1 Chroniques 11
1 Tout Israël s’assembla donc près de David à Hébron, disant: Nous sommes votre os et votre chair.
Then the people of Israel came to David at Hebron [town] and said to him, “Listen, we have the same ancestors [IDM] that you have.
2 Hier même et avant-hier, lorsque Saül régnait encore, vous étiez celui qui menait Israël au combat et le ramenait; car c’est à vous que le Seigneur votre Dieu a dit: C’est toi qui seras le pasteur de mon peuple Israël, et c’est toi qui seras son prince.
In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our Israeli [soldiers in our battles]. You are the one to whom Yahweh our God promised, ‘You will be the leader [MET] of my people; you will be their king.’”
3 Tous les anciens d’Israël vinrent donc vers le roi à Hébron; et David fit avec eux alliance devant le Seigneur; et ils l’oignirent roi sur Israël, selon la parole que le Seigneur avait dite par l’entremise de Samuel.
So all the Israeli elders came to David at Hebron. And David made a sacred agreement with them while Yahweh was listening. They anointed him [with olive oil to set him apart] to be the king of the Israeli people. That is what Yahweh had previously told [the prophet] Samuel would happen.
4 Et David alla, et tout Israël, à Jérusalem, c’est-à-dire Jébus, où se trouvaient les Jébuséens, habitants du pays.
David and all the Israeli [soldiers] [SYN] went to Jerusalem. [At that time, ] Jerusalem was called Jebus, and the people who lived there were the Jebus people-group.
5 Et ceux qui habitaient dans Jébus dirent à David: Vous n’entrerez pas ici. Mais David prit la citadelle de Sion, qui est la cité de David,
Those people said to David, “Your [soldiers] will not be able to get inside our city!” But David’s [soldiers] captured the city, even though it had strong walls around it, and since then it has been called ‘The City of David’.
6 Et il dit: Quiconque frappera le premier un Jébuséen sera prince et chef de l’armée. Joab, fils de Sarvia, monta donc le premier, et il fut fait prince.
[What happened was this: ]: David said [to his soldiers], “The one who leads [our soldiers] to attack the Jebus people-group will become the commander of all my army.” Joab, the son of Zeruiah, led the soldiers, so he became the commander of all the army.
7 Or David habita dans la citadelle, et c’est pourquoi elle fut appelée la cité de David.
[After they captured] the city which had strong walls around it, David moved there. That is why they named it ‘The City of David’.
8 Et il bâtit la ville autour, depuis Mello jusqu’à l’enceinte; et Joab répara le reste de la ville.
David’s workers rebuilt the city, starting where the land was filled in and extending to the wall that was around the city. Joab’s [men] repaired the other parts of the city.
9 Et David avançait, allant et croissant; et le Seigneur des armées était avec lui.
David became more and more powerful/influential, because the Almighty Commander of the armies of angels was with/helping him.
10 Voici les premiers des hommes braves de David qui l’ont aidé à se faire roi sur tout Israël, selon la parole que le Seigneur avait dite à Israël;
Yahweh had promised [that David would become the king]. And all the Israeli people (were happy that David was/supported David as) their king. There were many soldiers/warriors who helped David’s kingdom to remain strong.
11 Et voici le nombre des hommes vigoureux de David: Jesbaam, fils d’Hachamoni, le premier entre les trente; c’est lui qui leva sa lance sur trois cents ennemis qu’il blessa en une seule fois.
This is a list of the leaders of David’s [most mighty] warriors: Jashobeam was from the Hacmon clan. He was one of the leaders of David’s most powerful soldiers. One time he fought against 300 enemies and killed them all with his spear.
12 Et après lui, Eléazar l’Ahohite, fils de son oncle, était entre les trois puissants.
Another one was Eleazar, who was the son of Dodo from the clan of Ahoh.
13 C’est lui qui se trouva avec David à Phesdomim, quand les Philistins s’assemblèrent en ce lieu pour le combat: or la campagne de cette contrée était pleine d’orge, et le peuple s’était enfui devant les Philistins.
