2 Chronicles 1
1 David’s son [King] Solomon was able to gain complete control over his kingdom, because Yahweh his God helped him and enabled him to become very powerful.
Salomon, fils de David, s’affermit sur son trône; l’Eternel, son Dieu, était avec lui et l’éleva à un haut rang.
2 [When] David [was king, he had arranged for a new] Sacred Tent [to be] made in Jerusalem. Then David [and the Israeli leaders] had brought God’s Sacred Chest from Kiriath-Jearim [city] to the new Sacred Tent in Jerusalem that he had prepared for it. But [when Solomon became the king, ] the first Sacred Tent was still at Gibeon [city]. That was the tent that Moses, the man who served God [well], had [arranged to be] made in the desert. And the bronze altar that Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, had made was also still in Gibeon, in front of the first Sacred Tent. [One day] Solomon summoned the army commanders of 1,000 soldiers and the commanders of 100 soldiers and the judges and all the other leaders in Israel. He told them to go with him to Gibeon. So they all went to a hill in Gibeon [where the Sacred Tent was], and Solomon and all the others with him worshiped Yahweh there.
Salomon s’adressa à tout Israël, aux chiliarques, aux centurions, aux juges, à tous les princes d’Israël, chefs des familles,
et, accompagné de toute l’assemblée, il se rendit au haut lieu qui était à Gabaon; car là se trouvait la Tente d’assignation de Dieu, construite par Moïse, serviteur de l’Eternel, dans le désert.
Toutefois l’arche de Dieu, David l’avait transférée de Kiryat-Yearim dans la résidence qu’il lui avait aménagée: il avait, en effet, dressé pour elle un pavillon à Jérusalem.
Quant à l’autel de cuivre, qu’avait confectionné Beçalêl, fils d’Ouri, fils de Hour, on l’avait placé devant le Tabernacle du Seigneur; c’est lui, le Seigneur, que Salomon et l’assemblée allèrent rechercher.
6 Then Solomon went up to the bronze altar in front of the Sacred Tent, and he offered 1,000 animals to be [killed and] completely burned [on the altar].
Là, sur cet autel de cuivre, placé devant le Seigneur et faisant partie de la Tente d’assignation, Salomon offrit mille holocaustes.
7 That night God appeared to Solomon [in a dream] and said to him, “Request whatever you want me to give to you.”
Cette même nuit, Dieu apparut à Salomon et lui dit: "Demande: que dois-je te donner?"
8 Solomon replied, “You were very kind to David my father, and now you have appointed me to be the king to succeed him.
Salomon répondit à Dieu: "Tu as témoigné à mon père David une grande faveur, en me permettant de lui succéder.
9 So Yahweh my God, you have caused me to become the king to rule people who are as many as the particles of dirt on the earth. So do what you promised my father David.
Et maintenant, Seigneur Dieu, que se vérifie la promesse faite à mon père David, puisque tu m’as fait régner sur un peuple nombreux comme le sable de la mer.
10 Please enable me to be wise and to know [what I should do], in order that I may rule these people [well], because there is no one who can rule all this great nation of yours [without your help].”
Donne-moi donc de la sagesse et du discernement, afin que je puisse aller et venir à la tête de ce peuple; car autrement, qui pourrait gouverner un peuple aussi considérable que celui-ci?"
11 God replied, “[I am pleased with what] you desire; you have not requested a huge amount of money or to be honored or that your enemies be killed. And you have not requested that you live for a long time. Instead, you have requested that [I enable] you [to] be wise and [to] know [what you should do] in order that you may govern [well] my people whom I have appointed you to rule.
Dieu répondit à Salomon: "Puisque telle a été l’inspiration de ton cœur, que tu n’as demandé ni des richesses, ni des trésors, ni des honneurs, ni la vie de tes ennemis, ni de longs jours, que tu as seulement demandé pour toi de la sagesse et du discernement pour gouverner mon peuple, sur lequel je t’ai fait régner,
12 Therefore I will enable you to be wise and to know [what you should do to rule my people well]. But I will also enable you to have a huge amount of money and to be honored, more than anyone who was previously a king ever was honored, more than anyone who later becomes king will be honored.”
la sagesse et le discernement te sont accordés; et je te donnerai par surcroît des richesses, des trésors et de la gloire, tels que n’en ont eus les rois qui t’ont précédé et que n’en aura personne après toi."
13 Then Solomon [and the people who were with him all] left from being in front of he Sacred Tent [on the hill in Gibeon], and they returned to Jerusalem. From there he ruled the Israeli people.
Puis, Salomon, s’éloignant du haut lieu de Gabaon, situé devant la Tente d’assignation, revint à Jérusalem et exerça sa royauté sur Israël.
14 Solomon acquired 1,400 chariots and 12,000 men who rode [on horses]. He put some of the chariots and horses in Jerusalem, and put some of them in various other cities.
Salomon eut une collection de chars et de cavaliers, quatorze cents chars, douze mille cavaliers, les fit stationner dans les dépôts de chars et en garda près de lui à Jérusalem.
15 During the years that Solomon was king, silver and gold were as common in Jerusalem as stones, and [lumber from] cedar trees were as plentiful as [lumber from] ordinary sycamore trees in the foothills.
Le roi rendit l’argent et l’or à Jérusalem aussi communs que les pierres, et les cèdres aussi nombreux que les sycomores dans la Plaine.
16 Solomon’s horses were imported/brought from Egypt and from [the] Kue [region in Turkey].
C’Était de l’Egypte que provenaient les chevaux de Salomon; un groupe de marchands, sujets du roi, les acquéraient en masse à prix d’argent.
17 In Egypt his men paid 15 pounds of silver for each chariot and 3-3/4 pounds of silver for each horse. They also exported/sold many of them to the kings of the Heth and Aram people-groups.
Tout attelage qu’ils exportaient et amenaient d’Egypte revenait à six cents pièces d’argent, et un cheval à cent cinquante. C’Est dans les mêmes conditions qu’ils les exportaient personnellement pour tous les rois des Héthéens et pour les rois d’Aram.
