1 Chronicles 21
1 Satan decided to cause the Israeli people to have trouble. So he incited David to find out how many men in Israel [were able to be in the army].
Et Satan se dressa contre Israël et incita David à dénombrer Israël.
2 So David commanded Joab and the other army commanders, “Count all the men in Israel [who are able to be in the army]. Start at Beersheba [town in the south] and go all the way to Dan [city in the north]. Then come back and report to me, in order that I may know how many men there are.”
Alors David dit à Joab et aux chefs du peuple: Allez, comptez les Israélites de Béerséba à Dan et faites-moi rapport, afin que j'en sache le nombre.
3 But Joab replied, “Your majesty, even if Yahweh allowed us to have 100 times as many soldiers as we have now, you would [RHQ] still rule all of them. So why do you want us to do this? You will surely [RHQ] cause [all the people of] Israel to be guilty of sinning.”
Et Joab dit: Puisse l'Éternel augmenter le peuple au centuple de ce qu'il est! Ne sont-ils pas tous, ô roi, mon seigneur, sujets de mon seigneur? Pourquoi mon seigneur a-t-il un tel désir? Pourquoi, mettre Israël en état de délit?
4 But David would not change his mind. So Joab [and his soldiers] went everywhere in Israel and in Judah, and counted the people. Then they returned to Jerusalem,
Mais la parole du roi prévalut contre Joab, qui partit, fit la tournée de tout Israël et revint à Jérusalem.
5 and they reported to David that there were 1,100,000 men in Israel who could be in the army, and 470,000 in Judah.
Alors Joab rendit compte à David du recensement du peuple. Et dans tout Israël il y avait un million cent mille hommes tirant l'épée, et en Juda quatre cent soixante-dix mille hommes tirant l'épée.
6 Joab did not count the men from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, because he was disgusted with what the king had commanded.
Mais il ne fit pas la revue de Lévi et de Benjamin parmi eux; car l'ordre du roi était une abomination pour Joab.
7 David’s command to count the people caused God to become angry, so he [told David that he had decided to] punish [the people of] Israel.
Et la mesure déplut à Dieu qui frappa Israël.
8 Then David prayed, saying, “Yahweh, what I did was very foolish. I have sinned greatly by what I have done. So now I plead with you, please forgive me.”
Et David dit à Dieu: J'ai gravement péché en faisant cette chose-là! Et maintenant, oh! pardonne la faute de ton serviteur, car j'ai très follement agi.
9 Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet,
Et l'Éternel parla à Gad, Voyant de David, en ces termes:
10 “Go and tell this to David: I am allowing you to choose one of three things [to punish you]. I will do whichever one you choose.”
Va et parle à David en ces termes: Ainsi parle l'Éternel: Je te propose trois choses, choisis-en une, afin que je l'exécute sur toi.
11 So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You can choose one of these [punishments]:
Et Gad vint trouver David et lui dit: Ainsi parle l'Éternel:
12 three years of famine [in Israel], or three months during which your armies will run away from their enemies [who will attack them with] swords, or three days during which I will send my angel to cause many people in the country to die because of a (plague/very serious illness).’ So, you must decide what I will say to answer [Yahweh, ] the one who sent me.”
Accepte, ou pour trois ans la famine, ou pour trois mois la fuite devant tes adversaires sous l'atteinte de l'épée de tes ennemis, ou pour trois jours l'épée de l'Éternel et la peste dans le pays et l'Ange de l'Éternel répandant le carnage dans toutes les limites d'Israël; vois donc quelle réponse je dois rendre à Celui qui m'envoie.
13 David replied to Gad, “I am very distressed. But allow Yahweh to punish [MTY] me, because he is very merciful. Do not allow humans to punish me, [because they will not be merciful].”
Alors David dit à Gad: Je suis fort angoissé!…, oh! que je tombe par la main de l'Éternel, car sa miséricorde est infinie; mais que je ne tombe pas par une main d'homme!
14 So Yahweh sent a plague on [the people of] Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it.
Et l'Éternel infligea une peste à Israël, et il périt dans Israël soixante-dix mille hommes.
15 And God sent an angel to destroy the people in Jerusalem by the plague. But when the angel was standing at the ground where Araunah, from the Jebus people-group, threshed grain, Yahweh saw all the suffering that the people had endured, and he was grieved. So he said to the angel, “Stop what you are doing [IDM]! That is enough [IDM]!”
Et Dieu envoya un Ange dans Jérusalem pour la ravager, et pendant qu'il ravageait, l'Éternel était témoin, et Il eut regret du désastre et dit à l'Ange destructeur: Assez! ramène ta main. Or l'Ange de l'Éternel se tenait près de l'aire d'Ornan le Jébusite.
16 David looked up and saw the angel whom Yahweh had sent, standing between the sky and the ground. The angel had a sword in his hand that was pointed toward Jerusalem. Then David and the elders [of the city], who were wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, prostrated themselves on the ground.
