< 2 Samuel 24 >

1 La colère de Yahweh s’enflamma de nouveau contre Israël, et il excita David contre eux, en disant: « Va, fais le dénombrement d’Israël et de Juda. »
Yahweh was angry with the Israeli people again, so he incited David to cause trouble for them. He said to David, “Send [some men] to count the people of Israel and Judah.”
2 Le roi dit à Joab, chef de l’armée, qui était avec lui: « Parcours donc toutes les tribus d’Israël, depuis Dan jusqu’à Bersabée; faites le dénombrement du peuple, afin que je sache le chiffre du peuple. »
So the king said to Joab, the commander of his army, “Go [with your officers] through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan [city in the far north] to Beersheba [town in the far south], and count the people, in order that I may know how many people [there are who are able to be soldiers in the army].”
3 Joab dit au roi: « Que Yahweh ton Dieu ajoute au peuple cent fois ce qu’il y en a, et que les yeux du roi mon seigneur le voient! Mais pourquoi le roi mon seigneur met-il son plaisir à faire cela? »
But Joab replied to the king, “Your Majesty, I wish/desire that Yahweh our God will cause there to be 100 times as many people [in Israel] as there are now, and I wish/desire that you would see that happen [before you die]. But why do you want us to do this?”
4 Mais la parole du roi prévalut contre Joab, et sur les chefs de l’armée; et Joab et les chefs de l’armée partirent de devant le roi pour faire le dénombrement du peuple d’Israël.
But the king commanded Joab and his officers to do it. So they left the king and went out to count the people of Israel.
5 Ayant passé le Jourdain, ils campèrent à Aroër, à droite de la ville, qui est au milieu de la vallée de Gad, puis à Jazer.
They crossed the Jordan [River] and set up their tents south of Aroer [town], in the middle of the valley, in the territory [that was given to the tribe] of Gad. From there they went [north] to Jazer [city]
6 Ils vinrent en Galaad et dans le pays de Thachthim-Hodsi; puis ils vinrent à Dan-Jaan et aux environs de Sidon.
Then they went [north] to [the] Gilead [region] and to Kadesh [city], in the land where the Heth people-group lived. Then they went to Dan [city in the far north of Israel], and then further west, to Sidon [city near the Mediterranean Sea].
7 Ils vinrent à la place forte de Tyr et dans toutes les villes des Hévéens et des Chananéens, ils aboutirent au Négeb de Juda, à Bersabée.
Then they went [south] to Tyre, a city with high walls around it, and to all the cities where the Hiv and Canaan people-groups live. Then they went [east] to Beersheba, in the southern part of Judah.
8 Lorsqu’ils eurent ainsi parcouru tout le pays, ils revinrent à Jérusalem au bout de neuf mois et vingt jours.
After nine months and 20 days, when they had finished going throughout the land [and counting the people], they returned to Jerusalem.
9 Joab remit au roi le rôle du dénombrement du peuple: il y avait en Israël huit cent mille hommes de guerre tirant l’épée, et en Juda cinq cent mille hommes.
They reported to the king the number of people that they had counted. There were 800,000 men in Israel and 500,000 men in Judah who were able to become soldiers in the army [MTY].
10 David sentit battre son cœur après qu’il eut compté le peuple, et David dit à Yahweh: « J’ai commis un grand péché en ce que j’ai fait! Maintenant, ô Yahweh, ôtez, je vous prie, l’iniquité de votre serviteur, car j’ai tout à fait agi en insensé. »
But after David’s men had counted the people, David regretted [IDM] that he had told them to do that. [One night] he said to Yahweh, “I have committed a very big sin. Please forgive me, because what I have done is very foolish.”
11 Le lendemain, quand David se leva, la parole de Yahweh fut adressée à Gad, le prophète, le voyant de David, en ces termes:
When David got up the next morning, Yahweh gave a message to the prophet Gad. He said to him,
12 « Va dire à David: Ainsi parle Yahweh: Je mets devant toi trois choses; choisis-en une, et je te la ferai. »
“Go and tell this to David: ‘I am allowing you to choose one of three things [to punish you]. I will do whichever one you choose.’”
13 Gad vint vers David et lui fit connaître la parole de Yahweh, et lui dit: « Une famine de sept années viendra-t-elle dans ton pays, ou bien fuiras-tu trois mois devant tes ennemis qui te poursuivront, ou bien y aura-t-il une peste de trois jours dans ton pays? Maintenant, sache et vois ce que je dois répondre à celui qui m’envoie. »
So Gad went to David and told him [what Yahweh had said]. He said to David, “You can choose whether there will be three years of famine in your land, or three months of your [army] running away from your enemies, or three days when there will be a (plague/very severe illness) in your land. You think about it and choose [which one you want, and tell me], and I will return to Yahweh and tell him what your answer is.”
