2 Samuel 16
1 When David [and the others] had gone a little way past the top of the hill, Mephibosheth’s servant Ziba met him. He had with him two donkeys that were carrying 200 loaves of bread, 100 bunches/clusters of raisins, 100 bunches of fresh fruit, and a leather bag full of wine.
Et David s'était un peu avancé au delà du sommet, lorsque voilà que Tsiba, valet de Mephiboseth, arrive à sa rencontre avec une couple d'ânes sellés et chargés de deux cents pains et de cent gâteaux de raisins secs et de cent bols de figues et d'une outre de vin.
2 The king said to Ziba, “What are these for?” Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for your family to ride on, the bread and the fruit are for your soldiers to eat, and the wine is for them to drink when they become exhausted in the desert.”
Et le Roi dit à Tsiba: Que veux-tu faire de cela? Et Tsiba dit: Les ânes serviront de montures à la maison du Roi, et le pain et les figues, d'aliments aux valets, et le vin, de breuvage, dans le désert, aux altérés.
3 The king said, “Where is Mephibosheth, the grandson of your [former] master [Saul]?” Ziba [deceived David by] saying, “He stayed in Jerusalem, because he thinks that now the Israeli people will allow him to rule the kingdom that his grandfather Saul ruled.”
Et le Roi dit: Et où est le fils de ton maître? Et Tsiba dit au Roi: il se tient à Jérusalem, car il s'est dit: Aujourd'hui la maison d'Israël va me restituer le royaume de mon père.
4 The king said to Ziba, “Okay, everything that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” Ziba replied, “Your Majesty, I will humbly serve you; and I desire/hope that you will always be pleased with me.”
Et le Roi dit à Tsiba: Voici, tout ce que possède Mephiboseth, est à toi. Et Tsiba dit: Je m'incline! Puissé-je trouver grâce à tes yeux, Seigneur Roi!
5 When King David [and those with him] arrived at Bahurim [town], a man named Shimei met him. Shimei, whose father was Gera, was one of Saul’s relatives. Shimei was cursing David as he approached.
Et le Roi David ayant atteint Bahurim, voilà que en sortit un homme issu de la souche de la maison de Saül; et il se nommait Siméï, fils de Géra; il s'avança et maudit
6 Then he threw stones at David and his officials, even though the officials and David’s bodyguards surrounded David.
et assaillit David à coups de pierres, tandis que tous les serviteurs du Roi David et toute la troupe et tous les braves étaient à sa droite et à sa gauche.
7 Shimei cursed David and said to him, “Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!
Et ainsi parlait Siméï en maudissant: Pars, pars, homme sanguinaire, homme de rien!
8 Yahweh is (getting revenge on/punishing) you all for murdering [MTY] many people in Saul’s family. And now he is giving Saul’s kingdom to your son Absalom. You murderer, you are being paid back for the many people that you have killed/murdered [MTY]!”
l'Éternel reverse sur toi tout le sang de la maison de Saül de qui tu as usurpé la souveraineté, et Il met la royauté dans la main d'Absalom, ton fils, et te voilà dans ton malheur, parce que tu es un homme sanguinaire.
9 Then Abishai said to the king, “Your Majesty, this man is [as worthless as] [MET] a dead dog! (Why should he be allowed to curse you?/He should not be allowed to curse you.) [RHQ] Allow me to go over there and cut off his head!”
Alors Abisaï, fils de Tseruïa, dit au Roi: Pourquoi faut-il que ce chien mort maudisse mon Seigneur le Roi? Laisse-moi donc aller lui détacher la tête!
10 But the king replied, “You two sons of Zeruiah, (do not tell me what to do/this does not concern you) [RHQ]. If he is cursing me because Yahweh told him to do that, certainly no one should say ‘(Why are you doing that?/You should not be doing that.) [RHQ]’”
Mais le Roi dit: Quel rapport ai-je avec vous, fils de Tseruïa? il n'a qu'à maudire! car c'est l'Éternel qui lui a dit: Maudis David! Et qui osera dire: Pourquoi en agis-Tu ainsi?