Et David levant les yeux vit l'Ange de l'Éternel debout entre la terre et le ciel, ayant en main son glaive nu étendu sur Jérusalem. Alors David et les Anciens, couverts de cilices, tombèrent la face contre terre.
17 David said to God, “I am [RHQ] the one who ordered the men who could be in the army to be counted. I am the one who has sinned and done what is very wrong, but these people are [as innocent as] [MET] sheep. They have certainly not [RHQ] done anything [that is wrong]. So Yahweh my God, punish [IDM] me and my family, but do not allow this plague to continue to [cause] your people [to become sick and die].”
Et David dit à Dieu: N'est-ce pas moi qui ai ordonné le dénombrement du peuple? C'est donc moi qui suis le coupable et qui ai forfait; mais ceux-ci, le troupeau, qu'ont-ils fait? Éternel, mon Dieu, oh! que ta main se dirige sur moi et la maison de mon père, mais pas sur ton peuple, pour frapper.
18 Then the angel who was sent by Yahweh told Gad to go up to the place where Araunah threshed grain and tell David to build an altar to [worship] Yahweh there.
Cependant l'Ange de l'Éternel dit à Gad de dire à David, que David eût à monter pour ériger un autel à l'Éternel sur l'aire d'Ornan le Jébusite.
19 So [after Gad told] David, [he] obeyed the message that Yahweh [MTY] had given to Gad, [and he went up there].
Et David monta suivant la parole de Gad, qu'il avait dite au nom de l'Éternel.
20 While Araunah was threshing some wheat, he turned and saw the angel. His four sons who were with him [also saw the angel, and they] hid themselves.
Et Ornan s'étant retourné vit l'Ange, et lui et ses quatre fils avec lui se cachèrent. Or Ornan foulait alors le froment.
21 Then David approached. When Araunah saw him, he left the place where he was threshing grain and prostrated himself, with his face touching the ground.
Et David arriva chez Ornan; et Ornan ayant regardé vit David, puis sortit de l'aire et se prosterna devant David la face contre terre.
22 David said to him, “Please sell me your threshing place in order that I can build an altar here to [worship] Yahweh. Then he will stop this plague. I will pay the full price.”
Et David dit à Ornan: Cède-moi l'emplacement de ton aire pour que j'y élève un autel à l'Éternel, cède-le-moi pour la valeur totale, afin que le fléau soit éloigné de dessus le peuple.
23 Araunah replied, “Take it! Your majesty, do whatever you want to. I will give you the oxen [that thresh the grain] for an offering to be completely burned [on the altar]. And I will give you the threshing boards to use as wood [on the altar], and I will give you grain for a grain offering. I will give all those things to you.”
Et Ornan dit à David: Accepte-le, et que mon seigneur le roi fasse ce qui lui semblera bon; voici, je donne les taureaux pour l'holocauste et les traîneaux pour le bûcher et le blé pour l'offrande; je donne tout cela.
24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, [I will not take these things as a gift]. I will pay you the full price for it. I will not take things that belong to you, things that have cost me nothing and offer them as sacrifices to Yahweh to be completely burned on the altar.”
Et le roi David dit à Ornan: Non! mais je veux l'acquérir pour la valeur totale, car je n'offrirai point à l'Éternel ce qui est à toi et ne sacrifierai point un holocauste qui ne coûte rien.
25 So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area.
David paya donc à Ornan pour l'emplacement, en sicles d'or, six cents sicles pesant.
26 David built an altar to [worship] Yahweh there, and he offered sacrifices to be completely burned [on the altar] and sacrifices to restore fellowship [with Yahweh]. David prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered by sending a fire from heaven [to burn up the offerings] on the altar.
Et David y éleva un autel à l'Éternel et offrit des holocaustes et des sacrifices pacifiques et invoqua l'Éternel, qui lui répondit par le feu du ciel qui vint sur l'autel de l'holocauste.
27 Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and told him to put his sword back into its sheath. [So the angel did that].
Et l'Éternel parla à l'Ange, qui remit son épée dans le fourreau.
28 And when David saw that Yahweh had answered him there at the place where Araunah threshed grain [and had ended the plague], he offered sacrifices there.
Dans le même temps David voyant que l'Éternel l'exauçait à l'aire d'Ornan, le Jébusite, y offrit des sacrifices.
29 Yahweh’s Sacred Tent, which Moses had commanded to be set up in the desert, and the altar for burning sacrifices completely, were at that time on a hill at Gibeon [city].
Or la Résidence de l'Éternel que Moïse avait faite dans le désert, et l'autel des holocaustes étaient en ce temps sur la hauteur de Gabaon,
30 But David did not want to go there to request God to tell him what he wanted [him to do], because he was afraid that the angel sent from Yahweh [might strike him with] his sword.
mais David n'osait s'y présenter pour chercher Dieu, parce qu'il avait pris l'épouvante en face de l'épée de l'Ange de l'Éternel.
