2 Samuel 8
1 Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
| وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ضَرَبَ دَاوُدُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ وَذَلَّلَهُمْ، وَأَخَذَ دَاوُدُ «زِمَامَ ٱلْقَصَبَةِ» مِنْ يَدِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ. | ١ |
2 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].
| وَضَرَبَ ٱلْمُوآبِيِّينَ وَقَاسَهُمْ بِٱلْحَبْلِ. أَضْجَعَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، فَقَاسَ بِحَبْلَيْنِ لِلْقَتْلِ وَبِحَبْلٍ لِلِٱسْتِحْيَاءِ. وَصَارَ ٱلْمُوآبِيُّونَ عَبِيدًا لِدَاوُدَ يُقَدِّمُونَ هَدَايَا. | ٢ |
3 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.
| وَضَرَبَ دَاوُدُ هَدَدَ عَزَرَ بْنَ رَحُوبَ مَلِكَ صُوبَةَ حِينَ ذَهَبَ لِيَرُدَّ سُلْطَتَهُ عِنْدَ نَهْرِ ٱلْفُرَاتِ. | ٣ |
4 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.
| فَأَخَذَ دَاوُدُ مِنْهُ أَلْفًا وَسَبْعَ مِئَةِ فَارِسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَاجِلٍ. وَعَرْقَبَ دَاوُدُ جَمِيعَ خَيْلِ ٱلْمَرْكَبَاتِ وَأَبْقَى مِنْهَا مِئَةَ مَرْكَبَةٍ. | ٤ |
5 When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
| فَجَاءَ أَرَامُ دِمَشْقَ لِنَجْدَةِ هَدَدَ عَزَرَ مَلِكِ صُوبَةَ، فَضَرَبَ دَاوُدُ مِنْ أَرَامَ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ رَجُلٍ. | ٥ |
6 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.
| وَجَعَلَ دَاوُدُ مُحَافِظِينَ فِي أَرَامِ دِمَشْقَ، وَصَارَ ٱلْأَرَامِيُّونَ لِدَاوُدَ عَبِيدًا يُقَدِّمُونَ هَدَايَا. وَكَانَ ٱلرَّبُّ يُخَلِّصُ دَاوُدَ حَيْثُمَا تَوَجَّهَ. | ٦ |
7 David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
| وَأَخَذَ دَاوُدُ أَتْرَاسَ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَى عَبِيدِ هَدَدَ عَزَرَ وَأَتَى بِهَا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ٧ |
8 They also brought [to Jerusalem] a lot of bronze [that they found] in Betah and Berothai, two cities that King Hadadezer [had previously] ruled.
| وَمِنْ بَاطِحَ وَمِنْ بِيرَوَثَايَ، مَدِينَتَيْ هَدَدَ عَزَرَ، أَخَذَ ٱلْمَلِكُ دَاوُدُ نُحَاسًا كَثِيرًا جِدًّا. | ٨ |
9 When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
| وَسَمِعَ تُوعِي مَلِكُ حَمَاةَ أَنَّ دَاوُدَ قَدْ ضَرَبَ كُلَّ جَيْشِ هَدَدَ عَزَرَ، | ٩ |
10 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.
| فَأَرْسَلَ تُوعِي يُورَامَ ٱبْنَهُ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ دَاوُدَ لِيَسْأَلَ عَنْ سَلَامَتِهِ وَيُبَارِكَهُ لِأَنَّهُ حَارَبَ هَدَدَ عَزَرَ وَضَرَبَهُ، لِأَنَّ هَدَدَ عَزَرَ وكَانَتْ لَهُ حُرُوبٌ مَعَ تُوعِي. وَكَانَتْ بِيَدِهِ آنِيَةُ فِضَّةٍ وَآنِيَةُ ذَهَبٍ وَآنِيَةُ نُحَاسٍ. | ١٠ |
11 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.
| وَهَذِهِ أَيْضًا قَدَّسَهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ دَاوُدُ لِلرَّبِّ مَعَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّذِي قَدَّسَهُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَخْضَعَهُمْ | ١١ |
12 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.
| مِنْ أَرَامَ، وَمِنْ مُوآبَ، وَمِنْ بَنِي عَمُّونَ، وَمِنَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَمِنْ عَمَالِيقَ، وَمِنْ غَنِيمَةِ هَدَدَ عَزَرَ بْنِ رَحُوبَ مَلِكِ صُوبَةَ. | ١٢ |
13 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].
| وَنَصَبَ دَاوُدُ تَذْكَارًا عِنْدَ رُجُوعِهِ مِنْ ضَرْبِهِ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا مِنْ أَرَامَ فِي وَادِي ٱلْمِلْحِ. | ١٣ |
14 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.
| وَجَعَلَ فِي أَدُومَ مُحَافِظِينَ. وَضَعَ مُحَافِظِينَ فِي أَدُومَ كُلِّهَا. وَكَانَ جَمِيعُ ٱلْأَدُومِيِّينَ عَبِيدًا لِدَاوُدَ. وَكَانَ ٱلرَّبُّ يُخَلِّصُ دَاوُدَ حَيْثُمَا تَوَجَّهَ. | ١٤ |
15 David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
| وَمَلَكَ دَاوُدُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. وَكَانَ دَاوُدُ يُجْرِي قَضَاءً وَعَدْلًا لِكُلِّ شَعْبِهِ. | ١٥ |
16 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;
| وَكَانَ يُوآبُ ٱبْنُ صَرُويَةَ عَلَى ٱلْجَيْشِ، وَيَهُوشَافَاطُ بْنُ أَخِيلُودَ مُسَجِّلًا، | ١٦ |
17 Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
| وَصَادُوقُ بْنُ أَخِيطُوبَ وَأَخِيمَالِكُ بْنُ أَبِيَاثَارَ كَاهِنَيْنِ، وَسَرَايَا كَاتِبًا، | ١٧ |
18 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).
| وَبَنَايَاهُو بْنُ يَهُويَادَاعَ عَلَى ٱلْجَّلَادِينَ وَٱلسُّعَاةِ، وَبَنُو دَاوُدَ كَانُوا كَهَنَةً. | ١٨ |
