1 Rois 11

1 Mais le roi Salomon aima beaucoup de femmes étrangères, outre la fille du Pharaon: des Moabites, des Ammonites, des Édomites, des Sidoniennes, des Héthiennes,

King Solomon married many foreign women. First he married the daughter of the king of Egypt. He also married women from the Heth people-group and from the Moab, Ammon, and Edom people-groups, and from Sidon [city].

2 – d’entre les nations dont l’Éternel avait dit aux fils d’Israël: Vous n’entrerez pas vers elles, et elles ne viendront pas vers vous; certainement elles détourneraient vos cœurs après leurs dieux; Salomon s’attacha à elles par amour.

He married them even though Yahweh had commanded the Israeli people, “Do not marry people from those areas, because if you do that, they will surely persuade you [IDM] to worship the gods that they worship!”

3 Et il avait 700 femmes princesses, et 300 concubines; et ses femmes détournèrent son cœur.

Solomon married 700 women who were kings’ daughters. He also had 300 wives who were his slaves/servants. And his wives caused him to turn away [from worshiping God].

4 Et il arriva, au temps de la vieillesse de Salomon, que ses femmes détournèrent son cœur après d’autres dieux, et son cœur ne fut pas parfait avec l’Éternel, son Dieu, comme le cœur de David, son père.

By the time that Solomon became old, they had persuaded him to worship the gods from their countries. He was not completely dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God like his father [SYN] David had been.

5 Et Salomon alla après Ashtoreth, la divinité des Sidoniens, et après Milcom, l’abomination des Ammonites.

Solomon worshiped Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon [worshiped], and he worshiped Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].

6 Et Salomon fit ce qui est mauvais aux yeux de l’Éternel, et ne suivit pas pleinement l’Éternel, comme David, son père.

That’s how Solomon did things that Yahweh said were evil. He did not conduct his life like his father David had done; he did not conduct his life as Yahweh wanted him to.

7 Alors Salomon bâtit un haut lieu pour Kemosh, l’abomination de Moab, sur la montagne qui est vis-à-vis de Jérusalem, et pour Moloc, l’abomination des fils d’Ammon.

On the hill to the east of Jerusalem he built a place to worship Chemosh, the disgusting god that the Moab people-group [worshiped], and a place to worship Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].

8 Et il en fit ainsi pour toutes ses femmes étrangères, qui brûlaient de l’encens et sacrifiaient à leurs dieux.

He also built places where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to the gods from their own countries.

9 Et l’Éternel eut de la colère contre Salomon, parce que son cœur s’était détourné de l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël, qui s’était révélé à lui deux fois,

Even though Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped], had appeared to Solomon two times, and had commanded him to not worship foreign gods, Solomon refused to obey Yahweh. So Yahweh was angry with Solomon,

10 et lui avait commandé, à ce sujet, de ne pas aller après d’autres dieux, et il ne garda pas ce que l’Éternel lui avait commandé.

11 Et l’Éternel dit à Salomon: Parce que tu as fait cela, et que tu n’as pas gardé mon alliance et mes statuts, que je t’ai commandés, je t’arracherai certainement le royaume, et je le donnerai à ton serviteur.

and said to him, “You have chosen to break the agreement that I made with you and to disobey what I commanded you. So I am surely not going to allow you to rule all of your kingdom. I am going to allow one of your officials to rule it.

12 Seulement, je ne le ferai pas dans tes jours, à cause de David, ton père; [mais] je l’arracherai de la main de ton fils.

But, because of [what I promised] your father David, I will allow you to rule all your kingdom while you are still [living]. [After you die], I will not allow your son to rule the whole kingdom [MTY].

13 Toutefois je ne [lui] arracherai pas tout le royaume; je donnerai une tribu à ton fils, à cause de David, mon serviteur, et à cause de Jérusalem, que j’ai choisie.

But I will not take all the kingdom away from him. Instead, I will allow him to rule one tribe [besides the tribe of Judah], because of what I promised to David, who served me [well], and because [I want David’s descendants to rule in] Jerusalem, [where my temple is located].”

14 Et l’Éternel suscita un adversaire à Salomon, Hadad, l’Édomite: il était de la semence royale en Édom.

Yahweh caused Hadad, from the family of the kings in the Edom people-group, to rebel against Solomon.

15 Et il était arrivé, pendant que David était en Édom [et] que Joab, chef de l’armée, était monté pour enterrer les morts, car il avait frappé tout mâle en Édom

What happened was that previously, when David’s [army] had conquered the Edom people-group, his army commander Joab had gone there to [help] bury the [Israeli soldiers] who had been killed [in the battle]. Joab and his army remained in the Edom area for six months, and during that time they killed all the males of that area.

