2 Beresosɛm 13

1 Bere a Yeroboam dii hene wɔ Israel no, ne mfe dunwɔtwe so, na Abia fii ase dii hene wɔ Yuda.

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam Abia began to reign over Juda.

2 Odii hene mfe abiɛsa wɔ Yerusalem. Na ne na din de Maaka a ɔyɛ Uriel a ofi Gibea no babea. Na ɔko baa Abia ne Yeroboam ntam.

He reigned three years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Maacha, daughter of Uriel of Gabaon. And there was war between Abia and Jeroboam.

3 Ɔhene Abia de akofo akɛse mpem ahannan dii Yuda anim, kohyiaa Yeroboam a ɔno nso akɔfa mmarima akofo akokodurufo mpem ahanwɔtwe afi Israel.

And Abia set the battle in array with an army, with mighty men of war, [even] four hundred thousand mighty men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand, [they were] mighty warriors of the host.

4 Bere a Yuda asraafo no duu Efraim mmepɔw nsase no so no, Abia gyinaa bepɔw Semaraim so, teɛɛ mu kyerɛɛ Yeroboam ne Israelfo asraafo no se, “Muntie me!

And Abia rose up from the mount Somoron, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear you, Jeroboam, and all Israel:

5 Munnim sɛ Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, ne Dawid yɛɛ daa apam de Israel ahengua maa ɔne nʼasefo afebɔɔ ana?

[Is it] not for you to know that the Lord God of Israel has given a king over Israel for ever to David, and to his sons, by a covenant of salt?

6 Nanso Nebat babarima Yeroboam a na ɔyɛ Dawid babarima Salomo somfo teta bi no bɛyɛɛ ne wura ɔfatwafo.

But Jeroboam the [son] of Nabat, the servant of Solomon [the son] of David, is risen up, and has revolted from his master:

7 Na ɛmaa ahuhufo dɔm kɔboaa no, bu faa Salomo babarima Rehoboam so na esiane sɛ na onnyinii, na onni osuahu biara nti, wantumi annyina ne wɔn anni asi.

and there are gathered to him pestilent men, transgressors, and he has risen up against Roboam the [son] of Solomon, while Roboam was young and fearful in heart, and he withstood him not.

8 “Wugye di yiye sɛ wubetumi agyina, atia Awurade ahenni a Dawid asefo tua ano no? Wʼasraafodɔm no so yiye. Nantwimma a Yeroboam de sikakɔkɔɔ yɛɛ no ne mo anyame.

And now you profess to resist the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David; and you [are] a great multitude, and with you are golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

9 Woapam Awurade asɔfo ne Lewifo no, na woahyɛ wʼankasa asɔfo te sɛ abosomman no pɛ. Nnɛ yi, woma obiara bɛyɛ ɔsɔfo. Obiara a ɔde nantwi ba ne adwennini ason bɛba sɛ wonnyina so nhyɛ no sɔfo no, otumi bɛyɛ ɔsɔfo ma saa mo anyame no.

Did you not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make to yourselves priests of the people of any [other] land? whoever came to consecrate himself with a calf of the heard and seven rams, he forthwith became a priest to that which is no god.

10 “Na yɛn de, Awurade ne yɛn Nyankopɔn, na yennyaa no da. Aaron asefo nko ara na wɔsom Awurade sɛ asɔfo, na Lewifo nko ara na wotumi boa wɔn wɔ wɔn dwumadi mu.

But we have not forsaken the Lord our God, and his priests, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, minister to the Lord; and in their daily courses

11 Wɔde ɔhyew afɔrebɔde ne ɔhyew aduhuam brɛ Awurade daa anɔpa ne anwummere. Wɔde Daa Daa Brodo no to ɔpon kronkron no so, na daa anwummere, wɔsɔ sikakɔkɔɔ kaneadua no. Yɛredi Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn, nkyerɛkyerɛ so, nanso moagyaw no.

they sacrifice to the Lord whole burnt offering, morning and evening, and compound incense, and [set] the show bread on the pure table; and [there is] the golden candlestick, and the lamps for burning, to light in the evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord God of our fathers; but you have forsaken him.

12 Enti ɛsɛ sɛ mote ase sɛ Onyankopɔn ka yɛn ho. Ɔno ne yɛn kannifo. Nʼasɔfo hyɛn wɔn torobɛnto, di yɛn anim, de yɛn kɔ ɔko tia mo. Israelfo, monnko ntia Awurade, mo agyanom Nyankopɔn no, na morenni nkonim.”

And, behold, the Lord and his priests are with us at our head, and the signal trumpets to sound an alarm over us. Children of Israel, fight not against the Lord God of our fathers; for you shall not prosper.

13 Nanso na Yeroboam ayɛ nwaa ama nʼakofo a wɔwɔ hɔ no bi afa Yuda mmarima akyi akɔtetɛw wɔn.

Now Jeroboam had caused an ambush to come round upon him from behind: and he [himself] was before Juda, and the ambush behind.

14 Bere a Yuda huu sɛ wofi wɔn anim ne wɔn akyi atow ahyɛ wɔn so no, wosu frɛɛ Awurade sɛ ɔmmoa wɔn. Na asɔfo no hyɛn ntorobɛnto,

And Juda looked back, and, behold, the battle [was] against them before and behind: and they cried to the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

15 na Yuda mmarima no fii ase teɛteɛɛ mu. Wɔn ko no mu nteɛteɛmu no mu no, Onyankopɔn kaa Yeroboam ne Israel asraafo no gui, wɔ Abia ne Yuda asraafodɔm anim.

And the men of Juda shouted: and it came to pass, when the men of Juda shouted, that the Lord struck Jeroboam and Israel before Abia and Juda.

16 Israel asraafo no guan fii Yuda, na Onyankopɔn maa Yuda dii nkonim.

And the children of Israel fled from before Juda; and the Lord delivered them into their hands.

17 Abia ne nʼakofo kunkum Israel asraafo no bebree. Da no, wɔn a wɔtotɔɔ wɔ Israel asraafo a wodi mu mu no yɛ mpem ahannum.

And Abia and his people struck them with a great slaughter: and there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand mighty men.

18 Na Yuda dii Israel so nkonim, efisɛ wɔde wɔn ho too Awurade, wɔn agyanom Nyankopɔn no so.

So the children of Israel were brought low in that day, and the children of Juda prevailed, because they trusted on the Lord God of their fathers.

19 Abia ne nʼakofo kɔɔ so taa Yeroboam asraafo no, faa wɔn nkurow no bi te sɛ Bet-El, Yesana ne Efron ne ɛho nkurow.

And Abia pursued after Jeroboam, and he took from him the cities, Baethel and her towns, and Jesyna and her towns, and Ephron and her towns.

20 Enti bere a Abia te ase no de, Yeroboam a ɔyɛ Israelhene annya tumi biara, na akyiri no, Awurade bɔɔ no ma owui.

And Jeroboam did not recover strength again all the days of Abia: and the Lord struck him, and he died.

21 Yudahene Abia kɔɔ so nyaa tumi. Ɔwaree yerenom dunan. Ɔwoo mmabarima aduonu abien ne mmea dunsia.

But Abia strengthened himself, and took to himself fourteen wives, and he begot twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.

22 Abia ahenni ho nsɛm nkae ne ne nsɛm ne dwuma a odii no, wɔakyerɛw agu Odiyifo Ido Nkyeremu Nhoma no mu.

And the rest of the acts of Abia, and his deeds, and his sayings, are written in the book of the prophet Addo.