Abijah's War with Jeroboam
(1 Kings 15.1-8)1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jeroboam of Israel, Abijah became king of Judah, 2 and he ruled three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Micaiah daughter of Uriel, from the city of Gibeah.
War broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3 Abijah raised an army of 400,000 soldiers, and Jeroboam opposed him with an army of 800,000.
4 The armies met in the hill country of Ephraim. King Abijah went up Mount Zemaraim and called out to Jeroboam and the Israelites: “Listen to me!” he said. 5 “Don't you know that the Lord, the God of Israel, made an unbreakable covenant with David, giving him and his descendants kingship over Israel forever? 6 Jeroboam son of Nebat rebelled against Solomon, his king. 7 Later he gathered together a group of worthless scoundrels, and they forced their will on Rehoboam son of Solomon, who was too young and inexperienced to resist them. 8 Now you propose to fight against the royal authority that the Lord gave to David's descendants. You have a huge army and have with you the gold bull-calves that Jeroboam made to be your gods. 9 You drove out the Lord's priests, the descendants of Aaron, and you drove out the Levites. In their place you appointed priests in the same way that other nations do. Anybody who comes along with a bull or seven sheep can get himself consecrated as a priest of those so-called gods of yours.
10 “But we still serve the Lord our God and have not abandoned him. Priests descended from Aaron perform their duties, and Levites assist them. 11 Every morning and every evening they offer him incense and animal sacrifices burned whole. They present the offerings of bread on a table that is ritually clean, and every evening they light the lamps on the gold lampstand. We do what the Lord has commanded, but you have abandoned him. 12 God himself is our leader and his priests are here with trumpets, ready to blow them and call us to battle against you. People of Israel, don't fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors! You can't win!”
13 Meanwhile Jeroboam had sent some of his troops to ambush the Judean army from the rear, while the rest faced them from the front. 14 The Judeans looked around and saw that they were surrounded. They cried to the Lord for help, and the priests blew the trumpets. 15 The Judeans gave a loud shout, and led by Abijah, they attacked; God defeated Jeroboam and the Israelite army. 16 The Israelites fled from the Judeans, and God let the Judeans overpower them. 17 Abijah and his army dealt the Israelites a crushing defeat—half a million of Israel's best soldiers were killed. 18 And so the people of Judah were victorious over Israel, because they relied on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
19 Abijah pursued Jeroboam's army and occupied some of his cities: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, and the villages near each of these cities. 20 Jeroboam never regained his power during Abijah's reign. Finally the Lord struck him down, and he died.
21 Abijah, however, grew more powerful. He had fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. 22 The rest of the history of Abijah, what he said and what he did, is written in The History of Iddo the Prophet.
Yahuuda mansa Abiya
(1 Mansoolu 15:1-8)1 Banisirayila mansa Yerobowamu la maraloo sanji taŋ niŋ seyinjaŋo, wo saŋo le la, Abiya keta Yahuuda mansa ti. 2 A ye sanji saba le ke maraloo la Yerusalaamu. A baamaa too mu Mikaya le ti, Uriyeli Kibeyankoo dimmusoo.
Keloo naata wuli Abiya niŋ Yerobowamu teema. 3 Abiya taata kele wuloo kono, a niŋ kelenoolaa baa wuli keme naani, ì bee mu kelediŋ tombondiŋolu le ti. Yerobowamu niŋ kelenoolaa baa wuli keme seyi ye ì loodulaalu taa a kamma. 4 Abiya loota Semarayimu Konkoo kaŋ santo, Efurayimu* konkotundoo* to, a ko, “Yerobowamu niŋ Banisirayilankoolu, ali i lamoyi n na! 5 Fo ali maŋ a loŋ ko, Yaawe, Banisirayila la Alla le ye mansayaa dii Dawuda niŋ a koomalankoolu la, ka Banisirayila mara fo fawu, ka bo niŋ kambeŋo la meŋ sitita koo la? 6 Silaŋ Yerobowamu, Nebati dinkewo muritita a maarii Sulemani ma, Dawuda diŋo. 7 Wo koolaa, moo kuruŋo doolu naata kafu a ma ka balaŋ Rehobowamu ma, Sulemani dinkewo. A ye a tara wo be dindiŋyaariŋ ne. A maŋ naa balaŋ noo ì bulu, waraŋ ka i loo ì fee.