11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his officials, “You know that my own son is trying to kill me. So [it is not surprising that] this man from the tribe of Benjamin is also trying to kill me. So ignore him, and allow him to curse me, because [perhaps he thinks that] Yahweh told him to do that.
Et David dit à Abisaï et à tous ses serviteurs: Voilà que mon fils, qui est sorti de mes entrailles, attente à ma vie! A plus forte raison ce Benjaminite. Laissez-le et qu'il maudisse!
12 Perhaps Yahweh will see that I am having all this trouble, and [some day he will repay me by] (blessing/doing good things for) me in return for this man cursing me today.”
Car l'Éternel le lui a dit. Peut-être l'Éternel considérant ma misère, me dispensera-t-Il aujourd'hui le bien en retour de ses malédictions.
13 Then David and those who were with him walked along the road, and Shimei continued walking along the hillside near him. While he walked along, he cursed David and threw stones and dirt at him.
Et David et ses hommes continuèrent leur marche; mais Siméï suivit le flanc de la montagne en regard de lui, et en cheminant il maudissait et l'assaillait à coups de pierres et soulevait la poussière.
14 When David and those who were with him arrived at the Jordan [River], they were very tired. So they rested there.
Et le Roi et toute la troupe qui l'accompagnait, atteignirent Hajephim (les Lassitudes) et là il reprit haleine.
15 While that was happening, Absalom and all the Israeli people who were with him had arrived in Jerusalem. Ahithophel had also arrived there.
Or Absalom et toute la troupe des hommes d'Israël entrèrent dans Jérusalem, et Achitophel avec lui.
16 When David’s friend Hushai came to Absalom, he said to Absalom, “I desire/hope that the king will live a long time! May you live for many years!”
Et lorsque Husaï d'Erech, ami de David, se présenta chez Absalom, Husaï dit à Absalom: Vive le Roi! Vive le Roi!
17 Absalom said to Hushai, “You have been loyal [RHQ] to your friend [David for a long time]. So why did you not go with him [instead of coming to me]?”
Et Absalom dit à Husaï: Telle étant ton affection pour ton ami, pourquoi n'as-tu pas accompagné ton ami?
18 Hushai replied, “I will serve the one whom Yahweh and these people and all the other people of Israel have chosen [to be their king]. So I will stay with you.
Et Husaï dit à Absalom: Non, parce que c'est à celui qu'a choisi l'Éternel et ce peuple et tout Israël, que je veux être, et auprès de lui que je resterai.
19 You are my master [King David’s] son; if I do not serve you, what other man should I serve [RHQ]? I will serve you as I served your father.”
Et en second lieu au service de qui entrerai-je? n'est-ce pas à celui de son fils? De même que j'ai servi chez ton père, de même je servirai chez toi.
20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “What do you advise that we should do?”
Et Absalom dit à Achitophel: Avisez-vous de ce que nous avons à faire!
21 Ahithophel replied, “Your father left some of his slave wives in the palace to take care of it. Have sex [EUP] with them. When everyone in Israel hears that you have done that, they will realize that you are acting very contemptuously toward your father. Then all those who are with you will be very encouraged.”
Et Achitophel dit à Absalom: Habite avec les concubines de ton père, laissées par lui pour garder la maison; et tout Israël comprendra que tu es en mauvaise odeur auprès de ton père, et tous les hommes de ton bord en auront les mains plus fortes.
22 So they set up a tent for Absalom on the roof [of the palace]. And Absalom went into the tent and had sex [EUP] with his father’s slave wives, [one by one, ] and everyone [HYP] could see [him going into the tent].
Alors on dressa pour Absalom le pavillon de David sur la terrasse, et Absalom habita avec les concubines de son père à la face de tout Israël.
23 In those days, people accepted what Ahithophel recommended as though he were speaking the words of God. So just as David had always accepted what Ahithophel said, now Absalom did also.
Or les conseils que donnait Achitophel à cette époque avaient autant de crédit que la parole de Dieu consultée; tel était le crédit de tout conseil d'Achitophel et auprès de David et auprès d'Absalom.
