Ii Paralipomenon 13
1 Anno octavodecimo regis Ieroboam, regnavit Abia super Iudam.
In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.
2 Tribus annis regnavit in Ierusalem, nomenque matris eius Michaia, filia Uriel de Gabaa: et erat bellum inter Abiam et Ieroboam.
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 Cumque iniisset Abia certamen, et haberet bellicosissimos viros, et electorum quadringenta millia: Ieroboam instruxit econtra aciem octingenta millia virorum, qui et ipsi electi erant, et ad bella fortissimi.
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 valor.
4 Stetit ergo Abia super montem Semeron, qui erat in Ephraim, et ait: Audi Ieroboam, et omnis Israel.
Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel:
5 Num ignoratis quod Dominus Deus Israel dederit regnum David super Israel in sempiternum, ipsi et filiis eius in pactum salis?
Ought you not to know that Yahweh, 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 Et surrexit Ieroboam filius Nabat, servus Salomonis filii David: et rebellavit contra dominum suum.
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.
7 Congregatique sunt ad eum viri vanissimi, et filii Belial: et prævaluerunt contra Roboam filium Salomonis: porro Roboam erat rudis, et corde pavido, nec potuit resistere eis.
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 Nunc ergo vos dicitis quod resistere possitis regno Domini, quod possidet per filios David, habetisque grandem populi multitudinem, atque vitulos aureos, quos fecit vobis Ieroboam in deos.
“Now you intend to withstand the kingdom of Yahweh 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 Et eiecistis Sacerdotes Domini, filios Aaron, atque Levitas: et fecistis vobis Sacerdotes sicut omnes populi terrarum: quicumque venerit, et initiaverit manum suam in tauro de bobus, et in arietibus septem, fit sacerdos eorum, qui non sunt dii.
Haven’t you driven out the priests of Yahweh, 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 Noster autem Dominus, Deus est, quem non relinquimus, Sacerdotesque ministrant Domino de filiis Aaron, et Levitæ sunt in ordine suo:
“But as for us, Yahweh is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests serving Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work.
11 Holocausta quoque offerunt Domino per singulos dies mane et vespere, et thymiama iuxta legis præcepta confectum, et proponuntur panes in mensa mundissima, estque apud nos candelabrum aureum, et lucernæ eius, ut accendantur semper ad vesperam: nos quippe custodimus præcepta Domini Dei nostri, quem vos reliquistis.
They burn to Yahweh 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 Yahweh our God, but you have forsaken him.
12 Ergo in exercitu nostro dux Deus est, et Sacerdotes eius, qui clangunt tubis, et resonant contra vos: filii Israel nolite pugnare contra Dominum Deum patrum vestrorum, quia non vobis expedit.
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 Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you will not prosper.”
13 Hæc illo loquente, Ieroboam retro moliebatur insidias. Cumque ex adverso hostium staret, ignorantem Iudam suo ambiebat exercitu.
But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.
14 Respiciensque Iudas vidit instare bellum ex adverso et post tergum, et clamavit ad Dominum: ac Sacerdotes tubis canere cœperunt.
When Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to Yahweh, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
15 Omnesque viri Iuda vociferati sunt: et ecce illis clamantibus, perterruit Deus Ieroboam, et omnem Israel qui stabat ex adverso Abia et Iuda.
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 Fugeruntque filii Israel Iudam, et tradidit eos Deus in manu eorum.
The children of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand.
17 Percussit ergo eos Abia, et populus eius plaga magna: et corruerunt vulnerati ex Israel quingenta millia virorum fortium.
Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell down slain.
18 Humiliatique sunt filii Israel in tempore illo, et vehementissime confortati filii Iuda eo quod sperassent in Domino Deo patrum suorum.
Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied on Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
19 Persecutus est autem Abia fugientem Ieroboam, et cepit civitates eius, Bethel et filias eius, et Iesana cum filiabus suis, Ephron quoque et filias eius:
Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages.
20 nec valuit ultra resistere Ieroboam in diebus Abia: quem percussit Dominus, et mortuus est.
Jeroboam didn’t recover strength again in the days of Abijah. Yahweh struck him, and he died.
21 Igitur Abia, confortato imperio suo, accepit uxores quattuordecim: procreavitque viginti duos filios, et sedecim filias.
But Abijah grew mighty and took for himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
22 Reliqua autem sermonum Abia, viarumque et operum eius, scripta sunt diligentissime in Libro Addo Prophetæ.
The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways, and his sayings are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.
