Deuxième livre des Chroniques 14

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Asa fit ce qui est bien et juste aux yeux de Yahvé, son Dieu.	1 Then Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. And his son, Asa, reigned in his place. During his days, the land was quiet for ten years.
2 Il supprima les autels de l'étranger et les hauts lieux, il brisa les stèles, mit en pièces lesashéras	2 Now Asa did what was good and pleasing in the sight of his God. And he overturned the altars of foreign worship, and the high places.
3 et dit aux Judéens de rechercher Yahvé, le Dieu de leurs pères, et de pratiquer loi etcommandement.	3 And he broke apart the statues, and he cut down the sacred groves.
4 Il supprima de toutes les villes de Juda les hauts lieux et les autels à encens. Aussi leroyaume fut-il calme sous son règne;	4 And he instructed Judah that they should seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and that they should carry out the law and all the commandments.
5 il restaura les villes fortifiées de Juda, car le pays était calme et ne participa à aucune guerreen ces années-là, Yahvé lui ayant donné la tranquillité.	5 And he took away, from all the cities of Judah, the altars and the shrines. And he reigned in peace.
6 "Restaurons ces villes, dit-il à Juda, entourons-les d'un mur, de tours, de portes et de barres;le pays est encore à notre disposition car nous avons cherché Yahvé, notre Dieu; aussi nous a-t-il recherchés etnous a-t-il donné la tranquillité sur toutes nos frontières." Ils restaurèrent et prospérèrent.	6 Also, he built fortified cities in Judah. For it was quiet, and in his time no wars had arisen. For the Lord was generously granting peace.
7 Asa disposa d'une armée de 300.000 Judéens, portant le bouclier et la lance, et de 280.000Benjaminites portant la rondache et tirant de l'arc, tous preux valeureux.	7 Then he said to Judah: “Let us build these cities, and strengthen them with walls, and fortify them with towers and gates and bars, while all things are at rest from wars. For we have sought the Lord, the God of our fathers, and he has granted to us peace on every side.” And so they built, and there was nothing to impede them from building.
8 Zérah le Kushite fit une incursion avec une armée de mille milliers et de 300 chars, et ilatteignit Maresha.	8 Now Asa had in his army three hundred thousand men of Judah, carrying shields and spears, and truly, of Benjamin, two hundred eighty thousand men with shields and bows. All of these were very valiant men.
9 Asa sortit à sa rencontre et se rangea en bataille dans la vallée de Cephata, à Maresha.	9 Then Zerah, the Ethiopian, went forth against them with his army of one million men, and three hundred chariots. And he approached as far as Mareshah.
10 Asa invoqua Yahvé son Dieu et dit: "Il n'en est point comme toi, Yahvé, pour secourir lepuissant aussi bien que celui qui est sans force. Porte-nous secours, Yahvé notre Dieu! C'est sur toi que nousnous appuyons et c'est en ton nom que nous nous heurtons à cette foule. Yahvé, tu es notre Dieu. Que le mortelne te résiste pas!"	10 And Asa traveled to meet him, and he set up a battle line for the war in the Valley of Zephathah, which is near Mareshah.
11 Yahvé battit les Kushites devant Asa et les Judéens: les Kushites s'enfuirent	11 And he called upon the Lord God, and he said: “O Lord, there is no difference to you, whether you assist by few, or by many. Help us, O Lord our God. For having faith in you and in your name, we have gone forth against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God. Do not allow man to prevail against you.”
12 et Asa les poursuivit avec son armée jusqu'à Gérar. Il tomba tant de Kushites qu'ils nepurent subsister, car ils s'étaient brisés devant Yahvé et son camp. On ramassa une grande quantité de butin,	12 And so the Lord terrified the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah. And the Ethiopians fled.
13 on conquit toutes les villes aux alentours de Gérar, car la Terreur de Yahvé s'étaitappesantie sur elles, et on les pilla toutes, car il s'y trouvait beaucoup de butin.	13 And Asa, and the people who were with him, pursued them as far as Gerar. And the Ethiopians fell, even unto utter destruction, for the Lord was striking, and his army was battling, and they were destroyed. Therefore, they took many spoils.
14 On s'en prit même aux tentes des troupeaux et l'on razzia nombre de moutons et dechameaux, puis l'on revint à Jérusalem.	14 And they struck all the cities surrounding Gerar. For indeed, a great fear had overwhelmed everyone. And they despoiled the cities, and they carried away much plunder.
	15 Then too, destroying the fencing for the sheep, they took an innumerable multitude of cattle and camels. And they returned to Jerusalem.