1 Chronik 12
1 Dies sind die, die zu David nach Siklag kamen, als er von dem Kissohne Saul verjagt war. Auch sie gehörten zu den Helden, als Helfer im Kampfe,
David went to Ziklag [town] to escape from [King] Saul. While he was there, many warriors came and joined him, and they helped him when he fought battles.
2 bogenbewaffnet, geschickt, mit der Rechten und Linken Steine und Pfeile mit dem Bogen zu schleudern. Von den Benjaminiten, Sauls Brüdern,
They carried bows [and arrows]. They were able to shoot arrows and to sling stones. They could use either their right arms or their left arms to do that. They were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin.
3 der Hauptmann Achiezer und Joas, des Gibeatiters Semaa Söhne, ferner Jeziel und Pelet, Azmavets Söhne, Beraka und der Anatotiter Jehu,
Their leader was Ahiezer. Next in command was Joash. They were both sons of Shemaah from Gibeah [city]. [These are the names of some of those warriors: ] Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu from Anathoth [town];
4 der Gibeoniter Ismaja, ein Held unter den Dreißig und der Dreißig Anführer,
Ishmaiah from the Gibeon [city], who was a leader of the thirty mighty warriors; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad from Gederah [town];
5 Jeremia, Jachaziel, Jochanan, der Gederatiter Jozabad,
Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah from Haruph [town];
6 Eluzai, Jerimot, Bealja, Semarja, der Chariphiter, Sephatja,
Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam, who were descendants of Korah;
7 Elkana, Issia, Azarel, Joezer und Josbam, die Korachiter,
Joelah and Zebadiah, who were sons of Jeroham, from Gedor [town].
8 und Joela und Zebadja, Jerochams Söhne aus Gedor.
Some men from the tribe of Gad [east of the Jordan River] joined David when he was at his fortress in [the caves in] the desert. They were brave warriors who were trained for fighting battles and able to use shields and spears well. They [SYN] were as fierce as [SIM, MTY] lions, and they could run as fast as [HYP, SIM] deer/gazelles on the hills/mountains.
9 Auch von den Gaditen gingen tapfere Männer zu David auf die Feste in der Wüste, kampfgerüstete Krieger, die Schild und Lanze führten, wie Löwen anzusehen und schnellfüßig wie Gazellen auf den Bergen:
Ezer was their leader. Next in command was Obadiah. Next was Eliab.
10 Ezer, der Hauptmann Obadia, der zweite, Eliab, der dritte,
Next was Mishmannah. Next was Jeremiah.
11 Mismatina, der vierte, Jerema, der fünfte,
Next was Attai. Next was Eliel.
12 Attai, der sechste, Eliel, der siebte,
Next was Johanan. Next was Elzabad.
13 Isanan, der achte, Elzabad, der neunte,
Next was [another man whose name was] Jeremiah. The last was Macbannai.
14 Jeremia, der zehnte, Makbannai, der elfte.
Those men from the tribe of Gad were all army officers. Some of them commanded 1,000 soldiers, and some of them commanded 100 soldiers.
15 Diese sind aus Gads Söhnen die Heerführer. Der geringste nahm es mit hundert und der größte mit tausend auf.
They crossed [to the west side of] the Jordan [River] during March, [at the time of the year] when the river was flooded. They chased from there all the people who lived in the valleys on both sides of the river.
16 Diese waren es, die den Jordan im ersten Monat überschritten, als er durch alle seine Nebenzuflüsse voll war. Und sie durchzogen alle Täler in Ost und West.
Some other men from the tribe of Benjamin and from Judah also came to David in his fortress.
17 Etliche kamen selbst von Benjamin und Juda zur Feste Davids.
David went out [of the cave] to meet them and said to them, “If you have come peacefully to help me, I am eager to have you join with me. But if you have come to enable my enemies to capture me, even though I [SYN] have not done anything to harm you, I hope/wish that the God whom our ancestors (worshiped/belonged to) will see it and condemn/punish you.”
18 Da ging David zu ihnen hinaus und sprach sie an: "Kommt ihr zu mir in Frieden, mir beizustehen, dann vereinige ich mich von Herzen mit euch. Kommt ihr aber, mich an meine Feinde zu verraten, obschon kein Unrecht an meinen Händen klebt, so sehe unserer Väter Gott darein und räche es!"
Then [God’s] Spirit came upon Amasai, who was another leader of the thirty [greatest warriors], and he said, “David, we want to be with you; you who are the son of Jesse, we will join you. We know that things will go very well [DOU] for you and for those who are with you, because your God is helping you.”
19 Da hatte ein Geist den Obersten der Drei eingehüllt, Amasai. Er sprach: "Dir, David, und deinem Volke, Isaisohn, sei Heil! Dir sei Heil und deinen Helfern! Denn dein Gott hilft dir." Da nahm sie David auf und machte sie zu Hauptleuten der Kriegerschar.
So David welcomed those men, and he appointed them to be leaders of his soldiers. Some men from the tribe of Manasseh also joined David when he went with the soldiers of Philistia to fight against Saul’s [army]. But David and his men did not really help the army of Philistia. After the leaders of Philistia talked [about David and his soldiers], they sent David away. They said, “If David joins his master Saul again, we will all be killed {his army will kill all of us}!”
20 Auch von Manasse gingen etliche zu David über, als er mit den Philistern gegen Saul in den Kampf zog. Aber diesen half er nicht. Denn die Philisterfürsten hatten ihn absichtlich fortgeschickt; sie sagten: "Er kann mit unseren Köpfen zu seinem Herrn Saul übergehen."
