Chronicles I 19
1 And it came to pass after this, [that] Naas the king of the children of Ammon died, and Anan his son reigned in his stead.
Sidan bar det so til at Nahas, kongen åt Ammons-sønerne, døydde, og son hans vart konge etter honom.
2 And David said, I will act kindly toward Anan the son of Naas, as his father acted kindly towards me. And David sent messengers to condole with him on the death of his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Anan, to comfort him.
Då sagde David: «Eg vil syna Hanun Nahasson venskap, etter di far hans syne meg venskap.» Og David skikka sendemenner til å trøysta honom i hans sorg etter faren. Tenarane hans David kom då til landet åt Ammons-sønerne, til Hanun, og vilde trøysta honom.
3 And the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Anan, Is it to honor your father before you, that David has sent comforters to you? Have not his servants come to you that they might search the city, and to spy out the land?
Då sagde hovdingarne for Ammons-sønerne til Hanun: «Trur du at David vil æra far din med det at han sender trøystarar til deg? Nei, det er til å gjera seg kjende i landet, til å øydeleggja og spæja det ut, at tenararne hans er komne til deg.»
4 And Anan took the servants of David, and shaved them, and cut off the half of their garments as far as their tunic, and sent them away.
Då tok Hanun tenararne åt David og let raka deim og skjera av klædi deira på midten rett upp åt med sætet, og let deim so fara.
5 And there came men to report to David concerning the men: and he sent to meet them, for they were greatly disgraced: and the king said, Dwell in Jericho until your beards have grown, and return.
Og det kom folk til David med tidend um mennerne; då sende han bod imot deim; for mennerne var groveleg svivyrde. Og kongen let segja: «Ver i Jeriko til dess skjegget dykkar er utvakse, og kom so heim att.»
6 And the children of Ammon saw that the people of David were ashamed, and Anan and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen out of Syria of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria Maacha, and from Sobal.
Då no Ammons-sønerne skyna at dei hadde gjort David hatig på seg, sende Hanun og ammonitarne tvo og eit halvt tusund vågar sylv til å leiga seg vogner og hestfolk for frå Mesopotamia, frå Aram-Ma’aka og frå Soba.
7 And they hired for themselves two and thirty thousand chariots, and the king of Maacha and his people; and they came and encamped before Medaba: and the children of Ammon assembled out of their cities, and came to fight.
Dei leigde seg tvo og tretti tusund vogner og dertil hjelp hjå kongen i Ma’aka og hans folk; dei kom og lægra seg framfor Medba. Ammonitarane samla seg og or byarne sine og tok ut til strid.
8 And David heard, and sent Joab and all the host of mighty men.
Då David høyrde det, sende han Joab i veg med heile heren, dei djervaste hermennerne.
9 And the children of Ammon came forth, and set themselves in array for battle by the gate of the city: and the kings that were come forth encamped by themselves in the plain.
Og Ammons-sønerne drog ut og fylkte seg framfor byporten; men kongarne som var komne dit, stod for seg sjølve på opi mark.
10 And Joab saw that they were fronting [him] to fight against him before and behind, and he chose [some] out of all the young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against the Syrian.
Då Joab såg at han hadde fiendar både frampå og bak, gjorde han eit utval millom det utvalde mannskapet, og so fylkte han deim imot syrarane.
11 And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of his brother Abesai, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
Men hitt folket han gav han yver til Absai, bror sin, og dei fylkte seg beint imot ammonitarne.
12 And he said, If the Syrian should prevail against me, then shall you deliver me: and if the children of Ammon should prevail against you, then will I deliver you.
Og han sagde: «I fall syrarane vinn på meg, so skal du koma meg til hjelp; og vinn Ammons-sønerne på deg, skal eg hjelpa deg.
13 Be of good courage, and let us be strong, for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord shall do what [is] good in his eyes.
Ver no djerv; ja, lat oss syna manndom i striden for folket vårt og for byarne åt vår Gud! Og so fær Herren gjera det som han tykkjer best.»
14 So Joab and the people that were with him set themselves in battle array against the Syrians, and they fled from them.
So gjekk Joab fram med folket sitt til strid mot syrarane, og dei rømde for honom.
15 And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, and they also fled from before Abesai, and from before Joab his brother, and they came to the city: and Joab came to Jerusalem.
Men då ammonitarne såg at syrarane rømde, so flydde dei og for Absai, bror hans, og drog seg inn i byen. Då for Joab heim til Jerusalem.
16 And the Syrian saw that Israel had defeated him, and he sent messengers, and they brought out the Syrians from beyond the river; and Sophath the commander-in-chief of the forces of Adraazar [was] before them.
Då syrarane såg at dei hadde roke for Israel, sende dei bod til syrarane som budde på hi sida åt elvi, at dei skulde taka ut med Sofak til herførar; han var hovudsmann hjå Hadarezer,
17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and crossed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So David set [his army] in array to fight against the Syrians, and they fought against him.
Då David spurde dette, samla han heile Israel og gjekk yver Jordan, og då han kom fram til deim, fylkte han heren til strid imot syrarane, og so gav dei seg til å strida mot honom.
18 And the Syrians fled from before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians seven thousand [riders in] chariots, and forty thousand infantry, and he killed Sophath the commander-in-chief of the forces.
Men syrarane rømde for Israel, og David hogg ned hermennerne på sju tusund vogner og fyrti tusund mann fotfolk av syrarane; herhovdingen Sofak felte han og.
19 And the servants of Adraazar saw that they were defeated before Israel, and they made peace with David and served him: and the Syrians would not any more help the children of Ammon.
Då tenarane åt Hadarezer såg at dei hadde roke for israelitarne, gjorde dei fred med David og vart tenarane hans. Då vilde ikkje syrarane hjelpa ammonitarne meir.
