2 i Samuelit 8
1 Pas këtyre gjërave, Davidi i mundi Filistejtë, i poshtëroi dhe u hoqi nga dora qytetin e tyre më të rëndësishëm.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Mundi edhe Moabitët dhe i mati me litar, mbasi i shtriu për tokë. Me dy litarë mati ata që duhet të vriteshin dhe me një litar të plotë ata që do të mbeteshin të gjallë. Kështu Moabitët u bënë nënshtetas dhe taksapagues të Davidit.
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 Davidi mundi edhe Hadadezerin, birin e Rehobit, mbret të Tsobahut, ndërsa ai shkonte të rivendoste sundimin e tij gjatë lumit Eufrat.
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 Davidi i mori njëmijë e gjashtëqind kalorës dhe njëzet mijë këmbësorë. Ai u preu gjithashtu leqet e këmbëve tërë kuajve, por la mjaft prej tyre për njëqind qerre.
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 Kur Sirët e Damaskut erdhën për të ndihmuar Hadadezerin, mbretin e Tsobahut, Davidi vrau njëzet e dy mijë prej tyre.
When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Pastaj Davidi vendosi garnizone në Sirinë e Damaskut dhe Sirët u bënë nënshtetas dhe taksapagues të Davidit; Zoti e mbronte Davidin kudo që shkonte.
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 Davidi mori monedhat prej ari që shërbëtorët e Hadadezerit kishin me vete dhe i çoi në Jeruzalem.
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Mbreti David mori edhe një sai të madhe bronzi në Betah dhe në Berothai, qytete të Hadedezerit.
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 Kur Toi, mbret i Hamathit, mësoi që Davidi kishte mundur tërë ushtrinë e Hadedezerit,
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 i dërgoi mbretit David të birin Joram, për ta përshëndetur dhe për ta bekuar, sepse i kishte bërë luftë Hadedezerit dhe e kishte mundur. Në fakt Hadedezeri ishte gjithnjë në luftë me Toin; Jorami kishte me vete enë argjendi, ari dhe bronzi.
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 Mbreti David ia shenjtëroi edhe këto Zotit, ashtu siç i kishte shenjtëruar atij argjendin dhe arin që vinte nga kombet që kishte nënshtruar:
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 nga Sirët, nga Moabitët, nga Amonitët, nga Filistejtë nga Amalekitët dhe nga plaçka e Hadedezerit, birit të Rehobit, mbret i Tsobahut.
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 Davidi i bëri emër vetes kur u kthye, mbasi kishte mundur tetëmbëdhjetë mijë Sirë në luginën e Kripës.
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 Vendosi garnizone edhe në Idumea; kështu tërë Idumea dhe tërë Edomitët u bënë nënshtetas të Davidit; dhe Zoti e mbronte Davidin kudo që shkonte.
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 Kështu Davidi mbretëroi mbi tërë Izraelin, duke dhënë vendime dhe duke administruar drejtësinë tërë popullit të tij.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Joabi, bir i Tserujahut, ishte komandant i ushtrisë; Jozafat, bir i Ahiludit, ishte arkivist;
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 Tsadoku, bir i Ahitubit, dhe Ahimeleku, bir i Abietharit, ishin priftërinj; Serajahu ushtronte funksionin e sekretarit;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 Benajahu, bir i Jehojadit, ishte kreu i Kerethejve dhe i Pelethejve, dhe bijtë e Davidit ishin ministra.
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).