[One day] he was with David at Pas Dammim when the soldiers of Philistia gathered there for the battle. There was a field of barley there. At first the Israeli soldiers ran away from the soldiers of Philistia,
14 Mais eux s’arrêtèrent au milieu du champ, et le défendirent; et, lorsqu’ils eurent frappé les Philistins, Dieu donna une grande victoire à son peuple.
but then David and Eleazar stopped in the middle of the field and fought to defend it and killed [many of] the soldiers of Philistia. Yahweh enabled them to win a great victory on that day.
15 Ainsi trois d’entre les trente princes vinrent au rocher sur lequel était David, à la caverne d’Odollam, quand les Philistins eurent campé dans la vallée de Raphaïm.
One time three of David’s thirty most mighty warriors came to David when he was camping next to the huge rock outside the cave near Adullam. At that same time, the army of Philistia had camped in the Rephaim Valley.
16 Or David était dans la forteresse, et une garnison de Philistins à Bethléhem.
David was in a fortress, and some of the soldiers of Philistia were occupying Bethlehem.
17 David donc forma un souhait et dit: Ô si quelqu’un me donnait de l’eau de la citerne de Béthléhem, qui est à la porte!
[One day] David was very thirsty and said, “I wish that someone would bring me some water from the well near the gate at Bethlehem!”
18 Ainsi ces trois hommes passèrent par le milieu du camp des Philistins, puisèrent de l’eau à la citerne de Béthléhem, laquelle était à la porte, et l’apportèrent à David, afin qu’il bût; mais il ne voulut pas, et il l’offrit volontiers au Seigneur,
So those three most outstanding warriors forced their way through the camp of Philistia soldiers and drew some water from the well, and brought it to David. But he would not drink it. Instead, he poured it out [on the ground to be an offering] to Yahweh.
19 Disant: Loin de moi que je fasse cela en la présence de Dieu, et que je boive le sang de ces hommes! parce que c’est au péril de leurs âmes qu’ils ont apporté cette eau. Et, pour ce motif, il ne voulut point boire. Voilà ce que firent ces trois hommes très vigoureux.
He said, “Yahweh, it would certainly not be right for me to drink this water! That would be like [RHQ] drinking the blood of these men who were willing/ready to die for me!” So he refused to drink it. That was one of the things that those three most outstanding warriors did.
20 Abisaï aussi, frère de Joab, était lui-même le premier des trois: c’est lui qui leva sa lance contre trois cents ennemis qu’il blessa, et lui qui était le plus renommé entre les trois,
Joab’s [younger] brother Abishai was the leader of the 30 most mighty warriors. [One time] Abishai fought 300 [enemy] soldiers with his spear and killed them.
21 Illustre entre ces trois seconds, et chef: cependant il n’atteignait pas les trois premiers.
So he became as famous as those three most outstanding warriors. He became their commander, even though he was not one of those three men.
22 Banaïas de Cabséel, fils de Joïada, était un homme très vigoureux, qui avait fait beaucoup d’exploits: c’est lui qui tua les deux Ariel de Moab: et lui qui descendit et tua le lion au milieu de la citerne au temps de la neige.
Jehoiada’s son Benaiah was a brave soldier from Kabzeel [town] who did heroic deeds. He killed two of the best warriors from [the] Moab [people-group]. One day he went down into a pit when snow was falling [on the ground] and killed a lion there.
23 C’est lui aussi qui tua l’Egyptien dont la stature était de cinq coudées, et qui avait une lance comme une ensouple de tisserands; il descendit donc vers lui avec sa verge, et il lui arracha la lance qu’il tenait en sa main, et il le tua de sa lance.
He also killed a soldier from Egypt who was (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) tall. The soldier from Egypt carried a spear that was as long as a weaver’s rod. Benaiah had [only] a club, but he grabbed the other man’s spear and killed him with it.
24 Voilà ce que fit Banaïas, fils de Joïada, qui était très renommé entre les trois guerriers vigoureux,
Those are some of the things that Benaiah did. So he became as famous as the three mighty warriors.
25 Et le premier entre les trente: cependant il n’atteignait pas les trois premiers. Or David le mit près de son oreille.
