2 Samuel 13
1 Après cela, il arriva qu’Absalom, fils de David, ayant une sœur qui était belle et qui s’appelait Thamar, Amnon, fils de David, l’aima.
David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. Another of David’s sons, Amnon, was attracted to Tamar.
2 Amnon se tourmentait, jusqu’à se rendre malade, au sujet de Thamar, sa sœur; car elle était vierge, et il semblait impossible à Amnon de lui rien faire.
He wanted [to have sex with] [EUP] his half-sister very much, with the result that he made himself sick [thinking about her all the time]. But it was not possible for Amnon to get her, because she was a virgin, [so they kept men away from her].
3 Amnon avait un ami, nommé Jonadab, fils de Sammaa, frère de David, et Jonadab était un homme fort avisé.
But Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, who was the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty/shrewd man.
4 Il lui dit: « Pourquoi es-tu ainsi défait, fils du roi, chaque matin? Ne me l’indiqueras-tu pas? » Amnon lui répondit: « J’aime Thamar, sœur de mon frère Absalom. »
[One day] Jonadab said to Amnon, “You are the king’s son, but every day I see that [RHQ] you seem very depressed/sad. What is your problem?” Amnon replied, “I (am in love/want to sleep) [EUP] with Tamar, my half-brother Absalom’s sister.”
5 Jonadab lui dit: « Mets-toi au lit et fais le malade. Quand ton père viendra te voir, tu lui diras: Permets, je te prie, que Thamar, ma sœur, vienne me donner à manger, et qu’elle prépare le mets sous mes yeux, afin que je le voie, et je mangerai de sa main. »
Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed, and pretend that you are sick. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Allow my half-sister Tamar to come and give me some food to eat. She can prepare the food while I am watching her. Then she can serve it to me herself.’”
6 Amnon se coucha et fit le malade. Le roi vint le voir, et Amnon dit au roi: « Je te prie, que Thamar, ma sœur, vienne faire deux gâteaux sous mes yeux, et que je les mange de sa main. »
So Amnon lay down, and pretended that he was sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, “[I am sick; ] please allow my half-sister Tamar to come and make a couple scones/dumplings for me while I am watching, and then she can serve them to me.”
7 David envoya dire à Thamar dans la maison: « Va à la maison de ton frère Amnon et prépare-lui un mets. »
So David sent a message to Tamar in the palace, saying “Amnon [is sick and he wants you to] go to his house and prepare some food for him.”
8 Thamar alla chez son frère Amnon, qui était couché. Prenant de la pâte, elle la pétrit, la mit en gâteaux sous ses yeux et fit cuire les gâteaux;
So Tamar went to Amnon’s house, where he was lying in bed. She took some dough and kneaded it, and formed it into some scones/dumplings while he was watching her. Then she baked them.
9 elle prit ensuite la poêle et les versa devant lui. Mais il refusa de manger. Amnon dit alors: « Faites sortir d’auprès de moi tout le monde. » Lorsque tous furent sortis d’auprès de lui,
She took them out of the pan and put them [on a plate] in front of him, but he refused to eat them. Then he said to everyone else in the room, “All the rest of you, leave me now!” So all the others left his [room].
10 Amnon dit à Thamar: « Apporte le mets dans l’alcôve, et que je le mange de ta main. » Thamar prit les gâteaux qu’elle avait faits, et les apporta à son frère Amnon dans l’alcôve.
Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into my room and serve it to me.” So Tamar took into his room the scones/dumplings that she had made.
11 Comme elle les lui présentait à manger, il la saisit et lui dit: « Viens, couche avec moi, ma sœur. »
But when she brought them close for him to eat them, he grabbed her and said to her, “Come to bed with me!”
12 Elle lui répondit: « Non, mon frère, ne me déshonore pas, car on n’agit point ainsi en Israël; ne commets pas cette infamie.
She replied, “No, do not force me to do such a disgraceful thing! We never do things like that in Israel! That would be awful/terrible!
