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.
ORA, dopo queste cose, Davide percosse i Filistei, e li abbassò; e prese Metegamma di mano de' Filistei.
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].
Percosse ancora i Moabiti, e fattili giacere in terra, li misurò con una funicella; e ne misurò due parti per farli morire, e una parte intiera per salvar loro la vita. Ed i Moabiti furono renduti soggetti a Davide, e tributari.
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.
Davide, oltre a ciò, percosse Hadadezer, figliuolo di Rehob, re di Soba, andando per ridurre [il paese] sotto alla sua mano fino al fiume Eufrate.
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.
E Davide gli prese mille settecent'uomini a cavallo, e ventimila uomini a piè. E Davide tagliò i garetti a' [cavalli di] tutti i carri; ma ne riserbò [i cavalli di] cento carri.
5 When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
Ora i Siri di Damasco erano venuti per soccerrere Hadadezer, re di Soba. E Davide percosse di essi ventiduemila uomini.
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.
Poi pose guernigioni nella Siria di Damasco; e i Siri furono renduti soggetti a Davide, e tributari. E il Signore salvava Davide, dovunque egli andava.
7 David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
E Davide prese gli scudi d'oro ch'erano de' servitori di Hadadezer, e li portò in Gerusalemme.
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.
Il re Davide prese ancora grandissima quantità di rame da Beta, e da Berotai, città di Hadadezer.
9 When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
Or Toi, re di Hamat, avendo udito che Davide avea sconfitto tutto l'esercito di Hadadezer,
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.
mandò al re Davide Ioram, suo figliuolo, per salutarlo, e per benedirlo, di ciò ch'egli avea guerreggiato contro a Hadadezer, e l'avea sconfitto; imperocchè Hadadezer avea guerra aperta con Toi. E [Ioram] portò seco vasellamenti d'argento, e vasellamenti di oro e vasellamenti di rame.
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.
E il re Davide consacrò eziandio quelli al Signore, insieme con l'argento, e con l'oro, che egli avea consacrato [della preda] di tutte le nazioni ch'egli avea soggiogate;
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.
dei Siri, e de' Moabiti, e de' figliuoli di Ammon, e de' Filistei, e degli Amalechiti; e della preda di Hadadezer, figliuolo di Rehob, re di Soba.
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].
Davide ancora acquistò fama di ciò che, ritornando dalla rotta de' Siri, [sconfisse] diciottomila [uomini] nella Valle del sale.
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.
E pose guernigioni in Idumea; egli ne pose per tutta l'Idumea; e tutti gl'Idumei furono renduti soggetti a Davide; e il Signore salvava Davide, dovunque egli andava.
15 David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
Così Davide regnò sopra tutto Israele, facendo ragione e giustizia a tutto il suo popolo.
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;
E Ioab, figliuolo di Seruia, [era] sopra l'esercito; e Iosafat, figliuolo di Ahilud, [era] Cancelliere;
17 Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
e Sadoc, figliuolo di Ahitub, ed Ahimelec, figliuolo di Ebiatar, [erano] Sacerdoti; e Seraia [era] Segretario;
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).
e Benaia, figliuolo di Ioiada, [era capo] dei Cheretei, e de' Peletei; ed i figliuoli di Davide erano principi.