14 David répondit à Gad: « Je suis dans une cruelle angoisse. Ah! Tombons entre les mains de Yahweh, car ses miséricordes sont grandes; mais que je ne tombe pas entre les mains des hommes! »
David said to Gad, “All those are very terrible things for me to choose between! But allow Yahweh to punish [MTY] me, because he is very merciful. Do not allow humans to punish me, [because they will not be merciful].”
15 Et Yahweh envoya une peste en Israël depuis le matin de ce jour jusqu’au temps fixé; et il mourut, de Dan à Bersabée, soixante-dix mille hommes parmi le peuple.
So Yahweh sent a plague on the Israeli people. It started that morning and did not stop until the time that he had chosen/set. All over the land, from Dan to Beersheba, there were 70,000 Israelis who died [because of the plague].
16 L’ange étendait la main sur Jérusalem pour la détruire. Et Yahweh se repentit de ce mal, et il dit à l’ange qui faisait périr le peuple: « Assez! retire maintenant ta main. » L’ange de Yahweh se tenait près de l’aire d’Areuna, le Jébuséen.
When [Yahweh’s] angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy [the people by this plague], Yahweh changed his mind about punishing [any more] people. He said to the angel who was killing them [with the plague], “Stop what you are doing [IDM]! That is enough!” [When he said that, ] the angel was standing at the ground where Araunah, from the Jebus people-group, threshed grain.
17 À la vue de l’ange qui frappait le peuple, David dit à Yahweh: « Voici, c’est moi qui ai péché, c’est moi qui suis coupable; mais celles-là, ces brebis, qu’ont-elles fait? Que ta main soit donc sur moi et sur la maison de mon père! »
When David saw the angel who was causing the people to become sick and die, he said to Yahweh, “Truly, I am the one who has committed the sin. I have done a very wicked thing, but these people are [as innocent as] sheep [MET]. They have certainly not [RHQ] done anything [that is wrong]. So you should punish [IDM] me and my family, [not these people]!”
18 Ce jour-là, Gad vint auprès de David et lui dit: « Monte et élève à Yahweh un autel sur l’aire d’Areuna, le Jébuséen. »
That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up to the place where Araunah threshes grain, and build an altar to [worship] Yahweh there.”
19 David monta, selon la parole de Gad, comme Yahweh l’avait ordonné.
So David did what Gad told him to do, which was what Yahweh had commanded, [and he went up there].
20 Areuna, ayant regardé, vit le roi et ses serviteurs qui se dirigeaient vers lui;
When Araunah looked down and saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he prostrated himself on the ground in front of the king, with his face touching the ground.
21 Areuna sortit et se prosterna devant le roi, le visage contre terre, en disant: « Pourquoi mon seigneur le roi vient-il vers son serviteur? » Et David répondit: « Pour acheter de toi cette aire afin de bâtir un autel à Yahweh, pour que la plaie se retire de dessus le peuple. »
Araunah said, “Your Majesty, why have you come to me?” David replied, “[I have come] to buy this ground where you thresh grain, in order to build an altar to Yahweh [and offer sacrifices on it], in order that he will stop the plague.”
22 Areuna dit à David: « Que mon seigneur le roi prenne l’ aire et qu’il offre en sacrifice ce qu’il trouvera bon! Voici les bœufs pour l’holocauste, les traîneaux et les jougs des bœufs pour le bois.
Araunah replied to David, “Your Majesty, offer to Yahweh whatever you wish/want. Here, take my oxen to use for the offering that will be completely burned on the altar. And here, take their yokes and the boards [that I use] for the threshing, [and use them] for the wood that you will burn.
23 Tout cela, ô roi, Areuna le donne au roi. » Et Areuna dit encore au roi: « Que Yahweh; ton Dieu, te sois favorable! »
I, Araunah, am giving all this to you, the king.” Then he said, “I desire/hope that Yahweh our God will accept your offering.”
24 Mais le roi dit à Areuna: « Non! Mais je veux l’acheter de toi à prix d’argent, et je n’offrirai point à Yahweh, mon Dieu, des holocaustes qui ne me coûtent rien. » Et David acheta l’aire et les bœufs pour cinquante sicles d’argent.
But the king said to Araunah, “No, [I will not take these things as a gift.] I will pay you for it. I will not take sacrifices that have cost me nothing, and offer them to Yahweh to be completely burned on the altar.” So he paid 50 pieces of silver to Araunah for the oxen and the ground.
25 Et David bâtit là un autel à Yahweh et offrit des holocaustes et des sacrifices pacifiques. Ainsi Yahweh fut apaisé envers le pays, et la plaie se retira d’Israël.
Then David built an altar to Yahweh, and he offered [the oxen] to be completely burned on the altar, and he also offered sacrifices to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then, Yahweh answered David’s prayers, and he caused the plague in Israel to end.

< 2 Samuel 24 >