2 Samuel 12
1 L’Éternel envoya Nathan vers David. Et Nathan vint à lui, et lui dit: Il y avait dans une ville deux hommes, l’un riche et l’autre pauvre.
So the LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, "Tell me how you judge this case. There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.
2 Le riche avait des brebis et des bœufs en très grand nombre.
The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
3 Le pauvre n’avait rien du tout qu’une petite brebis, qu’il avait achetée; il la nourrissait, et elle grandissait chez lui avec ses enfants; elle mangeait de son pain, buvait dans sa coupe, dormait sur son sein, et il la regardait comme sa fille.
but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had acquired. And he raised it and it grew up alongside him and his children. It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and sleep in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
4 Un voyageur arriva chez l’homme riche. Et le riche n’a pas voulu toucher à ses brebis ou à ses bœufs, pour préparer un repas au voyageur qui était venu chez lui; il a pris la brebis du pauvre, et l’a apprêtée pour l’homme qui était venu chez lui.
Now a traveler came to the rich man, but he was unwilling to take from his own flock or his own herd to prepare for the traveler who had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him."
5 La colère de David s’enflamma violemment contre cet homme, et il dit à Nathan: L’Éternel est vivant! L’homme qui a fait cela mérite la mort.
Then David became very angry with that man, and he said to Nathan, "As the LORD lives, the man who has done this deserves death.
6 Et il rendra quatre brebis, pour avoir commis cette action et pour avoir été sans pitié.
He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity."
7 Et Nathan dit à David: Tu es cet homme-là! Ainsi parle l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël: Je t’ai oint pour roi sur Israël, et je t’ai délivré de la main de Saül;
Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man. This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
8 je t’ai mis en possession de la maison de ton maître, j’ai placé dans ton sein les femmes de ton maître, et je t’ai donné la maison d’Israël et de Juda. Et si cela eût été peu, j’y aurais encore ajouté.
I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your care, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that would have been too little, I would have added to you many more such things.
9 Pourquoi donc as-tu méprisé la parole de l’Éternel, en faisant ce qui est mal à ses yeux? Tu as frappé de l’épée Urie, le Héthien; tu as pris sa femme pour en faire ta femme, et lui, tu l’as tué par l’épée des fils d’Ammon.
Why have you despised the LORD, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hethite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the people of Ammon.
10 Maintenant, l’épée ne s’éloignera jamais de ta maison, parce que tu m’as méprisé, et parce que tu as pris la femme d’Urie, le Héthien, pour en faire ta femme.
Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hethite to be your wife.'
11 Ainsi parle l’Éternel: Voici, je vais faire sortir de ta maison le malheur contre toi, et je vais prendre sous tes yeux tes propres femmes pour les donner à un autre, qui couchera avec elles à la vue de ce soleil.
"This is what the LORD says: 'Look, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
12 Car tu as agi en secret; et moi, je ferai cela en présence de tout Israël et à la face du soleil.
For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"
13 David dit à Nathan: J’ai péché contre l’Éternel! Et Nathan dit à David: L’Éternel pardonne ton péché, tu ne mourras point.
David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has put away your sin. You will not die.
14 Mais, parce que tu as fait blasphémer les ennemis de l’Éternel, en commettant cette action, le fils qui t’est né mourra.
However, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the LORD, the child also who is born to you shall surely die."
15 Et Nathan s’en alla dans sa maison. L’Éternel frappa l’enfant que la femme d’Urie avait enfanté à David, et il fut dangereusement malade.
Then Nathan went to his home. And God struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.
16 David pria Dieu pour l’enfant, et jeûna; et quand il rentra, il passa la nuit couché par terre.
Then David sought from God on behalf of the child. And David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground.
17 Les anciens de sa maison insistèrent auprès de lui pour le faire lever de terre; mais il ne voulut point, et il ne mangea rien avec eux.
And the elders of his house approached him to lift him up from the ground, but he was unwilling, and he would not eat food with them.
18 Le septième jour, l’enfant mourut. Les serviteurs de David craignaient de lui annoncer que l’enfant était mort. Car ils disaient: Voici, lorsque l’enfant vivait encore, nous lui avons parlé, et il ne nous a pas écoutés; comment oserons-nous lui dire: L’enfant est mort? Il s’affligera bien davantage.
It happened on the seventh day, that the child died. The servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, "Look, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to our voice. How will he then harm himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?"
19 David aperçut que ses serviteurs parlaient tout bas entre eux, et il comprit que l’enfant était mort. Il dit à ses serviteurs: L’enfant est-il mort? Et ils répondirent: Il est mort.
But when David noticed that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" They said, "He is dead."
20 Alors David se leva de terre. Il se lava, s’oignit, et changea de vêtements; puis il alla dans la maison de l’Éternel, et se prosterna. De retour chez lui, il demanda qu’on lui servît à manger, et il mangea.
Then David arose from the ground, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his clothing; and he came into the house of the LORD, and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and he asked for bread to eat. And they set bread before him, and he ate.
21 Ses serviteurs lui dirent: Que signifie ce que tu fais? Tandis que l’enfant vivait, tu jeûnais et tu pleurais; et maintenant que l’enfant est mort, tu te lèves et tu manges!
Then his servants said to him, "What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept and kept vigil for the child while he was alive; but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread."
22 Il répondit: Lorsque l’enfant vivait encore, je jeûnais et je pleurais, car je disais: Qui sait si l’Éternel n’aura pas pitié de moi et si l’enfant ne vivra pas?
He said, "While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, 'Who knows whether the LORD will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?'
23 Maintenant qu’il est mort, pourquoi jeûnerais-je? Puis-je le faire revenir? J’irai vers lui, mais il ne reviendra pas vers moi.
But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me."
24 David consola Bath-Schéba, sa femme, et il alla auprès d’elle et coucha avec elle. Elle enfanta un fils qu’il appela Salomon, et qui fut aimé de l’Éternel.
David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. The LORD loved him;
25 Il le remit entre les mains de Nathan le prophète, et Nathan lui donna le nom de Jedidja, à cause de l’Éternel.
and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he named him Jedidiah, for the LORD's sake.
26 Joab, qui assiégeait Rabba des fils d’Ammon, s’empara de la ville royale,
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and took the royal city.
27 et envoya des messagers à David pour lui dire: J’ai attaqué Rabba, et je me suis déjà emparé de la ville des eaux;
Joab sent messengers to David, and said, "I have fought against Rabbah, and have also taken the water supply of the city.
28 rassemble maintenant le reste du peuple, campe contre la ville, et prends-la, de peur que je ne la prenne moi-même et que la gloire ne m’en soit attribuée.
Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and besiege the city and capture it yourself, or I will capture the city, and it will be named after me."
29 David rassembla tout le peuple, et marcha sur Rabba; il l’attaqua, et s’en rendit maître.
David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
30 Il enleva la couronne de dessus la tête de son roi: elle pesait un talent d’or et était garnie de pierres précieuses. On la mit sur la tête de David, qui emporta de la ville un très grand butin.
He took the crown of their king from off his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David's head. He brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.
31 Il fit sortir les habitants, et il les plaça sous des scies, des herses de fer et des haches de fer, et les fit passer par des fours à briques; il traita de même toutes les villes des fils d’Ammon. David retourna à Jérusalem avec tout le peuple.
He brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work with saws, and iron picks, and iron axes, and to labor at the brick kiln. And he did the same to all the cities of the people of Ammon. David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
