¹अबियाम यहूदाका नयाँ राजा भए। नाबातका छोरा यारोबामले इस्राएलमा शासन गर्दा अठारहऔं वर्षमा यस्तो भयो।

¹Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.

²अबियामले यरूशलेममा तीन वर्ष शासन गरे। उनकी आमाको नाउँ माका थियो। तिनी अब्शालोमकी छोरी थिइन्।

²He reigned three years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

³उनले त्यस्तैं सबै पापका कामहरू गरे जस्तो उनका पिताले गरेका थिए। अबियाम परमप्रभु आफ्नो परमेश्वर प्रति विश्वासी थिएनन्। यसकारण उनी आफ्नो हजूरबा दाऊद जस्तो विश्वासी थिएनन्।

³He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.

⁴दाऊदको खातिर परमप्रभुले उसलाई एउटा सन्तान यरूशलेमा दिनुभयो। परमप्रभुले दाऊदका सन्तानलाई यरूशलेममाथि शासन गर्न दिनुभयो अनि यसलाई रक्षा गर्ने प्रतिज्ञा गर्नु भयो।

⁴Nevertheless for David’s sake, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;

⁵दाऊदले सँधै नै सही काम गरे जो परमप्रभुले चाहानु हुन्थ्यो। उनले सँधै नै परमप्रभुको आदेश पालन गरे। एक पटक दाऊदले परमप्रभुको आदेश पालन गरेनन् जुन समयमा दाऊदले हित्ती उरीयाहको विरोधमा पाप गरेका थिए।

⁵because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and didn’t turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

⁶रहबाम र यारोबामको बिचमा युद्ध अबियामको जीवन भरी नै चलिरह्यो।

⁶Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

⁷अबियामले जे काम गरे सबै नै ‘यहूदाका राजाहरूको इतिहासको’ पुस्तकमा लेखिएको छ। अबियाम राजा भएको समयमा अबियाम र यरोबामबीच युद्ध भइरह्यो।

⁷The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

⁸जब अबियामको मृत्यु भयो उसलाई दाऊदको शहरमा गाडियो। अबियामको छोरा आसा नयाँ राजा भए।

⁸Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.

⁹इस्राएलमा यारोबाम राजा भएको बिसौं वर्षमा आसा यहूदाका राजा भए।

⁹In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.

¹⁰आसाले यरूशलेममा 41 वर्ष शासन गरे। उनकी हजूरआमाको नाउँ “माका” थियो। अनि “माका” अब्शालोमकी छोरी थिइन्।

¹⁰He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

¹¹आसाले आफ्ना पिता-पुर्खा दाऊदले गरे जस्तैं परमप्रभुले जे स्वीकृत गर्नु भएको थियो त्यो कामहरू मात्र गरे।

¹¹Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, as did David his father.

¹²त्यस समयमा यस्ता मानिसहरू थिए जो आफ्नो शरीर यौनका लागि बेचेर अरू देवताहरूको सेवा गर्दथे। आसाले ती मानिसहरूलाई देश छोड्न वाध्य गराए। आसाले ती मूर्तिहरू पनि हटाए जो उनका पुर्खाहरूले बनाएका थिए।

¹²He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

¹³आसाले उसको आमा माकालाई पनि रानीको पदबाट हटाईदिए। माकाले अशेरा देवीको पूजा गर्न घृणित खाम्बाहरू बनाएकी थिइन्। आसाले ती खाम्बाहरू ढालिदिए अनि तिनीहरूलाई किदरोन बेंसीमा जलाईदिए।

¹³Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

¹⁴उसले अग्ला ठाउँको पूजास्थानहरू भत्काएनन् तर उनी आफ्नो जीवनभरी परमप्रभु प्रति सम्पूर्ण हृदयले विश्वासी रहे।

¹⁴But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.

¹⁵आसा र उनका पिताले परमेश्वरलाई केही चीजहरू दिए। तिनीहरूले सुन, चाँदी र अरू चीजहरूको उपहार दिए। आसाले ती सबै चीजहरू मन्दिरमा राखे।

¹⁵He brought into the house of Yahweh the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

¹⁶राजा आसा यहूदाका राजा भएको समयमा उनी सधैं इस्राएलका राजा बाशाको विरोधमा लडिरहेको हुन्थे।

¹⁶There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

¹⁷इस्राएलका राजा बाशा यहूदाको विरूद्धमा लडे। बाशाले उसका मानिसहरूलाई आसाको देश यहूदा जाने देखि रोक्न चाहन्थे। यसकारण उनले रामा शहरलाई साह्रै सुदृढ बनाए।

¹⁷Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

¹⁸यसकारण आसाले परमप्रभुको मन्दिर अनि राजाको महलबाट सबै चाँदी र सुन निकाले। उनले सुन-चाँदी आफ्ना सेवकहरूलाई दिए अनि तिनीहरूलाई अरामका राजा बेनहदद कहाँपठाए। बेनहदद तब्रिमोनका छोरा थिए। तब्रिमोन हेज्योनका छोरा थिए। दमिश्क बेनहददको राजधानी शहर थियो।

