1 Chroniques 20
1 Et il arriva, au temps du retour de l’année, au temps où les rois entrent en campagne, que Joab conduisit le gros de l’armée, et dévasta le pays des fils d’Ammon; et il vint et assiégea Rabba; mais David resta à Jérusalem. Et Joab frappa Rabba et la détruisit.
[In that region], kings usually went [with their armies] to fight [their enemies] (in the springtime/when the cold season ended). But that year, David [did not do that. Instead, he] stayed in Jerusalem, and he sent [his commander] Joab [to lead the army]. Joab took his troops. They [crossed the Jordan River and] ruined the land of the Ammon people-group. Then they went to Rabbah, [the capital city, ] and surrounded it. David stayed in Jerusalem [for a while. But later he took more troops and went to help] Joab. Their armies attacked Rabbah and destroyed it.
2 Et David prit la couronne de leur roi de dessus sa tête (or elle fut trouvée du poids d’un talent d’or, et il y avait dessus des pierres précieuses); et elle fut [mise] sur la tête de David; et il emmena de la ville une grande quantité de butin.
Then David took the crown from the head of the king of Rabbah (OR, from the head of their god Milcom) and put it on his own head. It [was very heavy; it] weighed (75 pounds/34 kg.), and it had many very valuable stones [fastened to it]. They also took many other valuable things from the city.
3 Et il fit sortir le peuple qui s’y trouvait, et les scia avec la scie, et avec des herses de fer, et avec des scies: et David fit ainsi à toutes les villes des fils d’Ammon. Et David et tout le peuple s’en retournèrent à Jérusalem.
Then they brought the people out of the city and forced them to [work for their army, ] using saws and iron picks and axes. David’s soldiers did this in all the cities of the Ammon people-group. Then David and all of his army returned to Jerusalem.
4 Et il arriva, après cela, qu’il y eut un combat à Guézer avec les Philistins. Alors Sibbecaï, le Hushathite, frappa Sippaï [qui était] d’entre les enfants du géant; et ils furent subjugués.
Later, [David’s army] fought a battle with the army of Philistia, at Gezer [city]. During the battle Sibbecai, from Hushah [clan], killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rapha [giants]. So the armies of Philistia were defeated.
5 Et il y eut encore un combat avec les Philistins: et Elkhanan, fils de Jaïr, frappa Lakhmi, frère de Goliath, le Guitthien; et le bois de sa lance était comme l’ensouple des tisserands.
In another battle against the soldiers of Philistia, Elhanan, the son of Jair, killed Lahmi, the [younger] brother of [the giant] Goliath from Gath [town], who had a spear which was as thick as a weaver’s rod.
6 Et il y eut encore un combat à Gath: et il y avait [là] un homme de haute stature qui avait six doigts et six [orteils], [en tout] 24; et lui aussi était né au géant.
There was another battle near Gath. A (huge man/giant) was there who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. He was descended from [the] Rapha [giants].
7 Et il outragea Israël; mais Jonathan, fils de Shimha, frère de David, le frappa.
When he made fun of the soldiers of Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s [older] brother Shimea, killed him.
8 Ceux-là étaient nés au géant, à Gath, et tombèrent par la main de David et par la main de ses serviteurs.
Those were some of the descendants of [the] Rapha [giants] who had lived in Gath, who were killed [MTY] by David and his soldiers.
