1 Chronicles 19
1 Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.
ORA, dopo queste cose, avvenne che Nahas, re de' figliuoli di Ammon, morì; e il suo figliuolo regnò in luogo suo.
2 [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,
E Davide disse: Io userò benignità inverso Hanum, figliuolo di Nahas; perciocchè suo padre usò benignità inverso me. E Davide mandò ambasciatori, per consolarlo di suo padre. Ma, quando i servitori di Davide furono giunti nel paese de' figliuoli di Ammon, ad Hanun, per consolarlo,
3 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.”
i principali de' figliuoli di Ammon dissero ad Hanun: Al tuo parere è egli per onorar tuo padre, che Davide ti ha mandati dei consolatori? non sono i suoi servitori venuti a te, per investigare, e per sovvertire, e per ispiare il paese?
4 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].
Per ciò Hanun prese i servitori di Davide, e li fece radere, e tagliar loro i vestimenti a mezzo, fino alle natiche; e [così] li rimandò.
5 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.”
Ed essi se ne andarono, e fecero saper la cosa a Davide per uomini a posta. Ed egli mandò loro incontro; perciocchè quegli uomini erano grandemente confusi. E il re fece [lor] dire: Dimorate in Gerico, finchè la barba vi sia ricresciuta; poi ve ne ritornerete.
6 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].
Ora, i figliuoli di Ammon, veggendo che si erano renduti abbominevoli a Davide, Hanun, ed i figliuoli di Ammon, mandarono mille talenti d'argento per soldar carri e cavalieri di Mesopotamia, e della Siria di Maaca, e di Soba.
7 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].
E soldarono trentaduemila carri, e il re di Maaca, con la sua gente; i quali vennero, e si accamparono davanti a Medeba. I figliuoli di Ammon si adunarono anch'essi dalle lor città, e vennero alla guerra.
8 When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
E Davide, avendo [ciò] inteso, mandò Ioab, con tutto l'esercito della gente di valore.
9 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.
E i figliuoli di Ammon uscirono, e ordinarono la battaglia in su l'entrata della porta; e i re ch'erano venuti, [erano] da parte nella campagna.
10 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.
E Ioab, veggendo che la battaglia era volta contro a lui, davanti e dietro, fece una scelta di tutti gli uomini scelti d'Israele, e [li] ordinò incontro a' Siri.
11 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.
E diede a condurre il rimanente della gente ad Abisai, suo fratello, e [li] ordinò in battaglia incontro a' figliuoli di Ammon;
12 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.
e disse [ad Abisai: ] Se i Siri mi superano, soccorrimi; se altresì i figliuoli di Ammon ti superano, io ti soccorrerò.
13 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.”
Fortificati, e portiamoci valorosamente per lo nostro popolo, e per le città del nostro Dio; e faccia il Signore ciò che gli parrà bene.
14 So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
Allora Ioab, con la gente ch'egli avea seco, venne a battaglia contro a' Siri; ed essi fuggirono d'innanzi a lui.
15 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.
Ed i figliuoli d'Ammon, veggendo che i Siri erano fuggiti, fuggirono anch'essi d'innanzi ad Abisai fratello di Ioab, ed entrarono nella città. E Ioab se ne ritornò in Gerusalemme.
16 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.
E i Siri, veggendo ch'erano stati sconfitti da Israele, mandarono messi, e fecero venire i Siri ch'[erano] di là dal Fiume; e Sofac, capo dell'esercito di Hadarezer, li conduceva.
17 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.
Ed essendo [ciò] stato rapportato a Davide, egli adunò tutto Israele, e passò il Giordano, e venne a loro, e ordinò la battaglia contro a loro. E ciò fatto, i Siri combatterono con lui.
18 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.
Ma i Siri fuggirono d'innanzi ad Israele; e Davide uccise [la gente di] settemila carri de' Siri, e quarantamila pedoni; ed ammazzò Sofac, capo dell'esercito.
19 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.
Ed i soggetti di Hadarezer, veggendo ch'erano stati sconfitti da Israele, fecero pace con Davide, e gli furono soggetti. Ed i Siri non vollero più soccorrere i figliuoli di Ammon.
