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.
Después de esto, aconteció que murió el rey de los amonitas, y en su lugar reinó su hijo Hanún.
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.
Entonces David pensó: Mostraré bondad a Hanún, hijo de Nahas, así como su padre me mostró bondad. Así que David envió algunos de sus esclavos a consolarlo por el padre de ellos. Pero cuando los esclavos de David llegaron a la tierra de los amonitas,
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?
los jefes de ellos dijeron a su ʼadón Hanún: ¿Crees que David honra a tu padre porque te envió consoladores? ¿David no te envió a sus esclavos para reconocer la ciudad, espiarla y conquistarla?
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.
Entonces Hanún tomó a los esclavos de David, les rasuró la mitad de la barba, les cortó sus ropas hasta la mitad de las nalgas y los despidió.
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.
Cuando se informó esto a David, él envió a encontrarlos, porque ellos estaban muy avergonzados. Y el rey mandó a decirles: Permanezcan en Jericó hasta que crezca su barba, y entonces regresen.
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.
Entonces cuando los hijos de Amón vieron que ellos eran detestables a David, contrataron a los sirios de Bet-rehob y de Soba, 20.000 infantes, del rey de Maaca 1.000 hombres y de Is-tob 12.000 hombres.
7 And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.
Cuando David oyó esto envió a Joab con todo el ejército de hombres valientes.
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.
Los amonitas salieron a presentar batalla en la entrada de la puerta, mientras que los sirios de Soba, Rehob, Is-tob y Maaca estaban aparte, en el campo.
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;
Al ver Joab que la batalla se le presentaba por el frente y por la retaguardia, escogió entre los mejores hombres de Israel y los puso en orden de batalla contra los sirios.
10 And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon, with Abishai, his brother, at their head.
Entregó el resto del pueblo en mano de su hermano Abisai, quien lo alineó en orden de batalla para enfrentar a los amonitas.
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.
Joab dijo: Si los sirios son más fuertes que yo, tú me ayudarás, y si los amonitas son más fuertes que tú, te daré ayuda.
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.
¡Esfuérzate y esforcémonos por nuestro pueblo y las ciudades de nuestro ʼElohim, y que Yavé haga lo que le parezca bien!
13 Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.
Joab y el pueblo que estaba con él se acercaron para pelear contra los sirios, y ellos huyeron de delante de él.
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.
Al ver los amonitas que los sirios huyeron, ellos también huyeron de delante de Abisai y entraron en la ciudad. Joab regresó de combatir contra los hijos de Amón y fue a Jerusalén.
15 And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they got themselves together.
Pero los sirios, al ver que fueron derrotados por Israel, se volvieron a reunir.
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.
Hadad-ezer mandó traer a los sirios que estaban al otro lado del Río y llegaron a Helam con Sobac, jefe del ejército de Hadad-ezer.
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.
Se le informó a David, quien reunió a todo Israel, cruzó el Jordán y llegó a Helam. Los sirios se alinearon en orden de batalla para enfrentar a David y lucharon contra él.
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.
Pero aquellos huyeron de delante de Israel. David mató a 700 hombres de los carruajes y 40.000 jinetes de los sirios e hirió a Sobac, jefe del ejército de ellos, quien murió allí.
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.
Cuando todos los reyes que eran tributarios de Hadad-ezer, vieron que fueron derrotados por Israel, hicieron la paz con Israel y le sirvieron. Y los sirios tuvieron temor de ayudar más a los hijos de Amón.
