1 Chronicles 19
1 After this, Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.
Beberapa waktu kemudian Nahas raja amon meninggal, dan Hanun putranya menjadi raja.
2 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 children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him.
Lalu berkatalah Raja Daud, "Nahas adalah sahabatku yang setia, jadi aku harus begitu juga terhadap Hanun, anaknya." Karena itu Daud mengirim utusan ke negeri Amon untuk menghibur dia atas kematian ayahnya. Ketika mereka tiba di Amon,
3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, “Do you think that David honours 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?”
para pemimpin negeri itu berkata kepada Raja Hanun, "Janganlah Baginda berpikir Daud mengirim utusannya itu karena ia mau menghormati ayah Baginda! Ia mengirim orang-orang itu ke mari sebagai mata-mata untuk menyelidiki negeri kita, supaya dapat merebutnya!"
4 So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and sent them away.
Raja Hanun menangkap para utusan Daud itu, mencukur jenggot mereka, memotong pakaian mereka sependek pinggul, dan menyuruh mereka pergi.
5 Then some people went and told David how the men were treated. He sent to meet them; for the men were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
Tetapi mereka malu untuk pulang, jadi mereka pergi ke Yerikho. Ketika hal itu diberitahukan kepada Daud, ia mengirim pesan supaya utusan-utusan itu tinggal di Yerikho sampai jenggot mereka sudah tumbuh lagi.
6 When 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 chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah.
Lalu Raja Hanun dan orang Amon menyadari bahwa perbuatan mereka telah menyebabkan Daud memusuhi mereka. Karena itu mereka mengirim 34.000 kilogram perak ke daerah Mesopotamia Atas, serta ke Maakha dan Zoba di Siria untuk menyewa 32.000 kereta perang dan tentara berkuda. Maka datanglah tentara raja Maakha dengan semua kereta perang sewaan itu dan berkemah dekat Medeba. Orang Amon juga datang dari semua kota mereka untuk berperang.
7 So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah with his people, who came and encamped near Medeba. The children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
8 When David heard of it, he sent Joab with all the army of the mighty men.
Ketika Daud mendengar hal itu ia menyuruh Yoab dengan seluruh angkatan perangnya maju melawan musuh.
9 The 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.
Orang Amon keluar dan mengatur barisan mereka di depan pintu gerbang Raba, ibukota mereka, sedangkan raja-raja yang telah datang untuk membantu mereka, mengatur barisannya di padang.
10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose some of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
Yoab melihat bahwa ia terjepit oleh pasukan musuh di depan dan di belakang. Karena itu ia memilih tentara Israel yang terbaik dan menempatkan mereka berhadap-hadapan dengan tentara Siria.
11 The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
Selebihnya dari tentara Israel diserahkannya kepada Abisai adiknya, yang mengatur barisan mereka berhadap-hadapan dengan tentara Amon.
12 He 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.
Yoab berkata kepada adiknya itu, "Jika aku tidak sanggup lagi bertahan terhadap tentara Siria, cepatlah datang menolong aku. Sebaliknya, jika engkau tidak sanggup lagi bertahan terhadap tentara Amon, aku akan datang menolong engkau.
13 Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do that which seems good to him.”
Tabahlah! Mari kita berjuang dengan berani untuk bangsa kita dan untuk kota-kota Allah kita. Semoga TUHAN melaksanakan apa yang dikehendaki-Nya."
14 So Joab and the people who were with him came near to the front of the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.
Yoab dan pasukannya maju menyerang, sehingga tentara Siria lari.
15 When 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.
Ketika orang Amon melihat tentara Siria melarikan diri, mereka juga lari dari Abisai dan mundur ke dalam kota. Sesudah memerangi orang Amon, Yoab pulang ke Yerusalem.
16 When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and called out the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadadezer leading them.
Orang Siria menyadari bahwa mereka telah dikalahkan oleh orang Israel. Maka mereka memanggil tentara mereka yang dari daerah sebelah timur Sungai Efrat dan menyuruh tentaranya itu bertempur di bawah pimpinan Sobakh panglima angkatan perang Hadadezer raja Zoba.
17 David was told that, so he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, came to 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.
Mendengar hal itu, Daud mengumpulkan seluruh pasukan Israel, lalu menyeberangi Sungai Yordan dan mengatur barisannya berhadapan dengan orang Siria. Maka bertempurlah mereka,
18 The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrian men seven thousand charioteers and forty thousand footmen, and also killed Shophach the captain of the army.
dan tentara Siria dipukul mundur oleh tentara Israel. Daud dan pasukannya menewaskan 7.000 orang pengemudi kereta perang dan 40.000 orang tentara berjalan kaki. Sobakh panglima Siria itu dibunuh juga.
19 When the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and served him. The Syrians would not help the children of Ammon any more.
Ketika raja-raja yang dikuasai Hadadezer melihat bahwa mereka telah dikalahkan oleh tentara Israel, mereka minta berdamai dengan Daud, dan takluk kepadanya. Sesudah itu orang Siria tidak mau lagi membantu orang Amon.
