2 Cronica 13
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ang Digmaan nina Abias at Jeroboam(A)
13 Nang ikalabing walong taon ng paghahari ni Jeroboam, si Abias ay nagsimulang maghari sa Juda. 2 Tatlong taon siyang naghari sa Jerusalem. Ang kanyang ina ay si Micaias na anak ni Uriel na taga-Gibea.
Nagkaroon ng digmaan sina Jeroboam at Abias. 3 Ang hukbo ni Abias ay binubuo ng 400,000 kawal, samantalang ang kay Jeroboam naman ay 800,000. 4 Humanay ang hukbo ni Abias sa may bulubundukin ng Efraim, sa taluktok ng Bundok Zemaraim. Mula roo'y sumigaw siya: “Makinig kayo, Jeroboam at buong bayang Israel! 5 Hindi ba ninyo alam na pinagtibay ni Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel, sa isang kasunduang hindi maaaring sirain, na si David at ang kanyang mga anak ang maghahari sa Israel magpakailanman? 6 Ngunit si Jeroboam na anak ni Nebat at dating alipin ni Solomon na anak ni David ay naghimagsik laban sa kanyang haring si Solomon. 7 Mga walang-hiya at tampalasang tao ang sumama sa kanya. Hindi nila kinilala si Rehoboam na anak ni Solomon. Palibhasa'y bata pa noon at walang karanasan si Rehoboam, kaya't wala siyang nagawa.
8 “Ngayo'y ibig ninyong labanan ang kaharian ni Yahweh na ibinigay niya sa mga anak ni David, palibhasa'y marami kayo at mayroon kayong mga guyang ginto na ipinagawa ni Jeroboam para sambahin ninyo. 9 Hindi ba't pinalayas ninyo ang mga pari ni Yahweh, ang mga anak ni Aaron at ang mga Levita? At gumaya kayo sa ibang mga bansa sa pagpili ng mga pari? Ngayon, sinumang lumapit na may dalang handog na isang batang toro at pitong lalaking tupa ay pinapayagan na ninyong maging pari ng mga diyus-diyosan. 10 Ngunit para sa amin, si Yahweh pa rin ang aming Diyos at hindi namin siya itinakwil. Ang aming mga pari ay pawang mga anak ni Aaron at ang mga katulong nila sa paglilingkod kay Yahweh ay ang mga Levita. 11 Araw-gabi ay nag-aalay sila kay Yahweh ng mga handog na susunugin at insenso. Nag-aalay sila ng handog na tinapay sa harapan niya sa ibabaw ng inihandang mesang yari sa lantay na ginto. At gabi-gabi'y nagsisindi sila ng mga ilawang nasa gintong patungan. Sinusunod namin ang utos ni Yahweh, subalit itinakwil ninyo siya. 12 Kaya kasama namin siya sa labanang ito. Siya ang aming pinuno at kasama rin namin ang kanyang mga pari na dala ang kanilang mga trumpeta na handang hipan sa pakikipaglaban sa inyo. Bayang Israel, huwag ninyong kalabanin si Yahweh, ang Diyos ng inyong mga ninuno, sapagkat hindi kayo magtatagumpay.”
13 Nagsugo si Jeroboam ng pangkat sa likuran ng kalaban upang lihim na sumalakay roon. Samantala, ang karamihan ng hukbo niya ay kaharap ng hukbo ng Juda. 14 Nang lumingon ang mga ito, nakita nilang may kalaban sila sa harapan at sa likuran. Humingi sila ng tulong kay Yahweh at hinipan ng mga pari ang kanilang mga trumpeta. 15 Sumigaw ang hukbo ng Juda at sa sandaling iyon, tinalo ng Diyos si Jeroboam at ang buong hukbo ng Israel sa harap ni Abias at ng Juda. 16 Tumakas ang hukbo ng Israel sa Juda at itinulot ng Diyos na masakop sila ng Juda. 17 Nagtagumpay sina Abias. May 500,000 mahuhusay na kawal ng Israel ang napatay. 18 Mula noon, ang Israel ay nasakop ng Juda. Ito'y dahil sa pagtitiwala ng Juda kay Yahweh, ang Diyos ng kanilang mga ninuno. 19 Tinugis ni Abias si Jeroboam, at nasakop niya ang mga lunsod ng Bethel, Jesana at Efron, pati ang mga nayon nito. 20 Sa panahon ng paghahari ni Abias, hindi na nakabawi si Jeroboam hanggang sa patayin siya ni Yahweh. 21 Naging makapangyarihan si Abias. Labing-apat ang kanyang asawa, at ang mga naging anak niya'y dalawampu't dalawang lalaki at labing-anim na babae. 22 Ang iba pang ginawa at sinabi ni Abias ay nakasulat sa Kasaysayan ng propetang si Iddo.
2 Chronicles 13
New International Version
Abijah King of Judah(A)
13 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king of Judah, 2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah,[a](B) a daughter[b] of Uriel of Gibeah.
There was war between Abijah(C) and Jeroboam.(D) 3 Abijah went into battle with an army of four hundred thousand able fighting men, and Jeroboam drew up a battle line against him with eight hundred thousand able troops.
4 Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim,(E) in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Jeroboam and all Israel,(F) listen to me! 5 Don’t you know that the Lord, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever(G) by a covenant of salt?(H) 6 Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, an official of Solomon son of David, rebelled(I) against his master. 7 Some worthless scoundrels(J) gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young and indecisive(K) and not strong enough to resist them.
8 “And now you plan to resist the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hands of David’s descendants.(L) You are indeed a vast army and have with you(M) the golden calves(N) that Jeroboam made to be your gods. 9 But didn’t you drive out the priests(O) of the Lord,(P) the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make priests of your own as the peoples of other lands do? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull(Q) and seven rams(R) may become a priest of what are not gods.(S)
10 “As for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him. The priests who serve the Lord are sons of Aaron, and the Levites assist them. 11 Every morning and evening(T) they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense(U) to the Lord. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table(V) and light the lamps(W) on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the Lord our God. But you have forsaken him. 12 God is with us; he is our leader. His priests with their trumpets will sound the battle cry against you.(X) People of Israel, do not fight against the Lord,(Y) the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”(Z)
13 Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah the ambush(AA) was behind them. 14 Judah turned and saw that they were being attacked at both front and rear. Then they cried out(AB) to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets 15 and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. At the sound of their battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel(AC) before Abijah and Judah. 16 The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered(AD) them into their hands. 17 Abijah and his troops inflicted heavy losses on them, so that there were five hundred thousand casualties among Israel’s able men. 18 The Israelites were subdued on that occasion, and the people of Judah were victorious because they relied(AE) on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
19 Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took from him the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages. 20 Jeroboam did not regain power during the time of Abijah. And the Lord struck him down and he died.
21 But Abijah grew in strength. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
22 The other events of Abijah’s reign, what he did and what he said, are written in the annotations of the prophet Iddo.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 13:2 Most Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 11:20 and 1 Kings 15:2); Hebrew Micaiah
- 2 Chronicles 13:2 Or granddaughter
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