2 Samuel 10
1 Après cela, le roi des fils d’Ammon mourut, et Hanon, son fils, régna à sa place.
Some time later, the king of the Ammon people-group died, and his son Hanun became their king.
2 David dit: « Je montrerai de la bienveillance à Hanon, fils de Naas, comme son père m’a montré de la bienveillance. » Et David l’envoya consoler au sujet de son père, par l’intermédiaire de ses serviteurs. Lorsque les serviteurs de David furent arrivés dans le pays des fils d’Ammon,
David thought, “Nahash was kind to me, so I will be kind to his son.” So David sent some officials there, to tell Hanun that David was sorry that Hanun’s father [had died]. When those messengers arrived in the land where the Ammon people-group lived,
3 les princes des fils d’Ammon dirent à Hanon, leur maître: « Penses-tu que ce soit pour honorer ton père que David t’envoie des consolateurs? N’est-ce pas pour reconnaître et explorer la ville, afin de la détruire, que David a envoyé ses serviteurs vers toi? »
the leaders of the Ammon people-group said to Hanun, “Do you think that it is to honor your father that King David has sent these men to say that he is sorry that your father died [RHQ]? [We think that] he has sent them here to look around the city to determine how his [army] can conquer us!”
4 Alors Hanon, ayant saisi les serviteurs de David, leur rasa la moitié de la barbe et coupa leurs habits à mi-hauteur, jusqu’aux fesses, et il les renvoya.
Hanun [believed what they said; so he commanded some soldiers to] seize David’s officials and [insult them by] shaving off one side of each man’s beard, and [by] cutting off the lower part of their robes, [with the result that their buttocks could be seen], and then they sent them away.
5 On informa David, et il envoya des gens à leur rencontre, car ces hommes étaient dans une grande confusion; et le roi leur fit dire: « Restez à Jéricho jusqu’à ce que votre barbe ait repoussé, et vous reviendrez ensuite. »
The men were very humiliated/ashamed, [so they did not want to return home]. When David found out about what had happened to his officials, he sent someone to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown again, and then return home.”
6 Les fils d’Ammon virent qu’ils s’étaient rendus odieux à David; et les fils d’Ammon envoyèrent prendre à leur solde les Syriens de Beth-Rohob et les Syriens de Soba, soit vingt mille hommes de pied, puis le roi de Maacha, soit mille hommes, et les gens de Tob, soit douze mille hommes.
Then [the leaders of] the Ammon people-group realized that they had greatly insulted [IDM] David [IDM]. So they sent some men to hire/pay some soldiers [from other nearby areas to help defend them]. They hired 20,000 soldiers from [the] Beth-Rehob and Zobah [regions northeast of Israel], and 12,000 soldiers from [the] Tob [region], and 1,000 soldiers from [the army of] the king of Maacah [region].
7 David l’apprit et il fit partir contre eux Joab et toute l’armée, les hommes vaillants.
When David heard about that, he sent Joab with all of the army [that Joab commanded], to fight against them.
8 Les fils d’Ammon sortirent et se rangèrent en bataille à l’entrée de la porte; les Syriens de Soba et de Rohob, ainsi que les hommes de Tob et de Maacha, étaient à part dans la campagne.
The soldiers of the Ammon people-group marched out and (stood in their positions/arranged themselves for battle) at the entrance [to their capital city, Rabbah]. The other soldiers from Syria and Tob and Maacah stood by themselves (in their positions/arranged themselves for battle) in the nearby fields.
9 Lorsque Joab vit qu’il y avait un front de bataille devant et derrière lui, il choisit parmi toute l’élite d’Israël un corps qu’il rangea en face des Syriens;
Joab saw that there were groups of enemy soldiers in front of his troops and behind his troops. So he chose some of the best Israeli soldiers, and put them in positions to fight against the soldiers of Syria.
10 et il mit le reste du peuple sous le commandement de son frère Abisaï, qui les rangea en face des fils d’Ammon.
He appointed his [older] brother Abishai to be the commander of all the other soldiers, and he told them to (stand in their positions/arrange themselves) in front of [the army of] the Ammon people-group.
11 Il dit: « Si les Syriens sont plus forts que moi, tu viendras à mon secours; et si les fils d’Ammon sont plus forts que toi, j’irai te secourir.
Then Joab said, “If the soldiers from Syria are too strong for us to defeat them, your men must come and help us. But if the soldiers from the Ammon people-group are too strong for you to defeat, we will come and help your men.
12 Sois ferme et combattons vaillamment pour notre peuple et pour les villes de notre Dieu, et que Yahweh fasse ce qui semblera bon à ses yeux! »
We must be strong, and fight hard [IDM] to [defend] our people and the cities [(that belong to/where we worship)] our God. I will pray/request that Yahweh do what he considers to be good.”
13 Joab s’avança donc, ainsi que le peuple qui était avec lui, pour attaquer les Syriens, et ceux-ci s’enfuirent devant lui.
So Joab and his army [advanced to] attack the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
14 Les fils d’Ammon, voyant que les Syriens avaient pris la fuite, s’enfuirent aussi devant Abisaï, et rentrèrent dans la ville. Et Joab s’en retourna de la guerre contre les fils d’Ammon et rentra dans 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’s [army] stopped fighting against [the army of] the Ammon people-group, and Joab [and his army] returned to Jerusalem.
15 Les Syriens, voyant qu’ils avaient été battus devant Israël, se réunirent ensemble.
After [the leaders of] the army of Syria saw that the Israeli army had defeated them, they gathered all their troops together.
16 Hadadézer envoya des messagers pour faire venir les Syriens qui étaient de l’autre côté du fleuve, et ils vinrent à Hélam, et Sobach, chef de l’armée d’Hadadézer, marchait devant eux.
[Their king, ] Hadadezer, summoned the soldiers of Syria who lived on the east side of the [Euphrates] River. They gathered at Helam [city]. Their commander was Shobach.
17 David en reçut la nouvelle et, ayant assemblé tout Israël, il passa le Jourdain et vint à Hélam. Les Syriens se rangèrent en bataille contre David, et engagèrent le combat contre lui.
When David heard about that, he gathered all the Israeli soldiers, and they crossed the Jordan [River] and marched to Helam. There, the army of Syria (took their positions/arranged themselves for battle), and the battle started.
18 Mais les Syriens s’enfuirent devant Israël, et David tua aux Syriens les chevaux de sept cents chars et quarante mille cavaliers; il frappa aussi le chef de leur armée, Sobach, qui mourut là.
But the soldiers of Syria ran away from the Israeli soldiers. David [and his army] killed 700 of their chariot-drivers and 40,000 other soldiers. They also wounded Shobach, their commander, and he died there.
19 Tous les rois vassaux de Hadadézer, se voyant battus devant Israël, firent la paix avec Israël et lui furent assujettis; et les Syriens craignirent de porter encore secours aux fils d’Ammon.
When all the kings who had been ruled by Hadadezer realized that they had been defeated by the Israeli [army], they made peace with the Israelis and agreed to accept David as their king. So [the army of] Syria was afraid to help [the army of] the Ammon people-group any more.
