2 Cronica 13
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Paghahari ni Abijah sa Juda(A)
13 Naging hari ng Juda si Abijah noong ika-18 taon ng paghahari ni Jeroboam sa Israel. 2 Sa Jerusalem siya tumira, at naghari siya sa loob ng tatlong taon. Ang ina niya ay si Maaca[a] na anak ni Uriel na taga-Gibea.
Naglaban sina Abijah at Jeroboam. 3 Lumusob si Abijah kasama ang 400,000 matatapang na tao, at naghanda si Jeroboam ng 800,000 matatapang na tao sa pakikipaglaban. 4 Pagdating nila Abijah sa mababang bahagi ng Efraim, tumayo si Abijah sa Bundok ng Zemaraim, at sumigaw kay Jeroboam at sa mga taga-Israel, “Makinig kayo sa akin. 5 Hindi nʼyo ba alam na ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel ay gumawa ng walang hanggang kasunduan kay David na siya at ang kanyang mga angkan ang maghahari sa Israel magpakailanman? 6 Pero ikaw Jeroboam na anak ni Nebat ay nagrebelde sa iyong amo na si Solomon na anak ni David. 7 Sumama sa iyo ang mga walang kwentang tao, at kumakalaban sa anak ni Solomon na si Rehoboam noong bata pa ito, at wala pang karanasan at kakayahang lumaban sa inyo. 8 At ngayon gusto nʼyong kalabanin ang kaharian ng Panginoon na pinamamahalaan ng angkan ni David. Nagmamayabang kayo na marami ang mga sundalo ninyo at dala nʼyo ang mga gintong baka na ipinagawa ni Jeroboam bilang mga dios ninyo. 9 Pinalayas nʼyo ang mga pari ng Panginoon, na angkan ni Aaron at ang mga Levita, at pumili kayo ng sarili nʼyong mga pari gaya ng ginagawa ng ibang mga bansa. Sinuman sa inyo na may toro at pitong lalaking tupa ay maaari ng italaga bilang pari ng inyong huwad na mga dios.
10 “Pero kami, ang Panginoon ang aming Dios, at hindi namin siya itinakwil. Ang mga pari namin na naglilingkod sa Panginoon ay mga angkan ni Aaron, at tinutulungan sila ng mga Levita. 11 Tuwing umaga at gabi, naghahandog sila sa Panginoon ng mga handog na sinusunog at insenso. Naglalagay sila ng tinapay sa mesa na itinuturing na malinis. At tuwing gabi, sinisindihan nila ang mga ilaw na nasa gintong mga patungan. Tinutupad namin ang mga utos ng Panginoon naming Dios. Pero kayo, itinakwil nʼyo siya. 12 Ang Dios ay kasama namin; siya ang pinuno namin. Patutunugin ng kanyang mga pari ang mga trumpeta nila sa pangunguna sa amin sa pakikipaglaban sa inyo. Mga mamamayan ng Israel, huwag kayong sumalungat laban sa Panginoon, ang Dios ng inyong mga ninuno, dahil hindi kayo magtatagumpay.”
13 Habang nagsasalita si Abijah, lihim na nagsugo si Jeroboam ng mga sundalo sa likod ng mga taga-Juda para tambangan sila. 14 Nang makita ng mga taga-Juda na nilulusob sila sa likuran at sa harapan, humingi sila ng tulong sa Panginoon. Pinatunog agad ng mga pari ang mga trumpeta, at 15 sumigaw nang malakas ang mga taga-Juda sa paglusob. Sa kanilang pagsigaw, tinalo ng Dios si Jeroboam at ang mga sundalo ng Israel. Hinabol sila ni Abijah at ng mga sundalo ng Juda. 16 Tumakas sila at ibinigay sila ng Dios sa mga taga-Juda. 17 Marami ang napatay ni Abijah at ng mga tauhan niya – 500,000 matatapang na taga-Israel. 18 Kaya natalo ng mga taga-Juda ang mga taga-Israel, dahil nagtiwala sila sa Panginoon, ang Dios ng kanilang mga ninuno.
19 Hinabol ni Abijah si Jeroboam at inagaw niya rito ang mga bayan ng Betel, Jeshana at Efron, at ang mga baryo sa paligid nito. 20 Hindi na mabawi ni Jeroboam ang kanyang kapangyarihan nang panahon ni Abijah, at pinarusahan siya ng Panginoon at siyaʼy namatay. 21 Samantala, lalo pang naging makapangyarihan si Abijah. May 14 siyang asawa at 22 anak na lalaki at 16 na anak na babae. 22 Ang iba pang mga salaysay tungkol sa paghahari ni Abijah, ang kanyang mga sinabi at mga ginawa ay nakasulat sa Aklat ni Propeta Iddo.
Footnotes
- 13:2 Maaca: o, Micaya.
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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