1 Berɛsosɛm 18
1 Yei akyiri no, Dawid ko dii Gat ne nkuro a atwa ho ahyia no so nkonim, de kaa Filistifoɔ no hyɛeɛ, brɛɛ wɔn ase.
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
2 Bio, Dawid dii Moab asase no so nkonim, ma Moabfoɔ no bɛyɛɛ Dawid nkoa a na wɔtua apeatoɔ ma no.
David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.
3 Afei, Dawid tɔree ɔhene Hadadeser a ɔfiri Soba akodɔm ase, de kɔsii Hamat wɔ ɛberɛ a Hadadeser bɔɔ nsra wɔ Asubɔnten Eufrate ho sɛ anka ɔrehyɛ ne tumi mu den no.
As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.
4 Dawid ko gyee nteaseɛnam apem, nteaseɛnamkafoɔ mpem nson ne nammɔntwa asraafoɔ ɔpeduonu. Afei, ɔtwitwaa nteaseɛnam apɔnkɔ no nyinaa nantin ntini, ma ɛkaa ɔha pɛ.
David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
5 Ɛberɛ a Aramfoɔ firi Damasko baa sɛ wɔrebɛboa Hadadeser no, Dawid kunkumm wɔn mu ɔpeduonu mmienu.
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.
6 Afei, ɔde asraafodɔm guu Damasko, Aram ahenkuro mu, ma Aramfoɔ no bɛyɛɛ Dawid nkoa a na wɔbrɛ no apeatoɔ. Baabiara a Dawid bɛkɔ no, Awurade ma no di nkonim.
Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
7 Dawid faa sikakɔkɔɔ nkuruwa a na ɛyɛ Hadadeser mpanimfoɔ dea no de ne nyinaa kɔɔ Yerusalem.
And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Ɔde kɔbere mfrafraeɛ bebree a ɛfiri Hadadeser nkuro Tibhat ne Kun kaa ho baeɛ. Akyire yi, Salomo nanee kɔbere mfrafraeɛ no de yɛɛ asɔredan no ho adwuma. Ɔde yɛɛ kɔbere mfrafraeɛ Po na ɔde bi yɛɛ afadum ne kɔbere nkuku ne nkaka a wɔde di dwuma wɔ asɔredan no mu.
And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.
9 Ɛberɛ a Hamathene Toi tee sɛ Dawid atɔre Sobahene Hadadeser akodɔm ase no,
When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
10 ɔsomaa ne babarima Hadoram ma ɔkɔɔ Dawid nkyɛn kɔmaa no amo wɔ ne nkonimdie no ho. Na Hadadeser ne Tou atane wɔn ho akyɛre, a na akokoakoko aba wɔn ntam. Yoram kɔkyɛɛ Dawid sikakɔkɔɔ, dwetɛ ne kɔbere mfrafraeɛ bebree.
he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
11 Ɔhene Dawid hyiraa saa akyɛdeɛ yi nyinaa so maa Awurade, a dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ a ɔfa firii aman foforɔ a ɔkaa wɔn hyɛeɛ no so no nyinaa ka ho. Saa aman no ne Edom, Moab, Amon, Filistia ne Amalek.
and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.
12 Seruia babarima Abisai kunkumm Edomfoɔ mpem dunwɔtwe wɔ Nkyene Bɔnhwa no mu.
Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
13 Ɔde asraafoɔ duaduaa Edom nyinaa, ma Edomfoɔ nyinaa bɛyɛɛ Dawid nkoa. Yei yɛ sɛdeɛ Awurade ma Dawid dii nkonim wɔ baabiara a ɔkɔeɛ no nhwɛsoɔ.
He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
14 Dawid dii ɔhene wɔ Israel nyinaa so, na ɔne obiara tenaa yie.
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
15 Seruia babarima Yoab na na ɔyɛ ɔsafohene. Ahilud babarima Yehosafat na na ɔyɛ adehyeɛ abakɔsɛmtwerɛni.
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
16 Ahitub babarima Sadok ne Abiatar babarima Abimelek na na wɔyɛ asɔfoɔ. Sawsa na na ɔyɛ asɛnniiɛ twerɛfoɔ.
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
17 Yehoiada babarima Benaia na na ɔyɛ ɔhene awɛmfoɔ no so panin. Dawid mmammarima somm sɛ ɔhene aboafoɔ mpanimfoɔ.
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.
