2 Samuel 8
1 Et dans les temps qui suivirent, David battit les Philistins et les humilia, et ôta des mains des Philistins les rênes de leur métropole.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Et il battit les Moabites, et il les mesura au cordeau, en les faisant coucher par terre, et il en mesura deux cordeaux pour les livrer à la mort et un cordeau entier pour leur laisser la vie. Ainsi, les Moabites furent asservis à David, et payèrent 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 Et David battit Hadadézer, fils de Rehob, roi de Tsoba, en allant reprendre la haute main sur 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 fantassins. David énerva tous les chevaux de trait, dont pourtant il garda cent 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 Et les Syriens de Damas vinrent au secours de Hadadézer, roi de Tsoba, 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 Et David mit des garnisons dans la Syrie de Damas, et les Syriens furent asservis à David et payèrent le tribut. Ainsi l'Éternel rendait David victorieux dans toutes ses expéditions.
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 boucliers d'or que portaient 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 Et de Bétah et de Bérothaï, villes de Hadadézer, 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 Et Thoï, roi de Hamath, apprit que David avait abattu toute la puissance de 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 alors Thoï députa Joram, son fils, au Roi David pour le saluer, et pour le féliciter d'avoir fait la guerre à Hadadézer, et de l'avoir défait (car Thoï était en hostilité avec Hadadézer); et Joram apportait de la vaisselle d'argent, de la vaisselle d'or et de la vaisselle 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 la consacra aussi à l'Éternel, de même que l'argent et l'or qu'il avait consacré sur les dépouilles de tous les peuples domptés par lui,
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 Syriens, Moabites, Ammonites, Philistins, Amalécites, et sur le butin de Hadadézer, fils de Rehob, roi de Tsoba.
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 acquit aussi un nom par la défaite des 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 Et il mit des garnisons dans l'Idumée, dans toute l'Idumée il mit des garnisons et toute l'Idumée fut asservie à David. Ainsi l'Éternel rendait David victorieux dans toutes ses campagnes.
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 Et David régna sur la totalité d'Israël et exerça le droit et la justice sur la totalité de son peuple.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Or Joab, fils de Tseruïa, était préposé sur l'armée, et Josaphat, fils d'Ahilud, était chancelier,
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 Tsadoc, fils d'Ahitub, et Ahimélech, fils d'Abiathar, étaient Prêtres, et Seraïa, secrétaire,
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 et Benaïa, fils de Joïada, était préposé sur les satellites et les coureurs, et les fils de David étaient ministres.
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).
