2 Samuel 8
1 To nathuem ah David mah, Philistin kaminawk to tuk moe, pazawk; Metheg-ammah vangpui doeh Philistin ban thung hoiah a lak.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Moab kaminawk doeh a tuk, prae kaminawk to long ah angsongsak moe, nihcae to qui hoiah a tah; hum han ih kami to qui hnetto kasawk hoiah a tah, tahhaih qui maeto kasawk loe a hingsak; to pongah Moab kaminawk loe David ih tamna ah oh o moe, nihcae to tamut paeksak.
David’s army also defeated the army of the Moab people-group. David forced their soldiers to lie down on the ground [close to each other]. His men killed two out of every three of them. The [other] Moab people [were forced to] accept David as their ruler, and they were forced to give to him [every year the] payment/tax [that he demanded].
3 To pacoengah Zobah siangpahrang, Rehob capa Hadadezer mah, Euphrates vapui taeng ih praenawk lak let hanah caeh naah, David siangpahrang mah tuk.
David’s army also defeated [the army of] Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, who ruled [the state of] Zobah [in Syria]. That happened when David went to rule again over the area at [the upper part of] the Euphrates River.
4 David mah hrang lakok sangto, hrang angthueng kami sang sarihto, khok hoi misatuh kaminawk sang pumphaeto naeh; hrang lakok cumvaito naeh moe, kalah hrang lakoknawk loe paro pae boih.
David’s army captured 1,700 of Hadadezer’s soldiers who rode on horses, and 20,000 of his other soldiers. They also crippled/hamstrung most of the horses that pulled the chariots, but they left/spared enough horses to [pull] 100 chariots.
5 Zobah siangpahrang Hadadezer abomh hanah Damaska vangpui ah kaom Syria kaminawk angzoh o, toe David mah Syria kami sang pumphae hnetto hum pae boih.
When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 David mah Syria prae Damaska ah misatoep kami to suek; Syria kaminawk loe David ih tamna ah oh o moe, tamut to paek o; David caehhaih ahmuen kruekah Angraeng mah pazawkhaih to paek.
Then David stationed (groups of his soldiers/army camps) in their area, and the people of Syria were forced to accept David as their ruler, and to give to David’s government [every year] the payment/tax that he demanded. And Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win victories wherever they went.
7 Hadadezer tamnanawk mah sin ih sui aphawnawk to David mah lak moe, Jerusalem ah suek.
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 David loe paroeai pop sumkamling doeh Hadadezer mah uk ih Betah hoi Berothai vangpui thung hoiah lak bae vop.
They also brought [to Jerusalem] a lot of bronze [that they found] in Betah and Berothai, two cities that King Hadadezer [had previously] ruled.
9 David mah Hadadezer ih misatuh kaminawk pazawk boih boeh, tiah Hamath siangpahrang Toi mah thaih naah,
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 Toi loe angmah ih misa ah kaom, Hadadezer to pazawk pongah, anghoe moe, anih to bansin hanah, a capa Joram to siangpahrang David khaeah patoeh; Joram mah anih hanah sui, phoisa, sum kamling hoiah sak ih laom sabaenawk to sin pae;
he sent his son Joram to greet King David and to (congratulate him/say that he was happy) about his army defeating Hadadezer’s army, which Toi’s [army] had fought many times. Joram brought to David many items/gifts made from gold, silver, and bronze.
11 David siangpahrang loe to laom sabaenawk to Angraeng khaeah paek; to pacoengah a pazawk ih prae thung ih, sui hoi phoisanawk doeh Angraeng khaeah paek;
King David dedicated all those items to Yahweh. He also dedicated the silver and gold which his army had taken from the nations that they had conquered.
12 Syria hoi Moab, Ammon kaminawk, Philistinnawk hoi Amalek kaminawk; Zobah siangpahrang, Rehob capa Hadadezer khae hoi lomh ih hmuennawk doeh a paek boih.
They had taken items from the Edom people-group and the Moab people-group, from the Ammon people-group, from the Philistia people, and from [the descendants of] Amalek, as well as from the people that Hadadezer [previously] ruled.
13 Paloi azawn ah Syria kaminawk sang hatlai tazetto hum pacoengah, David loe paroeai ahmin amthang.
When David returned [after defeating the armies of Syria], he became more famous because his army killed 18,000 soldiers from the Edom people-group in the Salt Valley [near the Dead Sea].
14 Edom prae thung, Edom prae thung boih ah misatoep kami to a suek, Edom kaminawk loe David ih tamna ah oh o; David caehhaih ahmuen kruekah Angraeng mah pazawkhaih to paek.
David stationed (groups of his soldiers/army camps) throughout the Edom area, and forced the people there to accept him as their king. Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win battles wherever they went.
15 David loe Israel kaminawk boih ukkung siangpahrang ah oh moe, angmah ih kaminawk nuiah toenghaih hoiah kamsoem ah lokcaek.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Zeruiah capa Joab loe misatuh angraeng ah oh moe, Ahilud capa Jehosaphat loe ca tarikkung ah oh.
Joab was the army commander; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the man who reported to the people everything that David decided that they should do;
17 Ahitud capa Zadok hoi Abiathar capa Ahimelek loe qaima ah oh hoi; Seraiah loe athung bang toksah khenzawnkung ah oh.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 Jehoiada capa Benaiah loe Kereth hoi Peleth kaminawk ukkung ah oh moe, David capanawk loe ukkungnawk khenzawnkung angraeng ah oh o.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the commander of (David’s bodyguards/the men who protected the king); and David’s sons were priests (OR, his administrators/advisors).
