2 Samuel 10
1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanon his son reigned in his stead.
Det hende seg deretter at ammonitarkongen døydde. Og Hanun, son hans, vart konge etter honom.
2 And David said: I Will shew kindness to Hanon the son of Daas, as his father shewed kindness to me. So David sent his servants to comfort him for the death of his father. But when the servants of David were come into the land of the children of Ammon,
Då sagde David: «Eg vil syna Hanun Nahasson venskap, liksom far hans synte meg venskap.» David sende nokre av tenarane sine til å trøysta honom i sorgi yver faren. Tenarane åt David kom til Ammonitarlandet.
3 The princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanon their lord: Thinkest thou that for the honour of thy father, David hath sent comforters to thee, and hath not David rather sent his servants to thee to search, and spy into the city, and overthrow it?
Då sagde ammonitarfyrstarne til Hanun, herren sin: «Trur du det er til heider for far din at David hev sendt trøystarar til deg? Å nei, David hev sendt tenarane til deg berre for di han vil granska byen og njosna, og sidan gjera enden på honom.»
4 Wherefore Hanon took the servants of David, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut away half of their garments even to the buttocks, and sent them away.
So tok Hanun tenarane hans David og let raka av deim halve skjegget og skjera klædi deira midt yver like upp til seten, og sende deim heim soleis.
5 When this was told David, he sent to meet them: for the men were sadly put to confusion, and David commanded them, saying: Stay at Jericho, till your beards be grown, and then return.
Då David frette det, sende han folk til møtes med deim, og kongen let segja med deim: «Stana i Jeriko til dess skjegget hev vakse ut på dykk, so kann de koma heim att!» For mennerne hadde vorte øgjeleg svivyrde.
6 And the children of Ammon seeing that they had done an injury to David, Bent and hired the Syrians of Rohob, and the Syrians of Soba, twenty thousand footmen, and of the king of Maacha a thousand men, and of Istob twelve thousand men.
Då no ammonitarne skyna dei hadde gjort David hatig på seg, sende dei bod og leigde tjuge tusund mann fotfolk, syrarar frå Bet-Rehob og syrarar frå Soba, eit tusund mann hjå kong Ma’aka, og tolv tusund av mannskapet åt Tob.
7 And when David heard this, he sent Joab and the whole army of warriors.
Då David høyrde gjete det, sende han Joab med heile heren, det vil segja dei djervaste stridsmennerne.
8 And the children of Ammon came out, and set their men in array at the entering in of the gate: but the Syrians of Soba, and of Rohob, and of Istob, and of Maacha were by themselves in the field.
Ammonitarne drog ut og fylkte seg framfor byporten, medan syrarane frå Soba og Rehob og Tob-folket og Ma’aka-folket stod for seg sjølve på opi mark.
9 Then Joab seeing that the battle was prepared against him, both before and behind, chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
Då Joab gådde han laut vera budd på åtak både framme og bak, gjorde han eit utval millom dei utvalde Israels-hermennerne, og fylkte deim mot syrarane.
10 And the rest of the people he delivered to Abisai his brother, who set them in array against the children of Ammon.
Resten av folket let han åt Abisai, bror sin, som so fylkte deim beint imot ammonitarne.
11 And Joab said: If the Syrians are too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon are too strong for thee, then I will help thee.
Og han sagde: «Um syrarane vinn på meg, so kjem du meg til hjelp. Og um ammonitarne vinn på deg, so skal eg koma og hjelpa deg.
12 Be of good courage, and let us fight for our people, and for the city of our God: and the Lord will do what is good in his sight.
Ver sterk! Lat oss syna oss sterke i striden for folket vårt og for byarne åt vår Gud! So fær Herren gjera det han tykkjer best.
13 And Joab and the people that were with him, began to fight against the Syrians: and they immediately fled before him.
Joab drog fram med mannskapet sitt og stridde mot syrarane, og dei rømde for honom.
14 And the children of Ammon seeing that the Syrians were fled, they fled also before Abisai, and entered into the city: and Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
Då ammonitarne såg at syrarane rømde, so rømde dei og for Abisai, og sprang inn i byen. Og Joab drog burt frå ammonitarne og kom heim att til Jerusalem.
15 Then the Syrians seeing that they had fallen before Israel, gathered themselves together.
Då syrarane såg at dei var slegne av Israel, samla dei seg i hop.
16 And Adarezer sent and fetched the Syrians, that were beyond the river, and brought over their army: and Sobach, the captain of the host of Adarezer, was their general.
Hadadezer baud ut dei syrarane som budde på hi sida Storelvi. Og dei kom til Helam, med Sobak, herhovdingen åt Hadadezer, til førar.
17 And when this was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam: and the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought against him.
Då David spurde dette, stemnde han saman heile Israel, gjekk yver Jordan og kom til Helam. Syrarane fylkte seg og gjorde åtak på David og slost med honom.
18 And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen: and smote Sobach the captain of the army, who presently died.
Men syrarane rømde for Israel, og David hogg ned sju hundrad krigshestar og fyrti tusund hestfolk av syrarheren; og herhovdingen Sobak fekk banehogg der.
19 And all the kings that were auxiliaries of Adarezer, seeing themselves overcome by Israel, were afraid and fled away, eight and fifty thousand men before Israel. And they made peace with Israel: and served them, and all the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.
Då alle lydkongarne under Hadadezer såg dei var slegne av Israel, gjorde dei fred med Israel og vart tenarane deira. So våga ikkje syrarane hjelpa ammonitarne meir.»
