2 Samuel 10
1 Some time later, the king of the Ammon people-group died, and his son Hanun became their king.
Und es begab sich darnach, daß der König der Kinder Ammon starb, und sein Sohn Chanun ward König an seiner Statt.
2 David thought, “Nahash was kind to me, so I will be kind to his son.” So David sent some officials there, to tell Hanun that David was sorry that Hanun’s father [had died]. When those messengers arrived in the land where the Ammon people-group lived,
Da sprach David: Ich will Barmherzigkeit erweisen an Chanun, dem Sohne Nahas, wie sein Vater an mir Barmherzigkeit erwiesen hat. Da sandte David hin und ließ ihn durch seine Knechte trösten wegen seines Vaters. Als nun die Knechte Davids in das Land der Kinder Ammon kamen,
3 the leaders of the Ammon people-group said to Hanun, “Do you think that it is to honor your father that King David has sent these men to say that he is sorry that your father died [RHQ]? [We think that] he has sent them here to look around the city to determine how his [army] can conquer us!”
sprachen die Vornehmsten unter den Kindern Ammon zu ihrem Herrn, Chanun: Meinst du, David wolle deinen Vater vor deinen Augen ehren, daß er Tröster zu dir gesandt hat? Hat er nicht vielmehr seine Knechte darum zu dir gesandt, daß er die Stadt erforsche und erkunde und zerstöre?
4 Hanun [believed what they said; so he commanded some soldiers to] seize David’s officials and [insult them by] shaving off one side of each man’s beard, and [by] cutting off the lower part of their robes, [with the result that their buttocks could be seen], and then they sent them away.
Da nahm Chanun die Knechte Davids und schor ihnen den Bart halb ab und schnitt ihnen die Kleider halb ab, bis an den Gürtel, und ließ sie gehen.
5 The men were very humiliated/ashamed, [so they did not want to return home]. When David found out about what had happened to his officials, he sent someone to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown again, and then return home.”
Als solches David angezeigt ward, sandte er ihnen entgegen; denn die Männer waren schwer beschimpft. Und der König ließ ihnen sagen: Bleibet zu Jericho, bis euer Bart wieder gewachsen ist; alsdann kommt wieder heim!
6 Then [the leaders of] the Ammon people-group realized that they had greatly insulted [IDM] David [IDM]. So they sent some men to hire/pay some soldiers [from other nearby areas to help defend them]. They hired 20,000 soldiers from [the] Beth-Rehob and Zobah [regions northeast of Israel], and 12,000 soldiers from [the] Tob [region], and 1,000 soldiers from [the army of] the king of Maacah [region].
Als aber die Kinder Ammon sahen, daß sie sich bei David verhaßt gemacht hatten, sandten sie hin und dingten die Syrer von Beth-Rechob und die Syrer von Zoba, zwanzigtausend Mann Fußvolk, und von dem König von Maacha tausend Mann, dazu zwölftausend Mann von Tob.
7 When David heard about that, he sent Joab with all of the army [that Joab commanded], to fight against them.
Als David solches hörte, sandte er Joab mit dem ganzen Heer, den Helden.
8 The soldiers of the Ammon people-group marched out and (stood in their positions/arranged themselves for battle) at the entrance [to their capital city, Rabbah]. The other soldiers from Syria and Tob and Maacah stood by themselves (in their positions/arranged themselves for battle) in the nearby fields.
Und die Kinder Ammon zogen aus und rüsteten sich zum Kampf vor dem Tor. Die Syrer von Rechob aber und die Männer von Tob und von Maacha standen gesondert im Felde.
9 Joab saw that there were groups of enemy soldiers in front of his troops and behind his troops. So he chose some of the best Israeli soldiers, and put them in positions to fight against the soldiers of Syria.
Als nun Joab sah, daß ihm von vorn und hinten ein Angriff drohte, traf er eine Auswahl unter aller Jungmannschaft in Israel und rüstete sich wider die Syrer.
10 He appointed his [older] brother Abishai to be the commander of all the other soldiers, and he told them to (stand in their positions/arrange themselves) in front of [the army of] the Ammon people-group.
Das übrige Volk aber tat er unter die Hand seines Bruders Abisai, damit er sich gegen die Kinder Ammon stellte,
11 Then Joab said, “If the soldiers from Syria are too strong for us to defeat them, your men must come and help us. But if the soldiers from the Ammon people-group are too strong for you to defeat, we will come and help your men.
und er sprach: Werden die Syrer mir überlegen sein, so komm mir zu Hilfe; werden aber die Kinder Ammon dir überlegen sein, so will ich dir zu Hilfe kommen!
12 We must be strong, and fight hard [IDM] to [defend] our people and the cities [(that belong to/where we worship)] our God. I will pray/request that Yahweh do what he considers to be good.”
Sei stark und wehre dich für unser Volk und für die Städte unseres Gottes. Der HERR aber tue, was ihm gefällt!
13 So Joab and his army [advanced to] attack the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
Und Joab machte sich herzu mit dem Volk, das bei ihm war, zum Kampf wider die Syrer, und die Syrer flohen vor ihm.
14 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’s [army] stopped fighting against [the army of] the Ammon people-group, and Joab [and his army] returned to Jerusalem.
Und als die Kinder Ammon sahen, daß die Syrer flohen, flohen auch sie vor Abisai und zogen in die Stadt. Also kehrte Joab um von den Kindern Ammon und kam nach Jerusalem.
15 After [the leaders of] the army of Syria saw that the Israeli army had defeated them, they gathered all their troops together.
Als aber die Syrer sahen, daß sie von Israel geschlagen worden waren, kamen sie zusammen.
16 [Their king, ] Hadadezer, summoned the soldiers of Syria who lived on the east side of the [Euphrates] River. They gathered at Helam [city]. Their commander was Shobach.
Und Hadad-Eser sandte hin und ließ die Syrer von jenseits des Stromes ausziehen, und sie kamen gen Helam; und Sobach, der Feldhauptmann Hadad-Esers, zog vor ihnen her.
17 When David heard about that, he gathered all the Israeli soldiers, and they crossed the Jordan [River] and marched to Helam. There, the army of Syria (took their positions/arranged themselves for battle), and the battle started.
Als solches David angezeigt ward, versammelte er ganz Israel und zog über den Jordan und kam gen Helan, und die Syrer stellten sich gegen David und stritten mit ihm.
18 But the soldiers of Syria ran away from the Israeli soldiers. David [and his army] killed 700 of their chariot-drivers and 40,000 other soldiers. They also wounded Shobach, their commander, and he died there.
Aber die Syrer flohen vor Israel. Und David erlegte von den Syrern siebenhundert Wagenkämpfer und vierzigtausend Reiter; dazu schlug er Sobach, den Feldhauptmann, daß er daselbst starb.
19 When all the kings who had been ruled by Hadadezer realized that they had been defeated by the Israeli [army], they made peace with the Israelis and agreed to accept David as their king. So [the army of] Syria was afraid to help [the army of] the Ammon people-group any more.
Als aber alle Könige, die Hadad-Eser untertan waren, sahen, daß sie von Israel geschlagen worden waren, machten sie Frieden mit Israel und wurden ihnen untertan. Und die Syrer fürchteten sich, den Kindern Ammon weiterhin zu helfen.
