1 Chronicles 19
1 Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.
Sidan bar det so til at Nahas, kongen åt Ammons-sønerne, døydde, og son hans vart konge etter honom.
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,
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 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.”
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 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].
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 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.”
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 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].
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 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].
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 When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
Då David høyrde det, sende han Joab i veg med heile heren, dei djervaste hermennerne.
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.
Og Ammons-sønerne drog ut og fylkte seg framfor byporten; men kongarne som var komne dit, stod for seg sjølve på opi mark.
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.
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 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.
Men hitt folket han gav han yver til Absai, bror sin, og dei fylkte seg beint imot ammonitarne.
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.
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 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.”
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 his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
So gjekk Joab fram med folket sitt til strid mot syrarane, og dei rømde for honom.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
