¹Ja pärast seda sündis, et ammonlaste kuningas Naahas suri ja tema poeg sai tema asemel kuningaks.

¹It happened after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.

²Ja Taavet ütles: 'Ma tahan head teha Haanunile, Naahase pojale, sest tema isa on mulle head teinud.' Ja Taavet läkitas saadikud teda ta isa pärast trööstima. Kui Taaveti sulased tulid ammonlaste maale Haanuni juurde, et teda trööstida,

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

³siis ütlesid ammonlaste vürstid Haanunile: 'Kas sa arvad, et Taavet tahab austada su isa, kui ta läkitab su juurde trööstijaid? Küllap on ta sulased tulnud su juurde selleks, et uurida, hukutada ja maad kuulata!'

³But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Haven’t his servants come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?”

⁴Siis Haanun võttis Taaveti sulased kinni, ajas neil habemed ära, lõikas neil riided istmikuni pooleks ja saatis nad minema.

⁴So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

⁵Ja nad läksid. Aga Taavetile anti meeste kohta teateid. Siis ta läkitas käskjalad neile vastu, sest mehi oli väga häbistatud. Ja kuningas ütles: 'Jääge Jeerikosse, kuni teile habe on kasvanud, siis tulge tagasi!'

⁵Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men were served. He sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”

⁶Kui ammonlased nägid, et nad olid endid teinud vastikuks Taaveti silmis, siis läkitasid Haanun ja ammonlased tuhat talenti hõbedat, et palgata endile vankreid ja ratsanikke Mesopotaamiast, Süüria-Maakast ja Soobast.

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

⁷Nad palkasid endile kolmkümmend kaks tuhat sõjavankrit ning Maaka kuninga ja tema rahva; need tulid ja lõid leeri üles Meedeba ette. Ja ammonlased kogunesid oma linnadest ja tulid sõtta.

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

⁸Kui Taavet seda kuulis, siis ta läkitas neile vastu Joabi ja kõik sõjakangelased.

⁸When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.

⁹Ja ammonlased tulid välja ning seadsid endid tapluseks linna väravasse; aga kuningad, kes olid tulnud, olid väljal omaette.

⁹The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city: and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

¹⁰Kui Joab nägi, et taplus tema vastu sündis eest ja tagant, siis ta tegi valiku kõigist Iisraeli valitud meestest ja seadis need üles süürlaste vastu.

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

¹¹Aga ülejäänud rahva andis ta oma venna Abisai juhtida ja need seadsid endid üles ammonlaste vastu.

¹¹The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

¹²Ja ta ütles: 'Kui süürlased on minust tugevamad, siis tule mulle appi; aga kui ammonlased on sinust tugevamad, siis ma aitan sind.

¹²He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you are to help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.

¹³Ole julge, ja olgem vahvad oma rahva ja oma Jumala linnade eest! Tehku siis Issand, nagu tema silmis hea on!'

¹³Be courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God. May Yahweh do that which seems good to him.”

¹⁴Ja Joab ning rahvas, kes koos temaga oli, tungisid peale, taplema süürlaste vastu; ja need põgenesid tema eest.

¹⁴So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.

¹⁵Ja kui ammonlased nägid, et süürlased põgenesid, siis põgenesid nemadki ta venna Abisai eest ja läksid linna; aga Joab läks Jeruusalemma.

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

¹⁶Kui süürlased nägid, et nad olid Iisraeli poolt löödud, siis nad läkitasid saadikud ja tõid välja süürlased, kes olid teisel pool Frati jõge; nende eesotsas oli Soofak, Hadadeseri väepealik.

¹⁶When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.

¹⁷Kui Taavetile sellest teatati, siis ta kogus kokku terve Iisraeli ja läks üle Jordani; ja olles jõudnud nende juurde, seadis ta ennast valmis tapluseks nende vastu. Ja kui Taavet oli enese valmis seadnud tapluseks süürlaste vastu, siis sõdisid need temaga.

¹⁷It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came on 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.

¹⁸Aga süürlased põgenesid Iisraeli eest ja Taavet tappis süürlastest seitse tuhat vankritäit ja nelikümmend tuhat jalameest; ta surmas ka väepealik Soofaku.

¹⁸The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the army.

¹⁹Kui Hadadeseri sulased nägid, et Iisrael oli neid löönud, siis tegid nad Taavetiga rahu ja jäid tema alamaiks. Ja süürlased ei tahtnud enam ammonlasi aidata.

¹⁹When the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David, and served him: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.