1 A fter this, Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.

وَبَعْدَ مُدَّةٍ ماتَ ناحاشُ، مَلِكُ العَمُّونِيِّينَ. فَخَلَفَهُ ابْنُهُ في المُلْكِ.

2 D avid said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

وَقالَ داوُدُ: «سَأصْنَعُ مَعْرُوفاً مَعَ حانُونَ بْنِ ناحاشَ، لِأنَّ أباهُ صَنَعَ مَعِي مَعْرُوفاً.» فَأرْسَلَ داوُدُ رُسُلاً لِيُعَزُّوا حانُوتَ بِمَوْتِ وَالِدِهِ. وَلَمّا وَصَلَ مُمَثِّلُو داوُدَ إلَى أرْضِ العَمُّونِيِّينَ، إلَى حانُونَ لِيُقَدِّمُوا التَّعازِيَ لَهُ.

3 B ut the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Haven’t his servants come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?”

فَقالَ قادَةَ العَمُّونِيِّينَ لِحانُونَ: «أتَعْتَقِدُ أنَّ داوُدَ يَقْصِدُ حَقّاً أنْ يُكرِمَ أباكَ بِإرْسالِهِ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجالَ لِيُقَدِّمُوا لَكَ التَّعازِي؟ لا بُدَّ أنَّ مُمَثِّلِي داوُدَ هَؤُلاءِ جاءُوا إلَيكَ ليَسْتَكشِفُوا، وَيَتَجَسَّسُوا عَلَى أرْضِكَ لِكَي يُدَمِّرُوها.»

4 S o Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and sent them away.

فَألقَى حانُونُ القَبْضَ عَلَى مُمَثِّلِي داوُدَ وَحَلَقَ لِحاهُمْ، وَقَصَّ ثِيابَهُمْ مِنَ الوَسَطِ عِنْدَ الوِرْكِ، ثُمَّ صَرَفَهُمْ.

5 T hen some people went and told David how the men were treated. He sent to meet them; for the men were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”

فَجاءَ بَعْضُ النّاسِ إلَى داوُدَ وَأخبَرُوهُ بِما حَدَثَ لِمُمَثِّلِيهِ، فَأرْسَلَ رُسُلاً لاسْتِقبالِهِمْ، لِأنَّهُمْ أُهِينُوا وكانُوا خَجِلِينَ جِدّاً. وَقالَ المَلِكُ لَهُمْ: «امكُثُوا فِي أرِيحا إلَى أنْ تَنْمُو لِحاكُمْ ثانِيَةً، ثُمَّ عُودُوا.»

6 W hen the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, out of Arammaacah, and out of Zobah.

وَلَمّا رَأى العَمُّونِيُّونَ أنَّهُمْ أساءُوا إلَى داوُدَ، وَأَّنَّهُ انْزعَجَ مِنْهُمْ جِدّاً، أرْسَلَ حانُونُ وَالعَمُّونِيُّونَ ألفَ قِنطارٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ لِيَستَأْجِرُوا لِأنفُسِهِمْ مَرْكَباتٍ وَفُرْساناً مِنْ أرامَ النَّهْرَينِ، وَمِنْ أرامَ مَعْكَةَ، وَمِنْ صُوبَةَ.

7 S o they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah with his people, who came and encamped near Medeba. The children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

وَاستَأْجَرُوا أيضاً لِأنفُسِهِمِ اثْنَينِ وَثَلاثِينَ ألفَ مَركَبَةٍ وَمَلِكَ مَعْكَةَ وَجَيشَهُ. فَجاءُوا وَعَسْكَرُوا قُرْبَ مَيْدَبا. وَاحتَشَدَ العَمُّونِيُّونَ أيضاً مِنْ مُدُنِهِمْ وَجاءُوا لِلقِتالِ.

8 W hen David heard of it, he sent Joab with all the army of the mighty men.

فَلَمّا سَمِعَ داوُدُ بِهَذا، أرْسَلَ يُوآبَ وَمَعَهُ جَميعُ جَيشِ الأقْوِياءِ.

9 T he children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city; and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

فَخَرَجَ العَمُّونِيُّونَ وَاصطَفُّوا لِلقِتالِ عِنْدَ بَوّابَةِ المَدِينَةِ. وَكانَ المُلُوكُ الَّذِينَ جاءُوا وَحدَهُمْ فِي العَراءِ.

