I Kronik 19
1 I stało się potem, że umarł Nahas, król synów Ammonowych, a syn jego królował miasto niego.
Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.
2 Tedy rzekł Dawid: Uczynię miłosierdzie nad Hanonem, synem Nahasowym; bo ojciec jego uczynił miłosierdzie nademną. I posłał Dawid posłów, aby go cieszyli po ojcu jego; a tak przyszli słudzy Dawidowi do ziemi synów Ammonowych, do Hanona, aby go cieszyli.
[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 Ale rzekli książęta synów Ammonowych do Hanona: Mniemasz, żeby Dawid czynił uczciwość ojcu twemu, iż przysłał do ciebie tych, którzyby cię cieszyli; azaż nie dla tego, aby wypatrzyli i wyszpiegowali, i zburzyli tę ziemię, przyszli słudzy jego do ciebie?
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 Przetoż wziąwszy Hanon sługi Dawidowe, ogolił je, i pobrzynał szaty ich od połowy aż do zadków, i puścił ich.
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 Poszli tedy niektórzy, i oznajmili Dawidowi o tych mężach. I posłał przeciwko nim, (ponieważ byli oni mężowie zelżeni bardzo, ) i rzekł im król: Zostańcie w Jerycho, aż odrosną brody wasze, potem się wrócicie.
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 A widząc synowie Ammonowi, że się obrzydłymi stali Dawidowi, posłał Hanon i synowie Ammonowi tysiąc talentów srebra, aby sobie najęli za te pieniądze z Mezopotamii i z Syryi Maacha, i z Soby wozy i jezdnych.
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 I najęli sobie za one pieniądze trzydzieści i dwa tysiące wozów, i króla Maacha z ludem jego. Którzy przyciągnąwswzy położyli się obozem przeciw Medeba; a synowie Ammonowi zebrawszy się z miast swych, stawili się do bitwy.
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 Co gdy usłyszał Dawid, posłał Joaba ze wszystkiem wojskiem ludu rycerskiego.
When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
9 A tak wyciągnąwszy synowie Ammonowi uszykowali się do bitwy przed bramą miejską. Królowie zasię, którzy byli przyszli na pomoc, osobno w polu byli.
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 Przetoż widząc Joab uszykowane przeciwko sobie wojsko do bitwy z przodku i z tyłu, wybrał niektórych ze wszystkich przebranych z Izraela, i uszykował wojsko przeciw Syryjczykom.
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 A ostatek ludu dał pod rękę Abisajemu, bratu swemu; i uszykowali się przeciw synom Ammonowym.
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 I rzekł Joab: Jeźli mi będą silnymi Syryjczycy, przyjdziesz mi na pomoc, i jeźli tobie synowie Ammonowi będą silnymi, ja tobie dam pomoc.
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 Zmacniej się, a bądźmy mążnymi za lud nasz, i za miasta Boga naszego, a Pan, co dobrego jest w oczach jego, niech uczyni.
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 Nastąpił tedy Joab, i lud, który z ni był, do bitwy przeciwko Syryjczykom; ale oni uciekli przed nim.
So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
15 Tedy synowie Ammonowi ujrzawszy, że uciekali Syryjczycy, uciekli i oni przed Abisaim, bratem jego, i uszli do miasta; a Joab wrócił się do Jeruzalemu.
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 A tak widząc Syryjczycy, iż byli porażeni od Izraela, wyprawili posłów, i wywiedli Syryjczyków, którzy byli za rzeką, a Sobach, hetman wojska Hadarezerowego, prowadził ich.
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 I oznajmiono to Dawidowi, który zebrawszy wszystkiego Izraela przeprawił się przez Jordan, a przyciągnąwszy do nich uszykował wojsko przeciwko nim; a gdy uszykował wojsko Dawid przeciwko Syryjczykom ku bitwie, zwiedli z nim bitwę.
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 Tedy uciekli Syryjczycy przed Izraelem, i poraził Dawid z Syryjczyków siedm tysięcy wozów, i czterdzieści tysięcy mężów pieszych, i Sobacha, hetmana wojska onego, zabił.
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 Przetoż gdy ujrzeli słudzy Hadarezerowi, iż byli porażeni od Izraela, uczynili pokój z Dawidem, i służyli mu. I nie chcieli napotem Syryjczycy dawać pomocy synom Ammonowym.
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.
