1It happened after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.
1In zgodi se potem, da je umrl Nahas, kralj sinov Amonovih, in sin njegov je zakraljeval na mestu njegovem.
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.
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.
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?”
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?
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.
4Hanun vzame torej hlapce Davidove in jih obrije in jim odreže polovico oblačil do ledja, in jih pošlje nazaj.
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.”
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
8When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.
8Ko pa to izve David, pošlje Joaba in vso vojsko, hrabre može.
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.
9In sinovi Amonovi izidejo in se pripravijo za boj ob mestnih vratih; kralji pa, ki so prišli od drugod; so bili posebe na polju.
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.
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.
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.
11Ostalo ljudstvo pa da pod roko bratu svojemu Abisaju, in pripravijo se na boj zoper sinove Amonove.
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.
12In veli: Ako mi bodo Sirci premočni, bodi mi v pomoč; ako pa bodo sinovi Amonovi tebi premočni, pomorem ti jaz!
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.”
13Bodi srčen in junaški se bojujva za naše ljudstvo in za mesta Boga našega, in GOSPOD naj stori, kar se mu vidi dobro!
14So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.
14Joab torej in ljudstvo, ki je bilo pri njem, se približa Sircem na boj, in zbeže pred njim.
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.
15Ko pa vidijo sinovi Amonovi, da beže Sirci, pobegnejo tudi oni pred Abisajem, bratom njegovim, in priteko v mesto. Tedaj pride Joab v Jeruzalem.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.