1 Krønikebok 19

1 Sidan bar det so til at Nahas, kongen åt Ammons-sønerne, døydde, og son hans vart konge etter honom.

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 Då sagde David: «Eg vil syna Hanun Nahasson venskap, etter di far hans syne meg venskap.» Og David skikka sendemenner til å trøysta honom i hans sorg etter faren. Tenarane hans David kom då til landet åt Ammons-sønerne, til Hanun, og vilde trøysta honom.

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 Då sagde hovdingarne for Ammons-sønerne til Hanun: «Trur du at David vil æra far din med det at han sender trøystarar til deg? Nei, det er til å gjera seg kjende i landet, til å øydeleggja og spæja det ut, at tenararne hans er komne til deg.»

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 Då tok Hanun tenararne åt David og let raka deim og skjera av klædi deira på midten rett upp åt med sætet, og let deim so fara.

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 Og det kom folk til David med tidend um mennerne; då sende han bod imot deim; for mennerne var groveleg svivyrde. Og kongen let segja: «Ver i Jeriko til dess skjegget dykkar er utvakse, og kom so heim att.»

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 Då no Ammons-sønerne skyna at dei hadde gjort David hatig på seg, sende Hanun og ammonitarne tvo og eit halvt tusund vågar sylv til å leiga seg vogner og hestfolk for frå Mesopotamia, frå Aram-Ma’aka og frå Soba.

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 Dei leigde seg tvo og tretti tusund vogner og dertil hjelp hjå kongen i Ma’aka og hans folk; dei kom og lægra seg framfor Medba. Ammonitarane samla seg og or byarne sine og tok ut til strid.

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 Då David høyrde det, sende han Joab i veg med heile heren, dei djervaste hermennerne.

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

9 Og Ammons-sønerne drog ut og fylkte seg framfor byporten; men kongarne som var komne dit, stod for seg sjølve på opi 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 Då Joab såg at han hadde fiendar både frampå og bak, gjorde han eit utval millom det utvalde mannskapet, og so fylkte han deim imot syrarane.

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 Men hitt folket han gav han yver til Absai, bror sin, og dei fylkte seg beint imot ammonitarne.

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: «I fall syrarane vinn på meg, so skal du koma meg til hjelp; og vinn Ammons-sønerne på deg, skal eg hjelpa deg.

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 Ver no djerv; ja, lat oss syna manndom i striden for folket vårt og for byarne åt vår Gud! Og so fær Herren gjera det som han tykkjer best.»

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 So gjekk Joab fram med folket sitt til strid mot syrarane, og dei rømde for honom.

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 Men då ammonitarne såg at syrarane rømde, so flydde dei og for Absai, bror hans, og drog seg inn i byen. Då for Joab heim 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 Då syrarane såg at dei hadde roke for Israel, sende dei bod til syrarane som budde på hi sida åt elvi, at dei skulde taka ut med Sofak til herførar; han var hovudsmann hjå Hadarezer,

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 Då David spurde dette, samla han heile Israel og gjekk yver Jordan, og då han kom fram til deim, fylkte han heren til strid imot syrarane, og so gav dei seg til å strida mot honom.

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 syrarane rømde for Israel, og David hogg ned hermennerne på sju tusund vogner og fyrti tusund mann fotfolk av syrarane; herhovdingen Sofak felte han og.

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 Då tenarane åt Hadarezer såg at dei hadde roke for israelitarne, gjorde dei fred med David og vart tenarane hans. Då vilde ikkje syrarane hjelpa ammonitarne meir.

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.