¹Zvino shure kwaizvozvo Dhavhidhi wakarwa navaFirisitia akavakunda; Dhavhidhi akatorera vaFirisitia chikuriri chomuzinda wavo.

¹And it cometh to pass afterwards that David smiteth the Philistines, and humbleth them, and David taketh the bridle of the metropolis out of the hand of the Philistines.

²Akakunda Moabhuwo, akavayera nerwonzi, ambovavatisa pasi; akayera rwonzi ruviri vaifanira kuurawa, uye rwonzi rwakazara vaifanira kuregwa vari vapenyu. VaMoabhu vakaitwa varanda vaDhavhidhi vakamuvigira zvipo.

²And he smiteth Moab, and measureth them with a line, causing them to lie down on the earth, and he measureth two lines to put to death, and the fulness of the line to keep alive, and the Moabites are to David for servants, bearers of a present.

³Dhavhidhi akakundawo Hadhadhezeri mwanakomana waRehobhu, mambo weZhobha, pakuenda kwake kundotora ushe hwake paRwizi.

³And David smiteth Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, in his going to bring back his power by the River [Euphrates;]

⁴Dhavhidhi akamutorera vatasvi vamabhiza vane chiuru chimwe namazana manomwe, navaifamba namakumbo vane zviuru zvina makumi maviri; Dhavhidhi akagura marunda amakumbo amabhiza ose aikweva ngoro, asi wakachengetera ngoro dzine zana mamwe awo.

⁴and David captureth from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David destroyeth utterly the whole of the charioteers, only he leaveth of them a hundred charioteers.

⁵Zvino vaSiria veDhamasiko vakati vachiuya kuzobatsira Hadhadhezeri mambo weZobha, Dhavhidhi akauraya vaSiria vane zviuru zvina makumi maviri nezviviri.

⁵And Aram of Damascus cometh to give help to Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth of Aram twenty and two thousand men;

⁶Dhavhidhi akaisa mapoka avarwi muSiria paDhamasiko; vaSiria vakava varanda vaDhavhidhi vakamuvigira zvipo. Jehovha akakundisa Dhavhidhi pose paakaenda.

⁶and David putteth garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and Aram is to David for a servant, bearing a present; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone;

⁷Dhavhidhi akatora nhovo dzendarama dzakanga dzakashongwa navaranda vaHadhadhezeri, akadziisa Jerusaremu.

⁷and David taketh the shields of gold which were on the servants of Hadadezer, and bringeth them to Jerusalem;

⁸Mambo Dhavhidhi akatorawo ndarira zhinji kwazvo paBheta napaBherotai, aiva maguta aHadhadhezeri.

⁸and from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, hath king David taken very much brass.

⁹Zvino Toi mambo weHamati wakati anzwa kuti Dhavhidhi wakange aparadza hondo yose yaHadhadhezeri,

⁹And Toi king of Hamath heareth that David hath smitten all the force of Hadadezer,

¹⁰Toi akatuma mwanakomana wake Joramu kuna mambo Dhavhidhi kumukwazisa nokumukorokotedza, pamusoro pokurwa kwake naHadhadhezeri wairwa naToi. Joramu akauya nemidziyo yesirivha, nemidziyo yendarama, nemidziyo yendarira.

¹⁰and Toi sendeth Joram his son unto king David to ask of him of welfare, and to bless him, (because that he hath fought against Hadadezer, and smiteth him, for a man of wars [with] Toi had Hadadezer been), and in his hand have been vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass,

¹¹Neyiyiwo mambo Dhavhidhi wakaitsaurira Jehovha, pamwechete nesirivha nendarama yaakamutsaurira, yakabva kundudzi dzose dzaakanga akunda;

¹¹also them did king David sanctify to Jehovah, with the silver and the gold which he sanctified of all the nations which he subdued:

¹²kuvaSiria, navaMoabhu, navana vaAmoni, navaFirisitia, navaAmareki, nezvakanga zvatapwa kuna Hadhadhezeri mwanakomana waRehobhu, mambo weZobha.

¹²of Aram, and of Moab, and of the Bene-Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob king of Zobah.

¹³Dhavhidhi akakurumbira kwazvo nguva yaakadzoka pakuuraya vaSiria paMupata woMunyu, vaiva varume vane zviuru zvine gumi nezvisere.

¹³And David maketh a name in his turning back from his smiting Aram in the valley of Salt — eighteen thousand;

¹⁴Akaisa mapoka avarwi paEdhomu; wakaisa mapoka avarwi paEdhomu yose, vaEdhomu vose vakava varanda vaDhavhidhi Jehovha akakundisa Dhavhidhi pose paakaenda.

¹⁴and he putteth in Edom garrisons — in all Edom he hath put garrisons, and all Edom are servants to David; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone.

¹⁵Dhavhidhi akabata vaIsiraeri vose; Dhavhidhi akatonga vanhu vake vose akavaitira zvakarurama.

¹⁵And David reigneth over all Israel, and David is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people,

¹⁶Joabhu mwanakomana waZeruya ndiye wairaira hondo, naJehoshafati mwanakomana waAhirudhi waiva sahwira;

¹⁶and Joab son of Zeruiah [is] over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer,

¹⁷Zadhoki mwanakomana waAhitubhi, naAhimereki mwanakomana waAbhiatari, vaiva vapristi, naSeraya waiva munyori.

¹⁷and Zadok son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, [are] priests, and Seraiah [is] scribe,

¹⁸Bhenaya mwanakomana waJehoyadha ndiye wairaira vaKereti navaPereti, uye vanakomana vaDhavhidhi vaiva vapristi.

¹⁸and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is over] both the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David have been ministers.