16 (or Joab resta là six mois avec tout Israël, jusqu’à ce qu’il ait retranché tous les mâles en Édom),

17 qu’Hadad s’enfuit, lui et quelques Édomites d’entre les serviteurs de son père avec lui, pour aller en Égypte; et Hadad était un jeune garçon.

Hadad was a young child [at that time], and he had escaped to Egypt, along with some of his father’s servants from the Edom area.

18 Et ils se levèrent de Madian et vinrent à Paran; et ils prirent des hommes avec eux de Paran, et vinrent en Égypte vers le Pharaon, roi d’Égypte, qui lui donna une maison, et lui assigna des provisions, et lui donna des terres.

They [went to the] Midian [region], and then they went to [the desert area at] Paran. Some other men joined them there. Then they all traveled to Egypt and went to see the king of Egypt. The king gave Hadad some land and ordered his servants to give him some food regularly.

19 Et Hadad trouva grande faveur aux yeux du Pharaon, et [le Pharaon] lui donna pour femme la sœur de sa femme, la sœur de la reine Thakhpenès.

The king liked Hadad. As a result he gave him the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, to be Hadad’s wife.

20 Et la sœur de Thakhpenès lui enfanta Guenubath, son fils, et Thakhpenès le sevra dans la maison du Pharaon; et Guenubath était dans la maison du Pharaon, parmi les fils du Pharaon.

Later Hadad’s wife gave birth to a son named Genubath. The sister of Tahpenes (raised him/brought him up) in the palace, where he lived with the king’s sons.

21 Et Hadad apprit en Égypte que David s’était endormi avec ses pères, et que Joab, chef de l’armée, était mort; et Hadad dit au Pharaon: Laisse-moi aller, et j’irai dans mon pays.

While Hadad was in Egypt, he heard that David had died [EUP], and that Joab, the commander of David’s army, was also dead. So he said to the king of Egypt, “Please allow me to return to my own country.”

22 Et le Pharaon lui dit: Que te manque-t-il auprès de moi, que voici, tu désires de t’en aller dans ton pays? Et il dit: Rien, mais quoi qu’il en soit, laisse-moi aller.

But the king said to him, “Why do you want to go back to your country? Is there something that you lack that you want me to give to you?” Hadad replied, “No, but please just allow me to go.” [So the king allowed him to leave, and he returned to his own country and became the king of Edom].

23 Dieu lui suscita encore un adversaire, Rezon, fils d’Éliada, qui s’enfuit de chez Hadadézer, roi de Tsoba, son seigneur;

God also caused another man named Rezon, the son of Eliada, to rebel against Solomon. Rezon had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of [the] Zobah [area north of Damascus].

24 et il rassembla des hommes auprès de lui, et devint chef de bande, lorsque David tua ceux [de Tsoba]. Et ils s’en allèrent à Damas, et y demeurèrent, et ils régnèrent à Damas.

Rezon then became the leader of a group of outlaws. That happened after David’s [army had defeated Hadadezer and] had [also] killed all [his soldiers]. Rezon and his men went to Damascus and started to live there, and [the people there] appointed him to be their king.

25 Et il fut l’adversaire d’Israël tous les jours de Salomon, outre le mal que [fit] Hadad; et il détesta Israël, et régna sur la Syrie.

All during the time that Solomon was alive, while Rezon was ruling [not only Damascus but all of] Syria, he was an enemy of Israel and caused trouble for Israel like Hadad did.

26 Et Jéroboam, fils de Nebath, Éphratien de Tseréda, serviteur de Salomon (et le nom de sa mère, une femme veuve, était Tserua), leva aussi sa main contre le roi.

Another man who rebelled against [IDM] Solomon was one of his officials named Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. He was from Zeredah [town] in [the region where the tribe of] Ephraim [lives]. His mother was a widow named Zeruah.

27 Et c’est ici l’occasion pour laquelle il leva sa main contre le roi: Salomon bâtissait Millo, [et] fermait la brèche de la ville de David, son père;

This is what happened. Solomon’s workers were filling in the land/ground on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the walls [around the city].

28 et Jéroboam était un fort et vaillant homme; et Salomon vit que le jeune homme faisait de l’ouvrage, et le préposa sur tout le travail de la maison de Joseph.

Jeroboam was a very capable young man. So, when Solomon saw that he worked very hard, he appointed him to supervise all the men who were forced to work in the areas where the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim live.

