2 Samuel 8
1 Or, il arriva après cela que [David battit les Philistins et les humilia; et David ôta le frein du tribut de la main des Philistins.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Il battit aussi Moab et les mesura au cordeau, les faisant coucher par terre; or, il en mesura deux cordeaux, l’un pour les tuer, l’autre pour leur conserver la vie; et Moab fut assujetti à David lui payant 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 De plus, David battit Adarézer, fils de Rohob, roi de Soba, quand il partit pour dominer sur le fleuve d’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, après lui avoir pris mille sept cents cavaliers et vingt mille hommes de pied, coupa les nerfs des jambes à tous les chevaux des chariots; mais il en laissa pour cent chariots.
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 Vint aussi la Syrie de Damas, pour porter secours à Adarézer, roi de Soba; et David tua vingt-deux mille hommes de la Syrie.
When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Et David mit une garnison dans la Syrie de Damas; et la Syrie devint tributaire de David; et le Seigneur conserva David dans tous les lieux où il alla.
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 enleva les armes d’or qu’avaient les serviteurs d’Adarézer, et les porta à Jérusalem.
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Et de Beté et de Béroth, villes d’Adarézer, le roi David enleva une très grande quantité d’airain.
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 Or, Thoü, roi d’Emath, apprit que David avait battu toutes les forces d’Adarézer;
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 Alors il envoya Joram son fils vers le roi David, pour le saluer, en le félicitant, et lui rendre grâce de ce qu’il avait vivement attaqué Adarézer, et l’avait battu; car Thoü était ennemi d’Adarézer; et dans la main de Joram étaient 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 Que le roi David consacra aussi au Seigneur, avec l’argent et l’or qu’il avait consacrés de toutes les nations qu’il avait soumises,
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 De la Syrie, de Moab, des enfants d’Ammon, des Philistins, d’Amalec et des dépouilles d’Adarézer, 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 encore un nom, lorsque, la Syrie prise, il fut revenu dans la vallée des Salines, où il tailla en pièces 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 gardes dans l’Idumée, et il établit une garnison; et toute l’Idumée devint assujettie à David; et le Seigneur conserva David dans tous les lieux où il alla.
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 Ainsi David régna sur tout Israël; il rendait aussi des jugements et la justice à tout son peuple.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Mais Joab, fils de Sarvia, commandait l’armée, et Josaphat, fils d’Ahilud, tenait les registres;
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 Et Sadoc, fils d’Achitob, et Achimélech, fils d’Abiathar, étaient prêtres, et Saraïas, scribe;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 Mais Banaïas, fils de Joïada, commandait les Céréthiens et les Phéléthiens; mais les fils de David étaient prêtres.
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).
