サムエル記Ⅱ 10
Japanese Living Bible
アモン人との戦い
10 しばらくして、アモン人の王が死に、その子ハヌンが王位につきました。 2 ダビデは、「彼の父ナハシュには、常々、誠実を尽くしてもらった。私も新しい王に敬意を表そう」と、父親を亡くしたハヌンに悔やみを述べるため、使者を遣わしました。 3 ところがハヌンの家臣たちは、主君にこう取り次ぎました。「この使いの者どもは、亡き父君を敬ってここに来たのではありません。ダビデの魂胆は見えすいております。この町を攻める手始めに、まずスパイを送り込んできたのです。」
4 そこでハヌンは、使者を取り押さえ、ひげを半分そり落とし、服を腰のあたりから切り取り、下半身を裸のままで追い返したのです。 5 それを知ったダビデは、ひげが伸びそろうまでエリコにとどまるよう彼らに命じました。ひげをそり落とされたことを、彼らが深く恥じていたからです。
6 アモンの人々は、このことがダビデを本気で怒らせたことを知ると直ちに、レホブとツォバの地からシリヤ（アラム）の歩兵二万、マアカ王から兵士一千、トブの地から兵士一万二千を、それぞれ雇い入れました。 7-8 ダビデも黙ってはいません。ヨアブをはじめ全イスラエル軍を差し向けて、彼らを攻撃しました。アモン人は町の門の守備に当たり、ツォバとレホブから来たシリヤ人、およびトブとマアカからの傭兵が野に出て戦いました。 9 ヨアブはふた手に分かれて戦うために、精兵をよりすぐって自らの配下に置き、野に出てシリヤ人と戦う備えを固めました。 10 残りの手勢は兄弟アビシャイの指揮に任せて、町の攻撃に向かわせました。 11 ヨアブはアビシャイに言いました。「もしシリヤ人を向こうに回して、われわれだけで戦えないようなら助けに来てくれ。反対に、アモン人がおまえらの手に負えないようなら、こちらが加勢しよう。 12 勇気を出せ！ われわれの肩には同胞のいのちと、神の町々の安全がかかっている。がんばるのだ。必ず主のお心のとおりになるのだから。」
13 ヨアブの部隊が攻撃をしかけると、シリヤ軍はくずれ始めました。 14 彼らが敗走するのを見て、アモン人も逃げ出し、町にこもってしまいました。そこでヨアブは攻撃を中止し、エルサレムに引き揚げました。 15-16 シリヤ人は、このままではとてもイスラエル軍にかなわないとわかり、再び兵力の結集を計りました。そしてハダデエゼルは、ユーフラテス川の向こうから呼び集めたシリヤ人を味方に引き入れたのです。彼らの大軍は、ハダデエゼル軍の将軍ショバクに率いられて、ヘラムに着きました。
17 ダビデはこの報告を受けると、自らイスラエル軍を率いてヘラムに向かいました。攻撃をしかけてきたシリヤ軍は、 18 再び敗走するはめになってしまいました。この戦いで、シリヤ軍は戦車兵七百と騎兵四万を失い、将軍ショバクも戦死しました。 19 ハダデエゼルと同盟を結んだ王たちは連合軍の敗北を見てダビデに降伏し、その臣下となりました。これにこりたシリヤ人は、二度とアモン人を助けようとはしませんでした。
2 Samuel 10
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
10 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanon his son reigned in his stead.
2 And David said: I Will shew kindness to Hanon the son of Daas, as his father shewed kindness to me. So David sent his servants to comfort him for the death of his father. But when the servants of David were come into the land of the children of Ammon,
3 The princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanon their lord: Thinkest thou that for the honour of thy father, David hath sent comforters to thee, and hath not David rather sent his servants to thee to search, and spy into the city, and overthrow it?
4 Wherefore Hanon took the servants of David, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut away half of their garments even to the buttocks, and sent them away.
5 When this was told David, he sent to meet them: for the men were sadly put to confusion, and David commanded them, saying: Stay at Jericho, till your beards be grown, and then return.
6 And the children of Ammon seeing that they had done an injury to David, Bent and hired the Syrians of Rohob, and the Syrians of Soba, twenty thousand footmen, and of the king of Maacha a thousand men, and of Istob twelve thousand men.
7 And when David heard this, he sent Joab and the whole army of warriors.
8 And the children of Ammon came out, and set their men in array at the entering in of the gate: but the Syrians of Soba, and of Rohob, and of Istob, and of Maacha were by themselves in the field.
9 Then Joab seeing that the battle was prepared against him, both before and behind, chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
10 And the rest of the people he delivered to Abisai his brother, who set them in array against the children of Ammon.
11 And Joab said: If the Syrians are too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon are too strong for thee, then I will help thee.
12 Be of good courage, and let us fight for our people, and for the city of our God: and the Lord will do what is good in his sight.
13 And Joab and the people that were with him, began to fight against the Syrians: and they immediately fled before him.
14 And the children of Ammon seeing that the Syrians were fled, they fled also before Abisai, and entered into the city: and Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
15 Then the Syrians seeing that they had fallen before Israel, gathered themselves together.
16 And Adarezer sent and fetched the Syrians, that were beyond the river, and brought over their army: and Sobach, the captain of the host of Adarezer, was their general.
17 And when this was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam: and the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought against him.
18 And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen: and smote Sobach the captain of the army, who presently died.
19 And all the kings that were auxiliaries of Adarezer, seeing themselves overcome by Israel, were afraid and fled away, eight and fifty thousand men before Israel. And they made peace with Israel: and served them, and all the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.
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