1 Berɛsosɛm 19
1 Yeinom akyiri no, Amonhene Nahas wuiɛ, na ne babarima Hanun bɛdii adeɛ.
And it happened after this, that Nahash the king of the people of Ammon died, and his son Hanun reigned in his place.
2 Dawid kaa sɛ, “Me ne Hanun bɛyɛ baako, ɛfiri sɛ, nʼagya Nahas ne me yɛɛ baako nokorɛm.” Ɛno enti, Dawid tuu abɔfoɔ maa wɔkɔɔ Hanun nkyɛn, kɔmaa no hyɛden wɔ nʼagya wuo no enti. Nanso, ɛberɛ a abɔfoɔ no duruu Amon asase so no,
David 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 people of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
3 Hanun afotufoɔ bisaa no sɛ, “Enti, wogye di ampa ara sɛ, saa mmarima yi baa sɛ wɔrebɛhyɛ wʼagya animuonyam? Dabi! Dawid asoma wɔn sɛ wɔmmɛsra asase yi, na wɔnam so ako agye.”
But the leaders of the people 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?"
4 Enti, Hanun kyeree Dawid abɔfoɔ no, werɛɛ wɔn abɔgyesɛ, twitwaa wɔn ntadeɛ ano wɔ wɔn to ase, maa wɔsane de animguaseɛ kɔɔ Dawid nkyɛn.
So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
5 Ɛberɛ a Dawid tee asɛm no, ɔtuu abɔfoɔ kɔɔ abɔfoɔ no nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, wɔntena Yeriko kɔsi sɛ wɔn abɔgyesɛ no bɛfu, ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔn ho ayɛ fɛreɛ.
Then 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."
6 Afei, Amonfoɔ hunuu abufutrasoɔ a wɔahyɛ Dawid no, Hanun ne Amonfoɔ soma maa wɔde dwetɛ nkariboɔ ani tɔno 38 kɔgyee nteaseɛnam ne akodɔm firii Aram-naharaim, Aram-maaka ne Soba.
When the people of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the people of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Aram Maacah, and out of Zobah.
7 Wɔsane pɛɛ nteaseɛnam mpem aduasa mmienu, na wɔnyaa akyigyina firii Maakahene ne nʼakodɔm nkyɛn. Saa akodɔm yi kyeree nsraban wɔ Medeba, ɛhɔ na Amon akodɔm a Hanun nya firii nʼankasa nkuro so no kɔkaa wɔn ho.
So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and camped before Medeba. The people of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
8 Ɛberɛ a Dawid tee saa asɛm yi no, ɔsomaa Yoab ne nʼakofoɔ sɛ wɔne wɔn nkɔko.
When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.
9 Amonfoɔ akodɔm no bɛgyinagyinaa kuro no ɛpono ano, na ahemfo a wɔaka no nso gyinagyinaa ɛserɛ no so.
The people 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.
10 Ɛberɛ a Yoab hunuu sɛ ɛsɛ dɔm no anim kyerɛ ne so wɔ nʼanim ne nʼakyi no, ɔyii nʼakodɔm no mu akofoɔ a wɔnim ako no. Ɔde wɔn hyɛɛ nʼankasa ase, dii wɔn anim kɔko tiaa Aramfoɔ no a wɔgyinagyina ɛserɛ so no.
Now 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 Arameans.
11 Ɔgyaa akodɔm a wɔaka no maa ne nuabarima Abisai sɛ ɔnkɔto nhyɛ Amonfoɔ no so.
The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the people of Ammon.
12 Na Yoab ka kyerɛɛ ne nuabarima no sɛ, “Sɛ Aramfoɔ no yɛ den ma me dodo a, bra na bɛboa me.” Yoab toaa so sɛ, “Sɛ Amonfoɔ no yɛ den dodo ma wo a, mɛba abɛboa wo.
He said, "If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to help me; but if the people of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.
13 Hyɛ wo ho den. Ma yɛmfa akokoɔduru nko nnye yɛn nkurɔfoɔ ne yɛn Onyankopɔn nkuro. Awurade pɛ nyɛ hɔ.”
Be courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do that which seems good to him."
14 Ɛberɛ a Yoab ne nʼakodɔm to hyɛɛ Aramfoɔ so no, wɔfirii aseɛ dwaneeɛ.
So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Arameans to the battle; and they fled before him.
15 Na Amonfoɔ hunuu sɛ Aramfoɔ no redwane no, wɔdwane firi Abisai anim kɔɔ kuropɔn no mu. Afei, Yoab sane kɔɔ Yerusalem.
When the people of Ammon saw that the Arameans had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
16 Afei, Aramfoɔ no hunuu sɛ ɛnyɛ wɔn afɛ ne Israelfoɔ enti, wɔfrɛɛ Aram akodɔm foforɔ firii Asubɔnten Eufrate ho sɛ wɔmmɛboa. Saa akodɔm a wɔhyɛ Sofak a ɔyɛ Hadadeser akodɔm nyinaa sahene ase no baeɛ.
When the Arameans saw that they were defeated by Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Arameans who were beyond the River, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
17 Ɛberɛ a Dawid tee asɛm a asi no, ɔboaboaa Israel nyinaa ano, de wɔn twaa Asubɔnten Yordan, de nʼakodɔm no gyinagyinaa wɔn mpasua so. Afei, ɔne atamfoɔ no de ɔko hyehyɛɛ so, maa wɔko tiaa no.
It 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 Arameans, they fought with him.
18 Ɛha nso, Aramfoɔ no dwane firii Israelfoɔ no anim. Saa ɛberɛ yi, Dawid akodɔm no kunkumm nteaseɛnamkafoɔ mpem nson ne anammɔntwa asraadɔm ɔpeduanan a Sofak a ɔyɛ akodɔm no sahene no ka ho.
The Arameans fled before Israel; and David killed of the Arameans the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shobach the captain of the army.
19 Hadadeser asomfoɔ hunuu sɛ Israel adi wɔn so nkonim no, wɔmaa wɔn nsa so, maa Dawid faa wɔn sɛ ne nkoa. Ɛno akyi, Aramfoɔ ampɛ sɛ wɔbɛboa Amonfoɔ bio.
When the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David, and served him: neither would the Arameans help the people of Ammon any more.
