Luo Chronicle 13

1 In yac se aksingoul oalkosr lal Tokosra Jeroboam lun Israel, Abijah el tokosrala lun Judah.

In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.

2 El leum in Jerusalem ke yac tolu. Nina kial pa Micaiah, acn natul Uriel, sie mwet in siti Gibeah. Mweun se srola inmasrlol Abijah ac Jeroboam.

He ruled for three years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Macaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

3 Abijah el srukak mwet mweun angfoko tausin, ac Jeroboam el lainul ke mwet mweun oalfoko tausin.

Abijah went into battle with an army of strong, courageous soldiers, 400,000 chosen men. Jeroboam placed battle lines against him with 800,000 chosen men, strong, courageous soldiers.

4 Un mwet mweun inge osun infulan eol in acn Ephraim. Tokosra Abijah el utyak Fineol Zemaraim ac pangla nu yorol Jeroboam ac mwet Israel, ac fahk, “Porongo ma nga ac fahk uh!

Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!

5 Ya kowos nikin lah LEUM GOD lun Israel El tuh orala wulela se nu sel David su tia ku in musalla, mu el ac tulik natul ac fah tokosra fin Israel nwe tok?

Do you not know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel to David forever, to him and to his sons by a formal covenant?

6 Jeroboam, wen natul Nebat, el tuh orek lokoalok lainul Solomon, tokosra lal.

Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.

7 Toko, el orani sie un mwet lusrongten, ac elos pahtok lungse lalos nu facl Rehoboam, wen natul Solomon, su srakna fusr ac mwalna ke inkanek in lainulos.

Worthless men, base fellows, gathered to him. They came against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and inexperienced and could not withstand them.

8 Ac inge kowos ako in mweun lain tokosrai se su LEUM GOD El sang nu sin fita lal David. Oasr un mwet mweun lulap lowos, ac oasr pac yuruwos cow mukul fusr orekla ke gold, ma Jeroboam el orala tuh in god lowos.

So now you plan to resist the kingdom of Yahweh that is held within the hand of the descendants of David, because you are a large army, and you have the golden calves that Jeroboam made to be your gods.

9 Kowos lusla mwet tol lun LEUM GOD, su ma in fwil natul Aaron, ac kowos lusla pac mwet Levi. Na kowos srisrngiya mwet in aolulos, oana ouiya su orek in mutunfacl saya. Kutena mwet su use soko cow mukul, ku sheep itkosr, el ku in sifacna oru tuh elan sie mwet tol lun ma su kowos pangon god lowos ingan.

But did you not drive out the priests of Yahweh, the descendants of Aaron, and the Levites, and make priests of your own in the same way as the people of other lands do? Whoever comes to serve as a priest, sacrificing a young bullock and seven rams, he becomes a priest of what are not gods.

10 “A funu kut, kut srakna kulansupu LEUM GOD lasr, ac kut tiana fahsr lukel. Mwet tol su ma in fita lal Aaron, elos srakna oru ma kunalos, ac mwet Levi kasrelos.

But as for us, Yahweh is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests, descendants of Aaron, serving Yahweh, and the Levites, who are at their work.

11 Lotutang nukewa ac eku nukewa elos esukak mwe keng nu sel, ac oru mwe kisa ke kosro ma fonna isisyak. Elos sang mwe kisa bread nu fin sie tepu aknasnasyeyukla fal nu ke oakwuk lun alu. Ac eku nukewa elos akosak lam uh fin sukan lam gold. Kut oru na ma LEUM GOD El sapkin, a kowos sisella.

Every morning and evening they burn for Yahweh burnt offerings and sweet incense. They also arrange the bread of the presence on the pure table; they also tend the lampstand of gold with its lamps, for them to burn every evening. We keep the commandments of Yahweh, our God, but you have forsaken him.

12 God sifacna El mwet kol lasr, ac mwet tol lal elos wi kut inge. Elos sruokya mwe ukuk ac akola in ukya in pangon kut nu ke mweun lain kowos. Mwet Israel, nimet kowos mweun lain LEUM GOD lun papa tomowos! Kowos ac tia ku in kutangla!”

See, God is with us at our head, and his priests are here with the trumpets to sound an alarm against you. People of Israel, do not fight against Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”

13 In pacl sac pacna, Jeroboam el tuh supwala kutu sin mwet mweun lal ah in kasrik ut tukun mwet Judah, na mwet lula elos tu meet ac ngetang nu selos.

But Jeroboam prepared an ambush behind them; his army was in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

14 Mwet Judah elos tapulla ac liye tuh na rauniyukla elos, na elos pang nu sin LEUM GOD Elan kasrelos, ac mwet tol elos ukya mwe ukuk.

When Judah looked back, behold, the fighting was both in front of them and behind them. They cried out to Yahweh, and the priests blew the trumpets.

15 Na mwet Judah elos sala ke pusra lulap, ac Abijah el kol mwet inge ke mweun lalos. God El kutangulla Jeroboam ac mwet mweun lun Israel.

Then the men of Judah gave a shout; as they shouted, it came about that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

16 Mwet Israel elos kaing liki mwet Judah, ac God El oru tuh mwet mweun lun Judah in arulana ku lukelos.

The people of Israel fled before Judah, and God gave them into the hand of Judah.

17 Abijah ac mwet mweun lal orala kutangla na yohk fin mwet Israel. Mwet lumfoko tausin sin mwet ma pisrla ke mweun lun mwet Israel pa anwuki ke mweun sac.

Abijah and his army killed them with great slaughter; 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell dead.

18 Ouinge mwet Judah elos kutangla mwet Israel, mweyen elos filiya finsrak lalos in LEUM GOD lun papa tumalos.

In this way, the people of Israel were subdued at that time; the people of Judah won because they relied on Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.

19 Abijah el ukwe mwet mweun lal Jeroboam ac sruokya siti lal inge: Bethel, Jeshanah, ac Ephron, oayapa inkul ma oan apkuran nu ke kais sie siti inge.

Abijah pursued Jeroboam; he took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages.

20 Ke lusen pacl Abijah el leum, Jeroboam el tiana sifil ku. Saflaiyel LEUM GOD El unilya, ac el misa.

Jeroboam never recovered power again during the days of Abijah; Yahweh struck him, and he died.

21 Ouinge Abijah el yokyokelik ke ku lal. Oasr mutan singoul akosr kial, ac el papa tumun wen longoul luo ac acn singoul onkosr.

But Abijah became powerful; he took fourteen wives for himself and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

22 Ma nukewa saya ke sramsram matu kacl Abijah, ma el fahk ac ma el oru, simla ke [Sramsram Matu lal Iddo Mwet Palu.]

The rest of Abijah's deeds, his behavior, and words are written in the history of the prophet Iddo.