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

¹Amonitų karalius Nahašas mirė, ir jo sūnus pradėjo karaliauti jo vietoje.

²And David said, I will shew kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

²Dovydas sakė: “Aš būsiu geras Nahašo sūnui Hanūnui, kaip jo tėvas buvo man”. Ir Dovydas siuntė pasiuntinius paguosti jo dėl tėvo. Dovydo tarnai atėjo į Amono žemę pas Hanūną jo paguosti.

³And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Is it, in thine eyes, to honour thy father that David has sent comforters to thee? Is it not to search and overthrow, and to spy out the land that his servants are come to thee?

³Bet Amono kunigaikščiai tarė Hanūnui: “Ar manai, kad Dovydas, pagerbdamas tavo tėvą, atsiuntė pas tave guodėjus? Ar ne apžiūrėti, išžvalgyti ir sunaikinti kraštą?”

⁴And Hanun took David's servants, and had them shaved, and their raiment cut off in the midst, as far as the hip, and sent them away.

⁴Hanūnas paėmė Dovydo tarnus, nuskuto jiems barzdas, nukirpo jų drabužius iki pusės, iki pat juostos, ir išsiuntė.

⁵And [certain] went and told David concerning the men; and he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Abide at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

⁵Dovydas, sužinojęs, kas įvyko, pasiuntė vyrus jų pasitikti, nes jie buvo labai sugėdinti. Karalius sakė: “Pasilikite Jeriche, kol ataugs jūsų barzdos, o tada sugrįžkite”.

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

⁶Kai amonitai suprato, kad tapo nepakenčiami Dovydui, Hanūnas siuntė tūkstantį talentų sidabro pasamdyti iš Mesopotamijos, Sirijos ir Cobos kovos vežimų ir raitelių.

⁷And they hired thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people; and they came and encamped before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered together from their cities, and came to battle.

⁷Jie pasamdė trisdešimt du tūkstančius kovos vežimų ir Maakos karalių su jo kariuomene. Jie atvykę pasistatė stovyklą ties Medeba, o amonitai susirinko iš savo miestų ir išėjo į karą.

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

⁸Dovydas, tai išgirdęs, pasiuntė Joabą su visa stiprių vyrų kariuomene.

⁹And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the city; and the kings that had come were by themselves on the field.

⁹Amonitai išsirikiavo kovai prie miesto vartų, o karaliai, kurie atėjo padėti, stovėjo atvirame lauke.

¹⁰And Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind; and he chose out of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians;

¹⁰Joabas pamatė, kad prieš jį ruošiamas puolimas iš priekio ir iš užnugario; jis išrinko Izraelio geriausius karius ir išrikiavo prieš sirus.

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

¹¹Likusius žmones jis pavedė savo broliui Abišajui, kuris išrikiavo juos prieš amonitus.

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

¹²Joabas sakė broliui: “Jei sirai bus per stiprūs man, tu ateisi man į pagalbą, o jei amonitai bus per stiprūs tau, tai aš tau padėsiu.

¹³Be strong, and let us shew ourselves valiant for our people, and for the cities of our God; and Jehovah will do what is good in his sight.

¹³Būk drąsus, narsiai kovokime už savo tautą ir už savo Dievo miestus. O Viešpats tedaro, kaip jam atrodo tinkama”.

¹⁴And Joab and the people that were with him drew near in front of the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.

¹⁴Joabas ir su juo buvę žmonės pradėjo kovą prieš sirus, ir tie pabėgo nuo jo.

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

¹⁵Amonitai, pamatę, kad sirai pabėgo, irgi bėgo nuo jo brolio Abišajo ir užsidarė mieste. Tuomet Joabas sugrįžo į Jeruzalę.

¹⁶And when the Syrians saw that they were routed 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.

¹⁶Sirai, pamatę, kad Izraelis juos nugalėjo, siuntė pasiuntinius ir pasikvietė sirus, gyvenusius anapus upės. Hadadezero kariuomenės vadas Šofachas vadovavo kariuomenei.

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

¹⁷Kai tai buvo pranešta Dovydui, jis surinko visus izraelitus, persikėlė per Jordaną ir išsirikiavo mūšiui. Kai Dovydas išsirikiavo prieš sirus, jie kovojo su juo.

¹⁸And the Syrians fled from before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand [in] chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and slew Shophach the captain of the host.

¹⁸Bet sirai bėgo nuo Izraelio; Dovydas sunaikino septynis tūkstančius kovos vežimų ir keturiasdešimt tūkstančių pėstininkų; žuvo ir kariuomenės vadas Šofachas.

¹⁹And the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were routed before Israel, and they made peace with David, and became his servants. And the Syrians would no more help the children of Ammon.

¹⁹Hadadezero tarnai, pamatę, kad jie Izraelio nugalėti, padarė taiką su Dovydu ir tapo jo tarnais. Nuo to laiko sirai nebepadėdavo amonitams.