2 Whakapapa 13
1 No te tekau ma waru o nga tau o Kingi Ieropoama i kingi ai a Apia ki a Hura.
In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2 A e toru nga tau i kingi ai ia ki Hiruharama. Ko te ingoa o tona whaea ko Mikaia, he tamahine na Uriere no Kipea. A he whawhai ta Apia raua ko Ieropoama ki a raua.
He reigned three years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 Na ka whakatikaia e Apia nga ngohi o tana ope, he hunga maia mo te whawhai, e wha rau mano, he hunga whiriwhiri. I whakatikaia ano e Ieropoama ana ngohi hei whawhai ki a ia; e waru rau mano ana, he hunga whiriwhiri, he marohirohi, he toa.
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 Na ka tu a Apia i runga i Maunga Temaraima, i te whenua pukepuke o Eparaima, a ka mea, Whakarongo mai ki ahau, e Ieropoama, koutou ko Iharaira katoa;
Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, "Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel:
5 Kaua ranei koutou e mohio, he mea homai na Ihowa, na te Atua o Iharaira te kingitanga o Iharaira ki a Rawiri, he mea oti tonu ki a ia, ratou ko ana tama, i runga ano i te kawenata tote?
Ought you not to know that Jehovah, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his descendants by a covenant of salt?
6 Otira i whakatika ake a Ieropoama tama a Nepata, pononga a Horomona tama a Rawiri, kei te whakakeke ki tona ariki.
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.
7 Na ko te huihuinga o etahi tangata wairangi, he tama na Periara, ki a ia, kua whakapakari i a ratou ki a Rehopoama tama a Horomona, i te mea he taitamariki a Rehopoama, he ngawari hoki tona ngakau, a kihai i kaha ki a ratou.
There were gathered to him worthless men, base fellows, who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
8 Na e mea na koutou ki te whakatenetene ki te kingitanga o Ihowa kei te ringa nei o nga tama a Rawiri; he huihui nui to koutou, a kei a koutou nga kuao kau koura i hanga na e Ieropoama hei atua mo koutou.
"Now you think to withstand the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the descendants of David; and you are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.
9 He teka ianei kua peia e koutou nga tohunga a Ihowa, nga tama a Arona, ratou ko nga Riwaiti; a whakatohungatia ana e koutou etahi tohunga, pera ana koutou me nga iwi o era atu whenua? Na, ko te tangata e haere ana ki te whakatohunga i a ia ki te puru, ki te tama a te kau, ki nga hipi toa e whitu, hei tohunga ia mo nga mea ehara nei i te atua.
Haven't you driven out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves after the ways of the peoples of other lands? so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same may be a priest of those who are no gods.
10 Tena ko matou, ko Ihowa to matou Atua, kihai hoki matou i whakarere i a ia. Na he tohunga a matou e minita ana ki a Ihowa, ko nga tama a Arona, ko nga Riwaiti kei ta ratou mahi.
"But as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and we have priests ministering to Jehovah, the descendants of Aaron, and the Levites in their work:
11 A e tahu tinana ana ratou ki a Ihowa, e tahu kakara reka ana i te ata, i te ahiahi: me te taro aroaro e whakatakotoria ana ki te tepu parakore; me te turanga rama koura me ona rama, hei tahu i nga ahiahi. E mau ana hoki i a matou nga mea a Ihowa, a to matou Atua; ko koutou ia kua whakarere i a ia.
and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt offerings and sweet incense. They also set the show bread in order on the pure table; and the lampstand of gold with its lamps, to burn every evening: for we keep the instruction of Jehovah our God; but you have forsaken him.
12 Na, tena, kei a matou te Atua hei rangatira, me ana tohunga, me nga tetere tangi nui, hei whakatangi i te whawhai ki a koutou. E nga tama a Iharaira, kaua e whawhai ki a Ihowa, ki te Atua o o koutou matua; e kore hoki e taea e koutou.
Look, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, do not fight against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper."
13 Otira i whakataka e Ieropoama he pehipehi kia haere awhio atu i muri i a ratou: na ko ratou ki te aroaro o Hura, ko te pehipehi ki muri i a ratou.
But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.
14 A, i te tahuritanga o Hura, na e tauria ana a mua, a muri, o ratou. Na karanga ana ratou ki a Ihowa, a whakatangi ana nga tohunga i nga tetere.
When Judah looked back, look, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
15 Katahi ka hamama nga tangata o Hura. A, no te hamamatanga o nga tangata o Hura, na patua iho e te Atua a Ieropoama ratou ko Iharaira katoa i te aroaro o Apia ratou ko Hura.
Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it happened, that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16 Na rere ana nga tama a Iharaira i te aroaro o Hura, a homai ana ratou e te Atua ki o ratou ringa.
The children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.
17 Patua iho ratou e Apia ratou ko tona iwi, he nui te parekura. Na hinga ana o Iharaira, he mea patu, e rima rau mano, he hunga whiriwhiri.
Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
18 Heoi kua riro ki raro nga tama a Iharaira i taua wa; a ka kaha nga tama a Hura, no ratou i okioki ki a Ihowa, ki te Atua o o ratou matua.
Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the people of Judah prevailed, because they relied on Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
19 Na ka whaia a Ieropoama e Apia, a ka riro etahi o ona pa i a ia, a Peteere me ona pa ririki, a Tehana me ona pa ririki, a Eperaina me ona pa ririki.
Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephron with its towns.
20 A kihai a Ieropoama i whai kaha ano i nga ra o Apia, a patua ana ia e Ihowa, mate ake.
Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah. Jehovah struck him, and he died.
21 Otiia ka kaha haere a Apia. I tangohia ano e ia etahi wahine mana kotahi tekau ma wha, a whanau ake, e rua tekau ma rua nga tama, kotahi tekau ma ono nga kotiro.
But Abijah grew mighty, and took to himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
22 Na, ko era atu meatanga a Apia, me ona ara, me ana kupu, kei te tuhituhi i roto i nga korero a Iro poropiti.
The rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.
