2 Samuel 10
1 Så hendte det at Ammons barns konge døde, og Hanun, hans sønn, blev konge i hans sted.
Some time later, the king of the Ammon people-group died, and his son Hanun became their king.
2 Da sa David: Jeg vil vise Hanun, Nahas' sønn, vennskap, likesom hans far viste mig vennskap. Og David sendte nogen av sine tjenere for å trøste ham i hans sorg over sin far. Så kom da Davids tjenere til Ammons barns land.
David thought, “Nahash was kind to me, so I will be kind to his son.” So David sent some officials there, to tell Hanun that David was sorry that Hanun’s father [had died]. When those messengers arrived in the land where the Ammon people-group lived,
3 Da sa Ammons barns høvdinger til Hanun, sin herre: Tror du det er for å ære din far at David har sendt folk som skal trøste dig? Mon det ikke heller er for å utforske byen og utspeide den og så ødelegge den at David har sendt sine tjenere til dig?
the leaders of the Ammon people-group said to Hanun, “Do you think that it is to honor your father that King David has sent these men to say that he is sorry that your father died [RHQ]? [We think that] he has sent them here to look around the city to determine how his [army] can conquer us!”
4 Da tok Hanun Davids tjenere og raket av halvdelen av deres skjegg og skar av deres klær midt på like til setet og lot dem så fare.
Hanun [believed what they said; so he commanded some soldiers to] seize David’s officials and [insult them by] shaving off one side of each man’s beard, and [by] cutting off the lower part of their robes, [with the result that their buttocks could be seen], and then they sent them away.
5 Da dette blev meldt David, sendte han folk som skulde møte mennene, for de var grovelig vanæret; og kongen lot si: Bli i Jeriko til eders skjegg er vokset ut igjen, og kom så tilbake!
The men were very humiliated/ashamed, [so they did not want to return home]. When David found out about what had happened to his officials, he sent someone to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown again, and then return home.”
6 Da nu Ammons barn så at de hadde gjort sig forhatt hos David, sendte de bud og leide syrerne fra Bet-Rehob og syrerne fra Soba, tyve tusen mann fotfolk, og kongen i Ma'aka med tusen mann og tolv tusen mann fra Tob.
Then [the leaders of] the Ammon people-group realized that they had greatly insulted [IDM] David [IDM]. So they sent some men to hire/pay some soldiers [from other nearby areas to help defend them]. They hired 20,000 soldiers from [the] Beth-Rehob and Zobah [regions northeast of Israel], and 12,000 soldiers from [the] Tob [region], and 1,000 soldiers from [the army of] the king of Maacah [region].
7 Da David hørte dette, sendte han Joab avsted med hele hæren, de krigsvante menn.
When David heard about that, he sent Joab with all of the army [that Joab commanded], to fight against them.
8 Og Ammons barn rykket ut og stilte sig i fylking foran byporten; men syrerne fra Soba og Rehob og mennene fra Tob og Ma'aka stod for sig selv på marken.
The soldiers of the Ammon people-group marched out and (stood in their positions/arranged themselves for battle) at the entrance [to their capital city, Rabbah]. The other soldiers from Syria and Tob and Maacah stood by themselves (in their positions/arranged themselves for battle) in the nearby fields.
9 Da Joab så at han hadde fienden mot sig både foran og bak, valgte han ut en del av alt det utvalgte mannskap i Israel og stilte dem op mot syrerne.
Joab saw that there were groups of enemy soldiers in front of his troops and behind his troops. So he chose some of the best Israeli soldiers, and put them in positions to fight against the soldiers of Syria.
10 Men resten av folket overgav han til sin bror Abisai og stilte dem op mot Ammons barn.
He appointed his [older] brother Abishai to be the commander of all the other soldiers, and he told them to (stand in their positions/arrange themselves) in front of [the army of] the Ammon people-group.
11 Og han sa: Dersom syrerne blir mig for sterke, skal du komme mig til hjelp, og dersom Ammons barn blir dig for sterke, skal jeg komme og hjelpe dig.
Then Joab said, “If the soldiers from Syria are too strong for us to defeat them, your men must come and help us. But if the soldiers from the Ammon people-group are too strong for you to defeat, we will come and help your men.
12 Vær modig, og la oss vise oss modige i striden for vårt folk og for vår Guds byer, så får Herren gjøre hvad som er godt i hans øine!
We must be strong, and fight hard [IDM] to [defend] our people and the cities [(that belong to/where we worship)] our God. I will pray/request that Yahweh do what he considers to be good.”
13 Så rykket Joab frem med sine folk til strid mot syrerne, og de flyktet for ham.
So Joab and his army [advanced to] attack the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
14 Og da Ammons barn så at syrerne flyktet, så flyktet også de for Abisai og drog sig inn i byen. Da vendte Joab tilbake fra striden mot Ammons barn og kom til 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’s [army] stopped fighting against [the army of] the Ammon people-group, and Joab [and his army] returned to Jerusalem.
15 Da syrerne så at de var blitt slått av Israel, samlet de sig igjen.
After [the leaders of] the army of Syria saw that the Israeli army had defeated them, they gathered all their troops together.
16 Og Hadadeser sendte bud at de syrere som bodde på hin side av elven, skulde rykke ut; de kom til Helam, og Sobak, høvdingen over Hadadesers hær, førte dem.
[Their king, ] Hadadezer, summoned the soldiers of Syria who lived on the east side of the [Euphrates] River. They gathered at Helam [city]. Their commander was Shobach.
17 Da dette blev meldt David, samlet han hele Israel og gikk over Jordan og kom til Helam; og syrerne stilte sig op mot David og stred mot ham.
When David heard about that, he gathered all the Israeli soldiers, and they crossed the Jordan [River] and marched to Helam. There, the army of Syria (took their positions/arranged themselves for battle), and the battle started.
18 Men syrerne flyktet for Israel, og David drepte blandt syrerne mannskapet på syv hundre vogner og firti tusen hestfolk, og Sobak, deres hærfører, såret han, så han døde der.
But the soldiers of Syria ran away from the Israeli soldiers. David [and his army] killed 700 of their chariot-drivers and 40,000 other soldiers. They also wounded Shobach, their commander, and he died there.
19 Og da alle kongene som stod under Hadadeser, så at de var blitt slått av Israel, gjorde de fred med Israel og blev deres tjenere; og syrerne vågde ikke å hjelpe Ammons barn mere.
When all the kings who had been ruled by Hadadezer realized that they had been defeated by the Israeli [army], they made peace with the Israelis and agreed to accept David as their king. So [the army of] Syria was afraid to help [the army of] the Ammon people-group any more.
