1 Chronicles 19
1 Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.
Después de esto sucedió que la muerte llegó a Nahas, el rey de los hijos de Amón, y su hijo se convirtió en rey en su lugar.
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,
Y dijo David: Seré amigo de Hanun, el hijo de Nahas, porque su padre era amigo mío. Entonces David le envió hombres para que le dieran palabras de consuelo a causa de su padre. Y los siervos de David fueron a Hanun, a la tierra de los hijos de Amón, ofreciéndole consuelo.
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 jefes de los hijos de Amón le dijeron a Hanun: ¿Te parece que David está honrando a tu padre, enviando consoladores? ¿No está claro que estos hombres solo han venido para recorrer la tierra y hacer una observación secreta de ella para que puedan vencerla?
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, Hanun tomó a los sirvientes de David, y cortándose el pelo y las faldas de sus ropas hasta las caderas, dejándolas al descubierto, después los despidió.
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.”
Entonces ciertos hombres fueron y le dieron a David la noticia de lo que les habían hecho. Y él envió con el propósito de encontrarlos; porque los hombres fueron grandemente avergonzados. Y el rey dijo: Mantente en Jericó hasta que tu cabello vuelva a ser largo, y luego vuelve.
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].
Y cuando los hijos de Amón vieron que se habían hecho odiosos a David, Hanun y los hijos de Amón enviaron mil talentos de plata como pago por los carros de combate y tropas de caballería de Mesopotamia, Siria, 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].
Así que con este dinero tomaron a sueldo treinta y dos mil carros de guerra, y la ayuda del rey de Maaca y su gente, quienes vinieron y tomaron su posición frente a Medeba. Y los hijos de Amón se juntaron de sus pueblos para pelear.
8 When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
Y al oírlo David, envió a Joab con todo el ejército de combatientes.
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.
Entonces los hijos de Amón salieron y pusieron sus fuerzas en posición en el camino hacia la ciudad; y los reyes que habían venido estaban estacionados solos en el campo.
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.
Cuando Joab vio que sus fuerzas estaban en posición contra él delante y detrás de él, tomó a los mejores hombres de Israel y los puso en fila contra 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.
Y el resto de la gente se puso en posición contra los hijos de Amón con Abisai, su hermano, a la cabeza.
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.
Y él dijo: Si los arameos son más fuertes y me superan, vengan en mi ayuda; y si los hijos de Amón te superan, acudiré en tu ayuda.
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.”
Anímate y seamos fuertes para nuestro pueblo y para los pueblos de nuestro Dios; y que el Señor haga lo que le parezca bien.
14 So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
Entonces Joab y las personas que estaban con él avanzaron en la lucha contra los sirios, y huyeron éstos ante 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.
Y cuando los hijos de Amón vieron la huida de los sirios, ellos mismos huyeron de Abisai, su hermano, y entraron en la ciudad. Entonces Joab volvió 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.
Y cuando los sirios vieron que Israel los había vencido, enviaron hombres a buscar a los sirios que estaban al otro lado del río, con Sofac, el capitán del ejército de Hadadezer, a la cabeza.
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.
Y se le dio a David una palabra de esto; y reunió a todo Israel, pasó por el Jordán y puso sus fuerzas en posición contra ellos. Y cuando las fuerzas de David estaban en posición contra los sirios, se inició la lucha.
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.
Y los sirios huyeron delante de Israel; y David puso a la espada a los hombres de siete mil carros de guerra arameos y cuarenta mil hombres de infantería, y mató a Sofac, el capitán del ejército.
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.
Y cuando los siervos de Hadad Ezer vieron que fueron vencidos por Israel, hicieron la paz con David y se convirtieron en sus siervos. Y Los sirios no ayudarían más a los hijos de Amón.
