1 Chroniques 19
1 Or il arriva que Naas, roi des enfants d’Ammon, mourut, et que 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 ferai miséricorde à Hanon, fils de Naas, parce que son père m’a rendu service. David envoya donc des messagers pour le consoler de la mort de son père. Lorsque ceux-ci furent arrivés dans le pays des enfants d’Ammon, pour consoler Hanon,
[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 Les princes des enfants d’Ammon dirent à Hanon: Vous, peut-être, vous pensez que David, pour l’honneur de votre père, a envoyé ces messagers, afin de vous consoler; et vous ne remarquez pas que c’est pour explorer, sonder et scruter votre territoire que sont venus vers vous ses serviteurs.
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 Ainsi Hanon rasa la tête et la barbe aux serviteurs de David, coupa leurs tuniques depuis le haut des cuisses jusqu’aux pieds, et les renvoya.
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 Lorsque ceux-ci s’en furent allés, et qu’ils eurent mandé cela à David, il envoya à leur rencontre (car ils avaient enduré un grand outrage), et il ordonna qu’ils demeurassent à Jéricho, jusqu’à ce que leur barbe eût crû, et qu’alors ils revinssent.
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 Or les enfants d’Ammon, voyant que tant Hanon que le reste du peuple avaient fait injure à David, envoyèrent mille talents d’argent, pour se procurer, de la Mésopotamie, de la Syrie de Maacha, et de Soba, des chariots et des cavaliers.
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 réunirent donc à eux trente-deux mille chariots, et le roi de Maacha avec son peuple. Lorsqu’ils furent venus vis-à-vis de Médaba, ils campèrent. Les enfants d’Ammon, s’étant aussi assemblés de leurs villes, vinrent au combat.
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 Ce qu’ayant appris David, il envoya Joab et toute l’armée des hommes vaillants;
When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.
9 Et, étant sortis, les enfants d’Ammon rangèrent leur armée en bataille près de la porte de la ville; mais les rois qui étaient venus à leur secours se tinrent séparément 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 Ainsi Joab, s’apercevant que la guerre se faisait contre lui, et par devant et par derrière, choisit des hommes très braves de tout Israël, et marcha contre les Syriens.
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 Mais le reste du peuple, il le mit sous la main d’Abisaï, son frère; et ils marchèrent contre les enfants 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: Si les Syriens me vainquent, tu me seras en aide; mais si les enfants d’Ammon l’emportent sur toi, j’irai à ton secours.
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 Fortifie-toi et agissons courageusement pour notre peuple et pour les villes de notre Dieu, et le Seigneur fera ce qui est bon en sa présence.
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 Joab marcha donc, et le peuple qui était avec lui, au combat contre les Syriens, et il les mit en fuite.
So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
15 Or les enfants d’Ammon, voyant que les Syriens avaient fui, s’enfuirent, eux aussi, devant Abisaï, son frère, et ils entrèrent dans la ville; et Joab lui-même retourna 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 Mais les Syriens, voyant qu’ils avaient succombé devant Israël, envoyèrent des messagers, et firent venir les autres Syriens qui étaient au-delà du fleuve: or Sophach, prince de la milice d’Adarézer, était leur chef.
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 Lorsque cela eut été annoncé à David, il assembla tout Israël, passa le Jourdain, fondit sur eux et rangea en face son armée en bataille, eux combattant de leur côté.
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 Cependant les Syriens s’enfuirent devant Israël, et David tua des Syriens sept mille hommes qui étaient sur les chariots, quarante mille de pied, et Sophach, général de cette armée.
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 Or les serviteurs d’Adarézer, voyant qu’ils étaient vaincus par Israël, passèrent à David et lui furent assujettis; et la Syrie ne voulut plus donner secours aux enfants 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.
