2 Samuel 3
1 Et la guerre fut longue entre la maison de Saül et la maison de David. Et David allait se fortifiant, et la maison de Saül allait s’affaiblissant.
There was a long war between those who wanted Saul’s son to be their king and those who wanted David to be their king. But more and more people began to want David to be the king, while the number of people who wanted Saul’s son to be the king continued to become smaller.
2 Et il naquit à David des fils à Hébron: son premier-né fut Amnon, d’Akhinoam, la Jizreélite;
David’s wives gave birth to six sons at Hebron. The oldest was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam, from Jezreel [city].
3 et le second, Kileab, d’Abigaïl, femme de Nabal, le Carmélite; et le troisième, Absalom, fils de Maaca, fille de Talmaï, roi de Gueshur;
The next one was Kileab, whose mother was Abigail, the widow of Nabal, from Carmel [city]. The next one was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king of [the] Geshur [region].
4 et le quatrième, Adonija, fils de Hagguith; et le cinquième, Shephatia, fils d’Abital;
The next one was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith. The next one was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital.
5 et le sixième, Jithream, d’Égla, femme de David. Ceux-ci naquirent à David à Hébron.
The youngest one was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, [another one of] David’s wives. Those sons of David were all born in Hebron.
6 Et il arriva que, pendant qu’il y eut guerre entre la maison de Saül et la maison de David, Abner tint ferme pour la maison de Saül.
While those who wanted Saul’s son to rule over them and those who wanted David to rule over them continued to fight against each other, Abner was becoming more influential among those who wanted Saul’s son to be the king.
7 Et Saül avait une concubine: son nom était Ritspa, fille d’Aïa; et [Ish-Bosheth] dit à Abner: Pourquoi es-tu entré vers la concubine de mon père?
When Saul was alive, he had as one of his wives a slave woman named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. [But one day Abner had sexual relations with her]. So Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you had sexual relations with [EUP] my father’s slave wife?”
8 Et Abner fut fort irrité à cause des paroles d’Ish-Bosheth, et il dit: Suis-je une tête de chien, moi qui aujourd’hui, contre Juda, ai usé de bonté envers la maison de Saül, ton père, envers ses frères et envers ses amis, et qui ne t’ai pas livré aux mains de David, que tu m’imputes aujourd’hui de l’iniquité à cause de cette femme?
Abner became very angry about what Ishbosheth said to him. He said to Ishbosheth, “(Do you think that I am a [worthless] dog [MET] from Judah?/You are treating me as though I am a [worthless] dog [MET] from Judah.) [RHQ] From the beginning, I have been loyal to Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends. And I have prevented you from being defeated by David’s army. So now (why are you criticizing me about [what I have done with] some woman?/you should not be criticizing me about [what I have done with] some woman.) [RHQ]
9 Que Dieu fasse ainsi à Abner et ainsi y ajoute, si je ne fais pas à David comme l’Éternel lui a juré,
Yahweh solemnly promised that he would not allow Saul and his descendants to continue to rule. He promised that he would cause David to rule over all the tribes of Israel and Judah, from Dan [city] far in the north to Beersheba [city] far in the south. So I hope/desire that God will punish me severely [HYP] if I do not enable that to happen!”
10 en faisant passer le royaume de la maison de Saül, et en établissant le trône de David sur Israël et sur Juda, depuis Dan jusqu’à Beër-Shéba!
11 Et [Ish-Bosheth] ne put répliquer un mot à Abner, parce qu’il avait peur de lui.
Ishbosheth was very afraid of Abner, so he did not say anything in reply to Abner.
12 Et Abner envoya des messagers à David de sa part, disant: À qui est le pays? – disant: Fais alliance avec moi; et voici, ma main sera avec toi pour tourner vers toi tout Israël.
Then Abner sent messengers to David [when he was at Hebron], to say to him, “[Either you or I] should be [RHQ] the ruler of this entire nation, [but not Isbosheth. However, ] if you make an agreement with me, I will help you by encouraging all the people of Israel to (be want you to be their king/start to support) you.”
13 Et [David] dit: Bien, je ferai alliance avec toi; seulement je demande de toi une chose, savoir: Tu ne verras pas ma face, à moins qu’ auparavant tu ne fasses venir Mical, fille de Saül, quand tu viendras pour voir ma face.
