1 Chronicles 5
1 Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob. Therefore, he should have received the special rights/privileges that belonged to firstborn sons. But he had sex with his father’s slave wife, so [his father] gave the rights if a firstborn son to the sons of Reubers younger brother Joseph. And in the family records, Reuben is not mentioned first, like the firstborn sons always are.
Fils de Ruben, premier-né d’Israël. — Car il était le premier-né; mais, parce qu’il souilla la couche de son père, son droit d’aînesse fut donné aux fils de Joseph, fils d’Israël, non, toutefois, pour que Joseph fût inscrit dans les généalogie comme premier-né.
2 Although Judah became more influential than his brothers, and a ruler of the tribe descended from him, Joseph’s family received the rights that belonged to firstborn sons.
Car Judas fut puissant parmi ses frères, et de lui est issu un prince. Mais le droit d’aînesse est à Joseph. —
3 But Reuben was Jacob’s oldest son. Reuben’s sons were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Fils de Ruben, premier-né d’Israël: Enoch, Phallu, Esron et Charmi.
4 [Another descendant of Reuben was Joel]. Joel’s son was Shemaiah. Shemaiah’s son was Gog. Gog’s son was Shimei.
Fils de Joël: Samia, son fils; Gog, son fils; Séméï, son fils;
5 Shimei’s son was Micah. Micah’s son was Reaiah. Reaiah’s son was Baal.
Micha, son fils; Réïa, son fils; Baal, son fils;
6 Baal’s son was Beerah. Beerah was a leader of the tribe/descendants of Reuben. But Tiglath-Pileser the king of Assyria captured him and took him to Assyria.
Bééra, son fils, que Thelgathphalnasar, roi d’Assyrie, emmena captif: il fut un des princes des Rubénites. —
7 The names of these clans are listed here according to what is written in their family records. The first [name written was] Jeiel. Then Zechariah,
Frères de Bééra, chacun selon sa famille, tels qu’ils sont inscrits dans les généalogies selon leurs générations: le chef, Jéhiel; Zacharie;
8 and then Bela. Bela was the son of Azaz, and Azaz was the son of Shema, and Shema was the son of Joel. Reuben’s clan was very large. Some of them lived near Aroer [city] as far [north] as Nebo [town] and Baal-Meon [city].
Bala, fils d’Azaz, fils de Samma, fils de Joël. Bala habitait à Aroër, et jusqu’à Nébo et à Béel-Méon;
9 Some of them lived further east, as far as the edge of the desert [south of] the Euphrates River. [They went there] because they had a huge amount of cattle, [with the result that there was not enough pastureland for them] in [the] Gilead [region].
à l’orient, il habitait jusqu’à l’entrée du désert, qui va depuis le fleuve de l’Euphrate, car leurs troupeaux étaient nombreux dans le pays de Galaad.
10 When Saul was king [of Israel], Bela’s clan fought against the descendants of Hagar and defeated them. After that, Bela’s clan lived in the tents that the descendants of Hagar had lived in previously, in all the area east of [the] Gilead [region].
Du temps de Saül, ils firent la guerre aux Agaréens, qui tombèrent entre leurs mains, et ils habitèrent dans leurs tentes, sur tout le côté oriental de Galaad.
11 The tribe of Gad lived near the tribe of Reuben; they lived in [the] Bashan [region], all the way [east] to Salecah [town].
Les fils de Gad habitaient vis-à-vis d’eux dans le pays de Basan, jusqu’à Selcha.
12 Joel was their chief; Shapham was his assistant; other leaders were Janai and Shaphat.
C’étaient: le chef, Joël; le second, Saphan, puis Janaï et Saphath, en Basan.
13 Other members of the tribe belonged to seven clans, whose leaders were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.
Leurs frères, d’après leurs maisons patriarcales, étaient: Michaël, Mosollam, Sébé, Joraï, Jachan, Zié et Héber: sept.
14 They were descendants of Abihail. Abihail was Huri’s son. Huri was Jaroah’s son. Jaroah was Gilead’s son. Gilead was Michael’s son. Michael was Jeshishai’s son. Jeshishai was Jahdo’s son. Jahdo was the son of Buz.
