2 Samuelsboken 10
1 Och det begaf sig derefter, att Ammons barnas Konung blef död, och hans son Hanun vardt Konung i hans stad.
Some time later, the king of the Ammon people-group died, and his son Hanun became their king.
2 Då sade David: Jag vill göra barmhertighet på Hanun, Nahas son, såsom hans fader hafver gjort barmhertighet med mig. Och sände bort och lät genom sina tjenare hugsvala honom öfver hans fader. Och Davids tjenare kommo i Ammons barnas 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 Då sade de öfverste öfver Ammons barn till sin herra Hanun: Menar du, att David hedrar din fader för din ögon, att han hafver sändt hugsvalare till dig? Menar du icke, att han fördenskull hafver sändt sina tjenare till dig, att han skall utspana och bespeja staden, och förstöra honom?
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 Då tog Hanun Davids tjenare, och lät raka dem halft skägget af; och skar half kläden af på dem, allt intill bältet, och lät så gå dem.
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 Då det vardt bådadt David, sände han emot dem; förty männerna voro ganska mycket skämde. Och Konungen lät säga dem: Blifver i Jericho tilldess edart skägg växer, och kommer så igen.
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 Då nu Ammons barn sågo, att de voro illa luktande vordne för David, sände de bort, och lejde sig de Syrer af Rehobs hus, och de Syrer i Zoba, tjugutusend män fotfolk, och af Konung Maacha tusend män, och af Istob tolftusend män.
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 Då David det hörde, sände han Joab med hela hären af krigsfolket.
When David heard about that, he sent Joab with all of the army [that Joab commanded], to fight against them.
8 Och Ammons barn drogo ut, och skickade sig till strid ut för stadsporten; men de Syrer af Zoba, af Rehob, af Istob, och af Maacha, voro allena i markene.
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 Då nu Joab såg, att striden var ställd på honom både bak och före, utvalde han utaf alla de unga män i Israel, och skickade sig emot de Syrer.
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 Och det andra folket lät han under sins broders hand Abisai, och han skickade sig emot de 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 Och sade: Om de Syrer varda mig för mägtige, så kom mig till hjelp; om Ammons barn varda dig öfvermägtige, så vill jag komma dig till hjelp.
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 Var vid god tröst, och låt oss stå fasta för vårt folk och för vår Guds städer; men Herren göre hvad honom täckes.
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 Och Joab drog åstad med det folk, som när honom var, till att strida emot de Syrer; och de flydde för honom.
So Joab and his army [advanced to] attack the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
14 Och då Ammons barn sågo, att de Syrer flydde, flydde de ock för Abisai, och drogo in i staden. Så vände Joab om ifrån Ammons barn, och kom till 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 Och då de Syrer sågo, att de voro slagne för Israel, församlade de sig tillhopa.
After [the leaders of] the army of Syria saw that the Israeli army had defeated them, they gathered all their troops together.
16 Och HadarEser sände bort, och lät utkomma de Syrer på hinsidon älfven; och lät deras magt inkomma; och Sobach, HadarEsers härhöfvitsman, drog för 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 Då det vardt bådadt David, församlade han tillhopa hela Israel, och drog öfver Jordan, och kom till Helam; och de Syrer skickade sig emot David, till att strida med honom.
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 de Syrer flydde för Israel, och David slog ihjäl de Syrer sjuhundrad vagnar, och fyratiotusend resenärar; dertill slog han Sobach härhöfvitsmannen, så att han blef der död.
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 Då nu de Konungar, som voro under HadarEser, sågo att de slagne voro för Israel, gjorde de frid med Israel, och vordo dem underdånige; och de Syrer fruktade sig mer hjelpa Ammons barn.
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.
