2 Chronicles 14
1 So Abijah went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David, and Asa his son became king in his place; in his time the land was quiet for ten years.
Et Abias mourut, et il alla rejoindre ses pères, et on l'ensevelit en la ville de David; et Asa, son fils, régna à sa place. Sous Asa, Juda fut en paix dix années.
2 And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God;
Et il fit ce qui est bon et droit devant le Seigneur son Dieu.
3 For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;
Il répudia les autels des dieux étrangers et les hauts lieux; il brisa les colonnes, il abattit les bois sacrés,
4 And he made Judah go after the Lord, the God of their fathers, and keep his laws and his orders.
Et il dit à Juda de chercher le Seigneur Dieu de leurs pères, et de pratiquer sa loi et ses commandements.
5 And he took away the high places and the sun-images from all the towns of Judah; and the kingdom was quiet under his rule.
Et il détruisit, dans toutes les villes de Juda, les autels et les idoles, et paisiblement
6 He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.
Il fortifia des places en Juda; car la terre était en paix. Il n'y eut point de guerre en ces années, parce que le Seigneur lui avait donné du repos.
7 He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.
Et il dit à Juda: Fortifions les villes, faisons-leur des murs, des tours, des portes, des verrous; nous prévaudrons sur la terre: car de même que nous avons cherché le Seigneur notre Dieu, il nous a cherchés; il nous a donné la paix tout alentour, et il nous a fait prospérer.
8 And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men of Judah armed with body-covers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand of Benjamin armed with body-covers and bows; all these were men of war.
Or, Asa avait en la terre de Juda une force de trois cent mille hommes portant javeline et bouclier; et, en la terre de Benjamin, deux cent quatre- vingt mille archers, ou fantassins armés à la légère; tous ces hommes étaient vaillants et aguerris.
9 And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.
Et Zara l'Ethiopien marcha contre eux avec une armée d'un million d'hommes, et trois cents chars; il s'avança jusqu'à Marèsa.
10 And Asa went out against him, and they put their forces in position in the valley north of Mareshah.
Asa sortit à sa rencontre, et rangea son armée en bataille dans la vallée, au nord de Marèsa.
11 And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O Lord, you are our God; let not man's power be greater than yours.
Et Asa cria au Seigneur son Dieu, et il dit: Seigneur, il ne vous est point impossible de sauver, soit avec beaucoup, soit avec peu; fortifiez-nous, Seigneur notre Dieu, car nous avons eu foi en vous, et c'est en votre nom que nous avons marché contre cette grande multitude. Seigneur notre Dieu, que l'homme ne prévaille pas contre vous.
12 So the Lord sent fear on the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah; and the Ethiopians went in flight.
Et le Seigneur frappa les Ethiopiens devant Juda, et les Ethiopiens s'enfuirent.
13 And Asa and the people who were with him went after them as far as Gerar; and so great was the destruction among the Ethiopians that they were not able to get their army together again, for they were broken before the Lord and before his army; and they took away a great amount of their goods.
Asa et son peuple les poursuivirent jusqu'à Gedsor. Les Ethiopiens tombèrent jusqu'au dernier; car ils furent broyés devant le Seigneur et devant son armée, et les fils de Juda recueillirent d'innombrables dépouilles.
14 And they overcame all the towns round Gerar, because the Lord sent fear on them; and they took away their goods from the towns, for there were stores of wealth in them.
Et ils détruisirent les bourgs autour de Gedsor; car un grand trouble, venant du Seigneur, était sur eux. Les fils de Juda pillèrent leurs villes, et ils firent un riche butin.
15 And they made an attack on the tents of the owners of the cattle, and took away great numbers of sheep and camels and went back to Jerusalem.
Ils détruisirent les tentes des troupeaux, ils dépouillèrent les habitants de la côte, ils emmenèrent quantité de moutons et de chameaux, et ils revinrent à Jérusalem.
