1 و َفِي الرَّبِيعِ، فِي الوَقْتِ المُعتادِ لانطِلاقِ المُلُوكِ لِشَنِّ الحُرُوبِ، قادَ يُوآبُ الجَيشَ، وَخَرَّبَ أرْضَ العَمُّونِيِّينَ. ثُمَّ جاءَ وَحاصَرَ مَدِينَةَ رَبَّةَ. وَهاجَمَ يُوآبُ رَبَّةَ وَدَمَّرَها. أمّا داوُدُ فَبَقِيَ فِي القُدْسِ.

After the end of the year, when kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the army and devastated the land of the Ammonites, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. Joab smote Rabbah and overthrew it.

2 و َأخَذَ داوُدُ تاجَ مَلِكِهِمْ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ. وَكانَ يَزِنُ قِنطاراً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ، وَمُرَصَّعاً بِالحِجارَةِ الكَرِيمةِ. فَوَضَعَهُ داوُدُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ. وَأخَذَ مِنَ المَدِينَةِ الكَثِيرَ مِنَ الغَنائِمِ،

David took their king’s crown from off his head and found that it weighed a talent of gold and that precious stones were in it. It was set upon David’s head. He brought also very much spoil out of the city of Rabbah.

3 و َأخرَجَ سُكّانَها مِنْها، وَفَرَضَ عَلَيهِمْ أنْ يَعمَلُوا بِمَناشِيرَ وَمَعاوِلَ حَدِيدِيَّةٍ وَفُؤُوسٍ. وَفَعَلَ داوُدُ هَذا الأمْرِ بِكُلِّ مُدُنِ العَمُّونِيِّينَ. ثُمَّ عادَ داوُدُ وَكُلُّ الجَيشِ إلَى مَدينَةِ القُدْسِ. حُرُوبٌ مَعَ الفِلِسطِيِّين

He brought out the people who were in it and set them at cutting with saws, iron wedges, and axes. So David dealt with all the Ammonite cities. And David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

4 و َبَعْدَ مُدَّةٍ، وَقَعَتْ حَربٌ مَعَ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ فِي جازَرَ. وَفِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، قَتَلَ سِبْكايُ الحُوشِيُّ سَفّايَ، وَهُوَ أحَدُ التَّابِعِينَ لِلإلَهِ المُزَيَّفِ رافا، فَأُخضِعَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ.

After this, there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai, of the sons of the giant, and they were subdued.

5 و َوَقَعَتْ أيضاً حَربٌ أُخْرَى مَعَ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ، فَقَتَلَ ألْحانانُ بْنُ ياعُورَ لَحْمِيَ، أخِي جُلْياتَ الجَتِّيِّ، مَعَ أنَّ قَناةَ رُمحِهِ كانَتْ كَنَولِ النَّسّاجِ.

There was war again with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

6 و َوَقَعَتْ حَرْبٌ أُخْرَى مَعَ الفِلِسطِيِّينَ فِي جَتَّ، وَكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ ضَخْمٌ ذُو سِتِّ أصابِعَ عَلَى كُلِّ مِنْ يَدَيهِ وَقَدَمَيهِ، أربَعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ إصْبِعاً. وَكانَ هُوَ أيضاً مِنْ أحفادِ الرَّفائِيمِ العمالقة.

And again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and each foot. He also was born to the giant.

7 ت َهَكَّمَ هَذا الرَّجُلُ عَلَى إسْرائِيلَ. فَقَتَلَهُ يُوناثانُ بْنُ شِمْعا أخِي داوُدَ.

And when he reproached and defied Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, slew him.

8 ك انَ هَؤُلاءِ مِنْ بَنِي الرَّفائِيمِ العَمالِقَةِ، وَقَتَلَهُمْ داوُدُ وَرِجالُهُ.

These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hands of David and his servants.