¹Kuningas Jerobeami kaheksateistkümnendal aastal sai Abija Juuda kuningaks.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

⁴And Abijah stood up on the top of mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam, and all Israel!

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

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?

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

⁶But Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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:

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!

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.

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!'

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.

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

¹³But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; and they were before Judah, and the ambush behind them.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

²⁰And Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and Jehovah smote him, and he died.

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

²¹But Abijah strengthened himself, and took fourteen wives, and begot twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

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

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

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.