歴代誌Ⅰ 19 – JCB & NIV

Japanese Contemporary Bible

歴代誌Ⅰ 19:1-19

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アモン人との戦い

1アモンの王ナハシュが死に、その子ハヌンが新しく王となりました。

2-3その時、ダビデは言いました。「彼の父はずいぶん私に親切にしてくれた。その礼に、ハヌンに友好の気持ちを示そう。」そこで、弔問の使者を立てました。しかし使者が着くと、ハヌン王の側近は彼にこう警告したのです。「ダビデが父君に敬意を表してこの者たちをよこした、などとお考えになってはなりません。この地を征服しようと探りに来たに違いありません。」

4そこでハヌン王は、使者たちのひげをそり落とし、服を半分切り取って腰から下が丸見えになるようにし、さんざん侮辱した上で追い返しました。 5そのいきさつを知ったダビデ王は、ひどい目に会った一行に、ひげが伸びるまでエリコにとどまるように伝えました。 6ハヌン王は自分が判断を誤ったことに気づくと、銀一千タラントをかけて、メソポタミヤ、アラム・マアカ、ツォバから歩兵、戦車、騎兵を雇いました。 7雇い入れた戦車三万二千台とマアカ王の全軍はメデバに陣を張り、そこでハヌン王がアモン人の町々から集めた軍勢と合流しました。

8ダビデはこれを知ると、ヨアブの率いるイスラエル最強の軍隊を差し向けました。 9これをアモン軍が迎え撃ち、メデバの町の門で戦闘が開始されました。その間、敵側の外国人部隊は町の外に出ていました。 10ヨアブは敵が前後にいるのを知り、兵力を二分して、一部をシリヤに立ち向かわせました。 11残りは彼の兄弟アブシャイの指揮下に入って、アモン人に対しました。

12ヨアブはアブシャイに言いました。「もし、シリヤが強くて私の手に余るようだったら助けに来てくれ。もし、アモン人が強くておまえの手に余るようなら助けに行こう。 13勇気を出せ。私たちの民のため、私たちの神の町々のため、堂々と戦おう。主が最善をなしてくださることを信じて。」

14ヨアブの指揮する隊が攻撃をしかけると、シリヤは退却して逃げ出しました。 15一方、アブシャイの率いる隊から攻撃されていたアモン人も、シリヤが退くのを見て、あわてて町に逃げ込みました。そこで、ヨアブはエルサレムに帰りました。

16敗走したシリヤ人は、ユーフラテス川の東から、ハダデエゼル王の将軍ショファクの率いる隊を呼びました。 17-18この知らせが届くとダビデは、イスラエル中の兵を動員し、ヨルダン川を渡って敵軍と対戦しました。結果は、またもシリヤ軍の大敗北となり、ダビデはシリヤ軍の戦車兵七千と歩兵四万を討ち取り、さらに将軍ショファクも打ちました。 19それを見たハダデエゼル王の軍は降伏し、ダビデ王に隷属する者になりました。これにこりたシリヤは、二度とアモン人を助けようとはしませんでした。

New International Version

1 Chronicles 19:1-19

David Defeats the Ammonites

1In the course of time, Nahash king of the Ammonites died, and his son succeeded him as king. 2David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.

When David’s envoys came to Hanun in the land of the Ammonites to express sympathy to him, 3the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, “Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Haven’t his envoys come to you only to explore and spy out the country and overthrow it?” 4So Hanun seized David’s envoys, shaved them, cut off their garments at the buttocks, and sent them away.

5When someone came and told David about the men, he sent messengers to meet them, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.”

6When the Ammonites realized that they had become obnoxious to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents19:6 That is, about 38 tons or about 34 metric tons of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim,19:6 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia Aram Maakah and Zobah. 7They hired thirty-two thousand chariots and charioteers, as well as the king of Maakah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba, while the Ammonites were mustered from their towns and moved out for battle.

8On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men. 9The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance to their city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.

10Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans. 11He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother, and they were deployed against the Ammonites. 12Joab said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to rescue me; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will rescue you. 13Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The Lord will do what is good in his sight.”

14Then Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him. 15When the Ammonites realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they too fled before his brother Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.

16After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they sent messengers and had Arameans brought from beyond the Euphrates River, with Shophak the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.

17When David was told of this, he gathered all Israel and crossed the Jordan; he advanced against them and formed his battle lines opposite them. David formed his lines to meet the Arameans in battle, and they fought against him. 18But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers. He also killed Shophak the commander of their army.

19When the vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him.

So the Arameans were not willing to help the Ammonites anymore.