Ils étaient fils d’Abihaïl, fils de Huri, fils de Jara, fils de Galaad, fils de Michaël, fils de Jésési, fils de Jeddo, fils de Buz.
15 Ahi was Abdiel’s son. Abdiel was Guni’s son. Ahi was the leader of their clan.
Achi, fils d’Abdiel, fils de Guni, était chef de leurs maisons patriarcales.
16 The descendants of Gad lived in the towns in Gilead and Bashan regions, and on all the pastureland on [the] Sharon [plain].
Ils habitaient en Galaad, en Basan, et dans les villes de leurs dépendances, et dans tous les pâturages de Saron jusqu’à leurs extrémités.
17 All of those names were written in the records of the clans of Gad during the time that Jotham was the king of Judah and Jeroboam was the king of Israel.
Tous ces fils de Gad furent enregistrés dans les généalogies du temps de Joatham, roi de Juda, et du temps de Jéroboam, roi d’Israël.
18 There were 44,760 soldiers from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and [the eastern] half of the tribe of Manasseh. They all carried shields and swords and bows [and arrows]. They [were all trained to] fight well in battles.
Les fils de Ruben, les Gadites et la demi-tribu de Manassé avaient de vaillants hommes, portant le bouclier et l’épée, tirant de l’arc, et exercés à la guerre, au nombre de quarante quatre mille sept cent soixante, en état d’aller à l’armée.
19 They attacked the descendants of Hagar and the people of Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab [cities].
Ils firent la guerre aux Agaréens, à Jéthur, à Naphis et à Nodab.
20 The men from those three tribes prayed to God during the battles, requesting him to help them. So he helped them, because they trusted in him. He enabled them to defeat [IDM] the descendants of Hagar and all those who were helping them.
Ils furent aidés contre eux, et les Agaréens et tous ceux qui étaient avec eux furent livrés entre leurs mains. Car ils avaient crié vers Dieu pendant le combat, et il les avait exaucés, parce qu’ils s’étaient confiés en lui.
21 They took the animals that belonged to the descendants of Hagar: They took 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also captured 100,000 people.
Ils enlevèrent leurs troupeaux, cinquante mille chameaux, deux cent cinquante mille brebis, deux mille ânes, et cent mille personnes,
22 But many descendants of Hagar were killed because God helped the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh. After that, those three tribes lived in that area until [the army of] Babylonia [captured them and] took them away to Babylon.
car il était tombé beaucoup de morts, parce que la guerre était de Dieu. Et ils s’établirent à leur place jusqu’à la captivité.
23 There were many people who belonged to the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They lived in [the] Bashan [region east of the Jordan River], as far [north] as Baal-Hermon, Senir, and Hermon Mountain.
Les fils de la demi-tribu de Manassé habitaient dans le pays depuis Basan jusqu’à Baal-Hermon et à Sanir, et à la montagne d’Hermon; ils étaient nombreux.
24 Their clan leaders were Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were all strong, brave, and famous soldiers, and leaders of their clans.
Voici les chefs de leurs familles: Epher, Jési, Eliel, Ezriel, Jérémia, Odoïa et Jédiel, hommes forts et vaillants, hommes de renom, chefs de leurs maisons patriarcales.
25 But they sinned against God, the one whom their ancestors had worshiped. They began to worship the gods/idols that the people of that region had worshiped, the people whom God had enabled them to destroy!
Mais ils furent infidèles au Dieu de leurs pères, et ils se prostituèrent en servant les dieux des peuples du pays que Dieu avait détruits devant eux.
26 So the God whom the Israelis [worshiped] caused Pul, the king of Assyria, to conquer those tribes. Pul’s other name was Tiglath-Pileser. His [army] captured the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh, and took them to [various places in Assyria]: Halah, Habor, Hara and near the Gozan River. [They have lived in those places from that time] to the present time.
Le Dieu d’Israël excita l’esprit de Phul, roi d’Assyrie, et l’esprit de Thelgathphalnasar, roi d’Assyrie; et Thelgathphalnasar emmena captifs les Rubénites, les Gadites et la demi-tribu de Manassé, et il les conduisit à Hala, à Habor, à Ara et au fleuve de Gozan, où ils sont demeurés jusqu’à ce jour.
