1 Chroniques 12
1 Et voici ceux qui vinrent auprès de David à Tsiklag, pendant qu'il fuyait Saül, fils de Kish. Ils étaient parmi les hommes forts, ses aides dans la guerre.
David went to Ziklag [town] to escape from [King] Saul. While he was there, many warriors came and joined him, and they helped him when he fought battles.
2 Ils étaient armés d'arcs et pouvaient se servir de la main droite et de la main gauche pour lancer des pierres et tirer des flèches de l'arc. Ils étaient de la famille de Saül, de la tribu de Benjamin.
They carried bows [and arrows]. They were able to shoot arrows and to sling stones. They could use either their right arms or their left arms to do that. They were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin.
3 Le chef était Ahiézer, puis Joas, fils de Shemaa, le Gibéen; Jeziel et Pelet, fils d'Azmaveth; Beraca; Jéhu, l'Anathothite;
Their leader was Ahiezer. Next in command was Joash. They were both sons of Shemaah from Gibeah [city]. [These are the names of some of those warriors: ] Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu from Anathoth [town];
4 Ismaeja, le Gibéonite, homme puissant parmi les trente et chef des trente; Jérémie; Jahaziel, Jochanan, Jozabad, de Guéderath,
Ishmaiah from the Gibeon [city], who was a leader of the thirty mighty warriors; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad from Gederah [town];
5 Eluzaï, Jerimoth, Bealia, Shemaria, Shephathia, d'Haruph,
Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah from Haruph [town];
6 Elkana, Ischia, Azarel, Jœzer et Jashobeam, de Koré,
Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam, who were descendants of Korah;
7 Joéla et Zebadia, fils de Jerocham, de Guedor.
Joelah and Zebadiah, who were sons of Jeroham, from Gedor [town].
8 Des Gadites se joignirent à David dans la forteresse du désert, hommes vaillants, entraînés à la guerre, sachant manier le bouclier et la lance; leur visage était semblable à celui des lions, et ils étaient aussi rapides que les gazelles sur les montagnes:
Some men from the tribe of Gad [east of the Jordan River] joined David when he was at his fortress in [the caves in] the desert. They were brave warriors who were trained for fighting battles and able to use shields and spears well. They [SYN] were as fierce as [SIM, MTY] lions, and they could run as fast as [HYP, SIM] deer/gazelles on the hills/mountains.
9 Ezer, le chef, Abdias, le second, Éliab, le troisième,
Ezer was their leader. Next in command was Obadiah. Next was Eliab.
10 Mischmanna, le quatrième, Jérémie, le cinquième,
Next was Mishmannah. Next was Jeremiah.
11 Attaï, le sixième, Éliel, le septième,
Next was Attai. Next was Eliel.
12 Jochanan, le huitième, Elzabad, le neuvième,
Next was Johanan. Next was Elzabad.
13 Jérémie, le dixième, et Machbannaï, le onzième.
Next was [another man whose name was] Jeremiah. The last was Macbannai.
14 Ceux-ci, parmi les fils de Gad, étaient chefs de l'armée. Le plus petit était égal à cent, et le plus grand à mille.
Those men from the tribe of Gad were all army officers. Some of them commanded 1,000 soldiers, and some of them commanded 100 soldiers.
15 Ce sont ceux qui passèrent le Jourdain au premier mois, quand il avait débordé sur toutes ses rives, et qui mirent en fuite tous les habitants des vallées, à l'est et à l'ouest.
They crossed [to the west side of] the Jordan [River] during March, [at the time of the year] when the river was flooded. They chased from there all the people who lived in the valleys on both sides of the river.
16 Quelques-uns des enfants de Benjamin et de Juda vinrent à la forteresse auprès de David.
Some other men from the tribe of Benjamin and from Judah also came to David in his fortress.
17 David alla au-devant d'eux et leur répondit: « Si vous êtes venus pacifiquement à moi pour m'aider, mon cœur s'unira à vous; mais si vous êtes venus pour me livrer à mes adversaires, puisqu'il n'y a pas de mal dans mes mains, que le Dieu de nos pères voie cela et le réprouve. »
David went out [of the cave] to meet them and said to them, “If you have come peacefully to help me, I am eager to have you join with me. But if you have come to enable my enemies to capture me, even though I [SYN] have not done anything to harm you, I hope/wish that the God whom our ancestors (worshiped/belonged to) will see it and condemn/punish you.”
18 Alors l'Esprit vint sur Amasaï, qui était le chef des trente, et il dit: « Nous sommes à toi, David, et de ton côté, toi, fils de Jessé. Que la paix, la paix soit avec toi, et que la paix soit avec ceux qui te soutiennent, car ton Dieu te soutient. » Alors David les reçut et les nomma chefs de la troupe.
Then [God’s] Spirit came upon Amasai, who was another leader of the thirty [greatest warriors], and he said, “David, we want to be with you; you who are the son of Jesse, we will join you. We know that things will go very well [DOU] for you and for those who are with you, because your God is helping you.”
19 Quelques-uns de Manassé se joignirent aussi à David lorsqu'il vint combattre avec les Philistins contre Saül, mais ils ne les aidèrent pas, car les chefs des Philistins le renvoyèrent après l'avoir consulté, en disant: « Il va déserter vers son maître Saül au péril de nos têtes. »
So David welcomed those men, and he appointed them to be leaders of his soldiers. Some men from the tribe of Manasseh also joined David when he went with the soldiers of Philistia to fight against Saul’s [army]. But David and his men did not really help the army of Philistia. After the leaders of Philistia talked [about David and his soldiers], they sent David away. They said, “If David joins his master Saul again, we will all be killed {his army will kill all of us}!”
