Første Krønikebog 19

1 Nogen Tid efter døde Ammoniternes Konge Nahasj, og hans Søn Hanun blev Konge i hans Sted.

Now it came about after this that death came to Nahash, the king of the children of Ammon, and his son became king in his place.

2 Da tænkte David: "Jeg vil vise Hanun, Nahasj's Søn, Venlighed, thi hans Fader viste mig Venlighed." Og David sendte Folk for at vise ham Deltagelse i Anledning at hans Faders Død. Men da Davids Mænd kom til Ammoniteroes Land til Hanun for at vise ham Deltagelse,

And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, because his father was a friend to me. So David sent men to him, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And the servants of David came to Hanun, to the land of the children of Ammon, offering him comfort.

3 sagde Ammoniternes Høvdinger til Hanun: "Tror du virkelig, det er for at hædre din Fader, at David sender Bud og viser dig Deltagelse? Mon ikke det er for at udforske og ødelægge Landet og udspejde det, at hans Folk kommer til dig?"

But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father, by sending comforters to you? is it not clear that these men have only come to go through the land and to make secret observation of it so that they may overcome it?

4 Da tog Hanun Davids Folk og lod dem rage og Halvdelen af deres Klæder skære af til Skridtet, og derpå lod han dem gå.

So Hanun took David's servants, and cutting off their hair and the skirts of their robes up to the middle, sent them away.

5 Da David fik Efterretning om Mændenes Behandling, sendte han dem et Bud i Møde; thi Mændene var blevet grovelig forhånet; og Kongen lod sige: "Bliv i Jeriko, til eders Skæg er vokset ud!"

Then certain men went and gave David word of what had been done to them. And he sent out with the purpose of meeting them; for the men were greatly shamed. And the king said, Keep where you are at Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.

6 Men da Ammoniterne så, at de havde lagt sig for Had hos David, sendte Hanun og Ammoniterne 1000 Talenter Sølv for at leje Vogne og Ryttere i Aram-Naharajim, Aram Ma'aka og Zoba;

And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves hated by David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver as payment for war-carriages and horsemen from Mesopotamia and Aram-maacah and Zobah.

7 og de lejede 32000 Vogne og Kongen af Ma'aka med hans Folk, og de kom og slog Lejr uden for Medeba; imidlertid havde Ammoniterne samlet sig fra deres Byer og rykkede ud til Kamp.

So with this money they got thirty-two thousand war-carriages, and the help of the king of Maacah and his people, who came and took up their position in front of Medeba. And the children of Ammon came together from their towns for the fight.

8 Da David hørte det, sendte han Joab af Sted med hele Hæren og Kærnetropperne.

And David, hearing of it, sent Joab with all the army of fighting-men.

9 Ammoniterne rykkede så ud og stillede sig op til Kamp ved Byens Port, medens Kongerne, der var kommet til, stod for sig selv på åben Mark.

So the children of Ammon came out and put their forces in position on the way into the town; and the kings who had come were stationed by themselves in the field.

10 Da Joab så, at Angreb truede ham både forfra og bagfra, gjorde han et Udvalg blandt alt Israels udsøgte Mandskab og tog Stilling over for Aramæerne,

Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took all the best men of Israel, and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

11 medens han overlod Resten af Mandskabet til sin Broder Absjaj, og de tog Stilling over for Ammoniterne.

And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon with Abishai, his brother, at their head.

12 Og han sagde: "Hvis Aramæerne bliver mig for stærke, skal du ile mig til Hjælp; men bliver Ammoniterne dig for stærke, skal jeg hjælpe dig.

And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then come to my help; and if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help.

13 Tag Mod til dig og lad os tappert værge vort Folk og vor Guds Byer - så får HERREN gøre, hvad ham tykkes godt!"

Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

14 Derpå rykkede Joab frem med sine Folk til Kamp mod Aramæerne, og de flygtede for ham.

So Joab and the people who were with him went forward into the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

15 Og da Ammoniterne så, at Aramæerne tog Flugten, flygtede også de forhans Broder Absjaj og trak sig ind i Byen. Derpå kom Joab til Jerusalem.

And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, his brother, and came into the town. Then Joab came back to Jerusalem.

16 Men da Aramæerne så, at de var slået af Israel, sendte de Bud og fik Aramæerne hinsides Floden til at rykke ud med Sjofak, Hadar'ezers Hærfører, i Spidsen.

And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they sent men to get the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River, with Shophach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.

17 Da David fik Efterretning herom, samlede han hele Israel, satte over Jordan og kom til Helam, hvor David stillede sig op til Kamp mod Aramæerne, og de angreb ham.

And word of this was given to David; and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam and put his forces in position against them. And when David's forces were in position against the Aramaeans, the fight was started.

18 Men Aramæerne flygtede for Israel, og David nedhuggede 7.000 Stridsheste og 40.000 Mand Fodfolk af Aram; også Hærføreren Sjofak huggede han ned.

And the Aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven thousand Aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen, and put to death Shophach, the captain of the army.

19 Da alle Hadar'ezers Lydkonger så, at de var slået af Israel, sluttede de Fred med David og underkastede sig, og Aramæerne vilde ikke hjælpe Ammoniterne mere.

And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with David and became his servants: and the Aramaeans would give no more help to the children of Ammon.