2 Samuel 10

1 Après cela, le roi des enfants d'Ammon mourut, et Hanun, son fils, régna à sa place.

Now after this, death came to the king of the children of Ammon, and Hanun, his son, became king in his place.

2 David dit: « Je ferai preuve de bonté envers Hanun, fils de Nahash, comme son père a fait preuve de bonté envers moi. » David envoya donc ses serviteurs pour le consoler au sujet de son père. Les serviteurs de David arrivèrent dans le pays des enfants d'Ammon.

And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father was a friend to me. So David sent his servants, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

3 Mais les princes des enfants d'Ammon dirent à Hanun, leur seigneur: « Pensez-vous que David honore votre père, puisqu'il vous a envoyé des consolateurs? David ne vous a-t-il pas envoyé ses serviteurs pour fouiller la ville, l'épier et la renverser? ».

But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it?

4 Et Hanun prit les serviteurs de David, leur rasa la moitié de la barbe, coupa leurs vêtements par le milieu, jusqu'aux fesses, et les renvoya.

So Hanun took David's servants, and after cutting off half the hair on their chins, and cutting off the skirts of their robes up to the middle, he sent them away.

5 Lorsqu'ils racontèrent cela à David, il envoya au-devant d'eux, car les hommes étaient très honteux. Le roi dit: « Attendez à Jéricho que votre barbe ait poussé, et revenez ensuite. »

When David had news of it, he sent men out with the purpose of meeting them on their way, for the men were greatly shamed: and the king said, Go to Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.

6 Lorsque les fils d'Ammon virent qu'ils étaient devenus odieux à David, ils envoyèrent et louèrent les Syriens de Beth Rehob et les Syriens de Tsoba, vingt mille hommes de pied, le roi de Maaca avec mille hommes, et les hommes de Tob douze mille hommes.

And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves hated by David, they sent to the Aramaeans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, and got for payment twenty thousand footmen, and they got from the king of Maacah a thousand men, and from Tob twelve thousand.

7 Lorsque David l'apprit, il envoya Joab et toute l'armée des vaillants hommes.

And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.

8 Les enfants d'Ammon sortirent, et se rangèrent en bataille à l'entrée de la porte. Les Syriens de Tsoba et de Rehob, les hommes de Tob et de Maaca étaient seuls dans les champs.

And the children of Ammon came out and put their forces in position at the way into the town: and the Aramaeans of Zobah and of Rehob, with the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

9 Joab, voyant que le combat était engagé contre lui devant et derrière, choisit parmi tous les hommes d'élite d'Israël et les plaça en bataille contre les Syriens.

Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took the best of the men of Israel and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

10 Il remit le reste du peuple entre les mains d'Abishaï, son frère, qui se rangea en bataille contre les fils d'Ammon.

And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon, with Abishai, his brother, at their head.

11 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 viendrai te secourir.

And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then you are to come to my help; but if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help.

12 Soyez courageux, et soyons forts pour notre peuple et pour les villes de notre Dieu; et que Yahvé fasse ce qui lui semble bon. »

Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

13 Joab et le peuple qui était avec lui s'approchèrent donc de la bataille contre les Syriens, qui s'enfuirent devant lui.

Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

14 Lorsque les fils d'Ammon virent que les Syriens avaient fui, ils s'enfuirent également devant Abishaï et entrèrent dans la ville. Joab revint des fils d'Ammon et se rendit à Jérusalem.

And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, and came into the town. So Joab went back from fighting the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

15 Lorsque les Syriens virent qu'ils avaient été vaincus par Israël, ils se rassemblèrent.

And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they got themselves together.

16 Hadadézer envoya chercher les Syriens qui étaient au-delà du fleuve, et ils arrivèrent à Hélam, avec à leur tête Schobac, chef de l'armée d'Hadadézer.

And Hadadezer sent for the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.

17 David fut informé de cela; il rassembla tout Israël, passa le Jourdain et vint à Hélam. Les Syriens se rangèrent en bataille contre David et lui livrèrent bataille.

And word of this was given to David: and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam. And the Aramaeans put their forces in position against David, and made an attack on him.

18 Les Syriens prirent la fuite devant Israël; David tua sept cents chars des Syriens et quarante mille cavaliers, et il frappa Shobac, chef de leur armée, de sorte qu'il mourut sur place.

And the Aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven hundred Aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen, and Shobach, the captain of the army, was wounded, and came to his death there.

19 Lorsque tous les rois qui étaient au service d'Hadadézer virent qu'ils avaient été vaincus devant Israël, ils firent la paix avec Israël et le servirent. Ainsi, les Syriens eurent peur de ne plus aider les enfants d'Ammon.

And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their servants. So the Aramaeans, in fear, gave no more help to the children of Ammon.