1 At the turn of the year,[a] the time when kings go to war, Joab led the army out in force, laid waste the land of the Ammonites, and went on to besiege Rabbah; David himself remained in Jerusalem.
201E rile ngwaga o se na go feta ka nako e dikgosi di a tleng di bolole ka yona, Joabe a bolotsa mephato, a senya lefatshe la Baamone a fitlha a dikanyetsa mošate wa Raba ka ntwa, Dafita ene a setse kwa Jerusalema, mme Joabe a thopa Raba a o diga.