Abija unogwa na Jeroboamu
(1 Bomambo 15:1-8)1 Mu makole ali gumi lina ali zhanakadzi (18) Jeroboamu, Abija katangisa kubusa Juda. 2 Wakabusa makole ali matatu mu Jerusalema. Zina la mmeyabe lakabe liyi Maakha ali nkololokadzi wa Urieli we nzi nkulu we Gibiya. Ngono ngwa ikamuka pakati kwa Abija na Jeroboamu. 3 Abija wakayenda ne babhayani bakashalugwa bakasima bali zwiwulu zwili mazana manna (400 000) ngono Jeroboamu iye kayenda ne babhayani bakashalugwa bali zwiwulu zwili mazana ali zhanakadzi (800 000).
4 Ngono Abija katatha Dombo le Zemarayimi limu shango ye matombo ye Ifureimi ngono kabe eti, “Jeroboamu ne Iziraela yose wee munditeedze! 5 Apa amutoziba kuti Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela bakathama tjidumano tje mwenyu tjisingapele na Dafite, tjekumpa iye ne zwizekugwana zwizwe bushe gwe Iziraela kene? 6 Ngono Jeroboamu nkololo wa Nebati nlanda wa Solomoni nkololo wa Dafite kapandukila tetshi uwe. 7 Kudwapo kanokubunganya makupo asinapura e batjinyi bakakulila Rehoboamu nkololo wa Solomoni atji ntukununu kakale asina luzibo asingake kamililana nabo. 8 Ngono ngwenu imwi mozwidwa muti mungamililana ne bushe gwa Yahwe gumu maboko e bakololo ba Dafite ngoti muli mbunga muna zwifano zwe phulu zwe golide zwamakathamigwa ndi Jeroboamu kube midzimu yenyu. 9 Apa amuzotatila kutjena bapirisiti ba Yahwe ibo bakololo ba Aroni kose ne Balevi mu bumo gwabo mukabiga bapirisiti nge zila ye be zwitjaba kene? Makabe mutola mmwe ne mmwe koga wazha ne nkono kene pkhwizi dzili kutendeka mumbiga mpirisiti we zwithu zwisi midzimu.
10 “Koga iswi titjashingila Yahwe Ndzimu wedu atizobafupatila. Tina bapirisiti banoshingila Yahwe ibo bakololo ba Aroni ne Balevi banoshingabo nshingo wabo. 11 Banodusila Yahwe zwibhayilo zwinopisiwa mangwanana mamwe ne mamwe ne madekwana mamwe ne mamwe bepisa zwinonuhwa zwinozipa, banozhisa tjiwunga pa tafuli ye golide mbuyanana, betjengeta zwigadziko zwe mavone zwe golide kuti ndizo mavone azo adwilile ethuta madekwana. Tolondolodza zwinoshakiwa ndi Yahwe Ndzimu wedu koga makaulashila kutjena. 12 Bonani Ndzimu ndiwo ntungamili wedu ngono bapirisiti bawo bapano bakabhata nyanga bakazwilulwamisila kudzilidza kuti ngwa itangise. Baiziraela wee, musigwe na Yahwe Ndzimu wa bobatategulu benyu ngobe amungatubule!”
13 Jeroboamu katumila babhayani be balalili kuti bapoteleke tja shule. Bakabe bakalingisana ne Bajuta koga balalili ibo bakabe bali shule kwabo. 14 Ngono Bajuta bakati belinga bakazwiwana bakakombiwa mbeli na shule. Bakamimila belilila kuna Yahwe beshaka bhatsho ngono bapirisiti bakalidza nyanga. 15 Ipapo balume be Juda bakamimila kwazo, bakabanginilila, ngono balume be Juda bakati bemimila, Ndzimu ukakunda Jeroboamu ne Baiziraela bose mbeli kwa Abija na Juda. 16 Baiziraela bakatizha mbeli kwe bajuta, ngono Ndzimu ukabalonga mu maboko abo. 17 Abija ne babhayani babe bakabulaya Baiziraela bali banjinji kwazo, ndizo kwakabulawa Baiziraela bali zwiwulu zwili mazana mashanu (500 000) zwe balume bakashalugwa. 18 Ndizo Baiziraela bayesiwa pasi nge kwaka jalo mu tjibaka itjetjo ngono Bajuta ibo bakasima, ngoti bakabe bakabiga kose muna Yahwe Ndzimu wa bobatategulu babo.
