1 Crônicas 19

Te Hinganga o ngā Tama a Āmona me ngā Hīriani

1 Nā, i muri i tēnei ka mate a Nahaha kīngi o ngā tama a Āmona, ā, ko tāna tama te kīngi i muri i a ia. 2 Nā, ka mea a Rāwiri, "Ka puta tōku aroha ki a Hanunu tama a Nahaha; i puta hoki te aroha o tōna pāpā ki ahau." Nā, ka ungā e Rāwiri ētahi tāngata ki te whakamārie i a ia mō tōna pāpā.

Nā, kua tae ngā tāngata a Rāwiri ki te whenua o ngā tama a Āmona ki a Hanunu, ki te whakamārie i a ia. 3 Otiia ka mea ngā rangatira o ngā tama a Āmona ki a Hanunu, "Ki tōu whakaaro he whakahōnore nā Rāwiri i tōu pāpā i tonoa mai ai e ia ngā kaiwhakamārie ki a koe? He teka ianei he titiro, he whakangaro, he tūtei i te whenua te mea i haere mai ai āna tāngata ki a koe?" 4 Heoi, ka mau a Hanunu ki ngā tāngata a Rāwiri, heua ana e ia, tapahia ana ō rātou kākahu ki waenga, i te ritenga iho o ō rātou papa, ā tonoa atu ana rātou.

5 Kātahi ka haere ētahi, ka kōrero ki a Rāwiri i te meatanga ki aua tāngata. Nā, ka tono tāngata ia ki te whakatau i a rātou; he nui hoki te whakamā o aua tāngata, ā, ka mea te kīngi, "Hei Heriko koutou noho ai, kia tupu rā anō ō koutou pāhau, ko reira hoki mai ai."

6 Ā, nō te kitenga o ngā tama a Āmona e piro ana rātou ki a Rāwiri ka hoatu e Hanunu rātou ko ngā tama a Āmona ētahi taranata hiriwa kotahi mano kia kawea hei utu hāriata kaieke hōiho, i Mehopotamia, i Āramamāka, i Topa. 7 Heoi, e toru tekau mā rua mano hāriata i utua e rātou, me te kīngi anō o Maaka rātou ko āna tāngata, ā, haere mai ana rātou, noho ana ki mua i Merepa. Nā, ka huihui ngā tama a Āmona i ō rātou pā, haere ana mai ki te whawhai.

8 Ā, i te rongonga o Rāwiri, ka tonoa e ia a Ioapa rātou ko te ope katoa, arā ngā mārohirohi. 9 Nā, ka puta ngā tama a Āmona ki waho, ā, whakatakotoria ana ō rātou ngohi ki te kūwaha o te pā. Nā, ko ngā kīngi i haere nei, he mea motu kē rātou i te pārae.

10 Ā, nō te kitenga o Ioapa e ākina ana a mua, a muri ōna e te hoariri, ka whiriwhiria e ia ētahi i roto i te hunga whiriwhiri katoa o Īharaira, ā, whakaritea ana e ia hei tū i ngā Hīriani. 11 Ko te nuinga atu hoki o te iwi i tukua e ia ki te ringa o Āpihai, o tōna teina, ā, ka whakatikaia rātou e rātou hei tū i ngā tama a Āmona. 12 I mea anō ia, "Ki te kaha ngā Hīriani i ahau, me āwhina mai ahau e koe; ki te kaha ia ngā tama a Āmona i a koe, nā māku koe e āwhina atu. 13 Kia māia, kia whakatāne tātou; me whakaaro ki tō tātou iwi, ki ngā pā o tō tātou Atua, ā, mā Ihowā e mea te mea e pai ana ki tāna titiro."

14 Heoi, ko te whakatatanga o Ioapa rātou ko tōna nuinga ki te whawhai ki ngā Hīriani, nā, rere ana rātou i tōna aroaro. 15 Ā, nō te kitenga o ngā tama a Āmona kua rere ngā Hīriani, nā, ka rere anō rātou i te aroaro o tōna teina, o Āpihai, ā, haere ana ki roto ki te pā. Kātahi ka haere a Ioapa ki Hiruhārama.

16 Ā, nō te kitenga o ngā Hīriani kua patua rātou e Īharaira, ka tono tāngata, ā, ka tīkina atu ngā Hīriani i tāwāhi o te awa; ā, ko Topaka rangatira o te ope a Hararētere ki mua i a rātou.

17 Nā, ka kōrerotia ki a Rāwiri, ā, ka huihuia e ia a Īharaira katoa, ā, whiti ana ki tāwāhi o Horano, whakaekea ana e ia, whakatikaia ana e ia ngā ngohi hei tū i a rātou. Nā, ka oti ngā ngohi te whakatika e Rāwiri hei tū i ngā Hīriani, ka whawhai rātou ki a ia. 18 Nā, ka rere ngā Hīriani i te aroaro o Īharaira; ā, patua iho o ngā Hīriani e Rāwiri ngā tāngata o ngā hāriata e whitu mano, e whā tekau mano ngā tāngata haere i raro; i patua anō e ia a Topaka te rangatira ope.

19 Ā, i te kitenga o ngā tāngata a Hararētere kua mate rātou i a Īharaira, ka houhia e rātou te rongo ki a Rāwiri, ā, ka meinga rātou hei tāngata māna; kīhai hoki ngā Hīriani i pai ki te āwhina i ngā tama a Āmona i muri atu.

1 And it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. 2 And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? 4 So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah. 7 So they hired them thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. 8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.

10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. 11 And the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon. 12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 13 Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God: and Jehovah do that which seemeth him good. 14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him. 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head. 17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came upon 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. 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. 19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.