1 Tawarikh 19
1 Sesudah itu matilah Nahas, raja bani Amon, lalu anaknya menjadi raja menggantikan dia.
Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.
2 Lalu berkatalah Daud: "Aku akan menunjukkan persahabatan kepada Hanun bin Nahas, sebab ayahnya telah menunjukkan persahabatan kepadaku." Sebab itu Daud mengirim utusan untuk menyampaikan pesan turut berdukacita kepadanya karena kematian ayahnya. Tetapi ketika pegawai-pegawai Daud sampai ke negeri bani Amon itu, kepada Hanun, untuk menyampaikan pesan turut berdukacita kepadanya,
[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 berkatalah pemuka-pemuka bani Amon itu kepada Hanun: "Apakah menurut anggapanmu Daud hendak menghormati ayahmu, karena ia telah mengutus kepadamu orang-orang yang menyampaikan pesan turut berdukacita? Bukankah dengan maksud untuk menyelidik, untuk mengintai dan menghancurkan negeri ini maka pegawai-pegawainya datang kepadamu?"
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 Lalu Hanun menyuruh menangkap pegawai-pegawai Daud itu, disuruhnya mencukur mereka dan memotong pakaian mereka pada bagian tengah sampai pangkal paha mereka, kemudian dilepasnya mereka.
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 Ketika mereka berjalan pulang, diberitahukan kepada Daud tentang orang-orang itu, lalu disuruhnya orang menemui mereka, sebab orang-orang itu sangat dipermalukan. Raja berkata: "Tinggallah di Yerikho sampai janggutmu itu tumbuh, kemudian datanglah kembali."
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 Setelah dilihat bani Amon, bahwa mereka telah membuat dirinya dibenci oleh Daud, maka Hanun dan bani Amon itu mengirim seribu talenta perak untuk menyewa kereta dan orang-orang berkuda dari Aram-Mesopotamia, dari Aram-Maakha dan dari Aram-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 Mereka menyewa tiga puluh dua ribu kereta, serta raja negeri Maakha dengan tentaranya, yang datang berkemah dekat Medeba. Juga bani Amon itu berkumpul dari kota-kota mereka dan datang untuk berperang.
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 Ketika Daud mendengar hal itu, disuruhnyalah Yoab maju dengan segenap tentara dan pahlawan.
When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
9 Lalu bani Amon maju, diaturnya barisan perangnya di depan pintu kota, sedang raja-raja yang ikut datang ada tersendiri di padang.
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 Ketika Yoab melihat, bahwa serangan itu mengancam dia dari depan dan dari belakang, maka dipilihnyalah sebagian dari orang pilihan Israel, lalu ia mengatur barisan mereka berhadapan dengan orang Aram itu.
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 Selebihnya dari rakyat itu ditempatkannya di bawah pimpinan Abisai, adiknya, dan mereka mengatur barisannya berhadapan dengan bani Amon itu.
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 Lalu berkatalah Yoab: "Jika orang Aram itu lebih kuat dari padaku, maka haruslah engkau menolong aku, tetapi jika bani Amon itu lebih kuat dari padamu, maka aku akan menolong engkau.
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 Kuatkanlah hatimu dan marilah kita menguatkan hati untuk bangsa kita dan untuk kota-kota Allah kita. TUHAN kiranya melakukan yang baik di mata-Nya."
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 Lalu Yoab dan tentara yang bersama-sama dengan dia maju menghadapi orang Aram itu untuk berperang dan orang-orang itu melarikan diri dari hadapannya.
So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
15 Ketika bani Amon melihat, bahwa orang Aram sudah melarikan diri, maka merekapun larilah dari hadapan Abisai, adik Yoab, dan masuk ke dalam kota. Sesudah itu Yoab pulang ke Yerusalem.
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 Ketika orang Aram melihat, bahwa mereka telah terpukul kalah oleh orang Israel, maka mereka mengirim utusan-utusan dan menyuruh orang Aram yang di seberang sungai Efrat maju berperang di bawah pimpinan Sofakh, panglima tentara Hadadezer.
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 Setelah hal itu diberitahukan kepada Daud, maka dikumpulkannya seluruh orang Israel, diseberanginya sungai Yordan, lalu sampai ke dekat mereka, dan diaturnya barisannya melawan mereka. Ketika Daud mengatur barisannya berhadapan dengan orang Aram itu untuk berperang, maka mereka bertempur melawan dia,
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 tetapi orang Aram itu lari dari hadapan orang Israel, dan Daud membunuh dari orang Aram itu tujuh ribu ekor kuda kereta dan empat puluh ribu orang pasukan berjalan kaki; juga Sofakh, panglima tentara itu, dibunuhnya.
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 Ketika dilihat orang-orang yang takluk kepada Hadadezer, bahwa mereka telah terpukul kalah oleh orang Israel, maka mereka mengadakan perdamaian dengan Daud dan takluk kepadanya; sesudah itu orang Aram tidak mau lagi memberi pertolongan kepada bani Amon.
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.
