1 Aikakirja 20
1 Vuoden vaihteessa, kuningasten sotaanlähtöaikana, vei Jooab sotajoukon sotaretkelle; ja hän hävitti ammonilaisten maata ja piiritti Rabbaa. Mutta Daavid itse jäi Jerusalemiin. Sitten Jooab valtasi Rabban ja hävitti sen.
[In that region], kings usually went [with their armies] to fight [their enemies] (in the springtime/when the cold season ended). But that year, David [did not do that. Instead, he] stayed in Jerusalem, and he sent [his commander] Joab [to lead the army]. Joab took his troops. They [crossed the Jordan River and] ruined the land of the Ammon people-group. Then they went to Rabbah, [the capital city, ] and surrounded it. David stayed in Jerusalem [for a while. But later he took more troops and went to help] Joab. Their armies attacked Rabbah and destroyed it.
2 Ja Daavid otti heidän kuninkaansa kruunun hänen päästänsä ja havaitsi sen painavan talentin kultaa, ja siinä oli kallis kivi; se pantiin Daavidin päähän. Ja hän vei kaupungista hyvin paljon saalista.
Then David took the crown from the head of the king of Rabbah (OR, from the head of their god Milcom) and put it on his own head. It [was very heavy; it] weighed (75 pounds/34 kg.), and it had many very valuable stones [fastened to it]. They also took many other valuable things from the city.
3 Ja kansan, joka siellä oli, hän vei pois ja pani sahaamaan kiviä, pani rautahakkujen ja kivisahojen ääreen. Näin Daavid teki kaikille ammonilaisten kaupungeille. Sitten Daavid ja kaikki väki palasi Jerusalemiin.
Then they brought the people out of the city and forced them to [work for their army, ] using saws and iron picks and axes. David’s soldiers did this in all the cities of the Ammon people-group. Then David and all of his army returned to Jerusalem.
4 Sen jälkeen syttyi taistelu filistealaisia vastaan Geserissä. Silloin huusalainen Sibbekai surmasi Sippain, joka oli Raafan jälkeläisiä, ja niin heidät nöyryytettiin.
Later, [David’s army] fought a battle with the army of Philistia, at Gezer [city]. During the battle Sibbecai, from Hushah [clan], killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rapha [giants]. So the armies of Philistia were defeated.
5 Taas oli taistelu filistealaisia vastaan, ja Elhanan, Jaaorin poika, surmasi Lahmin, gatilaisen Goljatin veljen, jonka peitsen varsi oli niinkuin kangastukki.
In another battle against the soldiers of Philistia, Elhanan, the son of Jair, killed Lahmi, the [younger] brother of [the giant] Goliath from Gath [town], who had a spear which was as thick as a weaver’s rod.
6 Taas oli taistelu Gatissa. Siellä oli suurikasvuinen mies, jolla oli kuusi sormea ja kuusi varvasta, yhteensä kaksikymmentä neljä; hänkin polveutui Raafasta.
There was another battle near Gath. A (huge man/giant) was there who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. He was descended from [the] Rapha [giants].
7 Ja kun hän häpäisi Israelia, surmasi hänet Joonatan, Daavidin veljen Simean poika.
When he made fun of the soldiers of Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s [older] brother Shimea, killed him.
8 Nämä polveutuivat gatilaisesta Raafasta; he kaatuivat Daavidin ja hänen palvelijainsa käden kautta.
Those were some of the descendants of [the] Rapha [giants] who had lived in Gath, who were killed [MTY] by David and his soldiers.
