1 Ihe E Mere 19
1 Mgbe ihe ndị a gasịrị, Nahash eze ndị Amọn nwụrụ, nwa ya ghọrọ eze nʼọnọdụ ya.
Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.
2 Mgbe ahụ, Devid chere sị, “Aga m egosi Hanọn nwa Nahash obi ebere nʼihi na nna ya gosiri m obi ebere.” Ya mere, Devid zipụrụ ndị ozi ka ha gaa kasịe ya obi nʼihi ọnwụ nna ya. Mgbe ndị ozi Devid bịakwutere Hanọn nʼala ndị Amọn ịkasị ya obi,
[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 ndịisi ala Amọn sịrị Hanọn, bụ onyenwe ha, “Ị na-eche na Devid na-akwanyere nna gị ụgwụ site na izite ndị ozi ya ka ha bịa kasịe gị obi? Ọ bụ na ndị ozi ya abịakwuteghị gị, naanị ka ha mee nledo, nyochapụta otu obodo a dị ma kwatuo ya?”
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 Nʼihi nke a, Hanọn jidere ndị ozi Devid nʼike, kpụchapụ ha ajị, bipụkwa uwe mwụda ha nʼetiti ike ha, zilaga ha.
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 Mgbe otu onye bịara zie Devid ihe banyere ndị ikom ahụ, o zipụrụ ndị ozi, ka ha gaa zute ha, nʼihi na e mere ha ihe ihere nʼebe ọ dị ukwuu. Eze sịrị, “Nọdụnụ na Jeriko tutu ruo mgbe afụọnụ unu tolitere, mgbe ahụ unu ga-alọta.”
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 Ma mgbe ndị Amọn chọpụtara na ha abụrụla ihe ịsọ oyi nʼebe Devid nọ, Hanọn na ndị Amọn zipụrụ otu puku talenti ọlaọcha iji gbazite ụgbọ agha na ndị na-agba ụgbọ agha site na Aram Naharaim, na Aram Maaka, nakwa Zoba.
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 Ha goro ụgbọ agha ọnụọgụgụ ya dị iri puku atọ, na puku abụọ. Ha gokwara eze Maaka na ndị agha ya, ndị bịara maa ụlọ ikwu agha ha na nso Medeba, ebe ndị Amọn sikwa nʼobodo ha niile chịkọta onwe ha pụta ịlụ agha.
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 Mgbe Devid nụrụ nke a, o zipụrụ Joab na ndị agha ya niile bụ dike na dimkpa nʼagha.
When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
9 Ndị Amọn pụtara doo onwe ha nʼusoro ibu agha, nʼọnụ ụzọ ama obodo ha. Ma ndị eze ahụ bịara agha, nọpụrụ onwe ha na mbara ala.
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 Mgbe Joab hụrụ na agha dị megide ya nʼihu na azụ, ọ họpụtara ụfọdụ ndị ọkachamara site nʼetiti ndị agha Izrel, doo ha nʼusoro izute ndị Aram.
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 O tinyere ndị ikom fọdụrụ nʼokpuru ọchịchị Abishai, nwanne ya, e zipụrụ ha izute ndị Amọn nʼagha.
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 Mgbe Abishai na-apụ, Joab gwara ya okwu sị ya, “Ọ bụrụ na ndị Aram esie ike karịa m, mgbe ahụ, ị ga-abịa napụta m. Ọ bụrụkwanụ na ndị Amọn adịrị ike karịa gị, aga m abịa napụta gị.
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 Nwee obi ike, ka anyị lụọ ọgụ a dịka ndị dị ike, nʼihi ndị anyị na obodo niile nke Chineke anyị. Ka Onyenwe anyị meekwa ihe dị mma nʼanya ya.”
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 Mgbe ahụ, Joab na ndị agha so ya bịara nso ibuso ndị Aram agha, ha sitere nʼihu ha gbapụ ọsọ.
So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
15 Mgbe ndị Amọn hụrụ ka ndị Aram na-agbapụ ọsọ, ha onwe ha gbakwaara ọsọ nʼihu Abishai, gbaba nʼime obodo. Ya mere, Joab laghachiri na Jerusalem.
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 Ma mgbe ndị Aram hụrụ na ndị Izrel tigburu ha, ha zipụrụ ndị ozi gara kpọta ndị Aram site nʼofe ọzọ nke Osimiri Yufretis. Ọ bụ Shofaka ọchịagha ndị agha Hadadeza na-edu ha.
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 Mgbe a gwara Devid banyere nke a, ọ chịkọtara ndị Izrel niile, pụọ gafee Jọdan. O gara nso imegide ha, o doro usoro agha ya na ncherita ihu ha. Devid doro usoro ndị agha ya izute ndị Aram nʼagha, ha lụsokwara ya agha.
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 Ma ha sitere nʼihu ndị Izrel gbaa ọsọ. Devid gburu puku asaa nʼime ndị ikom na-anya ụgbọ agha, gbukwaa iri puku ndị agha anọ ndị na-eji ụkwụ eje. O gbukwara Shofaka, bụ ọchịagha agha ha.
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 Mgbe ndị eze niile nọ nʼokpuru ọchịchị Hadadeza hụrụ na Izrel etigbuola ha, ha mere ka ha na Devid dịrị nʼudo, bụrụkwa ndị nọ nʼokpuru ya. Ya mere, ndị Aram adịghịkwa njikere inyere ụmụ Amọn aka ọzọ.
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.
