Buka ea Pele ea Likronike
18 Ka mor’a nako, Davida a loantša Bafilista ’me a ba hlola eaba o hapa Gathe+ le metse e haufi le eona* ho Bafilista.+ 2 A hlola Bamoabe+ ’me Bamoabe ea e-ba basebeletsi ba Davida ba ntšang lekhetho.*+
3 Davida a hlola Morena Hadadezere+ oa Zoba+ haufi le Hamathe,+ ha Hadadezere a ne a e’o busa sebaka se Nokeng ea Eufrate.+ 4 Davida a hapa likariki tsa ntoa tse 1 000, bapalami ba lipere ba 7 000 le masole a 20 000 a tsamaeang ka maoto.+ Eaba Davida o khaola mesifa ea lipere tsohle tse hulang likariki empa a siea lipere tse 100.+ 5 Ha Basiria ba Damaseka ba tla ho tla thusa Morena Hadadezere oa Zoba, Davida a bolaea Basiria ba 22 000.+ 6 Davida a beha masole Siria ea Damaseka ’me Basiria ea e-ba basebeletsi ba Davida ba ntšang lekhetho. Jehova o ne a thusa Davida hore a hlole* hohle moo a neng a ea teng.+ 7 Ho ekelletsa moo, Davida a nka lithebe tse selika-likoe tsa khauta ho bahlanka ba Hadadezere, a li tlisa Jerusalema. 8 Davida a nka koporo e ngata Tibathe le Kune e leng metse ea Hadadezere. Solomone o ile a etsa Leoatle la koporo,+ lipilara le lisebelisoa tsa koporo ka eona.+
9 Ha Morena Tou oa Hamathe a utloa hore Davida o hlotse masole ’ohle a Morena Hadadezere+ oa Zoba,+ 10 hang-hang a romela mora oa hae Hadorame ho Morena Davida hore a e’o utloa hore na o ntse a ea joang le ho mo lebohisa hobane o ne a loantšitse Hadadezere ’me a mo hlotse (kaha Hadadezere o ne a lula a loantša Tou). Hape o ile a mo tlisetsa mefuta eohle ea lintho tsa khauta, tsa silevera le tsa koporo. 11 Morena Davida a nehelana ka* lintho tsena ho Jehova+ hammoho le silevera le khauta tseo a neng a li nkile lichabeng tsohle, ho Edomo le Moabe, Baamone,+ Bafilista+ le ho Baamaleke.+
12 Abishai+ mora oa Tseruja+ a bolaea Baedomo ba 18 000 Khohlong ea Letsoai.+ 13 A beha mabotho a sesole Edomo ’me Baedomo bohle ea e-ba basebeletsi ba Davida.+ Jehova o ne a thusa Davida hore a hlole* hohle moo a neng a ea teng.+ 14 Davida a ’na a busa Iseraele eohle,+ a ahlola sechaba sohle ka toka le ka ho loka.+ 15 Joabe mora oa Tseruja o ne a okametse masole,+ Josafate+ mora oa Akilude e ne e le motlalehi, 16 Tsadoke mora oa Akitube le Akimeleke mora oa Abiathare e ne e le baprista ’me Shavsha e le mongoli. 17 Benaia mora oa Jehojada o ne a okametse Bakerethe+ le Bapelethe.+ Bara ba Davida e ne e le baeta-pele ba ka sehloohong.