1 Chroniques 15
1 Et il se bâtit des demeures en la ville de David, et il prépara un lieu pour l'arche du Seigneur, et il fit un tabernacle.
Also, he made houses for himself in the City of David. And built a place for the ark of God, and he set up a tent for it.
2 Alors David dit: Nul ne peut transporter l'arche de Dieu, sinon les lévites; car le Seigneur les a choisis pour porter l'arche du Seigneur et le servir éternellement.
Then David said: “It is illicit for anyone to carry the ark of God except the Levites, whom the Lord chose to carry it and to minister to himself, even unto eternity.”
3 Et David réunit tout le peuple de Jérusalem, pour transporter l'arche au lieu qu'il avait préparé.
And he gathered all of Israel in Jerusalem, so that the ark of God might be brought into its place, which he had prepared for it.
4 David convoqua aussi les lévites, fils d'Aaron.
Certainly, there were both the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
5 Des fils de Caath: Uriel leur chef, et ses frères: cent vingt hommes.
From the sons of Kohath, Uriel was the leader, and his brothers were one hundred twenty.
6 Des fils de Mérari: Asaie leur chef, et ses frères: deux cent vingt.
From the sons of Merari: Asaiah was the leader, and his brothers were two hundred twenty.
7 Des fils de Gerson: Johel leur chef, et ses frères: cent trente.
From the sons of Gershom: Joel was the leader, and his brothers were one hundred thirty.
8 Des fils d'Elisaphat: Sémeï leur chef, et ses frères: deux cents.
From the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah was the leader, and his brothers were two hundred.
9 Des fils d'Hébron: Elihel leur chef, et ses frères: quatre-vingts.
From the sons of Hebron: Eliel was the leader, and his brothers were eighty.
10 Des fils d'Oziel: Aminadab leur chef, et ses frères: cent douze.
From the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab was the leader, and his brothers were one hundred twelve.
11 Et David appela les prêtres Sadoc et Abiathar avec les lévites: Uriel, et Asaïe, et Johel, et Sémeï, et Elihel, et Aminadab,
And David summoned the priests, Zadok and Abiathar, and the Levites: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
12 Et il leur dit: Vous êtes chefs de familles des lévites: purifiez-vous donc, et purifiez vos frères, et vous transporterez l'arche du Dieu d'Israël, au lieu que je lui ai préparé.
And he said to them: “You who are the leaders of the Levitical families, be sanctified with your brothers, and bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place that has been prepared for it.
13 Car, d'abord, parce que vous n'étiez point là; le Seigneur Dieu nous a châtiés, pour ne l'avoir point cherché, selon la loi.
Otherwise, as it was before, when the Lord struck us because you were not present, so also it might be now, if we do what is illicit.”
14 Et les prêtres et les lévites se purifièrent, pour transporter l'arche du Dieu d'Israël.
Therefore, the priests and the Levites were sanctified, so that they might carry the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
15 Et les fils des lévites prirent l'arche de Dieu de la manière prescrite par Moïse, d'après la parole de Dieu et selon l'Écriture; puis, ils posèrent les leviers sur leurs épaules.
And the sons of Levi took the ark of God, just as Moses had instructed, in accord with the word of the Lord, upon their shoulders by the bars.
16 Et David dit aux chefs des lévites: Choisissez parmi vos frères des chantres, s'accompagnant d'instruments: de lyres, de harpes et de cymbales, pour chanter bien haut des cantiques d'allégresse,
And David spoke to the leaders of the Levites, so that they might appoint, from their brothers, singers with musical instruments, specifically, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, so that a joyful noise might resound on high.
17 Et les lévites désignèrent Hêman, fils de Johel; puis, Asaph, fils de Barachia, un de leurs frères; puis, Ethan, fils de Cisaïe, un des fils de Mérari, un de leurs frères.
And they appointed from the Levites: Heman, the son of Joel; and from his brothers, Asaph, the son of Berechiah; and truly, from their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan, the son of Kushaiah.
18 Et, avec eux, au second rang, leurs frères Zacharie, Oziel, Semiramoth, Jehiel, Eliohel, Eliab, Banaias, Maasaïe, Matthathias, Eliphena, Macélia, Abdedom, Jehiel et Ozias, qui étaient les portiers.
And with them were their brothers in the second rank: Zechariah, and Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jahiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, who were gatekeepers.
19 Les chantres harpistes: Hêman, Asaph et Ethan, avaient des cymbales d'airain pour les faire retentir.
Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were sounding out with cymbals of brass.
20 Zacharie et Oziel, Semiramoth, Jéhiel, Oni, Eliab, Maasaïe, Banaïas, avaient des lyres sur l'alcimoth.
And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah were singing mysteries with the psalteries.
21 Et Matthathias, et Eliphalu, et Macélia, et Abdedom, et Jehiel, et Ozias, avaient des harpes pour renforcer l'amasenith.
Then Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah and Obededom, and Jeiel and Azaziah were singing a song of victory with the harps, for the octave.
22 Honénias, chef des lévites, était maître du chant, à cause de son intelligence.
Now Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was foremost over the prophecies, in order to mark out in advance the melodies. For indeed, he was very skillful.
23 Barachias et Elcana étaient portiers de l'arche.
And Berechiah and Elkanah were porters of the ark.
24 Somnia, Josaphat, Nathanaël Amasaï, Zacharie, Banaïas et Eliézer, les prêtres, sonnaient de la trompette devant l'arche de Dieu. Abdedom et Jehia étaient portiers de l'arche de Dieu.
And the priests, Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, were sounding the trumpets before the ark of God. And Obededom and Jehiah were porters of the ark.
25 David, et les anciens d'Israël et les chefs de mille hommes, partirent ainsi pour transférer l'arche de l'alliance de la maison d'Abdedom, avec allégresse.
Therefore, David, and all those greater by birth of Israel, and the tribunes, went to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obededom with rejoicing.
26 Et comme Dieu fortifiait les lévites qui portaient l'arche de l'alliance du Seigneur, on sacrifia devant le cortège sept bœufs et sept béliers.
And when God had assisted the Levites, who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, they immolated seven bulls and seven rams.
27 Or, David était revêtu d'une robe de lin, ainsi que tous les lévites qui portaient l'arche de l'alliance du Seigneur, et les chantres-harpistes, et Honénias, maître du chant; David avait comme eux une robe de lin.
Now David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah, the leader of the prophecy among the singers. But David was also clothed with a linen ephod.
28 Et tout Israël conduisait l'arche de l'alliance du Seigneur, jetant des cris de joie et chantant: les uns au son des trompettes et des cymbales, les autres avec accompagnement de lyres et de harpes.
And all of Israel were leading back the ark of the covenant of the Lord with jubilation, sounding out with the noise of horns, and trumpets, and cymbals, and psalteries, and harps.
29 Lorsque l'arche de l'alliance du Seigneur entra dans la ville de David, Michol, fille de Sain, se penchant à sa fenêtre, vit le roi David danser et toucher de la harpe; et, en son âme, elle le méprisa.
And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord had arrived in the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, gazing through a window, saw king David dancing and playing, and she despised him in her heart.
