2 Samuel 10
1 Sur ces entrefaites, le roi des Ammonites mourut, et son fils Hanoun lui succéda.
Sometime after this, Nahash, the Ammonite king died and his son Hanun succeeded him.
2 David se dit: "Je veux agir amicalement avec Hanoun, fils de Nahach, comme son père a agi à mon égard." Et David lui envoya, par ses serviteurs, des condoléances au sujet de son père, et les serviteurs de David se rendirent au pays des Ammonites.
David said, “I will be kind to Hanun, son of Nahash, just as his father was kind to me.” So David sent representatives to take his condolences to Hanun regarding his father. But when they arrived in the country of the Ammonites,
3 Mais les princes ammonites dirent à leur maître Hanoun: "Est-ce, à ton avis, pour honorer ton père que David t’a envoyé des consolateurs? N’Est-ce pas plutôt pour explorer la ville en espions et pour la détruire que David t’a envoyé ses serviteurs?"
the Ammonite military leaders said to Hanun their king, “Do you really believe David sent condolences to you out of respect for your father? Isn't it more likely that David sent his representatives to scout out the city, spy on it, and then conquer it?”
4 Alors Hanoun fit saisir les serviteurs de David, raser la moitié de leur barbe et couper la moitié de leurs vêtements jusqu’aux reins, puis il les congédia.
So Hanun had David's representatives detained, shaved off half of each man's beard, cut off their clothes at the buttocks, and then sent them back home.
5 On en informa David, qui envoya au-devant d’eux, car ces hommes étaient accablés de honte, et leur fit dire: "Restez à Jéricho jusqu’à ce que votre barbe ait repoussé, puis vous reviendrez."
When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet them, because they were very embarrassed. The king instructed them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have re-grown, and then you can return.”
6 Les Ammonites, voyant qu’ils s’étaient mis en mauvaise odeur auprès de David, soudoyèrent les Syriens de Beth-Rehob et ceux de Çoba vingt mille hommes de pied; le roi de Maakha, mille hommes, et les gens de Tob, douze mille hommes.
When the Ammonites realized they had become like a bad smell to David, they sent a request to the Arameans and hired twenty thousand of their foot soldiers from Beth Rehob and Zobah, as well as one thousand men from the king of Maakah, and also twelve thousand men from Tob.
7 A cette nouvelle, David envoya Joab avec toute son armée de vaillants.
When David learned of this, he sent Joab and the entire army to confront them.
8 Les Ammonites s’avancèrent et se mirent en bataille à l’entrée de la porte, tandis que les Syriens de Çoba et de Rehob, les hommes de Tob et de Maakha, restaient séparés dans la campagne.
The Ammonites set up their battle lines near the entrance to their town gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah took up positions by themselves in the open fields.
9 Joab, voyant que la bataille le menaçait par devant et par derrière, fit choix des meilleurs guerriers d’Israël et les disposa devant les Syriens.
Joab realized he would have to fight both in front of him and behind him, he chose some of Israel's best troops and he took charge of them to lead the attack the Arameans.
10 Pour le reste de l’armée, il le mit sous les ordres de son frère Abisaï et le rangea devant les Ammonites.
He put the rest of the army under the command of Abishai, his brother. They were to attack the Ammonites.
11 Et il dit: "Si les Syriens l’emportent sur moi, tu viendras à mon secours; si les Ammonites l’emportent sur toi, c’est moi qui viendrai te secourir.
Joab told him, “If the Arameans are stronger than me, you come and help me. If the Ammonites are stronger than you, I'll come and help you.
12 Sois fort, soyons forts, pour notre peuple et pour les villes de notre Dieu, et que le Seigneur agisse selon sa volonté!"
Be brave, and fight your best for our people and the towns of our God. May the Lord do what he sees as good!”
13 Joab, avec la troupe qui l’accompagnait, engagea la bataille contre les Syriens, qui s’enfuirent devant lui.
Joab attacked the Arameans with his forces and they ran away from him.
14 Les Ammonites, voyant les Syriens fuir, lâchèrent pied devant Misai et rentrèrent dans la ville; alors Joab cessa de poursuivre les Ammonites et revint à Jérusalem.
When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had run away, they also ran away from Abishai, and retreated into the town. So Joab went back to Jerusalem after fighting the Ammonites.
15 Mais les Syriens, se voyant battus par les Israélites, se rallièrent,
As soon as the Arameans saw they had been defeated by the Israelites they reassembled their forces.
16 et Hadarézer fit avancer les Araméens de delà le fleuve, qui arrivèrent à Hélam sous le commandement de Chobakh, chef de l’armée de Hadarézer.
Hadadezer sent for more Arameans to be brought from beyond the Euphrates River. They arrived in Helam under the leadership of Shobach, commander of Hadadezer's army.
17 Quand David en fut informé, il rassembla tout Israël, traversa le Jourdain et arriva à Hélam, où les Araméens s’alignèrent en face de David et lui livrèrent bataille.
When this was reported to David, he assembled all Israel together. He crossed the Jordan and advanced on Helam. The Arameans positioned themselves in battle line against David and fought him.
18 Aram prit la fuite devant Israël, et David lui tua sept cents attelages et quarante mille cavaliers; il frappa également Chobakh, son général, qui mourut là.
But the Aramean army ran away from the Israelites, and David killed 700 charioteers and 40,000 infantry. He also attacked Shobach, their army commander, and he died there.
19 Tous les rois, tributaires de Hadarézer, voyant qu’Israël les avait défaits, firent la paix avec Israël et devinrent ses tributaires; et les Syriens n’osèrent plus venir en aide aux Ammonites.
When all the kings allied with Hadadezer realized that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. As a result, the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites any more.
