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

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

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.

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.

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?”

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?

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.

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

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.”

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.