1In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
1 Bonkoono Yerebowam mayra jiiri way cindi ahakkanta ra no Abiya sintin ka may Yahuda ra.
2He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
2 A may jiiri hinza Urusalima ra. A nya maa ga ti Maaka, Uriyel Jibeya bora ize way no. Wongu goro Abiya nda Yerebowam game ra.
3And Abijah began the war with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty men of valour.
3 Abiya binde furo wongo ra, nga nda soojey kunda boro zambar zangu taaci kaŋ suubanante yaŋ no. Yerebowam no na boro zambar zangu ahakku soola, boro suubanante yaŋ, kaŋ ga wongu nd'a, yaarukom gaabikooni yaŋ no.
4And Abijah stood up on the top of mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam, and all Israel!
4 Abiya kay Zemarayim tondo boŋ kaŋ go Ifraymu tondey ra. A ne: «Ya Yerebowam, wa maa ay se, nin da Israyla kulu.
5Ought ye not to know that Jehovah the God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, to him and to his sons [by] a covenant of salt?
5 Manti a ga hima araŋ ma bay kaŋ Rabbi, Israyla Irikoyo na Israyla mayra no Dawda se hal abada, sanda Dawda nda nga izey nooya, ciiri alkawli _kaŋ si tun|_ boŋ?
6But Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord.
6 Kulu nda yaadin, Yerebowam Nebat ize, Dawda ize Suleymanu tamo murte nga koyo gaa.
7And vain men, sons of Belial, gathered to him and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was young and faint-hearted, and did not shew himself strong against them.
7 Ize yaamoyaŋ mo margu a banda, ize furkuyaŋ, kaŋ na ngey boŋ gaabandi ngey ma yanje nda Rehobowam Suleymanu izo, waato kaŋ Rehobowam gonda zankataray, a sinda bine-gaabi, a si hin ka kay i se.
8And now ye think to shew yourselves strong against the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and ye have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made you for gods.
8 Sohõ binde araŋ ga tammahã hala araŋ ga hin ka kay ka gaaba nda Rabbi koytara kaŋ go Dawda izey kambe ra? Araŋ wo jama bambata no, araŋ banda mo araŋ gonda wura handayzey kaŋ Yerebowam te zama i ma ciya araŋ de-koyey.
9Have ye not cast out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests as the peoples of the lands? whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, he becomes a priest of what is not God.
9 Manti araŋ na Rabbi alfagey gaaray, Haruna banda da Lawi borey, araŋ na alfagayaŋ te araŋ boŋ se mo, sanda mate kaŋ cine laabu cindey borey ga te? Hala boro kulu kaŋ kande haw ize da feeji gaaru iyye, zama nga ma nga boŋ hanandi se, kal a ma ciya alfaga haŋ kaŋ yaŋ manti irikoyyaŋ no se.
10But as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests that serve Jehovah are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites are at their work:
10 Amma iri wo, Rabbi no ga ti iri Irikoyo, iri mana fay d'a mo. Iri gonda alfagey mo kaŋ yaŋ ga goy Rabbi se, Haruna banda da Lawi borey mo ngey goyo ra.
11and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense; the loaves also are set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening: for *we* keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but *ye* have forsaken him.
11 Zaari kulu, susubay nda wiciri kambu i ga sargay kaŋ i ga ton yaŋ ton, da dugu kaŋ haw ga kaan Rabbi se. Jisiyaŋ buuro mo, i g'a soola taabal hananta din boŋ, da wura fitilla suntulo, nga da nga fitilley ga soobay ka di wiciri kambu. Zama iri go ga Rabbi iri Irikoyo lordey haggoy, amma araŋ wo na banda bare a gaa.
12And behold, we have God with us at our head, and his priests, and the loud-sounding trumpets to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
12 A go mo, Irikoy go iri do iri jine candiko, d'a alfagey da baaru nooyaŋ hilley, zama i m'i kar soolayaŋ se ka wongu nd'araŋ. Ya araŋ Israyla izey, araŋ ma si wongu nda Rabbi, araŋ kaayey Irikoyo, zama araŋ si te zaama bo.»
13But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; and they were before Judah, and the ambush behind them.
13 Amma Yerebowam na gumandi ize fooyaŋ daŋ i ma koy i banda hala ngey wo, Israyla go Yahuda jine, gumandi izey mo go Yahuda banda.
14And Judah looked back, and behold, they had the battle in front and behind; and they cried to Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
14 Saaya kaŋ cine i zagu ka di kaŋ wongu go ngey se jina nda banda, kala i hẽ Rabbi gaa, alfagey mo na hilley kar.
15And 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.
15 Yahuda borey mo kuuwa. Waato din gaa no Irikoy na Yerebowam kar, nga nda Israyla kulu, Abiya da Yahuda jine.
16And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.
16 Israyla izey zuru Yahuda jine. Irikoy n'i daŋ mo Yahuda kambe ra.
17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; and there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
17 Abiya nda nga borey n'i wi da wiyaŋ bambata. Israyla boro zambar zangu gu kaŋ suubanante yaŋ no, i n'i wi.
18And the children of Israel were humbled at that time, and the children of Judah were strengthened, because they relied upon Jehovah the God of their fathers.
18 Yaadin cine no Israyla izey na goobu haŋ d'a alwaato din ra. Yahuda izey te zaama zama i de Rabbi ngey kaayey Irikoyo gaa.
19And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its dependent villages, and Jeshanah with its dependent villages, and Ephron with its dependent villages.
19 Abiya binde na Yerebowam gaaray ka gallu fooyaŋ kom a gaa: Betel da nga kawyey, Yesana da nga kawyey, da Efron da nga kawyey.
20And Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and Jehovah smote him, and he died.
20 Yerebowam mana ye ka du gaabi koyne Abiya zamana ra. Rabbi mo n'a kar kal a bu.
21But Abijah strengthened himself, and took fourteen wives, and begot twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
21 Amma Abiya te gaabi. A na wande way cindi taaci hiiji. A na ize aru waranka cindi hinka hay, da ize wayboro way cindi iddu.
22And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his sayings, are written in the treatise of the prophet Iddo.
22 Abiya goy cindey binde, d'a muraadey, da haŋ kaŋ a ci, i n'i hantum annabi Iddo tira ra.
23 Abiya binde kani nga kaayey banda, i n'a fiji mo Dawda birno ra. A izo Asa te bonkooni a nango ra. A zamana ra laabo goono ga goro baani samay jiiri way.