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, était fermement établi dans son royaume. Yahvé, son Dieu, était avec lui et l'a rendu extrêmement grand.
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 parla à tout Israël, aux chefs de milliers et de centaines, aux juges, à tous les princes de tout Israël, aux chefs de famille.
Puis Salomon, et toute l'assemblée avec lui, se rendit sur le haut lieu qui était à Gabaon, car c'était là que se trouvait la tente de la Rencontre de Dieu, que Moïse, serviteur de Yahvé, avait construite dans le désert.
Et David avait fait monter l'arche de Dieu de Kiriath Jearim au lieu que David avait préparé pour elle, car il avait dressé une tente pour elle à Jérusalem.
L'autel d'airain que Betsaleel, fils d'Uri, fils de Hur, avait fait, était là, devant la tente de Yahvé; et Salomon et l'assemblée y consultaient.
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].
Salomon monta là à l'autel d'airain devant Yahvé, qui était à la tente d'assignation, et il y 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 nuit-là, Dieu apparut à Salomon et lui dit: « Demande ce que tu veux que je te donne. »
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 dit à Dieu: « Tu as fait preuve d'une grande bonté envers David, mon père, et tu m'as fait roi à sa place.
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.
Maintenant, Yahvé Dieu, que ta promesse à David, mon père, s'accomplisse, car tu m'as établi roi sur un peuple nombreux comme la poussière de la terre.
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].”
Maintenant, donne-moi la sagesse et la connaissance, afin que je puisse sortir et entrer devant ce peuple; car qui peut juger ton grand peuple? »
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 dit à Salomon: « Parce que cela était dans ton cœur, et que tu n'as pas demandé des richesses, des biens, des honneurs, ni la vie de ceux qui te haïssent, ni même une longue vie, mais que tu as demandé la sagesse et la connaissance pour toi-même, afin de pouvoir juger mon peuple, sur lequel je t'ai établi roi,
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 la connaissance te sont accordées. Je te donnerai des richesses, des biens et des honneurs, tels qu'aucun des rois qui ont été avant toi n'en a eu, et qu'aucun n'en aura 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.
Et Salomon quitta le haut lieu qui était à Gabaon, devant la tente de la Rencontre, pour venir à Jérusalem, et il régna 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 rassembla des chars et des cavaliers. Il avait mille quatre cents chars et douze mille cavaliers qu'il plaça dans les villes de chars et auprès du roi 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 aussi communs que les pierres à Jérusalem, et il rendit les cèdres aussi communs que les sycomores qui sont dans la plaine.
16 Solomon’s horses were imported/brought from Egypt and from [the] Kue [region in Turkey].
Les chevaux que possédait Salomon avaient été amenés d'Égypte et de Kué. Les marchands du roi les achetaient à Kué.
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.
Ils importèrent d'Égypte puis exportèrent un char pour six cents pièces d'argent et un cheval pour cent cinquante. Ils les exportèrent aussi aux rois hittites et aux rois syriens.
