1 Chroniques 13
1 Or David tint conseil avec les tribuns, les centurions et tous les princes,
[One day] David talked with all his army officers. Some of them were commanders of 100 soldiers and some were commanders of 1,000 soldiers.
2 Et il dit à toute l’assemblée d’Israël: Si elles vous plaisent, et si c’est du Seigneur, notre Dieu, qu’elles viennent, les paroles que je vais dire, envoyons à nos autres frères dans toutes les contrées d’Israël, et aux prêtres et aux Lévites qui habitent dans les faubourgs des villes, afin qu’ils s’assemblent près de nous,
Then he summoned the other Israeli leaders and said to all of them, “If it seems to you to be a good thing for us to do, and if it is what Yahweh our God wants, let’s send a message to our fellow Israelis in all the areas of our country, including the priests and [other] descendants of Levi who are living among them in their towns and in the nearby pasturelands, to come and join us,
3 Et que nous ramenions l’arche de notre Dieu chez nous; car nous ne nous en sommes pas occupés aux jours de Saül.
because we want to bring the Sacred Chest of our God back to us. While Saul [was the king], we did not go to God’s presence to ask him what we should do.”
4 Et toute la multitude répondit, qu’il en fût ainsi; car ce discours avait plu à tout le peuple.
All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do.
5 David rassembla donc tout Israël, depuis Sihor d’Egypte jusqu’à l’entrée d’Emath, afin que l’on ramenât l’arche de Dieu de Cariathiarim.
So David gathered all the Israeli people, from the Shihor [River] in Egypt to Lebo-Hamath [town in the north, and told them that he wanted them] to [help] bring the Sacred Chest of God [back to Jerusalem] from Kiriath-Jearim [city].
6 Et David monta, et tout homme d’Israël, vers la colline de Cariathiarim, qui est en Juda; pour en apporter l’arche du Seigneur Dieu, assis sur les chérubins, où son nom a été invoqué.
David went with all the Israeli people to Baalah [town], which is [another name for] Kiriath-Jearim, to get the Sacred Chest. [The people believed that] God ruled from between the statues of winged creatures that was above the lid of the Sacred Chest [MTY].
7 On mit donc l’arche de Dieu sur un char neuf, en la retirant de la maison d’Abinadab: et Oza et son frère conduisaient le char.
The people put the Sacred Chest on a new cart and transported it from Abinadab’s house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding [the oxen that were pulling the cart].
8 Or David et tout Israël jouaient devant Dieu de toute leur force, au milieu des cantiques, des harpes, des psaltérions, des tambours, des cymbales et des trompettes.
David and all the Israeli people were celebrating in God’s presence with all their strength. They were singing and [playing] lyres, harps, tambourines, and cymbals, and [blowing] trumpets.
9 Mais, lorsqu’on fut parvenu à l’aire de Chidon, Oza tendit sa main pour soutenir l’arche; car un bœuf bondissant l’avait fait un peu pencher.
But when David’s men came to the place where Kidon threshed grain, the oxen stumbled. So Uzzah reached out with his hand to prevent the Sacred Chest from falling off the cart.
10 C’est pourquoi le Seigneur fut irrité contre Oza, et le frappa, parce qu’il avait touché l’arche: et il mourut là devant le Seigneur.
Yahweh immediately became very angry with Uzzah, and he caused Uzzah to suddenly die there because he had put his hand on the Sacred Chest, [and Yahweh had commanded that only the descendants of Levi who help the priests should touch the Sacred Chest].
11 Et David fut contristé de ce que le Seigneur avait divisé Oza; et il appela ce lieu: Division d’Oza, comme il a été appelé jusqu’au présent jour.
David was angry because Yahweh had punished [MTY] Uzzah. And now that place [where Uzzah died] is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’.
12 Et il craignit le Seigneur en ce moment-là, disant: Comment pourrai-je introduire chez moi l’arche de Dieu?
That day, David was afraid of God. He asked [himself], “(How can I bring God’s Sacred Chest to my [city]?/I am afraid to bring God’s Sacred Chest to my [city].)” [RHQ]
13 Et pour ce motif, il ne la conduisit point chez lui, c’est-à-dire dans la cité de David: mais il la fit conduire en la maison d’Obédédom, le Géthéen.
So the men with David did not take the Sacred Chest to Jerusalem. Instead, they took it to the house of Obed-Edom, who was from Gath [city].
14 L’arche de Dieu demeura ainsi dans la maison d’Obédédom pendant trois mois, et le Seigneur bénit sa maison et tout ce qu’il avait.
The Sacred Chest stayed with Obed-Edom’s family in his house for three months. And [during that time] Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom’s family and everything that he owned.
