2 Meʻa Hokohoko 13
1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.
1PEA ko eni, ʻi hono hongofulu ma valu taʻu ʻoe tuʻi ko Selopoami naʻe hoko ʻa ʻApisa ke pule ki Siuta.
2He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
2Pea naʻe pule ia ʻi he taʻu ʻe tolu ʻi Selūsalema. Pea ko e hingoa ʻo ʻene faʻē foki ko Mikaia ko e ʻofefine ʻo Ulieli ʻo Kipea. Pea naʻe fetauʻaki ʻa ʻApisa mo Selopoami.
3Abijah went out to battle, having an army of valiant men of war, 400,000 chosen men. And Jeroboam drew up his line of battle against him with 800,000 chosen mighty warriors.
3Pea naʻe teu ʻae tau ʻe ʻApisa ko e fuʻu kautau ʻoe kau tangata toʻa, ʻio, ko e kau tangata fili ʻe toko fā kilu: pea naʻe fokotuʻu foki ʻe Selopoami ʻae tau ke tali ia ko e tau tangata toʻa mālohi kuo fili ʻe toko valu kilu.
4Then Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim that is in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
4Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa ʻApisa ki he moʻunga ko Simalemi, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he moʻunga ko ʻIfalemi, ʻo ne pehē, “Fanongo kiate au, ʻa koe ko Selopoami, pea mo ʻIsileli, kotoa pē:
5Ought you not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt?
5ʻIkai ʻoku totonu ke mou ʻilo naʻe foaki ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli ʻae puleʻanga ʻo ʻIsileli kia Tevita ke taʻengata, ʻio, kiate ia pea ki hono ngaahi foha ʻi he fuakava māsima?
6Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord,
6Ka kuo tuʻu hake ʻa Selopoami ko e foha ʻo Nipati, ko e tamaioʻeiki ʻa Solomone ko e foha ʻo Tevita, pea kuo ne angatuʻu ki hono ʻeiki.
7and certain worthless scoundrels gathered about him and defied Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and irresolute and could not withstand them.
7Pea kuo tānaki ʻo fakataha kiate ia ʻae kau tangata noa pē, ko e fānau ʻoe angakovi, pea kuo nau fakamālohiʻi ʻakinautolu kia Lehopoami ko e foha ʻo Solomone, ʻi he kei siʻi ʻa Lehopoami mo loto vaivai, pea naʻe ʻikai mafai ia ke tekeʻi ʻakinautolu.
8“And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David, because you are a great multitude and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made you for gods.
8Pea ko eni ʻoku mou mahalo te mou faʻa fai ke tauʻi ʻae puleʻanga ʻo Sihova ʻi he nima ʻoe ngaahi foha ʻo Tevita: pea ko e fuʻu kakai tokolahi ʻakimoutolu, pea ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi ʻuhiki pulu koula, ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻe Selopoami ko e ngaahi ʻotua moʻomoutolu.
9Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes for ordination with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of what are no gods.
9ʻIkai kuo mou kapusi kituaʻā ʻae kau taulaʻeiki ʻa Sihova, ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻElone, mo e kau Livai, pea kuo mou ngaohi ʻae kau taulaʻeiki kiate kimoutolu ʻo hangē ko e kakai ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga kehekehe? Pea ko ia fulipē ʻoku ʻalu atu ke fakatapui ia ʻe ia pe ʻaki ha pulu mui, mo e fanga sipitangata ʻe fitu, ʻe hoko leva ia ko e taulaʻeiki ʻokinautolu ʻoku ʻikai ko e ʻotua.
10But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests ministering to the LORD who are sons of Aaron, and Levites for their service.
10Ka ko kinautolu, ko homau ʻOtua ʻa Sihova, pea naʻe ʻikai te mau liʻaki ia: pea ko e kau taulaʻeiki, ʻaia ʻoku ngāue kia Sihova, ko e ngaahi foha ʻo ʻElone, pea mo e kau Livai ʻoku nau fai pe ʻenau ngaahi ngāue:
11They offer to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may burn every evening. For we keep the charge of the LORD our God, but you have forsaken him.
