1 Cronicas 18
1 Kalpasan daytoy, napasamak a rinaut ni David dagiti Filisteo ket pinarmekna ida. Sinakupna ti Gat ken dagiti bariona manipud iti panangituray dagiti Filisteo.
Some time later, David’s [army] attacked the army of Philistia and defeated them. They captured Gath [city] and the surrounding villages.
2 Kalpasanna, pinarmekna ti Moab, ket nagbalin a tagabu ni David dagiti Moabita ket nagbayadda kenkuana iti buis.
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 Kalpasanna, pinarmek ni David ni Adadezer nga ari ti Soba idiay Hamat, bayat nga agdaldaliasat ni Adadeser tapno rugianna nga iturayan ti asideg ti Karayan Eufrates.
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 Innala ni David manipud kenkuana ti sangaribu a karuahe, pitoribu a kumakabalio ken duapulo a ribu a magmagna a soldado. Pinilay ni David dagiti amin a kabalio a mangguyguyod kadagiti karuahe, ngem nangilasin iti umdas kadakuada para iti sangagasut a karuahe.
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 Idi dimteng dagiti Arameo iti Damasco tapno tulonganda ni Adadeser nga ari ti Soba, pinatay ni David ti duapulo ket dua a ribu a lallaki nga Arameo.
When the army of Syria came from Damascus [city] to help Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Kalpasanna, nangipatakder ni David iti kampo dagiti soldado idiay Aram iti Damasco, ket nagbalin a adipenna dagiti Arameo ket nagbayadda kenkuana iti buis. Pinagballigi ni Yahweh ni David iti sadinoman a papananna.
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 Innala ni David dagiti balitok a kalasag a nakasuot kadagiti adipen ni Adadeser ket impanna dagitoy idiay Jerusalem.
David soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by the officers of Hadadezer’s [army] and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Adu unay a bronse ti naala ni David manipud idiay Tibhat ken Cun, dagiti siudad ni Adadeser. Daytoy a bronse ti inaramid ni Solomon a dakkel a palanggana, dagiti adigi, ken dagiti bronse nga alikamen.
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 Idi nanggeg ni Toi nga ari ti Hamat a naparmek ni David dagiti amin nga armada ni Adadeser nga ari ti Soba,
When Tou, the king of Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 imbaon ni Toi ni Hadoram a putotna a lalaki kenni David tapno kablaawan ken bendisionanna isuna, gapu ta kinaranget ken pinarmek ni David ni Adadeser, ken gapu ta ginubat ni Adadeser ni Toi. Nangitugot ni Hadoram kadagiti banbanag a naaramid iti pirak, balitok ken bronse.
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 Indaton ni Ari David dagitoy a banbanag kenni Yahweh, agraman dagiti pirak ken ti balitok nga innalana kadagiti amin a nasion: iti Edom, Moab, kadagiti amin a tattao ti Ammon, dagiti Filisteo, ken 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 Pinatay ni Abisai nga anak ni Sarvia ti sangapulo ket walo a ribu nga Edomita idiay tanap ti Asin.
[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 Nangipatakder isuna iti kampo dagiti soldado idiay Edom, ket nagbalin nga adipen ni David dagiti amin nga Edomita. Pinagballigi ni Yahweh ni David iti sadinoman a papananna.
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 Inturayan ni David ti entero nga Israel, ket impatungpalna ti hustisia ken kinalinteg kadagiti amin a tattaona.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was just and fair.
15 Ni Joab nga anak ni Sarvia ti pangulo ti armada ken ni Jehosafat a putot ni Ahilud ti agilislista.
Zeruiah’s son Joab was the chief army commander. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the record-keeper.
16 Da Zadok a putot a lalaki ni Ahitub ken ni Abimelec a putot a lalaki ni Abiatar ket papadi, ken ni Sausa ket eskriba.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the Supreme Priests. Shavsha was the official secretary.
17 Ni Benaias a putot ni Jahoiada ti pangulo dagiti Ceretos ken Feleteos, ken dagiti putot a lallaki ni David ti kangrunaan a mammagbaga iti ari.
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.
