Joshua 11
1 When King Jabin of Hazor [city] heard [about all those things that had happened], he sent messages to Jobab, the king of Madon [city], to the king of Shimron [city], and to the king of Acshaph [city], [requesting them to send their armies to come and help him fight against the Israelis].
A cette nouvelle, Jabin, roi de Haçor, envoya un message à Jobab, roi de Madôn, au roi de Chimrôn, et au roi d’Akchaf,
2 He also sent messages to the kings in the northern hilly area and to the kings in the Jordan [River] Valley, south of Galilee [Lake] and in the western hills. He sent a message to the king of Naphoth-Dor [in the west]
ainsi qu’aux rois qui demeuraient dans le nord, sur la montagne et dans la plaine, au midi de Génésareth et dans la vallée et dans la région de Dor à l’occident,
3 and to the kings of the Canaan people-group in the eastern and western parts of the land. He sent messages to the Amor people-group and the Heth people-group and the Periz people-group and the Jebus people-group who lived in the hilly area. He also sent a message to the Hiv people-group who lived below Hermon [Mountain] in the Mizpah area.
aux Cananéens de l’orient et de l’occident, aux Amorréens, Héthéens, Phérézéens, Jébuséens de la montagne, Hévéens établis au pied du Hermon, dans le pays de Mispa.
4 So the armies of all those kings gathered together, bringing their horses and chariots. [There seemed to be] [HYP] as many soldiers as grains of sand on the seashore.
Et ils sortirent avec toutes leurs armées, multitude nombreuse comme les sables du rivage de la mer, avec un nombre immense de chevaux et de chars.
5 All of those kings [and their armies] gathered together at Merom Pond, [and they set up their tents there]. Then they made plans to fight against the Israelis.
Tous ces rois, s’étant donné rendez-vous, vinrent camper ensemble près des eaux de Mérom pour livrer bataille à Israël.
6 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because at this time tomorrow I will enable your men to defeat them. Your men must also cripple their horses and burn their chariots.”
Cependant l’Eternel dit à Josué: "Ne les crains point, car demain, à pareille heure, je les ferai succomber tous devant Israël; et tu couperas les jarrets de leurs chevaux, et tu livreras leurs chars aux flammes."
7 So Joshua and his army traveled to Merom Pond and attacked their enemies (by surprise/before they were ready to fight).
Josué, avec tous les gens de guerre, les atteignit à l’improviste près des eaux de Mérom et tomba sur eux;
8 Yahweh enabled the Israelis to defeat them. They pursued them to Sidon [city in the far north], and to Misrephoth-Maim [in the northwest], and to Mizpah Valley in the northeast. The Israelis fought them until (they were all dead/there were no survivors).
et l’Eternel les livra au pouvoir des Israélites, qui les battirent et les poursuivirent jusqu’à Sidon la Grande, jusqu’à Misrefot-Maïm et, vers l’orient, jusqu’à la vallée de Mispa; ils les taillèrent en pièces jusqu’au dernier.
9 Then Joshua and his men did what Yahweh told them to do: They crippled their enemies’ horses and burned their chariots.
Et Josué, se conformant aux ordres de l’Eternel, coupa les jarrets de leurs chevaux et brûla leurs chars.
10 The king of Hazor had ruled the people of all the kingdoms whose armies had fought against the Israelis. So Joshua’s army went back to Hazor and captured that city and killed their king.
Alors, rebroussant chemin, Josué prit Haçor et passa son roi au fil de l’épée (Haçor était, à cette époque, la tête de tous ces royaumes).
11 They killed everyone in Hazor; (they did not spare anyone/no one was left alive) [DOU]. Then they burned the city.
Et l’on extermina sans merci, par l’épée, toute sa population, sans épargner une seule vie, et l’on réduisit Haçor en cendres;
12 Joshua’s army captured all of those cities and killed all of their kings. They did that like Moses, the man who served Yahweh [well], had commanded them to do.
et toutes les villes des autres rois et ces rois eux-mêmes, Josué les prit et les extermina par l’épée, comme l’avait ordonné Moïse, serviteur de l’Eternel.