11Pea ʻoku nau tutu kia Sihova ʻi he pongipongi kotoa pē mo e efiafi kotoa pē ʻae ngaahi feilaulau tutu mo e meʻa namu kakala: pea ʻoku nau ʻai ʻae mā ʻoe ʻao foki ki he palepale māʻoniʻoni; mo e tuʻunga maama koula mo hono ngaahi maama ʻo ia, ke tutu ʻi he efiafi kotoa pē: he ʻoku mau tauhi ʻae fekau ʻa Sihova ko homau ʻOtua; ka kuo mou liʻaki ia ʻekimoutolu.
12Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with their battle trumpets to sound the call to battle against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you cannot succeed.”
12Pea, vakai, ʻoku ʻiate kimautolu moʻoni ʻae ʻOtua ko homau ʻEiki tau, mo ʻene kautaulaʻeiki ke nau fakaongo ʻae ngaahi meʻalea ke kalangaekina ʻae manavahē kiate kimoutolu ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻoua naʻa mou tau kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi tamai: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te mou monūʻia.”
13Jeroboam had sent an ambush around to come upon them from behind. Thus his troops were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.
13Ka naʻe fai ʻe Selopoami ke hiki ʻae malumu mei honau tuʻa: ko ia naʻa nau ʻi he ʻao ʻo Siuta pea naʻe ʻi honau tuʻa ʻae malumu.
14And when Judah looked, behold, the battle was in front of and behind them. And they cried to the LORD, and the priests blew the trumpets.
14Pea ʻi he sio ki mui ʻa Siuta, vakai, naʻe ʻi honau ʻao ʻae tau, pea ʻi honau tuʻa: pea naʻa nau tangi kia Sihova, pea naʻe ifi ʻo fakaongo ʻe he kau taulaʻeiki ʻae ngaahi meʻalea.
15Then the men of Judah raised the battle shout. And when the men of Judah shouted, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
15Pea naʻe toki mavava ai ʻae kau tangata Siuta: pea ʻi he mavava ʻae kau tangata Siuta, naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, naʻe taaʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa Selopoami mo ʻIsileli kotoa pē ʻi he ʻao ʻo ʻApisa mo Siuta.
16The men of Israel fled before Judah, and God gave them into their hand.
16Pea naʻe hola ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli mei he ʻao ʻo Siuta: pea naʻe fakatukutukuʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe he ʻOtua ki honau nima.
17Abijah and his people struck them with great force, so there fell slain of Israel 500,000 chosen men.
17Pea naʻe taaʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe ʻApisa mo hono kakai ʻi he tāmateʻi lahi: ko ia naʻe tāmate ai ʻoe kakai ʻIsileli, ʻae kau tangata fili, ʻe toko nima kilu.
18Thus the men of Israel were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed, because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.
18Naʻe pehē pe hono fakavaivai ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he kuonga ko ia, pea naʻe mālohi ʻo lavaʻi ʻe he fānau ʻa Siuta, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau tui kia Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai.
19And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took cities from him, Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages.
19Pea naʻe tuli ʻe ʻApisa ʻa Selopoami, ʻo ne maʻu meiate ia ʻae ngaahi kolo, ko Peteli mo hono ngaahi kolo, mo Sesana mo hono ngaahi kolo, mo ʻIfalemi mo hono ngaahi kolo ʻo ia.
20Jeroboam did not recover his power in the days of Abijah. And the LORD struck him down, and he died.
20Pea naʻe ʻikai toe maʻu ʻe Selopoami ha mālohi ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻApisa: pea naʻe taaʻi ia ʻe Sihova, pea pekia ia.
21But Abijah grew mighty. And he took fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
21Ka naʻe fakaʻaʻau ʻo mālohi ʻa ʻApisa, pea fakamaʻu ia mo e ʻunoho ʻe toko hongofulu ma fā, pea naʻe tupu ʻiate ia ʻae foha ʻe toko uofulu ma toko ua, mo e ʻofefine ʻe toko hongofulu ma toko ono.
22The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
22Pea ko hono toe ʻoe ngāue ʻa ʻApisa, mo ʻene ngaahi anga, mo ʻene ngaahi lea ʻikai kuo tohi ʻi he tohi talanoa ʻoe palōfita ko Ito?