¹Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

¹Kuningas Jerobeami kaheksateistkümnendal aastal sai Abija Juuda kuningaks.

²He 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.

²Ta valitses Jeruusalemmas kolm aastat; ta ema nimi oli Miikaja, Uurieli tütar Gibeast. Aga Abija ja Jerobeami vahel oli sõda.

³And 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 valor.

³Ja Abija alustas sõda sangarite väega, neljasaja tuhande valitud mehega, aga Jerobeam rivistas tapluseks tema vastu kaheksasada tuhat valitud meest, sõjakangelast.

⁴And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

⁴Ja Abija tõusis Semaraimi mäele, mis on Efraimi mäestikus, ja ütles: 'Kuulge mind, Jerobeam ja kogu Iisrael!

⁵Ought 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?

⁵Kas te ei tea, et Issand, Iisraeli Jumal, on andnud Taavetile ja tema poegadele valitsuse Iisraeli üle igaveseks ajaks nagu soolaosaduse?

⁶Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.

⁶Aga Jerobeam, Nebati poeg, Taaveti poja Saalomoni sulane, on tõusnud ja oma isandale vastu hakanud.

⁷And 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.

⁷Tema juurde kogunes tühiseid, kõlvatuid mehi, ja need olid üle Rehabeamist, Saalomoni pojast, kuna Rehabeam oli noor ja arglik ega suutnud ennast nende vastu maksma panna.

⁸And 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 your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

⁸Ja nüüd mõtlete teie endid maksma panna Issanda kuningriigi vastu, mis on Taaveti poegade käes, sellepärast et teid on suur hulk ja teie poolt on kuldvasikad, mis Jerobeam on teinud teile jumalaiks!

⁹Have 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.

⁹Kas te pole mitte ära ajanud Issanda preestreid, Aaroni poegi, ja leviite, ja endile ise preestreid teinud nagu teiste maade rahvad? Igaüks, kes tuli härjavärsi ja seitsme jääraga oma kätt täitma, sai preestriks neile, kes pole jumalad.

¹⁰But 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:

¹⁰Aga meie Jumal on Issand ja meie ei ole teda maha jätnud! Aaroni pojad teenivad preestritena Issandat ja leviidid on ametis.

¹¹And 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.

¹¹Nad ohverdavad Issandale igal hommikul ja õhtul põletusohvreid ja healõhnalisi suitsutusrohte; nad seavad leivad puhta laua peale ja süütavad igal õhtul kuldlambijala lambid põlema. Sest me täidame Issanda, meie Jumala antud kohustusi, teie olete aga tema maha jätnud!

¹²And, 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.

¹²Ja vaata, koos meiega, kõige ees on Jumal ja tema preestrid ja märgupasunad, mis teie vastu hüüavad. Iisraeli lapsed, ärge võidelge Issanda, oma vanemate Jumala vastu, sest see teil ei õnnestu!'

¹³But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

¹³Aga Jerobeam oli lasknud varitsejad ringi minna, et need läheksid neile tagant kallale; nad ise olid juudalaste ees, kuna varitsejad olid nende taga.

¹⁴And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

¹⁴Kui juudalased pöördusid, vaata, siis oli neil võitlus eest ja tagant. Nad kisendasid Issanda poole ja preestrid puhusid pasunaid.

¹⁵Then 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.

¹⁵Ja Juuda mehed tõstsid sõjakisa. Ja sündis, et kui Juuda mehed sõjakisa tõstsid, siis lõi Jumal Jerobeami ja kogu Iisraeli maha Abija ja Juuda ees.

¹⁶And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.

¹⁶Ja Iisraeli lapsed põgenesid Juuda eest, aga Jumal andis nad tema kätte.

¹⁷And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

¹⁷Abija ja ta rahvas lõid neid suuresti ja Iisraelist langes mahalööduina viissada tuhat valitud meest.

¹⁸Thus 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.

¹⁸Nõnda alandati seekord Iisraeli lapsed; juudalased aga panid endid maksma, sest nad toetusid Issandale, oma vanemate Jumalale.

¹⁹And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof.

¹⁹Ja Abija ajas Jerobeami taga ning vallutas temalt linnad: Peeteli ja selle tütarlinnad, Jesana ja selle tütarlinnad, Efroni ja selle tütarlinnad.

²⁰Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.

²⁰Jerobeam aga ei saanud Abija päevil enam jõudu koguda, sest Issand lõi teda, nõnda et ta suri.

²¹But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

²¹Aga Abija sai vägevaks. Ta võttis enesele neliteist naist ja temale sündis kakskümmend kaks poega ja kuusteist tütart.

²²And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.

²²Ja muud Abija lood, tema teod ja sõnad, on kirja pandud prohvet Iddo 'Seletustes'.

²³Siis Abija läks magama oma vanemate juurde ja ta maeti Taaveti linna. Ja tema poeg Aasa sai tema asemel kuningaks. Tema päevil oli maal kümme aastat rahu.