२ शमूएल 8

1 यसपछि यस्‍तो भयो, दाऊदले पलिश्‍तीहरूलाई आक्रमण गरे र तिनीहरूलाई परास्‍त गरे । त्यसैले दाऊदले मेथेग आमाहलाई पलिश्‍तीहरूको अधीनबाट लिए ।

Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.

2 त्यसपछि तिनले मोआबलाई परास्‍त गरे र तिनीहरूका मानिसहरूलाई मैदानमा सुताएर एउटा डोरीले नापे । तिनले दुई नापभित्र पर्नेहरूलाई मारे र अर्को एक नापमा पर्नेहरूलाई जीवित राखे । त्यसैले मआबीहरू दाऊदका नोकरहरू भए र तिनलाई कर तिर्न थाले ।

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 त्‍यसपछि सोबाका राजा रहोबका छोरा हददेजेरले यूफ्रेटिस नदीनेर आफ्नो शासन पुनर्स्थापना गर्नलाई यात्रा गरिरहँदा दाऊदले तिनलाई परास्‍त गरे ।

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 दाऊदले तिनीबाट १,७०० रथहरू र बिस हजार पैदल सिपाही कब्जा गरे । दाऊदले सबै रथ तान्‍ने घोडाहरूको ढोडनसा काटिदिए, तर आफूलाई एक सय रथहरू मात्र राखे ।

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 जब दमसकसका आरामीहरू सोबाका राजा हददेजेरलाई सहायता गर्न आए, तब दाऊदले बाइस हजार आरामी पुरुषलाई मारे ।

When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.

6 तब दाऊदले दमसकसको आराममा छाउनी राखे र आरामीहरू तिनका नोकरहरू भए र तिनलाई कर ल्‍याए । दाऊद जहाँजहाँ गए, त्यहाँत्यहाँ परमप्रभुले तिनलाई विजय दिनुभयो ।

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 दाऊद हददेजेरका सेवकहरूसँग भएका सुनका ढालहरू लिए र ती यरूशलेममा ल्याए ।

David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.

8 हददेजेरका सहरहरू तेबह र बेरोतैबाट दाऊदले धेरै काँसा ल्याए ।

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 दाऊदले हददेजेरका फौजलाई दाऊदले परास्‍त गरेका थिए भनी जब हमातका राजा तोऊ सुने,

When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,

10 तब तोऊले दाऊदलाई अभिवादन गर्न र आशिष् दिन आफ्‍नो छोरा योरामलाई पठाए, किनभने दाऊदले हददेजेरसँग युद्ध गरेका र तिनलाई पराजित गरेका थिए, किनभने हददेजेरले तोऊ विरुद्ध युद्ध गरेका थिए । योरामले आफ्‍नो साथमा सुन, चाँदी र काँसाका सामानहरू ल्याए ।

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 राजा दाऊदले यी सामानहरू साथै तिनले कब्जा गरेका सबै जातिबाट लिएका चाँदी र सुनलाई परमप्रभुको निम्ति अलग गरे,

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 ती आराम, मोआब, अम्‍मोनका मानिसहरू, पलिश्‍तीहरू, र अमालेक साथै सोबाका राजा रहोबका छोरा हददेजेरबाट लुटेका सामानहरू पनि ।

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 दाऊदले नुनको बेसीमा अठार हजार अरामीहरूलाई जितेर फर्कंदा तिनको नाउँ चर्चित भएको थियो ।

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 तिनले एदोमका सबै ठाउँमा छाउनी तैनाथ गरे र सबै एदोमी तिनका सेवकहरू भए । दाऊद जहाँजहाँ गए त्यहाँत्यहाँ नै परमप्रभुले विजय दिनुभयो ।

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 दाऊदले सारा इस्राएलभरि शासन गरे र तिनले आफ्‍ना सबै मानिसलाई न्याय र धार्मिकता प्रदान गरे ।

David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.

16 सरूयाहका छोरा योआब सेनाका कमाण्‍डर थिए र अहीलूदका छोरा यहोशापात लेखापाल थिए ।

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 अहीतूबका छोरा सादोक र अबियाथारका छोरा अहीमेलेक पुजारीहरू थिए र सरायाह शास्‍त्री थिए ।

Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;

18 यहोयादाका छोरा बनायाह करेती र पलेथीहरूका प्रमुख थिए र दाऊदका छोराहरू राजाका मुख्य अधिकृतहरू थिए ।

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).