1 Tarihi 18
1 Ana nan sai Dawuda ya ci Filistiyawa ya kuma rinjaye su, ya ƙwace Gat da ƙauyukan kewayenta daga mulkin Filistiyawa.
Some time later, David’s [army] attacked the army of Philistia and defeated them. They captured Gath [city] and the surrounding villages.
2 Dawuda ya kuma ci Mowabawa, suka zama bayinsa suka kuma biya haraji.
His [army] also defeated [the army of] the Moab [people-group]. The people were forced to accept David as their ruler, and also to pay money [each year to David’s government, in order that David’s army would protect them].
3 Ban da haka, Dawuda ya yaƙi Hadadezer sarkin Zoba, har can Hamat, sa’ad da ya je don yă kafa mulkinsa a wajen Kogin Yuferites.
David’s [army] also fought against [the army of] Hadadezer, the king of [the] Zobah [region in Syria] near Hamath [city], when Hadadezer was trying to establish control over the area near the Euphrates River.
4 Dawuda ya kame keken yaƙinsa dubu ɗaya, da mahayan kekunan yaƙi dubu bakwai da sojojin kafa guda dubu ashirin. Ya yayyanke dukan agaran dawakansa, amma ya bar dawakai da suka isa jan kekunan yaƙi ɗari.
David’s [army] captured 1,000 of Hadadezer’s chariots, 7,000 chariot-drivers, and 20,000 soldiers. They hamstrung/crippled most of their horses; there were only 100 horses that they did not cripple.
5 Da Arameyawan Damaskus suka zo su taimaki Hadadezer sarkin Zoba, sai Dawuda ya bugi dubu ashirin da biyunsu.
When the army of Syria came from Damascus [city] to help Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Ya sa ƙungiyoyin sojoji a masarautar Arameyawan Damaskus. Arameyawan kuwa suka zama bayinsa, suka kuma kawo haraji. Ubangiji ya ba Dawuda nasara a ko’ina da ya tafi.
Then David stationed groups of his soldiers in Damascus, and the people of Syria were forced to accept David as their ruler, and to pay to David’s government [each year] the payment/tax that he demanded. And Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win battles everywhere they went.
7 Dawuda ya kwashe garkuwoyin zinariyan da shugabannin sojojin Hadadezer suke riƙe, ya kawo su Urushalima.
David soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by the officers of Hadadezer’s [army] and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Daga Teba da Kun, garuruwan da suke ƙarƙashin Hadadezer, Dawuda ya kwashe tagulla da yawa sosai, wanda Solomon ya yi amfani don yă yi Tekun tagulla, ginshiƙai da kuma kayayyakin tagulla dabam-dabam.
They also brought from Tebah (OR, Tibhath) and Cun, two towns that belonged to Hadadezer, a lot of bronze, which [David’s son] Solomon [later] used to make the huge bronze basin and the pillars and other bronze items [for the temple].
9 Sa’ad da Towu sarkin Hamat ya ji cewa Dawuda ya ci mayaƙan Hadadezer sarkin Zoba gaba ɗaya,
When Tou, the king of Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 sai ya aiki ɗansa Hadoram zuwa wurin Sarki Dawuda yă gaishe shi yă kuma yi masa barka da nasara a yaƙi a kan Hadadezer, wanda yake yaƙi da Towu. Hadoram ya kawo kowane irin kayayyakin zinariya da na azurfa da na tagulla.
he sent his son Hadoram to King David, to greet him and (congratulate him/tell him that he was happy) about his defeating Hadadezer’s army, which had been fighting [the army of] Tou. Hadoram brought to David many items/gifts made of gold, silver, and bronze.
11 Sarki Dawuda ya miƙa waɗannan kayayyakin ga Ubangiji, kamar yadda ya yi da azurfa da kuma zinariyan da ya kwaso daga dukan waɗannan al’ummai. Edom da Mowab, Ammonawa da Filistiyawa, da kuma Amalek.
King David dedicated those things to Yahweh, like he had done with the silver and gold that his soldiers had taken from [the] Edom and Moab [people-groups], and from the Ammon people-group and from the people of Philistia, and from [the descendants of] Amalek.
12 Abishai ɗan Zeruhiya ya bugi mutanen Edom dubu goma sha takwas a Kwarin Gishiri.
[One of David’s army commanders, ] Abishai, whose mother was Zeruiah, went with his army and killed 18,000 soldiers from Edom in the Salt Valley.
13 Ya sa ƙungiyoyin sojoji a Edom, dukan mutanen Edom kuwa suka zama bayin Dawuda. Ubangiji ya ba Dawuda nasara a ko’ina da ya tafi.
Then David stationed groups of his soldiers there in Edom, and the people of Edom were forced to accept David as their king and to pay money to David’s government [every year]. And Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win battles wherever they went.
14 Dawuda ya yi mulki a bisa dukan Isra’ila, yana yin abin da yake daidai da kuma gaskiya saboda dukan mutanensa.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was just and fair.
15 Yowab ɗan Zeruhiya shi ne shugaban mayaƙa; Yehoshafat ɗan Ahilud shi ne marubuci;
Zeruiah’s son Joab was the chief army commander. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the record-keeper.
16 Zadok ɗan Ahitub da Abimelek ɗan Abiyatar su ne firistoci; Shafsha shi ne magatakarda;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the Supreme Priests. Shavsha was the official secretary.
17 Benahiya ɗan Yehohiyada shi ne shugaban Keretawa da Feletiyawa;’ya’yan Dawuda maza su ne manyan ma’aikata a gefen sarki.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ruled over the Kereth and Peleth groups [who were David’s bodyguards]. And David’s sons were his most important officials.
