2 SAMUELE 8

₁Morago ga moo Dafita a fenya Bafelesita, a ba tsenya pusong ya gagwe, a amoga Bafelesita thata ya go busa dinaga tse e seng tsa bone.

₂A fenya le Bamoabe, a ba ladisa fa fatshe, a ba lekanya ka mogala; mogala wa dira ditlhopha tse tharo, tse pedi tsa bolawa, se le sengwe sa phedisiwa. Bamoabe ba nna batho ba ga Dafita ba ba mo kgethelang.

₃Dafita a fenya le Hatatesere morwa Rehobe kgosi ya Soba, fa e ile go tsosa puso ya yone gape kwa nokeng ya Ferathe. ₄Dafita a mo amoga bapalami ba dipitse ba le 1 700 le banna ba dinao ba le 20 000. Dafita a kgaola dipitse tsotlhe mesifa ya maoto, a sadisa dipitse di le lekgolo fela mo go tsona.

₅Mme ya re Basiria ba Damaseko ba tla go thusa Hatatesere kgosi ya Soba, Dafita a bolaya banna ba le 22 000 ba bone. ₆Dafita a ba a baya balebeledi ba puso ya gagwe kwa Siria wa Damaseko; Basiria ba nna batho ba ga Dafita ba ba mo kgethelang. Morena a naya Dafita phenyo gongwe le gongwe kwa a yang teng. ₇Le gona Dafita a tsaya dithebe tsa gouta tse batlhanka ba ga Hatatesere ba neng ba di tshotse, a di isa kwa Jerusalema. ₈Kgosi Dafita a thopa kgotlho e ntsi thata kwa metseng ya ga Hatatesere, kwa Beta le kwa Berothai.

₉E rile Thoi kgosi ya Hamathe a utlwa gore Dafita o fentse mephato yotlhe ya ga Hatatesere, ₁₀a roma Jorame morwawe kwa go kgosi Dafita go mmotsa bophelo le go mo leboga, ka a tlhabanye le Hatatesere, a mo fenya – gonne Hatatesere o ne a ntse a tlhabana le Thoi – Jorame a tla le dilo tsa selefera le tsa gouta le tsa kgotlho. ₁₁Tseo le tsona kgosi Dafita a di itshepisetsa Morena mmogo le selefera le gouta tse o di itshepisitseng, a di tsere kwa ditšhabeng tsotlhe tse o neng a di ruile, ₁₂e bong kwa Siria le kwa Moabe le kwa go Baamone le kwa go Bafelesita le kwa go Baamaleke le mo thopong ya ga Hatatesere morwa Rehobe, kgosi ya Soba.

₁₃Dafita a itirela leina jalo. Mme ya re a boa a sena go fenya Basiria, a bolaya Baetomo mo mokgatsheng wa letswai, banna ba le 18 000. ₁₄A ba a baya balebeledi ba puso ya gagwe kwa Etomo, a ba baya mo Etomo yotlhe. Baetomo botlhe ba nna mo pusong ya ga Dafita. Morena a naya Dafita phenyo gongwe le gongwe kwa a yang teng.

₁₅Dafita o ne a busa Iseraele yotlhe, a ntse a direla morafe otlhe wa gagwe ka molao le tshiamo. ₁₆Joabe morwa Seruya e ne e le molaodi wa mephato; Josafate morwa Ahilote e le seatla sa kgosi. ₁₇Satoke morwa Ahitube le Ahimelege morwa Abjathare e ne e le baperesiti; Seraya e le mokwaledi. ₁₈Benaya morwa Joyata e ne e le molaodi wa Bakerethi le Baphelethe; bomorwa kgosi Dafita e ne e le baperesiti.