1 Crônicas 18
1 E depois d'isto aconteceu que David feriu os philisteos, e os abateu; e tomou a Gath, e os logares da sua jurisdicção, da mão dos philisteos.
Some time later, David’s [army] attacked the army of Philistia and defeated them. They captured Gath [city] and the surrounding villages.
2 Tambem feriu os moabitas: e os moabitas ficaram servos de David, trazendo presentes.
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 Tambem David feriu a Hadar-ezer, rei de Zoba, junto a Hamath, indo elle estabelecer os seus dominios pelo Euphrates.
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 E David lhe tomou mil cavallos de carros, e sete mil cavalleiros, e vinte mil homens de pé: e David jarretou todos os cavallos dos carros; porém reservou d'elles cem cavallos.
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 E vieram os syros de Damasco a ajudar a Hadar-ezer, rei de Zoba: porém dos syros feriu David vinte e dois mil homens.
When the army of Syria came from Damascus [city] to help Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 E David poz guarnições em Syria de Damasco, e os syros ficaram servos de David, trazendo presentes: e o Senhor guardava a David, por onde quer que ia.
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 E tomou David os escudos de oiro, que tinham os servos de Hadar-ezer, e os trouxe a Jerusalem.
David soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by the officers of Hadadezer’s [army] and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Tambem de Tibhath, e de Chun, cidades de Hadar-ezer, tomou David muitissimo cobre, de que Salomão fez o mar de cobre, e as columnas, e os vasos de cobre.
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 E ouvindo Tou, rei de Hamath, que David destruira todo o exercito de Hadar-ezer, rei de Zoba,
When Tou, the king of Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 Mandou seu filho Hadoram a David, para lhe perguntar como estava, e para o abençoar, por haver pelejado com Hadar-ezer, e o destruir (porque Hadar-ezer fazia guerra a Tou), enviando-lhe juntamente toda a sorte de vasos de oiro, e de prata, e de cobre.
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 Os quaes David tambem consagrou ao Senhor, juntamente com a prata e oiro que trouxera de todas as mais nações: dos idumeos, e dos moabitas, e dos filhos de Ammon, e dos philisteos, e dos amalekitas.
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 Tambem Abisai, filho de Zeruia, feriu a dezoito mil idumeos no Valle do Sal.
[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 E poz guarnição em Edom, e todos os idumeos ficaram servos de David: e o Senhor guardava a David, por onde quer que ia.
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 E David reinou sobre todo o Israel: e fazia juizo e justiça a todo o seu povo.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was just and fair.
15 E Joab, filho de Zeruia, tinha cargo do exercito: e Josaphat, filho de Ahilud, era chanceller.
Zeruiah’s son Joab was the chief army commander. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the record-keeper.
16 E Zadok, filho de Ahitub, e Abimelech, filho de Abiathar, eram sacerdotes: e Sausa escrivão.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the Supreme Priests. Shavsha was the official secretary.
17 E Benaias, filho de Joiada, tinha cargo dos cheretheos e peletheos: porém os filhos de David, os primeiros, estavam á mão do rei.
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.
