1 Crónicas 19
1 Después de esto, murió Nahas, rey de los hijos de Amón, y su hijo reinó en su lugar.
Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.
2 David dijo: “Mostraré bondad con Hanún, hijo de Nahas, porque su padre mostró bondad conmigo”. Entonces David envió mensajeros para consolarle respecto a su padre. Los servidores de David fueron a la tierra de los hijos de Amón a Hanún para consolarlo.
[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 Pero los príncipes de los hijos de Amón dijeron a Hanún: “¿Acaso crees que David honra a tu padre, pues te ha enviado consoladores? ¿No han venido a ti sus siervos para buscar, derrocar y espiar la tierra?”
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 Entonces Hanún tomó a los siervos de David, los afeitó y les cortó los vestidos por la mitad a la altura de las nalgas, y los despidió.
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 Luego, algunas personas fueron a contarle a David cómo habían sido tratados los hombres. Él envió a recibirlos, pues los hombres estaban muy humillados. El rey les dijo: “Quédense en Jericó hasta que les crezca la barba, y luego vuelvan”.
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 Cuando los hijos de Amón vieron que se habían hecho odiosos para David, Hanún y los hijos de Amón enviaron mil talentos de plata para contratar carros y jinetes de Mesopotamia, de Aram-maacá y de Zoba.
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 Y contrataron para sí treinta y dos mil carros, y al rey de Maaca con su gente, que vino y acampó cerca de Medeba. Los hijos de Amón se reunieron desde sus ciudades y vinieron a la batalla.
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 Cuando David se enteró, envió a Joab con todo el ejército de valientes.
When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
9 Los hijos de Amón salieron y prepararon la batalla a la puerta de la ciudad, y los reyes que habían venido estaban solos en el campo.
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 Cuando Joab vio que la batalla estaba preparada contra él por delante y por detrás, escogió a algunos de todos los hombres selectos de Israel y los puso en orden de batalla contra los sirios.
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 El resto del pueblo lo puso en manos de Abisai, su hermano, y se puso en orden de batalla contra los amonitas.
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 Él dijo: “Si los sirios son demasiado fuertes para mí, tú me ayudarás; pero si los hijos de Amón son demasiado fuertes para ti, yo te ayudaré.
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 Sé valiente, y seamos fuertes por nuestro pueblo y por las ciudades de nuestro Dios. Que Yahvé haga lo que le parece bien”.
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 Entonces Joab y el pueblo que estaba con él se acercaron al frente de los sirios a la batalla, y huyeron ante él.
So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
15 Cuando los hijos de Amón vieron que los sirios habían huido, huyeron igualmente ante Abisai, su hermano, y entraron en la ciudad. Entonces Joab llegó a Jerusalén.
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 Cuando los sirios vieron que habían sido derrotados por Israel, enviaron mensajeros y convocaron a los sirios que estaban al otro lado del río, con Shophach, el capitán del ejército de Hadadezer, al frente.
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 David recibió la noticia, así que reunió a todo Israel, pasó el Jordán, llegó hasta ellos y preparó la batalla contra ellos. Cuando David preparó la batalla contra los sirios, éstos lucharon con él.
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 Los sirios huyeron ante Israel, y David mató de los sirios a siete mil cuadrillas y cuarenta mil hombres de a pie, y también mató a Shophach, el capitán del ejército.
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 Cuando los servidores de Hadadézer vieron que habían sido derrotados por Israel, hicieron la paz con David y le sirvieron. Los sirios no quisieron ayudar más a los hijos de Amón.
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.
