1 Kronieken 19
1 En het geschiedde na dezen, dat Nahas, de koning der kinderen Ammons, stierf, en zijn zoon werd koning in zijn plaats.
Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.
2 Toen zeide David: Ik zal weldadigheid doen aan Hanun, den zoon van Nahas; want zijn vader heeft weldadigheid aan mij gedaan. Daarom zond David boden, om hem te troosten over zijn vader. Toen de knechten van David in het land der kinderen Ammons tot Hanun kwamen, om hem te troosten,
[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 Zo zeiden de vorsten der kinderen Ammons tot Hanun: Eert David uw vader in uw ogen, omdat hij troosters tot u gezonden heeft? Zijn niet zijn knechten tot u gekomen, om te doorzoeken, en om om te keren, en om het land te verspieden?
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 Daarom nam Hanun de knechten van David, en hij beschoor hen, en sneed hun klederen half af tot aan de heupen, en liet hen henengaan.
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 Zij nu gingen henen, en men boodschapte David van deze mannen; en hij zond hun tegemoet; want die mannen waren zeer beschaamd. De koning dan zeide: Blijft te Jericho, totdat ulieder baard weder gewassen zij; komt dan wederom.
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 Toen de kinderen Ammons zagen, dat zij zich stinkende gemaakt hadden bij David, zo zond Hanun en de kinderen Ammons duizend talenten zilvers, om zich wagenen en ruiters te huren uit Mesopotamie, en uit Syrie-Maacha, en uit Zoba;
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 Zodat zij zich huurden twee en dertig duizend wagenen; en de koning van Maacha en zijn volk kwamen en legerden zich voor Medeba; ook vergaderden de kinderen Ammons uit hun steden, en zij kwamen ten strijde.
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 Toen het David hoorde, zo zond hij Joab en het ganse heir met de helden.
When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
9 Als de kinderen Ammons uitgetogen waren, zo stelden zij de slagorde voor de poort der stad; maar de koningen, die gekomen waren, die waren bijzonder in het veld.
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 Toen Joab zag, dat de spits der slagorde van voren en van achteren tegen hem was, zo verkoos hij enigen uit alle uitgelezenen in Israel, en hij stelde hen in orde tegen de Syriers aan.
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 En het overige des volks gaf hij in de hand van zijn broeder Abisai, en zij stelden hen in orde tegen de kinderen Ammons aan.
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 En hij zeide: Indien mij de Syriers te sterk worden, zo zult gij mij komen verlossen; en indien de kinderen Ammons u te sterk worden, zo zal ik u verlossen.
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 Wees sterk, en laat ons sterk zijn voor ons volk, en voor de steden onzes Gods; de HEERE nu doe, wat goed is in Zijn ogen.
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 Toen naderde Joab en het volk, dat bij hem was, ten strijde voor het aangezicht der Syriers; en zij vloden voor zijn aangezicht.
So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
15 Toen de kinderen Ammons zagen, dat de Syriers vloden, zo vloden zij ook voor het aangezicht van Abisai, zijn broeder, en zij kwamen in de stad; en Joab kwam te Jeruzalem.
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 Als de Syriers zagen, dat zij voor het aangezicht van Israel geslagen waren, zo zonden zij boden, en brachten de Syriers uit, die aan gene zijde der rivier woonden; en Sofach, de krijgsoverste van Hadar-ezer, toog voor hun aangezicht heen.
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 Toen het David werd aangezegd, zo vergaderde hij gans Israel, en hij toog over de Jordaan, en hij kwam tot hen, en hij stelde de slagorde tegen hen. Als David de slagorde tegen de Syriers gesteld had, zo streden zij met hem.
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 Doch de Syriers vloden voor het aangezicht van Israel, en David versloeg van de Syriers zeven duizend wagenen, en veertig duizend mannen te voet; daartoe doodde hij Sofach, den krijgsoverste.
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 Toen de knechten van Hadar-ezer zagen, dat zij geslagen waren, voor het aangezicht van Israel, zo maakten zij vrede met David, en dienden hem; en de Syriers wilden de kinderen Ammons niet meer verlossen.
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.
