pehla itehas
19 baad vich ammoniya da raja nahash mar gaya atey os da puttar os di tha raj karan lagga.+ 2 is karke daood ne keha: “mai nahash de puttar hanoon naal attal pyaar karanga+ kyoki os de pita ne mere naal attal pyaar keeta si.” is layi daood ne sandesh den valya nu bhejya ki oh os nu dilasa den kyoki os de pita di maut ho gayi si. par jado daood de sevak hanoon nu dilasa den ammoniya de desh vich aaye,+ 3 taa ammoniya de haakma ne hanoon nu keha: “tere khayal vich kee daood ne tere pita da sanman karan layi dilasa den vale bande tere kol bheje han? kee os de sevak tere kol is karke nahi aaye ki oh desh nu changi tarha dekhan atey tainu tabah karan te desh di jasoosi karan?” 4 is layi hanoon ne daood de sevka nu farr ke ohna di daarhi munn ditti+ atey ohna de kappde lakk to thalle katt ke ohna nu bhej ditta. 5 jado daood nu ihna aadmiya bare dassya gaya, taa os ne turant ohna kol dooje aadmi bheje kyoki ohna da ghor niradar keeta gaya si; atey raje ne ohna nu keha: “jad tak tuhadi daarhi dobara nahi vadh jandi, odo tak tusi yareeho+ vich hi reho atey fir murr aaiyo.”
6 kujh same baad ammoniya ne dekhya ki oh daood diya nazra vich ghinaune bann gaye san, is layi hanoon atey ammoniya ne mesopotamia,* aram-makah atey sobah to rath atey ghorrsavar kiraye te lain layi 1,000 kikaar* chandi bheji.+ 7 is tarha ohna ne makah de raje atey os de lokaa samet 32,000 rath kiraye te lai laye. fir ohna ne aa ke medba+ agge dera laya. ammoni aapo-apne shehera to ikatthe hoye atey yudh karan layi aaye.
8 jado daood ne is bare sunya, taa os ne yoab+ atey apne sabh to takatvar yodhya sane sari fauj nu bhejya.+ 9 fir ammoni nikle atey sheher de darvaze te morcha bannh ke kharh gaye atey jehrre raje aaye hoye san, oh khulle maidan vich alag kharhe san.
10 jado yoab ne dekhya ki aggyo atey pichhyo fauja os utte hamla karan valiya san, taa os ne izraeel de sabh to vadiya faujiya vicho kujh jane chune atey ohna nu seeriayi faujiya da mukabla karan layi morcha bannhan layi keha.+ 11 os ne baaki aadmiya nu apne bhra abishayi de adheen* rakhya+ taaki oh ammoniya da mukabla karan layi morcha bannhan. 12 fir os ne keha: “je seeriayi fauji+ mere te bhari pai gaye, taa tu mainu bachaun aayi; par je ammoni tere te bhari pai gaye, taa mai tainu bachavanga. 13 sanu apne lokaa atey apne parmeshwar de shehera khatar takrre hon atey daler bannan di lorr hai+ atey yahovah ohi karega jo os diya nazra vich changa hai.”
14 fir yoab atey os de aadmi yudh vich seeriayi faujiya naal mukabla karan layi agge vadhe atey oh os aggo bhajj gaye.+ 15 jado ammoniya ne dekhya ki seeriayi fauji bhajj gaye san, taa oh vi os de bhra abishayi de aggo bhajj gaye atey sheher andar chale gaye. os to baad yoab yarushlam aa gaya.
16 jado seeriayi faujiya ne dekhya ki oh izraeel hatho haar gaye san, taa ohna ne darya*+ de ilake to seeriayi faujiya nu bulaun layi aadmiya hathi sandesh bhejya ki oh haddazar di fauj de mukhi shofak di agvayi vich aaun.+
17 jado daood nu eh khabar mili, taa os ne turant sare izraeel nu ikattha keeta atey yardan darya paar kar ke ohna kol aaya te ohna khilaf morcha bannhya. jado daood ne seeriayi faujiya da mukabla karan layi morcha bannh lya, taa ohna ne os naal yudh keeta.+ 18 par seeriayi fauji izraeel aggo bhajj gaye; daood ne seeriayi fauj de 7,000 rathvana atey 40,000 paidal chalan vale faujiya nu maar ditta atey os ne ohna di fauj de mukhi shofak nu maut de ghaat utaar ditta. 19 jado haddazar de sevka ne dekhya ki izraeel ne ohna nu hara ditta si,+ taa ohna ne fauran daood naal shanti kaiyam kar layi atey os de adheen ho gaye;+ seeriya ne fir kade ammoniya di madad karni na chahi.