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.
ከአሞናውያን ጋር የተደረገ ጦርነት
19፥1-19 ተጓ ምብ – 2ሳሙ 10፥1-19
1ከዚህ በኋላ የአሞናውያን ንጉሥ ናዖስ ሞተ፤ ልጁም በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ። 2ዳዊትም፣ “አባቱ ለእኔ በጎ ነገር እንዳደረገልኝ እስቲ እኔም ለናዖስ ልጅ ለሐኖን በጎ ነገር ላድርግለት” ብሎ ዐሰበ። ስለዚህ ዳዊት ስለ አባቱ ሞት ሐዘኑን ለመግለጽ ወደ ሐኖን መልክተኞችን ላከ። የዳዊት ሰዎች ሐዘናቸውን ለመግለጽ ሐኖን ወደሚኖርበት ወደ አሞናውያን ምድር በመጡ ጊዜ፣ 3የአሞናውያን መኳንንት ለሐኖን፣ “ዳዊት ሐዘኑን ለመግለጽ ሰዎችን ወደ አንተ የላከው አባትህን አክብሮ ይመስልሃልን? ሰዎቹ ወደ አንተ የመጡት አገሪቱን ለመመርመር፣ ለመሰለልና ለመያዝ አይደለምን?” አሉት። 4ስለዚህ ሐኖን የዳዊትን ሰዎች ይዞ ላጫቸው፤ ልብሳቸውንም እስከ መቀመጫቸው ድረስ መኻል ለመኻል ቀዶ ሰደዳቸው።
5በሰዎቹ ላይ የደረሰባቸውን ዳዊት በሰማ ጊዜ እጅግ ዐፍረው ስለ ነበር፣ ወደ እነርሱ መልክተኞችን ላከ፤ ንጉሡም፣ “ጢማችሁ እስኪያድግ ድረስ በኢያሪኮ ቈዩና ከዚያ በኋላ ትመጣለችሁ” አለ።
6አሞናውያን በዳዊት ዘንድ እንደ ተጠሉ ባወቁ ጊዜ፣ ሐኖንና አሞናውያን ከመስጴጦምያ19፥6 ከአራም ነሓራይም ማለትም ሰሜን ምዕራብ ባሕር መስጴጦምያ ነው፣ ከአራም መዓካና ከሱባ ሠረገሎችንና ፈረሰኞችን ለመከራየት አንድ ሺሕ መክሊት19፥6 34 ሜትሪክ ቶን ያህል ነው ብር ላኩ። 7ከዚያም ሠላሳ ሁለት ሺሕ ሠረገሎችንና ፈረሰኞችን እንዲሁም የመዓካን ንጉሥና ወታደሮች በገንዘብ ቀጠሩ፤ እነርሱም መጥተው በሜድባ አጠገብ ሲሰፍሩ፣ አሞናውያን ደግሞ ከየከተሞቻቸው ተሰብስበው ለጦርነት ወጡ።
8ዳዊት ይህን ሲሰማ ኢዮአብንና መላውን ተዋጊ ሰራዊት ላከ። 9አሞናውያንም መጥተው ወደ ከተማቸው በሚያስገባው በር ላይ ለጦርነት ተሰለፉ፤ የመጡት ነገሥታት ደግሞ ብቻቸውን በሜዳው ላይ ነበሩ።
10ኢዮአብም ከፊቱና ከኋላው ጦር መኖሩን አየ፤ ስለዚህ በእስራኤል የታወቁትን ጀግኖች መርጦ ሶርያውያንን እንዲገጥሙ አሰለፋቸው። 11የቀሩትም ሰዎች በወንድሙ በአቢሳ ሥር ሆነው አሞናውያንን እንዲገጥሙ አሰለፋቸው። 12ኢዮአብም እንዲህ አለ፤ “ሶርያውያን ከበረቱብኝ አንተ ትረዳኛለህ፤ አሞናውያን ከበረቱብህ ደግሞ እኔ እረዳሃለሁ። 13እንግዲህ በርቱ፤ ስለ ሕዝባችንና ስለ አምላካችን ከተሞች ብለን በጀግንነት እንዋጋ፤ እግዚአብሔርም ደስ ያሰኘውን ያድርግ።”
14ከዚያም ኢዮአብና አብረውት ያሉት ወታደሮች ሶርያውያንን ለመውጋት ወደ ፊት ገሠገሡ፤ ሶርያውያንም ከፊታቸው ሸሹ። 15አሞናውያንም ሶርያውያን መሸሻቸውን ሲያዩ፣ እነርሱም ከወንድሙ ከአቢሳ ፊት ሸሽተው ወደ ከተማዪቱ ገቡ፤ ስለዚህ ኢዮአብ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሰ።
16ሶርያውያን በእስራኤል መሸነፋቸውን ሲያዩ፣ መልክተኞችን ልከው ከኤፍራጥስ ወንዝ ማዶ ያሉትን ሶርያውያን አስመጡ፤ እነዚህንም የሚመራቸው የአድርአዛር ሰራዊት አዛዥ ሾፋክ ነበረ።
17ዳዊት ይህን ሲሰማ፣ እስራኤልን ሁሉ ሰብስቦ ዮርዳኖስን ተሻገረ፤ ወደ ፊት በመገሥገሥም ከፊት ለፊታቸው የውጊያ መሥመሩን ያዘ። ዳዊትም ሶርያውያንን ጦርነት ለመግጠም ወታደሮቹን አሰለፈ፤ እነርሱም ተዋጉት። 18ይሁን እንጂ ከእስራኤል ፊት ሸሹ። ዳዊትም ሰባት ሺሕ ሠረገለኞችና አርባ ሺሕ እግረኛ ወታደሮች ገደለ። የሠራዊታቸው አዛዥ ሾፋክም በጦርነቱ ላይ ሞተ።
19የአድርአዛርም ሹማምት በእስራኤል መሸነፋቸውን ሲያዩ፣ ከዳዊት ጋር ታረቁ፤ ገባሮቹም ሆኑ።
ስለዚህ ሶርያውያን ከዚህ ጊዜ ጀምሮ አሞናውያንን ለመርዳት ፈቃደኞች አልሆኑም።
