2 Samuel 5
1 Toutes les tribus d'Israël allèrent ensuite trouver David à Hébron, et elles lui dirent: Vois, nous sommes tes os et ta chair.
Then [the leaders of] all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and said to him, “Listen, we have the same ancestors [IDM] that you do.
2 Précédemment, quand Saül régnait encore sur nous, c'est toi qui conduisais et qui ramenais Israël. Et le Seigneur t'avait dit: Tu seras le pasteur du peuple d'Israël, tu seras le chef de mon peuple.
In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our Israeli soldiers [in our battles]. You are the one to whom Yahweh promised, ‘You will be the leader [MET] of my people; you will be their king.’”
3 Tous les anciens d'Israël allèrent aussi en Hébron auprès du roi; et David fit alliance avec eux devant le Seigneur en Hébron, et ils sacrèrent David roi de tout Israël.
So while Yahweh was listening, all those leaders of the people of Israel declared there at Hebron [that David would be their king]. And David made a sacred agreement with them. They anointed him [with olive oil to set him apart] to be the king of the Israeli people.
4 David avait trente ans quand il commença de régner, et il régna quarante ans.
David was 30 years old when he became their king. He ruled them for 40 years.
5 Il régna sept ans et demi à Hébron sur Juda, et trente-trois ans à Jérusalem sur Israël et Juda.
In Hebron he ruled over the tribe of Judah for seven and a half years, and in Jerusalem he ruled over all the people of Judah and Israel for 33 years.
6 David avec son armée marcha contre Jérusalem et les Jébuséens qui l'habitaient. Or, on dit à David: Tu n'entreras pas là, car les aveugles et les boiteux s'y sont opposés, disant: David n'entrera pas ici.
[One day] King David and his soldiers went to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebus people-group who lived there. The people there thought that David’s army would not be able to capture the city, so they sent a message to David, saying “Your army will never be able to get inside our city! Even the blind and crippled people will be able to chase you away!”
7 David enleva, de prime abord, Sion la citadelle; la même que la ville de David.
But David’s army captured the fortress on Zion [Hill], [and later it was known as] David’s City.
8 Et, ce jour-là, David dit: Que tous ceux qui frapperont les Jébuséens les poignardent, ainsi que les aveugles et les boiteux, et les ennemis de David. De là vient le proverbe: Les aveugles et les boiteux n'entreront pas dans la maison du Seigneur.
On that day, David said [to his soldiers], “Those who want to get rid of the Jebus people-group should go through the water tunnel [to enter the city]. Then they can attack those people whom I [SYN] detest—[and we will find out if any] blind and crippled people [will be able to stop them]!” That is why people say, “Blind and crippled people cannot enter Yahweh’s temple.”
9 David s'établit dans la forteresse, et elle fut appelée la ville de David. Il bâtit la ville même au pied de la citadelle tout alentour, et il bâtit sa demeure.
[After] David [and his soldiers captured] the city with its strong walls around it, he lived there, and they named it ‘David’s City’. David [and his soldiers] built the city around the fortress, starting where the [land was (filled in/terraces) on the east side of the hill].
10 David allait ainsi grandissant, et le Seigneur tout-puissant était avec lui.
David continued to become more and more powerful/influential, because the Almighty Commander of the armies of angels was with/helping him.
11 Et Hiram, roi de Tyr, envoya à David des messagers, des bois de cèdre, des charpentiers, des tailleurs de pierre, et ils bâtirent la maison de David.
[One day] Hiram, the king of Tyre [city], sent ambassadors/messengers to David [to talk about making agreements between their countries]. Hiram agreed to provide cedar trees [to make lumber], and also that he would send carpenters and masons, to build a palace for David.
12 Et David reconnut que le Seigneur l'avait préparé pour être roi d'Israël, et que sa royauté était exaltée pour le bien-être de tout le peuple d'Israël.
His doing that caused David to realize that Yahweh truly had appointed him to be the king of Israel, and that Yahweh was going to cause his kingdom to prosper, because Yahweh loved the Israeli people, whom [he had chosen to] belong to him.
13 Il prit encore des femmes et des concubines de Jérusalem, lorsqu'il y fut venu d'Hébron. Et il eut encore des fils et des filles.
After David moved from Hebron to Jerusalem, he took more slave women to be his second-class wives, and he also married other women. [All of those women] gave birth to more sons and daughters.
14 Voici les noms de ceux qui naquirent à Jérusalem: Samua, Sobab, Nathan, Salomon,
The names of the sons who were born in Jerusalem were Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
15 Ebéhar, Elisué, Naphé, Japhia,
Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
16 Elisama, Elidaé, Eliphalath, Samaé, Jessibath, Nathan, Galamaan, Jébahar, Theïsus, Eliphalat, Naged, Naphec, Janathas, Leasamys, Baalimath et Eliphaath.
Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
17 Cependant, les Philistins apprirent que David avait été sacré roi d'Israël, et ils se levèrent tous pour l'aller prendre. David en fut informé, et il se renferma dans la citadelle.
When the Philistia people heard that David had been appointed to be the king of Israel, their army went up [toward Jerusalem] to try to capture David. But David heard that they were coming, so he went down to another fortified place.
18 Les Philistins s'avancèrent, et ils se réunirent dans le val des Géants.
The [army of] Philistia arrived at Rephaim Valley [southwest of Jerusalem] and spread all over the valley.
19 Et David consulta le Seigneur, disant: Dois-je marcher contre les Philistins? me les livrerez-vous? Et le Seigneur répondit à David: Marche, car je te les livrerai.
David asked Yahweh, “Should [my men and] I attack the Philistia army? Will you enable us to defeat them [IDM]?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, attack them, because I will certainly enable your army to defeat them. [IDM]”
20 Et David vint au lieu appelé Brisement d'en haut, et il battit les Philistins en ce lieu, et il s'écria: Le Seigneur a brisé devant moi nos ennemis, comme brisent les eaux des torrents. A cause de cela, ce lieu a reçu le nom de Brisement d'en haut.
So David [and his army] went to [where the Philistia army was], and there they defeated them. Then David said, “Yahweh has burst through my enemies like a flood.” [SIM] So that place is called ‘Lord of Bursting-through’.
21 Et les Philistins abandonnèrent là leurs dieux, et David avec son armée s'en empara.
The Philistia men left their idols there; so David and his soldiers took them away.
22 Puis, les Philistins se remirent en campagne, et ils se réunirent encore dans le val des Géants.
Then the Philistia [army] returned to Rephaim Valley and spread all over the valley.
23 Alors, David consulta le Seigneur, et le Seigneur lui dit: Ne les attaque pas, fais un détour, et tu te mettras en défense près du Champ des Pleurs.
So again David asked Yahweh [if his army should attack them]. But Yahweh replied, “Do not attack them [from here]. Tell your men to go around them and attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees.
24 Et ceci arrivera: Lorsque tu entendras, dans le bois du Champ des Pleurs, des voix comme de gens qui y seraient renfermés, tu engageras la bataille; car le Seigneur marchera devant toi pour que tu tailles en pièces les Philistins.
When you hear something in the tops of the balsam trees that sounds like [an army] marching, attack them, because I will have gone ahead of you [to enable your army] to defeat their army.”
25 David fit ce que lui avait prescrit le Seigneur, et il tailla en pièces les Philistins depuis Gabaon jusqu'au territoire de Gazera.
So David did what Yahweh told him to do, and his [army] defeated the Philistia army from Geba [city] all the way [west] to Gezer [city].
