撒母耳記下 8
1 此後，大衛攻打非利士人，把他們治服，從他們手下奪取了京城的權柄；
Sometime after this, David attacked and subdued the Philistines, taking Metheg-ammah from the them.
2 又攻打摩押人，使他們躺臥在地上，用繩量一量：量二繩的殺了，量一繩的存留。摩押人就歸服大衛，給他進貢。
David also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground, and he measured them with a length of cord. He measured two lengths for those to be killed, and one cord length for those to be allowed to live. So he made them subject to him and required them to pay taxes.
3 瑣巴王利合的兒子哈大底謝往大河去，要奪回他的國權。大衛就攻打他，
David also defeated Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he tried to enforce his control along the Euphrates River.
4 擒拿了他的馬兵一千七百，步兵二萬，將拉戰車的馬砍斷蹄筋，但留下一百輛車的馬。
David captured from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. David hamstrung all the chariot horses—except he saved enough for 100 chariots.
5 大馬士革的亞蘭人來幫助瑣巴王哈大底謝，大衛就殺了亞蘭人二萬二千。
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of them.
6 於是大衛在大馬士革的亞蘭地設立防營，亞蘭人就歸服他，給他進貢。大衛無論往哪裏去，耶和華都使他得勝。
He placed garrisons in Aramean kingdom with its capital in Damascus, and made the Arameans subject to him and required them to pay taxes. The Lord gave David victories wherever he went.
7 他奪了哈大底謝臣僕所拿的金盾牌，帶到耶路撒冷。
David took the shields of gold that belonged to Hadadezer's officers and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 大衛王又從屬哈大底謝的比他和比羅他城中奪取了許多的銅。
King David also took a large quantity of bronze from Betah and Berothai, towns that had belonged to Hadadezer.
9 哈馬王陀以聽見大衛殺敗哈大底謝的全軍，
When Tou, king of Hamath, learned that David had destroyed the entire army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah,
10 就打發他兒子約蘭去見大衛王，問他的安，為他祝福，因為他殺敗了哈大底謝（原來陀以與哈大底謝常常爭戰）。約蘭帶了金銀銅的器皿來，
he sent his son Joram to David to make friends with him and to congratulate him on his victory in battle over Hadadezer. Tou and Hadadezer had often been at war. Joram brought all kinds of gifts of gold, silver, and bronze.
11 大衛王將這些器皿和他治服各國所得來的金銀都分別為聖，獻給耶和華，
King David dedicated these gifts to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had taken from all the nations he had subdued:
12 就是從亞蘭、摩押、亞捫、非利士、亞瑪力人所得來的，以及從瑣巴王利合的兒子哈大底謝所掠之物。
Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalekites; as well as the plunder taken from Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
13 大衛在鹽谷擊殺了亞蘭一萬八千人回來，就得了大名；
David also made a name for himself when he came back after defeating eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
14 又在以東全地設立防營，以東人就都歸服大衛。大衛無論往哪裏去，耶和華都使他得勝。
He placed garrisons all through Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. The Lord gave David victories wherever he went.
15 大衛作以色列眾人的王，又向眾民秉公行義。
David ruled over all Israel. He did what was fair and right for all his people.
16 洗魯雅的兒子約押作元帥；亞希律的兒子約沙法作史官；
Joab, son of Zeruiah, was the army commander, and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, kept the official records.
17 亞希突的兒子撒督和亞比亞他的兒子亞希米勒作祭司長；西萊雅作書記；
Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, son of Abiathar, were priests, while Seraiah was the secretary.
18 耶何耶大的兒子比拿雅統轄基利提人和比利提人。大衛的眾子都作領袖。
Benaiah, son of Jehoiada was in charge of the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.
