2 Samuel 8
1 Après cela, David battit les Philistins et les abaissa, et David ôta de la main des Philistins les rênes de leur capitale.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Il battit les Moabites et, les ayant fait coucher par terre, il les mesura au cordeau; il en mesura deux cordeaux pour les faire mourir, et un plein cordeau pour leur laisser la vie. Et les Moabites furent pour David des esclaves lui apportant le tribut.
David’s army also defeated the army of the Moab people-group. David forced their soldiers to lie down on the ground [close to each other]. His men killed two out of every three of them. The [other] Moab people [were forced to] accept David as their ruler, and they were forced to give to him [every year the] payment/tax [that he demanded].
3 David battit Hadadézer, fils de Rohob, roi de Soba, lorsqu’il était en chemin pour établir sa domination sur le fleuve de l’Euphrate.
David’s army also defeated [the army of] Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, who ruled [the state of] Zobah [in Syria]. That happened when David went to rule again over the area at [the upper part of] the Euphrates River.
4 Et David lui prit mille sept cents cavaliers et vingt mille hommes de pied; et David coupa les jarrets à tous les chevaux d’attelage et n’en laissa que cent attelages.
David’s army captured 1,700 of Hadadezer’s soldiers who rode on horses, and 20,000 of his other soldiers. They also crippled/hamstrung most of the horses that pulled the chariots, but they left/spared enough horses to [pull] 100 chariots.
5 Les Syriens de Damas étant venus au secours d’Hadadézer, roi de Soba, David battit aux Syriens vingt-deux mille hommes.
When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 David mit des garnisons dans la Syrie de Damas, et les Syriens furent pour David des esclaves apportant le tribut. Yahweh donnait la victoire à David partout où il allait.
Then David stationed (groups of his soldiers/army camps) in their area, and the people of Syria were forced to accept David as their ruler, and to give to David’s government [every year] the payment/tax that he demanded. And Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win victories wherever they went.
7 David prit les boucliers d’or qui étaient sur les serviteurs d’Hadadézer, et les apporta à Jérusalem.
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Le roi David prit encore une grande quantité d’airain à Bété et à Béroth, villes d’Hadadézer.
They also brought [to Jerusalem] a lot of bronze [that they found] in Betah and Berothai, two cities that King Hadadezer [had previously] ruled.
9 Lorsque Thoü, roi de Hamath, apprit que David avait battu toutes les forces d’Hadadézer,
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 Thoü envoya Joram, son fils, vers le roi David, pour le saluer et le féliciter d’avoir attaqué Hadadézer et de l’avoir battu, car Thoü était constamment en guerre avec Hadadézer. Joram avait dans la main des vases d’or, des vases d’argent et des vases d’airain.
he sent his son Joram to greet King David and to (congratulate him/say that he was happy) about his army defeating Hadadezer’s army, which Toi’s [army] had fought many times. Joram brought to David many items/gifts made from gold, silver, and bronze.
11 Le roi David les consacra aussi à Yahweh, avec l’argent et l’or qu’il consacra après les avoir enlevés à toutes les nations qu’il avait foulées aux pieds,
King David dedicated all those items to Yahweh. He also dedicated the silver and gold which his army had taken from the nations that they had conquered.
12 à la Syrie, à Moab, aux fils d’Ammon, aux Philistins, à Amalec, et au butin d’Hadadézer, fils de Rohob, roi de Soba.
They had taken items from the Edom people-group and the Moab people-group, from the Ammon people-group, from the Philistia people, and from [the descendants of] Amalek, as well as from the people that Hadadezer [previously] ruled.
13 David se fit un nom, lorsqu’il revint de battre les Syriens, dans la vallée du Sel, au nombre de dix-huit mille.
When David returned [after defeating the armies of Syria], he became more famous because his army killed 18,000 soldiers from the Edom people-group in the Salt Valley [near the Dead Sea].
14 Il mit des garnisons dans Edom; en tout Edom il mit des garnisons, et tout Edom fut assujetti à David. Et Yahweh donnait la victoire à David partout où il allait.
David stationed (groups of his soldiers/army camps) throughout the Edom area, and forced the people there to accept him as their king. Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win battles wherever they went.
15 David régna sur tout Israël, et David faisait droit et justice à tout son peuple.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Joab, fils de Sarvia, commandait l’armée; Josaphat, fils d’Ahilud, était archiviste;
Joab was the army commander; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the man who reported to the people everything that David decided that they should do;
17 Sadoc, fils d’Achitob, et Achimélec, fils d’Abiathar, étaient prêtres; Saraias était secrétaire;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 Banaïas, fils de Joiada, était chef des Céréthiens et des Phéléthiens; et les fils de David étaient ses conseillers intimes.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the commander of (David’s bodyguards/the men who protected the king); and David’s sons were priests (OR, his administrators/advisors).
