1 Chroniques 14
1 Et Hiram Roi de Tyr envoya des messagers à David, et du bois de cèdre, et des maçons, et des charpentiers, pour lui bâtir une maison.
One day Hiram, the king of Tyre [city], sent some messengers to David [to talk about making an agreement between their countries]. Then Hiram sent cedar logs, bricklayers, and carpenters to build a palace for David.
2 Alors David connut que l'Eternel l'avait affermi Roi sur Israël, parce que son règne avait été fort élevé, pour l'amour de son peuple d'Israël.
[When that happened, ] David knew that Yahweh had truly caused him to be the king of Israel, and that he had caused his kingdom to be greatly respected. Yahweh did this because [he loved] his Israeli people.
3 Et David prit encore des femmes à Jérusalem, et il engendra encore des fils et des filles.
David married more women in Jerusalem, and [those women] gave birth to more sons and daughters for him.
4 Et ce sont ici les noms des enfants qu'il eut à Jérusalem, Sammuah, Sobab, Nathan, Salomon,
The names of the children that were born to him there in Jerusalem are Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
5 Jibhar, Elisuah, Elpélet,
Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
6 Nogah, Népheg, Japhiah,
Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
7 Elisamah, Béël-jadah, et Eliphelet.
Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
8 Or quand les Philistins eurent su que David avait été oint pour Roi sur tout Israël, ils montèrent tous pour chercher David; et David l'ayant appris, sortit au devant d'eux.
When the army of Philistia heard that David has been appointed to be king of all of Israel, they came to capture him. But David heard that they were coming, so he [and his soldiers] marched out to fight against them.
9 Et les Philistins vinrent, et se répandirent dans la vallée des Réphaïms.
The army of Philistia had attacked the people in the Rephaim Valley [southwest of Jerusalem] and had robbed them.
10 Et David consulta Dieu, en disant: Monterai-je contre les Philistins, et les livreras-tu entre mes mains? Et l'Eternel lui répondit: Monte, et je les livrerai entre tes mains.
David asked God, “Should [my men and] I go and attack the army of Philistia? [If we go, ] will you enable us to defeat [IDM] them?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, go, and I will enable you to defeat [IDM] them.”
11 Alors ils montèrent à Bahal-pératsim, et David les battit là; et il dit: Dieu a fait écouler mes ennemis par ma main, comme un débordement d'eaux; c'est pourquoi on nomma ce lieu-là Bahal-pératsim.
So David and his men went up to a town where the soldiers of Philistia were staying and defeated them. Then David said, “God has enabled me [and my soldiers] to overwhelm my enemies like [MET] a flood.” So they named that place {That place is called} ‘Baal-Perazim’ [which means ‘Yahweh breaks through’].
12 Et ils laissèrent là leurs dieux; et David commanda qu'on les brûlât au feu.
[As the soldiers of Philistia fled], they left their idols there. So David commanded his soldiers to burn those idols.
13 Et les Philistins se répandirent encore une autre fois dans cette même vallée.
But soon the army of Philistia attacked the people in that valley again.
14 Et David consulta encore Dieu; et Dieu lui répondit: Tu ne monteras point vers eux, mais tu tournoieras autour d'eux, et tu iras contr'eux vis-à-vis des mûriers.
So again David prayed to God [to ask him what he should do], and God replied, saying “Do not attack the army of Philistia from the front. Instead, go around them, and attack them [from the rear] in front of the balsam trees.
15 Et sitôt que tu auras entendu aux sommets des mûriers un bruit [comme de gens] qui marchent, tu sortiras alors au combat; car Dieu sera sorti devant toi pour frapper le camp des Philistins.
When you hear something in the tops of the balsam trees that sounds like [soldiers] marching, attack them. I, God, will have gone ahead of you to enable you to defeat the army of Philistia.”
16 David donc fit selon ce que Dieu lui avait commandé; et on frappa le camp des Philistins, depuis Gabaon jusqu'à Guézer.
So David did what God commanded him to do, and he and his army defeated the army of Philistia, all the way from Gibeon [city in the east] to Gezer [city in the west].
17 Ainsi la renommée de David se répandit par tous ces pays-là; et l'Eternel remplit de frayeur toutes ces nations-là, [au seul nom de David].
So David became famous in all the nearby countries, and Yahweh caused [the leaders of] all the [nearby] nations to be afraid of him.
