2 Samuel 10
1 Beberapa waktu kemudian Nahas raja Amon meninggal, dan Hanun putranya menjadi raja.
Now after this, death came to the king of the children of Ammon, and Hanun, his son, became king in his place.
2 Lalu berkatalah Raja Daud, "Nahas adalah sahabatku yang setia. Jadi aku harus bersahabat juga dengan Hanun anaknya." Karena itu Daud mengirim utusan ke negeri Amon untuk menghibur Hanun atas kematian ayahnya.
And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father was a friend to me. So David sent his servants, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
3 Ketika mereka sampai di Amon, para pemimpin negeri itu berkata kepada Raja Hanun, "Janganlah Baginda berpikir Daud mengirim utusannya itu karena ia mau menghormati ayah Baginda! Ia mengirim orang-orang itu ke mari sebagai mata-mata untuk menyelidiki kota ini, supaya dapat merebutnya."
But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it?
4 Lalu Hanun menangkap para utusan Daud itu, mencukur jenggot mereka sebelah, memotong pakaian mereka sependek pinggul, dan menyuruh mereka pergi.
So Hanun took David's servants, and after cutting off half the hair on their chins, and cutting off the skirts of their robes up to the middle, he sent them away.
5 Tetapi mereka malu untuk pulang ke negeri mereka. Ketika hal itu diberitahukan kepada Daud, ia mengirim pesan supaya utusan-utusan itu tinggal di Yerikho sampai jenggot mereka tumbuh lagi.
When David had news of it, he sent men out with the purpose of meeting them on their way, for the men were greatly shamed: and the king said, Go to Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.
6 Kemudian orang Amon menyadari bahwa perbuatan mereka menyebabkan Daud memusuhi mereka. Sebab itu mereka menyewa 20.000 orang prajurit Siria yang tinggal di Bet-Rehob dan Zoba, juga 12.000 orang prajurit dari Tob, serta raja negeri Maakha dengan 1.000 orang anak buahnya.
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves hated by David, they sent to the Aramaeans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, and got for payment twenty thousand footmen, and they got from the king of Maacah a thousand men, and from Tob twelve thousand.
7 Ketika Daud mendengar hal itu, ia menyuruh Yoab dengan seluruh angkatan perangnya maju melawan musuh.
And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.
8 Orang Amon ke luar dan mengatur barisannya di depan pintu gerbang Raba ibukota mereka, sedangkan orang Siria, orang Tob dan Maakha mengatur barisan mereka di padang.
And the children of Ammon came out and put their forces in position at the way into the town: and the Aramaeans of Zobah and of Rehob, with the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
9 Yoab melihat bahwa ia terjepit oleh pasukan musuh di depan dan di belakang. Karena itu ia memilih tentara Israel yang terbaik dan menempatkan mereka berhadap-hadapan dengan tentara Siria.
Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took the best of the men of Israel and put them in line against the Aramaeans;
10 Selebihnya dari tentara Israel diserahkannya kepada Abisai adiknya, yang mengatur barisan mereka berhadap-hadapan dengan tentara Amon.
And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon, with Abishai, his brother, at their head.
11 Yoab berkata kepada adiknya itu, "Jika aku tidak sanggup lagi bertahan terhadap tentara Siria, cepatlah tolong aku; sebaliknya, jika engkau tidak sanggup lagi bertahan terhadap tentara Amon, aku akan datang menolongmu.
And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then you are to come to my help; but if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help.
12 Tabahlah! Mari kita berjuang dengan berani untuk bangsa kita dan untuk kota-kota Allah kita. Semoga TUHAN melakukan apa yang dikehendaki-Nya."
Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.
13 Yoab dan pasukannya maju menyerang, sehingga tentara Siria lari.
Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.
14 Ketika orang Amon melihat tentara Siria melarikan diri, mereka juga lari dari Abisai dan mundur ke dalam kota. Setelah memerangi orang Amon, Yoab pulang ke Yerusalem.
And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, and came into the town. So Joab went back from fighting the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.
15 Orang Siria sadar bahwa mereka telah dikalahkan oleh orang Israel, sebab itu mereka memanggil segenap pasukannya supaya berkumpul lagi.
And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they got themselves together.
16 Lalu Raja Hadadezer menyuruh memanggil orang Siria yang ada di sebelah timur Sungai Efrat, maka datanglah mereka ke Helam di bawah pimpinan Sobakh, panglima tentara Raja Hadadezer dari Zoba.
And Hadadezer sent for the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.
17 Mendengar hal itu, Daud segera mengumpulkan seluruh pasukan Israel, lalu menyeberangi Sungai Yordan, kemudian maju ke Helam. Di situ orang Siria mengatur barisan mereka lalu maju menyerang pasukan Daud.
And word of this was given to David: and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam. And the Aramaeans put their forces in position against David, and made an attack on him.
18 Tetapi orang Israel memukul mundur tentara Siria. Daud dan pasukannya menewaskan 700 orang pengemudi kereta perang, dan 40.000 orang tentara berkuda; selain itu Sobakh panglima tentara musuh luka parah sehingga gugur di medan pertempuran.
And the Aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven hundred Aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen, and Shobach, the captain of the army, was wounded, and came to his death there.
19 Ketika raja-raja yang dikuasai Hadadezer melihat bahwa mereka dikalahkan oleh tentara Israel, mereka minta berdamai lalu takluk kepada orang Israel. Sejak itu orang Siria tidak berani lagi membantu orang Amon.
And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their servants. So the Aramaeans, in fear, gave no more help to the children of Ammon.
