2 Chronicles 8
1 Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
Au bout de vingt ans, quand Salomon eut bâti la maison de Yahweh et sa propre maison,
2 Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
il reconstruisit les villes que lui avait données Hiram, et y établit des enfants d’Israël.
3 Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
Salomon marcha contre Emath-Soba, et s’en empara.
4 His workers also rebuilt walls around Tadmor [town] in the desert, and in [the] Hamath [region] in all the towns where they kept supplies.
Il bâtit Thadmor dans le désert et toutes les villes servant de magasins qu’il bâtit dans le pays d’Emath.
5 They rebuilt Upper Beth-Horon [town] and Lower Beth-Horon [city], and built walls around them with gates [in the walls] and bars [to fasten the gates].
Il bâtit Béthoron la haute et Béthoron la basse, villes fortes, ayant des murs, des portes et des barres;
6 They also rebuilt Baalath [town] and all the cities where supplies were kept and the cities where Solomon’s chariots and horses were kept. Solomon’s [workers] built whatever he wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area that he ruled.
Baalath, et toutes les villes servant de magasins qui appartenaient à Salomon, toutes les villes pour les chars, les villes pour la cavalerie, et tout ce qu’il plut à Salomon de bâtir à Jérusalem, au Liban et dans tout le pays soumis à sa domination.
7 Solomon forced people from many other groups who were not Israelis to work for him like slaves. They were people from the Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups.
Tout le peuple, qui était resté des Hittites, des Amorrhéens, des Phérézéens, des Hévéens et des Jébuséens, ne faisant pas partie d’Israël,
8 They were descendants of groups whom the Israelis had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his slaves, and they are still slaves.
savoir, leurs descendants, qui étaient restés après eux dans le pays et que n’avaient pas détruits les enfants d’Israël, Salomon les leva comme gens de corvée, ce qu’ils ont été jusqu’à ce jour.
9 But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
Mais Salomon ne fit esclave pour ses travaux aucun des enfants d’Israël, car ils étaient des hommes de guerre, les chefs de ses officiers, les commandants de ses chars et de sa cavalerie.
10 They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
Les chefs des inspecteurs du roi Salomon étaient au nombre de deux cent cinquante, chargés de commander au peuple.
11 Solomon moved his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt, from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the place that his workers had built for her. He said, “I do not want my wife to live in the palace that [my father] King David’s workers built, because the Sacred Chest [was in that palace for a while], and any place where the Sacred Chest has been is holy.”
Salomon fit monter la fille de Pharaon de la cité de David dans la maison qu’il lui avait bâtie; car il dit: « Ma femme n’habitera pas dans la maison de David, roi d’Israël, parce que ces lieux sont saints, dans lesquels est entrée l’arche de Dieu. »
12 On the altar that Solomon’s [workers] had built in front of the entrance [to the temple], Solomon sacrificed many offerings that were to be completely burned.
Alors Salomon offrit à Yahweh des holocaustes sur l’autel de Yahweh, qu’il avait construit devant le portique,
13 He did that to obey the rules about what sacrifices Moses had declared should be made. These included sacrifices for every day and for the Sabbath days and to celebrate each day on which there was a new moon and for the three other festivals that were celebrated each year. Those festivals were the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.
offrant chaque jour ce qui était prescrit par Moïse, ainsi qu’aux sabbats, aux nouvelles lunes et aux fêtes, trois fois l’année, à la fête des azymes, à la fête des semaines et à la fête des tabernacles.
14 Obeying what his father David had commanded, he appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates, because that was also what David, the man who pleased God [very well], had commanded.
Il établit, selon que l’avait réglé David, son père, les classes des prêtres dans leur service, les lévites dans leurs fonctions pour célébrer Yahweh et faire le service devant les prêtres selon l’ordre de chaque jour, et les portiers selon leurs classes, pour chaque porte; car ainsi l’avait ordonné David, homme de Dieu.
15 The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
On ne s’écarta pas des prescriptions du roi au sujet des prêtres et des lévites, quel qu’en fût l’objet, et spécialement en ce qui concernait les trésors.
16 They did all the work [of building the temple] that Solomon told them to do, until it was all completed. So they finishing building the temple.
Ainsi fut préparée toute l’œuvre de Salomon, jusqu’au jour de la fondation de la maison de Yahweh et jusqu’à son achèvement. La maison de Yahweh fut achevée.
17 Then some of Solomon’s men went to Ezion-Geber and Elath [cities] on the coast of the Red Sea, an area that belonged to the Edom people-group.
Salomon partit alors pour Asiongaber et pour Ailath, sur les bords de la mer, dans le pays d’Edom.
18 King Hiram sent to Solomon from [Tyre city] some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon’s men to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back about 17 tons of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
Et Hiram lui envoya par ses serviteurs des vaisseaux et des serviteurs connaissant la mer. Ils allèrent avec les serviteurs de Salomon à Ophir, et ils y prirent quatre cent cinquante talents d’or, qu’ils apportèrent au roi Salomon.
