Kings II 12
1 And the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David; and he went in to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.
Et le Seigneur envoya à David Nathan le prophète; celui-ci entra chez le roi, et il lui dit: Il y avait en une ville deux hommes, l'un riche, l'autre pauvre.
2 And the rich [man] had very many flocks and herds.
Le riche possédait une multitude de brebis et de bœufs.
3 But the poor [man had] only one little ewe lamb, which he had purchased, and preserved, and reared; an it grew up with himself and his children in common; it ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.
Le pauvre n'avait rien qu'une petite brebis; il l'avait achetée, il en avait pris soin, il l'avait nourrie, et elle avait crû auprès de lui en même temps que ses fils; elle mangeait de son pain, buvait dans sa coupe, dormait sur son sein; elle était pour lui comme une fille.
4 And a traveller came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his flocks and of his herds, to dress for the traveller that came to him; and he took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that came to him.
Or, un voyageur vint chez le riche, et celui-ci n'eut garde de prendre de ses moutons ni de ses bœufs pour faire un festin au voyageur étranger; mais il prit la brebis du pauvre, et il l'apprêta pour l'homme qui était venu chez lui.
5 And David was greatly moved with anger against the man; and David said to Nathan, [As] the Lord lives, the man that did this thing shall surely die.
David entra dans une grande colère contre le riche, et il dit à Nathan: Vive le Seigneur! c'est un fils de la mort qui a fait cela.
6 And he shall restore the lamb sevenfold, because he has not spared.
Il paiera la brebis sept fois pour ne l'avoir point épargnée, et pour avoir commis une telle action.
7 And Nathan said to David, You are the man that has done this. Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I anointed you to be king over Israel, and I rescued you out the hand of Saul;
Et Nathan dit à David: Tu es l'homme qui a fait cela. Voici ce que dit le Seigneur Dieu d'Israël: C'est moi qui t'ai sacré roi de mon peuple, et qui t'ai tiré des mains de Saül.
8 and I gave you the house of your lord, and the wives of your lord into your bosom, and I gave to you the house of Israel and Juda; and if that had been little, I would have given you yet more.
Je t'ai donné la maison de ton maître, et tu as sur ton sein les femmes de ton maître. Je t'ai donné la maison d'Israël et de Juda, et, si c'est peu, j'y ajouterai encore.
9 Why have you set at nothing the word of the Lord, to do that which is evil in his eyes? you have slain Urias the Chettite with the sword, and you have taken his wife to be your wife, and you have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Pourquoi donc as-tu méprisé la parole du Seigneur, au point de faire le mal à ses yeux? Tu as livré au glaive Urie l'Hettéen; tu as pris pour femme sa femme, après l'avoir tué lui-même par l'épée des fils d'Ammon.
10 Now therefore the sword shall not depart from your house for ever, because you has set me at nothing, and you have taken the wife of Urias the Chettite, to be your wife.
Eh bien! maintenant, le glaive ne cessera plus de menacer ta maison, parce que tu m'as méprisé, et que tu as pris pour femme la femme d'Urie l'Hettéen.
11 Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against you evil out of your house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and will give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
Voici ce que dit le Seigneur: Je susciterai contre toi des maux qui sortiront de ta maison, et je prendrai tes femmes sous tes yeux, et je les donnerai à ton prochain, et il dormira avec elles à la face de ce soleil.
12 For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and before the sun.
Tu as fait cela en cachette, et moi je ferai cotte chose devant tout Israël, et à la face de ce soleil.
13 And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, And the Lord has put away your sin; you shall not die.
Et David dit à Nathan: J'ai péché contre le Seigneur. Et Nathan dit à David: Le Seigneur a ôté ton péché, tu ne mourras point.
14 Only because you have given great occasion of provocation to the enemies of the Lord by this thing, your son also that is born to you shall surely die.
Mais, comme par cette action tu as donné aux ennemis du Seigneur l'occasion de l'irriter, le fils que tu as engendré mourra de mort.
15 And Nathan departed to his house. And the Lord struck the child, which the wife of Urias the Chettite bore to David, and it was ill.
Nathan retourna en sa maison, et le Seigneur frappa le fils que la femme d'Urie l'Hettéen avait enfanté à David, et l'enfant languit.
16 And David enquired of God concerning the child, and David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the ground.
David pria le Seigneur pour son enfant, et David jeûna, et il se tint renfermé, et il passa les nuits couché sur la dure.
