¹Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

¹In zgodi se potem, da je umrl Nahas, kralj sinov Amonovih, in sin njegov je zakraljeval na mestu njegovem.

²And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

²In David reče: Milost izkažem Hanunu, sinu Nahasovemu, kajti oče njegov mi je izkazal milost. Pošlje torej David sporočnike, da ga potolaži za očetom njegovim. In Davidovi hlapci pridejo v deželo sinov Amonovih k Hanunu, tolažit ga.

³But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

³Ali knezi sinov Amonovih reko Hanunu: Meniš li, da David spoštuje očeta tvojega, ker je poslal tolažnike k tebi? Niso li prišli hlapci njegovi k tebi, da preiščejo deželo in jo ugonobe, ko jo ogledajo?

⁴Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

⁴Hanun vzame torej hlapce Davidove in jih obrije in jim odreže polovico oblačil do ledja, in jih pošlje nazaj.

⁵Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

⁵In nekateri so šli in povedali Davidu o tistih možeh. In pošlje jim naproti; kajti tisti možje so bili silno osramočeni. In kralj sporoči: Ostanite v Jerihu, dokler vam ne porasto brade, potem se vrnite!

⁶And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.

⁶In ko so videli sinovi Amonovi, da so se naredili mrzke Davidu, pošljejo Hanun in sinovi Amonovi tisoč talentov srebra, da si najmejo voz in konjikov iz Mezopotamije in iz Aram-Maake in iz Zobe.

⁷So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

⁷Najeli so torej dvaintrideset tisoč voz in kralja iz Maake z moštvom njegovim; ti pridejo in se utabore pred Medebo. In sinovi Amonovi se zbero iz svojih mest in pridejo na boj.

⁸And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

⁸Ko pa to izve David, pošlje Joaba in vso vojsko, hrabre može.

⁹And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.

⁹In sinovi Amonovi izidejo in se pripravijo za boj ob mestnih vratih; kralji pa, ki so prišli od drugod; so bili posebe na polju.

¹⁰Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

¹⁰Ko torej Joab vidi, da je spredaj in zadaj naskok naperjen proti njemu, izbere iz vseh najboljših mož Izraelovih in jih postavi v boj zoper Sirce.

¹¹And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

¹¹Ostalo ljudstvo pa da pod roko bratu svojemu Abisaju, in pripravijo se na boj zoper sinove Amonove.

¹²And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.

¹²In veli: Ako mi bodo Sirci premočni, bodi mi v pomoč; ako pa bodo sinovi Amonovi tebi premočni, pomorem ti jaz!

¹³Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.

¹³Bodi srčen in junaški se bojujva za naše ljudstvo in za mesta Boga našega, in GOSPOD naj stori, kar se mu vidi dobro!

¹⁴So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

¹⁴Joab torej in ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njem, se približa Sircem na boj, in zbeže pred njim.

¹⁵And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

¹⁵Ko pa vidijo sinovi Amonovi, da beže Sirci, pobegnejo tudi oni pred Abisajem, bratom njegovim, in priteko v mesto. Tedaj pride Joab v Jeruzalem.

¹⁶And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

¹⁶In ko vidijo Sirci, da so morali pobegniti pred Izraelom, pošljejo poslance in izvabijo Sirce, ki so bili onkraj reke, in Sofaha, poveljnika vojske Hadarezerjeve, ki jim je bil na čelu.

¹⁷And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

¹⁷In to se sporoči Davidu; in zbere vsega Izraela in preide čez Jordan in pride nadnje ter se pripravi na boj ž njimi. In ko se je David postavil zoper Sirce, so se bojevali ž njim.

¹⁸But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.

¹⁸A Sirci zbeže pred Izraelom; in David je pobil izmed Sircev sedemtisoč bojevnikov na vozeh in štirideset tisoč pešcev; usmrtil je tudi Sofaha, poveljnika vojske.In ko so videli hlapci Hadarezerjevi, da so bili poraženi pred Izraelom, so sklenili mir z Davidom in so mu bili podložni. In niso hoteli Sirci več pomagati sinovom Amonovim.

¹⁹And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.

¹⁹In ko so videli hlapci Hadarezerjevi, da so bili poraženi pred Izraelom, so sklenili mir z Davidom in so mu bili podložni. In niso hoteli Sirci več pomagati sinovom Amonovim.