歷代志下13:1-22

 

13:1 耶羅波安王十八年，亞比雅登基作猶大王，
13:2 在耶路撒冷作王三年。他母親名叫米該亞（又作瑪迦），是基比亞人烏列的女兒。亞比雅常與耶羅波安爭戰。
13:3 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。
13:4 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！
13:5 耶和華─以色列的上帝曾立鹽約（鹽就是不廢壞的意思），將以色列國永遠賜給大衛和他的子孫，你們不知道嗎？
13:6 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。
13:7 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。
13:8 「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，你們那裡又有耶羅波安為你們所造當作神的金牛犢。
13:9 你們不是驅逐耶和華的祭司亞倫的後裔和利未人嗎？不是照著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。
13:10 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，
13:11 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。
13:12 率領我們的是上帝，我們這裡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。」
13:13 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。
13:14 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。
13:15 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。
13:16 以色列人在猶大人面前逃跑，上帝將他們交在猶大人手裡。
13:17 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。
13:18 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。
13:19 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（或譯：以弗倫）和屬以法拉音的鎮市。
13:20 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。
13:21 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。
13:22 亞比雅其餘的事和他的言行都寫在先知易多的傳上。

 

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] a daughter^[b] of Uriel of Gibeah.

There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 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, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Jeroboam and all Israel, 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 by a covenant of salt? ⁶ Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, an official of Solomon son of David, rebelled against his master. ⁷ Some worthless scoundrels gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young and indecisive 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. You are indeed a vast army and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made to be your gods. ⁹ But didn’t you drive out the priests of the Lord, 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 and seven rams may become a priest of what are not gods.

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 they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the Lord. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the lamps 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. People of Israel, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”

¹³ Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah the ambush was behind them. ¹⁴ Judah turned and saw that they were being attacked at both front and rear. Then they cried out 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 before Abijah and Judah. ¹⁶ The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered 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 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.

 

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    亞比雅相信自己有上帝的同在，所以能夠勝過耶波羅安！同樣，我們要靠主耶穌向魔鬼誇勝，不要被害怕征服！

 

    同樣世界藉由新冠肺炎來但給人恐懼，我們要靠著主耶穌，宣告：「只要信，不要怕！」

 

    也唯有靠主耶穌的恩典才可以勝過恐懼的心！