2 Samuel 8

1 And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them; and David took the authority of the mother-town from the hands of the Philistines.

此後，達味攻打培肋舍特人，將他們克服，由他們手中奪得了京城的治權。

2 And he overcame the Moabites, and he had them measured with a line when they were stretched out on the earth; marking out two lines for death and one full line for life. So the Moabites became servants to David and gave him offerings.

他也打敗了摩阿布人，叫他們躺在地上，用繩子來量，兩繩子內的人處死，一繩內的人生存；如此，摩阿布人遂臣服達味，給他納貢。

3 And David overcame Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to make his power seen by the River.

當勒曷布的兒子，祚巴王哈達德則爾向幼發拉的河伸展自己的勢力時，達味也打敗了他，

4 And David took from him one thousand, seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and David had the leg-muscles of the horses cut, only keeping enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.

擄獲了他的馬兵一千七百，步兵兩萬，割斷了所有拉戰車的馬蹄筋，只留下了足以拉一百輛車的馬。

5 And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand of the Aramaeans.

後有大馬士革的阿蘭人，

6 And David put armed forces in Aram of Damascus: and the Aramaeans became servants to David and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

達味遂在大馬士革阿蘭屯兵駐守，阿蘭也臣服於達味，給他進貢。達味無論往那裏去，上主總是輔助他。

7 And David took their gold body-covers from the servants of Hadadezer and took them to Jerusalem.

達味奪了哈達德則爾臣僕所帶的金盾牌，送到耶路撒冷。

8 And from Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great store of brass.

達味王又由貝塔和貝洛泰，哈達德則爾的兩座城內，奪取了大量的銅。

9 And when Tou, king of Hamath, had news that David had overcome all the army of Hadadezer,

當哈瑪特王托烏，聽說達味打敗了哈達德則爾，

10 He sent his son Hadoram to David, with words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had wars with Tou; and Hadoram took with him vessels of silver and gold and brass:

便派自己的兒子哈多蘭到達味王那裏，向他致敬，祝賀他攻打了哈達德則爾，並將他打敗，因為哈達德則爾原是托烏的敵人。哈多蘭帶來了一些金器銀器和銅器。

11 These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he had taken from the nations he had overcome —

達味也把這一切金銀，和他從所征服的民族：

12 The nations of Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon and the Philistines and the Amalekites and the goods he had taken from Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

即阿蘭、摩阿布、阿孟子民、培肋舍特人、阿瑪肋克和祚爾王勒曷布之子哈達德則爾的戰利品中所得，且已奉獻了的金銀，一同獻給了上主。

13 And David got great honour for himself, when he came back, by the destruction of Edom in the valley of Salt, to the number of eighteen thousand men.

達味戰勝阿蘭人歸來時，在鹽谷又擊殺了一萬八千厄東人，他的聲譽就更大了。

14 And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

他遂屯兵厄東，全厄東都臣服了達味；達味無論往那裏去，上主總是輔助他。

15 And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

達味統治了全以色列，對自己所有的人民秉公行義。

16 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records;

責魯雅的兒子約阿布統領軍隊，阿希路得的兒子約沙法特為後御史。

17 And Zadok and Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, were priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

阿希突布的兒子匝多克及阿希默肋客的兒子厄貝雅塔爾作司祭，沙委沙作秘書，

18 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

約雅達的兒子貝納雅管理革勒提和培肋提人；達味的兒子也作司祭。