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.
Quand le Cananéen, roi d'Arad, qui habitait le Midi, apprit qu'Israël venait par le chemin des espions, il combattit contre Israël, et il en emmena des prisonniers.
2 Then the Israelis solemnly vowed: “Yahweh, if you will help us to defeat these people, we will completely destroy all their towns.”
Alors Israël fit un vœu à l'Éternel, et dit: Si tu livres ce peuple entre mes mains, je vouerai ses villes à l'interdit.
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’].
Et l'Éternel exauça la voix d'Israël et livra les Cananéens. On les voua à l'interdit, eux et leurs villes; et on nomma le lieu Horma (extermination).
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,
Puis ils partirent de la montagne de Hor, dans la direction de la mer Rouge, pour faire le tour du pays d'Édom; et le peuple perdit courage en chemin.
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!”
Le peuple parla donc contre Dieu et contre Moïse, et dit: Pourquoi nous avez-vous fait monter hors d'Égypte, pour mourir dans le désert? car il n'y a point de pain, ni d'eau, et notre âme est dégoûtée de ce pain misérable.
6 So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died.
Et l'Éternel envoya parmi le peuple des serpents brûlants, qui mordirent le peuple, en sorte qu'un grand nombre d'Israélites moururent.
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.
Alors le peuple vint vers Moïse, et ils dirent: Nous avons péché, car nous avons parlé contre l'Éternel et contre toi. Prie l'Éternel, pour qu'il éloigne de nous les serpents. Et Moïse pria 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).”
Et l'Éternel dit à Moïse: Fais-toi un serpent brûlant, et mets-le sur une perche; et il arrivera que quiconque sera mordu et le regardera, sera guéri.
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!
Moïse fit donc un serpent d'airain, et il le mit sur une perche; et il arriva que quand le serpent avait mordu un homme, il regardait le serpent d'airain, et il était guéri.
10 Then the Israelis traveled to Oboth and (camped/set up their tents) there.
Puis les enfants d'Israël partirent et campèrent à Oboth.
11 Then they left there, and went to Iye-Abarim, in the desert on the eastern border of Moab.
Et ils partirent d'Oboth, et campèrent à Ijjé-Abarim, au désert qui est vis-à-vis de Moab, vers le soleil levant.
12 From there they traveled to the valley where the Zered riverbed is, and camped there.
De là ils partirent et campèrent au torrent 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 partirent et campèrent au delà de l'Arnon, qui est dans le désert, au sortir de la frontière des Amoréens; car l'Arnon est la frontière de Moab, entre les Moabites et les Amoréens.
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 il est dit, au livre des batailles de l'Éternel: Vaheb en Supha, et les torrents de l'Arnon,
15 and the ravines there, which extend as far as Ar [village] on the border of Moab.”
Et le cours des torrents qui tend vers le lieu où Ar est située, et qui s'appuie 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.”
Et de là ils vinrent à Beer (puits), c'est là le puits dont l'Éternel dit à Moïse: Assemble le peuple, et je leur donnerai de l'eau.
17 There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
Alors Israël chanta ce cantique: Monte, puits! Chantez-lui en vous répondant.
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,
Puits que les seigneurs ont creusé, que les principaux du peuple ont creusé, avec le sceptre, avec leurs bâtons! Ensuite, du désert ils vinrent à Matthana;
19 Nahaliel, and Bamoth [villages].
Et de Matthana à Nahaliel; Et de Nahaliel à Bamoth;
20 Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah [Mountain] rises above the desert.
Et de Bamoth à la vallée qui est au territoire de Moab, au sommet du Pisga, en regard de la plaine 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]:
Or, Israël envoya des ambassadeurs à Sihon, roi des Amoréens, 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.”
Permets que je passe par ton pays; nous ne nous détournerons point dans les champs, ni dans les vignes, et nous ne boirons point l'eau des puits; nous marcherons par le chemin royal 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 Sihon ne permit point à Israël de passer par sa frontière; et Sihon assembla tout son peuple, et sortit à la rencontre d'Israël vers le désert, et il vint à Jahats, et combattit contre 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.
Mais Israël le frappa du tranchant de l'épée, et conquit son pays, depuis l'Arnon jusqu'au Jabbok, jusqu'aux enfants d'Ammon; car la frontière des enfants d'Ammon était forte.
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.
Et Israël prit toutes ces villes, et Israël habita dans toutes les villes des Amoréens, à Hesbon, et dans toutes les villes de son ressort.
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 la ville de Sihon, roi des Amoréens, qui avait fait la guerre au roi précédent de Moab, et lui avait pris tout son pays 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 pourquoi les poètes disent: Venez à Hesbon; que la ville de Sihon soit bâtie et rétablie!
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 est sorti de Hesbon, une flamme de la ville de Sihon; elle a dévoré Ar de Moab, les maîtres des hauteurs de l'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.
Malheur à toi, Moab! tu es perdu, peuple de Kemosh! Il a laissé ses fils fugitifs, et ses filles en captivité à Sihon, roi des Amoréens.
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].”
Et nous les avons transpercés. Hesbon a péri, jusqu'à Dibon. Nous avons ravagé jusqu'à Nophach par le feu, jusqu'à Médeba.
31 So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived.
Israël habita donc dans le pays des Amoréens.
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.
Puis Moïse envoya reconnaître Jaezer, et ils prirent les villes de son ressort, et dépossédèrent les Amoréens qui y étaient.
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 tournèrent et montèrent dans la direction de Bassan; et Og, roi de Bassan, sortit à leur rencontre, lui et tout son peuple, pour combattre à Édréi.
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 l'ai livré entre tes mains, et tout son peuple, et son pays; et tu lui feras comme tu as fait à Sihon, roi des Amoréens, qui habitait 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.
Ils le battirent donc, lui et ses fils, et tout son peuple, au point qu'il ne lui resta personne; et ils possédèrent son pays.
