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

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

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.

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

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?”

³Asi machinda avana vaAmoni akati kuna Hanuni ishe wavo, Munofunga kuti Dhavhidhi anoda kukudza baba venyu, zvaatuma vabati voruoko kwamuri here? Varanda vake havana kuuya kwamuri kunzvera, nokuputsa, nokushora nyika here?

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.

⁴Naizvozvo Hanuni akabata varanda vaDhavhidhi, akaveura ndebvu dzavo, akagura nguvo dzavo napakati kusvikira pamagaro avo, akavadzinga.

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.”

⁵Zvino vamwe vakandoudza Dhavhidhi zvakanga zvaitirwa varume. Akatuma vanhu kusangana navo, nekuti varume vakanga vachinyara kwazvo. Mambo akati, Garai henyu Jeriko kusvikira ndebvu dzenyu dzamerazve, mugodzoka henyu.

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.

⁶Zvino vana vaAmoni vakati vachiona kuti vazvivengesa naDhavhidhi, Hanuni navana vaAmoni vakatuma matarenda esirivha ane chiuru chimwe kuzoripa ngoro navatasvi vamabhiza vanobva Mesopotamia, neArimimaaka, neZobha.

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.

⁷Naizvozvo vakaripira ngoro dzine zviuru zvina makumi matatu nezviviri, namambo weMaaka navanhu vake; ivo vakasvika vakadzika matende avo pamberi peMedhebha. Vana vaAmoni vakaungana vachibva kumaguta avo, vakauya kuzorwa.

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

⁸Zvino Dhavhidhi akati achizvinzwa, akatuma Joabhu nehondo yose yavarume vane simba.

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.

⁹Vana vaAmoni vakabuda, vakagadzira hondo pavanopinda napo pasuwo; asi madzimambo, akanga auya, aiva pachawo oga pasango.

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.

¹⁰Zvino Joabhu akati achiona kuti wovavarirwa mberi neshure, akatsaura vamwe kunavakatsaurwa vose vaIsiraeri, akavagadzira kuti varwe navaSiria.

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.

¹¹Vamwe vanhu, vakasara, akavaisa kuna Abhishai, munin'ina wake, vakazvigadzira kuti varwe navana vaAmoni.

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.

¹²Akati, Kana vaSiria vakandikurira ini, iwe unofanira kundibatsira; asi kana vana vaAmoni vakakukurira iwe, ini ndichauya kukubatsira.

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.”

¹³Tsunga moyo, tirwire vanhu vedu namaguta aMwari wedu savarume; naJehovha ngaaite sezvaanoda.

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

¹⁴Naizvozvo Joabhu navanhu vaakanga anavo vakaswedera kuzorwa navaSiria, ivo vakatiza pamberi pake.

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.

¹⁵Zvino vana vaAmoni vakati vachionawo kuti vaSiria vatiza, naivo vakatizawo saizvozvo pamberi paAbhishai, vakapinda muguta. Ipapo Joabhu akaenda Jerusaremu.

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.

¹⁶Zvino vaSiria vakati vachiona kuti vakundwa navaIsiraeri, vakatuma nhume, vakadana vaSiria vakanga vari mhiri korwizi, vakatungamirirwa naShofaki mukuru wehondo yaHadharezeri.

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.

¹⁷Dhavhidhi akaudzwa izvozvo; akaunganidza valsiraeri vose, vakayambuka Joridhani, vakasvika kwavari, akazvigadzira kuzorwa navo. Zvino Dhavhidhi akati azvigadzira kuzorwa navaSiria, ivo vakarwa naye.

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.

¹⁸VaSiria vakatiza pamberi pavaIsiraeri; Dhavhidhi akauraya pakati pavaSiria varume vengoro dzine zviuru zvinomwe, navaifamba namakumbo vane zviuru zvina makumi mana, akaurayawo Shofaki mukuru wehondo.

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.

¹⁹Zvino varanda vaHadharezeri vakati vachiona kuti vakundwa naIsiraeri vakayanana naDhavhidhi, vakamushumira; vaSiria vakazoramba kubatsira vana vaAmoni.