< 2 Samuel 8 >

1 Il advint, après cela, que David battit les Philistins, et qu'il les mit en fuite. Et David leur imposa un tribut.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Ensuite, David vainquit Moab; il fit coucher les captifs à terre, et il les fit mesurer par séries; il y en eu deux séries que l'on mit à mort et deux qui eurent la vie sauve. Moab resta asservi à David, et il lui paya un 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 vainquit aussi Adraazar, fils de Rhaab, roi de Suba, qui s'était mis en campagne pour se rendre maître des rives 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 David lui prit mille chars, sept mille cavaliers et vingt mille piétons. Il énerva les attelages de tous les chars, sauf une centaine qu'il garda pour lui.
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 Alors, les Syriens de Damas s'avancèrent pour porter secours à Adraazar, roi de Suba, et David tua 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 Puis, il mit une garnison dans la Syrie de Damas; le Syrien lui fut asservi, et il lui paya un tribut. Ainsi, le Seigneur protégea David partout où il porta ses armes.
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 Et David prit les bracelets d'or que portaient les serviteurs d'Adraazar, roi de Suba, et il les consacra dans Jérusalem. Sésac, roi d'Égypte, s'en empara lorsqu'il entra à Jérusalem, au temps de Roboam, fils de Salomon.
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 David recueillit, à Métébac et dans les principales villes d'Adraazar, une prodigieuse quantité d'airain, dont Salomon se servit pour fabriquer la mer d'airain, les colonnes, les piscines et tous les vases du temple.
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 Thu, roi d'Hémath, ayant appris que David avait taillé en pièces toute l'armée d'Adraazar,
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 Envoya vers David son fils Jedduram pour lui demander la paix et le féliciter de sa victoire sur Adraazar, car il était son ennemi. Et Jedduram apporta au roi David des vases d'argent, des vases d'or 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 Et le roi David les consacra au Seigneur; comme il consacra l'argent et l'or de toutes les villes conquises,
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 Tant de l'Idumée, que de Moab, des fils d'Ammon, des Philistins, d'Amalec et d'Adraazar, fils de Rhaab, roi de Suba.
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 s'était donc fait un grand renom, et, à son retour, il écrasa Gébélem à l'Idumée qui avait levé dix-huit mille hommes.
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 Et il mit des garnisons dans l'Idumée entière, et tous les Iduméens furent asservis au roi. Ainsi, le Seigneur en toutes ses guerres avait protégé David.
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 il rendit bonne justice à tout son peuple.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Et Joab, fils de Sarvia, commandait l'armée; Josaphat, fils d'Achilud, recueillait les actes publics.
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 Achimélech, fils d'Abiathar, étaient prêtres, et Sasa, scribe.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 Banaïas, fils de Joad, était conseiller; Chéléthi, Phéléthi, et les fils de David étaient maîtres du palais.
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).

< 2 Samuel 8 >