2 Chronicles 8
1 Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
Et vingt ans s'étant écoulés depuis que Salomon eut bâti le Temple de l'Éternel et son palais,
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 fortifia les villes données par Huram à Salomon, et les peupla d'enfants d'Israël.
3 Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
Et Salomon marcha contre Hamath en Tsoba 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.
Et il bâtit Thadmor au Désert et toutes les villes des magasins qu'il construisit en Hamath.
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].
Et il fortifia Bethoron la haute et Bethoron la basse, places fortes, de murs, de portes et de verrous,
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.
et Baalath et toutes les villes à magasins qu'avait Salomon, et toutes les villes aux chars et les villes à cavalerie et tous les lieux de plaisance qu'il plut à Salomon de construire à Jérusalem et au Liban et dans tout le pays de 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.
Quant à toute la population restée des Héthiens et des Amorites et des Périziens et des Hévites et des Jébusites, qui n'étaient pas des enfants 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.
sur leurs fils qui étaient restés après eux dans le pays, et que les enfants d'Israël n'avaient pas détruits, Salomon en fit une levée pour la corvée, comme c'est aujourd'hui.
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 des enfants d'Israël Salomon ne fit point de serfs pour ses travaux, car ils étaient les gens de guerre et les chefs de ses triaires et les chefs 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.
Et les surintendants du roi Salomon étaient au nombre de deux cent cinquante régissant le 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.”
Et Salomon fit monter la fille de Pharaon de la Cité de David au palais qu'il lui avait bâti, car il disait: Je ne veux pas que femme habite de par moi le palais de David, roi d'Israël, car sacrés sont les lieux où est entrée l'Arche de l'Éternel.
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 des holocaustes à l'Éternel sur l'autel de l'Éternel qu'il avait érigé devant le vestibule,
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.
et il offrait l'ordinaire quotidien selon l'ordre de Moïse pour les sabbats, les nouvelles lunes et les fêtes, trois fois l'année, à la fête des azymes, et à la fête des semaines et à la fête des huttes.
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.
Et il établit selon la règle de David, son père, les classes des Prêtres pour leur service, et les Lévites dans leurs fonctions pour rendre grâces et officier devant les Prêtres à l'ordinaire quotidien, et les portiers selon leurs classes à chaque porte, car tel était l'ordre de 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.
Et l'on ne s'écarta point de l'ordonnance du roi pour les Prêtres et les Lévites relativement à chaque point et relativement aux 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.
Et ainsi fut organisée toute l'œuvre de Salomon jusqu'au jour de la fondation du Temple de l'Éternel et jusqu'à son achèvement, à la complète construction du Temple de l'Éternel.
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.
Alors Salomon se rendit à Etsion-Géber et à Eloth sur le bord de la mer au 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 Huram lui envoya par ses serviteurs des navires et des serviteurs connaissant la mer, et ils vinrent avec les serviteurs de Salomon à Ophir d'où ils rapportèrent quatre cent cinquante talents d'or qu'ils présentèrent au roi Salomon.
