2 Samweli
8: 1 Nyuma y'ibyo, Dawidi akubita Abafilisitiya,
abatsindira: Dawidi akura Methegamma mu kuboko kwa Uhoraho
Abafilisitiya.
8 Akubita Mowabu, abapima umurongo, abajugunya hasi
ubutaka; ndetse n'imirongo ibiri yapimye yica, kandi hamwe
umurongo umwe wuzuye kugirango ukomeze kubaho. Abanyamowabu bahinduka aba Dawidi
abakozi, bazana impano.
3 Dawidi akubita Hadadezer, mwene Rehobi, umwami wa Zoba, agenda
kugarura umupaka we ku ruzi rwa Efurate.
4: 4 Dawidi amutwara amagare igihumbi, n'abagendera ku mafarasi magana arindwi,
Abanyamaguru ibihumbi makumyabiri: Dawidi ahuza amafarashi yose y'amagare,
ariko yabigenewe ku magare ijana.
5: 5 Abanyasiriya b'i Damasiko baza gutabara Hadadezeri umwami wa
Zobah, Dawidi yica Abanyasiriya abantu ibihumbi bibiri na makumyabiri.
6 Dawidi ashyira ibirindiro muri Siriya y'i Damasiko, Abanyasiriya bahinduka
abagaragu kuri Dawidi, bazana impano. Uhoraho akiza Dawidi
aho yagiye hose.
7 Dawidi afata inkinzo za zahabu zari ku bagaragu bazo
Hadadezer, abazana i Yeruzalemu.
8 Umwami Dawidi akura i Beta, no muri Berotayi, imigi ya Hadadezer
kurenza umuringa.
9 Toi umwami wa Hamati yumvise ko Dawidi yakubise ingabo zose
Hadadezer,
8:10 Toi yohereza Yoramu umuhungu we ku mwami Dawidi, ngo amuramutsa kandi aha umugisha
we, kuko yarwanye na Hadadezer, akamukubita: kuko
Hadadezer yarwanye na Toi. Yoramu azana ibikoresho byo mu
ifeza, n'ibikoresho bya zahabu, n'ibikoresho by'umuringa:
8 Umwami Dawidi na we yeguriye Uhoraho, ifeza na
zahabu yari yareguriye amahanga yose yayoboye;
8:12 Muri Siriya, i Mowabu, no mu Bana ba Amoni, no mu Uwiteka
Abafilisitiya n'Abamaleki, n'iminyago ya Hadadezer mwene Rehobu,
umwami wa Zobah.
8:13 Dawidi amwita izina agarutse avuye gukubita Abanyasiriya
ikibaya cyumunyu, kuba abantu ibihumbi cumi n'umunani.
8:14 Ashyira ibirindiro muri Edomu; muri Edomu yose yashyize garrison, kandi
bose ba Edomu babaye abagaragu ba Dawidi. Uhoraho akiza Dawidi
aho yagiye hose.
15:15 Dawidi ategeka Abisirayeli bose. na Dawidi yasohoye urubanza kandi
ubutabera ku bwoko bwe bwose.
8:16 Yowabu mwene Zeruya yari umutware w'ingabo; na Yehoshafati umuhungu
wa Ahilud yari umwanditsi;
17 Zadoki mwene Ahitubi na Ahimeleki mwene Abiyatari,
abatambyi; na Seraya yari umwanditsi;
8:18 Benayayi mwene Yehoyada yari umutware w'Abakereti n'Uhoraho
Pelethite; Abahungu ba Dawidi bari abatware bakuru.