29 Et il arriva en ce temps-là que Jéroboam sortit de Jérusalem; et Akhija, le Silonite, le prophète, le trouva sur le chemin, et il était revêtu d’un manteau neuf, et ils étaient seuls, eux deux, dans les champs.

One day when Jeroboam was walking alone along the road outside of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh [city] met him. Ahijah was wearing a new robe,

30 Et Akhija saisit le manteau neuf qu’il avait sur lui, et le déchira en douze morceaux.

which he took off and tore into twelve pieces.

31 Et il dit à Jéroboam: Prends dix morceaux pour toi; car ainsi dit l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël: Voici, j’arrache le royaume de la main de Salomon, et je te donne dix tribus;

He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces for yourself, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says to you, ‘I am going to tear the kingdom from Solomon, and I am going to enable you to become the ruler of ten of the tribes [of Israel].

32 mais une tribu sera à lui, à cause de mon serviteur David, et à cause de Jérusalem, la ville que j’ai choisie d’entre toutes les tribus d’Israël;

Solomon’s [descendants] will still rule one tribe (OR, two tribes), because of [what I promised] David, a man who served me [very well], and because of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen from all the cities in Israel [to be the city where my people will worship me].

33 parce qu’ils m’ont abandonné, et ont adoré Ashtoreth, la divinité des Sidoniens, Kemosh, le dieu de Moab, et Milcom, le dieu des fils d’Ammon, et n’ont pas marché dans mes voies pour pratiquer ce qui est droit à mes yeux, et mes statuts et mes ordonnances, comme David, son père.

I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has been worshiping Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon worship, Chemosh, the god that the Moab people-group worship, and Milcom, the god that the Ammon people-group worship. He has not conducted his life as I wanted him to. He has not obeyed my statutes and laws, like his father David did.

34 Cependant je n’ôterai pas tout le royaume de sa main, car je l’établirai prince tous les jours de sa vie, à cause de David, mon serviteur, que j’ai choisi, qui gardait mes commandements et mes statuts;

‘But I will not take the entire kingdom away from him. I will enable him to rule [Judah] all during the years that he is alive. I will do that because of [what I promised to do for] David, whom I chose [to be the king], and who served me [well], and who always obeyed my commandments and laws.

35 mais j’ôterai le royaume de la main de son fils, et je te le donnerai, [savoir] dix tribus;

But I will take the [other] ten tribes of his kingdom and give them to you [to rule].

36 et je donnerai une tribu à son fils, afin qu’il y ait toujours une lampe pour David, mon serviteur, devant moi, à Jérusalem, la ville que je me suis choisie pour y placer mon nom.

I will allow Solomon’s son to rule one tribe, in order that descendants [MET] of David will always rule in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to be the place where [my people worship] me [MTY].

37 Et je te prendrai, et tu régneras sur tout ce que ton âme désire, et tu seras roi sur Israël.

I will enable you to become the king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want to.

38 Et si tu écoutes tout ce que je te commanderai, et si tu marches dans mes voies et que tu fasses ce qui est droit à mes yeux, en gardant mes statuts et mes commandements, comme a fait David, mon serviteur, alors je serai avec toi, et je te bâtirai une maison stable, comme je l’ai bâtie pour David, et je te donnerai Israël.

If you obey all that I command you to do, and conduct your life as I want you to, and if you do what I say is right by obeying my laws and commandments like David did, I will help you. I will make sure that your descendants will rule after you [die], like I [promised to] do for David.

39 Et j’humilierai la semence de David, à cause de cela, seulement pas à toujours.

Because of [Solomon’s sins], I will punish David’s descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.’”

40 Et Salomon chercha à faire mourir Jéroboam; et Jéroboam se leva et s’enfuit en Égypte, vers Shishak, roi d’Égypte; et il fut en Égypte jusqu’à la mort de Salomon.

Solomon [found out what Ahijah told Jeroboam], so he tried to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam escaped and went to Egypt. He went to Shishak, the king of Egypt, and stayed with him until after Solomon died.

41 Et le reste des actes de Salomon, et tout ce qu’il fit, et sa sagesse, cela n’est-il pas écrit dans le livre des actes de Salomon?

[A record of] all the other things that Solomon did, and all the wise things that he [said and wrote], was written in the Book Telling what Solomon Did.

42 Et les jours que Salomon régna à Jérusalem sur tout Israël furent 40 ans.

He was the king in Jerusalem who ruled over all of Israel for 40 years.

43 Et Salomon s’endormit avec ses pères, et fut enterré dans la ville de David, son père; et Roboam, son fils, régna à sa place.

Then Solomon died [EUP], and was buried in the [part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.