2 Saamuʼeel 8
1 Ergasii Daawit Filisxeemota moʼatee of jala isaan galfate; magaalaa Meeteeg Amaa jedhamtus harka Filisxeemotaatii baasee fudhate.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Daawit Moʼaabotas ni moʼate. Lafa irra tarree ciibsees funyoon isaan safare. Kanneen tarree galan keessaas funyoo lama lama safaree ajjeese; kanneen funyoo tokko tokko safare immoo akka isaan jiraatan eeyyameef. Kanaafuu Moʼaabonni Daawit jalatti bulanii gibira fidaniif.
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 Kana irrattis Daawit yeroo Laga Efraaxiis bira yaadannoo ofii deebisee dhaabbachuu dhaqetti mooticha Zoobaa, Hadaadezer ilma Rehoob moʼate.
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 Daawitis gaariiwwan waraanaa isaa kuma tokko, abbootii fardaa kuma torbaa fi loltoota lafoo kuma digdama isa irraa fudhate. Innis fardeen gaariiwwanii dhibba tokko qofa hambisee kanneen hafan hunda mogolee kukkute.
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 Yeroo warri Sooriyaa kanneen Damaasqoo jiraatan Hadaadezer mooticha Zoobaa gargaaruuf dhufanittis Daawit isaan keessaa nama kuma digdamii lama fixe.
When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Ergasiis kutaa bulchiinsa Damaasqoo kan biyya Sooriyaa keessa qubata loltootaa dhaabbate. Warri Sooriyaas isa jalatti bulanii gibira fidaniif. Waaqayyos Daawitiif lafa inni dhaqe hundatti mooʼicha kenne.
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 Daawitis gaachana warqee kan ajajjoonni loltoota Hadaadezer qabatan fudhatee gara Yerusaalem fide.
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Daawit Mootichi magaalaawwan Hadaadezer jechuunis Bexaatii fi Beerootaay keessaa sibiila naasii akka malee baayʼee fudhate.
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 Tooʼiin mootiin Hamaati yommuu akka Daawit guutummaa loltoota Hadaadezer moʼate dhagaʼetti,
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 akka inni sababii moʼannaa Daawit Mootichi Tooʼiin wal lolaa ture sun waraana keessatti Hadaadezer irratti argateetiif harka isa fuudhee dhaamsa gammachuu isaaf dabarsuuf ilma ofii isaa Yooraamin gara isaatti erge. Yooraamis kennaawwan meetii irraa, warqee fi naasii irraa hojjetaman fide.
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 Daawit Mootichis akkuma meetii fi warqee saboota biraa kanneen of jala galfatu hunda irraa boojiʼee ture godhe sana miʼoota kanneen illee Waaqayyoof addaan baase.
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 Warri inni of jala galfates Edoom, Moʼaab, Amoonota, Filisxeemotaa fi Amaaleq turan. Boojuu Hadaadezer ilma Rehoob mooticha Zoobaa irraa boojiʼes akkasuma addaan baase.
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 Daawitis erga Sulula Soogiddaa keessatti Edoomota kuma kudha saddeet fixee deebiʼee booddee beekamaa taʼe.
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 Innis guutummaa Edoom keessa qubata loltootaa dhaabbate; Edoomonni hundinuus Daawitiif ni garbooman. Waaqayyos lafa inni dhaqe hundatti Daawitiif moʼannaa ni kenne.
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 Daawit guutummaa Israaʼel irratti mootii taʼee saba isaa hundaaf murtii qajeelaa fi qajeelummaadhaan hojjete.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Yooʼaab ilmi Zeruuyaa hoogganaa loltootaa ture; Yehooshaafaax ilmi Ahiiluud immoo galmeessaa ture.
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 Akkasumas Zaadoq ilmi Ahiixuubii fi Abiimelek ilmi Abiyaataar luboota turan; Seraayaan immoo barreessaa ture.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 Benaayaa ilmi Yehooyaadaa hoogganaa Kereetotaa fi Pheletotaa ture; ilmaan Daawit immoo luboota turan.
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).
