2 Chronicles 14
1 So Abijah went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David, and Asa his son became king in his place; in his time the land was quiet for ten years.
Puis Abija s'endormit avec ses pères, et on l'ensevelit dans la Cité de David, et Asa son fils régna en sa place. De son temps le pays fut en repos durant dix ans.
2 And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God;
Or Asa fit ce qui est bon et droit devant l'Eternel son Dieu.
3 For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;
Car il ôta les autels [des dieux] des étrangers, et les hauts lieux, et brisa les statues, et coupa les bocages.
4 And he made Judah go after the Lord, the God of their fathers, and keep his laws and his orders.
Et il commanda à Juda de rechercher l'Eternel le Dieu de leurs pères, et d'observer la Loi et les Commandements.
5 And he took away the high places and the sun-images from all the towns of Judah; and the kingdom was quiet under his rule.
Et il ôta aussi de toutes les villes de Juda les hauts lieux et les tabernacles; et le Royaume fut en repos sous sa conduite.
6 He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.
Il bâtit aussi des villes fortes en Juda, parce que le pays était en repos; et pendant ces années-là il n'y eut point de guerre contre lui, parce que l'Eternel lui donnait du repos.
7 He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.
Car il dit à Juda: Bâtissons ces villes, et entourons-les de murailles, de tours, de portes, et de barres, pendant que nous sommes maîtres du pays; parce que nous avons invoqué l'Eternel notre Dieu; nous l'avons invoqué, et il nous a donné du repos tout alentour; c'est pourquoi ils bâtirent, et prospérèrent.
8 And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men of Judah armed with body-covers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand of Benjamin armed with body-covers and bows; all these were men of war.
Or Asa avait en son armée trois cent mille hommes de ceux de Juda, portant le bouclier et la javeline; et deux cent quatre-vingt mille de ceux de Benjamin, portant le bouclier, et tirant de l'arc, tous forts et vaillants.
9 And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.
Et Zeraph Ethiopien sortait contr'eux avec une armée d'un million [d'hommes], et de trois cents chariots, et il vint jusqu'à Marésa.
10 And Asa went out against him, and they put their forces in position in the valley north of Mareshah.
Et Asa alla au devant de lui, et on rangea la bataille en la vallée de Tséphath, près de Marésa.
11 And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O Lord, you are our God; let not man's power be greater than yours.
Alors Asa cria à l'Eternel son Dieu, et dit: Eternel! Il ne t'est pas plus difficile d'aider celui qui n'a point de force, que celui qui a des gens en grand nombre. Aide-nous, ô Eternel notre Dieu! car nous nous sommes appuyés sur toi; et nous sommes venus en ton Nom contre cette multitude. Tu es l'Eternel notre Dieu; que l'homme n'ait point de force contre toi!
12 So the Lord sent fear on the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah; and the Ethiopians went in flight.
Et l'Eternel frappa les Ethiopiens devant Asa et devant Juda; en sorte que les Ethiopiens s'enfuirent.
13 And Asa and the people who were with him went after them as far as Gerar; and so great was the destruction among the Ethiopians that they were not able to get their army together again, for they were broken before the Lord and before his army; and they took away a great amount of their goods.
Et Asa et le peuple qui était avec lui les poursuivirent jusqu'à Guérar; et il tomba tant d'Ethiopiens, qu'ils n'eurent plus aucune force; car ils furent défaits devant l'Eternel, et devant son armée; et on en rapporta un fort grand butin.
14 And they overcame all the towns round Gerar, because the Lord sent fear on them; and they took away their goods from the towns, for there were stores of wealth in them.
Ils frappèrent aussi toutes les villes qui étaient autour de Guérar, parce que la terreur de l'Eternel était sur eux; et ils pillèrent toutes ces villes; car il y avait dans ces villes [de quoi faire] un grand butin.
15 And they made an attack on the tents of the owners of the cattle, and took away great numbers of sheep and camels and went back to Jerusalem.
Ils abattirent aussi les tentes des troupeaux, et emmenèrent quantité de brebis et de chameaux; après quoi ils s'en retournèrent à Jérusalem.
