2 Samuel 10
1 Algún tiempo después de esto, Nahas, el rey amonita murió y su hijo Hanún lo sucedió.
Some time later, the king of the Ammon people-group died, and his son Hanun became their king.
2 David dijo: “Seré bondadoso con Hanún, hijo de Nahas, como su padre lo fue conmigo”. Así que David envió representantes para llevar sus condolencias a Hanún por la muerte de su padre. Pero cuando llegaron al país de los amonitas,
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 los jefes militares amonitas le dijeron a Hanún, su rey: “¿Realmente crees que David te envió sus condolencias por respeto a tu padre? ¿No es más probable que David enviara a sus representantes para explorar la ciudad, espiarla y luego conquistarla?”
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 Entonces Hanún hizo detener a los representantes de David, les afeitó la mitad de la barba a cada uno, les cortó la ropa a la altura de las nalgas y los envió de vuelta a casa.
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 Cuando David se enteró de esto, envió mensajeros a recibirlos, porque estaban muy avergonzados. El rey les dijo: “Quédense en Jericó hasta que les vuelva a crecer la barba, y entonces podrán regresar”.
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 Cuando los amonitas se dieron cuenta de que se habían vuelto como un mal olor para David, enviaron una solicitud a los arameos y contrataron a veinte mil de sus soldados de a pie de Bet Rehob y Zoba, así como a mil hombres del rey de Maaca, y también a doce mil hombres de 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 Y cuando David se enteró de esto, envió a Joab y a todo el ejército a enfrentarlos.
When David heard about that, he sent Joab with all of the army [that Joab commanded], to fight against them.
8 Los amonitas establecieron sus líneas de batalla cerca de la entrada de la puerta de su ciudad, mientras que los arameos de Soba y Rehob y los hombres de Tob y Maaca tomaron posiciones por su cuenta en los campos abiertos.
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 Joab se dio cuenta de que tendría que luchar tanto delante como detrás de él, escogió algunas de las mejores tropas de Israel y se puso al frente de ellas para dirigir el ataque a los arameos.
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 Al resto del ejército lo puso bajo el mando de Abisai, su hermano, pues también debían atacar a los amonitas.
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 Entonces Joab le dijo: “Si los arameos son más fuertes que yo, ven a ayudarme. Si los amonitas son más fuertes que tú, yo vendré a ayudarte.
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 Sé valiente y lucha lo mejor que puedas por nuestro pueblo y las ciudades de nuestro Dios. Que el Señor haga lo que considere bueno”.
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 Joab atacó con sus fuerzas a los arameos y éstos huyeron de él.
So Joab and his army [advanced to] attack the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
14 Cuando los amonitas vieron que los arameos habían huido, también huyeron de Abisai y se retiraron a la ciudad. Entonces Joab regresó a Jerusalén después de combatir a los amonitas.
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 En cuanto los arameos vieron que habían sido derrotados por los israelitas, volvieron a reunir sus fuerzas.
After [the leaders of] the army of Syria saw that the Israeli army had defeated them, they gathered all their troops together.
16 Hadad-ezer mandó traer más arameos de más allá del río Éufrates. Llegaron a Helam bajo el mando de Sobac, comandante del ejército de Hadad-ezer.
[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 Cuando se le informó de esto a David, este reunió a todo Israel. Cruzó el Jordán y avanzó sobre Helam. Los arameos se colocaron en línea de batalla contra David y lo combatieron.
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 Pero el ejército arameo huyó de los israelitas, y David mató a 700 aurigas y a 40.000 soldados de infantería. También atacó a Sobac, el comandante de su ejército, y allí murió.
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 Cuando todos los reyes aliados de Hadad-ezer se dieron cuenta de que habían sido derrotados por Israel, hicieron la paz con David y se sometieron a él. Como resultado, los arameos tuvieron miedo de seguir ayudando a los amonitas.
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.
