Numbers 21
1 The king of Arad [city] lived in the area where the Canaan people-group lived, in the desert in the southern part of the land. He heard a report that the Israelis were approaching on the road to Atharim [village]. So his army attacked the Israelis and captured some of them.
Le Cananéen, roi d’Arad, qui habitait au midi, ayant appris qu’Israël s’acheminait par ces régions, attaqua les Israélites et en fit quelques-uns prisonniers.
2 Then the Israelis solemnly vowed: “Yahweh, if you will help us to defeat these people, we will completely destroy all their towns.”
Mais Israël fit un vœu à l’Éternel en disant: "Si tu livres ce peuple en mon pouvoir, je vouerais ses villes à l’anathème."
3 Yahweh heard what they requested, and he enabled them to defeat the army of the Canaan people-group. The Israeli soldiers killed all the people and destroyed their towns. [Ever since that time], that place has been called Hormah [which means ‘destruction’].
L’Éternel écouta la voix d’Israël et lui livra les Cananéens; et on les frappa d’anathème, eux et leurs villes, et l’on donna à ce lieu le nom de Horma.
4 Then the Israelis left Hor Mountain and traveled on the road towards the Red Sea, in order to go around [the land of] Edom. But the people became impatient along the way,
Ils partirent de Hor-la-Montagne dans la direction de la mer des Joncs, pour tourner le pays d’Edom. Le peuple perdit courage pendant cette marche,
5 and they began to grumble/complain against God and against Moses/me. They said, “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in this desert [RHQ]? There is nothing to eat here, and nothing to drink. And we detest this lousy [manna] food!”
et il se plaignit de Dieu et de Moïse: "Pourquoi nous avez-vous tirés de l’Egypte, pour nous faire mourir dans ce désert? Car il n’y a point de pain, point d’eau, et nous sommes excédés de ce misérable aliment."
6 So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died.
Alors l’Éternel suscita contre le peuple les serpents brûlants, qui mordirent le peuple, et il périt une multitude d’Israélites.
7 Then the people came to Moses/me and cried out, saying, “We [now know that we] have sinned against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh, asking that he will take away the snakes!” So Moses/I prayed for the people.
Et le peuple s’adressa à Moïse, et ils dirent: "Nous avons péché en parlant contre l’Éternel et contre toi; intercède auprès de l’Éternel, pour qu’il détourne de nous ces serpents!" Et Moïse intercéda pour le peuple.
8 Then Yahweh told him/me, “Make a model/image of a poisonous snake, and attach it to the top of a pole. If those who are bitten by the snakes look at that model, they will (recover/get well).”
L’Éternel dit à Moïse: "Fais toi-même un serpent et place-le au haut d’une perche: quiconque aura été mordu, qu’il le regarde et il vivra!"
9 So Moses/I made a snake from bronze and attached it to the top of a pole. Then, when those who had been bitten by a snake looked at the bronze snake, they recovered!
Et Moïse fit un serpent d’airain, le fixa sur une perche; et alors, si quelqu’un était mordu par un serpent, il levait les yeux vers le serpent d’airain et était sauvé.
10 Then the Israelis traveled to Oboth and (camped/set up their tents) there.
Les enfants d’Israël levèrent le camp, puis campèrent à Oboth.
11 Then they left there, and went to Iye-Abarim, in the desert on the eastern border of Moab.
Partis d’Oboth, ils campèrent à lyyê-Haabarîm, dans le désert situé devant Moab, vers le soleil levant.
12 From there they traveled to the valley where the Zered riverbed is, and camped there.
De là ils repartirent et campèrent dans la vallée de Zéred.
13 Then they traveled to the north side of the Arnon [River]. That area is in the desert next to the land where the Amor people-group lived. The Arnon [River] is the boundary between Moab and where the Amor people-group lived.
De là ils repartirent et campèrent sur la rive de l’Arnon située dans le désert et partant du territoire des Amorréens; car l’Arnon est la frontière de Moab, entre Moab et le territoire amorréen.
14 That is why in the book called ‘The Book of the Wars of Yahweh’ it tells about “Waheb [town] in the Suphah area, and the ravines there; and the Arnon [River]
C’Est pourquoi l’on cite, dans l’histoire des guerres du Seigneur, "Vaheb en Soufa, et les affluents de l’Arnon;
15 and the ravines there, which extend as far as Ar [village] on the border of Moab.”
et encore le bassin des rivières, qui s’étend vers Chébeth-Ar et confine à la frontière de Moab…"
16 From there, the Israelis traveled to Beer. There was a well there, where Yahweh previously had said to Moses/me, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.”
Puis, ils gagnèrent Beêr, ce puits à propos duquel le Seigneur dit à Moïse: "Assemble le peuple, je veux lui donner de l’eau."
17 There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
C’Est alors qu’Israël chanta ce cantique: "Jaillis, ô source! Acclamez-la!…
18 Sing about this well which our leaders dug; they dug out [the dirt] with their royal scepters and their walking sticks.” Then the Israelis left that desert and went through Mattanah,
Ce puits, des princes l’ont creusé, les plus grands du peuple l’ont ouvert, avec le sceptre, avec leurs verges!…" Et de Midbar ils allèrent à Mattana;
19 Nahaliel, and Bamoth [villages].
de Mattana à Nahalïel; de Nahalïel à Bamoth;
20 Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah [Mountain] rises above the desert.
et de Bamoth, au plateau qui est dans la campagne de Moab, au sommet du Pisga, d’où l’on découvrait l’étendue du désert.