8 “Fo saayiŋ, ali lafita balaŋ na n na mansayaa ma le, Yaawe ye meŋ dii Dawuda koomalankoolu la, ali niŋ kelediŋ kafu baa niŋ sani ninsiriŋolu ka naa, Yerobowamu ye mennu dadaa ka ì ke ali ye alloolu ti.
9 “Fo ali maŋ Yaawe la piriisoolu* bayi baŋ, mennu mu Haaruna koomalankoolu ti, aniŋ Lewi lasiloo moolu, ali ye ali fansuŋ piriisoolu tomboŋ, ko banku koteŋolu moolu ka a ke ñaameŋ? Moo-wo-moo meŋ ye ninsituuraa niŋ saakotoŋ woorowula naati jalaŋ batudulaa to ka a faŋ seneyandi, wo si ke noo piriisoo ti ali la alloolu ye.
10 “Bari ntolu, Yaawe le mu ǹ na Alla ti, aduŋ m̀ maŋ m bo a to. Piriisoolu mennu ka a batu, mu Haaruna koomalankoolu le ti, aduŋ Lewi lasiloo moolu le ka ì maakoyi. 11 Soomandaa-wo-soomandaa aniŋ wulaara-wo-wulaara ì ka jani sadaa* bo, ì ka cuuraayi diimaa siisindi Yaawe ye. Ì ka mbuuroo fanaa parendi saniforo taabuloo kaŋ ne, aduŋ wulaara-wo-wulaara ì ka lampoolu mala le mennu be sani lampu looraŋo kaŋ. Ntolu be Yaawe, ǹ na Alla le la yaamaroolu nooma kaŋ, bari alitolu ye i bo Yaawe to le. 12 Alla be m̀ fee le ka ǹ ñaatonkayaa, aduŋ a la piriisoolu fele, ì niŋ ì la footaŋolu, ì pareeta ka mennu fee ka keloo kumandi ali kamma. Banisirayila moolu, ali kana Yaawe kele, ali mumuñolu la Alla, ali te nooroo ke la.”
13 Bari kabiriŋ Abiya be diyaamu kaŋ, Yerobowamu ye kelediŋolu kii, ka deleŋo laa ì kooma la, a ye a tara ate niŋ doolu be ì ñaato. 14 Kabiriŋ Yahuuda ye a je ko, keloo be ì kooma niŋ ì ñaato le, ì woosiita Yaawe ye, piriisoolu ye footaŋolu fee. 15 Bituŋ Yahuuda kewolu ye wuuroo dati. Kabiriŋ wuuroo be kuma kaŋ, Alla wulita Yerobowamu niŋ Banisirayilankoolu kamma, Abiya niŋ Yahuuda ñaatiliŋo la. 16 Banisirayilankoolu borita Yahuuda ñaato, bari Alla ye ì duŋ Yahuuda bulu. 17 Abiya niŋ a la kelediŋolu ye ì kasaara jawuke. Jee to, ì ye Banisirayila kelediŋ tombondiŋ wuli keme luulu le faa. 18 Wo waatoo le mu, Banisirayilankoolu ye ì faŋ seyi ì ma. Yahuuda moolu ye i kutu ì la, kaatu ì be tuukuriŋ Yaawe le la, ì mumuñolu la Alla.
19 Abiya ye Yerobowamu bayi, a ye ñiŋ saatewolu taa a bulu: Beteli niŋ a saateeriŋolu, Yesana niŋ a saateeriŋolu, aniŋ Efuroni niŋ a saateeriŋolu. 20 Abiya la waatoo la, Yerobowamu maŋ semboo soto noo kotenke, Yaawe ye a halaki, bituŋ a faata.
21 Abiya la kuwolu naata yiriwaa laalaa. A ye musu taŋ niŋ naani futuu, aduŋ a ye dinkee muwaŋ niŋ fula le soto, aniŋ dimmusu taŋ niŋ wooro.
22 Abiya la mansayaa kuu koteŋolu, a taaraŋ siloo niŋ a fokumoolu be safeeriŋ Annabilayi Ido la Taarika Kitaaboo le kono.
