Κεφάλαιο 13

Κεφάλαιο 13

ΕΝ τῷ ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας ῾Ιεροβοὰμ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Αβιὰ ἐπὶ ᾿Ιούδαν· 2 τρία ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ Μααχὰ θυγάτηρ Οὐριὴλ ἀπὸ Γαβαών. καὶ πόλεμος ἦν ἀνὰ μέσον ᾿Αβιὰ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον ῾Ιεροβοάμ. 3 καὶ παρετάξατο ᾿Αβιὰ ἐν δυνάμει πολεμισταῖς δυνάμεως τετρακοσίαις χιλιάσιν ἀνδρῶν δυνατῶν, καὶ ῾Ιεροβοὰμ παρετάξατο πρὸς αὐτὸν πόλεμον ἐν ὀκτακοσίαις χιλιάσι, δυνατοὶ πολεμισταὶ δυνάμεως. 4 καὶ ἀνέστη ᾿Αβιὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους Σομόρων, ὅ ἐστιν ἐν τῷ ὄρει ᾿Εφραίμ, καὶ εἶπεν· ἀκούσατε ῾Ιεροβοὰμ καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραήλ· 5 οὐχ ὑμῖν γνῶναι ὅτι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραὴλ ἔδωκε βασιλέα ἐπὶ τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τῷ Δαυὶδ καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ διαθήκῃ ἁλός; 6 καὶ ἀνέστη ῾Ιεροβοὰμ ὁ τοῦ Ναβὰτ ὁ παῖς Σαλωμὼν τοῦ Δαυὶδ καὶ ἀπέστη ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ. 7 καὶ συνήχθησαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἄνδρες λοιμοὶ υἱοὶ παράνομοι, καὶ ἀντέστη πρὸς Ροβοὰμ τὸν τοῦ Σαλωμών, καὶ Ροβοὰμ ἦν νεώτερος καὶ δειλὸς τῇ καρδίᾳ καὶ οὐκ ἀντέστη κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ. 8 καὶ νῦν ὑμεῖς λέγετε ἀντιστῆναι κατὰ πρόσωπον βασιλείας Κυρίου διὰ χειρὸς υἱῶν Δαυίδ· καὶ ὑμεῖς πλῆθος πολὺ καὶ μεθ ὑμῶν μόσχοι χρυσοῖ, οὓς ἐποίησεν ὑμῖν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ εἰς θεούς. 9 ἦ οὐκ ἐξεβάλετε τοὺς ἱερεῖς Κυρίου τοὺς υἱοὺς ᾿Ααρὼν καὶ τοὺς Λευίτας καὶ ἐποιήσατε ἑαυτοῖς ἱερεῖς ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ τῆς γῆς πάσης; ὁ προσπορευόμενος πληρῶσαι τὰς χεῖρας ἐν μόσχῳ ἐκ βοῶν καὶ κριοῖς ἑπτὰ καὶ ἐγίνετο εἰς ἱερέα τῷ μὴ ὄντι θεῷ. 10 καὶ ἡμεῖς Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐγκατελίπομεν, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς αὐτοῦ λειτουργοῦσι τῷ Κυρίῳ οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ααρὼν καὶ οἱ Λευῖται, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐφημερίαις αὐτῶν· 11 θυμιῶσι τῷ Κυρίῳ ὁλοκαύτωμα πρωΐ καὶ δείλης καὶ θυμίαμα συνθέσεως καὶ προθέσεις ἄρτων ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης τῆς καθαρᾶς, καὶ ἡ λυχνία ἡ χρυσῆ καὶ οἱ λύχνοι τῆς καύσεως ἀνάψαι δείλης, ὅτι φυλάσσομεν τὰς φυλακὰς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐγκατελίπετε αὐτόν. 12 καὶ ἰδοὺ μεθ ἡμῶν ἐν ἀρχῇ Κύριος καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ σάλπιγγες τῆς σημασίας τοῦ σημαίνειν ἐφ ἡμᾶς. οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ μὴ πολεμήσητε πρὸς Κύριον Θεὸν τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, ὅτι οὐκ εὐοδώσεται ὑμῖν. 13 καὶ ῾Ιεροβοὰμ ἀπέστρεψε τὸ ἔνεδρον ἐλθεῖν αὐτῷ ἐκ τῶν ὄπισθεν· καὶ ἐγένετο ἔμπροσθεν ᾿Ιούδα, καὶ τὸ ἔνεδρον ἐκ τῶν ὄπισθεν. 14 καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν ᾿Ιούδας, καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτοῖς ὁ πόλεμος ἐκ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὄπισθεν, καὶ ἐβόησαν πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐσάλπισαν ταῖς σάλπιγξι· 15 καὶ ἐβόησαν ἄνδρες ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ βοᾶν ἄνδρας ᾿Ιούδα καὶ Κύριος ἐπάταξε τὸν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ καὶ τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐναντίον ᾿Αβιὰ καὶ ᾿Ιούδα. 16 καὶ ἔφυγον οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀπὸ προσώπου ᾿Ιούδα, καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς Κύριος εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν. 17 καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτοῖς ᾿Αβιὰ καὶ ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ πληγὴν μεγάλην, καὶ ἔπεσον τραυματίαι ἀπὸ ᾿Ισραὴλ πεντακόσιαι χιλιάδες ἄνδρες δυνατοί. 18 καὶ ἐταπεινώθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ κατίσχυσαν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ιούδα, ὅτι ἤλπισαν ἐπὶ Κύριον Θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν. 19 καὶ κατεδίωξεν ᾿Αβιὰ ὀπίσω ῾Ιεροβοὰμ καὶ προκατελάβετο παρ αὐτοῦ πόλεις, τὴν Βαιθὴλ καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς καὶ τὴν ᾿Ισανὰ καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς καὶ τὴν ᾿Εφρὼν καὶ τὰς κώμας αὐτῆς. 20 καὶ οὐκ ἔσχεν ἰσχὺν ῾Ιεροβοὰμ ἔτι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ᾿Αβιά, καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν Κύριος, καὶ ἐτελεύτησε. 21 καὶ κατίσχυσεν ᾿Αβιὰ καὶ ἔλαβεν ἑαυτῷ γυναῖκας δεκατέσσαρας καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς εἰκοσιδύο καὶ ἑκκαίδεκα θυγατέρας. 22 καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ λόγοι ᾿Αβιὰ καὶ αἱ πράξεις αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ λόγοι αὐτοῦ γεγραμμένοι ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ τοῦ προφήτου ᾿Αδδώ.