2 Samuel 6
1 David assembla encore tous les hommes d'élite d'Israël, [qui furent] trente mille [hommes].
Then David chose 30,000 Israeli men and gathered them together.
2 Puis David se leva et partit avec tout le peuple qui était avec lui vers Bahalé de Juda, pour transporter l'Arche de Dieu, duquel le nom est appelé: Le nom de l'Eternel des armées, qui habite entre les Chérubins sur l'Arche.
He led them to the place in Judah [formerly] called Baalah, [now called Kiriath-Jearim]. They went in order to bring from there [to Jerusalem] the sacred chest, which had the name of Yahweh, the leader of the armies of [the angels in] heaven, written on it, and which had the [statues of the] winged creatures on top of it. Between those statues was where Yahweh spoke messages about ruling his people [MTY].
3 Et ils mirent l'Arche de Dieu sur un chariot tout neuf, et l'emmenèrent de la maison d'Abinadab, qui était au coteau; et Huza et Ahjo, enfants d'Abinadab, conduisaient le chariot neuf.
The sacred chest was in the house of Abinadab, on top of a hill. They went there, and they put the chest on a new cart. Uzzah and Ahio, the two sons of Abinadab, were guiding [the oxen that were pulling the cart].
4 Et ils l'emmenèrent, savoir l'Arche de Dieu de la maison d'Abinadab, qui était au coteau, et Ahjo allait devant l'Arche.
Uzzah walked alongside the cart, and Ahio walked in front of it.
5 Et David et toute la maison d'Israël jouaient devant l'Eternel de toutes sortes [d'instruments faits] de bois de sapin, et des violons, des musettes, des tambours, des sistres, et des cymbales.
David and all the Israeli men were celebrating in God’s presence, singing with all their strength and [playing] lyres and harps, and beating tambourines, and clashing castanets and cymbals.
6 Et quand ils furent venus jusqu'à l'aire de Nacon, Huza porta [sa main] à l'Arche de Dieu, et la retint, parce que les bœufs avaient glissé.
But when they came to the place where Nacon threshed grain, the oxen stumbled. So Uzzah put his hand on the sacred chest to (steady it/prevent it from falling [off the cart]).
7 Et la colère de l'Eternel s'enflamma contre Huza, et Dieu le frappa là à cause de son indiscrétion, et il mourut là près de l'Arche de Dieu.
Yahweh immediately became very angry with Uzzah, and he killed him right there alongside the sacred chest, because he had touched the chest, [and Yahweh had commanded that only the descendants of Levi who help the priests should touch the sacred chest].
8 Et David fut affligé de ce que l'Eternel avait fait brèche en [la personne] de Huza; c'est pourquoi on a appelé ce lieu-là jusqu'à aujourd'hui Pérets-Huza.
David was angry because Yahweh had punished Uzzah. So ever since that time, that place has been called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.
9 Et David eut peur de l'Eternel en ce jour-là, et dit: Comment l'Arche de l'Eternel entrerait-elle chez moi?
David was [also] afraid of [what else] Yahweh [would do to punish them], so he said, “(How can I take the sacred chest with me [to Jerusalem]?/I am afraid to take the sacred chest with me [to Jerusalem].)” [RHQ]
10 Et David ne voulut point retirer l'Arche de l'Eternel chez soi en la Cité de David, mais il la fit détourner en la maison d'Hobed-Edom Guittien.
So he did not want to take the sacred chest to Jerusalem. Instead, they took it to another place; they took it to the house of Obed-Edom, from Gath [city].
11 Et l'Arche de l'Eternel demeura trois mois en la maison d'Hobed-Edom Guittien; et l'Eternel bénit Hobed-Edom, et toute sa maison.
They left the sacred chest in the house of Obed-Edom for three months, and [during that time] Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom and his family.
12 Depuis on vint dire à David: L'Eternel a béni la maison d'Hobed-Edom, et tout ce qui lui appartient, pour l'amour de l'Arche de Dieu; c'est pourquoi David s'en alla, et amena l'Arche de Dieu de la maison d'Hobed-Edom, en la Cité de David, avec joie.
Later, people told David, “Yahweh has blessed Obed-Edom and his family because [he is taking care] of the sacred chest!” When David heard that, he [and some other men] went to Obed-Edom’s house, and very joyfully brought the sacred chest from there to Jerusalem.
13 Et il arriva que quand ceux qui portaient l'Arche de Dieu eurent marche six pas, on sacrifia des taureaux et des béliers gras.
[This time, descendants of Levi] were carrying the sacred chest, but when they had walked only six steps, they stopped, and there David killed a bull and a fat calf, and offered them to Yahweh for a sacrifice.
14 Et David sautait de toute sa force devant l'Eternel; et il était ceint d'un Ephod de lin.
David was wearing [only] a linen cloth wrapped around his waist, and was dancing very energetically to honor Yahweh.
15 Ainsi David et toute la maison d'Israël menaient l'Arche de l'Eternel avec des cris de joie, et au son des trompettes.
David and the Israeli men took the sacred chest up [to Jerusalem], shouting [loudly] and blowing trumpets.
16 Mais comme l'Arche de l'Eternel entrait dans la Cité de David, Mical fille de Saül, regardant par la fenêtre, vit le Roi David sautant de toute sa force devant l'Eternel, et elle le méprisa en son cœur.
While they were carrying the sacred chest into the city, [David’s wife] Michal, who was Saul’s daughter, looked out the window [of her house]. She saw King David leaping and dancing to honor Yahweh. So she was disgusted with him.
17 Ils emmenèrent donc l'Arche de l'Eternel, et la posèrent en son lieu, dans un Tabernacle que David lui avait tendu. Et David offrit des holocaustes et des sacrifices de prospérités devant l'Eternel.
They brought the sacred chest into the tent that David had erected for it. Then David gave to Yahweh offerings to be completely burned [on an altar], and other offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh.
18 Quand David eut achevé d'offrir des holocaustes et des sacrifices de prospérités, il bénit le peuple au nom de l'Eternel des armées.
When David had finished offering those sacrifices, he asked Yahweh, the Commander of the armies [of the angels], to bless the people.
19 Et il partagea à tout le peuple, [savoir] à toute la multitude d'Israël, tant aux hommes qu'aux femmes, à chacun un gâteau, une pièce de chair, et une bouteille [de vin]; et tout le peuple s'en retourna chacun en sa maison.
He also distributed food to all the people. To each Israeli man and woman he gave a loaf of bread, some meat, and a raisin cake. Then all the people returned to their homes.
20 Puis David s'en retourna pour bénir sa maison; et Mical fille de Saül vint au-devant de lui, et lui dit: Que le Roi d'Israël s'est fait aujourd'hui un grand honneur en se découvrant aujourd'hui devant les yeux des servantes de ses serviteurs, comme ferait un homme de néant, sans en avoir honte!
When David went home to [ask Yahweh to] bless his family, his wife Michal came out to meet him. She said to him, “Maybe you, the king of Israel, [think that you] [IRO] were honoring yourself today, but really, you acted like a fool, uncovering yourself while the female servants of your officials were watching!”
21 Et David dit à Mical: Ç'a été devant l'Eternel, qui m'a choisi plutôt que ton père, et que toute sa maison, et qui m'a commandé d'être le Conducteur de son peuple d'Israël; c'est pourquoi je me réjouirai devant l'Eternel.
David replied to Michal, “[I was doing that] to honor Yahweh, who chose me instead of your father and other members of his family, to be the king of the Israeli people, the people who belong to Yahweh. And I will [continue to] dance to honor Yahweh!
22 Et je me rendrai encore plus abject que [je n'ai fait] cette fois, et je m'estimerai encore moins; malgré cela je serai honoré devant les servantes dont tu as parlé.
[Even though you think that what I did] was disgraceful, I will continue to do it even more. You may despise me [because of what I did], but the women whom you were talking about will honor me!”
23 Or Mical fille de Saül n'eut point d'enfants jusqu'au jour de sa mort.
[As a result, ] Saul’s daughter Michal never gave birth to any children.
