¹V osemnajstem letu kralja Jeroboama je Abija zavladal Judi.

¹In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam -- Abijah reigneth over Judah;

²Tri leta je vladal v Jeruzalemu. Materi njegovi pa je bilo ime Mikaja, hči Uriela iz Gibea. In bila je vojna med Abijem in Jeroboamom.

²three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, (and the name of his mother [is] Michaiah daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah,) and war hath been between Abijah and Jeroboam.

³In Abija je šel na boj z armado hrabrih vojščakov, štiristo tisoč izbranih mož; Jeroboam pa se razvrsti v boj zoper njega z osemsto tisoč izbranimi možmi, hrabrimi junaki.

³And Abijah directeth the war with a force of mighty men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men, and Jeroboam hath set in array with him battle, with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty of valour.

⁴In Abija stopi na goro Zemaraim v Efraimskem gorovju in reče: Poslušajte me, Jeroboam in ves Izrael!

⁴And Abijah riseth up on the hill of Zemaraim that [is] in the hill-country of Ephraim, and saith, `Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel!

⁵Ne veste li, da je GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, dal kraljestvo nad Izraelom Davidu na vekomaj, njemu in sinom njegovim po solni zavezi?

⁵Is it not for you to know that Jehovah, God of Israel, hath given the kingdom to David over Israel to the age, to him and to his sons -- a covenant of salt?

⁶Ali Jeroboam, sin Nebatov, hlapec Salomona, sinu Davidovega, je vstal in se uprl gospodu svojemu.

⁶and rise up doth Jeroboam, son of Nebat, servant of Solomon son of David, and rebelleth against his lord!

⁷In zbrali so se pri njem praznoglavi ljudje, otroci Belijalovi, ki so se ohrabrili zoper Roboama, sina Salomonovega, ko je bil Roboam še mlad in plahega srca in se jim ni mogel ubraniti.

⁷`And there are gathered unto him vain men, sons of worthlessness, and they strengthen themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was a youth, and tender of heart, and hath not strengthened himself against them.

⁸Vi pa sedaj mislite, da se morete postaviti zoper GOSPODOVO kraljestvo, ki je v roki sinov Davidovih, ker vas je velika množica in imate pri sebi zlati teleti, ki vam ju je naredil Jeroboam za bogove?

⁸`And now, ye are saying to strengthen yourselves before the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David, and ye [are] a numerous multitude, and with you calves of gold that Jeroboam hath made to you for gods.

⁹Niste li pregnali duhovnikov GOSPODOVIH, sinov Aronovih in levitov, in niste si li postavili duhovnikov po načinu ljudstev v drugih deželah? Kdorkoli pride, da se posveti z mladim juncem in sedmimi ovni, postane duhovnik tistim, ki niso bogovi!

⁹`Have ye not cast out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make to you priests like the peoples of the lands? every one who hath come to fill his hand with a bullock, a son of the herd, and seven rams, even he hath been a priest to No-gods!

¹⁰Toda z nami je GOSPOD, naš Bog, ki ga nismo zapustili, in imamo duhovnike, ki strežejo GOSPODU, sinove Aronove in levite v svojem opravilu;

¹⁰`As for us, Jehovah [is] our God, and we have not forsaken Him, and priests are ministering to Jehovah, sons of Aaron and the Levites, in the work,

¹¹ti zažigajo GOSPODU vsako jutro in vsak večer žgalne daritve in sladkodišeče kadilo in skrbe za razvrstitev kruhov na čisti mizi ter za zlati svečnik ž njegovimi svetilnicami, da se prižigajo vsak večer; kajti mi opravljamo stražo GOSPODA, svojega Boga, vi pa ste ga zapustili.

¹¹and are making perfume to Jehovah, burnt-offerings morning by morning, and evening by evening, and perfume of spices, and the arrangement of bread [is] on the pure table, and the candlestick of gold, and its lamps, to burn evening by evening, for we are keeping the charge of Jehovah our God, and ye -- ye have forsaken Him.

¹²In glejte, Bog je z nami, nam na čelu, in duhovniki njegovi z donečimi trobentami, da bučno trobentajo zoper vas. O Izraelovi otroci, ne bojujte se zoper GOSPODA, svojih očetov Boga, ker ne boste imeli sreče!

¹²`And lo, with us -- at [our] head -- [is] God, and His priests and trumpets of shouting to shout against you; O sons of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah, God of your fathers, for ye do not prosper.'

¹³Ali Jeroboam je velel zasedi, naj po ovinkih pridejo nadnje odzadaj; tako je stal on pred Judovimi, in zaseda je bila za njimi.

¹³And Jeroboam hath brought round the ambush to come in from behind them, and they are before Judah, and the ambush [is] behind them.

¹⁴In ko so se Judovi ozrli, glej, boj jim je bil spredaj in zadaj! In vpijejo h GOSPODU, in duhovniki so močno trobili na doneče trobente.

¹⁴And Judah turneth, and lo, against them [is] the battle, before and behind, and they cry to Jehovah, and the priests are blowing with trumpets,

¹⁵In možje Judovi zaženo bojni krik, in ko so Judovi kričali, je Bog porazil Jeroboama in vsega Izraela pred Abijem in Judovimi.

¹⁵and the men of Judah shout -- and it cometh to pass, at the shouting of the men of Judah, that God hath smitten Jeroboam, and all Israel, before Abijah and Judah.

¹⁶In sinovi Izraelovi zbeže pred Judovimi, in Bog je dal nje v njih roke.

¹⁶And the sons of Israel flee from the face of Judah, and God giveth them into their hand,

¹⁷In Abija in ljudstvo njegovo jim je prizadelo velik poraz, da je padlo ubitih v Izraelu petsto tisoč izbranih mož.

¹⁷and Abijah and his people smite among them a great smiting, and there fall wounded of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

¹⁸Tako so bili tisti čas Izraelovi sinovi ponižani, a sinovi Judovi so se ojačili, ker so se opirali na GOSPODA, Boga očetov svojih.

¹⁸And the sons of Israel are humbled at that time, and the sons of Judah are strong, for they have leant on Jehovah, God of their fathers.

¹⁹In podil je Abija bežečega Jeroboama in mu je vzel mesta: Betel in njemu podložne vasi, Ješano in njej podložne vasi ter Efron in njegove vasi.

¹⁹And Abijah pursueth after Jeroboam, and captureth from him cities, Beth-El and its small towns, and Jeshanah and its small towns, and Ephraim and its small towns.

²⁰Tudi si ni opomogel Jeroboam nič več v dnevih Abijevih; in GOSPOD ga je udaril, da je umrl.

²⁰And Jeroboam hath not retained power any more in the days of Abijah, and Jehovah smiteth him, and he dieth.

²¹A Abija je prihajal močnejši in si je vzel štirinajst žen ter je rodil dvaiindvajset sinov in šestnajst hčera.Kar je pa več praviti o Abiju, njegovi poti in njegovi govori so zapisani v razlagi Ida proroka.

²¹And Abijah strengtheneth himself, and taketh to him fourteen wives, and begetteth twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters,

²²Kar je pa več praviti o Abiju, njegovi poti in njegovi govori so zapisani v razlagi Ida proroka.

²²and the rest of the matters of Abijah, and his ways, and his words, are written in the `Inquiry' of the prophet Iddo.