1 Chroniques 19
1 Après cela, Nachash, roi des enfants d'Ammon, mourut, et son fils régna à sa place.
Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.
2 David dit: « Je ferai preuve de bonté envers Hanoun, fils de Nahash, car son père a fait preuve de bonté envers moi. » David envoya donc des messagers pour le consoler au sujet de son père. Les serviteurs de David vinrent au pays des enfants d'Ammon auprès de Hanun pour le consoler.
[When] David [heard about that, he] thought [to himself], “Nahash was kind to me, so I will be kind to his son.” So David sent some officials there, to tell Hanun that he was sorry to hear that Hanun’s father [had died]. But when David’s officials came to Hanun in the land where the Ammon people-group lived,
3 Mais les princes des enfants d'Ammon dirent à Hanun: « Crois-tu que David honore ton père, en t'envoyant des consolateurs? Ses serviteurs ne sont-ils pas venus vers toi pour fouiller, renverser et épier le pays? »
the leaders of the Ammon people-group said to Hanun, “Do you think that it is really to honor your father that King David is sending these men to say that he is sorry that your father died? [We think that] his men have come to (look around/spy) our city in order to determine how his [army] can conquer us.”
4 Hanun prit donc les serviteurs de David, les rasa, coupa leurs vêtements par le milieu, au niveau des fesses, et les renvoya.
Hanun [believed what they said, so he commanded some soldiers to] seize the officials whom David had sent, and shave off their beards, and [insult them by] cutting off the lower part of their robes, and then send them away. [So his soldiers did that].
5 Puis des gens allèrent raconter à David comment les hommes avaient été traités. Il envoya à leur rencontre, car les hommes étaient très humiliés. Le roi leur dit: « Restez à Jéricho jusqu'à ce que votre barbe ait poussé, et revenez ensuite. »
The officials were greatly humiliated/ashamed. When David found out about what had happened to his officials, he sent some messengers to them to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown again, and then return home.”
6 Lorsque les fils d'Ammon virent qu'ils s'étaient rendus odieux à David, Hanun et les fils d'Ammon envoyèrent mille talents d'argent pour louer des chars et des cavaliers de Mésopotamie, d'Aram-Maaca et de Tsoba.
Then the [leaders of the] Ammon people-group realized that they had greatly insulted [IDM] David. So Hanun and some of his officials sent about (37,000 pounds/34,000 kg.) of silver to hire chariots and chariot-drivers from [the] Aram-Naharaim, Aram-Maacah and Zobah [regions of Syria northeast of Israel].
7 Ils louèrent ainsi pour eux-mêmes trente-deux mille chars, et le roi de Maaca avec son peuple, qui vint camper près de Medeba. Les enfants d'Ammon se rassemblèrent de leurs villes et vinrent au combat.
They hired 32,000 chariots and chariot-drivers, as well as the king of [the] Maacah [region] and his army. They came and set up their tents near Medeba [town in Moab region]. The soldiers from the Ammon people-group also marched out and (stood in their positions/arranged themselves for battle) [at the entrance to their capital city, Rabbah].
8 David l'apprit, et il envoya Joab avec toute l'armée des vaillants hommes.
When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
9 Les fils d'Ammon sortirent, et se rangèrent en bataille à la porte de la ville; et les rois qui étaient venus étaient seuls dans les champs.
The soldiers of the Ammon people-group came out of their city and lined up for battle at the entrance to [their capital city, Rabbah]. Meanwhile, the other kings who had come [with their armies] stood in their positions in the open fields.
10 Et Joab, voyant que la bataille était engagée contre lui devant et derrière, choisit quelques-uns de tous les hommes d'élite d'Israël, et les plaça en bataille contre les Syriens.
Joab saw that there were groups of enemy soldiers in front of his troops and behind his troops. So he selected some of the best Israeli troops and put them in positions to fight against the soldiers of Syria.
11 Il remit le reste du peuple entre les mains d'Abishaï, son frère, et ils se rangèrent en bataille contre les fils d'Ammon.
He appointed his [older] brother Abishai to be the commander of his other soldiers and he told them to (stand in their positions/arrange themselves) in front of [the army of] the Ammon people-group.
12 Il dit: « Si les Syriens sont trop forts pour moi, tu m'aideras; mais si les enfants d'Ammon sont trop forts pour toi, je t'aiderai.
Joab said to them, “If the soldiers from Syria are too strong for us to defeat them, then your soldiers must come and help us. But if the soldiers from the Ammon people-group are too strong for you to defeat them, then my soldiers will come and help your men.
13 Soyez courageux, et soyons forts pour notre peuple et pour les villes de notre Dieu. Que Yahvé fasse ce qui lui semble bon. »
We must be strong/courageous, and fight hard to [defend] our people and our cities (that belong to/where we worship) our God. I will pray that Yahweh will do what he considers to be good.”
14 Joab et le peuple qui était avec lui s'approchèrent du front des Syriens pour livrer bataille, et ils s'enfuirent devant lui.
So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
15 Lorsque les fils d'Ammon virent que les Syriens s'étaient enfuis, ils s'enfuirent également devant Abischaï, son frère, et entrèrent dans la ville. Puis Joab arriva à Jérusalem.
And when the soldiers of the Ammon people-group saw that the soldiers from Syria were running away, they also started to run away from Abishai and his army, and they retreated back inside the city. So Joab [and his army] returned to Jerusalem.
16 Lorsque les Syriens virent qu'ils avaient été vaincus par Israël, ils envoyèrent des messagers et appelèrent les Syriens qui étaient au-delà du fleuve, avec à leur tête Shophach, chef de l'armée d'Hadadézer.
After [the leaders of the army of] Syria realized that they had been defeated by [the army of] Israel, they sent messengers to [another part of Syria on] the east side of the [Euphrates] river, and brought troops from there [to the battle area], with Shophach, the commander of Hadadezer’s army, leading them.
17 David fut informé de cela, il rassembla tout Israël, passa le Jourdain, vint vers eux et se mit en ordre de bataille contre eux. David se mit en ordre de bataille contre les Syriens, qui combattirent avec lui.
When David heard about that, he gathered all the Israeli soldiers, and they crossed the Jordan [River]. They advanced and took their battle positions to attack the army of Syria.
18 Les Syriens prirent la fuite devant Israël, et David tua parmi les Syriens sept mille chars et quarante mille hommes de pied, et il tua aussi Shophach, le chef de l'armée.
But the army of Syria ran away from the soldiers of Israel. However, David’s soldiers killed 7,000 of their chariot-drivers and 40,000 other soldiers. They also killed Shophach, their army commander.
19 Lorsque les serviteurs d'Hadadézer virent qu'ils avaient été vaincus par Israël, ils firent la paix avec David et le servirent. Les Syriens ne voulurent plus aider les enfants d'Ammon.
When the kings who had been ruled by Hadadezer realized that they had been defeated by the Israeli army, they made peace with David, and agreed to allow him to rule them. So the rulers of Syria did not want to help the rulers of the Ammon people-group any more.
