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.
Et Salomon, fils de David, s'affermit sur son trône; le Seigneur Dieu était avec lui, et il l'éleva au comble des grandeurs.
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.
Et Salomon parla à tout Israël, aux commandants de mille hommes, aux centeniers, aux juges, à tous les princes d'Israël et aux princes de sa famille.
Et il alla avec toute l'Église au lieu haut de Gabaon, où était le tabernacle du témoignage de Dieu, que Moïse serviteur de Dieu avait fait dans le désert.
Quant à l'arche de Dieu, David l'avait retirée de Cariathiarim, parce qu'il lui avait préparé et dressé un tabernacle à Jérusalem.
Mais l'autel d'airain qu'avait fait Béséléel, fils d'Urias, fils de Hur, était à Gabaon devant le tabernacle du Seigneur, et c'est là que Salomon avec toute l'Église alla interroger Dieu.
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].
Et Salomon sacrifia sur l'autel d'airain devant le tabernacle du Seigneur; il y offrit un holocauste de mille victimes.
7 That night God appeared to Solomon [in a dream] and said to him, “Request whatever you want me to give to you.”
En cette nuit-là, le Seigneur apparut à Salomon, et il 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.
Et Salomon dit à Dieu: Vous avez usé d'une grande miséricorde envers David, mon père, et vous m'avez 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.
Et maintenant, Seigneur Dieu, que votre nom soit engagé en faveur de David, mon père. Car, vous m'avez proclamé roi d'un peuple aussi nombreux que la poussière des champs.
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].”
Donnez-moi la sagesse et l'intelligence, pour que je puisse bien agir devant ce peuple; car, qui jugera votre 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.
Et Dieu dit à Salomon: En récompense de ce que cela était en ton cœur, et que tu ne m'as demandé ni richesses, ni gloire, ni la mort de tes ennemis, ni de longs jours, mais que tu m'as demandé la sagesse et l'intelligence, afin de juger mon peuple sur qui 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.”
Je te donne la sagesse et l'intelligence, et je te donnerai la richesse et la gloire, tellement que ton pareil n'a pas existé parmi les rois qui t'ont devancé, et n'existera pas parmi ceux qui te succèderont.
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 s'en alla du haut lieu de Gabaon où était le tabernacle du témoignage, pour retourner 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.
Ensuite, Salomon rassembla ses chars et ses cavaliers; il eut quatorze cents chars et douze mille cavaliers; il laissa les chars dans les villes, mais la troupe demeura avec le 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.
Et le roi rendit à Jérusalem l'argent et l'or aussi communs que les pierres, et les cèdres en Judée aussi nombreux que les mûriers dans les champs.
16 Solomon’s horses were imported/brought from Egypt and from [the] Kue [region in Turkey].
Salomon tirait des chevaux de l'Égypte; des marchands partaient par ses ordres, ayant été chargés de les lui acheter,
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.
Et ils revenaient, et ils ramenaient de l'Égypte: un char moyennant six cents sicles d'argent; un cheval moyennant cent cinquante sicles. Et il en était de même pour ce qu'ils achetaient des rois des Hettéens ou de la Syrie.
