1 Chroniques 19
1 Et Naas, roi des fils d'Ammon, mourut, et Anan (Annon), son fils, régna à sa place.
Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.
2 Et David dit: Je serai miséricordieux envers Anan, fils de Naas, de même que son père a été miséricordieux pour moi. En conséquence, il envoya des serviteurs pour le consoler au sujet de son père, et les serviteurs de David allèrent en la terre des fils d'Ammon, auprès d'Anan, pour le consoler.
[When] David [heard about that, he] thought [to himself], “Nahash was kind to me, so I will be kind to his son.” So David sent some officials there, to tell Hanun that he was sorry to hear that Hanun’s father [had died]. But when David’s officials came to Hanun in the land where the Ammon people-group lived,
3 Mais, les princes des fils d'Ammon dirent à Anan: Est-ce pour glorifier devant toi ton père que David envoie ces consolateurs? N'est-ce point plutôt pour s'informer de ta ville et pour là reconnaître que ses serviteurs sont venus près de toi?
the leaders of the Ammon people-group said to Hanun, “Do you think that it is really to honor your father that King David is sending these men to say that he is sorry that your father died? [We think that] his men have come to (look around/spy) our city in order to determine how his [army] can conquer us.”
4 Anan saisit donc les serviteurs de David; il leur rasa la barbe; il coupa leurs manteaux, depuis le milieu du corps jusqu'aux pieds; puis, il les chassa.
Hanun [believed what they said, so he commanded some soldiers to] seize the officials whom David had sent, and shave off their beards, and [insult them by] cutting off the lower part of their robes, and then send them away. [So his soldiers did that].
5 On vint dire à David ce qui leur était arrivé, et il envoya des gens à leur rencontre; car ils étaient cruellement déshonorés, et il leur dit: Demeurez à Jéricho jusqu'à ce que votre barbe ait repoussé; puis, alors vous reviendrez.
The officials were greatly humiliated/ashamed. When David found out about what had happened to his officials, he sent some messengers to them to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown again, and then return home.”
6 Les fils d'Ammon, voyant que le peuple d'Israël se tenait pour outragé, Anan et les fils d'Ammon envoyèrent mille talents d'argent pour enrôler des chars et des cavaliers dans la Syrie de Mésopotamie, dans la Syrie Maacha et à Sobal.
Then the [leaders of the] Ammon people-group realized that they had greatly insulted [IDM] David. So Hanun and some of his officials sent about (37,000 pounds/34,000 kg.) of silver to hire chariots and chariot-drivers from [the] Aram-Naharaim, Aram-Maacah and Zobah [regions of Syria northeast of Israel].
7 Ils enrôlèrent ainsi pour eux trente-deux mille chars, et le roi de Maacha avec tout son peuple. Ces auxiliaires vinrent, et ils campèrent vis-à-vis Médaba. Cependant, les fils d'Ammon, sortant de leurs villes, se rassemblèrent, et ils s'ébranlèrent pour combattre.
They hired 32,000 chariots and chariot-drivers, as well as the king of [the] Maacah [region] and his army. They came and set up their tents near Medeba [town in Moab region]. The soldiers from the Ammon people-group also marched out and (stood in their positions/arranged themselves for battle) [at the entrance to their capital city, Rabbah].
8 David l'apprit, et il mit en mouvement Joab avec toute l'armée des hommes vaillants.
When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
9 Et les fils d'Ammon sortirent, et ils se rangèrent en bataille près des portes de la ville, et les rois leurs alliés campèrent, chacun de son côté, dans la campagne.
The soldiers of the Ammon people-group came out of their city and lined up for battle at the entrance to [their capital city, Rabbah]. Meanwhile, the other kings who had come [with their armies] stood in their positions in the open fields.
10 Joab reconnut qu'il aurait à livrer bataille devant son front et sur ses derrières; il rangea donc en face des Syriens les plus vaillants des jeunes fils d'Israël.
Joab saw that there were groups of enemy soldiers in front of his troops and behind his troops. So he selected some of the best Israeli troops and put them in positions to fight against the soldiers of Syria.
11 Et il confia à son frère Abessa le reste de l'armée, qui se déploya devant les fils d'Ammon.
He appointed his [older] brother Abishai to be the commander of his other soldiers and he told them to (stand in their positions/arrange themselves) in front of [the army of] the Ammon people-group.
12 Et il dit à son frère: Si le Syrien l'emporte sur moi, tu viendras à mon aide, et si les fils d'Ammon te font plier, j'irai te secourir.
Joab said to them, “If the soldiers from Syria are too strong for us to defeat them, then your soldiers must come and help us. But if the soldiers from the Ammon people-group are too strong for you to defeat them, then my soldiers will come and help your men.
13 Sois fort, agis en homme, pour l'amour de notre peuple et pour les villes de notre Dieu; que le Seigneur ensuite fasse à sa volonté.
We must be strong/courageous, and fight hard to [defend] our people and our cities (that belong to/where we worship) our God. I will pray that Yahweh will do what he considers to be good.”
14 Et Joab avec sa troupe tomba sur les Syriens; et ceux-ci s'enfuirent devant lui.
So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
15 Quand les fils d'Ammon virent que les Syriens fuyaient, ils s'enfuirent eux-mêmes devant Abessa; et ils s'enfermèrent dans leur ville, et Joab revint à Jérusalem.
And when the soldiers of the Ammon people-group saw that the soldiers from Syria were running away, they also started to run away from Abishai and his army, and they retreated back inside the city. So Joab [and his army] returned to Jerusalem.
16 Et le Syrien, voyant qu'Israël l'avait mis en fuite, envoya des messagers qui levèrent toute la Syrie des rives du Jourdain, et à sa tête Sophath (Sobac), général en chef de l'armée d'Adraazar.
After [the leaders of the army of] Syria realized that they had been defeated by [the army of] Israel, they sent messengers to [another part of Syria on] the east side of the [Euphrates] river, and brought troops from there [to the battle area], with Shophach, the commander of Hadadezer’s army, leading them.
17 On en instruisit David; il réunit tout Israël, passa le Jourdain, les atteignit et les aborda de front; aussitôt la bataille s'engagea.
When David heard about that, he gathered all the Israeli soldiers, and they crossed the Jordan [River]. They advanced and took their battle positions to attack the army of Syria.
18 Les Syriens s'enfuirent devant Israël; David leur tua sept mille hommes montés sur des chars, et quarante mille piétons; Sophath, le général en chef, périt.
But the army of Syria ran away from the soldiers of Israel. However, David’s soldiers killed 7,000 of their chariot-drivers and 40,000 other soldiers. They also killed Shophach, their army commander.
19 Et tous les serviteurs d'Adraazar, voyant qu'ils avaient échoué devant Israël, traitèrent avec David, et ils lui furent asservis. Quant au Syrien, il ne voulut plus secourir les fils d'Ammon.
When the kings who had been ruled by Hadadezer realized that they had been defeated by the Israeli army, they made peace with David, and agreed to allow him to rule them. So the rulers of Syria did not want to help the rulers of the Ammon people-group any more.
