1 Chroniques 5
1 Fils de Ruben, premier-né d’Israël. Car il était le premier-né; mais, parce qu’il souilla la couche de son père, son droit d’aînesse fut donné aux fils de Joseph, fils d’Israël; toutefois Joseph ne dut pas être enregistré dans les généalogies comme premier-né.
Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob. Therefore, he should have received the special rights/privileges that belonged to firstborn sons. But he had sex with his father’s slave wife, so [his father] gave the rights if a firstborn son to the sons of Reubers younger brother Joseph. And in the family records, Reuben is not mentioned first, like the firstborn sons always are.
2 Juda fut, à la vérité, puissant parmi ses frères, et de lui est issu un prince; mais le droit d’aînesse est à Joseph.
Although Judah became more influential than his brothers, and a ruler of the tribe descended from him, Joseph’s family received the rights that belonged to firstborn sons.
3 Fils de Ruben, premier-né d’Israël: Hénoc, Pallu, Hetsron et Carmi.
But Reuben was Jacob’s oldest son. Reuben’s sons were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 Fils de Joël: Schemaeja, son fils; Gog, son fils; Schimeï, son fils;
[Another descendant of Reuben was Joel]. Joel’s son was Shemaiah. Shemaiah’s son was Gog. Gog’s son was Shimei.
5 Michée, son fils; Reaja, son fils; Baal, son fils;
Shimei’s son was Micah. Micah’s son was Reaiah. Reaiah’s son was Baal.
6 Beéra, son fils, que Tilgath-Pilnéser, roi d’Assyrie, emmena captif: il était prince des Rubénites.
Baal’s son was Beerah. Beerah was a leader of the tribe/descendants of Reuben. But Tiglath-Pileser the king of Assyria captured him and took him to Assyria.
7 Frères de Beéra, d’après leurs familles, tels qu’ils sont enregistrés dans les généalogies selon leurs générations: le premier, Jeïel; Zacharie;
The names of these clans are listed here according to what is written in their family records. The first [name written was] Jeiel. Then Zechariah,
8 Béla, fils d’Azaz, fils de Schéma, fils de Joël. Béla habitait à Aroër, et jusqu’à Nebo et à Baal-Meon;
and then Bela. Bela was the son of Azaz, and Azaz was the son of Shema, and Shema was the son of Joel. Reuben’s clan was very large. Some of them lived near Aroer [city] as far [north] as Nebo [town] and Baal-Meon [city].
9 à l’orient, il habitait jusqu’à l’entrée du désert depuis le fleuve de l’Euphrate, car leurs troupeaux étaient nombreux dans le pays de Galaad.
Some of them lived further east, as far as the edge of the desert [south of] the Euphrates River. [They went there] because they had a huge amount of cattle, [with the result that there was not enough pastureland for them] in [the] Gilead [region].
10 Du temps de Saül, ils firent la guerre aux Hagaréniens, qui tombèrent entre leurs mains; et ils habitèrent dans leurs tentes, sur tout le côté oriental de Galaad.
When Saul was king [of Israel], Bela’s clan fought against the descendants of Hagar and defeated them. After that, Bela’s clan lived in the tents that the descendants of Hagar had lived in previously, in all the area east of [the] Gilead [region].
11 Les fils de Gad habitaient vis-à-vis d’eux, dans le pays de Basan, jusqu’à Salca.
The tribe of Gad lived near the tribe of Reuben; they lived in [the] Bashan [region], all the way [east] to Salecah [town].
12 Joël, le premier, Schapham, le second, Jaenaï, et Schaphath, en Basan.
Joel was their chief; Shapham was his assistant; other leaders were Janai and Shaphat.
13 Leurs frères, d’après les maisons de leurs pères: Micaël, Meschullam, Schéba, Joraï, Jaecan, Zia et Éber, sept.
Other members of the tribe belonged to seven clans, whose leaders were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.
14 Voici les fils d’Abichaïl, fils de Huri, fils de Jaroach, fils de Galaad, fils de Micaël, fils de Jeschischaï, fils de Jachdo, fils de Buz;
They were descendants of Abihail. Abihail was Huri’s son. Huri was Jaroah’s son. Jaroah was Gilead’s son. Gilead was Michael’s son. Michael was Jeshishai’s son. Jeshishai was Jahdo’s son. Jahdo was the son of Buz.
