I Kronik 18
1 Po tych wydarzeniach Dawid pobił Filistynów, ujarzmił ich i zabrał z ich rąk Gat i jego wioski.
Some time later, David’s [army] attacked the army of Philistia and defeated them. They captured Gath [city] and the surrounding villages.
2 Pobił też Moab i Moabici stali się sługami Dawida składającymi daninę.
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 Dawid pobił też Hadadezera, króla Soby w Chamat, gdy ten wyprawił się, aby rozciągnąć swoją władzę nad rzeką Eufrat.
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 Dawid zabrał mu wtedy tysiąc rydwanów, siedem tysięcy jeźdźców i dwadzieścia tysięcy pieszych. I popodcinał Dawid [ścięgna] wszystkich [koniom] zaprzęgowym, zostawiając z nich tylko [tyle, ile potrzeba] do stu rydwanów.
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 Kiedy Syryjczycy z Damaszku przybyli na pomoc Hadadezerowi, królowi Soby, Dawid pobił spośród nich dwadzieścia dwa tysiące ludzi.
When the army of Syria came from Damascus [city] to help Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Potem Dawid umieścił [załogi] w Syrii damasceńskiej, a Syryjczycy stali się sługami Dawida składającymi daninę. Tak PAN zachowywał Dawida, dokądkolwiek [ten] się udał.
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 Dawid zabrał też złote tarcze, które mieli słudzy Hadadezera, i przyniósł je do Jerozolimy.
David soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by the officers of Hadadezer’s [army] and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Również z Tibchat i Kun, miast Hadadezera, Dawid zabrał bardzo dużo brązu, z którego Salomon wykonał morze brązowe, słupy i naczynia brązowe.
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 A gdy usłyszał Tou, król Chamatu, że Dawid pobił całe wojsko Hadadezera, króla Soby;
When Tou, the king of Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 Posłał swego syna Hadorama do króla Dawida, aby go pozdrowił w pokoju i aby mu powinszował tego, że walczył z Hadadezerem i pokonał go – Hadadezer bowiem prowadził wojnę z Tou – i [Hadoram] przyniósł ze sobą wszelkiego rodzaju naczynia złote, srebrne i brązowe.
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 Również i je król Dawid poświęcił PANU wraz ze srebrem i złotem, które pobrał od wszystkich narodów: od Edomu, od Moabu, od synów Ammona, od Filistynów i od Amaleka.
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 I Abiszaj, syn Serui, pobił w Dolinie Soli osiemnaście tysięcy Edomitów.
[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 I umieścił w Edomie załogi, a wszyscy Edomici stali się sługami Dawida. Tak PAN zachowywał Dawida, dokądkolwiek [ten] się udał.
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 Dawid więc królował nad całym Izraelem i sprawował sąd nad całym swym ludem, i [wymierzał] mu sprawiedliwość.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was just and fair.
15 Joab, syn Serui, [był postawiony] nad wojskiem, a Jehoszafat, syn Achiluda, [był] kronikarzem.
Zeruiah’s son Joab was the chief army commander. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the record-keeper.
16 Sadok, syn Achituba, i Abimelek, syn Abiatara, [byli] kapłanami, a Szawsza [był] pisarzem.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the Supreme Priests. Shavsha was the official secretary.
17 Benajasz, syn Jehojady, był [postawiony] nad Keretytami i Peletytami, a synowie Dawida [byli] pierwszymi przy królu.
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.
