Første Krønikebog 19
1 Og det skete derefter, at Nahas, Ammons Børns Konge, døde, og hans Søn blev Konge i hans Sted.
It came about later that Nahash, king of the people of Ammon, died, and that his son became king in his place.
2 Da sagde David: Jeg vil gøre Miskundhed imod Hanon, Nahas Søn, thi hans Fader gjorde Miskundhed imod mig; og David sendte Bud at lade ham trøste over hans Fader, og Davids Tjenere kom til Ammons Børns Land, til Hanon, for at trøste ham.
David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. David's servants entered the land of the Ammonites and went to Hanun, in order to console him.
3 Da sagde Ammons Børns Fyrster til Hanon: Mon David i dine Øjne ærer din Fader ved det han sender dig Trøstere? mon hans Tjenere ikke ere komne til dig for at udforske og at omstyrte og at udspejde Landet?
But the Ammonite princes said to Hanun, “Do you think that David is honoring your father because he has sent men to comfort you? Do not his servants come to you to explore and examine the land in order to overthrow it?”
4 Da tog Hanon Davids Tjenere og lod dem rage og skar Halvdelen af deres Klæder indtil Skrævet og lod dem fare.
So Hanun seized David's servants, shaved them, cut off their garments to the waist, up to their buttocks, and sent them away.
5 Og nogle gik og gave David det til Kende om de Mænd; da sendte han dem et Bud i Møde, thi Mændene vare saare forhaanede, og Kongen lod sige: Bliver i Jeriko, indtil eders Skæg vokser, og kommer da tilbage!
When they explained this to David, he sent to meet with them, for the men were deeply ashamed. The king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
6 Der Ammons Børn saa, at de havde gjort sig forhadte for David, da sendte Hanon og Ammons Børn tusinde Centner Sølv for at leje sig fra Mesopotamien og fra Syria-Maaka og fra Zoba Vogne og Ryttere.
When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire Aramean chariots and horsemen from Naharaim, Maacah, and Zobah.
7 Og de lejede sig to og tredive Tusinde Vognkæmpere og Kongen af Maaka og hans Folk, og de kom og lejrede sig lige for Medba; og Ammons Børn samlede sig fra deres Stæder og kom til Striden.
They hired thirty-two thousand chariots and the king of Maacah and his army, who came and encamped before Medeba. Then the Ammonites gathered themselves together from their cities and came out to battle.
8 Der David hørte det, da udsendte han Joab og de vældiges hele Hær.
When David heard of it, he sent Joab and his entire army to meet them.
9 Og Ammons Børn droge ud og opstillede deres Slagorden foran Indgangen til Staden, men Kongerne, som vare komne, stillede særskilt paa Marken.
The people of Ammon came out and lined up for battle at the city gate, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
10 Der Joab saa, at Krigen truede ham for og bagfra, da udvalgte han nogle af alle de udvalgte i Israel og opstillede sig imod Syrerne.
When Joab saw the battle lines facing him both in front and behind, he chose some of Israel's best fighters and arranged them against the Arameans.
11 Og det øvrige Folk gav han under sin Broder Abisajs Haand, og de opstillede sig imod Ammons Børn.
As for the rest of the army, he gave it into the command of Abishai his brother, and he put them into battle lines against the army of Ammon.
12 Og han sagde: Dersom Syrerne blive mig for stærke, da skal du være mig til Hjælp; men dersom Ammons Børn blive dig for stærke, da vil jeg hjælpe dig.
Joab said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you, Abishai, must rescue me. But if the army of Ammon is too strong for you, then I will come and rescue you.
13 Vær frimodig, og lader os vise os frimodige for vort Folk og for vor Guds Stæder; men Herren gøre, hvad som godt er for hans Øjne.
Be strong, and let us show ourselves to be strong for our people and for the cities of our God, for Yahweh will do what is good in his eyes.”
14 Da drog Joab frem og det Folk, som var hos ham, til Striden imod Syrerne; og disse flyede for hans Ansigt.
So Joab and the soldiers of his army advanced to the battle against the Arameans, who were forced to flee before the army of Israel.
15 Der Ammons Børn saa, at Syrerne flyede, da flyede de og for Abisaj, hans Broders, Ansigt, og kom til Staden; og Joab kom til Jerusalem.
When the army of Ammon saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled from Joab's brother Abishai and went back into the city. Then Joab returned from the people of Ammon and went back to Jerusalem.
16 Og der Syrerne saa, at devare slagne for Israels Ansigt, da sendte de Bud og lode de Syrer, som vare paa hin Side Floden, rykke ud, og Sofak, Hadad-Esers Stridshøvedsmand, anførte dem.
When the Arameans saw that they were being defeated by Israel, they sent for reinforcements from beyond the Euphrates River, with Shophak the commander of Hadadezer's army.
17 Der det blev David tilkendegivet, da samlede han hele Israel og drog over Jordanen, og han kom til dem og stillede sig imod dem, og David stillede sig i Slagorden imod Syrerne, og de strede med ham.
When David was told this, he gathered all Israel together, crossed the Jordan, and came upon them. He arranged the army for battle against the Arameans, and they fought him.
18 Men Syrerne flyede for Israels Ansigt, og David ihjelslog af Syrerne syv Tusinde Vognkæmpere og fyrretyve Tusinde Fodfolk, ligeledes dræbte han Sofak, Stridshøvedsmanden.
The Arameans fled from Israel, and David killed seven thousand Aramean charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophak, the commander of the army.
19 Der Hadad-Esers Tjenere saa, at de vare slagne for Israels Ansigt, da gjorde de Fred med David og tjente ham; og Syrerne vilde ikke ydermere hjælpe Ammons Børn.
When all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and served them. So the people of Aram were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.