¹⁸Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,

¹⁹आसाले यो संदेश पठाए, “मेरा पिता र तिम्रा पिता माझ शान्ति सम्झौता भएको थियो। अहिले म तिमीसित शान्ति सम्झौता गर्न चाहन्छु। म तिम्रो लागि सुन-चाँदीको उपहार पठाइरहेको छु। इस्राएलका राजा बाशासित कृपया शान्ति सम्झौता भंग गर्नुहोस जसले गर्दा ऊ मेरो देशबाट बाहिर जानेछ अनि हामी लाई अलग छोड्नेछ।”

¹⁹“There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”

²⁰राजा बेनहददले राजा आसासँग सम्झौता गरे। तिनले उसको सेनापतिहरू अनि सेनाहरू इस्राएली शहरहरू इयोन, दान, आबेल-बेतमाका; गलील पोखरीको वरिपरिका शहर अनि नप्तालीका इलाकामा लड्न पठाए।

²⁰Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

²¹बाशाले यी आक्रामणको बारेमा सुने। यसकारण उनले रामालाई सुदृढ बनाउन छोडिदिए। उनले त्यो शहर त्याग गरे अनि तिर्सातिर फर्किए।

²¹It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.

²²तब राजा आसाले यहूदाका जम्मै मानिसहरूलाई आदेश दिए। कसैलाई पनि माफी भएन। तिनीहरू रामा गए अनि सबै ढुङ्गा र काठहरू बोके जसद्वारा बाशा त्यो शहरलाई सुदृढ बनाउँदै थिए। तिनीहरूले ती सामानहरू बिन्यामीनको भूमिमा गेबा अनि मिस्पा पुर्याए। तब राजा आसाले ती दुइ शहरहरूलाई अझै दरिलो बनाए।

²²Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah; none was exempted: and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

²³राजा आसाले गरेका त्यो प्रत्येक कुरा उसको सैनिक शक्तिको विषयमा अनि उसले स्थापित गरेका त्यो शहरहरू यहूदाका राजाहरूको इतिहासको’ पुस्तकमा लेखिएको छ। जब आसा बूढा भए, उनी कुँजा भएका थियो।

²³Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

²⁴तिनी मरे अनि उनलाई उनका पुर्खा दाऊदको शहरमा गाडियो। तब आसाका छोरा यहोशापात उनीपछि नयाँ राजा भए।

²⁴Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

²⁵आसाको शासनकालको दोस्रो वर्षमा यारोबामका छोरा नादाब इस्राएलका राजा भए। नादाबले इस्राएलमा दुइ वर्ष शासन गरे।

²⁵Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.

²⁶नादाबले परमप्रभुले जे नराम्रो सम्झे त्यही गरे। उनले पापका कामहरू त्यसरी गरे जसरी उनका पिता यारोबामले गरेका थिए। यारोबामले पनि इस्राएल मानिसहरूलाई पाप गर्न लगाए।

²⁶He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.

²⁷बाशा अहियाहका छोरा थिए। तिनीहरू इस्साकार कुस समूहका थिए। बाशाले राजा नादाबलाई मार्ने योजना बनाए। नादाबको शासनकालमा सम्पूर्ण इस्राएल गिब्बतोन शहर को विरूद्ध लडिरहेको थियो। यो एउटा पलिश्तीहरूको शहर थियो। त्यस ठाउँमा बाशाले नादाबलाई मारे।

²⁷Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.

²⁸आसा यहूदाका राजा भएको समय तेस्रो वर्षमा यो घटना भयो। अनि आशा इस्राएलका अर्का राजा भए।

²⁸Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him, and reigned in his place.

²⁹बाशा जब नयाँ राजा भए, उनले यारोबामको परिवारको प्रत्येक सदस्यलाई मारे। बाशाले यारोबामको परिवारको कसैलाई पनि जिउँदो छोेडेनन्। परमप्रभुले जसरी हुनुपर्छ भन्नुभएको थियो यो घट्ना त्यसरी नै भयो। परमप्रभुले शीलोबाट आफ्नो सेवक अहियाह मार्फत भन्नुभएको थियो।

²⁹It happened that, as soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam: he didn’t leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;

³⁰यस्तो भयो किन यारोबामले धेरै पापका कामहरू गरेका थिए। अनि यारोबामले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई धेरै पाप गर्न लगाए। यारोबामले परमप्रभु इस्राएलका परमेश्वरलाई रीस उठाए।

³⁰for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger.

³¹अरू कार्यहरू जे जति नादाबले गरे इस्राएलका ‘राजाहरूको इतिहासको’ पुस्तकमा लेखिएको छ।

³¹Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

³²बाशाले इस्राएलमा शासन गरेको समयमा उनी यहूदाका राजा आशाको विरोधमा युद्ध गरिरहेकाथिए।

³²There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

³³आसाले यहूदामा शासन गरेको तेस्रो वर्षमा अहियाहका छोरा बाशा इस्राएलका राजा भए। बाशाले तिर्सामा 24 वर्ष शासन गरे।

³³In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.

³⁴तर बाशाले त्यही सब कामहरू गरे जसलाई परमप्रभुले भूल कामहरू थिए भनि भनेको थियो। उनले पनि ती पापहरू गरे जो यारोबामले गरेको थियो। यारोबामले पनि इस्राएलीहरूलाई पाप गर्न लगाए।

³⁴He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.