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1 Mgbe nke a gasịrị, Devid meriri ndị Filistia, mee ka ha nọdụ nʼokpuru ọchịchị ya. Ọ naara obodo Gat na obodo nta ndị ọzọ gbara ya gburugburu site nʼaka ndị Filistia.
Now after these things, it happened that David struck the Philistines, and he humbled them, and he took Gath and her daughters from the hand of the Philistines.
2 Devid merikwara ndị Moab, ha ghọrọ ndị ohu ya, na-ebutakwara ya ụtụ kwa afọ ọbụla.
And he struck Moab. And the Moabites became the servants of David, offering gifts to him.
3 Devid merikwara Hadadeza eze Zoba, na nso Hamat, mgbe ọ na-aga iguzobe ogidi eji mara ya nʼakụkụ osimiri Yufretis.
In that time, David also struck Hadadezer, the king of Zobah, in the region of Hamath, when he went forth so that he might extend his dominion as far as the river Euphrates.
4 Devid nwudere otu puku ịnyịnya ya na-adọkpụ ụgbọ agha, puku ndị agha asaa ndị na-agba ụgbọ agha, tinyere ndị agha ji ụkwụ eje dị iri puku abụọ. O bipụrụ akwara ụkwụ ịnyịnya ndị ahụ niile ọ dọtara nʼagha, ma hapụ naanị narị ịnyịnya.
Then David seized one thousand of his four-horse chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand men on foot. And he hamstrung all the chariot horses, except for one hundred four-horse chariots, which he reserved for himself.
5 Mgbe ndị Aram nke Damaskọs bịara inyere Hadadeza eze Zoba aka, Devid gburu iri puku ndị agha abụọ na abụọ nʼime ha.
Then the Syrians of Damascus also arrived, so that they might offer assistance to Hadadezer, the king of Zobah. And so, David then struck of them twenty-two thousand men.
6 O wuru ogige ndị agha nʼalaeze ndị Aram nke Damaskọs, ndị Aram ghọrọ ndị ohu Devid, na-ewetakwara ya ụtụ ịnata ihuọma. Onyenwe anyị nyere Devid mmeri ebe ọbụla ọ gara.
And he stationed soldiers in Damascus, so that Syria also would serve him, and would offer gifts. And the Lord assisted him in all the things to which he went forth.
7 Devid chịkọtara ọta ọlaedo nke ndịisi agha Hadadeza na-ebu na Jerusalem.
Also, David took the golden quivers, which the servants of Hadadezer had, and he brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Site na Tibhat nakwa Kun, bụ obodo ndị Hadadeza na-achị, Devid weere ọtụtụ bronz dị ukwuu, nke Solomọn ji kpụọ Osimiri bronz ahụ, ogidi niile na ngwongwo ndị ọzọ niile nke e ji bronz kpụọ.
In addition, from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, he brought very much brass, from which Solomon made the sea of brass, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
9 Mgbe Tou eze Hamat nụrụ na Devid emeriela ndị agha niile nke Hadadeza, eze Zoba,
Now when Toi, the king of Hamath, had heard this, specifically that David had struck the entire army of Hadadezer, the king of Zobah,
10 o zipụrụ Hadoram nwa ya nwoke, ka ọ gaa kelee eze Devid nʼihi mmeri o meriri Hadadeza nʼagha, bụ onye ya na Tou nọ nʼagha. Hadoram ji ọtụtụ akụrụngwa nke ọlaedo, nke ọlaọcha na nke bronz dị iche iche bịa.
he sent his son Hadoram to king David so that he might petition peace from him, and so that he might congratulate him that he had struck and defeated Hadadezer. For indeed, Toi was an adversary to Hadadezer.
11 Eze Devid doro akụrụngwa ndị a niile nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị, dịka o mere ọlaọcha na ọlaedo o wetara na mba ndị a: Edọm, Moab, ndị Amọn, ndị Filistia na Amalek.
Moreover, all the vessels of gold and silver and brass king David consecrated to the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had taken from all the nations, as much from Idumea, and Moab, and the sons of Ammon, as from the Philistines and Amalek.
12 Abishai nwa Zeruaya gburu puku ndị Edọm iri na asatọ na Ndagwurugwu Nnu.
Truly, Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of the Salt Pits.
13 O wuru ogige ndị agha nʼEdọm, ndị Edọm niile ghọrọ ndị na-ejere Devid ozi. Onyenwe anyị nyere Devid mmeri ebe ọbụla ọ gara.
And he stationed a garrison in Edom, so that Idumea would serve David. And the Lord saved David in all the things to which he went forth.
14 Devid chịrị ndị Izrel niile, na-emere ndị ya ihe dị mma na ihe ziri ezi.
Therefore, David reigned over all of Israel, and he executed judgment and justice among all his people.
15 Joab nwa Zeruaya bụ onyeisi agha ya; Jehoshafat nwa Ahilud bụ onye na-edekọta akụkọ.
Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was over the army, and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the keeper of records.
16 Zadọk nwa Ahitub, na Ahimelek nwa Abịata, bụ ndị nchụaja. Shavsha bụ ode akwụkwọ eze.
And Zadok, the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were the priests. And Shavsha was the scribe.
17 Benaya nwa Jehoiada bụ onyeisi ndị Keret na Pelet. Ụmụ ndị ikom Devid bụkwa ndịisi nʼọrụ eze.
Also, Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the legions of the Cherethites and Pelethites. But the sons of David were first at the hand of the king.
