Given a sentence in Somali language, translate the sentence to English language keeping the meaning of the original sentence intact

Somali sentence: 3 Oo dadkiina maalintaas qarsoodi bay ku soo galeen magaaladii, sidii dad ceebaysanu ay u dhuuntaan markii ay dagaalka ka cararaan.
3 And the people shunned the going into the city that day as a people would do that hath turned their backs, and fled away from the battle.