David's Military Victories
(1 Chronicles 18.1-17)1 Some time later King David attacked the Philistines again, defeated them, and ended their control over the land.
2 Then he defeated the Moabites. He made the prisoners lie down on the ground and put two out of every three of them to death. So the Moabites became his subjects and paid taxes to him.
3 Then he defeated the king of the Syrian state of Zobah, Hadadezer son of Rehob, as Hadadezer was on his way to restore his control over the territory by the upper Euphrates River. 4 David captured seventeen hundred of his cavalry and twenty thousand of his foot soldiers. He kept enough horses for a hundred chariots and crippled all the rest.
5 When the Syrians of Damascus sent an army to help King Hadadezer, David attacked it and killed twenty-two thousand men. 6 Then he set up military camps in their territory, and they became his subjects and paid taxes to him. The Lord made David victorious everywhere. 7 David captured the gold shields carried by Hadadezer's officials and took them to Jerusalem. 8 He also took a great quantity of bronze from Betah and Berothai, cities ruled by Hadadezer.
9 King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated all of Hadadezer's army. 10 So he sent his son Joram to greet King David and congratulate him for his victory over Hadadezer, against whom Toi had fought many times. Joram took David presents made of gold, silver, and bronze. 11 King David dedicated them for use in worship, along with the silver and gold he took from the nations he had conquered— 12 Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek—as well as part of the loot he had taken from Hadadezer.
13 David became even more famous when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Edomites in Salt Valley. 14 He set up military camps throughout Edom, and the people there became his subjects. The Lord made David victorious everywhere.
15 David ruled over all of Israel and made sure that his people were always treated fairly and justly. 16 Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, was the commander of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records; 17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the court secretary; 18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of David's bodyguards; and David's sons were priests.
Kukunda kwa Dafite
(1 Zwiyitikalo 18:1-17)1 Shule kwa ikoku, Dafite kakunda Bafilisitiya, kabayisa pasi kukwe, katola Metegama mu maboko e Bafilisitiya.
2 Kakale kakunda Bamoabu, kabaladza pasi, kabalizanya nge nsungo, mizila yose mibili ikabulawa, ngono nzila we butatu ukasibulawe. Ndizo Bamoabu bakabe pasi kwa Dafite bakadusa ndilo ya nzinda.
3 Kapapha kakunda Hadadezeri nkololo wa Rehobi, mambo we Zoba, paakabe eyenda kunomusa mbuso uwe ku gwizi gwe Yufuratesi. 4 Dafite kantapila batathi be mbizi bali tjiwulu tjina mazana ali kutendeka (1 700) ne babhayani be makumbo bali zwiwulu zwili makumi mabili (20 000). Dafite katema mbizi dzose dzinokweba koloyi makanyu, koga kasiya dzakaswika koloyi dzili zana (100). 5 Kwakati Baaramu be Damasiko bezha kuwobhatsha Hadadezeri mambo we Zoba, Dafite kabulaya balume bali zwiwulu zwili makumi mabili ana mabili (22 000). 6 Dafite kabiga makotokelo e babhayani mu ntuthu we Baaramu be Damasiko, ngono Baaramu bakabe balanda ba Dafite ngono bakadusa lukhetho. Yahwe bakathama kuti Dafite akunde kumwe ne kumwe kwaanoyenda. 7 Dafite wakatola zwivikili zwe golide zwakabe zwakasengwa nge balanda ba Hadadezeri, kazwizhisa ku Jerusalema. 8 Kudwa ku Bheta ne kudwa ku Bherotai mizi ya Hadadezeri, Mambo Dafite bakatola phangula njinji kwazo.
9 Kukati Toi mambo we Hamati ehwa kuti Dafite wakakunda babhayani ba Hadadezeri bose, 10 katuma nkololo uwe Joramu kuna Dafite, kunon'dumilisa ne kunlumbidza ngobe akakunda Hadadezeri mu ngwa, ngobe Hadadezeri wagala egwa na Toi. Joramu kabuya ne zwithu zwe siliva ne golide ne phangula. 11 Mambo Dafite kapa Yahwe zwithu izwezwi, kose ne siliva ne golide zwaakabe epa Yahwe kudwa mu tjaba dzose dzaakakunda, 12 kudwa ku Edomu ne Moabu ne Baamoni ne Bafilisitiya ne Amaleki ne kudwa pana zwakatapigwa Mambo Hadadezeri nkololo wa Rehobi mambo we Zoba. 13 Dafite wakawana tjilumbi shule kwe asinobuya edwa kubulaya Baedomu bali zwiwulu zwili gumi lina zhanakadzi (18 000) mu Nkuku we Mwenyu. 14 Dafite kabaka makotokelo e babhayani mu Edomu yose, Baedomu bose bakabe pasi kukwe. Yahwe bakathama kuti Dafite akunde kumwe ne kumwe kwaakabe eyenda.
15 Ndizo Dafite wakabusa Iziraela yose, eshingila bathu babe bose ndulamo ne kulizalizana. 16 Joabu nkololo wa Zeruya wakabe ali ntungamili we babhayani, Jehoshafati nkololo wa Ahiludi wakabe ali nkwali we zwiyitikalo. 17 Zadoki nkololo wa Ahitubu na Ahimeleki nkololo wa Abiathari bakabe bali bapirisiti, Seraya ali nkwalili. 18 Bhenaya nkololo wa Jehoyada wakabe ali nlauli we Bakhereti ne Bapeleti ngono bakololo ba Dafite ibo bakabe bali bapirisiti.