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

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

²Then said David, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

²In David reče: Milost izkažem Hanunu, sinu Nahasovemu, kakor je njegov oče izkazal milost meni. Pošlje torej David in mu sporoči po hlapcih svojih sožalje zaradi očeta njegovega. Ko so pa prišli hlapci Davidovi v deželo Amonovih sinov,

³And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

³reko knezi Amonovcev Hanunu, gospodu svojemu: Meniš li, da David spoštuje očeta tvojega, ker je poslal tolažnike k tebi? Ni li poslal David hlapcev svojih, da ogleda mesto in ga preišče in potem razvrne?

⁴Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

⁴Nato vzame Hanun hlapce Davidove in jim obrije polovico brade in odreže njih oblačil polovico do pasa, in jih pošlje nazaj.

⁵When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

⁵Ko se to sporoči Davidu, jim pošlje naproti; zakaj ti možje so bili silno osramočeni. In kralj jim sporoči: Ostanite v Jerihu, dokler vam ne porasto brade, potem se vrnite.

⁶And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.

⁶In ko so videli sinovi Amonovi, da so se omrzili Davidu, pošljejo in najmejo Sirce iz Bet-rehoba in Sirce iz Zobe, dvajset tisoč pešcev, in kralja v Maaki s tisoč možmi in iz Toba dvanajst tisoč mož.

⁷And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

⁷Ko pa David to sliši, pošlje Joaba in vso vojsko junakov.

⁸And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

⁸In Amonovi sinovi gredo iz mesta in se pripravijo za boj ob vhodu v vrata. In Sirci iz Zobe in iz Rehoba in možje iz Toba in Maake so stali posebe na polju.

⁹When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:

⁹Ko torej Joab vidi, da je spredaj in zadaj naskok naperjen proti njemu, izbere iz vseh najboljših mož Izraelovih in se pripravi zoper Sirce.

¹⁰And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.

¹⁰Ostalo ljudstvo pa da pod roko brata svojega Abisaja, da jih postavi zoper Amonove sinove.

¹¹And 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 come and help thee.

¹¹In veli: Ako mi bodo Sirci premočni, bodi mi v pomoč, ako bodo pa Amonovci tebi premočni, pridem ti v pomoč!

¹²Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.

¹²Bodi srčen, in junaški se bojujva za ljudstvo naše in za mesta Boga našega, in GOSPOD naj stori, kar se mu vidi dobro.

¹³And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

¹³In Joab in ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njem, se približa na boj zoper Sirce, in zbeže pred njim.

¹⁴And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

¹⁴Ko pa vidijo Amonovi sinovi, da so bežali Sirci, zbeže tudi oni pred Abisajem in pridejo v svoje mesto. Tedaj se vrne Joab od Amonovcev in pride v Jeruzalem.

¹⁵And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

¹⁵In ko vidijo Sirci, da so jih porazili Izraelci, se zbero.

¹⁶And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

¹⁶In Hadarezer pošlje in veli pripeljati Sirce, ki so bili onostran reke, in pridejo v Helam s Sobahom, poveljnikom vojske Hadarezerjeve na čelu.

¹⁷And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

¹⁷In to se oznani Davidu; in zbere vsega Izraela in preide Jordan in dospe v Helam. Sirci se pa pripravijo zoper Davida in se bojujejo ž njim.

¹⁸And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

¹⁸A Sirci zbeže pred Davidom; in David je pobil iz Sircev mož od sedemsto voz in štirideset tisoč konjikov, udaril je tudi Sobaha, poveljnika njih vojske, da je ondi umrl.In ko so videli vsi kralji, ki so bili v službi Hadarezerjevi, da so bili poraženi pred Izraelom, so sklenili mir z Izraelci in so jim bili podložni. In Sirci so se bali pomagati še dalje Amonovim sinovom.

¹⁹And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

¹⁹In ko so videli vsi kralji, ki so bili v službi Hadarezerjevi, da so bili poraženi pred Izraelom, so sklenili mir z Izraelci in so jim bili podložni. In Sirci so se bali pomagati še dalje Amonovim sinovom.