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

¹And it cometh to pass afterwards, that the king of the Bene-Ammon dieth, and Hanun his son reigneth in his stead,

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,

²and David saith, `I do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did with me kindness;` and David sendeth to comfort him by the hand of his servants concerning his father, and the servants of David come in to the land of the Bene-Ammon.

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?

³And the heads of the Bene-Ammon say unto Hanun their lord, `Is David honouring thy father in thine eyes because he hath sent to thee comforters? for to search the city, and to spy it, and to overthrow it, hath not David sent his servants unto thee?`

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

⁴And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth off the half of their beard, and cutteth off their long robes in the midst — unto their buttocks, and sendeth them away;

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.

⁵and they declare [it] to David, and he sendeth to meet them, for the men have been greatly ashamed, and the king saith, `Abide in Jericho till your beard doth spring up — then ye have returned.`

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.

⁶And the Bene-Ammon see that they have been abhorred by David, and the Bene-Ammon send and hire Aram of Beth-Rehob, and Aram of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah [with] a thousand men, and Ish-Tob [with] twelve thousand men;

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

⁷and David heareth, and sendeth Joab, and all the host — the mighty men.

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.

⁸And the Bene-Ammon come out, and set battle in array, at the opening of the gate, and Aram of Zoba, and Rehob, and Ish-Tob, and Maacah, [are] by themselves in the field;

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

⁹and Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him before and behind, and he chooseth of all the chosen in Israel, and setteth in array to meet Aram,

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

¹⁰and the rest of the people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and setteth in array to meet the Bene-Ammon.

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

¹¹And he saith, `If Aram be stronger than I, then thou hast been to me for salvation, and if the Bene-Ammon be stronger than thou, then I have come to give salvation to thee;

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

¹²be strong and strengthen thyself for our people, and for the cities of our God, and Jehovah doth that which is good in His eyes.`

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

¹³And Joab draweth nigh, and the people who [are] with him, to battle against Aram, and they flee from his presence;

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.

¹⁴and the Bene-Ammon have seen that Aram hath fled, and they flee from the presence of Abishai, and go in to the city; and Joab turneth back from the Bene-Ammon, and cometh in to Jerusalem.

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

¹⁵And Aram seeth that it is smitten before Israel, and they are gathered together;

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

¹⁶and Hadadezer sendeth, and bringeth out Aram which [is] beyond the River, and they come in to Helam, and Shobach head of the host of Hadadezer [is] before them.

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.

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

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.

¹⁸and Aram fleeth from the presence of Israel, and David slayeth of Aram seven hundred charioteers, and forty thousand horsemen, and Shobach head of its host he hath smitten, and he dieth there.

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.

¹⁹And all the kings — servants of Hadadezer — see that they have been smitten before Israel, and make peace with Israel, and serve them; and Aram is afraid to help any more the Bene-Ammon.