David sent back this reply: “Good! I am willing to make an agreement with you. But before that happens, there is one thing that you must do. When you come to see me, you must bring my wife Michal, Saul’s daughter.”
14 Et David envoya des messagers à Ish-Bosheth, fils de Saül, disant: Donne-moi ma femme Mical, que je me suis fiancée pour 100 prépuces de Philistins.
Then David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, to say to him, “I [had to kill] 100 men from Philistia [and cut off] their foreskins to give to Saul to pay for Michal [to be my wife]. So now give her back to me!”
15 Et Ish-Bosheth envoya, et la prit d’auprès de son mari, d’auprès de Paltiel, fils de Laïsh.
So Ishbosheth sent some men to take Michal from her husband Palti. But [when they took her, ] her husband followed them all the way to Bahurim [town], crying as he went.
16 Et son mari alla avec elle, marchant et pleurant après elle, jusqu’à Bakhurim. Et Abner lui dit: Va, retourne-t’en. Et il s’en retourna.
Then Abner [turned and] said to him, “Go back [home]!”, so he did.
17 Et Abner s’était entretenu avec les anciens d’Israël, disant: Avant vous recherchiez David, pour qu’il soit roi sur vous;
Abner went to the Israeli leaders and talked with them. He said, “For a long time you have wanted David to be your king.
18 et maintenant, agissez; car l’Éternel a parlé touchant David, disant: Par la main de David, mon serviteur, je délivrerai mon peuple Israël de la main des Philistins et de la main de tous ses ennemis.
So now you have an opportunity to do that. Keep in mind that Yahweh promised this: ‘With the help of David, who serves me [well], I will rescue my people from the people of Philistia, and from the power [MTY] of all their other enemies’.”
19 Et Abner parla aussi aux oreilles de Benjamin, et Abner alla aussi pour dire aux oreilles de David, à Hébron, tout ce qui était bon aux yeux d’Israël et aux yeux de toute la maison de Benjamin.
Abner also spoke to the people of the tribe of Benjamin. Then he went to Hebron, to tell David what all the people of Israel and the people of the tribe of Benjamin had agreed to do.
20 Et Abner vint vers David, à Hébron, et avec lui 20 hommes; et David fit un festin à Abner, ainsi qu’aux hommes qui étaient avec lui.
When Abner came with 20 of his soldiers to see David at Hebron, David made a feast for all of them.
21 Et Abner dit à David: Je me lèverai, et j’irai, et j’assemblerai vers mon seigneur, le roi, tout Israël; et ils feront alliance avec toi; et tu régneras sur tout ce que ton âme désire. Et David congédia Abner, et il s’en alla en paix.
Afterwards, Abner said to David, “Sir/Your majesty, I will now go and encourage all the people of Israel to accept you to be their king, as you have desired.” Then Abner left, peacefully.
22 Et voici, les serviteurs de David, et Joab, revenaient d’une expédition, et ils amenaient avec eux un grand butin; et Abner n’était pas avec David, à Hébron, car il l’avait congédié, et il s’en était allé en paix.
Soon after that, Joab and some of David’s other soldiers returned [to Hebron] after raiding [one of their enemies’ villages], bringing with them a lot of things that they had captured. But Abner was not there at Hebron, because David had sent him safely home.
23 Et Joab et toute l’armée qui était avec lui vinrent; et on rapporta à Joab, en disant: Abner, fils de Ner, est venu vers le roi qui l’a congédié, et il s’en est allé en paix.
When Joab and the soldiers who were with him arrived, someone told him that Abner had come there and talked with the king, and that the king allowed to go home safely.
24 Et Joab entra auprès du roi et dit: Qu’as-tu fait? Voici, Abner est venu vers toi; pourquoi l’as-tu congédié, en sorte qu’il s’en est allé?
So Joab went to the king and said, “Why have you done that? Listen to me! Abner [is your enemy, but] when he came to you, you allowed him [RHQ] to leave!
25 Tu connais Abner, fils de Ner, qu’il est venu pour te tromper, et pour connaître tes sorties et tes entrées, et pour savoir tout ce que tu fais.
Do you not know that he came to you to deceive you and to find out everything that you are doing, and all the places that you go to?”
26 Et Joab sortit d’auprès de David, et envoya après Abner des messagers qui le firent rebrousser depuis la citerne de Sira; et David ne le savait pas.
After Joab left David, he sent some messengers to get Abner. They found him at Sirah Well, and brought him back to Hebron, but David did not know that they had done that.
