2 Samuel 10

1 Après cela, il advint que le roi des fils d'Ammon mourut, et qu'Annon, son fils, régna à sa place.

Now after this, death came to the king of the children of Ammon, and Hanun, his son, became king in his place.

2 Et David dit: Je serai compatissant envers Annon, fils de Naas, de même que son père a été compatissant pour moi; en conséquence, il envoya, pour le consoler de la mort de son père, des serviteurs qui allèrent en la contrée des fias d'Ammon.

And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father was a friend to me. So David sent his servants, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

3 Mais, les princes des fils d'Ammon dirent à Annon, leur maître: Est-ce pour glorifier devant toi ton père que David envoie ces consolateurs? N'est-ce point plutôt pour s'informer de ta ville, et pour la reconnaître par eux-mêmes, que David a chargé ses serviteurs de venir auprès de toi.

But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it?

4 Annon saisit donc les serviteurs de David; il leur rasa la barbe, il coupa le bas de leurs manteaux, à partir du milieu des reins, et il les chassa.

So Hanun took David's servants, and after cutting off half the hair on their chins, and cutting off the skirts of their robes up to the middle, he sent them away.

5 On vint dire à David ce qui leur était arrivé, et il envoya des gens à leur rencontre; car ils étaient cruellement déshonorés, et il leur dit: Demeurez à Jéricho jusqu'à ce que votre barbe ait repoussé; puis, alors vous reviendrez.

When David had news of it, he sent men out with the purpose of meeting them on their way, for the men were greatly shamed: and the king said, Go to Jericho till your hair is long again, and then come back.

6 Les fils d'Ammon, voyant que le peuple de David se tenait pour outragé, firent partir des messagers, et ils enrôlèrent à prix d'or les Syriens de Bethraam, ceux de Suba, ceux de Rhoob, qui leur fournirent vingt mille piétons; le roi d'Amalec en fournit mille, et Istob douze mille.

And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves hated by David, they sent to the Aramaeans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, and got for payment twenty thousand footmen, and they got from the king of Maacah a thousand men, and from Tob twelve thousand.

7 David l'apprit et il mit en mouvement Joab avec toute l'armée, et les hommes vaillants.

And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.

8 Et les fils d'Ammon sortirent; et ils se rangèrent en bataille près de la porte de Suba en Syrie; cependant, Rhoob, Istob et Amalec étaient détachés dans la campagne.

And the children of Ammon came out and put their forces in position at the way into the town: and the Aramaeans of Zobah and of Rehob, with the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

9 Joab reconnut qu'il aurait à livrer bataille devant son front et sur ses derrières; il rangea donc en face des Syriens les plus vaillants des jeunes fils d'Israël.

Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took the best of the men of Israel and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

10 Et il confia à son frère Abessa le reste de l'armée, qui se déploya contre les fils d'Ammon.

And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon, with Abishai, his brother, at their head.

11 Et il dit à son frère: Si les Syriens l'emportent sur moi, tu viendras à mon aide, et si les fils d'Ammon te font plier, j'irai te secourir.

And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then you are to come to my help; but if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help.

12 Sois fort, agissons en hommes, pour l'amour de notre peuple et des villes de notre Dieu; que le Seigneur ensuite fasse à sa volonté.

Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.

13 Et Joab avec sa troupe tomba sur les Syriens, et ceux-ci s'enfuirent devant lui.

Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

14 Quand les fils d'Ammon virent que les Syriens fuyaient, ils s'enfuirent eux-mêmes devant Abessa, et ils s'enfermèrent dans leur ville; Joab les y laissa pour revenir à Jérusalem.

And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, and came into the town. So Joab went back from fighting the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

15 Mais la Syrie, voyant qu'elle avait échoué devant Israël, se leva tout entière, pour reprendre l'attaque.

And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they got themselves together.

16 Adraazar dépêcha des messagers, et il appela les Syriens des rives du fleuve Chalamac, et ils se rendirent à Elam. Et Sobac, général de l'armée d'Adraazar, fut mis à leur tête.

And Hadadezer sent for the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.

17 On en instruisit David, qui réunit tout Israël, passa le Jourdain, et atteignit Elam. Et les Syriens se déployèrent devant David, et ils lui livrèrent bataille.

And word of this was given to David: and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam. And the Aramaeans put their forces in position against David, and made an attack on him.

18 Les Syriens s'enfuirent devant Israël; David leur détruisit sept cents chars et quarante mille cavaliers; et il frappa mortellement Sobac, général de leur armée, qui mourut sur le lieu même.

And the Aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven hundred Aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen, and Shobach, the captain of the army, was wounded, and came to his death there.

19 Et tous les rois, serviteurs d'Adraazar, voyant qu'il avait échoué devant Israël, se donnèrent à David; ils lui furent asservis, et la Syrie eut crainte de secourir encore les fils d'Ammon.

And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their servants. So the Aramaeans, in fear, gave no more help to the children of Ammon.