Abiya Alandira Ufumu
Abiya afuula mlandu wake kudutsa chigwa: Yuda adakali ndi ansembe a Aroni, nsembe za tsiku ndi tsiku ndi nyale, pamene Israele ali ndi ana a ng'ombe ndi ansembe odzipangira okha. Atazingidwa kutsogolo ndi kumbuyo, Yuda afuulira Atate wathu ndipo apambana, chifukwa anamdalira.
13 1M'chaka cha khumi ndi chisanu ndi chitatu cha ufumu wa mfumu Yeroboamu, Abiya anakhala mfumu ya Yuda. 2Analamulira zaka zitatu mu Yerusalemu; amayi ake anali Mikaya, mwana wamkazi wa Urieli wa ku Gibea. Ndipo panali nkhondo pakati pa Abiya ndi Yeroboamu. 3Abiya analowa ku nkhondo ndi gulu la ankhondo osankhidwa 400,000, amphamvu pa nkhondo; ndipo Yeroboamu anadzikonzekera kulimbana naye ndi ankhondo osankhidwa, amphamvu 800,000.
4Abiya anaimirira pa Phiri la Zemaraimu m'dziko la mapiri la Efraimu, nati, “Ndimvereni, inu Yeroboamu ndi Aisraeli onse! 5Kodi simukudziwa kuti Atate wathu, Mulungu wa Israeli, anapatsa Davide ndi ana ake mpando waufumu wa Israeli kwamuyaya, ndi pangano la mchere? a a v5 Pangano la mchere linali chigwirizano cholemekezeka ndi chosatha; mchere unkasunga chakudya ndipo unkaimira kudzipereka kokhazikika ndi kosatheka kuswa. 6Koma Yeroboamu mwana wa Nebati—kapolo wa Solomo mwana wa Davide—ananyamuka nawukira mbuye wake. 7Anthu achabechabe anasonkhana momzungulira iye, nanyoza Rehoboamu mwana wa Solomo, amene anali wamng'ono ndi wamantha, osatha kulimbana nawo.
8Ndipo tsopano mukuganiza kuti mungathe kulimbana ndi ufumu wa Atate wathu umene uli m'manja mwa ana a Davide, popeza ndinu gulu lalikulu la anthu ndipo muli ndi ana ang'ombe agolide amene Yeroboamu anapanga kukhala milungu yanu. 9Kodi simunathamangitse ansembe a Atate wathu, ana a Aroni ndi Alevi, ndi kudzipangira ansembe anu nokha monga mitundu ina ya anthu? Aliyense amene adza ndi mwana wang'ombe ndi nkhosa zazimuna zisanu ndi ziwiri akhoza kukhala wansembe wa zinthu zimene si milungu.
10Koma Atate wathu ndiye wathu, ndipo ife sitinamusiye Iye. Ansembe amene amatumikira Iye ndi ana a Aroni, ndipo Alevi ali pa ntchito yawo. 11M'mawa uliwonse ndi madzulo amawotchera Atate wathu nsembe zopsereza ndi lubani wonunkhira bwino; amayika mizere ya mikate pa tebulo la golide woyengeka ndipo amasamalira choikapo nyale cha golide, chimene chimayatsidwa madzulo aliwonse. Ife timasunga malamulo a Atate wathu, koma inu mwamusiya Iye. 12Taonani, Atate wathu ali nafe, ndiye mtsogoleri wathu, ndipo ansembe ake ali ndi malipenga akuwomba mfuwu wochenjeza inu. Inu Aisraeli, musamenyane ndi Atate wathu, Mulungu wa makolo anu, pakuti simudzapambana.”
13Koma Yeroboamu anali atatumiza gulu lobisalira kuti liwazungulire ndi kudza kumbuyo kwawo; motero asilikali ake anali patsogolo pa Yuda, pamene obisalira anali kumbuyo kwawo. 14Pamene Ayuda anatembenuka, anaona kuti nkhondo inali patsogolo ndi kumbuyo kwawo, nafuwulira kwa Atate wathu; ndipo ansembe anawomba malipenga. 15Ndipo anthu a Yuda anafuwula mfuwu wankhondo, ndipo pamene ankafuwula, Atate wathu anakantha Yeroboamu ndi Aisraeli onse pamaso pa Abiya ndi Yuda. 16Aisraeli anathawa pamaso pa Yuda, ndipo Atate wathu anawapereka m'manja mwa Yuda. 17Abiya ndi gulu lake lankhondo anawakantha kwambiri; ndipo anthu osankhidwa a Israeli 500,000 anagwa akufa. 18Motero Aisraeli anatsitsidwa pa nthawi imeneyo, ndipo Ayuda anapambana chifukwa anadalira Atate wathu, Mulungu wa makolo awo. 19Abiya anathamangitsa Yeroboamu, nalanda mizinda kwa iye—Beteli ndi midzi yake, Yesana ndi midzi yake, Efroni ndi midzi yake.
20Yeroboamu sanapezenso mphamvu zake masiku onse a moyo wa Abiya, ndipo Atate wathu anamukantha, nafa. 21Koma Abiya anakula mphamvu. Anakwatira akazi khumi ndi anayi ndipo anabereka ana aamuna makumi awiri ndi awiri ndi ana aakazi khumi ndi asanu ndi mmodzi. 22Ntchito zina za Abiya, njira zake ndi mau ake, zalembedwa m'buku la ndemanga la mneneri Ido.