27 Et Abner revint à Hébron, et Joab le tira à part au milieu de la porte, pour lui parler tranquillement, et là il le frappa au ventre, en sorte qu’il mourut, à cause du sang de son frère Asçaël.
So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab met him at the city gate, and took him aside as though he wanted to speak with him privately. Then he stabbed Abner in the stomach [with his knife/sword]. In that way he murdered Abner because Abner had killed [MTY] Joab’s brother Asahel.
28 Et David l’apprit plus tard, et il dit: Je suis innocent, moi et mon royaume, devant l’Éternel, à jamais, du sang d’Abner, fils de Ner:
Later, after David heard what had happened, he said, “Yahweh knows that I and the people of my kingdom are not at all (responsible for/guilty of) murdering [MTY] Abner.
29 qu’il tombe sur la tête de Joab, et sur toute la maison de son père; et que la maison de Joab ne soit jamais sans un homme ayant un flux, ou la lèpre, ou qui s’appuie sur un bâton, ou qui tombe par l’épée, ou qui manque de pain.
I hope/desire that Joab and all his family will be punished [MTY] for doing that! I hope/desire that there will always be someone in his family who has sores, or someone who is a leper, or some man who is forced to do women’s work, or someone who is killed in a battle, or someone who does not have enough food to eat!”
30 Ainsi Joab et Abishaï, son frère, tuèrent Abner, parce qu’il avait donné la mort à Asçaël, leur frère, à Gabaon, dans la bataille.
That is how Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.
31 Et David dit à Joab et à tout le peuple qui était avec lui: Déchirez vos vêtements et ceignez-vous de sacs, et menez deuil devant Abner. Et le roi David marchait après le cercueil.
Then David said to Joab and to all Joab’s soldiers, “Tear your clothes and put on coarse cloth [to show that you are sad], and mourn for Abner!” And [at the funeral], King David walked behind [the men who were carrying] the coffin.
32 Et ils enterrèrent Abner à Hébron; et le roi éleva sa voix et pleura au sépulcre d’Abner; et tout le peuple pleura.
They buried Abner’s body at Hebron. And at the grave, the king cried loudly, and all the other people also cried.
33 Et le roi prononça une complainte sur Abner, et dit: Abner devait-il mourir comme meurt un insensé?
David sang this sad song to lament for Abner: “It is not right that [RHQ] Abner died like outlaws die!
34 Tes mains n’étaient pas liées, et tes pieds n’avaient pas été mis dans des chaînes; tu es tombé comme on tombe devant les fils d’iniquité. Et tout le peuple pleura encore sur lui.
No one tied his hands or put chains on his feet, [like they do to criminals]. No, he was murdered by wicked men!”
35 Et tout le peuple vint vers David pour l’engager à manger du pain, pendant qu’il était encore jour; mais David jura, disant: Que Dieu me fasse ainsi et ainsi y ajoute, si avant que le soleil se soit couché, je goûte du pain ou aucune autre chose!
Then many [HYP] people came to David to tell him to eat some food before sunset, but David refused. He said, “I hope/desire that God will punish me severely [HYP] if I eat any food before the sun goes down!”
36 Et tout le peuple y eut égard, et cela fut bon à leurs yeux, comme tout ce que faisait le roi était bon aux yeux de tout le peuple.
All the people saw what David did, and they were pleased. Truly, everything that the king did pleased the people.
37 Et en ce jour-là tout le peuple et tout Israël reconnurent que ce n’était point de par le roi qu’on avait fait mourir Abner, fils de Ner.
So all the people realized that the king had not wanted Abner to be killed.
38 Et le roi dit à ses serviteurs: Ne savez-vous pas qu’un prince, et un grand homme, est tombé aujourd’hui en Israël?
The king said to his officials, “(Do you not realize that a leader and a great man has died today in Israel?/You should realize that a leader and a great man has died today in Israel.) [RHQ]
39 Et moi, je suis aujourd’hui faible, bien que j’aie reçu l’onction de roi; et ces hommes-là, les fils de Tseruïa, sont trop durs pour moi. Que l’Éternel rende à celui qui fait le mal, selon son méfait!
Even though Yahweh appointed me to be the king, today I feel weak. These two sons of Zeruiah, [Joab and Abishai], are very violent; I cannot control them. So I hope/desire that Yahweh will punish them severely in return for this wicked thing that they have done!”
