1 Khokhuen 18
1 Te phoeiah khaw David loh Philisti te a ngawn tih amih te a kunyun sak. Te vaengah Gath neh a khobuel rhoek te Philisti kut lamloh a lat.
After this, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 Moab te a ngawn bal dongah Moab khaw David taengah khocang aka thak sal la om uh.
He defeated Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.
3 Zobah manghai Hadadezer loh a kut dongah Perath tuiva phai te khueh hamla a caeh vaengah David loh Khamath duela a ngawn.
David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, toward Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
4 Anih taeng lamkah te David loh leng thawngkhat, marhang caem thawng rhih, rhalkap tongpa thawng kul a tuuk pah. Te vaengah David loh leng khaw boeih a haih pah tih leng yakhat bueng a paih pah.
David took from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them enough for one hundred chariots.
5 Te vaengah Aram Damasku tah Zobah manghai Hadadezer bom hamla ha pawk. Tedae David loh Aram kah hlang thawng kul neh thawng hnih a ngawn.
When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.
6 David loh Aram Damasku ah khohung a khueh tih Aram te David taengah khocang aka thak sal om. David te a caeh nah takuem ah BOEIPA loh a khang.
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
7 David loh Hadadezer sal rhoek pum dongah aka om sui photling te a loh tih Jerusalem la a khuen.
David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Hadadezer khopuei Tibhath lamkah neh Kun lamkah rhohum te yet te David loh bahoeng a loh pah. Te nen te Solomon loh rhohum tuili khaw, tung khaw, rhohum hnopai khaw a saii.
From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took very much bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, the pillars, and the vessels of bronze.
9 David loh Zobah manghai Hadadezer kah caem boeih a ngawn pah te Khamath manghai Toi loh a yaak.
When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
10 Hadadezer a vathoh thil tih Toi kah caemtloek hlang rhoek hamla Hadadezer te a ngawn pah. Te dongah amah te sading kawng dawt ham neh amah uem puei hamla manghai David taengah a capa Hadoram te a tueih tih sui hnopai boeih neh cak khaw rhohum khaw a khuen sak.
he sent Hadoram his son to King David to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him (for Hadadezer had wars with Tou); and he had with him all kinds of vessels of gold and silver and bronze.
11 Te rhoek te khaw Manghai David loh BOEIPA taengah namtom cungkuem taeng lamkah, Edom lamkah, Moab lamkah, Ammon koca taeng lamkah, Philisti lamkah, Amalek lamkah a phueih cak neh sui neh a ciim.
King David also dedicated these to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations: from Edom, from Moab, from the children of Ammon, from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
12 Zeruiah capa Abishai loh kolrhawk ah Edom te thawng hlai rhet a ngawn.
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
13 Te dongah Edom ah khohung rhoek a khueh tih Edom boeih te David taengah sal om uh. A caeh nah takuem ah David te BOEIPA loh a khang.
He put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
14 David te Israel boeih soah a manghai vaengah a pilnam boeih ham khaw tiktamnah neh duengnah aka saii la om.
David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness for all his people.
15 Zeruiah capa Joab tah caempuei soah, Ahilud capa Jehoshaphat loh khocil aka khoem la om.
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
16 Ahitub capa Zadok neh Abiathar capa Abimelek te khosoih, Shavsha te cadaek la om.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was scribe;
17 Jehoiada capa Benaiah te Kerethi neh Phelethi soah a khueh. David koca rhoek te tah manghai kut ah lamhma uh.
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief officials serving the king.
