2 Chroniques 8
1 Il arriva, au bout des vingt ans pendant lesquels Salomon bâtit la maison de l'Éternel et la sienne,
Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
2 Qu'il bâtit les villes que Huram lui avait données, et y fit habiter les enfants d'Israël.
Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
3 Puis Salomon marcha contre Hamath, de Tsoba, et s'en empara.
Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
4 Il bâtit Thadmor au désert, et toutes les villes servant de magasin qu'il bâtit dans le pays de Hamath.
His workers also rebuilt walls around Tadmor [town] in the desert, and in [the] Hamath [region] in all the towns where they kept supplies.
5 Il bâtit Beth-Horon la haute, et Beth-Horon la basse, villes fortes avec murailles, portes et barres;
They rebuilt Upper Beth-Horon [town] and Lower Beth-Horon [city], and built walls around them with gates [in the walls] and bars [to fasten the gates].
6 Baalath, et toutes les villes servant de magasin, qu'avait Salomon, et toutes les villes pour les chars, et les villes pour la cavalerie, et tout ce que Salomon prit plaisir à bâtir à Jérusalem, et au Liban, et dans tout le pays de sa domination.
They also rebuilt Baalath [town] and all the cities where supplies were kept and the cities where Solomon’s chariots and horses were kept. Solomon’s [workers] built whatever he wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area that he ruled.
7 Tout le peuple qui était resté des Héthiens, des Amoréens, des Phéréziens, des Héviens et des Jébusiens, qui n'étaient point d'Israël;
Solomon forced people from many other groups who were not Israelis to work for him like slaves. They were people from the Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups.
8 Leurs descendants, qui étaient restés après eux dans le pays, et que les enfants d'Israël n'avaient pas détruits, Salomon en fit des levées pour la corvée, jusqu'à ce jour.
They were descendants of groups whom the Israelis had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his slaves, and they are still slaves.
9 Salomon n'employa comme esclave pour ses travaux aucun des enfants d'Israël; mais ils étaient gens de guerre, et chefs de ses meilleurs guerriers, et chefs de ses chars et de sa cavalerie.
But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
10 Et voici le nombre des chefs de ceux qui étaient préposés aux travaux du roi Salomon; ils étaient deux cent cinquante, ayant autorité sur le peuple.
They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
11 Or Salomon fit monter la fille de Pharaon, de la cité de David dans la maison qu'il lui avait bâtie; car il dit: Ma femme n'habitera point dans la maison de David, roi d'Israël, parce que les lieux où l'arche de l'Éternel est entrée sont saints.
Solomon moved his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt, from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the place that his workers had built for her. He said, “I do not want my wife to live in the palace that [my father] King David’s workers built, because the Sacred Chest [was in that palace for a while], and any place where the Sacred Chest has been is holy.”
12 Alors Salomon offrit des holocaustes à l'Éternel sur l'autel de l'Éternel qu'il avait bâti devant le portique,
On the altar that Solomon’s [workers] had built in front of the entrance [to the temple], Solomon sacrificed many offerings that were to be completely burned.
13 Offrant chaque jour ce qui était prescrit par Moïse, pour les sabbats, pour les nouvelles lunes, et pour les fêtes, trois fois l'année, à la fête des pains sans levain, à la fête des semaines, et à la fête des tabernacles.
He did that to obey the rules about what sacrifices Moses had declared should be made. These included sacrifices for every day and for the Sabbath days and to celebrate each day on which there was a new moon and for the three other festivals that were celebrated each year. Those festivals were the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.
14 Il établit, selon l'ordonnance de David, son père, les classes des sacrificateurs selon leur office, et les Lévites selon leurs charges, pour célébrer l'Éternel et pour faire, jour par jour, le service en présence des sacrificateurs, et les portiers, selon leurs classes, à chaque porte; car tel était le commandement de David, homme de Dieu.
Obeying what his father David had commanded, he appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates, because that was also what David, the man who pleased God [very well], had commanded.
15 On ne s'écarta point du commandement du roi, pour les sacrificateurs et les Lévites, ni pour aucune chose, ni pour les trésors.
The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
16 Ainsi fut préparée toute l'œuvre de Salomon, jusqu'au jour de la fondation de la maison de l'Éternel et jusqu'à ce qu'elle fût achevée. La maison de l'Éternel fut donc achevée.
They did all the work [of building the temple] that Solomon told them to do, until it was all completed. So they finishing building the temple.
17 Alors Salomon alla à Etsjon-Guéber et à Éloth, sur le bord de la mer, dans le pays d'Édom.
Then some of Solomon’s men went to Ezion-Geber and Elath [cities] on the coast of the Red Sea, an area that belonged to the Edom people-group.
18 Et Huram lui envoya, sous la conduite de ses serviteurs, des navires et des serviteurs connaissant la mer. Ils allèrent avec les serviteurs de Salomon à Ophir, et ils y prirent quatre cent cinquante talents d'or, qu'ils apportèrent au roi Salomon.
King Hiram sent to Solomon from [Tyre city] some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon’s men to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back about 17 tons of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
