2 Samyèl 8
1 Konsa, li te vin rive ke David te bat Filisten yo e te mete yo anba lòd. David te pran kontwòl a vil prensipal la soti nan men a Filisten yo.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Li te bat Moab, li te mezire kaptif yo avèk yon lign. Konsa li te fè yo kouche atè, li te mezire longè de lign pou mete yo a lanmò, ak yon lign antye pou lèse yo viv. Epi Moabit yo te devni sèvitè a David e yo te pote peye taks obligatwa.
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 Alò, David te bat Hadadézer, fis a Rehob la, wa a Tsoba, pandan li te nan wout pou reprann kontwòl li nan Rivyè Euphrate la.
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 te kaptire soti nan men li, mil-sèt-san chevalye avèk ven-mil sòlda a pye. Li te koupe jarèt a cheval cha yo, men li te konsève kont nan yo pou rale yon santèn cha.
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 Lè Siryen a Damas yo te vini pou bay sekou a Hadadézer, wa a Tsoba a, David te touye venn-de-mil Siryen.
When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Epi David te mete anplasman sòlda pami Siryen Damas yo. Siryen yo te vin soumèt a David e te pote taks obligatwa. Epi SENYÈ a te ede David tout kote li te ale.
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 David te pran boukliye fèt an lò ki te pote pa sèvitè a Hadadézer yo e li te mennen yo Jérusalem.
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Soti nan Béthach avèk Bérothaï, vil a Hadadézer yo, Wa David te pran yon gran kantite bwonz.
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 Alò lè Thoï, wa a Hamath la te tande ke David te bat tout lame a Hadadézer a.
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 Konsa, Thoï te voye Joram, fis li a kote Wa David pou salye li e fè li felisitasyon akoz li te goumen kont Hadadézer e te bat li. Paske Hadadézer t ap fè lagè avèk Thoï. Epi Joram te mennen avèk li bagay fèt an ajan, an lò, e an bwonz.
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 Wa David te dedye sa yo osi a SENYÈ a, avèk ajan ak lò ke li te dedye soti nan tout nasyon ke Li te soumèt anba li menm yo:
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 Soti nan Syrie avèk Moab, fis a Ammon yo, Filisten yo avèk Amalekit yo, ak piyaj ki te soti osi nan Hadadézer, fis a Thoï a, wa a Tsoba a.
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 Konsa, David te vin fè yon non byen koni pou kont li, lè li te retounen soti nan touye dizui-mil Siryen nan Vale Sèl la.
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 Li te etabli anplasman militè yo nan Édom. Nan tout Édom, li te fè anplasman militè e tout Edomit yo te devni sèvitè a David. Konsa, SENYÈ a te ede David tout kote li te ale.
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 te renye sou tout Israël. Li te administre lajistis avèk ladwati pou tout pèp li a.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Joab, fis Tseruja a te sou lame a e Josaphat, fis a Achilud la te grefye a.
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 Tsadok, fis a Achithub la avèk Achilémec, fis a Abithar a te prèt e Tseriah te sekretè.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 Benaja, fis a Jehojada a te chèf sou Keretyen avèk Peletyen yo; epi fis a David yo te chèf ministè leta yo.
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).
