2 Makoronike 13
1 Mugore regumi namasere rokutonga kwaJerobhoamu, Abhija akava mambo weJudha.
In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.
2 Uye akatonga muJerusarema kwamakore matatu. Zita ramai vake rainzi Maaka, mwanasikana waUrieri weGibhea. Pakava nokurwisana pakati paAbhija naJerobhoamu.
He ruled for three years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Macaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 Abhija akaenda kundorwa nehondo yaiva navarume zviuru mazana mana vaigona kurwa, uye Jerobhoamu akamurwisa navarwi zviuru mazana masere vaigona kurwa.
Abijah went into battle with an army of strong, courageous soldiers, 400,000 chosen men. Jeroboam placed battle lines against him with 800,000 chosen men, strong, courageous soldiers.
4 Abhija akamira paGomo reZemaraimi munyika yezvikomo yeEfuremu akati, “Iwe Jerobhoamu neIsraeri yose teererai kwandiri!
Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!
5 Hamuzivi here kuti Jehovha Mwari waIsraeri, akapa umambo hwaIsraeri kuna Dhavhidhi navana vake nokusingaperi nesungano yemunyu?”
Do you not know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel to David forever, to him and to his sons by a formal covenant?
6 Asi Jerobhoamu mwanakomana waNebhati, mumwe wavakuru vaSoromoni, mwanakomana waDhavhidhi akapandukira mambo wake.
Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.
7 Vamwe vakapikisana naRehobhoamu mwanakomana waSoromoni paakanga achiri mudiki asati ava kugona kuzvisarudzira zvaaida uye asati asimba kuti angarwisana navo.
Worthless men, base fellows, gathered to him. They came against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and inexperienced and could not withstand them.
8 “Uye zvino mava kurangana kurwisana noumambo hwaJehovha, huri mumaoko ezvizvarwa zvaDhavhidhi. Zvirokwazvo muri hondo huru; uye mune zvimhuru zvegoridhe zvakagadzirwa naJerobhoamu kuti zvive vamwari venyu.
So now you plan to resist the kingdom of Yahweh that is held within the hand of the descendants of David, because you are a large army, and you have the golden calves that Jeroboam made to be your gods.
9 Asi hamuna kudzinga here vaprista vaJehovha, vanakomana vaAroni navaRevhi mukagadza vaprista venyu moga sezvinoitwa navamwe vanhu vedzimwe nyika? Ani naani anenge auya kuzozvitsaura nehando diki namakondobwe manomwe anogona kuva muprista wezvisiri zvamwari.
But did you not drive out the priests of Yahweh, the descendants of Aaron, and the Levites, and make priests of your own in the same way as the people of other lands do? Whoever comes to serve as a priest, sacrificing a young bullock and seven rams, he becomes a priest of what are not gods.
10 “Asi kana tiri isu, Jehovha ndiye Mwari wedu, uye hatina kumurasa. Vaprista vanoshumira Jehovha vana vaAroni, uye vaRevhi vanovabatsira.
But as for us, Yahweh is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests, descendants of Aaron, serving Yahweh, and the Levites, who are at their work.
11 Mangwanani namanheru oga oga vanopisa zvipiriso zvinopiswa nezvinonhuhwira kuna Jehovha. Vanoisa chingwa patafura yakanatswa uye vanobatidza mwenje iri pazvigadziko zvegoridhe manheru oga oga. Tiri kutevera zvinodikanwa naJehovha Mwari wedu asi imi makamurasa.
Every morning and evening they burn for Yahweh burnt offerings and sweet incense. They also arrange the bread of the presence on the pure table; they also tend the lampstand of gold with its lamps, for them to burn every evening. We keep the commandments of Yahweh, our God, but you have forsaken him.
12 Mwari anesu; ndiye mutungamiri wedu. Vaprista vake nehwamanda dzavo vachakuridzirai mhere yehondo. Varume veIsraeri, musarwisana naJehovha, Mwari wamadzibaba enyu, nokuti hamuzokundi.”
See, God is with us at our head, and his priests are here with the trumpets to sound an alarm against you. People of Israel, do not fight against Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”
13 Zvino Jerobhoamu akanga atuma mamwe mapoka avarwi nokushure kwavo kuitira kuti iye paainge ari mberi kwaJudha vamwe vainge vakavandira shure kwavo.
But Jeroboam prepared an ambush behind them; his army was in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.
14 VaJudha vakatendeuka vakaona kuti vakanga vava kurwiswa kwose mberi neshure. Ipapo vakachema kuna Jehovha. Vaprista vakaridza hwamanda dzavo,
When Judah looked back, behold, the fighting was both in front of them and behind them. They cried out to Yahweh, and the priests blew the trumpets.
15 varume veJudha vakaita mhere yehondo. Pakangonzwikwa mhere yehondo, Mwari akaparadza Jerobhoamu neIsraeri yose pamberi paAbhija navanhu veJudha.
Then the men of Judah gave a shout; as they shouted, it came about that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16 VaIsraeri vakatiza pamberi paJudha uye Mwari akavaisa mumaoko avo.
The people of Israel fled before Judah, and God gave them into the hand of Judah.
17 Abhija navanhu vake vakaparadza vazhinji vavo kwazvo, zvokuti zviuru mazana mashanu zvavarume vaigona kurwa pakati paIsraeri vakafa.
Abijah and his army killed them with great slaughter; 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell dead.
18 Varume veIsraeri vakakundwa panguva iyi, uye varume veJudha vakakunda nokuti vaivimba naJehovha, Mwari wamadzibaba avo.
In this way, the people of Israel were subdued at that time; the people of Judah won because they relied on Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.
19 Abhija akatevera Jerobhoamu akatora kubva kwaari maguta anoti Bheteri, Jeshana, neEfuroni nemisha yawo yakapoteredza.
Abijah pursued Jeroboam; he took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages.
20 Jerobhoamu haana kuzotongazve panguva yaAbhija. Uye Jehovha akamurova akafa.
Jeroboam never recovered power again during the days of Abijah; Yahweh struck him, and he died.
21 Asi Abhija akakura pasimba. Akawana vakadzi gumi navana uye akava navanakomana makumi maviri nevaviri uye navanasikana gumi navatanhatu.
But Abijah became powerful; he took fourteen wives for himself and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
22 Mamwe mabasa okutonga kwaAbhija, zvaakaita nezvaakataura, zvakanyorwa mumashoko ezvinyorwa zvamuprofita Idho.
The rest of Abijah's deeds, his behavior, and words are written in the history of the prophet Iddo.