When David went to Ziklag, these were the men from the tribe of Manasseh who went with him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, [another man whose name was] Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each of them had been a commander of 1,000 men [in Saul’s army].
21 Als er nach Siklag zog, gingen von Manasse zu ihm über: Adnach, Jozabad, Jediael, Mikael, Jozabad, Elihu und Silletai, die Häupter der Tausend Manasses.
They were all brave soldiers, and they helped David to fight against the groups of men who roamed throughout the country, robbing people. So those men became commanders in David’s army.
22 Diese halfen David bei der Kampfstellung. Denn sie waren alle tapfere Männer. Sie wurden auch Anführer im Heere.
Every day more men joined David’s men, and his army became large, like [SIM] the army of God (OR, a very huge army).
23 Denn Tag für Tag kamen Leute zu David, ihm zu helfen, bis das Heer groß geworden war wie ein Gottesheer.
These are the numbers of soldiers who were ready for battle who joined David at Hebron [city]. They came to help him to become the king of Israel to replace Saul, as Yahweh had promised would happen.
24 Dies ist die Zahl des Heerbannes, der zu David nach Hebron kam, um ihm Sauls Königtum nach des Herrn Befehl zu übertragen:
There were 6,800 men from Judah, who carried shields and spears.
25 Judas Söhne, die Schild und Lanze trugen, 6.800 zum Kriegszug Gerüstete,
There were 7,100 men from the tribe of Simeon. They were all strong warriors trained to fight battles.
26 von den Simeonsöhnen 7.100 tapfere Kriegsleute,
There were 4,600 men from the tribe of Levi.
27 Von den Levisöhnen 4.600
Jehoiada, who was a leader descended from Aaron, was in that group of descendants of Levi, and there were 3,700 men with him.
28 samt dem Aaronsfürsten Jojada, bei dem 3.700 waren,
Zadok, a strong young soldier, was also in that group, and there were 22 other leaders from his clan who came with him.
29 und samt Sadok, einem tapferen Jüngling, dessen Familie zweiundzwanzig Anführer stellte.
There were 3,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin who were Saul’s relatives. Most of them had previously wanted one of Saul’s descendants to be the king.
30 Von den Söhnen Benjamins, Sauls Brüdern, 3.000. Bis dahin hatte die Mehrzahl von ihnen den Wachdienst für Sauls Haus gestellt.
There were 20,800 men from the tribe of Ephraim who were all brave warriors and trained for fighting battles and famous in their own clans.
31 Von den Söhnen Ephraims 20.800 tapfere, in ihren Familien hochangesehene Männer.
There were 18,000 men from the half of the tribe of Manasseh [that lived west of the Jordan River]. They were all chosen to go and help David become the king.
32 Vom Halbstamme Manasse 18.000, die namentlich bezeichnet waren, hinzugeben und David zum König zu machen.
There were 200 men who were leaders from the tribe of Issachar, along with their relatives. Those leaders always knew what the Israelis should do, and they knew the right time to do it.
33 Von den Söhnen Issakars, die Einsicht in die Zeitläufte hatten, so daß sie wußten, was Israel tun sollte, 200 Hauptleute, samt allen ihren Brüdern unter ihrem Befehl.
There were 55,000 men from the tribe of Zebulun. They were all experienced warriors and knew how to use all kinds of weapons well. They were completely loyal to David.
34 Von Zabulon 50.000 Kriegstüchtige, mit allerlei kriegerischen Waffen ausgestattet; bereit, sich einzuordnen.
There were 1,000 officers from the tribe of Naphtali. With them were 37,000 soldiers, each carrying shields and spears.
35 Von Naphtali 1.000 Anführer; sie hatten 37.000 Mann mit Schild und Speer bei sich.
There were 28,600 soldiers from the tribe of Dan, all trained to fight battles.
36 Von den Daniten 28.600 Kampfgerüstete.
There were 47,000 experienced soldiers from the tribe of Asher, all trained to fight battles.
37 Von Asser 40.000 Kriegstüchtige, bereit, Krieg zu führen,
There were also 120,000 soldiers from the area east of the Jordan [River who joined David]. They were from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They had all kinds of weapons.
38 und von jenseits des Jordans, von den Rubeniten, den Gaditen und dem Halbstamme Manasse 120.000 mit allerlei Kriegswaffen.
All those men were soldiers who volunteered to be in David’s army. They came to Hebron wanting very much to enable David to be the king of all of the Israeli people.
39 Alle diese Kriegsleute, in Reihen geordnet, kamen einmütig nach Hebron, David zum König über ganz Israel zu machen. Auch das ganze übrige Israel war ungeteilten Herzens dabei, David zum König zu machen.
The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, because their families had given them food to take with them.
40 Sie blieben dort bei David drei Tage, aßen und tranken. Denn ihre Brüder hatten für sie zugerichtet. Auch die ihnen nahe wohnten, bis nach Issakar, Zabulon und Naphtali hin, brachten Brot auf Eseln, Kamelen Maultieren und Rindern, Mehlspeisen, Feigen und Rosinenkuchen, Wein, Öl, Rinder und Schafe in Menge; denn Jubel herrschte in Israel.
Also, their fellow Israelis came from as far away as the area where the tribes of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali lived, bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. They brought a lot of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, [olive] oil, cattle and sheep. And throughout Israel, the people were very joyful.
