1 Chroniques 18
1 Après cela, David battit les Philistins et les abaissa, et il ôta de la main des Philistins Geth et les villes de sa dépendance.
And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them, and took Gath with its daughter-towns out of the hands of the Philistines.
2 Il battit les Moabites, et les Moabites furent pour David des esclaves, lui apportant le tribut.
And he overcame Moab, and the Moabites became his servants and gave him offerings.
3 David battit Hadarézer, roi de Soba, vers Hamath, lorsqu'il était en chemin pour établir sa domination sur le fleuve de l'Euphrate.
Then David overcame Hadadezer, king of Zobah, near Hamath, when he was going to make his power seen by the river Euphrates.
4 David lui prit mille chars, sept mille cavaliers et vingt mille hommes de pied; David coupa les jarrets à tous les chevaux d'attelage, et n'en laissa que cent attelages.
And David took from him a thousand war-carriages and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and he had the leg-muscles of all the horses cut, keeping only enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.
5 Les Syriens de Damas étant venus au secours d'Hadarézer, roi de Soba, David battit aux Syriens vingt-deux mille hommes.
And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand Aramaeans.
6 David mit des garnisons dans la Syrie de Damas; les Syriens furent pour David des esclaves, apportant le tribut. Yahweh donnait la victoire à David partout où il allait.
Then David put armed forces in Damascus, and the Aramaeans became his servants and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.
7 David prit les boucliers d'or qui étaient sur les serviteurs d'Hadarézer et les apporta à Jérusalem.
And the gold body-covers of the servants of Hadadezer, David took to Jerusalem.
8 David prit encore une grande quantité d'airain à Thébath et à Chun, villes d'Hadarézer; Salomon en fit la mer d'airain, les colonnes et les ustensiles d'airain.
And from Tibhath and from Cun, towns of Hadadezer, David took a great store of brass, of which Solomon made the great brass water-vessel and the brass pillars and vessels.
9 Lorsque Thoü, roi de Hamath, apprit que David avait battu toutes les forces d'Hadarézer, roi de Soba,
Now when Tou, king of Hamath, had news that David had overcome all the army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah,
10 il envoya Adoram, son fils, vers le roi David, pour le saluer et pour le féliciter d'avoir attaqué Hadarézer et de l'avoir battu; car Thoü était constamment en guerre avec Hadarézer. Il envoya aussi toutes sortes de vases d'or, d'argent et d'airain.
He sent his son Hadoram to King David, to give him words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou; and he gave him all sorts of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
11 Le roi David les consacra à Yahweh avec l'argent et l'or qu'il avait pris à toutes les nations, à Edom, à Moab, aux fils d'Ammon, aux Philistins et à Amalec.
These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold he had taken from all nations; from Edom and Moab and from the children of Ammon and from the Philistines and from Amalek.
12 Abisaï, fils de Sarvia, battit les Edomites, dans la vallée du Sel, au nombre de dix-huit mille.
And when he came back from putting to the sword eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt,
13 Il mit des garnisons dans Edom, et tout Edom fut assujetti à David. Et Yahweh donnait la victoire à David partout où il allait.
David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he went.
14 David régna sur tout Israël, et il fit droit et justice à tout son peuple.
So David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.
15 Joab, fils de Sarvia, commandait l'armée; Josaphat, fils d'Ahilud, était archiviste;
And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.
16 Sadoc, fils d'Achitob, et Achimélech, fils d'Abiathar, étaient prêtres; Susa était secrétaire;
And Zadok, the son of Ahitub; and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was the scribe;
17 Banaïas, fils de Joïada, était chef des Céréthiens et des Phéléthiens; et les fils de David étaient les premiers au côté du roi.
And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.
