1 Tantara 19
1 Ary rehefa afaka izany, dia maty Nahasy, mpanjakan’ ny taranak’ i Amona, ary ny zanany no nanjaka nandimby azy.
And it came to pass after this, [that] Naas the king of the children of Ammon died, and Anan his son reigned in his stead.
2 Ary hoy Davida: Hanisy soa an’ i Hanona, zanak’ i Nahasy, aho, fa soa no nataon’ ny rainy tamiko. Ary Davida naniraka olona hitsapa alahelo azy noho ny amin-drainy. Ary tonga tany amin’ i Hanona tany amin’ ny tanin’ ny Amonita ny mpanompon’ i Davida hitsapa alahelo azy.
And David said, I will act kindly toward Anan the son of Naas, as his father acted kindly towards me. And David sent messengers to condole with him on the death of his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Anan, to comfort him.
3 Ary hoy ireo mpanapaka ny taranak’ i Amona tamin’ i Hanona: Moa ataonao ho fanajana ny rainao no anirahan’ i Davida hitsapa alahelo anao? Fa tsy hizaha sy handrava ary hisafo ny tany va no nalehan’ ireo mpanompony ireo atỳ aminao?
And the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Anan, Is it to honor your father before you, that David has sent comforters to you? Have not his servants come to you that they might search the city, and to spy out the land?
4 Dia nosamborin’ i Hanona ny mpanompon’ i Davida ka noharatany, sady nofolonany hatreo amin’ ny foto-peny ny akanjony, ka dia nalefany hody izy.
And Anan took the servants of David, and shaved them, and cut off the half of their garments as far as their tunic, and sent them away.
5 Ary dia nisy lasa nanambara tamin’ i Davida izay natao tamin’ ireo lehilahy ireo; ary izy naniraka hitsena azy, fa afa-baraka loatra izy, ka dia hoy ny mpanjaka: Mitoera any Jeriko aloha ambara-panirin’ ny somotrareo, vao mody ianareo.
And there came men to report to David concerning the men: and he sent to meet them, for they were greatly disgraced: and the king said, Dwell in Jericho until your beards have grown, and return.
6 Ary nony hitan’ ny taranak’ i Amona fa efa nanao izay nampangidy hoditra azy tamin’ i Davida izy, dia naniraka nampanatitra talenta volafotsy arivo hakaramany kalesy sy mpitaingin-tsoavaly any Mesopotamia sy Syriamaka ary Zoba Hanona sy ny taranak’ i Amona.
And the children of Ammon saw that the people of David were ashamed, and Anan and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen out of Syria of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria Maacha, and from Sobal.
7 Dia nanakarama kalesy roa arivo amby telo alina mbamin’ ny mpanjakan’ i Maka sy ny olony izy; ary tonga ireo ka nitoby tandrifin’ i Medeba. Ary nivory ny taranak’ Amona niala tany amin’ ny tanànany avy ka tamy hiady.
And they hired for themselves two and thirty thousand chariots, and the king of Maacha and his people; and they came and encamped before Medaba: and the children of Ammon assembled out of their cities, and came to fight.
8 Ary nony ren’ i Davida izany, dia naniraka an’ i Joaba sy ny miaramila rehetra izy, dia ny lehilahy mahery.
And David heard, and sent Joab and all the host of mighty men.
9 Ary ny taranak’ i Amona nivoaka ka nilahatra hiady teo anoloan’ ny vavahadin’ ny tanàna; fa ireo mpanjaka tonga ireo kosa dia nitokana teny an-tsaha.
And the children of Ammon came forth, and set themselves in array for battle by the gate of the city: and the kings that were come forth encamped by themselves in the plain.
10 Ary rehefa hitan’ i Joaba fa sady teo anoloany no teo ivohony ny fahavalo, dia nifidy olona tamin’ ireo voafantina tamin’ ny Isiraely rehetra izy, ka nalahany hiady tamin’ ny Syriana.
And Joab saw that they were fronting [him] to fight against him before and behind, and he chose [some] out of all the young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against the Syrian.
11 Ary ny olona sisa kosa nomeny ho entin’ i Abisay rahalahiny, ka dia nilahatra hiady amin’ ny taranak’ i Amona ireo.
And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of his brother Abesai, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
12 Ary hoy Joaba: Raha tsy tohako ny Syriana, dia vonjeo aho; fa raha tsy tohanao kosa ny taranak’ i Amona, dia hovonjeko ianao;
And he said, If the Syrian should prevail against me, then shall you deliver me: and if the children of Ammon should prevail against you, then will I deliver you.
13 mahereza, ary aoka hitombandahy isika ho an’ ny firenentsika sy ireo tanànan’ Andriamanitsika; ary aoka Jehovah hanao izay sitrapony.
Be of good courage, and let us be strong, for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord shall do what [is] good in his eyes.
14 Ary nandroso hiady tamin’ ny Syriana Joaba sy ny olona nanaraka azy; ka dia nandositra niala teo anoloany ireo.
So Joab and the people that were with him set themselves in battle array against the Syrians, and they fled from them.
15 Ary nony hitan’ ny taranak’ i Amona fa nandositra ny Syriana, dia mba nandositra niala teo anoloan’ i Abisay, rahalahin’ i Joaba, koa izy ka niditra tao an-tanàna. Ary dia tonga tany Jerosalema Joaba.
And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, and they also fled from before Abesai, and from before Joab his brother, and they came to the city: and Joab came to Jerusalem.
16 Ary nony hitan’ ny Syriana fa resy teo anoloan’ ny Isiraely izy, dia naniraka olona izy haka ny Syriana izay tany an-dafin’ ny Ony; ary Sobaka, komandin’ ny miaramilan’ i Hadarezera, no nitarika azy.
And the Syrian saw that Israel had defeated him, and he sent messengers, and they brought out the Syrians from beyond the river; and Sophath the commander-in-chief of the forces of Adraazar [was] before them.
17 Ary nony nambara tamin i Davida izany, dia namory ny Isiraely rehetra izy ka lasa nita an’ i Jordana, dia tonga teo aminy ka nilahatra hiady aminy. Ary nony nilahatra hiady amin’ ny Syriana Davida, dia niady taminy ireo.
And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and crossed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So David set [his army] in array to fight against the Syrians, and they fought against him.
18 Fa vaky nandositra teo anoloan’ ny Isiraely ny Syriana, ka nahafaty ny teo amin’ ny kalesy fito arivo sy miaramila an-tongotra efatra alina tamin’ ny Syriana Davida; ary matiny koa Sobaka, komandin’ ny miaramila.
And the Syrians fled from before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians seven thousand [riders in] chariots, and forty thousand infantry, and he killed Sophath the commander-in-chief of the forces.
19 Ary nony hitan’ ireo nanoa an’ i Hadarezera fa resy teo anoloan’ ny Isiraely izy, dia nanao fihavanana tamin’ i Davida izy ka nanompo azy; ary tsy nety nanampy ny taranak’ i Amona intsony ny Syriana.
And the servants of Adraazar saw that they were defeated before Israel, and they made peace with David and served him: and the Syrians would not any more help the children of Ammon.
