2 Tawarikh 13

1 Pada tahun kedelapan belas pemerintahan Raja Yerobeam atas Israel, Abia menjadi raja Yehuda,

Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

2 dan memerintah tiga tahun lamanya di Yerusalem. Ibunya ialah Mikhaya anak Uriel dari kota Gibea. Kemudian pecahlah perang antara Abia dan Yerobeam.

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.

3 Abia mengerahkan 400.000 prajurit, sedangkan Yerobeam mengerahkan 800.000 prajurit.

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 valour.

4 Kedua pasukan itu berhadap-hadapan di daerah pegunungan Efraim. Abia naik ke atas Gunung Zemaraim lalu berseru kepada Yerobeam dan orang Israel, "Dengar!

And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

5 Kamu tahu bahwa TUHAN, Allah Israel, telah mengikat janji dengan Daud bahwa ia dan keturunannya akan memerintah Israel untuk selama-lamanya. Janji itu tidak dapat dibatalkan.

Ought ye not to know that Yhwh God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

6 Meskipun begitu, Yerobeam anak Nebat itu memberontak terhadap Salomo, rajanya.

Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.

7 Ia mengumpulkan segerombolan orang-orang kurang ajar dan memaksakan kehendak mereka kepada Rehabeam putra Salomo, yang pada waktu itu terlalu muda dan tak berpengalaman untuk menentang.

And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

8 Sekarang kamu menyangka dapat melawan kekuasaan yang diberikan TUHAN kepada keturunan Daud, karena pasukanmu besar dan kamu mempunyai sapi-sapi emas yang oleh Yerobeam dijadikan dewamu.

And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of Yhwh in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

9 Bukankah imam-imam TUHAN keturunan Harun dan orang-orang Lewi telah kamu usir semuanya? Sebagai gantinya siapa saja yang ingin menjadi imam, asal dia membawa seekor sapi atau tujuh ekor domba, kamu jadikan imam untuk yang bukan Allah, sebab memang begitulah cara bangsa-bangsa lain mengangkat imam mereka. Tetapi kami tidak berbuat seperti itu.

Have ye not cast out the priests of Yhwh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.

10 Kami tetap mengabdi kepada TUHAN Allah kami dan tidak meninggalkan Dia. Imam-imam kami tetap keturunan Harun, dan orang-orang Lewi tetap membantu mereka.

But as for us, Yhwh is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto Yhwh, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:

11 Setiap pagi dan sore mereka membakar dupa dan mempersembahkan kurban bakaran untuk TUHAN, serta menyediakan roti sajian. Setiap malam mereka menyalakan pelita-pelita pada kaki pelita emas. Kami tetap mentaati perintah-perintah TUHAN, tetapi kamu sudah meninggalkan Dia.

And they burn unto Yhwh every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the lampstand of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of Yhwh our God; but ye have forsaken him.

12 Pemimpin kami adalah Allah sendiri dan para imam-Nya ada di sini. Mereka sudah siap untuk meniup trompet sebagai tanda bagi kami untuk menyerang kamu. Hai orang Israel, janganlah melawan TUHAN, Allah leluhurmu! Kamu takkan bisa menang!"

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 Yhwh God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

13 Sementara itu Yerobeam mengirim sebagian dari pasukannya untuk menghadang pasukan Yehuda dari belakang, sedangkan sebagian lagi menghadapi mereka dari depan.

But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

14 Ketika pasukan Yehuda melihat bahwa mereka dikepung, mereka berteriak minta tolong kepada TUHAN. Para imam meniup trompet,

And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto Yhwh, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

15 lalu pasukan Yehuda menyerukan pekik perang dan maju menyerang, dipimpin oleh Abia. Sementara mereka berseru, Allah mengalahkan Yerobeam dan pasukan Israel

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.

16 sehingga mereka lari. Allah membuat orang Yehuda menang atas mereka.

And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.

17 Besarlah kekalahan yang didatangkan Abia dan pasukannya ke atas orang Israel; 500.000 prajurit mereka yang terbaik tewas.

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

18 Orang Yehuda menang, karena mereka mengandalkan TUHAN, Allah leluhur mereka.

Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon Yhwh God of their fathers.

19 Ketika Abia mengejar pasukan Yerobeam, ia merebut beberapa kota dengan desa-desa di sekitarnya. Kota-kota itu ialah Betel, Yesana dan Efron.

And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth–el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.

20 Selama pemerintahan Abia, Yerobeam tidak dapat memulihkan kekuasaannya. Akhirnya ia dibunuh oleh TUHAN.

Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: And Yhwh struck him, and he died.

21 Sebaliknya, Abia semakin berkuasa. Ia mempunyai 14 orang istri, 22 anak laki-laki dan 16 anak perempuan.

But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

22 Kisah lainnya mengenai Abia, dan mengenai semua perkataan dan perbuatannya telah dicatat dalam buku Sejarah Nabi Ido.

And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.