1 Chroniques 4
1 Les fils de Juda: Pharès. Hesron, Charmi, Hur et Sobal.
The descendants of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
2 Or Raïa, fils de Sobal, engendra Jabath, dont naquirent Ahumaï et Laad; ce sont là les familles de Sarathi.
Shobal’s son was Reaiah. Reaiah was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. They were the ancestors of the Zorath people-group.
3 Voici aussi la lignée d’Etam: Jezrahel, Jéséma et Jédébos. De plus, le nom de leur sœur fut Asalelphuni.
The oldest son of Caleb and his wife Ephrathah was Hur. Hur was the one who started/founded Bethlehem [town]. His three sons were Etam, Penuel, and Ezer. Etam’s sons were Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi. Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.
4 Or Phanuel fut père de Gédor, et Eser, père d’Hosa; ce sont là les fils d’Hur, premier-né d’Ephratha, et père de Bethléhem.
5 Mais Assur, père de Thécua, avait deux femmes: Halaa et Naara.
[Hezron’s son] Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives whose names were Helah and Naarah.
6 Or Naara lui enfanta Oozam, Hépher, Themani et Ahasthari; ce sont là les fils de Naara;
The sons of Asshur and his wife Naarah were Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari.
7 Mais les fils de Halaa: Séreth, Isaar et Ethnan.
The sons of [Ashhur and his wife] Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,
8 Et Cos engendra Anob et Soboba, et la famille d’Aharéhel, fils d’Arum.
and Koz. Koz was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the ancestor of the clans descended from Aharhel. Aharhel was the son of Harum.
9 Mais Jabès fut plus illustre que ses frères; et sa mère lui donna le nom de Jabès, disant: C’est parce que je l’ai enfanté dans la douleur.
[There was another descendant of Judah whose name was] Jabez. [He] was more respected than his brothers were. His mother named him Jabez [which means ‘pain’] because she said, “I was enduring much pain when I gave birth to him.”
10 Or Jabès invoqua le Dieu d’Israël, disant: Ô si, me bénissant, vous me bénissiez, et si vous étendiez mes limites; si votre main était avec moi, et si vous faisiez que je ne sois pas opprimé par la malice! Et Dieu lui accorda ce qu’il demanda.
[One day] he prayed to God whom his fellow Israelis [worshiped], saying, “Please greatly bless me and (enlarge my land/give me a lot of land/property). Remain [IDM] with me, and do not allow anyone to harm me. If you do that for me, I will not have any pain.” And God did what Jabez requested him to do.
11 Quant à Caleb, frère de Sua, il engendra Mahir, qui fut père d’Esthon.
[Another descendant of Judah was] Shuhah. His [younger] brother Kelub was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton.
12 Or Esthon engendra Bethrapha, Phessé, et Téhinna, le père de la ville de Naas: ce sont là les hommes de la ville de Récha.
Eshton was the father of Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah founded Nahash [town], but their families lived in Recah [town].
13 Mais les fils de Cénez furent Othoniel et Saraïa. Et les fils d’Othoniel: Hathath et Maonathi.
[Another descendant of Judah was] Jephunneh. His son was Caleb. Caleb’s sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah’s son was Kenaz. The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel’s sons were Hathath and Meonothai. Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab. Joab was the ancestor of the people who lived in Craftsmen’s Valley. The valley was named that because many of the people who lived there were (craftsmen/men who were experts in making things).
14 Maonathi engendra Ophra; mais Saraïa engendra Joab, le père de la Vallée des ouvriers; car là étaient des ouvriers.
15 Or les fils de Caleb, fils de Jéphoné, furent Hir, Ela et Naham. De plus, les fils d’Ela: Cénez.
16 Les fils de Jaléléel aussi furent Ziph, Zipha, Thiria, et Asraël;
[Another descendant of Judah was] Jehallelel. His sons were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17 Et les fils d’Ezra: Jéther, Méred, Epher et Jalon; il engendra encore Marie, Sammaï et Jesba, père d’Esthamo.
[Another descendant of Judah was Ezrah.] Ezrah’s sons were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered married Bithiah, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt. The children of Mered and Bithiah were Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah. Ishbah was the father of Eshtemoa. Ezrah also had a wife from Judah. She gave birth to Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel. Jered was the father of (OR, founded the town of) Gedor, Heber was the father of (OR, founded the town of) Soco, and Jekuthiel was the father of (OR, founded the town of) Zanoah.
18 Sa femme aussi, Judaïa, enfanta Jared, père de Gédor, Héber, père de Socho, et Icuthiel, père de Zanoé; or voilà les fils de Béthie, fille de Pharaon, que Méred prit pour femme.
19 Et les fils de sa femme Odaïa, sœur de Naham, père de Céila, furent Garmi, et Esthamo, qui était de Machathi.
Hodiah’s wife, who was Naham’s sister, bore two sons. One of them was the father of Keilah, the ancestor of the Gar people-group, and the other one was the father of Eshtemoa, the ancestor of the Maacath people-group.
20 De même les fils de Simon furent Amnon et Rinna, fils d’Hanan, et Thilon. Et les fils de Jési: Zoheth et Benzoheth.
[Another descendant of Judah was Shimon]. Shimon’s sons were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. [Another descendant of Judah was] Ishi. His descendants were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
21 Les fils de Séla, fils de Juda: Her, père de Lécha, et Laada, père de Marésa, et les familles de la maison de ceux qui travaillent le fin lin dans la Maison du serment;
One of Judah’s sons was Shelah. Shelah’s sons were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the families of those who made things from linen at Beth-Ashbea,
22 Celui qui a fait arrêter le soleil, et les hommes de Mensonge, et le Sur, et l’Incendiaire, qui furent princes dans Moab, et qui revinrent à Lahem: or ces paroles sont anciennes.