13 Moi, où irais-je porter ma honte? Et toi, tu serais comme l’un des infâmes en Israël. Parles-en au roi, je te prie, et il ne refusera pas de me donner à toi. »
As for me, if I did that, I would not be able to [RHQ] endure being disgraced by having done that. And as for you, everyone in Israel would condemn you for having done such a disgraceful deed. So I plead with you, talk to the king. I am sure that he will allow me to marry you.”
14 Mais il ne voulut pas écouter sa voix; plus fort qu’elle, il la violenta et coucha avec elle.
But he would not listen to her. He was stronger than she was, so he forced her to have sex with him.
15 Aussitôt Amnon eut pour elle une très forte aversion, et la haine dont il la haït fut plus forte que l’amour dont il l’avait aimée; et Amnon lui dit: « Lève-toi, va-t-en! »
Then Amnon hated her very much. He hated her much more than he had desired her. He said to her, “Get up and get out of here!”
16 Elle lui répondit: « Au mal que tu m’as fait, n’ajoute pas le mal plus grand encore de me chasser. » Mais, sans vouloir l’écouter,
But she said to him, “No! It would be very wrong for you to send me away. It would be worse than what you just did to me!” But he would not listen to her.
17 il appela le garçon qui le servait et dit: « Jetez cette femme dehors, loin de moi; et ferme la porte derrière elle. »
He summoned his personal servant and said to him, “Take this woman outside, away from me, and lock the door [so that she cannot come in again]!”
18 Or elle avait une robe longue, car c’était le vêtement que portaient les filles du roi encore vierges. Le serviteur d’ Amnon la mit dehors et ferma la porte derrière elle.
So the servant put her outside and locked the door. Tamar was wearing a long robe with long sleeves, which was the clothing that was usually worn by the unmarried daughters of the king at that time.
19 Thamar prit de la poussière et la mit sur sa tête; elle déchira la longue robe qu’elle portait et, mettant la main sur sa tête, elle s’en alla en poussant des cris.
But Tamar tore the long robe that she was wearing, and put ashes on her head [to show that she was very sad]. Then she put her hands on her head [to show that she was grieving], and she went away, crying.
20 Absalom, son frère, lui dit: « Ton frère Amnon a-t-il été avec toi? Maintenant, ma sœur, tais-toi, c’est ton frère; ne prends pas cette affaire à cœur. » Et Thamar demeura, désolée, dans la maison de son frère Absalom.
Her brother Absalom [saw her and] said to her, “Has your half-brother Amnon [DOU] forced you to have sex with him [EUP]? Please, my sister, do not tell anyone, and do not become depressed/sad.” So Tamar went to live in Absalom’s house, and she was very sad and lonely.
21 Lorsque le roi David apprit toutes ces choses, il fut très irrité. —
When King David heard about all that, he became very angry.
22 Absalom n’adressait plus aucune parole, bonne ou mauvaise, à Amnon, car Absalom haïssait Amnon, à cause de l’outrage fait à Thamar, sa sœur.
And Absalom hated Amnon, because he had raped his sister, so he would not speak to Amnon about anything.
23 Deux ans après, Absalom avait les tondeurs à Baal-Hasor, près d’Ephraïm, et Absalom invita tous les fils du roi.
Two years later, Absalom’s servants were shearing sheep at Baal-Hazor, which is near [a town named] Ephraim. [When they finished shearing the sheep, they celebrated], and Absalom invited all the king’s sons [to come and celebrate].
24 Absalom alla trouver le roi et dit: « Voici que ton serviteur a les tondeurs; que le roi et ses domestiques viennent chez ton serviteur. »
Absalom went to the king and said to him, “Sir, my servants have been shearing my sheep. Please come with your officials [to celebrate] with us!”
25 Et le roi dit à Absalom: « Non, mon fils, nous n’irons pas tous, de peur que nous ne te soyons à charge. » Absalom fit des instances, mais le roi ne voulut pas y aller, et il le bénit.
But the king replied, “No, my son, it would not be good for all of us to go, because it would cause you to do a lot of work and spend a lot of money for food.” Absalom continued urging him, but the king would not go. Instead, he said that he hoped/desired that God would bless them [while they celebrated].