20 Comme il allait à Ziklag, des gens de Manassé se joignirent à lui: Adna, Jozabad, Jediaël, Michel, Jozabad, Elihu et Zillethaï, chefs de milliers qui étaient de Manassé.
When David went to Ziklag, these were the men from the tribe of Manasseh who went with him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, [another man whose name was] Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each of them had been a commander of 1,000 men [in Saul’s army].
21 Ils aidèrent David à combattre la bande de pillards, car ils étaient tous des hommes vaillants et des chefs de l'armée.
They were all brave soldiers, and they helped David to fight against the groups of men who roamed throughout the country, robbing people. So those men became commanders in David’s army.
22 Car de jour en jour, des hommes venaient à David pour l'aider, jusqu'à ce qu'il y ait une grande armée, comme l'armée de Dieu.
Every day more men joined David’s men, and his army became large, like [SIM] the army of God (OR, a very huge army).
23 Voici le nombre des têtes de ceux qui étaient armés pour la guerre et qui vinrent auprès de David à Hébron pour lui remettre le royaume de Saül, selon la parole de l'Éternel.
These are the numbers of soldiers who were ready for battle who joined David at Hebron [city]. They came to help him to become the king of Israel to replace Saul, as Yahweh had promised would happen.
24 Les fils de Juda qui portaient le bouclier et la lance étaient six mille huit cents, armés pour la guerre.
There were 6,800 men from Judah, who carried shields and spears.
25 Des fils de Siméon, hommes vaillants pour la guerre: sept mille cent.
There were 7,100 men from the tribe of Simeon. They were all strong warriors trained to fight battles.
26 des fils de Lévi: quatre mille six cents.
There were 4,600 men from the tribe of Levi.
27 Jehojada était le chef de la maison d'Aaron; il avait avec lui trois mille sept cents hommes,
Jehoiada, who was a leader descended from Aaron, was in that group of descendants of Levi, and there were 3,700 men with him.
28 Zadok, jeune homme vaillant, et vingt-deux chefs de la maison de son père.
Zadok, a strong young soldier, was also in that group, and there were 22 other leaders from his clan who came with him.
29 Des fils de Benjamin, parents de Saül: trois mille, car jusqu'alors, la plus grande partie d'entre eux avaient gardé leur allégeance à la maison de Saül.
There were 3,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin who were Saul’s relatives. Most of them had previously wanted one of Saul’s descendants to be the king.
30 des fils d'Éphraïm: vingt mille huit cents, vaillants hommes, célèbres dans la maison de leurs pères.
There were 20,800 men from the tribe of Ephraim who were all brave warriors and trained for fighting battles and famous in their own clans.
31 de la demi-tribu de Manassé: dix-huit mille, qui furent nommément désignés pour venir faire roi David.
There were 18,000 men from the half of the tribe of Manasseh [that lived west of the Jordan River]. They were all chosen to go and help David become the king.
32 Des fils d'Issacar, hommes qui avaient l'intelligence des temps, pour savoir ce qu'Israël devait faire: leurs têtes étaient deux cents, et tous leurs frères étaient à leurs ordres.
There were 200 men who were leaders from the tribe of Issachar, along with their relatives. Those leaders always knew what the Israelis should do, and they knew the right time to do it.
33 De Zabulon, ceux qui étaient capables d'aller à l'armée, qui pouvaient se mettre en ordre de bataille avec toutes sortes d'instruments de guerre: cinquante mille qui pouvaient commander et qui n'avaient pas le cœur double.
There were 55,000 men from the tribe of Zebulun. They were all experienced warriors and knew how to use all kinds of weapons well. They were completely loyal to David.
34 De Nephtali: mille chefs, et avec eux, avec le bouclier et la lance, trente-sept mille.
There were 1,000 officers from the tribe of Naphtali. With them were 37,000 soldiers, each carrying shields and spears.
35 des Danites qui savaient se mettre en ordre de bataille: vingt-huit mille six cents.
There were 28,600 soldiers from the tribe of Dan, all trained to fight battles.
36 d'Aser, ceux qui étaient capables d'aller à l'armée et de se ranger en bataille: quarante mille.
There were 47,000 experienced soldiers from the tribe of Asher, all trained to fight battles.
37 De l'autre côté du Jourdain, des Rubénites, des Gadites et de la demi-tribu de Manassé, avec toutes sortes d'instruments de guerre pour le combat: cent vingt mille.
There were also 120,000 soldiers from the area east of the Jordan [River who joined David]. They were from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They had all kinds of weapons.
38 Tous ceux-là étaient des hommes de guerre capables d'ordonner le dispositif de combat, et ils vinrent à Hébron avec un cœur parfait pour faire de David le roi de tout Israël; et tout le reste d'Israël était aussi d'un même cœur pour faire de David le roi.
All those men were soldiers who volunteered to be in David’s army. They came to Hebron wanting very much to enable David to be the king of all of the Israeli people.
39 Ils restèrent là trois jours avec David, mangeant et buvant, car leurs frères leur avaient fourni des provisions.
The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, because their families had given them food to take with them.
40 Ceux qui étaient près d'eux, jusqu'à Issacar, Zabulon et Nephtali, apportèrent du pain sur des ânes, des chameaux, des mulets et des bœufs, des provisions de farine, des gâteaux de figues, des grappes de raisins secs, du vin, de l'huile, du bétail et des moutons en abondance, car il y avait de la joie en Israël.
Also, their fellow Israelis came from as far away as the area where the tribes of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali lived, bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. They brought a lot of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, [olive] oil, cattle and sheep. And throughout Israel, the people were very joyful.
