¹Shure kwaizvozvo mambo wavana vaAmoni wakafa, Hanuni mwanakomana wake akabata ushe panzvimbo yake.

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

²Zvino Dhavhidhi akati, Ndichaitira Hanuni mwanakomana waNahashi zvakanaka, sezvandakaitirwa zvakanaka nababa vake. Naizvozvo Dhavhidhi akatuma varanda vake kumubata ruoko pamusoro pababa vake. Varanda vaDhavhidhi vakasvika kunyika yavana vaAmoni.

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

³Asi machinda avana vaAmoni akati kuna Hanuni ishe wavo, Munofunga kuti Dhavhidhi unoda kukudza baba venyu zvaatuma vabati voruoko kwamuri here? Dhavhidhi haana kutuma varanda vake kwamuri kuti anzvere guta nokurishora, nokuriputsa here?

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

⁴Naizvozvo Hanuni akabata varanda vaDhavhidhi, akavewura rumwe rutivi rwendebvu dzavo, akagura nguvo dzavo napakati kusvikira pamagaro avo, akavadzinga.

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

⁵Zvino vakati vaudza Dhavhidhi izvozvo, akatuma vanhu kundosangana navo; nekuti varume vakanga vachinyara kwazvo. Mambo akati, Garai henyu Jeriko kusvikira ndebvu dzenyu dzamerazve, mugodzoka henyu.

⁵When they told it to David, he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”

⁶Zvino vana vaAmoni vakati vachiona kuti vovengwa naDhavhidhi, vana vaAmoni vakatuma nhume vakaripira vaSiria veBhetirehobhu, navaSiria veZobha, vaifamba namakumbo vane zviuru zvina makumi maviri, namambo weMaaka ana varume vane chiuru chimwe, navarume veTobhi vane zviuru zvine gumi nezviviri.

⁶When the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.

⁷Dhavhidhi wakati azvinzwa, akatuma Joabhu nehondo yose yavarume vane simba.

⁷When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.

⁸Vana vaAmoni vakabuda, vakagadzira hondo pavanopinda napo pasuwo; vaSiria veZobha, naveRehobhu, navarume veTobhi neMaaka vakanga vari pachavo voga pasango.

⁸The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

⁹Zvino Joabhu wakati achiona kuti wovavarirwa mberi neshure, akatsaura vamwe kuna vakatsaurwa vose valsiraeri, akavagadzira kuti varwe navaSiria.

⁹Now 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:

¹⁰Vamwe vanhu, vakanga vasara, akavaisa kuna Abhishai, munin'ina wake, akavagadzira kuti varwe navana. vaAmoni.

¹⁰The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.

¹¹Akati, Kana vaSiria vakandikurira, iwe unofanira kundibatsira; asi kana vana vaAmoni vakakukurira iwe, ini ndichauya kukubatsira.

¹¹He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.

¹²Tsunga moyo, tirwire vanhu vedu namaguta aMwari wedu savarume; naJehovha ngaaite sezvaanoda.

¹²Be courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God; and Yahweh do that which seems good to him.”

¹³Naizvozvo Joabhu navanhu vaakanga anavo vakaswedera kuzorwa navaSiria, ivo vakatiza pamberi pake.

¹³So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

¹⁴Zvino vana vaAmoni vakati vachiona kuti vaSiria vatiza, naivo vakatizawo saizvozvo pamberi paAbhishai, vakapinda muguta. Ipapo Joabhu akadzoka kuvana vaAmoni, akasvika Jerusaremu.

¹⁴When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

¹⁵Zvino vaSiria vakati vachiona kuti vakundwa navaIsiraeri vakaungana,

¹⁵When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.

¹⁶Hadhadhezeri akatuma vanhu kundotora vaSiria vakanga vari mhiri koRwizi, vakasvika paHeramu, vakatungamirirwa naShobhaki mukuru wehondo yaHadhadhezeri.

¹⁶Hadadezer sent, and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.

¹⁷Dhavhidhi akaudzwa izvozvo; akaunganidza vaIsiraeri vose, vakayambuka Joridhani, vakasvika paHeramu. VaSiria vakazvigadzira, vakarwa naDhavhidhi.

¹⁷It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

¹⁸VaSiria vakatiza pamberi pavaIsiraeri; Dhavhidhi akauraya kuvaSiria varume vengoro dzina mazana manomwe, navatasvi vamabhiza vane zviuru zvina makumi mana, akaurayawo Shobhaki mukuru wehondo yavo, akafirapo.

¹⁸The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians seven hundred charioteers, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their army, so that he died there.

¹⁹Zvino madzimambo ose akanga ari varanda vaHadhadhezeri, vakati vachiona kuti vakundwa navaIsiraeri, vakayanana navaIsiraeri, vakavashumira. Naizvozvo vaSiria vakatya kuzobatsira vana vaAmoni.

¹⁹When all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.