19 Ngono Abija katatana na Jeroboamu ngono katola mizi mikulu munli, wakatola nzi nkulu we Bhetele ne mizana yakaupoteleka ne Jeshana ne mizana yayo ne Efuroni ne mizana yakaipoteleka. 20 Masimba a Jeroboamu kapelela tjose kasitongo tjamuka mu misi ya Abija ngono kukati ku bupelo Yahwe bakanloba ngono kafa.
21 Abija iye simba lile likakula. Kalobola bakadzi bali gumi lina bali banna (14) ngono kabe ne bakololo bali makumi mabili ana babili (22) ne bakololokadzi bali gumi lina tathatu (16). 22 Mishingo yose ya Abija ne zila dzidze dzose ne mapeswa awe zwakakwagwa mu Thawu dza Ido Nlebesambeli.
King Abijah of Judah
(1 Kings 15.1-8)1 Abijah became king of Judah in Jeroboam's eighteenth year as king of Israel, 2 and he ruled from Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah.
Some time later, Abijah and King Jeroboam of Israel went to war against each other. 3 Abijah's army had 400,000 troops, and Jeroboam met him in battle with 800,000 troops.
4 Abijah went to the top of Mount Zemaraim in the hills of Ephraim and shouted:
Listen, Jeroboam and all you Israelites! 5 The Lord God of Israel has made a solemn promise that every king of Israel will be from David's family. 6 But Jeroboam, you were King Solomon's official, and you rebelled. 7 Then right after Rehoboam became king, you and your bunch of worthless followers challenged Rehoboam, who was too young to know how to stop you.
8 Now you and your powerful army think you can stand up to the kingdom that the Lord has given to David's descendants. The only gods you have are those gold statues of calves that Jeroboam made for you. 9 You don't even have descendants of Aaron on your side, because you forced out the Lord's priests and Levites. In their place, you appoint ordinary people to be priests, just as the foreign nations do. In fact, anyone who brings a bull and seven rams to the altar can become a priest of your so-called gods.
10 But we have not turned our backs on the Lord God! Aaron's own descendants serve as our priests, and the Levites are their assistants. 11 Two times every day they offer sacrifices and burn incense to the Lord. They set out the sacred loaves of bread on a table that has been purified, and they light the lamps in the gold lampstand every day at sunset. We follow the commands of the Lord our God—you have rejected him! 12 That's why God is on our side and will lead us into battle when the priests sound the signal on the trumpets. It's no use, Israelites. You might as well give up. There's no way you can defeat the Lord, the God your ancestors worshiped.
13 But while Abijah was talking, Jeroboam had sent some of his troops to attack Judah's army from behind, while the rest attacked from the front. 14 Judah's army realized they were trapped, and so they prayed to the Lord. The priests blew the signal on the trumpet, 15 and the troops let out a battle cry. Then with Abijah leading them into battle, God defeated Jeroboam and Israel's army. 16 The Israelites ran away, and God helped Judah's soldiers slaughter 17 500,000 enemy troops. 18 Judah's army won because they had trusted the Lord God of their ancestors.
19 Abijah kept up his attack on Jeroboam's army and captured the Israelite towns of Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, as well as the villages around them.
20 Jeroboam never regained his power during the rest of Abijah's rule. The Lord punished Jeroboam, and he died, but Abijah became more powerful.
21 Abijah had a total of 14 wives, 22 sons, and 16 daughters. 22 Everything Abijah said and did while he was king is written in the records of Iddo the prophet.