He was more honored than the other members of the group of thirty most mighty warriors, but he did not become a member of the group of three most outstanding warriors. David appointed him to be the leader of his bodyguards.
26 Mais les hommes les plus vaillants dans l’armée étaient Asaël, frère de Joab, et Elchanan, fils de son oncle paternel de Béthléhem,
These are the names of David’s mighty warriors: Asahel, the [younger] brother of Joab; Elhanan, the son of Dodo, from Bethlehem;
27 Sammoth, l’Arorite, et Hellès, le Phalonite,
Shammah, from [the] Harod [clan]; Helez, from [the] Pelon [clan];
28 Ira, le Thécuite, fils d’Accès; Abiézer d’Anathoth,
Ira, the son of Ikkesh, from Tekoa [town]; Abiezer, from Anathoth [city];
29 Sobbochaï, l’Husathite, Haï, l’Ahohite,
Sibbecai, from Hushah’s [clan]; Ilai from Ahoh’s clan;
30 Maharaï, le Nétophathite, Héled, fils de Baana, le Nétophathite,
Maharai, from Netophah [town]; Heled, the son of Baanah, also from Netophah [town];
31 Ethaï, fils de Ribaï, de Gabaath, des fils de Benjamin; Banaïa, le Pharatonite,
Ithai, the son of Ribai, from Gibeah [town] in [the land that belonged to] the tribe of Benjamin; Benaiah, from Pirathon [town];
32 Huraï, du torrent de Gaas, Abiel, l’Arbathite, Azmoth, le Bauramite, Éliaba, le Salabonite.
Hurai, from the valleys near Gaash [Mountain]; Abiel from the clan of Arabah;
33 Les fils d’Assem, le Gézonite, étaient Jonathan, fils de Sagé, l’Ararite,
Azmaveth, from Baharum [town]; Eliahba, from Shaalbon [town];
34 Ahiam, fils de Sachar, l’Ararite,
The sons of Hashem from [the] Gizon [clan]; Jonathan the son of Shagee from the Harar [town/clan];
35 Eliphal, fils d’Ur;
Ahiam the son of Sharar/Sacar, from Harar [town/clan]; Eliphal the son of Ur;
36 Hépher, le Méchérathite, Ahia, le Phélonite,
Hepher from the Mekerath [clan]; Ahijah from the Pelon [clan/town];
37 Hesro, du Carmel, Naaraï, fils d’Asbaï,
Hezro from Carmel [city]; Naarai the son of Ezbai;
38 Joël, frère de Nathan, Mibahar, fils d’Agaraï;
Joel the [younger] brother of Nathan; Mibhar the son of Hagri;
39 Sélec, l’Ammonite, Naaraï, le Bérothite, écuyer de Joab, fils de Sarvia;
Zelek from the Ammon people-group; Naharai, the man who carried Joab’s weapons, from Beeroth [town];
40 Ira, le Jéthréen, Gareb, le Jéthréen,
Ira and Gareb from Jattir [town];
41 Urie, l’Héthéen, Zabad, fils d’Oholi,
Uriah, [Bathsheba’s husband], from the Heth people-group; Zabad the son of Ahlai;
42 Adina, fils de Siza, le Rubénite, prince des Rubénites, et trente avec lui;
Adina the son of Shiza, a leader from the tribe of Reuben, who had thirty [soldiers] with him;
43 Hanam, fils de Maacha, et Josaphat, le Mathanite,
Hanan the son of Maacah; Joshaphat from Mithna [town/clan];
44 Ozia, l’Astharothite, Samma et Jéhiel, les fils d’Hotham, le Arorite,
Uzzia from Ashterath [town]; Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham, from Aroer [city];
45 Jédihel, fils de Samri, et Joha, son frère, le Thosaïte;
Jediael the son of Shimri and his [younger] brother Joha, from Tiz [town/clan];
46 Éliel, le Mahumite, et Jéribaï, et Josaïa, le fils d’Elnaëm, et Jethma, le Moabite, Eliel, et Obed, et Jasiel de Masobia.
Eliel from Mahavah [town/clan]; Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam; Ithmah from [the] Moab [region];
Eliel and Obed, and Jaasiel from Zobah [town/clan].
