2 Samuel 10
1 Det hende seg deretter at ammonitarkongen døydde. Og Hanun, son hans, vart konge etter honom.
It came about later that the king of the people of Ammon died, and that Hanun his son became king in his place.
2 Då sagde David: «Eg vil syna Hanun Nahasson venskap, liksom far hans synte meg venskap.» David sende nokre av tenarane sine til å trøysta honom i sorgi yver faren. Tenarane åt David kom til Ammonitarlandet.
David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent his servants to comfort Hanun concerning his father. His servants entered the land of the people of Ammon.
3 Då sagde ammonitarfyrstarne til Hanun, herren sin: «Trur du det er til heider for far din at David hev sendt trøystarar til deg? Å nei, David hev sendt tenarane til deg berre for di han vil granska byen og njosna, og sidan gjera enden på honom.»
But the leaders of the people of Ammon said to Hanun their master, “Do you really think that David is honoring your father because he has sent men to comfort you? Has not David sent his servants to you to look at the city, to spy it out, in order to overthrow it?”
4 So tok Hanun tenarane hans David og let raka av deim halve skjegget og skjera klædi deira midt yver like upp til seten, og sende deim heim soleis.
So Hanun took David's servants, shaved off half their beards, cut off their garments up to their buttocks, and sent them away.
5 Då David frette det, sende han folk til møtes med deim, og kongen let segja med deim: «Stana i Jeriko til dess skjegget hev vakse ut på dykk, so kann de koma heim att!» For mennerne hadde vorte øgjeleg svivyrde.
When they explained this to David, he sent to meet with them, for the men were deeply ashamed. The king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
6 Då no ammonitarne skyna dei hadde gjort David hatig på seg, sende dei bod og leigde tjuge tusund mann fotfolk, syrarar frå Bet-Rehob og syrarar frå Soba, eit tusund mann hjå kong Ma’aka, og tolv tusund av mannskapet åt Tob.
When the people of Ammon saw that they had become a stench to David, the people of Ammon sent messengers and hired the Arameans of Beth Rehob and Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob with twelve thousand men.
7 Då David høyrde gjete det, sende han Joab med heile heren, det vil segja dei djervaste stridsmennerne.
When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of soldiers.
8 Ammonitarne drog ut og fylkte seg framfor byporten, medan syrarane frå Soba og Rehob og Tob-folket og Ma’aka-folket stod for seg sjølve på opi mark.
The Ammonites came out and formed a line of battle at the entrance to their city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, stood by themselves in the open fields.
9 Då Joab gådde han laut vera budd på åtak både framme og bak, gjorde han eit utval millom dei utvalde Israels-hermennerne, og fylkte deim mot syrarane.
When Joab saw the battle lines facing him both in front and behind, he chose some of Israel's best fighters and arranged them against the Arameans.
10 Resten av folket let han åt Abisai, bror sin, som so fylkte deim beint imot ammonitarne.
The rest of his people he put into the hand of Abishai his brother, and he set them out in position to fight against the army of Ammon.
11 Og han sagde: «Um syrarane vinn på meg, so kjem du meg til hjelp. Og um ammonitarne vinn på deg, so skal eg koma og hjelpa deg.
Joab said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you, Abishai, must rescue me. But if the army of Ammon is too strong for you, then I will come and rescue you.
12 Ver sterk! Lat oss syna oss sterke i striden for folket vårt og for byarne åt vår Gud! So fær Herren gjera det han tykkjer best.
Be strong, and let us show ourselves to be strong for our people and for the cities of our God, for Yahweh will do what is good for his purpose.”
13 Joab drog fram med mannskapet sitt og stridde mot syrarane, og dei rømde for honom.
So Joab and the soldiers of his army advanced to the battle against the Arameans, who were forced to flee before the army of Israel.
14 Då ammonitarne såg at syrarane rømde, so rømde dei og for Abisai, og sprang inn i byen. Og Joab drog burt frå ammonitarne og kom heim att til Jerusalem.
When the army of Ammon saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled from Abishai and went back into the city. Then Joab returned from the people of Ammon and went back to Jerusalem.
15 Då syrarane såg at dei var slegne av Israel, samla dei seg i hop.
When the Arameans saw that they were being defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together again.
16 Hadadezer baud ut dei syrarane som budde på hi sida Storelvi. Og dei kom til Helam, med Sobak, herhovdingen åt Hadadezer, til førar.
Then Hadarezer sent for Aramean troops from beyond the Euphrates River. They came to Helam, and Shobak, the commander of Hadarezer's army, went before them.
17 Då David spurde dette, stemnde han saman heile Israel, gjekk yver Jordan og kom til Helam. Syrarane fylkte seg og gjorde åtak på David og slost med honom.
When David was told this, he gathered all Israel together, crossed the Jordan, and arrived at Helam. The Arameans arranged themselves in battle lines against David and fought him.
18 Men syrarane rømde for Israel, og David hogg ned sju hundrad krigshestar og fyrti tusund hestfolk av syrarheren; og herhovdingen Sobak fekk banehogg der.
The Arameans fled from Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their men in chariots and forty thousand horsemen. Shobak the commander of their army was wounded and died there.
19 Då alle lydkongarne under Hadadezer såg dei var slegne av Israel, gjorde dei fred med Israel og vart tenarane deira. So våga ikkje syrarane hjelpa ammonitarne meir.»
When all the kings who were servants of Hadarezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their subjects. So the Arameans were afraid to help the people of Ammon anymore.
