1 Chronicles 20
1 Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took Rabbah and made it waste.
L'année suivante, au temps où les rois se mettaient en campagne, Joab conduisit le gros de l'armée; il ravagea le pays des enfants d'Ammon et vint assiéger Rabba, tandis que David restait à Jérusalem. Or Joab battit Rabba et la détruisit.
2 And David took the crown of Milcom from off his head; its weight was a talent of gold and it had stones of great price in it; and it was put on David's head, and he took a great store of goods from the town.
Et David prit la couronne de dessus la tête de leur roi, et la trouva du poids d'un talent d'or; et il y avait des pierres précieuses. On la mit sur la tête de David, qui emmena de la ville un fort grand butin.
3 And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and axes. And this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.
Il fit sortir aussi les habitants et les mit en pièces avec des scies, des herses de fer et des faux. David traita de même toutes les villes des enfants d'Ammon. Puis David retourna à Jérusalem avec tout le peuple.
4 Now after this there was war with the Philistines at Gezer; then Sibbecai the Hushathite put to death Sippai, one of the offspring of the Rephaim; and they were overcome.
Après cela la guerre continua à Guézer avec les Philistins. Alors Sibbécaï, le Hushathite, tua Sippaï, l'un des enfants de Rapha; et ils furent humiliés.
5 And again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan, the son of Jair, put to death Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the stem of whose spear was like a cloth-worker's rod.
Il y eut encore guerre avec les Philistins. Et Elchanan, fils de Jaïr, tua Lachmi, frère de Goliath, le Guitthien, qui avait une lance dont le bois était comme une ensuble de tisserand.
6 And again there was war at Gath, where there was a very tall man, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of the offspring of the Rephaim.
Il y eut encore une autre guerre, à Gath, où se trouva un homme de haute taille, qui avait six doigts à chaque main et à chaque pied, vingt-quatre en tout, et qui était aussi de la race de Rapha.
7 And when he put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David's brother, put him to death.
Il outragea Israël; mais Jonathan, fils de Shimea, frère de David, le tua.
8 These were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; they came to their death by the hands of David and his servants.
Ceux-là étaient nés à Gath, de la race de Rapha, et ils périrent de la main de David, et de la main de ses serviteurs.
