Deuxième livre de Samuel 8

JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Il advint après cela que David battit les Philistins et les abaissa. David prit des mains desPhilistins...	1 After this David attacked the Philistines and conquered them, wresting. . . from the Philistines.
2 Il battit aussi les Moabites et les mesura au cordeau en les faisant coucher à terre: il en mesuradeux cordeaux à mettre à mort et un plein cordeau à laisser en vie, et les Moabites devinrent sujets de David etlui payèrent tribut.	2 He also defeated Moab and then measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground. He told off two lengths of line for execution, and a full length to be spared. Thus the Moabites became tributary to David.
3 David battit Hadadézer, fils de Rehob, roi de Coba, lorsque celui-ci alla pour étendre son pouvoirsur le Fleuve.	3 Next David defeated Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to reestablish his dominion at the Euphrates River.
4 David lui prit 1.700 charriers et 20.000 hommes de pied, et David coupa les jarrets de tous lesattelages, il n'en garda que cent.	4 David captured from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers. And he hamstrung all the chariot horses, preserving only enough for a hundred chariots.
5 Les Araméens de Damas vinrent au secours de Hadadézer, roi de Coba, mais David tua auxAraméens 22.000 hommes.	5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to the aid of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David slew twenty-two thousand of them.
6 Puis David établit des gouverneurs dans l'Aram de Damas, et les Araméens devinrent sujets deDavid et lui payèrent tribut. Partout où David allait, Yahvé lui donna la victoire.	6 David then placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subjects, tributary to David. The LORD brought David victory in all his undertakings.
7 David prit les rondaches d'or que portait la garde de Hadadézer et les emporta à Jérusalem.	7 David also took away the golden shields used by Hadadezer's servants and brought them to Jerusalem. (These Shishak, king of Egypt, took away when he came to Jerusalem in the days of Rehoboam, son of Solomon.)
8 De Tébah et de Bérotaï, villes de Hadadézer, le roi David enleva une énorme quantité de bronze.	8 From Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David removed a very large quantity of bronze.
9 Lorsque Tôou, roi de Hamat, apprit que David avait défait toute l'armée de Hadadézer,	9 When Toi, king of Hamath, heard that David had defeated all the forces of Hadadezer,
10 il dépêcha son fils Hadoram au roi David pour le saluer et le féliciter d'avoir fait la guerre àHadadézer et de l'avoir vaincu, car Hadadézer était en guerre avec Tôou. Hadoram apportait des objets d'argent,d'or et de bronze.	10 he sent his son Hadoram to King David to greet him and to congratulate him for his victory over Hadadezer in battle, because Toi had been in many battles with Hadadezer. Hadoram also brought with him articles of silver, gold, and bronze.
11 Le roi David les consacra aussi à Yahvé, avec l'argent et l'or qu'il avait consacrés, provenant detoutes les nations qu'il avait subjuguées,	11 These, too, King David consecrated to the LORD, together with the silver and gold he had taken from every nation he had conquered:
12 Aram, Moab, les Ammonites, les Philistins, Amaleq, provenant aussi du butin pris à Hadadézer,fils de Rehob, roi de Coba.	12 from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites, from the Philistines, from the Amalekites, and from the plunder of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
13 David acquit du renom lorsqu'il revint de battre les Edomites dans la vallée du Sel, au nombre de18.000.	13 On his return, David became famous for having slain eighteen thousand Edomites in the Salt Valley;
14 Il établit des gouverneurs en Edom et tous les Edomites devinrent sujets de David. Partout oùDavid allait, Yahvé lui donna la victoire.	14 after which he placed garrisons in Edom. Thus all the Edomites became David's subjects, and the LORD brought David victory in all his undertakings.
15 David régna sur tout Israël, faisant droit et justice à tout son peuple.	15 David reigned over all Israel, judging and administering justice to all his people.
16 Joab, fils de Ceruya, commandait l'armée; Yehoshaphat, fils d'Ahilud, était héraut;	16 Joab, son of Zeruiah, was in command of the army. Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was chancellor.
17 Sadoq et Ebyatar, fils d'Ahimélek, fils d'Ahitub, étaient prêtres; Seraya était secrétaire;	17 Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, son of Abiathar, were priests. Shawsha was scribe.
18 Benayahu, fils de Yehoyada, commandait les Kerétiens et les Pelétiens; les fils de David étaientprêtres.	18 Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was in command of the Cherethites and Pelethites. And David's sons were priests.