked, and beholde, the battel was before and behinde them, and they cried vnto the Lord, and the Priests blewe with the trumpets,
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 Iudah gaue a shoute: and euen as the men of Iudah shouted, God smote Ieroboam and also Israel before Abiiah and Iudah.
16 Andũ a Isiraeli makĩũrĩra andũ a Juda, nake Ngai akĩmaneana moko-inĩ mao.
And the children of Israel fledde before Iudah, and God deliuered them into their hande.
17 Abija na andũ ake makĩmahũũra mbaara nene, nginya andũ a Isiraeli 500,000 arĩa maarĩ ũhoti makĩũragwo.
And Abiiah and his people slewe a great slaughter of them, so that there fel downe wounded of Israel fiue hundreth thousand chosen men.
18 Andũ a Isiraeli magĩtoorio mbaara-inĩ ĩyo; nao andũ a Juda magĩtuĩka atooria tondũ nĩmehokire Jehova, Ngai wa maithe mao.
So the children of Israel were brought vnder at that time: and the children of Iudah preuailed, because they stayed vpon the Lord God of their fathers.
19 Nake Abija akĩingatithia Jeroboamu na akĩmũtaha matũũra ma Betheli, na Jeshana, na Efuroni hamwe na tũtũũra tũrĩa twamathiũrũrũkĩirie.
And Abiiah pursued after Ieroboam, and tooke cities from him, euen Beth-el, and the villages thereof, and Ieshanah with her villages, and Ephron with her villages.
20 Jeroboamu ndaigana gũcooka kũgĩa na hinya rĩngĩ matukũ-inĩ ma Abija. Nake Jehova agĩkĩmũgũtha igũtha agĩkua.
And Ieroboam recouered no strength againe in the dayes of Abiiah, but the Lord plagued him, and he dyed.
21 No Abija agĩkĩrĩrĩria kũgĩa na hinya. Akĩhikia atumia 14, na akĩgĩa na aanake 22 na airĩtu 16.
So Abiiah waxed mightie, and marryed foureteene wiues, and begate two and twentie sonnes, and sixteene daughters.
22 Maũndũ marĩa mangĩ makoniĩ wathani wa Abija, marĩa eekire na ũrĩa oigire-rĩ, nĩmandĩkĩtwo ibuku-inĩ rĩa ũtaũranĩri rĩa mũnabii Ido.
The rest of the actes of Abiiah and his maners and his sayings are written in the storie of the Prophet Iddo.
