2 Samuel 8
1 Hitichun David lengpan Philistine mite dia akhopiu len pen Gath khopi chu gal in alatan, hijeh chun Philistines mite chu aJou in chule asunemsoh tan ahi.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Chule David chun Moab mite jong gal’in akisatpin ahileh ajou kit’in, amite chu asimtoh chet in, hichun abonchan tol'a alup sah soh keiyin, hitichun line a akigol sah soh keiyin, hiche line ni chan na geiya kigol ho jouse chu tha din thu apen, ahin adangse vang chu ahing hoiyin, hiche ahinghoi ho chengse vang chu David dingin soh in apang soh kei tauve.
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 David chun Euphrates vadung geija agam akeh let nom jeh in achepeh in Zobah lengpa Rehob chapa Hadadezer jong gal’in akisat pin ahileh ajou kit tai.
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 Hadadezer khut’a konin David chun sakolkang sangkhat le sakol touthem mi sang sagi amanin, chule kenga galbol sepai sang som ni amane; chujongle sakol kangtalai jakhat kaiding tilou adangse chu akeng atanboh peh soh kei tan ahi.
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 Damascus khopia cheng Syria mite chu Hadadezer kiti Zobah lengpa kithopi dia ahunguvin ahileh, David in hiche Syria miho jong chu sangsomni le sangni ma athat kit’in ahi.
When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Chujouvin David chun Ram gamsunga Damascus khopia jong sepai hon khat atousah tan ahi; hiti chun Syria mite jong chu David soh ahiuvin, don le kai ima apejiuve. Hitobang hin David chu agalkon na chan nah Pakaiyin galjona apejing in ahi.
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 Hadadezer sepaite manchah sana ompho jouse chu David’in alan Jerusalem a ahinpo lut soh keiyin ahi.
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Hichun Hadadezer khopi te ni Tebah le Berothai a konin jong David chun sum-eng tamtah jong ahin chom doh kit in ahi.
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 Chuin Hamath lengpa Toi kitipan jong Hadadezer sepaite abonchan David’in gal in akisat pin ahileh ajou tai, ti ajah doh phat in;
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 Toi lengpan jong achapa Joram chu David lengpa koma salam bolgun set din asol tan ahi; Ipijeh-inem itileh David chun Hadadezer kitipa gal a akisatpia ajojeh ahi; ajeh chu Hadadezer hin Toi lengpa akisat pi jing jeng anahi. Joram hin dangka le sana chule sum-eng ahin poh peh in ahi.
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 Hichun David in Joram thil hinpoh chengse chu alan aman achom doh namtin vaipi a kona gal ajo tengle akilah dangka le sana jouse pumin Pakaiya athenso thatai.
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 Hiche thil ho hi Edom gam'a kona ahinlah jong aumin, Moab gam'a kona ahin lah jong aumin, Ammon mite akona ahin lah jong aumin, Philistines mite a kona ahin lah jong aumin, Amalek mitea kona ahin lah jong aumin, chule Zobah lengpa Reboh chapa Hadadezer chapa a kona achom doh chengse jong ajaovin ahi.
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 Chuin ahung kile kit lamin jong chikhuh phaicham a Edom mite mihem sang som le sang get ahin that pa kit’in ahileh David chu aminthang cheh tan ahi
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 David chun Edom gamsunga jong sepai atousah in, hijeh chun Edom mite jong abonchauvin David soh ahisoh tauve. Hitobang tah hin David chu gal akonna chan a Pakaiyin gal ajosah sah jeng tan ahi.
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 David chun Israel pumpi chunga lengvai anapon, chule amite adin apha le adih jeng anabol in ahi.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Zeru’iah chapa Jo’ab chu sepai lamkaiyin anapangin, Ahilud chapa Jehoshaphat chu leng thuchingin anapangin ahi.
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 Ahitub chapa Zadok le Abiathar chapa Ahimelech chu thempun anapang lhonin ahi; chule Seraiah kitipa chu lekha sun in ana pang in ahi.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 Jehoiada chapa Benaiah chu lengpa vengbitho lamkai in anapangin; chule David chapate ho chu thempu ho lamkai in apanguvin ahi.
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).