15 Achi, fils d’Abdiel, fils de Guni, était chef des maisons de leurs pères.
Ahi was Abdiel’s son. Abdiel was Guni’s son. Ahi was the leader of their clan.
16 Ils habitaient en Galaad, en Basan, et dans les villes de leur ressort, et dans toutes les banlieues de Saron jusqu’à leurs extrémités.
The descendants of Gad lived in the towns in Gilead and Bashan regions, and on all the pastureland on [the] Sharon [plain].
17 Ils furent tous enregistrés dans les généalogies, du temps de Jotham, roi de Juda, et du temps de Jéroboam, roi d’Israël.
All of those names were written in the records of the clans of Gad during the time that Jotham was the king of Judah and Jeroboam was the king of Israel.
18 Les fils de Ruben, les Gadites et la demi-tribu de Manassé avaient de vaillants hommes, portant le bouclier et l’épée, tirant de l’arc, et exercés à la guerre, au nombre de quarante-quatre mille sept cent soixante, en état d’aller à l’armée.
There were 44,760 soldiers from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and [the eastern] half of the tribe of Manasseh. They all carried shields and swords and bows [and arrows]. They [were all trained to] fight well in battles.
19 Ils firent la guerre aux Hagaréniens, à Jethur, à Naphisch et à Nodab.
They attacked the descendants of Hagar and the people of Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab [cities].
20 Ils reçurent du secours contre eux, et les Hagaréniens et tous ceux qui étaient avec eux furent livrés entre leurs mains. Car, pendant le combat, ils avaient crié à Dieu, qui les exauça, parce qu’ils s’étaient confiés en lui.
The men from those three tribes prayed to God during the battles, requesting him to help them. So he helped them, because they trusted in him. He enabled them to defeat [IDM] the descendants of Hagar and all those who were helping them.
21 Ils prirent leurs troupeaux, cinquante mille chameaux, deux cent cinquante mille brebis, deux mille ânes, et cent mille personnes;
They took the animals that belonged to the descendants of Hagar: They took 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also captured 100,000 people.
22 car il y eut beaucoup de morts, parce que le combat venait de Dieu. Et ils s’établirent à leur place jusqu’au temps où ils furent emmenés captifs.
But many descendants of Hagar were killed because God helped the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh. After that, those three tribes lived in that area until [the army of] Babylonia [captured them and] took them away to Babylon.
23 Les fils de la demi-tribu de Manassé habitaient dans le pays, depuis Basan jusqu’à Baal-Hermon et à Senir, et à la montagne d’Hermon; ils étaient nombreux.
There were many people who belonged to the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They lived in [the] Bashan [region east of the Jordan River], as far [north] as Baal-Hermon, Senir, and Hermon Mountain.
24 Voici les chefs des maisons de leurs pères: Épher, Jischeï, Éliel, Azriel, Jérémie, Hodavia et Jachdiel, vaillants hommes, gens de renom, chefs des maisons de leurs pères.
Their clan leaders were Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were all strong, brave, and famous soldiers, and leaders of their clans.
25 Mais ils péchèrent contre le Dieu de leurs pères, et ils se prostituèrent après les dieux des peuples du pays, que Dieu avait détruits devant eux.
But they sinned against God, the one whom their ancestors had worshiped. They began to worship the gods/idols that the people of that region had worshiped, the people whom God had enabled them to destroy!
26 Le Dieu d’Israël excita l’esprit de Pul, roi d’Assyrie, et l’esprit de Tilgath-Pilnéser, roi d’Assyrie, et Tilgath-Pilnéser emmena captifs les Rubénites, les Gadites et la demi-tribu de Manassé, et il les conduisit à Chalach, à Chabor, à Hara, et au fleuve de Gozan, où ils sont demeurés jusqu’à ce jour.
So the God whom the Israelis [worshiped] caused Pul, the king of Assyria, to conquer those tribes. Pul’s other name was Tiglath-Pileser. His [army] captured the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh, and took them to [various places in Assyria]: Halah, Habor, Hara and near the Gozan River. [They have lived in those places from that time] to the present time.
