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.
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.
4 ¶ And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. 7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. 8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. 9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. 10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: 11 And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him. 12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
13 ¶ But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. 14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. 17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. 19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof. 20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
21 ¶ But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. 22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.