2 Istwa 13
1 Jewoboram te gen dizwitan depi li te wa peyi Izrayèl la, lè Abija moute wa nan peyi Jida.
In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.
2 Li gouvènen pandan twazan lavil Jerizalèm. Manman l' te rele Mikaja. Se te pitit fi Ouryèl, moun lavil Gibeya. Se te yon lagè san rete ant Abija ak Jewoboram.
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 Abija leve yon lame katsanmil (400.000) vanyan sòlda ki konn goumen. Jewoboram bò pa l' kanpe pou goumen kont Abija ak witsanmil (800.000) vanyan sòlda ki konn goumen.
Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valour.
4 De lame yo kontre nan mòn peyi Efrayim yo. Wa Abija kanpe sou mòn Zemarayim, li pale byen fò, li di: -Koute m' non, Jewoboram ak nou tout moun peyi Izrayèl yo!
Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel:
5 Eske se konnen nou pa konnen Seyè a, Bondye pèp Izrayèl la, te pase yon kontra ak David, kontra ki pa kapab kase. Dapre kontra a, li mete gouvènman pèp Izrayèl la nan men l' ak nan men fanmi l' pou tout tan.
Ought you not to know that the LORD, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
6 Men, Jewoboram, pitit gason Nebat la, li menm ki t'ap sèvi ak Salomon, pitit David la, revòlte kont mèt li.
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.
7 Apre sa, yon bann vòryen ak yon bann vakabon al mete tèt yo ansanm ak li, yo fòse Woboram, pitit gason Salomon an, yo fè l' fè sa yo vle, paske li te jenn, li te gen tèt fèb. Li pa t' ka kenbe tèt ak yo.
Worthless men were gathered to him, wicked fellows who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender hearted, and could not withstand them.
8 Koulye a, nou fè lide vin kraze otorite Seyè a te mete nan men fanmi David la, tou sa paske nou gen avèk nou yon gwo lame ak tout estati towo bèf an lò Jewoboram te fè pou sèvi nou bondye a.
“Now you intend to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David. You are a great multitude, and the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods are with you.
9 Nou mete prèt Seyè yo, pitit Arawon yo, deyò ansanm ak moun Levi yo, lèfini nou fè tankou lòt nasyon yo, nou chwazi moun pa nou pou sèvi prèt. Nenpòt moun ki vin jwenn nou ak yon towo bèf osinon ak sèt mouton, nou fè l' prèt bondye nou yo ki pa bondye.
Haven’t you driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves according to the ways of the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may be a priest of those who are no gods.
10 Men nou menm, se Seyè a ki Bondye nou. Nou pa janm vire do ba li. Prèt k'ap sèvi devan Seyè a se fanmi Arawon yo ye. Moun ki reskonsab sèvis yo se moun Levi yo ye.
“But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests serving the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work.
11 Chak maten, chak aswè, y'ap ofri bèt yo boule nèt pou Seyè a ansanm ak lansan. Yo mete pen ki apa pou Bondye yo sou yon tab ki nan kondisyon pou sèvis Bondye. Chak aswè, yo limen lanp ki sou gwo lanp sèt branch lan. Nou fè tou sa Seyè a ban nou lòd fè. Men, nou menm moun peyi Izrayèl, nou vire do ba li.
They burn to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt offerings and sweet incense. They also set the show bread in order on the pure table, and care for the gold lamp stand with its lamps, to burn every evening; for we keep the instruction of the LORD our God, but you have forsaken him.
12 Se Bondye menm ki alatèt nou avèk prèt li yo. Yo tou pare pou kònen twonpèt yo pou bay siyal mache pran nou. Se poutèt sa, nou menm moun peyi Izrayèl yo, pa fè lagè ak Seyè a, Bondye zansèt nou yo. Paske se nou k'ap anba.
Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don’t fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers; for you will not prosper.”
13 Jewoboram fè sòlda ki te dèyè yo fè yon detou al pase dèyè lame moun peyi Jida yo. Konsa, pifò sòlda li yo te kanpe sou devan lame moun Jida yo, ak yon bon valè sòlda li yo sou dèyè yo.
But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.
14 Lè moun peyi Jida yo voye je alawonn, yo wè yo te sènen sou devan ak sou dèyè, yo rele mande Seyè a sekou. Prèt yo menm pran kònen twonpèt yo.
When Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
15 Moun Jida yo bay yon sèl rèl byen fò, epi yo atake. Bondye fè Jewoboram ak tout lame moun Izrayèl yo pèdi devan Abija ak moun Jida yo.
Then the men of Judah gave a shout. As the men of Judah shouted, God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16 Moun Izrayèl yo pran kouri pou moun Jida yo, Bondye lage yo nan men moun Jida yo.
The children of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand.
17 Abija ak sòlda li yo touye yon pakèt ladan yo. Yo touye senksanmil (500.000) nan pi bon sòlda lame pèp Izrayèl la.
Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell down slain.
18 Se konsa moun peyi Izrayèl yo soti wont nan batay la, men moun peyi Jida yo soti pi fò, paske se sou Seyè a, Bondye zansèt yo a, yo te apiye.
Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.
19 Abija kouri dèyè Jewoboram, li pran lavil Betèl, lavil Jesana ak lavil Efwon ansanm ak tout ti bouk ki te sou kont yo.
Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages.
20 Jewoboram pa janm pran pye ankò pandan tout rèy Abija. Bout pou bout, Seyè a frape l', li mouri.
Jeroboam didn’t recover strength again in the days of Abijah. The LORD struck him, and he died.
21 Abija menm te vin pi fò toujou, li te gen katòz fanm ki te fè vennde pitit gason ak sèz pitit fi pou li.
But Abijah grew mighty and took for himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
22 Tout rès istwa Abija a, tou sa li te fè ak tou sa li te di, nou jwenn yo nan liv istwa pwofèt Ido te ekri a.
The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways, and his sayings are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.
