Premier livre des Chroniques 18

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1 Après cela, David battit les Philistins et les soumit. Il leur enleva Gat et les villages aux alentours.	1 After this, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and he took Gath and its towns away from the control of the Philistines.
2 Il vainquit aussi les Moabites: ils devinrent les sujets de David et lui payèrent l’impôt.	2 He also defeated Moab, and the Moabites became his subjects, paying tribute.
3 David battit à Hamat Hadadézer, roi de Soba, alors qu’il cherchait à soumettre les régions de l’Euphrate.	3 David then defeated Hadadezer, king of Zobah toward Hamath, when the latter was on his way to set up his victory stele at the river Euphrates.
4 David captura un millier de chars, 7 000 cavaliers et 20 000 soldats d’infanterie. David fit couper les jarrets de tous les chevaux d’attelage, s’en réservant seulement une centaine.	4 David took from him twenty thousand foot soldiers, one thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen. Of the chariot horses, David hamstrung all but one hundred.
5 Les Araméens de Damas vinrent à l’aide de Hadadézer, roi de Soba, mais David tua 22 000 hommes aux Araméens.	5 The Arameans of Damascus came to the aid of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, but David also slew twenty-two thousand of their men.
6 Puis David installa des gouverneurs à Aram de Damas; les Araméens furent soumis à David et lui payèrent le tribut. Partout où David passait, Yahvé lui donnait la victoire.	6 Then David set up garrisons in the Damascus region of Aram, and the Arameans became his subjects, paying tribute. Thus the LORD made David victorious in all his campaigns.
7 David s’empara des boucliers d’or des gardes de Hadadézer et les emporta à Jérusalem.	7 David took the golden shields that were carried by Hadadezer's attendants and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 De Tibhat et de Koun, villes qui appartenaient à Hadadézer, David prit une grande quantité de bronze dont Salomon allait faire la Mer d’Airain, les colonnes et les ustensiles du Temple.	8 He likewise took away from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, large quantities of bronze, which Solomon later used to make the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.
9 Lorsque Toou, roi de Hamat, apprit que David avait vaincu toute l’armée de Hadadézer, roi de Soba,	9 When Tou, king of Hamath, heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah,
10 il envoya son fils Hadoram au roi David pour l’accueillir et le féliciter d’avoir combattu et vaincu Hadadézer, car Hadadézer était l’ennemi de Toou. Hadoram apporta toutes sortes d’objets en or, en argent et en bronze.	10 he sent his son Hadoram to wish King David well and to congratulate him on having waged a victorious war against Hadadezer; for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. He also sent David gold, silver and bronze utensils of every sort.
11 Le roi David les consacra à Yahvé en même temps que les objets d’argent et d’or qu’il avait rapportés de toutes les nations: d’Édom, de Moab, des Ammonites, des Philistins, d’Amalec.	11 These also King David consecrated to the LORD along with all the silver and gold that he had taken from the nations: from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.
12 David se rendit célèbre lorsqu’il revint d’avoir battu 18 000 Édomites dans la vallée du Sel.	12 Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, also slew eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
13 Il imposa des gouverneurs à Édom, et tous les Édomites furent soumis à David. Partout où David passait, Yahvé lui donnait la victoire.	13 He set up garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's subjects. Thus the LORD made David victorious in all his campaigns.
14 David régnait sur tout Israël; il rendait la justice et défendait les droits de son peuple.	14 David reigned over all Israel and dispensed justice and right to all his people.
15 Joab fils de Sérouya, commandait l’armée; Yochafat fils d’Ahiloud était le porte-parole;	15 Joab, son of Zeruiah, was in command of the army; Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was herald;
16 Sadoq fils d’Ahitoub, et Ahimélek fils d’Ébyatar étaient prêtres; Chavcha était scribe;	16 Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, son of Abiathar, were priests; Shavsha was scribe;
17 Bénayas fils de Yoyada, commandait aux Kérétiens et aux Pélétiens. Les fils de David étaient les premiers aux côtés du roi.	17 Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were the chief assistants to the king.