1 Chronicles 19

19 ¹Afta some time, Nahash king of di Ammonite people die, and im pikin come be king for im place. ²David talk say, "I go show kindness to Hanun, Nahash im pikin, becos im papa bin show me kindness." So David send messenger dem go comfort am ova im papa. But wen David servant dem reach di land of di Ammonite people, to Hanun, to comfort am, ³Ammon im commander dem tell Hanun say, "You think say na to honor your papa make David send comforter dem come you? Abi no be so im servant dem come you to search out, scatter, and spy di land?" ⁴Hanun grab David servant dem, shave dem, cut dia cloth for half for di waist, and send dem comot. ⁵Wen dem tell David about di men, e send messenger dem go meet dem, becos dem shame well well. Di king talk say, "Stay for Jericho till your beard grow, den come back."

⁶Wen di Ammonite people see say dem don turn to bad smell for David nose, Hanun and di Ammonite people send about thirty-eight ton of silver to hire chariot and horse-rider dem from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah. ⁷Dem hire 32,000 chariot, plus di king of Maacah and im soldier dem, wey come camp for front of Medeba. Di Ammonite people gada from dia cities and come out to fight. ⁸Wen David hear am, e send Joab and di whole army of fighting men. ⁹Di Ammonite people march out and line up for battle for di entrance of di city, while di kings wey come dey stand alone for di field.

¹⁰Joab see say di battle dey set against am for front and back, so e pick di best soldier dem of Israel and line dem up against di Aramean people. ¹¹E put di rest of di soldier dem under im broda Abishai, and dem line up against di Ammonite people. ¹²Joab talk say, "If Aram too strong for me, come rescue me; if Ammon too strong for you, I go rescue you. ¹³Make we strong; make we fight with heart-of-power for our people and di cities of our Papa, and make our Papa do wetin good for im eye."

¹⁴Den Joab and di soldier dem wey dey with am move forward to fight di Aramean people, and dem run comot for im front. ¹⁵Wen dem see say Aram don run, di Ammonite people sef run comot for front of Abishai im broda and enter di city. Den Joab come Jerusalem.

¹⁶Wen di Aramean people see say Israel don beat dem, dem send messenger dem and bring out di Aramean people from di oda side of di Euphrates, with Shophach, di commander of Hadadezer im army, for dia head. ¹⁷Dem tell David; e gada all Israel, cross di Jordan, come against dem, and line up for battle. David line up for battle against di Aramean people, and dem fight am. ¹⁸Di Aramean people run comot for front of Israel. David kill 7,000 of dia chariot-rider dem and 40,000 foot soldier, den e kill Shophach, di commander of dia army. ¹⁹Wen Hadadezer im servant dem see say Israel don beat dem, dem make peace with David and serve am. Aram no gree help di Ammonite people again.