1 Setouknae 19
1 Hathnukkhu, hettelah ao. Ammonnaw e siangpahrang Nahash a due hoi a capa ni a yueng lah a bawi.
Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.
2 Devit ni Nahash e capa Hanun koevah, pahrennae kamnue sak han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a na pa ni kai koe pahrennae a kamnue sak toe telah ati. Hatdawkvah, Devit ni a na pa e kong dawk lungpahawi hanelah, patounenaw a patoun teh. Ahni lungpahawi hanelah, Devit e a sannaw teh Ammon catounnaw e ram Hanun koe a pha awh.
[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 Hateiteh, Ammonnaw kahrawikung Hanun koevah, Devit ni nang lungpahawi hanelah a patoun e taminaw heh na pa barinae a poe katang dawk doeh, telah na pouk maw. A sannaw teh ram tuet hane hoi raphoe hane ngai dawk doeh a tho awh e nahoehmaw, telah ati awh.
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 Hatdawkvah, Hanun ni Devit e sannaw hah a man teh, a pâkhamuen koung a ngaw pouh teh a khohna hah a laheibaw koe totouh a a pouh teh a ban sak.
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 A patoun e a sannaw kong hah Devit koe tami buet touh ni a dei pouh teh, hotnaw hah puenghoi yeirai a po sak dawkvah, ahnimanaw kâhmo hanelah laiceinaw a patoun. Siangpahrang ni, na pâkhamuen a sai hoehroukrak Jeriko kho dawk awm awh ei, pâkhamuen a sai torei ban awh telah atipouh.
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 Ammonnaw ni, Devit ni a hmuhma e sak awh toe tie a panue awh toteh, Hanun hoi Ammonnaw ni Mesoptamianaw hoi Sirianaw Maakah hoi Zobahnaw koe leng hoi marangransanaw hlai nahanlah ngun tangka talen 1, 000 a patawn awh.
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 Hottelah leng 32, 000 Maakah siangpahrang hoi a taminaw hoi a hlai awh teh, Madeba kho e a hmalah a tungpup awh. Ammonnaw teh a kho tangkuem hoi a tâco awh teh, tuk hanelah a cei awh.
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 Devit ni hote kamthang a thai torei teh, Joab hoi athakaawme ransahu pueng hah a patoun.
When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
9 Ammonnaw a tâco awh teh, khopui longkha teng vah, tuk hanlah a kamkhueng awh. Kabawm hane siangpahrangnaw teh kahrawng dawk alouklouk lah ao awh.
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 Hottelah hmalah hoi hnuk lahoi, tuk hanelah kaawm e hah Joab ni a panue torei teh, Isarelnaw thung dawk kahawipoung e a rawi teh, Sirianaw tuk hanlah a cei awh.
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 Alouke taminaw pueng teh a hmaunawngha Abishai kut dawk a poe teh Ammonnaw tuk hanelah a cei van awh.
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 Joab ni, Sirianaw hah ka tâ thai mahoeh na tetpawiteh, na kabawp awh han. Hahoi Ammonnaw hah na tâ thai mahoeh pawiteh, na kabawp awh han.
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 Tarankahawi lah awm awh nateh, maimae taminaw hoi mamae Cathut, khopuinaw hanelah tongpatang lah awm awh sei. BAWIPA ni ahawi tie patetlah sak yawkaw seh ati awh.
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 Hottelah Joab hoi ama koe kaawm e naw ni, tarantuk hane Sirianaw koe rek a hnai awh teh, a hmaitung koung a yawng awh.
So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
15 Ammonnaw ni Sirianaw koung a yawng awh tie hah a panue torei teh, ahnimouh hai a hmaunawngha Abishai e hmalah a yawng awh teh, kho thung a kâen awh. Hatdawkvah, Joab teh Jerusalem vah a ban.
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 Sirianaw ni Isarelnaw e a hmalah kangdue e hmuen hawihoeh tie a panue torei teh, patounenaw a patoun awh teh, palang namran kaawm e Sirianaw hah a kaw awh. Hadadezer ransabawi Shophate ni hai ahnimouh a uk.
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 Hote kong teh Devit koe a dei pouh awh. Ahni ni Isarelnaw pueng a kaw teh, Jordan namran vah a cei awh teh, Sirianaw hah a tuk awh.
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 Sirianaw teh, Isarelnaw e a hmalah, a yawng awh teh, Devit ni Sirianaw e leng 7, 000 touh dawk kâcui e naw hoi ransa 40, 000 touh a thei teh ransabawi Shophate hai a thei.
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 Hatdawkvah, Hadadezernaw ni Isarelnaw e a hmalah kangdout thai hoeh toe tie a panue torei teh, Devit koevah roumnae a sak awh teh, tamuk ka cawng e kho lah ao awh. Hatdawkvah, Sirianaw ni Ammonnaw teh kabawp han ngai awh hoeh toe.
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.