26 Alors Absalom dit: « Si tu ne viens pas, permets du moins à Amnon, mon frère, de venir avec nous. » Le roi répondit: « Pourquoi irait-il avec toi? »
Then Absalom said, “If you will not go, please allow my half-brother Amnon to go with us.” But the king replied, “Why [do you want] him to go with you?”
27 Absalom ayant insisté, le roi laissa aller avec lui Amnon et tous les fils du roi.
But Absalom continued to insist, so finally the king permitted Amnon and all David’s other sons to go with Absalom.
28 Absalom donna cet ordre à ses serviteurs: « Faites attention! Quand le cœur d’Amnon sera gavé par le vin et que je vous dirai: Frappez Amnon! vous le tuerez. Ne craignez pas; n’est-ce pas moi qui vous l’ai commandé? Soyez fermes et montrez du courage! »
[So they all went. And at the celebration], Absalom commanded his servants, “Notice when Amnon has become a bit drunk from the wine. Then when I signal to you, kill him. Do not be afraid; you will be doing this [only] because I told you [RHQ] to do it. So be courageous and do it!”
29 Les serviteurs d’Absalom firent à Amnon comme Absalom l’avait ordonné. Et tous les fils du roi se levant, montèrent chacun sur sa mule et s’enfuirent.
So Absalom’s servants did what Absalom told them to do. [They killed Amnon]. All the rest of David’s sons [saw what happened and] fled, riding on their mules.
30 Comme ils étaient encore en chemin, ce bruit arriva à David: « Absalom a tué tous les fils du roi, et il n’en est pas resté un seul. »
While they were on their way home, someone [went quickly and] reported to David, “Absalom has killed all of your other sons; none of them is still alive!”
31 Le roi se leva, déchira ses vêtements et se coucha par terre, et tous ses serviteurs se tenaient là, les vêtements déchirés.
The king stood up, tore his clothes [because he was extremely sad], and then he threw himself down on the ground. All the servants who were there also tore their clothes.
32 Jonadab, fils de Semmaa, frère de David, prit la parole et dit: « Que mon seigneur ne dise point qu’on a tué tous les jeunes gens, fils du roi; Amnon seul est mort. C’est une chose qui était sur les lèvres d’Absalom depuis le jour où Amnon a déshonoré Thamar, sa sœur.
But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, said, “Your Majesty, [I am sure that] they have not killed all your sons. [I am sure that] only Amnon is dead, because Absalom has determined to do this ever since the day that Amnon raped [EUP] his half-sister Tamar.
33 Et maintenant, que le roi mon seigneur ne s’imagine pas que tous les fils du roi sont morts; car Amnon seul est mort. »
So, your majesty, do not believe the report that all your sons are dead. [I am sure that] only Amnon is dead.”
34 Et Absalom prit la fuite. Or le jeune homme placé en sentinelle leva les yeux et regarda, et voici qu’une grande troupe venait par la route occidentale, du côté de la montagne.
In the meantime, Absalom ran away. Just then, the soldier/sentry [who was standing on the city wall] saw a large crowd of people coming down the hill along the road from Horonaim. [He ran and told the king what he had seen].
35 Jonadab dit au roi: « Voici les fils du roi qui arrivent; les choses se sont passées comme le disait ton serviteur. »
Jonadab said to the king, “Aha! What I told you is true. Your other sons [are alive and] have come!”
36 Comme il achevait de parler, les fils du roi arrivèrent et, élevant la voix, ils pleurèrent; le roi aussi et tous ses serviteurs versèrent des larmes abondantes.
And as soon as he said that, David’s sons came in. They all started crying, and David and all his officials also cried very much.
37 Mais Absalom s’enfuit et s’en alla chez Tholomaï, fils d’Ammiud, roi de Gessur. Et David faisait le deuil de son fils tous les jours.
But Absalom had fled. He went to stay with the king of [the] Geshur [region], who was Talmai the son of Ammihud. Absalom stayed there for three years. David mourned for his son Amnon for a long time,
38 Absalom s’enfuit et s’en alla à Gessur, et il y fut trois ans.
39 Et le roi David renonça à poursuivre Absalom, car il s’était consolé de la mort d’Amnon.
but after that, he desired very much to see Absalom, because he was no longer grieving about Amnon being dead.
