2 Samuel 10

10 ¹Afta some time, di king of di Ammonite people die, and im pikin Hanun come be king for im place. ²David talk say, "I go show kindness to Hanun, Nahash im pikin, jus as im papa show me kindness." So he send servant dem go console am for im papa death. But wen David servant dem reach di Ammonite people land, ³di Ammonite commander dem tell Hanun dia oga say, "You really tink say David dey honour your papa wen he send men come console you? No be say David don send im servant dem come check di city, spy am well well, and scatter am?"

⁴Hanun grab David servant dem, shave half of each man beard, cut dia cloth for di waist, and send dem comot. ⁵Wen dem tell David, he send messenger dem go meet dem, bicos shame catch di men well well. Di king talk say, "Stay for Jericho till una beard grow again, den come back."

⁶Wen di Ammonite people see say dem don turn stink for David nose, dem send go hire di Aramean people of Beth-rehob and di Aramean people of Zobah—20,000 foot soldier—di king of Maacah with 1,000 men, and di men of Tob with 12,000 men. ⁷Wen David hear dis one, he send Joab with di whole army of fighting men. ⁸Di Ammonite people comot come line up for battle for di entrance of di city gate, while di Aramean people of Zobah and Rehob and di men of Tob and Maacah stand separate for di open field.

⁹Joab see say di battle line dey face am for front and for back, so he pick some of di best men for Israel and line dem up against di Aramean people. ¹⁰He put di rest under im broda Abishai command, make dem line up against di Ammonite people. ¹¹Joab talk say, "If Aram too strong for me, come rescue me; if di Ammonite people too strong for you, I go come rescue you. ¹²Make we strong, make we get mind for our people and for di cities of our Papa. Make our Papa do wetin good for im eye." ¹³Den Joab and di soldier dem wey dey with am move forward go fight di Aramean people, and dem run comot for im front. ¹⁴Wen di Ammonite people see say di Aramean people don run, dem too run comot for Abishai front and enter di city. So Joab turn back from di Ammonite people and come Jerusalem.

¹⁵Wen di Aramean people see say Israel don scatter dem, dem gada demselves togeda again. ¹⁶Hadadezer call di Aramean people wey dey for di oda side of di Euphrates river; dem come Helam, with Shobach, di commander of Hadadezer army, dey lead dem. ¹⁷Wen David hear, he gada all Israel, cross di Jordan, and reach Helam. Di Aramean people line up against David and fight am. ¹⁸But di Aramean people run comot for Israel front. David kill 700 of dia chariot rider dem and 40,000 horse rider, den he strike down Shobach, dia army commander, wey die for dat place. ¹⁹Wen all di king dem wey dey serve Hadadezer see say Israel don defeat dem, dem make peace with Israel and serve dem. So fear catch di Aramean people, dem no gree help di Ammonite people again.