1 Istwa 19
1 Apre sa, Nakach, wa lavil Amon, mouri. Se pitit gason li ki moute wa nan plas li.
Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.
2 David di: -Se pou m' aji byen ak Anoun, pitit Nakach la, paske papa l' te boule byen avè m'. Se konsa, David voye mesaje al di Anoun jan sa te fè l' lapenn lè l' pran nouvèl lanmò papa l'. Mesaje David yo rive lakay Anoun nan peyi moun Amon yo pou konsole l'.
[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,
3 Men, chèf moun Amon yo di Anoun konsa: -Pa konprann se sèlman pou lanmò papa ou la kifè David voye mesaje sa yo bò kote ou pou konsole ou. Wete sa nan tèt ou. Li voye yo isit la pou yo wè jan lavil la ye, pou yo gade byen sa k'ap pase nan lavil la. Konsa, pita li ka vin pran lavil la nan men nou.
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.”
4 Sa Anoun fè lè sa a, li pran moun David te voye yo, li raze tout yon bò nan bab yo, li koupe anba rad yo ra dèyè yo, li voye yo tounen.
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].
5 Mesye yo te wont anpil pou yo te tounen lakay yo konsa. Lè David vin konn sa ki te rive yo, li voye di yo rete lavil Jeriko, y'a tounen lakay yo lè bab yo va pouse ankò.
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.”
6 Wa Anoun ak moun Amon yo vin konprann yo te fè David fache. Yo pran mil pyès ajan, yo voye chache sòlda, cha lagè, ak kavalye kay moun Aram yo lavil Narayim, lavil Maka ak lavil Zoba pou vin goumen pou yo.
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].
7 Se konsa yo lwe sèvis tranndemil (32.000) cha lagè ki vin kanpe devan lavil Medeba ansanm ak wa lavil Maka a ak tout lame li a. Moun peyi Amon yo kite lavil yo, yo reyini ansanm pou pare pou batay la.
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].
8 David vin konnen sa. Li voye Joab ak tout lame vanyan sòlda li yo al kontre yo.
When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
9 Moun Amon yo soti, y' al pran pozisyon devan pòtay lavil la. Wa ki te vin ede yo bò pa yo pran pozisyon nan plenn lan.
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.
10 Joab te wè lame lènmi yo te ka atake l' ni sou devan, ni sou dèyè. Sa l' fè, li chwazi pi bon sòlda nan lame pèp Izrayèl la, li mete yo an pozisyon devan lame moun Aram yo.
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.
11 Lèfini, li mete Abichayi, frè l' la, alatèt rès lame a. Li fè yo pran pozisyon devan moun Amon yo.
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.
12 Joab di Abichayi konsa: -Si nou wè moun Aram yo soti pou yo bat mwen, w'a vin ede m'. Konsa tou, si mwen wè moun Amon yo vle pi fò pase ou, m'a vin ede ou.
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.
13 Mete gason sou nou. Kouraj! Nou pral goumen rèd mare pou pèp nou an ak pou lavil Bondye nou an. Bondye va fè sa li vle li menm.
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.”
14 Joab ak sòlda ki te avè l' yo mache sou moun Aram yo. Moun Aram yo kouri pou li.
So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
15 Lè moun peyi Amon yo wè moun Aram yo kouri ale, yo kouri tou pou Abichayi, frè Joab la, yo antre nan lavil la. Lè sa a, Joab tounen tounen l' lavil Jerizalèm.
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.
16 Lè moun Aram yo wè moun Izrayèl yo te bat yo, yo voye yon mesaj bay moun Aram ki te lòt bò larivyè Lefrat la, pou yo pare vin goumen pou yo. Yo reyini lavil Elam. Se Chofak, chèf lame Adadezè a, ki te alatèt yo.
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.
17 Lè David vin konn sa, li sanble tout lame pèp Izrayèl la, li janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden, li mache sou yo, li pran pozisyon devan yo. David ranje sòlda li yo pou li goumen ak moun Aram yo. Epi batay la konmanse.
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.
18 Moun Izrayèl yo fè moun Aram yo kouri met deyò. David ak sòlda li yo touye sòlda ki te sou sètmil (7.000) cha lagè ak karantmil (40.000) sòlda ki te apye. Yo touye Chofak, chèf lame lènmi an.
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.
19 Lè moun ki te avek Adadezè yo wè jan moun Izrayèl yo te bat yo, yo fè lapè ak David. Yo soumèt devan li. Se konsa, moun Aram yo pa t' vle vin pote moun Amon yo sekou ankò.
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.
