1 Chronicles 14
1 One day Hiram, the king of Tyre [city], sent some messengers to David [to talk about making an agreement between their countries]. Then Hiram sent cedar logs, bricklayers, and carpenters to build a palace for David.
Et Hiram, roi de Tyr, envoya des messagers à David, et des bois de cèdre, et des maçons, et des charpentiers, pour lui bâtir une maison.
2 [When that happened, ] David knew that Yahweh had truly caused him to be the king of Israel, and that he had caused his kingdom to be greatly respected. Yahweh did this because [he loved] his Israeli people.
Et David connut que l’Éternel l’avait établi roi sur Israël, car son royaume était haut élevé à cause de son peuple Israël.
3 David married more women in Jerusalem, and [those women] gave birth to more sons and daughters for him.
Et David prit encore des femmes à Jérusalem, et David engendra encore des fils et des filles.
4 The names of the children that were born to him there in Jerusalem are Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
Et ce sont ici les noms des enfants qu’il eut à Jérusalem: Shammua, et Shobab, Nathan, et Salomon,
5 Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
et Jibkhar, et Élishua, et Elpéleth,
6 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
et Nogah, et Népheg, et Japhia,
7 Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
et Élishama, et Beéliada, et Éliphéleth.
8 When the army of Philistia heard that David has been appointed to be king of all of Israel, they came to capture him. But David heard that they were coming, so he [and his soldiers] marched out to fight against them.
Et les Philistins apprirent que David avait été oint pour roi sur tout Israël, et tous les Philistins montèrent pour chercher David; et David l’apprit, et sortit au-devant d’eux.
9 The army of Philistia had attacked the people in the Rephaim Valley [southwest of Jerusalem] and had robbed them.
Et les Philistins vinrent et se répandirent dans la vallée des Rephaïm.
10 David asked God, “Should [my men and] I go and attack the army of Philistia? [If we go, ] will you enable us to defeat [IDM] them?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, go, and I will enable you to defeat [IDM] them.”
Et David interrogea Dieu, disant: Monterai-je contre les Philistins, et les livreras-tu en ma main? Et l’Éternel lui dit: Monte, et je les livrerai en ta main.
11 So David and his men went up to a town where the soldiers of Philistia were staying and defeated them. Then David said, “God has enabled me [and my soldiers] to overwhelm my enemies like [MET] a flood.” So they named that place {That place is called} ‘Baal-Perazim’ [which means ‘Yahweh breaks through’].
Et ils montèrent à Baal-Peratsim, et là David les frappa; et David dit: Dieu a fait une brèche au milieu de mes ennemis par ma main, comme une brèche faite par les eaux; c’est pourquoi on appela le nom de ce lieu Baal-Peratsim.
12 [As the soldiers of Philistia fled], they left their idols there. So David commanded his soldiers to burn those idols.
Et ils laissèrent là leurs dieux, et David commanda qu’on les brûle au feu.
13 But soon the army of Philistia attacked the people in that valley again.
Et les Philistins se répandirent encore de nouveau dans la vallée.
14 So again David prayed to God [to ask him what he should do], and God replied, saying “Do not attack the army of Philistia from the front. Instead, go around them, and attack them [from the rear] in front of the balsam trees.
Et David interrogea encore Dieu; et Dieu lui dit: Tu ne monteras pas après eux; tourne autour d’eux, et tu viendras contre eux vis-à-vis des mûriers;
15 When you hear something in the tops of the balsam trees that sounds like [soldiers] marching, attack them. I, God, will have gone ahead of you to enable you to defeat the army of Philistia.”
et aussitôt que tu entendras sur le sommet des mûriers un bruit de gens qui marchent, alors tu sortiras pour la bataille, car Dieu sera sorti devant toi pour frapper l’armée des Philistins.
16 So David did what God commanded him to do, and he and his army defeated the army of Philistia, all the way from Gibeon [city in the east] to Gezer [city in the west].
Et David fit comme Dieu lui avait commandé; et ils frappèrent l’armée des Philistins depuis Gabaon jusque vers Guézer.
17 So David became famous in all the nearby countries, and Yahweh caused [the leaders of] all the [nearby] nations to be afraid of him.
Et le nom de David se répandit dans tous les pays; et l’Éternel mit la frayeur [de David] sur toutes les nations.
