2 Samuel 10
1 Now after this, death came to the king of the children of Ammon, and Hanun, his son, became king in his place.
Det hende seg deretter at ammonitarkongen døydde. Og Hanun, son hans, vart konge etter honom.
2 And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father was a friend to me. So David sent his servants, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
Då sagde David: «Eg vil syna Hanun Nahasson venskap, liksom far hans synte meg venskap.» David sende nokre av tenarane sine til å trøysta honom i sorgi yver faren. Tenarane åt David kom til Ammonitarlandet.
3 But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it?
Då sagde ammonitarfyrstarne til Hanun, herren sin: «Trur du det er til heider for far din at David hev sendt trøystarar til deg? Å nei, David hev sendt tenarane til deg berre for di han vil granska byen og njosna, og sidan gjera enden på honom.»
4 So Hanun took David's servants, and after cutting off half the hair on their chins, and cutting off the skirts of their robes up to the middle, he sent them away.
So tok Hanun tenarane hans David og let raka av deim halve skjegget og skjera klædi deira midt yver like upp til seten, og sende deim heim soleis.
5 When David had news of it, he sent men out with the purpose of meeting them on their way, for the men were greatly shamed: and the king said, Go to Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.
Då David frette det, sende han folk til møtes med deim, og kongen let segja med deim: «Stana i Jeriko til dess skjegget hev vakse ut på dykk, so kann de koma heim att!» For mennerne hadde vorte øgjeleg svivyrde.
6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves hated by David, they sent to the Aramaeans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, and got for payment twenty thousand footmen, and they got from the king of Maacah a thousand men, and from Tob twelve thousand.
Då no ammonitarne skyna dei hadde gjort David hatig på seg, sende dei bod og leigde tjuge tusund mann fotfolk, syrarar frå Bet-Rehob og syrarar frå Soba, eit tusund mann hjå kong Ma’aka, og tolv tusund av mannskapet åt Tob.
7 And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.
Då David høyrde gjete det, sende han Joab med heile heren, det vil segja dei djervaste stridsmennerne.
8 And the children of Ammon came out and put their forces in position at the way into the town: and the Aramaeans of Zobah and of Rehob, with the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
Ammonitarne drog ut og fylkte seg framfor byporten, medan syrarane frå Soba og Rehob og Tob-folket og Ma’aka-folket stod for seg sjølve på opi mark.
9 Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took the best of the men of Israel and put them in line against the Aramaeans;
Då Joab gådde han laut vera budd på åtak både framme og bak, gjorde han eit utval millom dei utvalde Israels-hermennerne, og fylkte deim mot syrarane.
10 And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon, with Abishai, his brother, at their head.
Resten av folket let han åt Abisai, bror sin, som so fylkte deim beint imot ammonitarne.
11 And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then you are to come to my help; but if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help.
Og han sagde: «Um syrarane vinn på meg, so kjem du meg til hjelp. Og um ammonitarne vinn på deg, so skal eg koma og hjelpa deg.
12 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.
Ver sterk! Lat oss syna oss sterke i striden for folket vårt og for byarne åt vår Gud! So fær Herren gjera det han tykkjer best.
13 Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.
Joab drog fram med mannskapet sitt og stridde mot syrarane, og dei rømde for honom.
14 And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, and came into the town. So Joab went back from fighting the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.
Då ammonitarne såg at syrarane rømde, so rømde dei og for Abisai, og sprang inn i byen. Og Joab drog burt frå ammonitarne og kom heim att til Jerusalem.
15 And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they got themselves together.
Då syrarane såg at dei var slegne av Israel, samla dei seg i hop.
16 And Hadadezer sent for the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.
Hadadezer baud ut dei syrarane som budde på hi sida Storelvi. Og dei kom til Helam, med Sobak, herhovdingen åt Hadadezer, til førar.
17 And word of this was given to David: and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam. And the Aramaeans put their forces in position against David, and made an attack on him.
Då David spurde dette, stemnde han saman heile Israel, gjekk yver Jordan og kom til Helam. Syrarane fylkte seg og gjorde åtak på David og slost med honom.
18 And the Aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven hundred Aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen, and Shobach, the captain of the army, was wounded, and came to his death there.
Men syrarane rømde for Israel, og David hogg ned sju hundrad krigshestar og fyrti tusund hestfolk av syrarheren; og herhovdingen Sobak fekk banehogg der.
19 And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their servants. So the Aramaeans, in fear, gave no more help to the children of Ammon.
Då alle lydkongarne under Hadadezer såg dei var slegne av Israel, gjorde dei fred med Israel og vart tenarane deira. So våga ikkje syrarane hjelpa ammonitarne meir.»