21 Then the Israelis sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. This was the message [that they/we gave him]:
Israël envoya des députés à Sihôn, roi des Amorréens, pour lui dire:
22 “Allow us to travel through your country. We will stay on the king’s highway, [the main road that goes from the south to the north], until we have finished traveling through your land. We will not walk through any field or vineyard, or drink water from your wells.”
"Je voudrais passer par ton pays. Nous ne traverserons ni champs ni vignobles, nous ne boirons point de l’eau des citernes; nous irons par la route royale, jusqu’à ce que nous ayons passé ta frontière."
23 But King Sihon refused. He would not allow them to walk through his land. Instead, he sent his whole army to attack the Israelis in the desert. They attacked the Israelis at Jahaz [village].
Mais Sihôn ne permit point à Israël de traverser son territoire; et Sihôn rassembla tout son peuple, marcha à la rencontre d’Israël, vers le désert et atteignit Yahça, où il livra la bataille à Israël.
24 But the Israelis completely defeated them and occupied their land, from the Arnon [River in the south] to the Jabbok [River in the north]. They stopped at the border of the land where the Ammon people-group lived, because [the Ammon army was defending] the border strongly.
Israël le passa au fil de l’épée, et il conquît son pays depuis l’Arnon jusqu’au Jaboc, jusqu’aux possessions des Ammonites; car elle était forte, la frontière des enfants d’Ammon.
25 So the Israelis occupied all the cities and towns where the Amor people-group lived, and some of the Israelis began to live in them. They occupied Heshbon [city] and the nearby villages.
Israël s’empara de toutes ces villes; et il s’établit dans toutes les villes des Amorréens, à Hesbon et dans toutes ses dépendances.
26 Heshbon was the capital of the country. It was the city where King Sihon ruled. His army had previously defeated the army of the king of Moab, and then his people had begun to live in all of the land of Moab as far as the Arnon [River in the south].
Car Hesbon était devenue la ville de Sihôn, roi des Amorréens, celui-ci ayant fait la guerre au précédent roi de Moab, et lui ayant pris tout son territoire jusqu’à l’Arnon.
27 For that reason, one of the poets wrote long ago, “Come to Heshbon, the city where King Sihon [ruled]. We want the city to be restored/rebuilt.
C’Est à ce propos que les poètes disaient: "Venez à Hesbon! Cité de Sihôn, qu’elle se relève et s’affermisse!
28 A fire blazed from Heshbon; it burned down Ar [city] in Moab, it destroyed [everything on] the hills along the Arnon [River].
Car un feu a jailli de Hesbon, une flamme, de la ville de Sihôn, qui a dévoré Ar-en-Moab, les maîtres des hauteurs d’Arnon.
29 You people of Moab, terrible things have happened to you! You people who [worship your god] Chemosh have been (annihilated/wiped out)! The men who [worshiped] [MET] Chemosh have run away and are now refugees, and the women [who worshiped him] have been captured by [the army of] Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group.
C’Est fait de toi. Moab! Tu es perdu, peuple de Camôs!… Ses fils, il les laisse mettre en fuite, ses filles, emmener captives, par un roi amorréen, par Sihôn!
30 But we have defeated [Sihon and] those descendants of Amor, all the way from Heshbon [in the north] to Dibon [city in the south]. We have completely obliterated/destroyed them as far as Nophah and Medeba [towns].”
Hesbon perdu, nous les avons poursuivis de nos traits jusqu’à Dibôn; nous avons dévasté jusqu’à Nôfah, même jusqu’à Mèdeba!…"
31 So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived.
Israël s’établit donc dans le pays des Amorréens.
32 After Moses/I sent some men to explore the area near Jazer [city], Israeli people began to live in all the towns in that region and expelled the Amor people-group who lived there.
Moïse envoya explorer Yazêr; on s’empara de ses dépendances, et l’on déposséda les Amorréens qui y demeuraient.
33 Then they turned [north] toward the Bashan region, but King Og of Bashan and all his army attacked them at Edrei [town].
Puis ils se dirigèrent, en montant plus haut, vers le Basan. Og, roi du Basan, s’avança à leur rencontre avec tout son peuple, pour leur livrer bataille, à Edréi.
34 Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do not be afraid of Og, because I am going to enable your men to defeat him and his army, and to take possession of all his land. You will do to him what you did to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who ruled in Heshbon.”
Mais l’Éternel dit à Moïse: "Ne le crains point, car je le livre en tes mains, lui et tout son peuple, et son pays; et tu le traiteras comme tu as traité Sihôn, roi des Amorréens, qui résidait à Hesbon."
35 And that is what happened. We Israelis defeated Og’s army, and killed King Og and his sons and all his people. Not a person survived! And then we Israelis began to live in their land.
Et ils le battirent, ainsi que ses fils et tout son peuple, tellement qu’ils n’en laissèrent survivre aucun; et ils conquirent son territoire.
