2 Chronicles 13

13 ¹For di eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah come be king of Judah. ²E rule for three years for Jerusalem; im mama na Micaiah, wey be Uriel of Gibeah im pikin. Abijah and Jeroboam go fight war. ³Abijah enter di battle with army of 400,000 chosen warriors, wey strong well-well for war; Jeroboam line up against am with 800,000 chosen, strong warriors.

⁴Abijah stand for Mount Zemaraim wey dey Ephraim im hill country, and e talk say, “Make una hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel! ⁵Una no know say our Papa, di God of Israel, give David and im pikin dem Israel throne forever, through Covenant of salt? ^a a v5 Covenant of salt na serious, permanent agreement; salt dey keep food from spoil and e dey stand for promise wey go last, wey nobody fit break. ⁶But Jeroboam pikin of Nebat—wey be servant of Solomon pikin of David—rise up and rebel against im oga. ⁷Useless men gada round am, dey defy Solomon im pikin Rehoboam, wey be young man and dey fear-fear, wey no fit resist dem.

⁸Now una think say una fit resist di kingdom of our Papa wey dey for David im pikin dem hand, since una be plenty crowd with di golden calves wey Jeroboam make as una gods. ⁹Una never drive comot our Papa im priests, Aaron im pikin dem and di Levites, and una make una own priests like oda nations? Anybody wey come with young bull and seven rams fit become priest of things wey no be gods.

¹⁰But our Papa na our own, and we never abandon am. Di priests wey dey serve am na Aaron im pikin dem, and di Levites dey for dem work. ¹¹Every morning and evening dem dey burn burnt offerings and sweet incense give our Papa; dem dey arrange di bread for di pure gold table and dey take care of di gold lampstand, wey dem dey light every evening. We dey keep our Papa im charge, but una don abandon am. ¹²Look, our Papa dey with us for our head, and im priests get trumpets to sound alarm against una. Una people of Israel, no fight our Papa, di God of una ancestors, because una no go win.”

¹³Jeroboam don send ambush go round, make dem come from behind dem; im forces face Judah, and di ambush dey behind dem. ¹⁴Judah turn, dem see say battle face dem for front and for back, dem cry to our Papa; and di priests blow di trumpets. ¹⁵Judah men shout di war cry, and as dem dey shout, our Papa strike Jeroboam and all Israel for front of Abijah and Judah. ¹⁶Di people of Israel run comot for front of Judah, and our Papa hand dem over to Judah. ¹⁷Abijah and im army strike dem heavy blow; 500,000 chosen men of Israel fall die. ¹⁸So Israel humble for that time, and Judah win because dem rely on our Papa, di God of dem ancestors. ¹⁹Abijah chase Jeroboam, dey capture cities from am—Bethel and im villages, Jeshanah and im villages, Ephron and im villages.

²⁰Jeroboam no ever get im strength back for all di time wey Abijah dey alive, and our Papa strike am down, and e die. ²¹But Abijah come strong. E marry fourteen wives and get twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. ²²Di oda things wey Abijah do, im ways and im words, dem write am for di prophet Iddo im commentary.