10 N ow when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose some of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

وَرَأى يُوآبُ أنَّهُ وَقَعَ بَينَ فَكَّي جَبْهَتَي القِتالِ مِنَ الأمامِ وَمِنَ الخَلفِ. فَاختارَ مِنْ أفْضَلِ جُنُودِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ فِي مُواجَهَةِ جَيشِ الأرامِيِّينَ.

11 T he rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

وَأوْكَلَ قِيادَةَ بَقِيَّةِ الجَيشِ إلَى أخِيهِ أبيشايَ. فَأخَذُوا مَواقِعَهُمْ فِي مُواجَهَةِ العَمُّونِيِّينَ.

12 H e said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you are to help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.

وَقالَ يُوآبُ لأخيهِ أبيشايَ: «إذا كانَ الأراميُّونَ أقْوَى مِنْ أنْ أسْتطيعَ مُواجَهَتَهُم وَحْدِي، فَسَتُساعِدُني. وَإذا كانَ العَمُّونِيُّونَ أقْوَى مِنْ أنْ تَسْتَطيعَ مُواجَهَتَهُم وَحْدَكَ، فَسَأُساعِدُكَ.

13 B e courageous, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May Yahweh do that which seems good to him.”

كُنْ قَوِياًّ وَلْنُحارِبْ بِشَجاعةً مِنْ أجلِ شَعبِنا ومِنْ أجلِ مُدُنِ إلهنا. وَسَيَفْعَلُ اللهُ ما يَراهُ حَسَناً.»

14 S o Joab and the people who were with him came near to the front of the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.

وَتَقَدَّمَ يُوآبُ بِجَيشِهِ إلَى الأرامِيِّينَ لِمُقاتَلَتِهِمْ، فَهَرَبَ الأرامِيُّونَ مِنْ أمامِهِمْ.

15 W hen the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

وَلَمّا رَأى العَمُّونِيُّونَ أنَّ الأرامِيِّينَ قَدْ هَرَبُوا، هَرَبُوا هُمْ أيضاً مِنْ أمامِ أخِيهِ أبِيشايَ وَجَيشِهِ. وَرَجِعُوا إلَى مَدِينَتِهِمْ. حِينَئِذٍ، ذَهَبَ يُوآبُ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ.

16 W hen the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they sent messengers, and called out the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadadezer leading them.

وَلَمّا رَأى الأرامِيُّونَ أنَّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ هَزَمُوهُمْ، أرسَلُوا رُسُلاً، وَاسْتَقْدَمُوا الأرامِيِّينَ مِنَ الجانِبِ الآخَرِ مِنْ نَهْرِ الفُراتِ. فَجاءُوا بِقِيادَةِ شُوبَكَ، قائِدِ جَيشِ هَدَدَ عَزَرَ.

17 D avid was told that; so he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, came to them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

وَوَصَلَ هَذا الخَبَرُ إلَى داوُدَ، فَحَشَدَ كُلَّ إسْرائِيلَ مَعاً، وَعَبَرَ نَهْرَ الأُردُنِّ. وَعِندَما جاءَ إلَى الأرامِيِّينَ، وَأخَذَ مَواقِعَهُ مُقابِلَهُمْ، وَضَعَ داوُدُ جَيشَهُ فِي وَضْعِ الاسْتِعدادِ لِلاشْتِباكِ مَعَ الأرامِيِّينَ فِي القِتالِ، فَهَجَمُوا عَلَيهِ.

18 T he Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrian men seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and also killed Shophach the captain of the army.

وَهَرَبَ الأرامِيُّونَ مِنْ أمامِ إسْرائِيلَ، وَقَتَلَ داوُدُ وَجَيشُهُ سَبْعَةَ آلافِ قائِدِ مَركَبَةٍ، وَأربَعِينَ ألفَ جُندِيٍّ مِنَ المُشاةِ، وَقَتَلَ أيضاً شُوبَكَ قائدَ الجَيشِ.

19 W hen the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David, and served him. The Syrians would not help the children of Ammon any more.

وَلَمّا رَأى أتباعُ هَدَدَ عَزَرَ أنَّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ هَزَمُوهُمْ، عَقَدُوا صُلْحاً مَعَ داوُدَ وَصارُوا أتباعاً خاضِعِينَ لَهُ. فَرَفَضَ الأرامِيُّونَ أنْ يُعِينُوا العَمُّونِيِّينَ عَلَى بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى.