2 Samuel 12
1 Et l'Eternel envoya Nathan à David, lequel vint à lui, et lui dit: Il y avait deux hommes dans une ville, l'un riche, et l'autre pauvre.
And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.
2 Le riche avait du gros et du menu bétail en fort grande abondance.
The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;
3 Mais le pauvre n'avait rien du tout qu'une petite brebis, qu'il avait achetée et nourrie, et qui était crue chez lui et avec ses enfants, mangeant de ses morceaux, buvant dans sa coupe, et dormant en son sein, et elle lui était comme fille.
But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
4 Mais un homme qui voyageait étant venu chez cet homme riche, ce [riche] a épargné de prendre son gros et son menu bétail, pour en apprêter au voyageur qui était entré chez lui, et il a pris la brebis de cet homme pauvre, et l'a apprêtée à cet homme qui était entré chez lui.
Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.
5 Alors la colère de David s'enflamma fort contre cet homme-là; et il dit à Nathan: L'Eternel est vivant, que l'homme qui a fait cela est digne de mort.
And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:
6 Et parce qu'il a fait cela, et qu'il n'a point épargné [cette brebis], pour une brebis il en rendra quatre.
And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
7 Alors Nathan dit à David: Tu [es] cet homme-là. Ainsi a dit l'Eternel le Dieu d'Israël: Je t'ai oint pour être Roi sur Israël, et je t'ai délivré de la main de Saül.
And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;
8 Même je t'ai donné la maison de ton Seigneur, et les femmes de ton Seigneur en ton sein, et je t'ai donné la maison d'Israël, et de Juda; et si c'est [encore] peu, je t'eusse ajouté telle et telle chose.
I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things.
9 Pourquoi donc as-tu méprisé la parole de l'Eternel, en faisant ce qui lui déplaît? Tu as frappé avec l'épée Urie le Héthien, tu as enlevé sa femme [afin qu'elle fût] ta femme, et tu l'as tué par l'épée des enfants de Hammon.
Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.
10 Maintenant donc l'épée ne partira jamais de ta maison, parce que tu m'as méprisé, et que tu as enlevé la femme d'Urie le Héthien, afin qu'elle fût ta femme.
So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
11 Ainsi a dit l'Eternel: Voici, je m'en vais faire sortir de ta propre maison un mal contre toi, j'enlèverai tes femmes devant tes yeux, je les donnerai à un homme de ta maison, et il dormira avec tes femmes à la vue de ce soleil.
The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.
12 Car tu l'as fait en secret, mais moi, je le ferai en la présence de tout Israël, et devant le soleil.
You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.
13 Alors David dit à Nathan: J'ai péché contre l'Eternel; et Nathan dit à David: Aussi l'Eternel a fait passer ton péché; tu ne mourras point.
And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.
14 Toutefois parce qu'en cela tu as donné occasion aux ennemis de l'Eternel de le blasphémer, à cause de cela le fils qui t'est né mourra certainement.
But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.
15 Après cela Nathan s'en retourna en sa maison; et l'Eternel frappa l'enfant que la femme d'Urie avait enfanté à David, qui en fut fort affligé.
Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.
16 Et David pria Dieu pour l'enfant, il jeûna et il passa la nuit couché sur la terre.
So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.
17 Et les Anciens de sa maison se levèrent et vinrent vers lui, pour le faire lever de terre, mais il ne voulut point [se lever], et il ne mangea d'aucune chose avec eux.
And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.
18 Et il arriva que l'enfant mourut le septième jour, et les serviteurs de David craignaient de lui [apprendre] que l'enfant était mort; car ils disaient: Voici, quand l'enfant était en vie, nous lui avons parlé, et il n'a point voulu écouter notre voix; comment donc lui dirions-nous que l'enfant est mort, afin qu'il s'afflige davantage?
And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?
19 Et David aperçut que ses serviteurs parlaient bas, et il comprit que l'enfant était mort; et David dit à ses serviteurs: L'enfant n'est-il pas mort? Ils répondirent: Il est mort.
But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.
20 Alors David se leva de terre, se lava, s'oignit, et changea d'habits; et il entra dans la maison de l'Eternel, et se prosterna; puis il revint en sa maison, et ayant demandé [à manger], on mit de la viande devant lui, et il mangea.
Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.
21 Et ses serviteurs lui dirent: Qu'est-ce que tu fais? tu as jeûné et pleuré pour l'amour de l'enfant, lorsqu'il était encore en vie, et après que l'enfant est mort, tu t'es levé, et tu as mangé de la viande.
Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.
22 Et il dit: Quand l'enfant était encore en vie, j'ai jeûné, et pleuré; car je disais: Qui sait si l'Eternel aura pitié de moi, et si l'enfant ne vivra point?
And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?
23 Mais maintenant qu'il est mort, pourquoi jeûnerais-je? pourrais-je le faire revenir encore? Je m'en vais vers lui, et lui ne reviendra pas vers moi.
But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.
24 Et David consola sa femme Bath-sebah, et vint vers elle, et coucha avec elle, et elle lui enfanta un fils, qu'il nomma Salomon; et l'Eternel l'aima.
And David gave comfort to his wife Bath-sheba, and he went in to her and had connection with her: and she had a son to whom she gave the name Solomon. And he was dear to the Lord.
25 Ce qu'il envoya dire par le ministère de Nathan le Prophète, qui lui imposa le nom de Jédidja, à cause de l'Eternel.
And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.
26 Or Joab avait combattu contre Rabba, qui appartenait aux enfants de Hammon, et avait pris la ville Royale.
Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.
27 Et Joab avait envoyé des messagers vers David, pour lui dire: J'ai battu Rabba, et j'ai pris la ville des eaux.
And Joab sent men to David, saying, I have made war against Rabbah and have taken the water-town.
28 C'est pourquoi maintenant assemble le reste du peuple, et campe-toi contre la ville, et la prends; de peur que si je la prenais, on ne réclamât mon nom sur elle.
So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.
29 David donc assembla tout le peuple, et marcha contre Rabba; il la battit, et la prit.
Then David got all the people together and went to Rabbah and made war on it and took it.
30 Et il prit la couronne de dessus la tête de leur Roi, laquelle pesait un talent d'or, et il y avait des pierres précieuses; et on la mit sur la tête de David, qui emmena un fort grand butin de la ville.
And he took the crown of Milcom from his head; the weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it were stones of great price; and it was put on David's head. And he took a great store of goods from the town.
31 Il emmena aussi le peuple qui y était, et le mit sous des scies, et sous des herses de fer, et sous des haches de fer, et il les fit passer par un fourneau où l'on cuit les briques; il en fit ainsi à toutes les villes des enfants de Hammon. Puis David s'en retourna avec tout le peuple à Jérusalem.
And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and iron axes, and at brick-making: this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.
