2 Samuel 10

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

After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.

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

David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

3 sagde Ammoniternes Høvdinger til deres Herre 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 udspejde Byen og ødelægge den, at David sender sine Folk til dig?«

But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Has not David sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”

4 Da tog Hanun Davids Folk og lod det halve af deres Skæg afrage og Halvdelen af deres Klæder skære af til Sædet, og derpaa lod han dem gaa.

So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

5 Da David fik Efterretning herom, sendte han dem et Bud i Møde, thi Mændene var blevet grovelig forhaanet; og Kongen lod sige: »Bliv i Jeriko, til eders Skæg er vokset ud!«

When they told David this, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”

6 Men da Ammoniterne saa, at de havde lagt sig for Had hos David, sendte de Bud og lejede Aramæerne fra Bet-Rehob og Zoba, 20 000 Mand Fodfolk, Kongen af Ma'aka med 1000 Mand og Folkene fra Tob, 12 000 Mand.

When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.

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

When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.

8 Ammoniterne rykkede saa ud og stillede sig op til Kamp lige uden for Porten, medens Aramæerne fra Zoba og Rehob og Mændene fra Tob og Ma'aka stod for sig selv paa aaben Mark.

The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate. The Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

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

Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel and put them in array against the Syrians.

10 medens han overlod Resten af Mandskabet til sin Broder Abisjaj, som tog Stilling over for Ammoniterne.

The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.

11 Og han sagde: »Hvis Aramæerne bliver mig for stærke, skal du ile mig til Hjælp; men bliver Ammoniterne dig for stærke, skal jeg komme og hjælpe dig.

He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.

12 Tag Mod til dig og lad os tappert værge vort Folk og vor Guds Byer — saa faar HERREN gøre, hvad ham tykkes godt!«

Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what seems good to him.”

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

So Joab and the people who were with him came near to the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.

14 Og da Ammoniterne saa, at Aramæerne tog Flugten, flygtede de for Abisjaj og trak sig ind i Byen. Derpaa vendte Joab tilbage fra Kampen med Ammoniterne og kom til Jerusalem.

When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

15 Men da Aramæerne saa, at de var slaaet af Israel, samlede de sig,

When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.

16 og Hadad'ezer sendte Bud og lod Aramæerne hinsides Floden rykke ud, og de kom til Helam med Sjobak, Hadad'ezers Hærfører, i Spidsen.

Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River; and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.

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

David was told that; and he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves in array against David and fought with him.

18 Men Aramæerne flygtede for Israel, og David nedhuggede 700 Stridsheste og 40 000 Mand af Aram; ogsaa deres Hærfører Sjobak slog han ihjel der.

The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven hundred charioteers of the Syrians and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their army, so that he died there.

19 Da alle Hadad'ezers Lydkonger saa, at de var slaaet af Israel, sluttede de Fred med Israel og underkastede sig. Og Aramæerne vovede ikke at hjælpe Ammoniterne mere.

When all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.