2 Chroniques 17
1 Et Josaphat, son fils, régna à sa place; et il se fortifia contre Israël,
Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became the king [of Judah], and he enabled his army to become very strong, with the result that they could resist attacks from [the army of] Israel.
2 et mit des troupes dans toutes les villes fortes de Juda, et mit des garnisons dans le pays de Juda et dans les villes d’Éphraïm qu’Asa, son père, avait prises.
He put soldiers in all the cities in Judah around which they had built walls, and he put soldiers in other places in Judah and in the towns in the area belonging to the tribe of Ephraim that [soldiers of] his father Asa had captured.
3 Et l’Éternel fut avec Josaphat, car il marcha dans les premières voies de David, son père, et ne rechercha point les Baals,
Yahweh helped Jehoshaphat because when he started [to rule Judah], he did the things that pleased Yahweh like his ancestor [King] David had done. He did not worship the idols of Baal.
4 mais il rechercha le Dieu de son père, et marcha dans ses commandements, et non comme faisait Israël.
Instead, he sought advice from the God whom his father [had worshiped], and he obeyed God’s commands, and did not do the [evil things that the kings of] Israel continually did.
5 Et l’Éternel affermit le royaume dans sa main; et tout Juda fit des présents à Josaphat, et il eut beaucoup de richesses et de gloire.
Yahweh enabled him to completely control his kingdom. All [the people of] Judah brought gifts to him, with the result that he became very rich and was greatly honored.
6 Et il prit courage dans les voies de l’Éternel, et de plus, il ôta de Juda les hauts lieux et les ashères.
He was completely devoted to doing what pleased Yahweh. His workers got rid of the shrines on the hilltops and the poles for [worshiping the goddess] Asherah throughout Judah.
7 Et la troisième année de son règne, il envoya ses chefs, Ben-Haïl, et Abdias, et Zacharie, et Nethaneël, et Michée, pour enseigner dans les villes de Juda;
When he had been ruling [Judah] for almost three years, he sent some of his officials—Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah—to teach the people in various towns in Judah.
8 et avec eux les lévites, Shemahia, et Nethania, et Zebadia, et Asçaël, et Shemiramoth, et Jonathan, et Adonija, et Tobija, et Tob-Adonija, lévites; et avec eux Élishama et Joram, sacrificateurs;
With them he sent several descendants of Levi—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah—and two priests, Elishama and Jehoram.
9 et ils enseignèrent en Juda, ayant avec eux le livre de la loi de l’Éternel; et ils firent le tour de toutes les villes de Juda, et enseignèrent parmi le peuple.
They took with them a scroll on which were written the laws of Yahweh and taught them to the people in all the towns throughout Judah,
10 Et la frayeur de l’Éternel fut sur tous les royaumes des pays qui étaient autour de Juda, et ils ne firent pas la guerre à Josaphat.
The people in all the kingdoms surrounding Judah became very afraid of [what Yahweh might do to punish them if they fought against Judah], so they did not start wars with Jehoshaphat’s army.
11 Et il y eut des Philistins qui apportèrent à Josaphat des présents, et de l’argent comme tribut; les Arabes aussi lui amenèrent du menu bétail, 7 700 béliers et 7 700 boucs.
Some people from Philistia brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, and they also brought to him the silver that he demanded that they pay to him. Some Arabs brought to him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats.
12 Et Josaphat alla grandissant jusqu’au plus haut degré. Et il bâtit en Juda des châteaux et des villes à entrepôts.
Jehoshaphat continued to become more powerful/influential. His workers built forts and places to store supplies in various towns in Judah.
13 Et il eut beaucoup de travail dans les villes de Juda, et des hommes de guerre forts et vaillants dans Jérusalem.
Then they put large amounts of supplies in those storehouses. Jehoshaphat also placed in Jerusalem soldiers who were experienced.
14 Et c’est ici leur recensement, selon leurs maisons de pères: pour Juda, les chefs de milliers, Adna, le chef, et avec lui 300 000 hommes forts et vaillants;
The leaders and numbers from each tribe were as follows: From the tribe of Judah, Adnah was the leader of the soldiers, and he commanded 300,000 soldiers.
15 et à côté de lui, Jokhanan, le chef, et avec lui 280 000;
His assistant was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 soldiers.
16 et à côté de lui, Amasia, fils de Zicri, qui s’était volontairement donné à l’Éternel, et avec lui 200 000 hommes forts et vaillants.
Next was Zicri’s son Amasiah, who volunteered to serve Yahweh in this way; he commanded 200,000 soldiers.
17 Et de Benjamin, l’homme fort et vaillant, Éliada, et avec lui 200 000 [hommes] armés de l’arc et de l’écu;
From the tribe of Benjamin, Eliada, who was a brave soldier, was the leader of the soldiers; he commanded 200,000 men who had bows [and arrows] and shields.
18 et à côté de lui, Jozabad, et avec lui 180 000 [hommes] équipés pour l’armée.
Next was Jehozabad, who commanded 180,000 men who had weapons for fighting battles.
19 Ce sont là ceux qui servaient le roi, outre ceux que le roi avait mis dans les villes fortes, dans tout Juda.
Those were the soldiers who served the king [in Jerusalem], in addition to the men whom the king had placed in the other cities in Judah that had walls around them.
