¹Potom sa stalo, že zomrel Náchaš, kráľ synov Ammonových, a kraľoval jeho syn miesto neho.

¹And it cometh to pass after this, that Nahash king of the sons of Ammon dieth, and his son reigneth in his stead,

²Vtedy riekol Dávid: Učiním milosť Chanúnovi, synovi Náchašovmu, lebo aj jeho otec učinil mne milosť. A tak poslal Dávid poslov, aby ho potešil ohľadne jeho otca. Nuž prišli služobníci Dávidovi do zeme synov Ammonových k Chanúnovi, aby ho potešili.

²and David saith, `I do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, for his father did with me kindness;` and David sendeth messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And the servants of David come in unto the land of the sons of Ammon, unto Hanun, to comfort him,

³Ale kniežatá synov Ammonových povedali Chanúnovi: Či myslíš, že Dávid ctí tvojho otca, že ti poslal tešiteľov? Či azda nie preto prišli jeho služobníci k tebe, aby prezkúmali a podvrátili a prešpehovali zem?

³and the heads of the sons of Ammon say to Hanun, `Is David honouring thy father, in thine eyes, because he hath sent to thee comforters? in order to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out, the land, have not his servants come in unto thee?`

⁴A tak vzal Chanún služobníkov Dávidových a oholil ich a odstrihol ich rúcha do polovice, až do rozkroku, a tak ich poslal preč.

⁴And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth them, and cutteth their long robes in the midst, unto the buttocks, and sendeth them away.

⁵A niektorí odíduc oznámili o tých mužoch Dávidovi. A poslal im naproti, lebo mužovia boli veľmi zohavení. A kráľ im povedal: Pobuďte v Jerichu, dokiaľ nepodrastú vaše brady, potom sa navrátite.

⁵And [some] go, and declare to David concerning the men, and he sendeth to meet them — for the men have been greatly ashamed — and the king saith, `Dwell in Jericho till that your beard is grown, then ye have returned.`

⁶Keď potom videli synovia Ammonovi, že sa zosmradili u Dávida, poslal Chanún a synovia Ammonovi tisíc hrivien striebra, aby si za mzdu najali zo Sýrie Mezopotamie a zo Sýrie Maachy a z Cóby vozy i jazdcov.

⁶And the sons of Ammon see that they have made themselves abhorred by David, and Hanun and the sons of Ammon send a thousand talents of silver, to hire to them, from Aram-Naharaim, and from Aram-Maachah, and from Zobah, chariots and horsemen;

⁷A tak si najali za mzdu tridsaťdva tisíc vozov i kráľa z Maachy i jeho ľud, a prijdúc rozložili sa táborom pred Médebou. A synovia Ammonovi sa tiež shromaždili zo svojich miest a prišli do boja.

⁷and they hire to them two and thirty thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people, and they come in and encamp before Medeba, and the sons of Ammon have been gathered out of their cities, and come in to the battle.

⁸Keď to počul Dávid, poslal Joába a všetko vojsko chrabrých bojovníkov.

⁸And David heareth, and sendeth Joab, and all the host of the mighty men,

⁹A vyjdúc synovia Ammonovi zriadili sa do boja pri vchode do mesta, a kráľovia, ktorí boli prišli, boli osobitne na poli.

⁹and the sons of Ammon come out and set battle in array at the opening of the city, and the kings who have come [are] by themselves in the field.

¹⁰Keď potom videl Joáb, že je šík obrátený proti nemu zpredu i zozadu, vybral zo všetkých vybraných z Izraela najsúcejších a zriadil ich proti Sýrovi.

¹⁰And Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him, before and behind, and he chooseth out of all the choice in Israel, and setteth in array to meet Aram,

¹¹A ostatok ľudu dal do ruky Abišaiho, svojho brata, a zriadili sa proti synom Ammonovým.

¹¹and the remnant of the people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set in array to meet the sons of Ammon.

¹²A riekol: Ak budú Sýrovia silnejší ako ja, budeš mi na pomoc; a keby synovia Ammonovi boli silnejší ako ty, pomôžem ti.

¹²And he saith, `If Aram be stronger than I, then thou hast been to me for salvation; and if the sons of Ammon be stronger than thou, then I have saved thee;

¹³Buď silný, a vzmužme sa za svoj ľud a za mestá svojho Boha. A Hospodin učiní to, čo bude dobré v jeho očiach.

¹³be strong, and we strengthen ourselves, for our people, and for the cities of our God, and Jehovah doth that which is good in His eyes.`

¹⁴No keď sa priblížil Joáb a ľud, ktorý bol s ním, pred Sýrov do boja, utiekli pred ním.

¹⁴And Joab draweth nigh, and the people who [are] with him, before Aram to battle, and they flee from his face;

¹⁵A synovia Ammonovi uvidiac, že uteká Sýr, utiekli aj oni pred Abišaim, jeho bratom, a vošli do mesta. A Joáb prišiel potom do Jeruzalema.

¹⁵and the sons of Ammon have seen that Aram hath fled, and they flee — they also — from the face of Abishai his brother, and go in to the city. And Joab cometh in to Jerusalem.

¹⁶A keď videli Sýrovia, že sú porazení od Izraela, poslali poslov a vyviedli Sýrov, ktorí bývali za riekou, a Šofach, veliteľ vojska Hadarézerovho, išiel pred nimi.

¹⁶And Aram seeth that they have been smitten before Israel, and send messengers, and bring out Aram that [is] beyond the River, and Shophach head of the host of Hadarezer [is] before them.

¹⁷Keď sa to oznámilo Dávidovi, shromaždil celého Izraela a prejdúc cez Jordán prišiel proti nim a zriadil vojsko proti nim. A keď zriadil Dávid vojsko proti Sýrom do boja, bojovali s ním.

¹⁷And it is declared to David, and he gathereth all Israel, and passeth over the Jordan, and cometh in unto them, and setteth in array against them; yea, David setteth in array the battle to meet Aram, and they fight with him;

¹⁸Ale Sýrovia utiekli pre Izraelom, a Dávid pobil mnohých zo Sýrov poraziac sedem tisíc vozov a štyridsať tisíc mužov peších, i Šofacha, veliteľa vojska, zabil.

¹⁸and Aram fleeth from the face of Israel, and David slayeth of Aram seven thousand charioteers, and forty thousand footmen, and Shophach head of the host he hath put to death.

¹⁹A keď videli služobníci Hadarézerovi, že sú porazení od Izraela, uzavreli pokoj s Dávidom a slúžili mu. Potom už nechceli viacej Sýrovia pomáhať synom Ammonovým.

¹⁹And the servants of Hadarezer see that they have been smitten before Israel, and they make peace with David and serve him, and Aram hath not been willing to help the sons of Ammon any more.