1 Chronicles 19
1 Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.
この後アンモンの人々の王ナハシが死んで、その子がこれに代って王となった。
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,
そのときダビデは言った、「わたしはナハシの子ハヌンに、彼の父がわたしに恵みを施したように、恵みを施そう」。そしてダビデは彼をその父のゆえに慰めようとして使者をつかわした。ダビデのしもべたちはハヌンを慰めるためアンモンの人々の地に来たが、
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.”
アンモンの人々のつかさたちはハヌンに言った、「ダビデが慰める者をあなたのもとにつかわしたことによって、あなたは彼があなたの父を尊ぶのだと思われますか。彼のしもべたちが来たのは、この国をうかがい、探って滅ぼすためではありませんか」。
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].
そこでハヌンはダビデのしもべたちを捕えて、そのひげをそり落し、その着物を中ほどから断ち切って腰の所までにして彼らを帰してやった。
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.”
ある人々が来て、この人たちのされたことをダビデに告げたので、彼は人をつかわして、彼らを迎えさせた。その人々が非常に恥じたからである。そこで王は言った、「ひげがのびるまでエリコにとどまって、その後帰りなさい」。
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].
アンモンの人々は自分たちがダビデに憎まれることをしたとわかったので、ハヌンおよびアンモンの人々は銀千タラントを送ってメソポタミヤとアラム・マアカ、およびゾバから戦車と騎兵を雇い入れた。
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].
すなわち戦車三万二千およびマアカの王とその軍隊を雇い入れたので、彼らは来てメデバの前に陣を張った。そこでアンモンの人々は町々から寄り集まって、戦いに出動した。
8 When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
ダビデはこれを聞いてヨアブと勇士の全軍をつかわしたので、
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.
アンモンの人々は出て来て町の入口に戦いの備えをした。また助けに来た王たちは別に野にいた。
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.
時にヨアブは戦いが前後から自分に向かっているのを見て、イスラエルのえり抜きの兵士のうちから選んで、これをスリヤびとに対して備え、
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.
そのほかの民を自分の兄弟アビシャイの手にわたして、アンモンの人々に対して備えさせ、
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.
そして言った、「もしスリヤびとがわたしに手ごわいときは、わたしを助けてください。もしアンモンの人々があなたに手ごわいときは、あなたを助けましょう。
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.”
勇ましくしてください。われわれの民のためと、われわれの神の町々のために、勇ましくしましょう。どうか、主が良いと思われることをされるように」。
14 So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
こうしてヨアブが自分と一緒にいる民と共にスリヤびとに向かって戦おうとして近づいたとき、スリヤびとは彼の前から逃げた。
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.
アンモンの人々はスリヤびとの逃げるのを見て、彼らもまたヨアブの兄弟アビシャイの前から逃げて町にはいった。そこでヨアブはエルサレムに帰った。
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.
しかしスリヤびとは自分たちがイスラエルの前に打ち敗られたのを見て、使者をつかわし、ハダデゼルの軍の長ショパクの率いるユフラテ川の向こう側にいるスリヤびとを引き出した。
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.
この事がダビデに聞えたので、彼はイスラエルをことごとく集め、ヨルダンを渡り、彼らの所に来て、これに向かって戦いの備えをした。ダビデがこのようにスリヤびとに対して戦いの備えをしたとき、彼はダビデと戦った。
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.
しかしスリヤびとがイスラエルの前から逃げたので、ダビデはスリヤびとの戦車の兵七千、歩兵四万を殺し、また軍の長ショパクをも殺した。
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.
ハダデゼルのしもべたちは味方の者がイスラエルに打ち敗られたのを見て、ダビデと和を講じ、彼に仕えた。スリヤびとは再びアンモンびとを助けることをしなかった。
