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.
And after this Dauid smote the Philistims, and subdued them, and tooke Gath, and the villages thereof out of the hand of the Philistims.
2 Bio, Dawid dii Moab asase no so nkonim, ma Moabfoɔ no bɛyɛɛ Dawid nkoa a na wɔtua apeatoɔ ma no.
And he smote Moab, and the Moabites became Dauids seruants, and brought giftes.
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.
And Dauid smote Hadarezer King of Zobah vnto Hamath, as he went to stablish his border by the riuer Perath.
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.
And Dauid tooke from him a thousand charets, and seuen thousand horsemen, and twentie thousand footemen, and destroyed all the charets, but he reserued of them an hundreth charets.
5 Ɛberɛ a Aramfoɔ firi Damasko baa sɛ wɔrebɛboa Hadadeser no, Dawid kunkumm wɔn mu ɔpeduonu mmienu.
Then came the Aramites of Damascus to succour Hadarezer King of Zobah, but Dauid slewe of the Aramites two and twentie thousand.
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.
And Dauid put a garison in Aram of Damascus, and the Aramites became Dauids seruants, and brought giftes: and the Lord preserued Dauid wheresoeuer he went.
7 Dawid faa sikakɔkɔɔ nkuruwa a na ɛyɛ Hadadeser mpanimfoɔ dea no de ne nyinaa kɔɔ Yerusalem.
And Dauid tooke the shieldes of gold that were of the seruants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Ierusalem.
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 from Chun (cities of Hadarezer) brought Dauid exceeding much brasse, wherewith Salomon made the brasen Sea, and the pillars and the vessels of brasse.
9 Ɛberɛ a Hamathene Toi tee sɛ Dawid atɔre Sobahene Hadadeser akodɔm ase no,
Then Tou King of Hamath heard howe Dauid had smitten all the hoste of Hadarezer 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.
Therefore he sent Hadoram his sonne to King Dauid, to salute him, and to reioyce with him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and beaten him (for Tou had warre with Hadarezer) who brought all vessels of golde and siluer and brasse.
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 Dauid did dedicate them vnto the Lord, with the siluer and golde that hee brought from all the nations, from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistims, and from Amalek.
12 Seruia babarima Abisai kunkumm Edomfoɔ mpem dunwɔtwe wɔ Nkyene Bɔnhwa no mu.
And Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah smote of Edom in the salt valley eighteene thousand,
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.
And he put a garison in Edom, and all the Edomites became Dauids seruantes: and the Lord preserued Dauid wheresoeuer he went.
14 Dawid dii ɔhene wɔ Israel nyinaa so, na ɔne obiara tenaa yie.
So Dauid reigned ouer all Israel, and executed iudgement and iustice to all his people.
15 Seruia babarima Yoab na na ɔyɛ ɔsafohene. Ahilud babarima Yehosafat na na ɔyɛ adehyeɛ abakɔsɛmtwerɛni.
And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah was ouer the hoste, and Iehoshaphat the sonne of Ahilud recorder,
16 Ahitub babarima Sadok ne Abiatar babarima Abimelek na na wɔyɛ asɔfoɔ. Sawsa na na ɔyɛ asɛnniiɛ twerɛfoɔ.
And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub, and Abimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the Priests, and Shausha the Scribe,
17 Yehoiada babarima Benaia na na ɔyɛ ɔhene awɛmfoɔ no so panin. Dawid mmammarima somm sɛ ɔhene aboafoɔ mpanimfoɔ.
And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada was ouer the Cherethites and the Pelethites: and the sonnes of Dauid were chiefe about the King.