17 And the elders of his house arose [and went] to him to raise him up from the ground, but he would not [rise], nor did he eat bread with them.
Et les anciens de sa maison accoururent pour le relever; mais il ne se releva pas, et il ne mangea point avec eux.
18 And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died: and the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive we spoke to him, and he listened not to our voice; and you should we tell him that the child is dead?—so would he do [himself] harm.
Le septième jour, enfin, l'enfant mourut, et les serviteurs de David craignirent de lui annoncer que l'enfant était mort. Car, dirent-ils, nous lui parlions de l'enfant, tandis qu'il vivait, et il ne nous écoutait pas; comment lui dirons-nous que l'enfant est mort? Il fera contre lui-même quelque chose de funeste.
19 And David understood that his servants were whispering, and David perceived that the child was dead: and David said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is dead.
David s'aperçut que ses serviteurs chuchotaient entre eux; il comprit que l'enfant était mort, et il dit à ses serviteurs: L'enfant est-il mort? Il est mort, dirent-ils.
20 Then David rose up from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his raiment, and went into the house of God, and worshipped him; and went into his own house, and called for bread to eat, and they set bread before him and he ate.
Aussitôt, David se releva, se baigna, se parfuma, changea de vêtements, et entra dans la maison du Seigneur; après l'avoir adoré, il revint en sa maison, et demanda qu'on lui servit à manger; on le servit, et il mangea.
21 And his servants said to him, What [is] this thing that you have done concerning the child? while it was yet living you did fast, and weep, and watch: and when the child was dead you did rise up, and did eat bread, and drink.
Ensuite, David consola Bersabée, sa femme: il s'approcha d'elle, il dormit avec elle; elle conçut, et elle enfanta un fils qu'elle nomma Salomon; or, le Seigneur aima cet enfant.
22 And David said, While the child yet lived, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who knows if the Lord will pity me, and the child live?
David répondit: Tant qu'il vivait, je pleurais et je jeûnais; car, qui sait, disais-je, si le Seigneur n'aura pas compassion de moi, et s'il ne laissera pas l'enfant vivre?
23 But now it is dead, why should I fast thus? shall I be able to bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Maintenant, il est mort: à quoi bon jeûner? Est-ce que je pourrais le rappeler? C'est moi qui irai à lui; mais il ne reviendra point à moi.
24 And David comforted Bersabee his wife, and he went in to her, and lay with her; and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his named Solomon, and the Lord loved him.
Ensuite, David consola Bersabée, sa femme: il s'approcha d'elle, il dormit avec elle; elle conçut, et elle enfanta un fils qu'elle nomma Salomon; or, le Seigneur aima cet enfant.
25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jeddedi, for the Lord's sake.
Le Seigneur envoya Nathan le prophète, et celui-ci, de la part du Seigneur, surnomma l'enfant Jeddedi (aimable à Dieu).
26 And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
Cependant, Joab avait investi Rhabbath chez les fils d'Ammon, et il prit la ville royale.
27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbath, and taken the city of waters.
Il envoya des messagers à David, et il dit: J'ai assiégé Rhabbath: j'ai pris la ville des eaux.
28 And now gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, an take it beforehand; lest I take the city first, and my name be called upon it.
Maintenant, rassemble tout le reste du peuple, viens camper devant Rhabbath, et enlève-la, pour que je ne l'enlève pas moi-même; car toute la gloire m'en reviendrait.
29 And David gathered all the people, and went to Rabbath, and fought against it, and took it.
David leva donc tout le peuple; il marcha sur Rhabbath, il donna l'assaut, et il la prit.
30 And he took the crown of Molchom their king from off his head, and the weight of it was a talent of gold, with precious stones, and it was upon the head of David; and he carried forth very much spoil of the city.
Alors, il enleva sur la tête de leur roi Molchom sa couronne, qui pesait un talent d'or, et qui était ornée de pierres précieuses; elle allait à la tête de David. Enfin, il rapporta de cette ville un immense butin.
31 And he brought forth the people that were in it, and put them under the saw, and under iron harrows, and axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus he did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
Il emmena tout le peuple qui l'habitait, et il l'extermina en plaçant les uns sous des scies, sous des herses de fer, sous des cognées de bûcheron; en jetant les autres dans les fours à brique. Il traita de même toutes les villes des fils d'Ammon. Ensuite, David et toute son armée retournèrent à Jérusalem.
