2 Chroniques 8
1 Et au bout de 20 ans, lorsque Salomon eut bâti la maison de l’Éternel et sa propre maison,
Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
2 il arriva que Salomon bâtit aussi les villes que Hiram avait données à Salomon, et y fit habiter les fils d’Israël.
Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
3 Et Salomon alla en Hamath-Tsoba, et l’assujettit.
Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
4 Et il bâtit Tadmor dans le désert, et toutes les villes à entrepôts qu’il bâtit en Hamath.
His workers also rebuilt walls around Tadmor [town] in the desert, and in [the] Hamath [region] in all the towns where they kept supplies.
5 Et il bâtit Beth-Horon la haute, et Beth-Horon la basse, villes fortes, avec des murailles, des portes et des barres,
They rebuilt Upper Beth-Horon [town] and Lower Beth-Horon [city], and built walls around them with gates [in the walls] and bars [to fasten the gates].
6 et Baalath, et toutes les villes à entrepôts qu’avait Salomon, et toutes les villes pour les chars, et les villes pour la cavalerie, et tout ce que Salomon désira de bâtir à Jérusalem, et au Liban, et dans tout le pays de sa domination.
They also rebuilt Baalath [town] and all the cities where supplies were kept and the cities where Solomon’s chariots and horses were kept. Solomon’s [workers] built whatever he wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area that he ruled.
7 – Tout le peuple qui restait des Héthiens, et des Amoréens, et des Phéréziens, et des Héviens, et des Jébusiens, qui n’étaient pas d’Israël,
Solomon forced people from many other groups who were not Israelis to work for him like slaves. They were people from the Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups.
8 – leurs fils qui étaient restés après eux dans le pays [et] que les fils d’Israël n’avaient pas détruits, Salomon les assujettit aux levées, jusqu’à ce jour.
They were descendants of groups whom the Israelis had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his slaves, and they are still slaves.
9 Mais des fils d’Israël, Salomon n’en fit pas des esclaves pour ses travaux; car ils étaient hommes de guerre, et chefs de ses capitaines, et chefs de ses chars et de sa cavalerie.
But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
10 Et c’est ici [le nombre] des chefs des intendants qu’avait le roi Salomon: 250, qui avaient autorité sur le peuple.
They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
11 Et Salomon fit monter la fille du Pharaon, de la ville de David, dans la maison qu’il avait bâtie pour elle; car il dit: Ma femme n’habitera pas dans la maison de David, roi d’Israël, car les lieux où est entrée l’arche de l’Éternel sont saints.
Solomon moved his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt, from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the place that his workers had built for her. He said, “I do not want my wife to live in the palace that [my father] King David’s workers built, because the Sacred Chest [was in that palace for a while], and any place where the Sacred Chest has been is holy.”
12 Alors Salomon offrit des holocaustes à l’Éternel, sur l’autel de l’Éternel, qu’il avait bâti devant le portique,
On the altar that Solomon’s [workers] had built in front of the entrance [to the temple], Solomon sacrificed many offerings that were to be completely burned.
13 offrant chaque jour ce qu’il fallait, selon le commandement de Moïse, pour les sabbats, et pour les nouvelles lunes, et pour les jours solennels, trois fois par an, à la fête des pains sans levain, et à la fête des semaines, et à la fête des tabernacles.
He did that to obey the rules about what sacrifices Moses had declared should be made. These included sacrifices for every day and for the Sabbath days and to celebrate each day on which there was a new moon and for the three other festivals that were celebrated each year. Those festivals were the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.
14 Et il établit, suivant l’ordonnance de David, son père, les classes des sacrificateurs dans leur service, et les lévites dans leurs charges, pour louer et pour faire le service devant les sacrificateurs, selon l’œuvre de chaque jour, et les portiers dans leurs divisions, à chaque porte; car tel avait été le commandement de David, homme de Dieu.
Obeying what his father David had commanded, he appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates, because that was also what David, the man who pleased God [very well], had commanded.
15 Et on ne s’écarta point du commandement du roi pour les sacrificateurs et les lévites, en aucune chose, ni à l’égard des trésors.
The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
16 Ainsi toute l’œuvre de Salomon fut préparée, jusqu’au jour où la maison de l’Éternel fut fondée, et jusqu’à ce qu’elle fut terminée. La maison de l’Éternel fut achevée.
They did all the work [of building the temple] that Solomon told them to do, until it was all completed. So they finishing building the temple.
17 Alors Salomon s’en alla à Étsion-Guéber et à Éloth, sur le bord de la mer, dans le pays d’Édom.
Then some of Solomon’s men went to Ezion-Geber and Elath [cities] on the coast of the Red Sea, an area that belonged to the Edom people-group.
18 Et Hiram lui envoya, par la main de ses serviteurs, des navires et des serviteurs connaissant la mer; et ils allèrent avec les serviteurs de Salomon à Ophir, et y prirent 450 talents d’or, et les apportèrent au roi Salomon.
King Hiram sent to Solomon from [Tyre city] some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon’s men to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back about 17 tons of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