Jokim, and the men of Cozeba [town], and Joash and Saraph, two men who married women from [the] Moab [region] and later lived in Bethlehem (OR, and ruled in Jashubi-Lehem). All their names and a record of what they did are written in very old scrolls.
23 Ce sont là les potiers habitant dans des plantations et dans des haies, auprès du roi, pour ses ouvrages, et qui ont demeuré là.
They made pottery for the king; some of them lived in Netaim [town] and some of them lived in Gederah [town].
24 Les fils de Siméon furent Namuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zara, et Saül,
Simeon’s sons were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
25 Dont le fils, Sellum, dont le fils, Mapsam, dont le fils, Masma.
Shaul’s son was Shallum. Shallum’s son was Mibsam. Mibsam’s son was Mishma.
26 Les fils de Masma: Hamuel, dont le fils, Zachur, dont le fils, Séméi.
Mishma’s son was Hammuel. Hammuel’s son was Zaccur. Zaccur’s son was Shimei.
27 Les fils de Séméi furent au nombre de seize, et ses filles, au nombre de cinq; mais ses frères n’eurent pas beaucoup d’enfants, et toute leur parenté ne put égaler le nombre des enfants de Juda.
Shimei had 16 sons and six daughters, but none of his brothers had many children. So the descendants of Simeon never were as many as the descendants of [his younger brother] Judah.
28 Or ils habitèrent dans Bersabée, dans Molada, dans Hasarsuhal,
The descendants of Simeon lived in [these cities and towns]: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-Shual,
29 Dans Bala, dans Asom, dans Tholad,
Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
30 Dans Bathuel, dans Horma et dans Sicéleg,
Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
31 Dans Bethmarchaboth, dans Hasarsusim, dans Bethbéraï et dans Saarim: ce furent leurs villes jusqu’au roi David.
Beth-Marcaboth, Hazar-Susim, Beth-Biri, and Shaaraim. They lived in those places until David became king.
32 Leurs villages aussi furent Etam, Aën, Remmon, Thochen et Asan: cinq villes.
They also lived in villages near those towns: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, and Ashan.
33 Et toutes les bourgades aux environs de ces villes jusqu’à Baal furent à eux: voilà leur habitation, et la distribution de leurs demeures.
There were other villages where they lived, as far [southwest] as Baalath [town]. Those were the places where they lived, and their names, according to the family records.
34 De plus, Mosobab, Jemlech, et Josa, fils d’Amasias,
The men in the following list were the leaders of their clans: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah, Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah. Joshibiah was the son of Seraiah and the grandson of Asiel. Other clan leaders were Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, and Ziza. Ziza was the son of Shiphi and the grandson of Allon, who was the son of Jedaiah, who was the son of Shimri, who was the son of Shemaiah. Those families became very large/numerous.
35 Joël, et Jéhu, fils de Josabia, fils de Saraïa, fils d’Asiel,
36 Elioénaï, Jacoba, Isuhaïa, Asaïa, Adiel, Ismiel et Banaïa,
37 Ainsi que Ziza, fils de Séphéi, fils d’Allon, fils d’Idaïa, fils de Semri, fils de Samaïa;
38 Ceux-là sont les princes renommés dans leurs familles; et ils se multiplièrent extrêmement dans la maison de leurs alliances.
39 Et ils partirent pour pénétrer dans Gador, jusqu’à l’orient de la vallée, afin de chercher des pâturages pour leurs troupeaux.
They went outside of Gedor [town] on the east side of the valley to look for pastureland for their flocks of sheep.
40 Et ils trouvèrent des pâturages abondants et excellents, et une terre très spacieuse, paisible et fertile, dans laquelle s’étaient établis des descendants de Cham.
They found good pastureland with plenty of grass. The place was peaceful and quiet. Previously the descendants of [Noah’s son] Ham had lived there.
41 Ceux-ci donc, que plus haut nous avons désignés nommément, vinrent aux jours d’Ézéchias, roi de Juda, attaquèrent leur tabernacles, et les habitants qui s’y trouvèrent; et ils les ont détruits jusqu’au présent jour; et ils y ont habité en leur place, parce qu’ils ont trouvé là même de très abondants pâturages.
But while Hezekiah was the king of Judah, the leaders of the tribe of Simeon came to Gedor and fought against the descendants of Ham and destroyed their tents. They also fought against the descendants of Meun who were living there, and they killed all of them. So now there are no descendants of Meun living there. The descendants of Simeon started to live there, because there was good pastureland there for their sheep.
42 Parmi les mêmes fils de Siméon, cinq cents hommes s’en allèrent à la montagne de Séir, ayant pour chefs Phaltias, Naaria, Raphaïa et Osiel, fils de Jési;
Ishi’s four sons Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel led 500 other descendants of Simeon [and attacked the people who were living] in the hilly area of the Edom [region].
43 Et ils défirent les restes qui avaient pu échapper des Amalécites; et ils ont habité dans ce pays, en leur place, jusqu’à ce jour.
They killed the few descendants of Amalek who were still alive. From that time until now, the descendants of Simeon have lived in [the] Edom [region].
