1 Crónicas 19

1 Después de estas cosas aconteció que Naas rey de los hijos de Ammón murió, y reinó en su lugar Hanón su hijo.

Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.

2 Y dijo David: Yo haré misericordia con Hanón, hijo de Naas, porque también su padre hizo conmigo misericordia. Así David envió embajadores, que le consolasen de la muerte de su padre. Y venidos los siervos de David en la tierra de los hijos de Ammón a Hanón, para consolarle,

[When] David [heard about that, he] thought [to himself], “Nahash was kind to me, so I will be kind to his son.” So David sent some officials there, to tell Hanun that he was sorry to hear that Hanun’s father [had died]. But when David’s officials came to Hanun in the land where the Ammon people-group lived,

3 Los príncipes de los hijos de Ammón dijeron a Hanón: ¿Honra ahora David a tu padre a tu parecer, que te ha enviado consoladores? ¿No vienen antes sus siervos a ti para escudriñar, e inquirir, y reconocer la tierra?

the leaders of the Ammon people-group said to Hanun, “Do you think that it is really to honor your father that King David is sending these men to say that he is sorry that your father died? [We think that] his men have come to (look around/spy) our city in order to determine how his [army] can conquer us.”

4 Entonces Hanón tomó los siervos de David, y rapólos, y cortóles los vestidos por medio hasta las nalgas, y enviólos.

Hanun [believed what they said, so he commanded some soldiers to] seize the officials whom David had sent, and shave off their beards, and [insult them by] cutting off the lower part of their robes, and then send them away. [So his soldiers did that].

5 Y ellos se fueron, y fue dada la nueva a David de aquellos varones, y él envió a recebirlos, porque estaban muy afrentados. Y díjoles el rey: Estáos en Jericó hasta que os crezca la barba, y entonces volveréis.

The officials were greatly humiliated/ashamed. When David found out about what had happened to his officials, he sent some messengers to them to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown again, and then return home.”

6 Y viendo los hijos de Ammón que se habían hecho odiosos a David, envió Hanón y los hijos de Ammón mil talentos de plata, para tomar a sueldo de la Siria de los ríos, y de la Siria de Maaca, y de Soba, carros y gente de a caballo.

Then the [leaders of the] Ammon people-group realized that they had greatly insulted [IDM] David. So Hanun and some of his officials sent about (37,000 pounds/34,000 kg.) of silver to hire chariots and chariot-drivers from [the] Aram-Naharaim, Aram-Maacah and Zobah [regions of Syria northeast of Israel].

7 Y tomaron a sueldo treinta y dos mil carros, y al rey de Maaca y a su pueblo; los cuales vinieron, y asentaron su campo delante de Medaba. Y juntáronse también los hijos de Ammón de sus ciudades, y vinieron a la guerra.

They hired 32,000 chariots and chariot-drivers, as well as the king of [the] Maacah [region] and his army. They came and set up their tents near Medeba [town in Moab region]. The soldiers from the Ammon people-group also marched out and (stood in their positions/arranged themselves for battle) [at the entrance to their capital city, Rabbah].

8 David oyéndolo, envió a Joab, y a todo el ejército de los valientes hombres.

When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.

9 Y los hijos de Ammón salieron, y ordenaron su escuadrón a la entrada de la ciudad; y los reyes que habían venido estaban por sí en el campo.

The soldiers of the Ammon people-group came out of their city and lined up for battle at the entrance to [their capital city, Rabbah]. Meanwhile, the other kings who had come [with their armies] stood in their positions in the open fields.

10 Y viendo Joab que la haz de la batalla estaba contra él delante y a las espaldas, escogió de todos los más escogidos que había en Israel, y ordenó su escuadrón contra los Siros.

Joab saw that there were groups of enemy soldiers in front of his troops and behind his troops. So he selected some of the best Israeli troops and put them in positions to fight against the soldiers of Syria.

11 Y la resta del pueblo le puso en mano de Abisaí su hermano, ordenándoles en escuadrón contra los Ammonitas.

He appointed his [older] brother Abishai to be the commander of his other soldiers and he told them to (stand in their positions/arrange themselves) in front of [the army of] the Ammon people-group.

12 Y dijo: Si los Siros fueren más fuertes que yo, tú me salvarás; y si los Ammonitas fueren más fuertes que tú, yo te salvaré.

Joab said to them, “If the soldiers from Syria are too strong for us to defeat them, then your soldiers must come and help us. But if the soldiers from the Ammon people-group are too strong for you to defeat them, then my soldiers will come and help your men.

13 Esfuérzate, y esforcémosnos por nuestro pueblo, y por las ciudades de nuestro Dios; y haga Jehová lo que bien le pareciere.

We must be strong/courageous, and fight hard to [defend] our people and our cities (that belong to/where we worship) our God. I will pray that Yahweh will do what he considers to be good.”

14 Y acercóse Joab y el pueblo que tenía consigo para pelear con los Siros; mas ellos huyeron delante de él.

So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.

15 Entonces los hijos de Ammón viendo que los Siros habían huido, huyeron también ellos delante de Abisaí su hermano, y entráronse en la ciudad. Y Joab se volvió a Jerusalem.

And when the soldiers of the Ammon people-group saw that the soldiers from Syria were running away, they also started to run away from Abishai and his army, and they retreated back inside the city. So Joab [and his army] returned to Jerusalem.

16 Y viendo los Siros que habían caído delante de Israel, enviaron embajadores, y trajeron a los Siros, que estaban de la otra parte del río, cuyo capitán era Sofac, general del ejército de Adarezer.

After [the leaders of the army of] Syria realized that they had been defeated by [the army of] Israel, they sent messengers to [another part of Syria on] the east side of the [Euphrates] river, and brought troops from there [to the battle area], with Shophach, the commander of Hadadezer’s army, leading them.

17 Y como el aviso fue dado a David, juntó a todo Israel: y pasando el Jordán vino a ellos, y ordenó contra ellos su ejército. Y como David hubo ordenado su escuadrón contra ellos, ellos pelearon con él.

When David heard about that, he gathered all the Israeli soldiers, and they crossed the Jordan [River]. They advanced and took their battle positions to attack the army of Syria.

18 Mas el Siro huyó delante de Israel, y mató David de los Siros siete mil hombres de los que peleaban en carros, y cuarenta mil hombres de a pie: asimismo mató a Sofac general del ejército.

But the army of Syria ran away from the soldiers of Israel. However, David’s soldiers killed 7,000 of their chariot-drivers and 40,000 other soldiers. They also killed Shophach, their army commander.

19 Y viendo los Siros de Adarezer, que habían caído delante de Israel, concertaron paz con David, y fueron sus siervos: y nunca más el Siro quiso ayudar a los hijos de Ammón.

When the kings who had been ruled by Hadadezer realized that they had been defeated by the Israeli army, they made peace with David, and agreed to allow him to rule them. So the rulers of Syria did not want to help the rulers of the Ammon people-group any more.