2 Samuel 8
1 Et il arriva, après cela, que David frappa les Philistins et les subjugua; et David prit Métheg-Amma de la main des Philistins.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Et il frappa Moab, et il les mesura au cordeau, les faisant coucher par terre, et il en mesura deux cordeaux pour les faire mourir, et un plein cordeau pour les laisser vivre; et les Moabites devinrent serviteurs de David: ils lui apportèrent des présents.
David’s army also defeated the army of the Moab people-group. David forced their soldiers to lie down on the ground [close to each other]. His men killed two out of every three of them. The [other] Moab people [were forced to] accept David as their ruler, and they were forced to give to him [every year the] payment/tax [that he demanded].
3 Et David frappa Hadadézer, fils de Rehob, roi de Tsoba, comme il allait pour rétablir sa puissance sur le fleuve [Euphrate].
David’s army also defeated [the army of] Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, who ruled [the state of] Zobah [in Syria]. That happened when David went to rule again over the area at [the upper part of] the Euphrates River.
4 Et David lui prit 1 700 cavaliers et 20 000 hommes de pied; et David coupa les jarrets [aux chevaux] de tous les chars, mais il réserva 100 attelages.
David’s army captured 1,700 of Hadadezer’s soldiers who rode on horses, and 20,000 of his other soldiers. They also crippled/hamstrung most of the horses that pulled the chariots, but they left/spared enough horses to [pull] 100 chariots.
5 Et les Syriens de Damas vinrent au secours d’Hadadézer, roi de Tsoba; et David frappa 22 000 hommes des Syriens.
When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Et David mit des garnisons dans la Syrie de Damas, et les Syriens devinrent serviteurs de David: ils lui apportèrent des présents. Et l’Éternel sauvait David partout où il allait.
Then David stationed (groups of his soldiers/army camps) in their area, and the people of Syria were forced to accept David as their ruler, and to give to David’s government [every year] the payment/tax that he demanded. And Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win victories wherever they went.
7 Et David prit les boucliers d’or qui étaient aux serviteurs d’Hadadézer, et les apporta à Jérusalem.
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Et de Bétakh et de Bérothaï, villes d’Hadadézer, le roi David prit une grande quantité d’airain.
They also brought [to Jerusalem] a lot of bronze [that they found] in Betah and Berothai, two cities that King Hadadezer [had previously] ruled.
9 Et Tohi, roi de Hamath, apprit que David avait frappé toutes les forces d’Hadadézer.
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 Et Tohi envoya Joram, son fils, au roi David, pour le saluer et le féliciter de ce qu’il avait fait la guerre à Hadadézer et l’avait battu; car Hadadézer était continuellement en guerre avec Tohi; et [Joram] avait avec lui des vases d’argent, et des vases d’or, et des vases d’airain.
he sent his son Joram to greet King David and to (congratulate him/say that he was happy) about his army defeating Hadadezer’s army, which Toi’s [army] had fought many times. Joram brought to David many items/gifts made from gold, silver, and bronze.
11 Ceux-ci aussi, le roi David les consacra à l’Éternel, avec l’argent et l’or qu’il avait consacrés de toutes les nations qu’il avait soumises:
King David dedicated all those items to Yahweh. He also dedicated the silver and gold which his army had taken from the nations that they had conquered.
12 de Syrie, et de Moab, et des fils d’Ammon, et des Philistins, et d’Amalek, et du butin d’Hadadézer, fils de Rehob, roi de Tsoba.
They had taken items from the Edom people-group and the Moab people-group, from the Ammon people-group, from the Philistia people, and from [the descendants of] Amalek, as well as from the people that Hadadezer [previously] ruled.
13 Et David se fit un nom, en revenant d’avoir frappé les Syriens dans la vallée du Sel, [au nombre de] 18 000.
When David returned [after defeating the armies of Syria], he became more famous because his army killed 18,000 soldiers from the Edom people-group in the Salt Valley [near the Dead Sea].
14 Et il mit des garnisons en Édom; il mit des garnisons dans tout Édom, et tout Édom fut asservi à David. Et l’Éternel sauvait David partout où il allait.
David stationed (groups of his soldiers/army camps) throughout the Edom area, and forced the people there to accept him as their king. Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win battles wherever they went.
15 Et David régna sur tout Israël; et David faisait droit et justice à tout son peuple.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Et Joab, fils de Tseruïa, était [préposé] sur l’armée; et Josaphat, fils d’Akhilud, était rédacteur des chroniques;
Joab was the army commander; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the man who reported to the people everything that David decided that they should do;
17 et Tsadok, fils d’Akhitub, et Akhimélec, fils d’Abiathar, étaient sacrificateurs; et Seraïa était scribe;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 et Benaïa, fils de Jehoïada, [était chef] des Keréthiens et des Peléthiens; et les fils de David étaient les principaux officiers.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the commander of (David’s bodyguards/the men who protected the king); and David’s sons were priests (OR, his administrators/advisors).
