< 1 Chronicles 19 >
1 Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.
Algún tiempo después, Nahas, rey de los amonitas, murió y su hijo lo sucedió.
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,
Entonces David dijo: “Seré bondadoso con Hanún, hijo de Nahas, porque su padre fue bondadoso conmigo”. Así que David envió mensajeros para consolarle por la muerte de su padre. Los embajadores de David llegaron a la tierra de los amonitas y fueron a consolar a Hanún.
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.”
Pero los príncipes amonitas le dijeron a Hanún: “¿De verdad crees que David honra a tu padre enviándote a estos hombres para consolarte? ¿Acaso no crees que han venido sólo a espiar la tierra para encontrar la manera de conquistarla?”
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].
Entonces Hanún detuvo a los embajadores de David y los mandó a afeitar, y además les cortó la túnica a la altura de las nalgas. Entonces los envió de vuelta.
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.”
Luego informaron a David de lo que había sucedido con estos hombres. Entonces David envió mensajeros a los hombres para decirles: “Quédense en Jericó hasta que les crezca la barba, y entonces podrán regresar”.
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].
Entonces los amonitas se dieron cuenta de que realmente habían sido ofensivos con David. Así que Hanún y los amonitas enviaron mil talentos de plata para contratar carros y sus conductores de Harán-naharaim, Harán-maaca y 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].
También contrataron 32.000 carros y al rey de Maaca con su ejército. Vinieron a acampar cerca de Medeba. Los amonitas también fueron llamados desde sus ciudades y se prepararon para la batalla.
8 When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
Cuando David se enteró de esto, envió a Joab y a todo el ejército a enfrentarlos.
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.
Los amonitas establecieron sus líneas de batalla cerca de la entrada de la ciudad, mientras que los otros reyes que se les habían unido tomaron posiciones en los campos abiertos.
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.
Joab se dio cuenta de que tendría que luchar tanto delante como detrás de él, así que escogió algunas de las mejores tropas de Israel y se puso al frente de ellas para dirigir el ataque a los arameos.
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.
Puso al resto del ejército bajo el mando de Abisai, su hermano. Debían atacar a los amonitas.
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.
Joab le dijo: “Si los arameos son más fuertes que yo, ven a ayudarme. Si los amonitas son más fuertes que tú, yo vendré a ayudarte.
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.”
Sé valiente y lucha lo mejor que puedas por nuestro pueblo y las ciudades de nuestro Dios. Que el Señor haga lo que considere bueno”.
14 So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
Joab atacó con sus fuerzas a los arameos y éstos huyeron de él.
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.
Cuando los amonitas vieron que los arameos habían huido, también huyeron de Abisai, el hermano de Joab, y se retiraron a la ciudad. Entonces Joab regresó a Jerusalén.
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.
En cuanto los arameos vieron que habían sido derrotados por los israelitas, enviaron a buscar refuerzos del otro lado del río Éufrates, bajo el mando de Sobac, comandante del ejército de Hadad-Ezer.
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.
Cuando le informaron de esto a David, reunió a todo Israel. Atravesó el Jordán y se acercó al ejército arameo, poniendo sus fuerzas en línea de batalla contra ellos. Cuando David entró en combate con ellos, ellos lucharon con él.
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.
Pero el ejército arameo huyó de los israelitas, y David mató a 7.000 aurigas y 40.000 soldados de infantería, así como a Sobac, su comandante.
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.
Cuando los aliados de Hadad-Ezer se dieron cuenta de que habían sido derrotados por Israel, hicieron la paz con David y se sometieron a él. Como resultado, los arameos no quisieron ayudar más a los amonitas.