1 Chroniques 14
1 Hiram, roi de Tyr, envoya des messagers à David, avec du bois de cèdre, ainsi que des tailleurs de pierres et des charpentiers, pour lui bâtir une maison.
One day Hiram, the king of Tyre [city], sent some messengers to David [to talk about making an agreement between their countries]. Then Hiram sent cedar logs, bricklayers, and carpenters to build a palace for David.
2 Et David reconnut que Yahweh l'affermissait comme roi sur Israël, car son royaume était haut élevé, à cause de son peuple d'Israël.
[When that happened, ] David knew that Yahweh had truly caused him to be the king of Israel, and that he had caused his kingdom to be greatly respected. Yahweh did this because [he loved] his Israeli people.
3 David prit encore des femmes à Jérusalem et il engendra encore des fils et des filles.
David married more women in Jerusalem, and [those women] gave birth to more sons and daughters for him.
4 Voici les noms des enfants qu'il eut à Jérusalem: Samua, Sobad, Nathan, Salomon,
The names of the children that were born to him there in Jerusalem are Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
5 Jébahar, Elisua, Eliphalet,
Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
6 Noga, Népheg, Japhia,
Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
7 Elisama, Baaiada et Eliphalet.
Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
8 Les Philistins apprirent que David avait été oint pour roi sur tout Israël; alors tous les Philistins montèrent pour rechercher David. David l'apprit, et il sortit au-devant d'eux.
When the army of Philistia heard that David has been appointed to be king of all of Israel, they came to capture him. But David heard that they were coming, so he [and his soldiers] marched out to fight against them.
9 Les Philistins, étant venus, se précipitèrent dans la vallée des Rephaïm.
The army of Philistia had attacked the people in the Rephaim Valley [southwest of Jerusalem] and had robbed them.
10 David consulta Dieu, en disant: " Monterai-je contre les Philistins? Les livrerez-vous entre mes mains? " Et Yahweh lui dit: " Monte, et je les livrerai entre tes mains. "
David asked God, “Should [my men and] I go and attack the army of Philistia? [If we go, ] will you enable us to defeat [IDM] them?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, go, and I will enable you to defeat [IDM] them.”
11 Ils montèrent à Baal-Pharasim, et là David les battit. Et David dit: " Dieu a brisé mes ennemis par ma main, comme les eaux brisent les digues. " C'est pourquoi on a donné à ce lieu le nom de Baal-Pharasim.
So David and his men went up to a town where the soldiers of Philistia were staying and defeated them. Then David said, “God has enabled me [and my soldiers] to overwhelm my enemies like [MET] a flood.” So they named that place {That place is called} ‘Baal-Perazim’ [which means ‘Yahweh breaks through’].
12 Ils laissèrent là leurs dieux. Et David dit qu'on les livre au feu.
[As the soldiers of Philistia fled], they left their idols there. So David commanded his soldiers to burn those idols.
13 Les Philistins se précipitèrent de nouveau dans la vallée.
But soon the army of Philistia attacked the people in that valley again.
14 David consulta encore Dieu, et Dieu lui dit: " Ne monte pas après eux; détourne-toi d'eux, et tu arriveras sur eux du coté des balsamiers.
So again David prayed to God [to ask him what he should do], and God replied, saying “Do not attack the army of Philistia from the front. Instead, go around them, and attack them [from the rear] in front of the balsam trees.
15 Quand tu entendras un bruit de pas dans les cimes des balsamiers, alors tu sortiras pour combattre, car Dieu sortira devant toi pour battre l'armée des Philistins. "
When you hear something in the tops of the balsam trees that sounds like [soldiers] marching, attack them. I, God, will have gone ahead of you to enable you to defeat the army of Philistia.”
16 David fit comme Dieu le lui ordonnait, et ils battirent l'armée des Philistins depuis Gabaon jusqu'à Gazer.
So David did what God commanded him to do, and he and his army defeated the army of Philistia, all the way from Gibeon [city in the east] to Gezer [city in the west].
17 La renommée de David se répandit dans tous les pays, et Yahweh le fit craindre à toutes les nations.
So David became famous in all the nearby countries, and Yahweh caused [the leaders of] all the [nearby] nations to be afraid of him.
