1 Chroniques 18
1 Il advint, après cela, que David battit les Philistins et qu'il les mit en fuite; et il leur enleva Geth avec ses bourgs.
Some time later, David’s [army] attacked the army of Philistia and defeated them. They captured Gath [city] and the surrounding villages.
2 Il vainquit Moab, et les fils de Moab lui furent asservis; et ils lui payèrent un tribut.
His [army] also defeated [the army of] the Moab [people-group]. The people were forced to accept David as their ruler, and also to pay money [each year to David’s government, in order that David’s army would protect them].
3 David vainquit aussi, dans le pays d'Hémath, Adraazar, roi de Suba, qui s'était mis en campagne pour se rendre maître des rives de l'Euphrate.
David’s [army] also fought against [the army of] Hadadezer, the king of [the] Zobah [region in Syria] near Hamath [city], when Hadadezer was trying to establish control over the area near the Euphrates River.
4 Et David prit aux vaincus mille chars, sept mille chevaux et vingt mille piétons; puis, il énerva les attelages de tous les chars, et n'en garda que cent.
David’s [army] captured 1,000 of Hadadezer’s chariots, 7,000 chariot-drivers, and 20,000 soldiers. They hamstrung/crippled most of their horses; there were only 100 horses that they did not cripple.
5 Et le Syrien de Damas marcha au secours d'Adraazar, roi de Suba, et David tua au Syrien vingt-deux mille hommes.
When the army of Syria came from Damascus [city] to help Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Et David mit une garnison dans la Syrie de Damas, et les Syriens lui furent asservis; ils lui payèrent un tribut. Et le Seigneur protégea David partout où il porta ses armes.
Then David stationed groups of his soldiers in Damascus, and the people of Syria were forced to accept David as their ruler, and to pay to David’s government [each year] the payment/tax that he demanded. And Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win battles everywhere they went.
7 Et David prit les colliers d'or que portaient les serviteurs d'Adraazar, et il les consacra dans Jérusalem.
David soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by the officers of Hadadezer’s [army] and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Et David recueillit à Mathabeth (Métébac), et dans les principales villes d'Adraazar, une prodigieuse quantité d'airain, dont Salomon se servit pour fabriquer la mer d'airain, et les colonnes et tous les vases d'airain.
They also brought from Tebah (OR, Tibhath) and Cun, two towns that belonged to Hadadezer, a lot of bronze, which [David’s son] Solomon [later] used to make the huge bronze basin and the pillars and other bronze items [for the temple].
9 Cependant Thoa (Thu), roi d'Hémath, apprit que David avait taillé en pièces toute l'armée d'Adraazar.
When Tou, the king of Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 Et il envoya vers David son fils Aduram (Jedduram), pour lui demander la paix et le bénir à cause de sa victoire sur Adraazar; car Thoa était ennemi d'Adraazar. Et tous les vases d'or, d'argent et d'airain,
he sent his son Hadoram to King David, to greet him and (congratulate him/tell him that he was happy) about his defeating Hadadezer’s army, which had been fighting [the army of] Tou. Hadoram brought to David many items/gifts made of gold, silver, and bronze.
11 Le roi David les consacra au Seigneur de même que l'argent et l'or qu'il avait pris à toutes les nations: à l'Idumée, à Moab, aux fils d'Ammon, aux Philistins et aux fils d'Amalec.
King David dedicated those things to Yahweh, like he had done with the silver and gold that his soldiers had taken from [the] Edom and Moab [people-groups], and from the Ammon people-group and from the people of Philistia, and from [the descendants of] Amalek.
12 Et Abessa, fils de Sarvia, tailla en pièces quatre-vingt mille Philistins dans le val d'Aïlon.
[One of David’s army commanders, ] Abishai, whose mother was Zeruiah, went with his army and killed 18,000 soldiers from Edom in the Salt Valley.
13 Et il mit dans la vallée une garnison, et tous les Iduméens furent asservis à David, et le Seigneur protégea David partout où il porta ses armes.
Then David stationed groups of his soldiers there in Edom, and the people of Edom were forced to accept David as their king and to pay money to David’s government [every year]. And Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win battles wherever they went.
14 Ainsi, David régna sur tout Israël, et il jugea tout son peuple selon l'équité.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was just and fair.
15 Joab, fils de Sarvia, commandait l'armée; Josaphat, fils d'Achilud, recueillait les actes publics.
Zeruiah’s son Joab was the chief army commander. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the record-keeper.
16 Sadoc, fils d'Achitob, et Achimélech, fils d'Abiathar, étaient prêtres, et Susa (Sasa), scribe.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the Supreme Priests. Shavsha was the official secretary.
17 Et Banaïas, fils de Joad, commandait Chéléthi et Phéléthi, et les fils de David étaient les premiers lieutenants du roi.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ruled over the Kereth and Peleth groups [who were David’s bodyguards]. And David’s sons were his most important officials.
