2 Chronicles 13
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
耶羅波安王十八年，亞比雅登基作猶大王，
2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
在耶路撒冷作王三年。他母親名叫米該亞，是基比亞人烏列的女兒。 亞比雅常與耶羅波安爭戰。
3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.
有一次亞比雅率領挑選的兵四十萬擺陣，都是勇敢的戰士；耶羅波安也挑選大能的勇士八十萬，對亞比雅擺陣。
4 And Abijah stood upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
亞比雅站在以法蓮山地中的洗瑪臉山上，說：「耶羅波安和以色列眾人哪，要聽我說！
5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
耶和華－以色列的上帝曾立鹽約，將以色列國永遠賜給大衛和他的子孫，你們不知道嗎？
6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, hath risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
無奈大衛兒子所羅門的臣僕、尼八兒子耶羅波安起來背叛他的主人。
7 And there are gathered to him worthless men, base fellows, and they have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
有些無賴的匪徒聚集跟從他，逞強攻擊所羅門的兒子羅波安；那時羅波安還幼弱，不能抵擋他們。
8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
「現在你們有意抗拒大衛子孫手下所治耶和華的國，你們的人也甚多，你們那裏又有耶羅波安為你們所造當作神的金牛犢。
9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have appointed priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
你們不是驅逐耶和華的祭司亞倫的後裔和利未人嗎？不是照着外邦人的惡俗為自己立祭司嗎？無論何人牽一隻公牛犢、七隻公綿羊將自己分別出來，就可作虛無之神的祭司。
10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, who minister to the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
至於我們，耶和華是我們的上帝，我們並沒有離棄他。我們有事奉耶和華的祭司，都是亞倫的後裔，並有利未人各盡其職，
11 And they burn to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the showbread also they set in order upon the pure table; and the lampstand of gold with its lamps, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
每日早晚向耶和華獻燔祭，燒美香，又在精金的桌子上擺陳設餅；又有金燈臺和燈盞，每晚點起，因為我們遵守耶和華－我們上帝的命；惟有你們離棄了他。
12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
率領我們的是上帝，我們這裏也有上帝的祭司拿號向你們吹出大聲。以色列人哪，不要與耶和華－你們列祖的上帝爭戰，因你們必不能亨通。」
13 But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.
耶羅波安卻在猶大人的後頭設伏兵。這樣，以色列人在猶大人的前頭，伏兵在猶大人的後頭。
14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried to the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
猶大人回頭觀看，見前後都有敵兵，就呼求耶和華，祭司也吹號。
15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
於是猶大人吶喊；猶大人吶喊的時候，上帝就使耶羅波安和以色列眾人敗在亞比雅與猶大人面前。
16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
以色列人在猶大人面前逃跑，上帝將他們交在猶大人手裏。
17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
亞比雅和他的軍兵大大殺戮以色列人，以色列人仆倒死亡的精兵有五十萬。
18 Thus the children of Israel were subdued at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.
那時，以色列人被制伏了，猶大人得勝，是因倚靠耶和華－他們列祖的上帝。
19 And Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephrain with its towns.
亞比雅追趕耶羅波安，攻取了他的幾座城，就是伯特利和屬伯特利的鎮市，耶沙拿和屬耶沙拿的鎮市，以法拉音和屬以法拉音的鎮市。
20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
亞比雅在世的時候，耶羅波安不能再強盛；耶和華攻擊他，他就死了。
21 But Abijah became mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
亞比雅卻漸漸強盛，娶妻妾十四個，生了二十二個兒子，十六個女兒。
22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
亞比雅其餘的事和他的言行都寫在先知易多的傳上。
