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

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

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.

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,

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?

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?`

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

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.

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!

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.`

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.

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;

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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,

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

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.

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

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;

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

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.`

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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;

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.

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.

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.

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.