2 Chroniques 17
1 Et Josaphat, son fils, régna à sa place, et il prévalut sur 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 Il mit des garnisons dans toutes les places fortes de Juda, et donna des chefs à toutes les villes de Juda et aux villes d'Ephraïm dont son père, Asa, s'était emparé.
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 le Seigneur fut avec Josaphat, parce qu'il marcha dans les voies qu'avait d'abord suivies son père, et qu'il ne chercha point les idoles,
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 qu'il chercha le Seigneur Dieu de son père, et qu'il marcha selon les préceptes de son père, et non selon les œuvres d'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 le Seigneur fit prospérer le royaume entre ses mains, et tout Juda offrit des présents à Josaphat, qui acquit ainsi beaucoup de gloire et de richesses.
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 son cœur fut exalté dans les voies du Seigneur, et il détruisit les hauts lieux et les bois sacrés sur le territoire de Juda.
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 En la troisième année de son règne, il envoya, pour enseigner dans les villes de Juda, ses chefs et les fils des hommes vaillants: Abdias, Zacharie, Nathanaël et Michée,
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 Samaies, Nathanias, Zabdies, Asihel, Semiranaoth, Jonathas, Adonias, Tobias et Tobadonias; tous lévites, et les prêtres Elisama et Joram.
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; ils avaient le livre de la loi du Seigneur, ils le lisaient dans les villes de Juda, et ils instruisaient 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 un grand trouble, venant du Seigneur, se répandit parmi les rois qui entouraient Juda, et ils ne firent point 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 Les Philistins lui envoyèrent de l'argent et d'autres dons; les Arabes lui amenèrent sept mille sept cents moutons et béliers.
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 toujours croissant jusqu'à la magnificence, et il bâtit en Judée des palais et des forteresses.
Jehoshaphat continued to become more powerful/influential. His workers built forts and places to store supplies in various towns in Judah.
13 Et il exécuta de nombreux travaux en Judée, et eut à Jérusalem des guerriers vaillants.
Then they put large amounts of supplies in those storehouses. Jehoshaphat also placed in Jerusalem soldiers who were experienced.
14 En voici le dénombrement par familles paternelles; en Juda, commandants de mille hommes: Ednas le chef, et avec lui trois cent mille hommes 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 Joanan, et avec lui deux cent quatre-vingt mille hommes;
His assistant was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 soldiers.
16 Amasias, fils de Zari, plein de zèle pour le Seigneur, et avec lui deux cent mille vaillants;
Next was Zicri’s son Amasiah, who volunteered to serve Yahweh in this way; he commanded 200,000 soldiers.
17 Et en Benjamin: Eliada, et avec lui deux cent mille archers ou fantassins armés à la légère;
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 Jozabad, et avec lui cent quatre-vingt mille hommes aguerris.
Next was Jehozabad, who commanded 180,000 men who had weapons for fighting battles.
19 Tels étaient ceux qui servaient le roi, outre ceux qu'il avait placés dans toutes les forteresses de la Judée.
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.