13 Joshua’s men burned Hazor [city], but they did not burn any of the other cities that were built on small hills.
Toutefois, aucune des villes établies sur les hauteurs ne fut brûlée par Israël, à l’exception de Haçor seule, que Josué livra au feu.
14 The Israelis took for themselves the animals that they found in those cities and everything else [that was valuable] [DOU]. But they killed all the people.
Tout le butin de ces villes ainsi que le bétail, les Israélites s’en emparèrent; mais les personnes furent toutes passées au fil de l’épée, on les extermina sans en épargner une seule.
15 [Many years before], Yahweh had told Moses to do that, and then Moses told Joshua to do it. So Joshua did everything that Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.
Comme l’Eternel l’avait ordonné à son serviteur Moïse, ainsi Moïse avait ordonné à Josué; et ainsi fit Josué, n’omettant aucun point de ce que l’Eternel avait prescrit à Moïse.
16 Joshua’s [army] defeated all the people who were living in that land. They took control over the hilly area and the area in the southern part of Canaan, all the area of Goshen, the western foothills, and the Jordan [River] Valley. They took control over all the mountains in Israel and all the hills near the mountains.
Josué conquit donc tout ce pays: la Montagne avec tout le midi et tout le pays de Gochén, la vallée et la plaine, et toute la montagne d’Israël et ses vallées;
17 They took control of all the land from Halak Mountain [in the south] up to the Seir [hilly area] as far as Baal-Gaal in Lebanon Valley [in the north], at the bottom of Hermon Mountain. They captured all the kings of those areas and killed them.
depuis la montagne Pelée qui s’élève vers Séir, jusqu’à Baal-Gad, dans la vallée du Liban, au pied du mont Hermon; et il vainquit tous leurs rois et les mit à mort.
18 Joshua’s men fought against those groups for many years.
Pendant de longs jours, Josué guerroya avec tous ces rois.
19 There was only one group that made a peace agreement with the Israelis; they were the people of the Hiv people-group who lived in Gibeon. The Israelis captured all the other towns in battles.
Pas une ville, à l’exception des Hévéens habitants de Gabaon, ne se soumit pacifiquement aux enfants d’Israël; ils durent les conquérir toutes par les armes.
20 Yahweh caused the people in all those other groups to be stubborn [IDM], with the result that they fought against the Israeli army, and the Israelis killed them all. They were not merciful to any of them. That is what Yahweh had commanded Moses to do.
Dieu avait permis qu’ils acceptassent résolument la lutte avec Israël afin qu’on les exterminât sans merci; car il fallait qu’ils fussent anéantis, comme l’Eternel l’avait prescrit à Moïse.
21 Joshua’s army also fought the Anak people-group who lived in the hills near Hebron, Debir, and Anah [cities]. They also fought against the people who lived in the hilly area of Judah and Israel, and they killed all of those people and destroyed their cities.
En ce même temps, Josué marcha contre les Anakéens, qu’il fit disparaître de la montagne, de Hébron, de Debir, d’Anab, de toute la chaîne de Juda et de toute celle d’Israël; tous, Josué les détruisit ainsi que leurs villes.
22 As a result, there were no descendants of Anak who remained alive in Israel. Only a few remained alive in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod [cities].
II ne resta plus d’Anakéens dans le pays des enfants d’Israël; il n’en demeura que dans Gaza, dans Gath et dans Asdod.
23 Joshua’s army took control of all the land, just as Yahweh [long ago] had told Moses to do. Yahweh gave the land to the Israelis, because he had promised to give it to them. Then Joshua divided the land among the Israeli tribes. After that, there was (peace/no more battles) in the land.
Josué, ayant conquis tout le pays, selon ce que l’Eternel avait dit à Moïse, le donna aux Israélites comme possession héréditaire, en le répartissant selon leurs tribus; et le pays se reposa de la guerre.
