1 Chroniques 13
1 Et David tint conseil avec les chefs de milliers et de centaines, avec tous les princes.
[One day] David talked with all his army officers. Some of them were commanders of 100 soldiers and some were commanders of 1,000 soldiers.
2 Et David dit à toute la congrégation d’Israël: Si cela est bon devant vous, et que cela vienne de l’Éternel, notre Dieu, envoyons de tous côtés vers nos autres frères qui restent dans tous les pays d’Israël, et, en même temps, vers les sacrificateurs et les lévites, dans leurs villes et leurs banlieues, afin qu’ils se rassemblent auprès de nous,
Then he summoned the other Israeli leaders and said to all of them, “If it seems to you to be a good thing for us to do, and if it is what Yahweh our God wants, let’s send a message to our fellow Israelis in all the areas of our country, including the priests and [other] descendants of Levi who are living among them in their towns and in the nearby pasturelands, to come and join us,
3 et ramenons à nous l’arche de notre Dieu; car nous ne l’avons pas consultée aux jours de Saül.
because we want to bring the Sacred Chest of our God back to us. While Saul [was the king], we did not go to God’s presence to ask him what we should do.”
4 Et toute la congrégation dit qu’on fasse ainsi; car la chose était bonne aux yeux de tout le peuple.
All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do.
5 Et David assembla tout Israël, depuis le Shikhor d’Égypte jusqu’à l’entrée de Hamath, pour faire venir de Kiriath-Jéarim l’arche de Dieu.
So David gathered all the Israeli people, from the Shihor [River] in Egypt to Lebo-Hamath [town in the north, and told them that he wanted them] to [help] bring the Sacred Chest of God [back to Jerusalem] from Kiriath-Jearim [city].
6 Et David monta, et tout Israël, à Baala, à Kiriath-Jéarim, qui appartient à Juda, pour en faire monter l’arche de Dieu, l’Éternel, qui siège entre les chérubins, duquel le nom est placé [là].
David went with all the Israeli people to Baalah [town], which is [another name for] Kiriath-Jearim, to get the Sacred Chest. [The people believed that] God ruled from between the statues of winged creatures that was above the lid of the Sacred Chest [MTY].
7 Et ils montèrent l’arche de Dieu sur un chariot neuf, [et l’emmenèrent] de la maison d’Abinadab; et Uzza et Akhio conduisaient le chariot.
The people put the Sacred Chest on a new cart and transported it from Abinadab’s house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding [the oxen that were pulling the cart].
8 Et David et tout Israël s’égayaient devant Dieu de toute leur force, avec des cantiques, et des harpes, et des luths, et des tambourins, et des cymbales, et des trompettes.
David and all the Israeli people were celebrating in God’s presence with all their strength. They were singing and [playing] lyres, harps, tambourines, and cymbals, and [blowing] trumpets.
9 Et ils arrivèrent à l’aire de Kidon, et Uzza étendit sa main pour saisir l’arche, parce que les bœufs avaient bronché.
But when David’s men came to the place where Kidon threshed grain, the oxen stumbled. So Uzzah reached out with his hand to prevent the Sacred Chest from falling off the cart.
10 Et la colère de l’Éternel s’embrasa contre Uzza, et il le frappa, parce qu’il avait étendu sa main sur l’arche; et il mourut là devant Dieu.
Yahweh immediately became very angry with Uzzah, and he caused Uzzah to suddenly die there because he had put his hand on the Sacred Chest, [and Yahweh had commanded that only the descendants of Levi who help the priests should touch the Sacred Chest].
11 Alors David fut irrité, car l’Éternel avait fait une brèche en [la personne d’]Uzza; et il appela ce lieu-là du nom de Pérets-Uzza, [qui lui est resté] jusqu’à ce jour.
David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place [where Uzzah died] is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.
12 Et David eut peur de Dieu en ce jour-là, disant: Comment ferais-je entrer chez moi l’arche de Dieu?
That day, David was afraid of God. He asked [himself], “(How can I bring God’s Sacred Chest to my [city]?/I am afraid to bring God’s Sacred Chest to my [city].)” [RHQ]
13 Et David ne retira pas l’arche chez lui dans la ville de David, mais il la fit détourner dans la maison d’Obed-Édom, le Guitthien.
So the men with David did not take the Sacred Chest to Jerusalem. Instead, they took it to the house of Obed-Edom, who was from Gath [city].
14 Et l’arche de Dieu demeura trois mois avec la famille d’Obed-Édom, dans sa maison; et l’Éternel bénit la maison d’Obed-Édom et tout ce qui lui appartenait.
The Sacred Chest stayed with Obed-Edom’s family in his house for three months. And [during that time] Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom’s family and everything that he owned.
