2 Samuel 8
1 Derefter slo David filistrene og ydmyket dem, og David tok hovedstadens tømmer ut av filistrenes hender.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Han slo også moabittene og målte dem med en snor - han lot dem legge sig ned på jorden og målte så to snorlengder med folk som skulde drepes, og en full snorlengde med folk som skulde få leve; og moabittene blev Davids tjenere og måtte svare ham skatt.
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 Likeledes slo David Hadadeser, sønn av Rehob, kongen i Soba, da han drog avsted for å gjenvinne sin makt ved elven.
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 Og David tok fra ham tusen og syv hundre hestfolk og tyve tusen mann fotfolk, og David lot skjære fotsenene over på alle vognhestene; bare hundre vognhester sparte han.
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 Syrerne fra Damaskus kom for å hjelpe Hadadeser, kongen i Soba; men David slo to og tyve tusen mann av dem.
When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Og David la krigsmannskap i det damaskenske Syria, og syrerne blev Davids tjenere og måtte svare ham skatt. Således hjalp Herren David overalt hvor han drog frem.
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 David tok de gullskjold som Hadadesers tjenere hadde båret, og førte dem til Jerusalem.
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Og fra Hadadesers byer Betah og Berotai tok kong David en stor mengde kobber.
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 Da To'i, kongen i Hamat, hørte at David hadde slått hele Hadadesers hær,
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 sendte han sin sønn Joram til kong David for å hilse på ham og ønske ham til lykke, fordi han hadde stridt mot Hadadeser og slått ham; for Hadadeser hadde jevnlig ført krig mot To'i. Og han hadde med sig sølvkar og gullkar og kobberkar.
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 Også dem helliget kong David til Herren sammen med det sølv og gull han hadde helliget av hærfanget fra alle de hedningefolk han hadde lagt under sig:
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 fra Syria og fra Moab og fra Ammons barn og fra filistrene og fra amalekittene, og av hærfanget fra Hadadeser, sønn av Rehob, kongen i Soba.
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 Og da David vendte tilbake efter å ha slått syrerne, vant han sig et navn i Salt-dalen ved å slå atten tusen mann.
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 Og han la krigsmannskap i Edom; i hele Edom la han krigsmannskap, og alle edomittene blev Davids tjenere. Således hjalp Herren David overalt hvor han drog frem.
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 Så regjerte nu David over hele Israel, og David gjorde rett og rettferdighet mot hele sitt folk.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Joab, sønn av Seruja, var høvding over hæren, og Josafat, sønn av Akilud, historieskriver;
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 Sadok, sønn av Akitub, og Akimelek, sønn av Abjatar, var prester, og Seraja statsskriver;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 Benaja, Jojadas sønn, var høvding over livvakten, og Davids sønner var prester.
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).
