2 Samuel 8
1 Matapos mangyari ito sinalakay ni David ang Filisteo at tinalo sila. Kaya nakuha ni David ang Gat at mga nayon nito mula sa pamamahala ng mga taga-Filisteo.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Pagkatapos tinalo niya ang Moab at sinukat ang kanilang mga kalalakihan gamit ang isang tali sa pamamagitan ng pagpapahiga sa kanila sa lupa. Sinukat niya ng dalawang tali para ipapatay, at ang isang buong tali ay para panatilihing buhay. Kaya naging mga lingkod ni David ang mga taga-Moab at sinumulan siyang bigyan ng pagkilala.
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 Pagkatapos tinalo ni David si Hadadezer lalaking anak ni Rehob, na hari ng Soba, habang naglalakbay para bawiin ang kaniyang pamumuno sa Ilog ng Eufrates.
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 Binihag ni David mula sa kaniya ang 1, 700 karwahe at 20, 000 kalalakihang naglalakad. Pinilay lahat ni David ang mga kabayo ng karwaheng pandigma, pero naglaan siya ng isandaang karwahe na sapat para sa kanila.
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 Nang dumating ang mga Arameo ng Damasco para tulungan si Hadadezer na hari ng Soba, pinatay ni David ang dalawampu't dalawang libong kalalakihan ng Arameo.
When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Pagkatapos inilagay ni David ang mga kuta sa Aram ng Damasco, at naging mga lingkod niya ang mga Arameo at siya ay kinilala. Ibinigay ni Yahweh ang tagumpay kay David saan man siya magtungo.
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 Kinuha ni David ang mga gintong kalasag na nasa mga lingkod ni Hadadezer at dinala ang mga ito sa Jerusalem.
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Kinuha ni Haring David ang napakaraming tanso, mula sa Betaat Berotai, mga lungsod ni Hadadezer.
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 Nang narinig ni Toi, hari ng Hamat na tinalo ni David ang buong hukbo ni Hadadezer,
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 pinadala ni Toi ang kaniyang anak na lalaki na si Hadoram kay Haring David para batiin at purihin siya, dahil nakipaglaban si David kay Hadadezer at tinalo niya ito, at dahil nakipagdigmaan si Hadadezer laban kay Toi. Kasamang daladala ni Hadoram ang pilak, ginto at tanso.
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 Hinandog ni Haring David ang mga bagay na ito kay Yahweh, kasama ang pilak at ginto mula sa lahat ng mga bansa na kaniyang nasakop—
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 mula sa Aram, Moab, mga bayan ng Ammon, mga taga-Filisteo, at Amalek, kasama ang lahat ng mga gamit na nakuha sa panloloob ni Hadadezer na anak na lalaki ni Rehob, ang hari ng 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 Naging tanyag ang pangalan ni David nang bumalik siya mula sa pananakop sa mga Arameo sa lambak ng Asin, kasama ang kanilang labing walong libong tauhan.
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 Inilagay niya ang mga kuta sa buong Edom, at naging lingkod niya ang lahat ng mga taga-Edom. Ibinigay ni Yahweh ang tagumpay kay David saan man siya nagtungo.
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 Naghari si David sa buong Israel, at ipinatupad niya ang katarungan at katuwiran sa lahat ng kaniyang mga tao.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Naging pinuno ng hukbo si Joab anak na lalaki ni Zeruias, at naging tagapagtala si Jehoshafat anak na lalaki ni Ahilud.
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 Naging pari sina Zadok anak na lalaki ni Ahitub at Ahimelec anak na lalaki ni Abiatar, at naging manunulat si Seraya.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 Namuno si Benaias anak na lalaki ni Joaida sa mga Kereteo at mga Peleteo, at naging punong tagapayo ng hari ang mga anak na lalaki ni David.
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).
